Why did Pokemon add FAIRY Type Specifically? | Gnoggin - Fairy Type Explained

[@paullutze9307]

Dragon uses magic against a Fairy -no effect Dragon eats the Fairy Fairy: “Wait that’s illegal”

[@chongwillson972]

fairy uses fairy move on dragon dragon is dead

[@TonyNumber9]

@@chongwillson972 dragon can use iron tail

[@pytron6693]

Lol

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@TonyNumber9 iron tail missed.

[@brocklesnar8780]

@@gregorymirabella1423 iron tail crits the fairy Dragons r the best

[@josed.ulloacastillo1635]

*Back when you could hit Clefairy with a Dragon Type move easily...*

[@alexandradordzhieva3835]

and when you can hit it super effectivly with fighting, now it resists it.

[@ShadowSkyX]

@@alexandradordzhieva3835 they're evolving. Same with a lot of dragons being given poison or steel moves to deal with fairy types

[@etcetera1995]

@@ShadowSkyX ACTUAL evolution, not mere metamorphosis. I see what you did there!

[@apotatoguylikesdogs6761]

Ikr

[@petercarioscia9189]

_Dialga used_ *_Roar Of Time_* _channeling the power of all the dragonkin throughout all of time and space, unleashing the energy of thousands of generations!_ Clefa stares blankly at Dialga, completely oblivious

[@chacdk6780]

here is a fun drinking game, every time he says "bend it to their will" take a shot

[@grinnyyyyyyyyyyy]

or arcane magic.

[@jayspamsa1197]

Here's a fun way to commit suicide, take a shot everytime he says "dragon" or "fairy"

[@megarayquaza2240]

Don't do this, you will die

[@cruzdesangre2850]

*WRATH MAGIC*

[@ilikebigbucksandicannotlie]

Take a shot every time he says mana, energy, fairy, or dragon

[@trumpeterjen]

I've always felt it was poetic for them to pick fairies for this job. Dragons were dominating the competitive scene through brute force alone, so it's really poignant that the only ones to stop them were adorable pink fluffy characters who didn't feel a thing from their attacks. It's just like Pokemon to turn the expectations upside-down like that.

[@AL-xq6jt]

Expectation Subversion.

[@DuskSunDawn]

The problem is fairies aren't cute benevolant beings like Tinkerbell, it isn't realistic. Fairies refer to beings who were feared in old times! Yes, they were feared. Fairy comes from 'fate' because fairies are so powerful that they affect the destiny of humans. There were fairy doctors, doctors who treat humans who come in contact with these beings. Fairies care more about themselves and Nature(plants, animals,etc, than about humans. Many fairies don't care about humans. Many fairies are dangerous to humans. Dragons aren't too different from fairies, both of them were feared and are dangerous.

[@fuchsiablossoming]

@@DuskSunDawn who really cares? neither pokemon type really CARES about humans, neither legendaries, they sympathize with some, but.. this doesn't make sense. Fairies were any being with magic, with nature contact, and with animal contacts, driads were called fairies. is a word that brings together a lot, there are cute fairies like there are destructive fairies, like dragons

[@fuchsiablossoming]

@@DuskSunDawn and Pokemon ISN'T REALISTIC!

[@ronnieguillot8519]

I know.

[@movedinactive2311]

dragons: i fear no man. but this thing, *points to fairy types* dragons: *it scares me.*

[@RayMKlll]

Fighting: Forget it, alright? I-I ain't talking about that sack of guiltless rage!...H-He's not here is he?! How do I get this damn thing off? Dark: One shudders to imagine what vengeful thoughts lie behind those eyes... What dreams of returning our abuse and cruelty...

[@pawsnotclaws2772]

lax lol

[@a_random_lizard]

@@RayMKlll Fairy's mind: *skipping around on a plains firing rainbows and bubbles* Real world: *brutally massacre dragons, darks, and fightings*

[@bronwynroberts860]

Poison, Fire and Steel: Don’t worry, we’ll save you from those dastardly fairies.

[@MxPokirby]

Even before they added the Fairy Type, I had a feeling that some Pokemon, especially certain Normal Pokemon like Jigglypuff, Clefairy and Togekiss, felt... "different". Like there was something about them that was telling me "They should be a different type besides Normal, but they don't fit with any of the other existing types". It seemed sort of obvious to me, but I don't know if that was *_only_* me.

[@vicentefengzhong]

Maybe it was the fact that fairy types before fairy type was a thing were treated like aliens way more than the extraterrestrial Pokémon that are already there, or maybe it’s just because most of them look very huggable and joyful

[@sylvia4232]

I called them the cute type back then lmao

[@sakonan4883]

I agree. I think their normal typing is just a type they had to give because there was no other fitting type. I think it's the same situation as Charizard and Gyarados having flying types and not dragon types. They could have easily been made into psychic types but psychic types back then were OP, so it makes sense to not make them psychic types.

[@sheroxx3787]

when i was a kid i always thought that theye were the moon type

[@zubairsadiq5565]

Actually when I was a kid I always thought clefairy was a "fairy"....and fairy type didn't exist then....

[@Brybizzle999]

I think you missed that Steel and Posion also needed a buff, on their own they're relatively weak types unless paired as a dual type. Steel had alot of resistances but it's super effective moves don't really match up to you're types that do it better. Poison barely had anything so I really appreciate the balancing.

[@bronwynroberts860]

Steel is now the best type in the game (in my opinion).

[@mothdude4211]

Literally any Dragon with more than one type: FOOL, YOU FELL FOR IT! THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK!

[@leonl1559]

Is that a jojoke????

[@steelballrunner636]

Fairy: You fool! NO ONE CAN DEFLECT THE EMERALD SPLASH!!!

[@ximkai8794]

Muda, muda, muda, muda!

[@gandalf71729]

Yare yare daze

[@Silburific]

I can't stop looking at that Florges in the background. So small, but so distracting...

[@ZoidsBN0]

I'm seeing them all over the place.

[@connla_redleaf]

What does it mean? WHAT DOES IT MEAN???

[@cosmicdunsparce]

And a Ralts hiding next to the Mimikyu plush up front

[@cooltrainervaultboy-39]

I thought I was the only one!

[@kingsucc13]

Charizard has a Comfey around his neck

[@may-ym5si]

Be honest: How long did it take you to motion track the fairy logo on your shirt?

[@ibtehajshaikh]

Ikr! It was slickk

[@kevinphan5976]

WerWuffi :D he probably used after affects (or similar) to do it. And it honestly doesn’t take that long as I’ve done it before to walls and other objects

[@Attaxalotl]

228.36 hours

[@Animebryan2]

Sableye: I have no weaknesses! If I had Wonder Guard, I'd be invincible! Fairy Type: I'm about to ruin this pokemon's whole career.

[@hitkid2456]

RIP Wondereye & Wondertomb

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@hitkid2456 Hi. This is surely random-as-flip, but i need to tell people about that project of mine. See, i bet you heard about the CEO of KZbin and how KZbin goes down the hill? Well, not everyone is all about complain-but-do-nothing. I try to Act. I actively searched for bad people and harmful content and such for Years, so now i have a Lot of Links leading to such people. So i made a Wiki and dropped the Links there, for everyone to be able to use them to pre-emptive block Racists, Sexists, Bullies, ect, ect, but even better: Report/Flag them. So? Wanna battle some Bad Guys? It costs no money, just time, and not even much time. Sorry for the random comment but that Wiki exists. Interested or not?

[@bronwynroberts860]

And Spiritomb, don’t forget about Spiritomb.

[@alexvaughan1013]

Sableye: I'd be invincible! Fairy type: *THINK, MARK!!*

[@GiubileiFernando]

Dragon: regal respectful magic Fairy: whimsy fun magic

[@jamilf9947]

fairy type is basically just magic type and dragon is just dragon fire

[@francofernandes2006]

@@jamilf9947If dragon type is just fire, then psychic type is just normal, because everyone has a brain. And flying type is just normal, because birds are animals. And steel types are just rock, because metals are minerals.

[@azurnal7573]

@@francofernandes2006 If you go by that logic,then water is just normal,because 71% of earth's surface is water. Fire is just normal,because we use it daily life.If dragon is fire and fire is normal,dragon is normal.Electric is normal because technology is everywhere.Grass is normal because nature.Rock is normal because the earth's crust is 95% rock.And there's a bunch more.

[@Unresolvedissues101]

@@azurnal7573 you gave me and anyone reading this a headache

[@Unresolvedissues101]

Not really more like refined controlled magic vs pure untainted magic

[@sekaihunter9378]

Fairy-Type: Added to Mr. Mime since X/Y in 2013 Me, while searching for Galarian Mr. Mime in Pokemondb: Oh snap, regular Mr. Mime is a Fairy-Type?

[@janieraltreche1989]

U didnt mention that they also needed something weak to posion and steel.those types were under used and it made sense for fairys to be weak to them while still beating dragons.

[@thekingdedede]

Steel probably was and is the best type, before the fairy type was added, it resisted dark and ghost, along with dragon and after fairies, it still resists 11 types

[@hitkid2456]

@@thekingdedede Poison is likewise one of the best defensive types, with one common weakness and resisting one of the best types in the game (which steel is weak to, meaning it has less of a glaring hole than that type). Plus there's the fact it absorbs toxic spikes. Fairy meanwhile has nothing immune to it, and its resists are not all that common.

[@thekingdedede]

@@hitkid2456 I actually think poison is one of the types with the most potential in defensive utility behind electric, it's not really the type's fault, just the type of Pokemon that have this type. Toxapex is probably the best example of how great of a defensive type poison is.

[@aos757]

In european lore, cold black iron wards and poisons the Fae, so it makes sense to me The poison type not so much... Maybe because they're all cutesy and pink so the opposite would be the acid and rad poison type? I'm not sure that makes much sense but... Eh

[@flyingstonemon3564]

@@aos757 I think It's because poison may damage nature or something or be the brash acidic thing to conterast with the soft sweet stuff but that part doesn't hold up for me

[@BlackberryAce]

I love the little Austin in the back at the "It's science type!"

[@grantbarbarino4465]

This is a bit late, but I wanted to add that the official X&Y guide introduces the type, and describes that it could be thought of it as a "light or magic" type, so spot-on description.

[@Kankan_Mahadi]

I don't know which made me laugh harder - the Goomy on your head, He-Man Xerneas or "Vegan Magic"!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Lampent12]

I saw Florges, Comfey, and Ralts in the background. Did I miss anyone?

[@NeidalRuekk]

Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy

[@ei7945]

If its the moving one yes

[@bheronz]

Trainer : CLEFAIRY! I CHOOSE Y- Giratina : *screeches*

[@RayMKlll]

Giratina fled Clefairy: Hmm, maybe that wasn't such a good idea... :(

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@RayMKlll Hi. This is surely random-as-flip, but i need to tell people about that project of mine. See, i bet you heard about the CEO of KZbin and how KZbin goes down the hill? Hard? Well, not everyone is all about complain-but-do-nothing. I try to Act. I actively searched for bad people and harmful content and such for Years, so now i have a Lot of Links leading to such people. So i made a Wiki and dropped the Links there, for everyone to be able to use them to pre-emptive block Racists, Sexists, Bullies, ect, ect, but even better: Report/Flag them. So? It costs no money, just time, and not even much time. Sorry for the random comment but that Wiki exists. Interested or not?

[@WarmLillie]

I think they added Fairy type because it was a cute type, matched multiple Pokémon designs and something new also to balance many things.

[@blazing4968]

Warm Lillie they could have just added light and it would have been the same thing

[@sumerapaleema610]

Hi Lillie.

[@Ditidos]

@@blazing4968 We already have light type, though. The electric type is already the light type pretty much.

[@blazing4968]

Ditidos but then what about the dark type they needed a new advantage but instead they got a disadvantage witch makes the fairy types broken especially psychic/fairy types

[@vicentefengzhong]

Primal Cry did you watch the entire video? Dark type is not dark type because of darkness but because of evil/malicious/edgy implications

[@coral9874]

Fairy: I am the strongest type against dragons Ice: am I a joke to you

[@hitkid2456]

Seriously. It's an utter travesty their treatment of Ice, giving Fire an unnecessary resist when it wasn't the type most starved for resistances. And there's people who say it doesn't need to be fixed! What a hoot.

[@coral9874]

Okay...... ! >!

[@Toshkii]

Honestly the editing in these videos is so sick and unnecessarily intricate and I really appreciate it, like the fairy type sign being rotoscoped behind the pattern on his shirt? That's such a cute little detail that's not easy to do (for me, at least)! These videos are always such a pleasure to watch and I love that a channel dedicated to my favourite franchise is so professionally made and polished, keep it up!

[@BlackRainRaven]

a dragon type attacking a fairy type is basically like attacking the ocean with a garden hose.

[@Xarazel]

for the longest time i wouldve sworn that Dragon type was weak to Steel, the idea being that myth dragons were vulnerable to weapons made of certain metals and such. am i alone on that?

[@awesomeperson5150]

I mean, sometimes dragon scales are said to only be cut through by specific metals, and not just all metals, like just regular iron wouldnt hurt,

[@Blitzvonic]

I think it would've been better that they're weak to steel. As it is by steel that most dragons were slain in myths.

[@Unresolvedissues101]

@@Blitzvonic most not generally all most of blades in folk lore that slays dragons are imbued with special metals or magic so......

[@TapsWaterr]

Nah, the fairy type was added because of Ghestsis’s Hydreigon, and Cynthia’s Garchomp.

[@dawsonglawe5810]

There are two kinds of fairy pokemon: Genuinely sweet ones, and ones that pretend to be sweet just to lull you into a false sense of security and then murder you in the most violently gruesome way imaginable.

[@celticheavens]

"Healer", "Killer" ..... "Eldritch Blaster" As someone who's been playing warlock most of her life in DnD and WoW, I lost it at the last one pftttt. Great vid as usual! Keep it up!

[@ajanis95]

5:12 Eldritch Blaster. I mean, you're not wrong, but I feel personally attacked.

[@UltimateDragonX99999]

Fairy types are here because in gen 5 fighting type were everywhere in both smogon vgc and adding fairy’s will balance out the fighting that were everywhere in the metagame.

[@Diego.Mattos.]

I'll have to watch the video a third time, I just can't take my eyes off the Snubbull in the corner. It looks so cute and... unamused.

[@wovercomet9412]

Did I saw Florges in the background? It is!

[@krystalendermalie1361]

There is also a comfey on the charizard And a Ralts behind the mimikyu plush

[@wovercomet9412]

@@krystalendermalie1361 Hey! Your right! Welp. Happy Fairy month!

[@Skithien]

"Did I see Florges in the background? I did!". Another option: "Is that Florges in the background? It is!". I understand if English isn't your first language, not trying to be mean, just trying to be helpful. Unless English is your first language, then I'm being mean.

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

5:04 I love how he added Austin in the background, adds a new level of comedy to it XD

[@-_name_-]

Eldritch blaster on the picture of a dnd warlock. I died, peak humour right there

[@TerrariaGolem]

Yes! *E L D R I I I T C H* *B L A S T*

[@MegaPokefan97]

He's not wrong

[@ashules1420]

Anyone else notice the Florges in the background. So Hypnotic and.. Beautiful

[@Sgr667]

That Mr. Mime in the begening was the most scariest pokemon i ever seen

[@seangrant8871]

Take a drink every time a Poketuber says "but in Japan it's the evil type" as though it were new or anything short of a misnomer.

[@determineddaaf3]

I would like a science type, they'd just confuse everyone with maths and those kinds of things, the psychic type would be immume to it because they don't care about the maths and just ignore it with their psychic powers. Fighting would be weak against it because it would break their focus while they're fighting.

[@corviknight.2241]

@Determined Games great idea...but you literally described psychic types like metagross and alakazam

[@tobysinbad]

Okay but explain how all the really really smart pokemon like Slowking whose intelligence comes out as psychic energy

[@Razorlight3]

Psychic is just controlling brainwaves to do many "psychic" things

[@maaxorus]

Hey Lockstin, your DnD is showing! Also, love the little visual jokes. My favourite was when you talked about dark type actually being the "Evil" type and showed Aku.

[@Solqueen86]

everybody talking about the Pokemon in the back but I'm looking at the Gabumon doll

[@darthnihilusthelordofhunge6597]

When you did that deep laugh when talking about the science type, I got an ad saying “you knew the risks when you decided to drive drunk”

[@fabiomartins1534]

enemy: exists warlock in the party: i cast eldritch BLAST

[@kravoki]

Dude, there's a fairy infestation in your room! I already saw a Ralts by your desk, a Florges floating behind the plushies and there's even a Comfey on that Charizard figurine!

[@hylachusphobiae]

Why is there a florges in the backgroud as if its a plushie like everything else oh.

[@krystalendermalie1361]

Comfey on the charizard Ralts behind the mimikyu

[@hylachusphobiae]

[edited because it was a cringe comment lmfao]

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@hylachusphobiae 'Reee' is actually a slur against disabled people. Thats how it was meant when invented. -The more you know.

[@azurnal7573]

@@slevinchannel7589 proof? I can't find that anywhere on google so I wonder if it's true.I assume it's am abbreviation of retard/retarded? I googled and got this: Reee originates from a 2009 KZbin video, uploaded about a frog that is letting out its iconic battle cry to ward of the human handling it. The first time reee was seen on 4chan was in 2014, with a picture of Pepe the Frog.

[@merpo2806]

Science type would be an interesting type, but as Jackie Chan Adventure has taught me: "Magic must deaft magic"

[@Natsu25100]

This is why Dragons are weak to Fairy type. The latter is associated with light/white magic since Dragons were mostly portrayed as evil, servants of the devil, or born out of dark magic which is why light beats dark.

[@momaniasfc]

So we just have pokemon in the background now? _Yes._ Also hi Ralts, it took so long to get you in gen 3.

[@witchhatter]

Not one word about how the addition of fairy type was an indirect buff for the poison type? It was only good against one type and resisted by three others and ineffective against another.

[@keero666pkmn]

Okay now explain why we need a rock AND ground type :P

[@knucklesechidna2124]

Rock because it's strong against flying, ground so it can't hit affect flying. Unless you use Dig as a defensive manuver. But then you could use fly too. :p

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

Ground because Flying needed an immunity and Electric, Fire, and Poison needed weaknesses, and Rock because Flying and Fire needed a weaknesses and Fighting needed a strength.

[@keero666pkmn]

@@TheGoldenDunsparce "rock because flying needed a weakness" ? flying is already weak to electric and ice and fighting has strength vs normal types and ice types. fire and poison are weak to water and psychic respectively , I don't think just naming what needs a singular weakness is an argument mate

[@krx50]

because Rock refers to stones and boulders while Ground refers to dirt and sand

[@keero666pkmn]

@@krx50 Guy, where do rocks come from ? lol

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790]

No one gonna talk about how cute the goomy on his head was? Brilliant editing.

[@huemaster5659]

8:36 A death parade reference, *I see you're a man of culture as well*

[@supremekingcolour8668]

Everyone sees the Florges but nobody sees Ralts behind the Mimikyu and the Togekiss Lockstin throws in 0:33

[@chamuchamupalchamperry6686]

He mentioned an Eldritch/Horror type earlier which i wish were real. Also Science type would be real neat.

[@angeldude101]

I'm just going to request that you look into the etymology of the word "eldritch." It may be quite interesting. ;)

[@MasterMarioMX]

1:26 Liked how the headtrack works!

[@AshkarBehek0]

I always thought that an alleged "Light type" could be called the "Hero type" in Japanese to make contrast with the "Dark/Evil type". The interesting thing about them would be that they are both super effective against one another, because light shines through darkness while darkness shades on light. Meanwhile, the hero always traditionally defeats the evil, but there are also stories where the evil defeats the hero, at least momentarily, with unfair tricks and traps.

[@VioletLunaChan]

Sounds interesting, but Fighting is basicially already the "Hero"-type.

[@AshkarBehek0]

@@VioletLunaChan Heh. I don't know about that. This only seems to apply to a few of them like Lucario, the sword trio... and maybe others I can't think of rn. And honestly, if it wasn't for the movie, Lucario would be just another martial artist Pokemon with no clear alignment between good or evil.

[@soleo2783]

@@AshkarBehek0 The reason fighting and bug are super effective against dark is because they are both "good" types.

[@smitty.w483]

"healer, killer, eldritch blaster" as a warlock i feel called out

[@dianamnajarro5119]

I feel like this was a response to the overwhelming amount of comments about the 'uselessness', 'unnecessary', and 'ridicules' addition of Fairy type was in the last couple of videos. This video was more like a review to the mentioned videos.

[@Jw87563]

9:39 I love how Tinkerbell, who's a literal Fairy, only has three Fairy types on her team. Still thematic besides the cotton candy and the cheerleader bird.

[@lilyminer9164]

Different types of magic : Healer, Killer, and of course Eldritch Blaster This made me laugh to much

[@idreadFell365]

Just look at Disney's Sleeping Beauty, it took a sword that was enchanted with fairy magic to kill Maleficent in her dragon form.

[@BrainsArt]

I also deeply appreciate the fact that Fairy types are weak to Steel types, cause in real life fairy lore, iron can severely weaken and even kill fairies.

[@handan3786]

Austin in the background when he brings up SCIENCE type was just the best lol

[@WarmLillie]

Fairy type is a mix of all fan made typing Why I think they got rejected. Sound- Already used also more normal. Light- Not many Pokémon are light base or give off and it more electric type Magic- Pokémon are magical creatures. More Ghost. Cosmic- Few Pokemon that come from space. Also Psychic.

[@vicentefengzhong]

Someone that actually understands the types implications? I thought your kind went extinct a 6 years ago

[@harll5560]

Just a single nitpick but light ain't eletricity. Eletricity is energy while light isn't plus light is photons but electricity is electrons.

[@myssledissle]

All I want is a buff to Ice Types, They're weak to Fire which makes sense, but Fighting and Steel and Rock on the other hand dont make sense, Ice only resists itself, its effective vs Flying and Dragon and Grass, but not Bug for some reason, and it is resisted by Fire, Ice and, Water for some reason. I see no reason why a type like Ice has to be handicapped so harshly, adding effective vs Bug, removing two of the weaknesses between Rock Fighting and Steel, and making it do normal damage vs Water would make it less bad. But they'll probably just remove every ice type instead

[@noodnood9668]

I saw Terminal Montage’s Lockstin! So cute!

[@ethan4sias]

I can’t stop staring at that Ralts behind Mimikyu

[@tobschke7366]

Whats about the floette evolution i dont know the name of cause im german in the back? Edit: Just googled. Its called Florges.

[@heathc148]

I dunno man

[@vickypedia1308]

Funnily enough the name is the same in German and English

[@jeffreysherman8224]

There's also a Ralts lurking behind the Mimikyu plush, and a Comfey around Charizard's neck.

[@viviulpatil7702]

Fairy type is like a wife which has no fear of her husband (dragon) but also her husband afraid of her

[@necro819]

Me: Sees you call fairies light and nature oriented... Also me: laughs in Unseelie as fairies kidnap human children to keep as pets while some cultures refer to lay lines as Dragon Streams.

[@angeldude101]

I am aware of Unseelie myths, but fears of one's child being "stolen" from their parents in one way or another is one that appears to have persisted to this day. The signs that one's child was "taken" have never gone away, and are very real. It is only that the forces that "took" them have taken many different names over the ages...

[@chloroxiphite]

0:06 Florges: Exists All dragon type pokemon: WE HAVE FOUND THE ENEMY OF DRAGONKIND(?)

[@halodragonmaster]

5:02 *HEY* *IT'S ME* *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUSTIN!* FAIRY TYPE IS *GOSH DANG TERRIFYING!*

[@novaroseoooooo]

Alolan Exeggutor has that big dragon energy

[@KasaiBuru]

Fun fact dragon isn't super effective to any type execpt itself

[@peacechan4500]

So because of this dragon type became useless

[@knucklesechidna2124]

IT TAKES A DRAGON TO MATCH WITS WITH A DRAGON! EPIC BATTLES!

[@Sienrel]

fascinating

[@superphatcakes]

It doesn't need to be super effective against anything else, because it resists more than any other type.

[@superphatcakes]

@Lorenzo Franzese True. Also, to kinda revise my statement, dragon has an average number of resistances, but all those resistances are primary elemental types, which are typically more popular.

[@MMDAMV]

Serious editing here, lads! Well done!

[@zechariahsmontgomery7175]

But did yall see the Charizard wearing a Comfey in the back? I love it! Edit: I also see Ralts and Floette? (Forgot its name)

[@GamerFromJump]

I’d have liked to see an examination of a contradictory being like Mega Altaria (Dragon/Fairy). Is it an wielder of arcane magic that enters a zen like state? Not only can it still harness and channel like a Dragon, it can flow infinity energy into attacks like a Fairy and Dragon magic around itself. It can even infuse Fairy aura into normal moves with Pixilate.

[@sans7052]

They add fairy-type not only to weaken the dragon-type, but also because they wanted to buff the poison-type. So to nerf dragons and buff poison-pokemon they could simply give dragons a poison-weakness, instead of creating a new type and both problems were solved!

[@avo1447]

All type advantages have reasons behind them why would poison be strong against dragon?

[@zetsubou1v1]

Part of the mythos of dragons is that they reign supreme(for the most part). They are hard to damage by natural means, hence their original weaknesses: itself and ice because save for seasonal shifts it rarely appears outside high elevations. Also big lizards. Poison is a natural or man made substance(that dragons often have access to), so it's not exactly suited for the task, although you could make an arguement for it via the Orochi myth, poisoning the serpent with alcohol before slaying it. A better arguement could be made for steel, but steel was already quite powerful beforehand, and does have more prominence as a weakness for fairies and magic than dragons.

[@avo1447]

@@zetsubou1v1 honest there also a legend of a dragon who demanded a young maiden each year to feat on then some farmer put sulfur in a sheep and stuck it out side the cave then the Dragon ate the sheep felt it's stomach burning then drunk like a deliver until it's stomach exploded?

[@zetsubou1v1]

@@avo1447 the main problem with both stories is that the dragon needs to take the poison itself, either through indulgence or trickery. Poison isn't something that a dragon will fall for if it sees it coming.

[@sans7052]

@@avo1447 yeah i know it wouldn't make much sense, but other advantages/disadvantages also don't make sense. For example: bug being strong against dark, psychic being strong against poison...

[@benbarnett5743]

I guess you could say that their attempt to nerf dragon types by introducing the fairy type was a case of “gone horribly right” as they did nerf the broken dragon type only to add an even more broken type in the games

[@sampfrost]

austin in the background of science... lol

[@GeminiEarthSnake]

Loving the little hidden pokemon in the background. Very clever.

[@Metroid4ever]

And now Psychic is outclassed by Fairy.

[@astrisperspecto4130]

Fairy 5ype was also added to bring in some reliable counters towards dark type. Bug and fight were the only suer effective types against dark back in gen 5 and seriously - who uses ug types?

[@georgielockhart6686]

I always knew a "light" type would be added but so glad they went in the fairy direction instead to give an umbrella to all the pink and light aligned pokemon.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Someone went crazy with the effects budget. Also, an Egoraptor reference... I mean Blastoise! I'm still gonna fight on this "buff Ice type by making it resist Fairy and Dragon as a non-conductor of natural energy" hill. Also buff it by having it resist Grass and Water.

[@Sapienite1]

Cyber type could be immune to Fairy (i.e. "science type").

[@globin3477]

@@samarnadra According to all known laws of Aviation, there is no way a fairy should be able to fly.

[@Sapienite1]

@@samarnadra Interesting, I feel like Cyber would then be immune to Fairy, but also Fairy immune to Cyber. As I also have it in my custom Pokemon game, Bug and Ghost are strong against Cyber. Fire is resistant to Cyber ;) Food for thought (By Cyber I am referring to a type which Porygon most represents, but also Rotom and other robotic Pokemon.)

[@Sapienite1]

@@samarnadra Also, on the gremlins, maybe just one species of Fairy Pokemon can be based on them and has an ability which allows them to use Fairy moves super-effectively against Cyber Pokemon. I wonder what such a Pokemon would look like... :0

[@gerg905]

I see Austin in the background of that science type schpiel. Fitting if I have to say so myself. Maybe you could've added Hank in there?

[@Kittieeepaw]

Lockstin & Gnoggin: yeet *Everyone liked that*

[@xrikko1203]

That Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock cameo lol

[@Pokesummons]

Not science type, Austin type. The anxiety of science is the over powering of normal type.

[@TamTroll]

the image editing is on point today

[@jumpkicking]

The point was lost entirely here. Conclusion/tldr: Dragon is might not magic, though that dosen't mean dragons cant use magic. Just inherently they are not magic or arcane. . The dragon type is for dragons, nothing close to arcane. Dragon moves are the powers dragons typically have; dragon breath, dragon claw ect... The dragon type is not arcane but the meta-physical powers of dragons. Fairy type is not arcane either, its more glimmer, they manipulate what people see and do and that weakens dragon's because they are meta-physical, physical things cannot resist it easily. Fairy is strong against; dragon, dark and fighting. Like you claimed light (the principle of glimmer) banishes the dark, but its distortion of the physical (fight and dragon) makes it effective against those. Steel however is physical, but it's harder than dragon scales and its almost artificial, it's not inherently alive. Dragons are very tough apex creatures from myth. Dragons are strong against other dragons as they are known for superiority and their apex nature, they resist the basic elements such as fire, water, grass and electric because they are powerful enough to challenge the whole world. They are however weak to fairy because of the distortion nature of fairy power and steel because steel is stronger than their skin, claws and breath. Your argument of forceful manipulation by dragons and fluid manipulation by fairies only applies to the likes of Dialga and Celebi who both have control over time but use it separately... only celebi is not a fairy but psychic (and grass). Hoopa and Palkia are two other examples of space manipulators only palkia is a dragon and hoopa is dark and psychic. Dragons with world altering powers are extremely powerful because its a strong power with a strong body, hence why the powerful dragon roar of Dialga shakes the universe. -Dragons are forceful apex predators, not manipulators or benders, they just crash through everything. Other really strong pokemon that are not dragons can use dragon moves because they are physically strong enough to match dragons might, but not themselves resistant to the elements. Dragon moves are the most physically powerful moves, but only real dragons can resist the elements, some pokemon may achieve physical perfection but not the resilience, hence why non-dragons only are able to use certain dragon moves that matches their strongest physiology. -Faeries are the manipulators of physical things. Celebi has a kindred for living things and vitality but the power to see time through other living things (hence reading the minds [psychic] of living things [grass], through time [legendary]). Dialga just bursts through time because it's an angry brute (powerful body able to make a powerful roar [dragon] and time [legendary]). -Psychics can't fight darkness because they cant predict it, they are weak to other physics because they both can read each other and it makes them both vulnerable, they can read fighters and they cant fight steel because it's not alive, the pokemon hiding under steel are alive but the steel it'self seems to have anti-magic properties. Psychics seem to borrow powers from other archtypes because they have supernatural insight -Dark is less about actual darkness but a trait that allows the Pokemon to resist the supernatural prowess of psychic and ghost, it's probably called evil because dark pokemon have no fear of death and are unable to be read by psychic, its a resistance to the supernatural. -Fighting which is also relevant because it's a distinction from dragon as a skill and mastery of body. Equally powerful to dragons in its own right (dragons might, fighters skill, its given that dragons and fighters have strength/are strong). -Steel which is also relevant because it's an artificial power. Steel can only be broken by the things that made it (fighters strength and skill, fires that tempered it and the earth it came from).

[@a_random_lizard]

I was about to ask "why Dragons are weak to ice?" then I realized that dragons are giant lizards, they're supposed to be cold-blooded, which can't withstand cold too long

[@jumpkicking]

@@a_random_lizard Sometimes weird vulnerabilities or strength comes from the need to actually give something a weakness or counter. In this case maybe it was a half-educated pick or it was entirely random.

[@federicogou]

The editing is 10/10

[@Syiepherze]

What's that Florges doing there?

[@haileyh243]

4:16 Poor dratini😂😂 Lockstin you hit the poor thing

[@luckycleric9549]

Who else spent most of the video watching Florges instead of everything else?

[@priceprice_baby]

Probably already mentioned in the thousand other comments but I think you are spot on with another important reason: Poison was a horrible type and steel was bad offensively, both needed a buff. There is no reason they would be effective against things like light or sound, but in many of the stories, the fairies and natural magic of the world disappeared when industrialisation and pollution (steel and poison) came along.

[@stormromera240h6]

hey it's Austin from Game theory nice reference Lockstin

[@DianaPloog]

I love how in the background of the science type part is Austin form Game Theory

[@jamesnishimura5623]

0:07 LOOK. AT. MIMIKYU. why is mimikyu moving?

[@Songal18]

*applaudes* A well thought out and given explanation.

[@christopheraddeo5949]

Damn these animations are better than Sword and Shield

[@candidatepiety2186]

Great job on the editing!!