[DISCUSSION] All Our Favorite Fairy Pokémon!

[0kamii]

 

Hey, everybody! It's 0kamii, and today I'm bringing you "All Our Favorite Fairy Pokémon"!

Now, I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with the Fairy-type. Since Dragon is my personal favorite type, and has been as long as I can remember playing pokémon, I was pretty mad when I found out that the series was introducing a nerf to the otherwise overpowered behemoths I called my aces. I thought it was kind of dumb that faeires of all things were used to neuter what was widely considered the "best type overall," but after seeing them in action, opinions changed. While my transition to liking Fairy-types was gradual, I've since come around, and there's definitely a handful of these pixies that have left an impression on me. As with many of my "All Our Favorite" posts recently, my absolute favorite pick has already been mentioned in previous posts. Once here, and again here. If you didn't click the links, my personal favorite Fairy-type is:

 

 

I totally disregarded this thing in Gen 5 when it was first introduced, but after receiving the Fairy-type, and getting put to good use in competitive last year, my opinion on the Windveiled Pokémon has certainly changed. If you want to read more about my love for Whimsicott, feel free to click one of the two links above. For now, I'd like to spotlight a different of my favorite Fairy-types. That would be:

 

Carbink

 

Yeah, no set this time. I don't really know how to use a Carbink, nor have I seen anyone else use it. It's unfortunately stuck in the PU tier as of writing this, and it doesn't have much more use in Doubles thanks to the prevelance of Steel-types. The thing that really sells me on Carbink despite all of that though is just how adorable it is! Never in my life did I think someone would find a way to make a rock cute, but the designers at Nintendo sure made it happen. I also appreciate the gemology reference, as I'm an amateur geologist, and since I play Yu-Gi-Oh! on the side and specialize in the Crystal Beast archetype, this little nod to Ruby Carbuncle always makes me smile. Not to mention it has an awesome Shiny!

 

 

Love the colors, really brings out Carbink's charm as an enchanted rock.

Other Fairy-types I adore are:

 

 

I've been in love with Bulu since the moment it was unveiled, and to this day it is the undisputed king of the Tapus. While I realize it's not the greatest in competitve, being horribly outclassed by all three of the others, I still think Bulu has great untapped potential, and I'm holding my breath that someone unlocks it. Because Bulu is such a new pokémon, I don't have many memories with it quite yet, but I did use it on my April International Challenge Team last year where it outstalled a stall Mandibuzz. That was satisfying.

Togekiss was my first love affair with Fairy-types before Fairy-types existed. I had one on my Gen 4 team in Plantinum, then again on my SoulSilver team when I replayed the Gen 2 remakes. It's a reliable, bulky mon, and I miss the days of it being able to spam Serene Grace for flinches with Air Slash. Only against NPCs, though. Only players without sportsmanship sick those skill-less strategies on other trainers.

Yes, Kleki is one of my FAVORITE Fairy-types! Come at me. I know this is a very unpopular opinion, but seeing as how 1) I don't mind inanimate object pokémon (Magnezone, Klang, Kartana, etc.) and 2) it's great in battle, I don't see the issue. Have you ever used a Klefki? Well, @LittleFoxS and I certainly have. In fact, it's a staple of his recs team, and was one of the first pokémon I used while building my first serious Singles team. Klefki is a great pokémon, and if it's good enough for Worlds 2017 quarterfinalist Sebstian Escalante, it's good enough for me.

 

 

Honorable mentions go to:

 

 

Whelp, that concludes this "All Our Favorite" post. Little bit of shorter one, I know. Fairy-type is still new, and there's a lot of memories we've all yet to have with the type, and with the pokémon that wear that type. I look forward to hearing all of your thoughts on this, and don't forget to let me know what YOUR favorite Fairy-types are in the thread below. With that, I'm out of here until Friday! I will read you all soon, legends in making.

Thanks so much for reading, everyone! Battle onwards, friends!

- 0kamii

P.S. Also, on the day I uploaded this, Primarina was the pokémon of the day. Interesting coincidence. While I'm still team Rowlet, Primarina just barely missed this list. I used it in my UM playthrough, and I was pleasantly surprised. #poppliodefensesquad