It arrived in Generation 6 with Pokémon X and Y, and several older Pokémon, such as Clefairy, Jigglypuff and Marill, were retyped to include it.

Its attacks are super effective against Fighting, Dragon and Dark, and not very effective against Fire, Poison and Steel. On defence it takes double damage from Poison and Steel, and resists three types: Fighting, Bug and Dark. It is immune to Dragon. There are 64 Fairy-type species, 21 of them pure Fairy; the most common pairings are Fairy/Psychic (8), Fairy/Steel (6) and Fairy/Grass (5). It has 33 moves: 6 physical, 15 special and 12 status.

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Fairy-type Pokémon 64

Fairy-type Mega Evolutions and regional forms 13