Fairy Types in Competitive Pokemon.

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Competitive Singles saw the release of Fairy type in Generation 6.
This powerful type was a response to the dominance of Dragon. The most immediately notable trait of Fairy was its complete immune to Dragon type attacks.
Many believe that Fairy is the strongest single type in the game with incredible Offensive and Defensive traits and a very consistent track record.
This is sane. Let's explore Fairy types throughout the years.
0:00 Intro
2:22 Gen 6
17:51 Gen 7
35:02 Gen 8
39:29 Gen 9

[@jimothycool]

Fairy Type Pokemon "Hatterene" is wearing a Hat. And so can you thanks to the following link: jimothycool.com/

[@danj9548]

This could be disastrous, folks. Unless Magcargo can harness the terastal phenomenon to become a grass type, it's tenure on the horse council may already be over.

[@getmilked6216]

perhaps the Passho berry could come in handy here.

[@RemindMeToCheck]

I'm afraid Horsea's actions could escalate into an all out civil war.

[@kingdogg94]

I have to say it really ain't looking good for our guy Gary, but fingers are crossed that Arceus intercedes to prevent the worst from coming to pass

[@r.j.tammaro8383]

A focus sash with the Weak Armor ability would surely give Macargo the upper hand to outspeed horsea and finish the fight swiftly. As a former magma snail myself, it is a stratagem I would employ back in the day.

[@kingdogg94]

@@r.j.tammaro8383 "luckily, Magcargo foresaw this possibility and was wearing a focus sash in anticipation of this. However, because bubble beam is not a physical attack, the attack did not trigger his weak armour to give him an edge in the fight!"

[@azeria1]

Fariy resisting bug is messed up like why do gamefreak hate them

[@MogusMasterSaikawa22]

they designed it with context in mind over gameplay for some reason ohisdaf

[@astromigui]

It should have been weak to it, would have made sense and balanced both types a bit

[@timothylawrence8929]

@@MogusMasterSaikawa22you’re probably right but if true, that’s weird bc they literally made the type explicitly to balance dragons 😭 so was it designed with balance in mind or not

[@MogusMasterSaikawa22]

@@timothylawrence8929 right but I think they didn't look at is as we need to design a new type to counter dragons but rather fairies make sense as a dragon counter, oh but also bugs shouldn't hurt fairies, steel should be super effective against it etc. like ugh I hate fairy type XD

[@ajye8935]

Fairies should be scared of bugs

[@Glory2Snowstar]

On behalf of the Poison-Type Council, thank you Fairies for showing up and being so easy to load with venom. Dragons have been buying Sludge Bomb stocks from us since Gen 6 and it's really helped pay the bills for our nuclear reactors.

[@circleturtles]

Memes aside, the whole "Horse Council" drama thing is genius, it's the only time I'm told to subscribe that I actually look forward to

[@kilometer212]

fr i watch the vids for the lore

[@shepardice3775]

Dear Jimothy has a delightful sense of humour

[@AIDcyt]

You forgot to mention that Galarian Weezing is the prime chairman of the hat council. The hat council is monitoring very closely on the horse council, to make sure their mole isn't uncovered Their are rumors about certain benefits Horsea will receive if Magcargo will step down

[@handoverthestromboli6715]

Mr. Rime, the head Hat council diplomat has the ability construct magical barriers to end this war yet they continue to allow such bloodshed. The Hat council intends to fill the power vacuum this civil war will lead to. They are not to be trusted.

[@jazzercise300]

Honchcrow, G weezing, mismagius, slowing, hatterene, smeargle, cacturne, smeargle, maybe mime Jr? The hat council

[@AIDcyt]

@@jazzercise300 the heads of the hat council are G-Weezing, Hatterene, Honchkrow, Mismagius, Cacturne, Slowking (Slowking-G if Slowking-K isn't available), Mr. Rime, Smeargle and Ting-Lu. Notable members: Ludicolo, Drifblim, Probopass, Lilligant/Lilligant-H, Decidueye-H, Passimian, Turtanator, Polteageist, Lampent, Vileplume and Crocalor. Along with many fungal Pokémon. They also include with them sub-councils of helmets, head-coverings and pseudo-hats. All of which refer to Nihilego in the command chain Research into what they do is limited, but it seems like they receive a lot of money from the Rocky Helmet item. There are some links to human hats, but no concrete evidence yet.

[@shepardice3775]

Gamefreak: "Dragon type is unbalanced, we need to introduce a counter" Also Gamefreak: Here's the most unbalanced type we've ever made

[@WingedFish66]

All they had to do was make Ice resist Dragon and if they really wanted to be sure, have Steel be SE on Dragon. Problem solved without needing to throw in a completely busted type

[@iantaakalla8180]

And given what Fairy is weak to plus what Steel gained weaknesses to, all Fairy did is position Ghost-types to be the best typing ever.

[@nothanksthough]

Meanwhile rock and bug cry themselves to sleep every night

[@CaptainJLinebeck]

​@WingedFish66 I think having to rely on the defensive properties of the worst defensive typing in the game to counter one of the most absurd Offensive typings wouldn't have worked out well, especially considering the coverage Dragons tend to have

[@cogitoy7692]

​@@CaptainJLinebeckYup, there's probably only a handful of Ice types that would significantly improve in their ability to counter/check dragon types with that change.

[@ruan0410]

Note: hammer pokemon Tapu Bulu doesn't run fairy STAB because it was refused any by it's creator

[@EggscellentTree]

@@ruan0410 Landorus and gyarados: Welcome to the club.

[@reddragon100]

@@EggscellentTree Dragonite

[@kailesperance1922]

Then Rillaboom came around…

[@Brandon.thebaby]

this is insane folks, but the resourceful Magcargo knows better than to come to a water fight unprepared, one could only hope the flaming horse Macgargo is weilding a focus sash or a passho berry to bear the water type barrage.

[@caiusbonfante7108]

Perhaps he has also learnt the move 'shell smash' to launch a devastating counterattack in return

[@LittleGhost9966]

One can only imagine how devastating Macargo's counterattack could be to the horses, should tera grass be involved

[@dimentdash]

Magearna was banned in Gen 8 because Gen 8 gave it Draining Kiss and Stored Power so it could shift gear and calm mind with weakness policy and just be near unkillable with reliable recovery now and massive damage output which only got stronger with each KO it got.

[@GLamb3895]

Okay, so I forgave you for skipping gen 1 coverage of the dark type, I figured it was just an oversight. Now you skip the first 5 generations for Fairy type? I expect more from this channel

[@StarmanNessStarmen]

Jim Cool? More like Jim Fraud

[@juanpaz5124]

This is outrageous

[@KrazyKyle-ij9vb]

This is ridiculous

[@dnddude9652]

This is preposterous

[@ShadowStorm2001]

this is egregious

[@broidkanymore-zc4lt]

thankfully, in OU, the overwhelming presence of the infamous poison type sweeper darkrai keeps all the fairies in check 🙏🙏

[@klos6731]

Big sis Magearna and lil sis Tinkaton pulled up

[@itsbeecamera]

Darkrai really has to go bro it’s kinda insane that it’s even made it this far

[@GoTELuckyCharms]

​@@itsbeecamera it's even more insane that we considered it mid lmao

[@Darumaster]

I swear, Clefable being a Normal type is hardcoded into some peoples brains. 11 years after it became a Fairy type and people still try to use Fighting type attacks against it lol

[@UnlimitedChill655]

I almost only play gens 3 and 4. I always forget about fairies that used to be normal type.

[@3012mathias]

My brain tells me Clefable is fairy type, but my heart tells me it's normal type. So I definitely find myself close combating it more often than I should. Because, y'know, that should chunk it pretty good, it's obviously a neutral move, right! Right?

[@skillhunter4804]

I have the reverse issue while playing gen 4, i tend to use steel moves against it instead of fighting

[@masterplusmargarita]

It doesn't help that its identity is "I have every move ever made", which is usually a characteristic of normal types. I assume I'd remember it was Fairy if I ever played any gens past 5 though.

[@user-pf1kk7zc2n]

should double bluff name it "clenormal"

[@scatmanjohn2681]

NO MICHELANGELO GET OUT OF THERE!!!!! USE YOUR HIGH HORSEPOWER TO ESCAPE THE DASTARDLY BUBBLES!!!

[@_friedtofu]

Clefable learning stealth rock fits thematically bcuz its a fairy that originates from the moon, hence those "rocks" it can throw.

[@Dionaea_floridensis]

What's really stupid about Fairy type is all of the types that resist it are weak to ground, so there's no way to have a 4x fairy resistance without also having a 4x ground weakness

[@Begeru]

That’s quite a weird quirk of the type chart. Feels like a design flaw the developers should have paid attention to. I don’t think any other type works like that,

[@oscen335]

​@Begeru they'll pay attention next Gen with a 720 bst ground fairy mon with 151 speed and iron valiant movepool+ground moves+geomancy

"Groodon Primal - yes his name is Groodon - who is a Ground/Fire type" Don't you mean Groond/Fire type?

[@Sleeper800]

Obviously it's Groundon cause it's Ground.

[@smittz_]

the type that's existed for four gens takes just as much time to cover as the original fifteen. this is a sign of disastrous things to come, folks

[@CoralReaper707]

Funny how fairy was mainly created in mind to humble the dragon types, yet fairy became the new strongest type. Fairy would probably become even crazier if it had a really powerful nuke with good distribution. Also, fairy's bug resist is unnecessary.

[@grunkleg.3110]

They do, Magearna's Fleur Cannon

[@CoralReaper707]

​@@grunkleg.3110 yeah. But that's a Signature move

[@cabrondemente1]

Moonblast is better, no drawbacks.

[@Glory2Snowstar]

I actually grew to be cool with the Bug resist, even as a Bug-Type enthusiast. Bugs dominated Gen 5 and U-Turn is still everywhere, and it grants Psychics with the Fairy Type a handy neutral response to taking 'em. However, I DO think that Bug should have resisted Fairy as well. Kinda like how Bug and Fighting resist one another. That actually WOULD buff Bugs, and not just U-Turn spam.

[@CoralReaper707]

@@Glory2Snowstar I do enjoy the dynamic that bug has with fighting, and it would be nice for fairy and bug to resist eachother.

[@touyakami1406]

I would not have fear for our horse-friend Magcargo, for surely Mudsdale has instructed him on the importance of EVmaxxing 252 SpA Horsea Bubble Beam vs. 224 HP / 220 SpD Magcargo: 268-316 (84.5 - 99.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO Even without any SpAtk investment, an Earth Power would one-shot. However, to avoid any unexpected Horseplay, Magcargo should activate his Shell Smash after being hit to unleash his Horse forme and be able to guarantee a OHKO on Horsea the next turn. All he would require is a Speed EV of 56 a speed boosting nature. Unfortunately, there is no way to defeat Horsea using the flagship move High Horsepower unless Magcargo was willing to dirty his hooves by acquiring the illicit Groundium Z Crystal. For the sake of the Horse Council, I pray that he has not resorted to this knavery.

[@josesolis1319]

Slurpuff A little cake guy

[@llorencalbons4803]

Jim describing a +2 speed as a dragon dance but better instead of an agility has me baffled folks. This is incredible

[@Dunco64]

It fucked me up too lol

[@awqweird]

I really feel like people over exaggerate how good fairy is. It is the best type in the game yes. Especially over time as more good offensive steel and poison types have been introduced I dont think its correct to call it broken. I think the ghost type currently is much more of a problem and needs a type chart change more than fairy for example.

[@Glory2Snowstar]

I actually agree, honestly. Fairy's seen as broken because it's a prime counter to three other incredible Types, and its existence validates a bunch of Poison-Types that otherwise would have rotted in NU. Ghost on the other hand is a LUDICROUS offensive Type, only balanced by Shadow Ball's low BP. I think I'd make Rock resist Ghost, due to tombstones + ceremonial salts, and to give it SOMETHING over Ground.

[@xuansangdotrinh1055]

@@Glory2Snowstar Garganacl: Am I a joke to you?

[@kailesperance1922]

I feel like steel is clearly better, but I know why some people believe fairy is better than steel: Their weaknesses. Fire, Fighting, and Ground moves are crucial for some Pokemon, but Poison is extremely uncommon coverage. Steel is still pretty common coverage, though.

[@awqweird]

@@kailesperance1922 yeah steel is the best defensive type and ghost is the best offensive type but people hate fairy because it's like 2nd best defensive and 4/5th best offensive at the same time

[@EclipseKirby]

Each new type added has been in large part a response to another type being too strong. Makes you wonder if we'll ever see a new type come out to respond to Fairy

[@leomaturino5783]

The day a ground fairy type is released is the day competitive pokemon is finished.

[@Pumpost]

@@leomaturino5783 and that mon has water absorb/sap supper as abilities

[@Pumpost]

@@leomaturino5783 and that mon has water absorb/sap supper as abilities

[@goGothitaLOL]

@@Pumpostand it has high speed and solid offense(s) or vice-versa, complete with EdgeQuake (or EarthGem if special), Swords Dance (or Nasty Plot if again special), Trailblaze, Rocks, U-Turn, and Knock Off And if it’s a pink armadillo, Rapid Spin

[@underthedice1231]

Fairy with normal type move pool is kinda nuts

[@saladgaming4339]

It would seem that Clefable is not Unaware of its place in the meta, as its ability to nullify the entire Dragon type and any opponent's stat changes is truly quite powerful. In other news, Horsea has played the "4x Weakness" card by using a Water-type move against Macargo. I am not sure the magma snail will be able to survive this, unless it is holding a Focus Sash.

[@subtodicerat8305]

i will never understand why they made fairy resist bug when it seems like it should be the other way around as fairies wont want to be around bugs

[@TheWanderingNight]

Because fairy type was designed as an antithesis to scary tropes, like dragons, bugs, evil, and physical might. You could argue that ghosts should be part of that too, but that would have definitely pushed the type over the edge.

[@chester1882]

Not gonna lie, the primary reason I watch Jim videos is the soap opera level story that runs through all his videos. I still watch by to the end but what gets me here is the story

[@RuralSquirrelJuror]

I love his humor

[@RuijsNL]

Bubblebeam?? Magcarbros? Is it over? Let's double subscribe to shell smash and reveal our true horse form

[@floofzykitty5072]

Can we talk about how for some reason Moonblast has 5 extra BP for no other reason other than they wanted Fairy to be strong when it first came out? You could try to make the argument that it's because it doesn't inflict a status condition, but Psychic and Energy Ball do the same thing and they don't have 95 BP. Moonblast also has an insane 30% chance to proc.

[@DarkusFireBlaze3582]

It kinda drives home the fact that some types would suck if their stats were oriented one way or another. Physical Electric and Ghost types cannot catch a break while special Rock types don't have many options.

[@m_arto]

Magcargo should harness the terastal crystals in order to transform to a dragon type. That way, horsea becomes envious of him being what it always dreamed to become

[@hptheswag]

36:01 it actually got a big buff in gen8 with draining kiss. That thing could calm mind behind screen with weakness policy and recover every thing with draining kiss. A true monster, given previous sets were still top tier

[@saiyanfreak]

The reason you dont see physical Tapu Koko or Fairy moves on Tapu Bulu is because they don't have access to any physical Fairy moves. Gamefreak thought it was clever to give Tapu Fini and Tapu Lelu (two special attackers with low attack) Play Rough but did not allow the physical Tapus to use the move. Insane decision.

[@saltmines5761]

As annoying as it is, Clefable is one of the most balanced Pokemon ever made: has great typing, two great abilities, and an extensive move pool but zero stats over 100

[@EggscellentTree]

Clefable is even broken as normal type in gen 4 , magic guard too strong.

[@Begeru]

@@EggscellentTreefunny that Clefable didn’t become OU in Gen IV until after it was discovered to be good in Gen VI and beyond.

[@darko-man8549]

I love how this type has been around less than half the time of the others but the video is nearly as long as the others. Also fairy needs a balance check - personally around bug type resist

[@kayladecant7332]

It’s a little upsetting to realize that fairy has been around for over 10 years 👵👴

[@AltohP]

PONYTA NEEDS TO JUMP IN FRONT OF THE BUBBLEBEAM TO STOP THIS MADNESS

[@Ojamamon67]

why are these videos so informative, relaxing, long af, enjoyable and intriguing all at once! stop it bro!

[@salvador6182]

Fairy type has only been around for 4 generations and the video is still longer than the poison type video, this is tragic folks

[@bdt2002gaming]

I feel like there’s a Pokémon that appreciated the addition of Fairy-Types so much that even Game Freak effectively referenced this in The Indigo Disk. Players may recall Lacey having an Exacdrill on her Fairy-Type team, which at first glance only looks like a reference to who her father is. But credit where credit is due for Game Freak making us aware of this type synergy- this thing has winning matchups not only against most Fairy-Types, but also Poison, Steel, and is even a Steel-Type itself that can lure out Fire-Types with its own Ground STAB. The only other Pokémon who even comes close is Heatran, who does quad-resist Fairy and has good matchups into Fire (thanks to Flash Fire), Poison, and Steel, but is also noticeably slower and doesn’t have some of the extra utility Excadrill does, such as Rapid Spin, Sand Rush, and Swords Dance.

[@dreadfury2485]

Re: 35:59 Magearna lost Z-moves but it got Stored Power and Draining Kiss which are pretty much the perfect moves for a bulky boosting sweeper. Stored Power on a mon that gets this many boosts this easily is nuts and it could run CM+Shift Gear or CM+ID sets that could now heal while attacking. It also got Trick which made Specs a nasty piece of work too.

[@nerdbrain396]

Diancie is one of my favorite mega pokemon. I love that the mega form has significantly lower defenses than the base form. Most megs you just always mega evolve off the rip, but diancie can hold off on the mega to live certain key hits but still do enough damage to take out the attacker, then evolve when it needs the attack and speed boosts

[@Begeru]

Fairy/Steel is absolutely insane. If you count every type's weaknesses and resistances, Steel/Fairy is the best type combination with its 8 resistances, 1 quad resistance, 2 immunities, and only 2 weaknesses.

[@Neverleterlun]

Excellent work as always Mr Cool. This was a fairly informative video. I hope the horse wars end in a peaceful resolution. However I do once again ask for your support in informing the masses on the daily struggles forgotten evolution such as Raichu go through, thank you for your time.

[@perko.mp4]

Folks, Jimothy Cool is my Hero. Can you believe such a thing?

[@tapukokomiko5184]

8:07 God of War mentioned

[@renegaderaven3777]

I think it’s kinda funny that, similar to Steel type, Fairy was introduced to reign in other types to nerf them a bit but then the new type just became the new best type instead.

[@SuperSonic3557]

New subscriber here. Love the content. Keep it up!!

[@danielkeis8388]

Ah yes Tapu Lele: the teacup dweller

[@PrincessGoth574]

Wigglytuff is my second favorite Pokémon and therefore is my favorite normal and fairy type. I'm also a big fan of Aromatisse.

[@roasteddos6810]

I think we should discuss kingambit every episode (my favourite fairy/dragon/flying/water type!!)

[@Fred_Die]

Should've changed bug to a weakness rather then a resistance to balance it out

[@bubbykins4864]

What did resisting U-Turn ever do to you? That's right, nothing.

[@Fred_Die]

@bubbykins4864 Do you not understand the concept of chip damage? Sandstorm, leech seed, burn, rocky helmet, why do you think they are all valuable? U turn is valuable not only because it switches, but because of that chip damage. Fairy is overpowered, so having it 2x instead of 1/2x damage is huge for knocking it down a bit

[@bubbykins4864]

@@Fred_Die You don't need SE hits for chip damage, as Stealth Rocks, Spikes, etc. all prove. The only way your suggestion would actually buff Bug types as a whole as opposed to specifically Scizor is if STAB altered the offensive profile of moves, because as it is right now, type balance almost entirely falls upon the defensive profile.

[@FrogPondering]

Mr Jim Othy this is your 666th video

[@freddyP300]

I still think Fairy should be weak to bug instead of resistant.

[@bubbykins4864]

No, it should be a _mutual_ resist. It's better to buff Bug rather than further buff pivots.

[@beker1579]

love you jimothyy

[@Pvariety441]

Historians will recall the battle of the trident being the deciding Battle of Robert's Rebellion, however, Jimothy's eye-witness account reveal a much more significant spectacle. The deciding battle between Magcargo and Horsea. Notabley, Horsea's Horseguard appear absent for this fight.

[@VisceralSupreme]

I heard that prince lewyn maretell of paldea, one of the horseguard, betrayed horsea, it is a good thing that lyn cor-bray was able to slay him

[@freshpasta9463]

About the use of Scald on Tapu Fini in Gen VII that you mention at 28:54, another scenario where it becomes a much better click is when you come back in right as the misty terrain is about to fade (more common when there's a Fini on the opponent's team as well). In that sense, Scald kind of feels like it creates a win-win situation, because you are either safe from status yourself or threaten to spread it. There's also Gen VIII, where defog removes terrain effects, and opposing defoggers suddenly have to fear the burn. Granted, that barely comes up, because the common defoggers all happen to fly anyway (unless they switch out to a grounded physical threat afterwards). But I always thought this was an interesting little interaction, where they might become less inclined to remove hazards in fear of the status. Of course, people probably wouldn't run it based on these fringe cases alone.

[@yesicollectwarhammerfiguri9473]

fairy is the best type in competitive pokemon

[@donttrustnoone3921]

There are some other types that you can make a case for

[@JamesJamesW]

but Fairy has been incredibly consistent and powerful ever since its introduction in generation 6.

[@loverofbigdookies]

Cringe

[@broidkanymore-zc4lt]

you mean tera fairy incineroar?

[@nedalsoned9940]

Magcargo fought valiantly, Magcargo fought nobly, Magcargo fought honourably. And Magcargo died.

[@LiveGame555]

"At the Trident" I never thought Jimmy would reference Game of Thrones/ASoIaF in one of his videos. Although, I did watch the Glidus episode of The Fridge.

[@teo2805]

Right as I'm cooking lunch

[@videakias3000]

I like how fairy is more "symetric" compared to most types. when I say symetric I mean that in most cases it hits super effectively the same types it resists (with a few exceprions) and is weak to the same types that resist it. I wish other types were this symetric.

[@Begeru]

I think Fairy should also be super effective against itself like dragon

[@madder9166]

I get that it'd make things easier to remember but it would probably make balance pretty much like a hideous version of Gen1. The best type is normal or steel. Normal bc it cant be hit super effectively but can hit through movepool everything else supereffectively and steel because it resists everything and must therefore be supereffective on everything. Fighting types wouldnt have enough resistances to be worth it but the moves would be on every single normal type pokemon.

[@videakias3000]

@@madder9166 i know. I didn't mean to say that they should change the type chart(okay maybe they could buff a little the bug type but not much else). What I meant was that I wish all types were like that ever since gen 1.

[@JJNWSGHOST0299]

I'll be deadass, I clicked to get an update on the Horse Council. Also, Groodon.

[@ohno8774]

If Magcargo was hit by one, singular, Horsea bubble then it probably exploded

[@ByrneBaby]

Magearna was banned from gen 8 because of Shift Gear, Calm Mind, Stored Power, and Draining Kiss. That set was impossibly good and made it an unstoppable monster. With team support and its good stats, it was more like a gen 3 top tier in its versatility and EV tweaking, it could literally do whatever it wanted in a team slot and get away with it, while all the other mons struggled to manage their own niches in comparison. I personally think its peak modern competitive design, because that versatility makes for a very interesting pokemon that can cover many archetypes and roles with the right stat spread and items. If more mons were designed like Mag, I think the meta would benefit from it.

[@MrShadowThief]

Ah, yes, my favorite type. The starter-type.

[@Asidders]

11 years in and I'm still not fully learned the typing match-ups... supereffective against Fighting for no reason 😅

[@CopyNPasteComments]

At first I thought the TV in front of the koala was a censor box covering its Power Point😂

[@tittermanthe1st234]

Bring back typing out the intro of the video. It makes me so happy

[@silverkoffee]

Horsea, finally getting the attention they deserve

[@FatherOfDeinos]

Thinking about it now, how would the meta game be if all terrains activated Quark drive and all weathers activated Protosynthesis? But each terrain only activated one type of stat? And never a speed boost.

[@RigelOchoa]

Is it me or he just forgot about the best fairy from gen 9? Flutter Mane

[@Adamdaman3333]

Love the detail on Gen 7 OU on this one (not much choice with the release of the Tapus). It gets a bad wrap for being broken but it's still the metagame I choose to play (Gen 7 Ubers ladder sadly doesn't seem to exist on PO anymore) and great to see it covered in detail. All your analysis on it is spot on.

[@suryavanshiking8280]

Fairy types really grew on me over the gens. One of my favorite Magearna sets early gen 7 was fightinium z focus blast with ice beam, t bolt and shift gear. It put in a lot of work against common cores like skarm bliss and celesteela/pex/mega venusaur. Gen 8 I used unaware weakness policy stored power clef able to consistently hit high ladder.

[@ES-dp6tw]

One muse I’ve been milling over is how the field of competitive Pokemon would change if the fairy type had been there at the very start, Clefable and Wigglytuff and all their pals with pink power at the get go. It certainly would make or break a fair few Pokemon; I think Gen two Mr Mine would be particularly happy for the buff

[@masterplusmargarita]

It's very interesting in Gen 1, what with so many of the types Fairy interacts with not being around or being near non-existent. Only one Dragon family (and only Dragon Rage to be inmune to), no Steel or Dark, Poison and Fighting practically not being real types... Goes to show how much the game has changed.

[@Begeru]

It would be very relevant for Gens 3, 4, and 5. The metas would be very different for sure.

[@ES-dp6tw]

@@masterplusmargarita It's fascinating to consider. No real need to counter dragon or fighting, with how powerful Blizzard and Psychic were. Fairies at least don't worry about poison, since none of the poisons could handle psychics. Normal and Psychic would still dominate, but fairy can hit the stride in gen two when dark comes around and none of the steels coped well with fire coverage. Depends if they got good moves too. If Moonblast was there from the start, they'd be fine when gen two rolled up and darks and Kingdra needed a hit, but if they only had the likes of Draining Kiss or Fairy Wind, be a bit of struggle XD

[@NotAnElk]

If you wanna be pedantic about it, freeze dry was introduced in gen 6, not gen 7, though since it was Aurorus’s signature move back then it didn’t really feel like it existed til gen 7

[@horizontal]

This horse council business has become completely unstable. They are forgetting why the horse council was created in the first place. Only those with a high enough power(of the horse variety) were able to join and control things from behind the scenes. I think it would behoove everyone to reign things in and take a look at the larger picture. They shouldn’t be fighting each other, they should be fighting so seahorses and snailhorses and even ryhorses can get along and control the world from the shadows.

[@bubbykins4864]

High Horsepower automatically debunks you as a horse, because a draft horse cannot muster more power than it has, and a non-draft horse cannot muster more power than a draft horse, and I doubt there has been any lifeform on this planet that could muster the same power as _100K_ draft horses.

[@khalilcollins65]

Horsea: Magcargo, are you a horse because you know high horsepower? Or do you know high high horsepower because you’re a horse?

[@bubbykins4864]

Neither, because 100,000 Horsepower disqualifies you from being a horse. Technically, being a Pokémon should already do so, but being able to muster far more power than Mudsdale doesn't sound like a trait that Mudsdale should have if it were truly equine by Pocket Monster standards, for that would create a paradox, meaning that in order to consider Mudsdale equine, you thus pin the death of every Sada/Turo and the near death of every Arven's Mabosstiff on every Mudsdale that knows High Horsepower.

[@gallae]

hopefully all those irresponsible Jimothy Non-Subs learn the error of their ways before it's too late to help reform the horse council.

[@thedarthbear]

Tinkaton is one of my favorite new designs and fun to use! It's shiny needed more love I think though xD;

[@KFLawless1412]

Crazy how the satellite live feed of the battle between Magcargo and Horsea is fueled by subscriptions. I pray we get enough subscribers to restore power to the system before the conclusion of this skirmish

[@EvilApple567]

Although I really appreciate the offensive buffs to (particularly) poison and steel, GF's logic to balance the type chart just wasn't sound. They really needed to introduce a couple new types (round it to 20 we'll say) to craft a better dynamic, because the way they went about it by giving a single new type resistance (or immunity) to the best attacking types and weakness to the worst was just a bad/short sighted band-aid fix to the situation. I think at least the fact Fairy is neutral to itself was a good decision though, better dynamic than dragons flailing their meteors at each other or steels not being able to dent each other with their iron heads. I do agree with you that a type being busted doesn't necessarily mean it can't be balanced around other factors like BST/abilities/moves, and honestly with how insane power creep has gotten I appreciate that mentality more than ever, it's just a shame that for the most part they've gone in the complete opposite direction with Mons like Tapus, Zacian, Xerneas, etc.

[@ulkimion]

Fairly good

[@TheWretchedEgg12]

Fairy Friday is here!

[@alliedmussel1011]

Magearna going to Ubers in gen 8 wasn’t about reverse power creep, it’s cause mag got buffed. Draining kiss to assist on CM sets and trick for specs were the big ones I think

[@RobertLydonReviews]

Horsea has struck first at the Trident. What will happen next??

[@MrShadowThief]

The true flex is running Unaware HDB Clefable.

[@scarlet2847]

Is the most important battle of our life time a reference to "a song of ice and fire"?

[@jimothycool]

George was actually inspired by my work.

[@scarlet2847]

Looking at it now it makes so much sense

[@Boamere]

I fell over and landed on the groond

[@naberal]

i think magearna got put into ubers in gen 8 bc it gained stored power then which makes it super braindead to use

[@lechonkvgc8857]

252+ SpA Horsea Bubble Beam vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Magcargo: 264-312 (81.4 - 96.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO 0 SpA Magcargo Power Gem vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Horsea: 216-255 (107.4 - 126.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO folks, this is insane

[@angelo9024]

Wish you talked about how Fairy might have impacted the meta if the Pokémon who had the typing now had the type in earlier gens.

[@Dazzalingfossil6040]

Fun fact: in real life European mythology, fairies are't always the sweet little innocent creatures that movies and shows and media are always portraying. They're dangerous pranksters that love to play tricks on people and these pranks can be often be sadistic. That cutesy little innocent look on them is just on act to throw you off guard so realistically dragon types have the right to be scared of them. They know the real lore about fairies.

[@Pumpost]

I wish fairy had just ONE MORE weakness. Zacian made me hate how many resists/neutralities/immunities it has. If you’re super effective against at least 3 types, you should be weak to at least 3 things

[@Begeru]

Tbf Water is super effective vs 3 types and is only weak to 2. But it doesn’t have any immunities. The fact Fairy has 3 resistances AND and immunity feels way too unfair. Steel type is a similar situation but it’s quite weak offensively. And yet Fairy is amazing offensively as well.

[@Pumpost]

@@Begeru very true, I think that it feels overwhelming because it answers the three most offensive types in the game arguably, and it has little answers ESPECIALLY if it has a steel type combo. If klefki had water bubble as an ability (for some reason) in conjunction with magnet rise, it would have zero weaknesses.

[@Seacle14]

If given the chance, I would totally terastallize into a Fairy Type.

[@Typh3621]

Gardevoir was my favorite pokemon before fairy type existed and to this day it is still my favorite. One prime benefit of the fairy type as you discussed is it appears care was taken to (most) pokemon it was given to post launch. Clefable was garbage before fairy type but now its simply well rounded and fits well despite being statistically terrible. I dont think it needs a nerf as long as the same care is taken in design of future fairy types and we dont get more mags.

[@IsThereLifeOnUranus]

It feels like Fairy was intended to nerf some of the strongest types and buff some of the weakest, but noone stopped to consider that equally means they beat everything good and only lose to irrelevant types

[@yourenbytemmieverse]

in gen 7 due to order change being on the same turn as mega evolving and the slight nerf to sucker punch and extra counters made it more challenging for mega mawile but having good defenses intimidate and the highest attack in the game by far (more even than a choice band deoxys-attack) did still make mega-mawile possibly a bit too much especially with having an amazing move set with coverage for every single one of your weaknesses and swords dance and alright utility for doubles via a powerful rock slide. though the slow speed is a bit weakness for sure.

[@deviousdieselmusic]

You’d better be prepared to say good things about my son, and also favorite pokemon; Togekiss.