The History of "Pokemon GO" - Fairy Quiz

Answer: Zero

Infamously, Fairies were the only type in the entire game lacking a STAB fast move option. The game launched in 2016, but it wouldn't be until 2020 when this would finally change.

Answer: Dazzling Gleam

A fine enough move in PvE, Dazzling Gleam's parameters are simply awful in PvP. It costs a staggering 70 energy and provides a pathetic 1.1 Damage-Per-Energy to go with it.

Answer: Xerneas

Coming to the game in 2020, Xerneas began its time in the game as a toothless joke. Like plenty of other Fairies, it did not have a useful fast move to pair with Moonblast, its STAB charged move. In 2022, it gained access to Geomancy, which was exactly what it needed to bring itself towards the top of the Fairy meta.

Answer: Xurkitree

Xurkitree's access to Dazzling Gleam pairs well enough with Thundershock as a pretty incredible general move. To put into perspective how powerful Xurkitree is- Thundershock is frequently resisted by the Dragons that Fairies are tasked with beating. Yet, despite this set back, Xurkitree's Attack stat is so high that it's able to overcome this deficiency anyway. Statistically, its Fairy DPS only consistently trails Shadow and Mega Gardevoir, with it situationally matching or exceeding anything else.

Answer: Two

With the move having a very reasonable 85 for a base power and being absurdly fast, it is actually one of the best Charged moves in the entire game. Sadly, none of the Tapus have Fairy fast moves to pair it with and their stats are all fairly average, and this serves to significantly curb Nature's Madness' potential.

Answer: 5.3

Charm is a three turn move, dealing 16 base damage each time it gets used. It generates 6 energy upon use, setting its EPT to an abysmal flat two. This makes this move's niche clear and easy to see, letting Pokemon who have it pressure the opponent through shields, but hardly put up a fight pressuring the shields themselves.

Answer: Play Rough

Play Rough has identical power to Dazzling Gleam, with a much less energy cost. With Azumarill's Bubble posing just enough energy generation to use Play Rough a few times, Azumarill can properly deal with anything in Great League which is weak to Fairy. This includes very notable threats such as Sableye, Annihilape, Medicham and Altaria.

Answer: Aura Sphere

Aura Sphere is one of the cheapest moves Togekiss has, and it covers its weakness to Steel. Both of these facts are incredibly important, with Togekiss having a tough time reaching Charged moves due to Charm's horrible energy generation and Steel types being prevalent across PvP in general.

Answer: Fairy Fast move

Zacian got Play Rough, which is more than good enough as a Charged move. Yet, it must contend with Snarl or Fire Fang as Fast move options, which both plainly and simply suck in a Fairy type attacking capacity. If it could get Charm or Fairy Wind, it would see plenty of play. Sadly, it lacks access to both of these moves in mainline games, so it will never get them in this one.

Answer: Lack of Fairy Fast move

Unfortunately, Mega Diancie was saddled with the awful Moonblast for a Charged move, and was never given a Fast move that had any sort of real synergy with it. Despite these tremendous setbacks, Mega Diancie's Attack stat is still high enough to make it viable as a Fairy attacker sheerly off of stats alone.

However, the aforementioned setbacks are too much for Mega Diancie to be particularly great at the role- its DPS very slightly trails regular Gardevoir and just doesn't quite reach numbers seen in top tier Fairy attackers.