Reflecting on BW and Looking Ahead to Gen VI - SEE POST #508

[Bent1ey]

Maybe I got my source wrong, but the original comment for fairy type didn't have the resistances to fairy attacks listed, only the types it resists and those it affects by super effective.

[melvni]

Originally Posted by Fat Bent1ey

Maybe I got my source wrong, but the original comment for fairy type didn't have the resistances to fairy attacks listed, only the types it resists and those it affects by super effective.

The Pokebeach leak said that "it is weak to Poison and Steel, immune to Dragon, super effective against Dragon, Dark, and Fighting, and Fire and Psychic-type Pokemon take half damage from it," so I think we know everything about it if the leak is accurate.

[Bent1ey]

Originally Posted by Fat melvni

The Pokebeach leak said that "it is weak to Poison and Steel, immune to Dragon, super effective against Dragon, Dark, and Fighting, and Fire and Psychic-type Pokemon take half damage from it," so I think we know everything about it if the leak is accurate.

Can't find the original source, care to link me?

I just realized that Steel being super effective to Fairys make sense considering the magical lore in which iron affects magical beings.

[vyomov]

What? Weak to Poison and Steel, the best defensive types in the game and SE vs Dragon, the best offensive power in the game?
This is just screwed up
Not to mention Fairy/Ground would be plain broken.

[DarkBlazeR]

I'm honestly sceptical over the authenticity of the Fairy type. Whilst the concept is definitely plausible, it really does seem too good to be true. The fact that it seems to be a perfect balancer in terms of other types - making Steel and Poison into better offensive types, making Fire and Psychic into better defensive types and nerfing some of the current best offensive types (Dragon/Dark/Fighting) - shows real competitive awareness, which quite frankly is not typical of GF at all. Perhaps Fairy type is intended to balance the type chart, like Dark/Steel did in GSC? Or has someone been theorymoning? Only time will tell, but I still find it hard to believe at the moment without any official sources.

Heatran is sure to see some love this generation if Fairy type is true though :P

[HabibsHotDogs]

^ It is GF, psychic was incredibly overpowered in gen 1 then got completely shafted with the introduction of dark types and steels and THEN the introduction of excellent steels in every gen afterwards.

I think grass should resist fairy as well, it makes sense considering fairies rely on forests to survive and grass would easily "tolerate it" ie not very effective as fairies can hardly damage a forest. It makes more sense than fairies being terrified of being trapped in steel -.-

Heatran has been one of the best pokemon since its introduction lol, if rain was banned Heatran would probably easily be the #1, Probably around 25%+ usage lol.

If milotic gets fairy typing that'd be pretty awesome considering it'd make a great dragon check! That said, if true, dragons may become the next psychic (except psychic has excellent pokemon along with steel, water, dragon, ground and even fighting, hence why they all have 6+ pokes in OU)

[melvni]

Originally Posted by Fat Bent1ey

Can't find the original source, care to link me?

I just realized that Steel being super effective to Fairys make sense considering the magical lore in which iron affects magical beings.

The original source is Pokebeach's home page if you scroll down to the part where it says 'Supposed ‘X’ and ‘Y’ Insider Information'. I'm pretty sure the guy who runs the site claims the information was told to him exclusively by a leaker so that's the closest you're going to get.

[Dark Fallen Angel]

Originally Posted by Fat HabibsHotDogs

I think grass should resist fairy as well, it makes sense considering fairies rely on forests to survive and grass would easily "tolerate it" ie not very effective as fairies can hardly damage a forest. It makes more sense than fairies being terrified of being trapped in steel -.-

I also think that this would make sense. Fire, Psychic and Grass: Grass would even be a better defensive typing than it already is, because it is extremely overlooked as a defensive type because of its five weakness, despite having four excellent resistances. Not to mention that Celebi would probably be the best counter to Fairy-types, and Fairy-Ground would no longer have perfect coverage since it would be walled by Grass-types.

Fire could also be super-effective against Fairy. You all know what happens if we put fire on a fairy, and the place where she lives. In addition, the fire has a destructive nature that contrast with the benevolent nature of fairies.

Also, as I said, making Poison and Steel super-effective against Fairy will not help them being more used types on the metagame. They will still have poor coverage and will probably not be used outside STAB, and even then, some Pokémon will prefer to use moves that while unSTABed, have better coverage. To solve this coverage problem, they should remove some resistances to Steel or Poison, although this does not make sense. Also, I do not see how Steel can be super-effective against Fairy; this does not make sense. Poison is plausible since poison affects fairies on a negative way and destroy their habitat.

[alexwolf]

Originally Posted by Fat melvni

The Pokebeach leak said that "it is weak to Poison and Steel, immune to Dragon, super effective against Dragon, Dark, and Fighting, and Fire and Psychic-type Pokemon take half damage from it," so I think we know everything about it if the leak is accurate.

Well we still don't know what are the resistances of Fairy-types, assuming they do have some, as i find it difficult to believe that it will only have 1 immunity (although that one immunity is huge).