26 · COUNTERS · BY TYPE
Best Fairy counters
Use these mons to break Fairy-type raid bosses and gym defenders. Each section is grouped by the attacker's type — pick whichever type your team has built up.
Vulnerable to
PoisonSteel
×1.6 damage from the listed attacker types (more if defender is dual-type and stacks with a second weakness).
Poison attackers
6 top picks#0890
Eternatus
Poison Jab · Cross Poison
Best Poison attacker overall
#0169· Mega
Mega Crobat
Bite · Sludge Bomb
Top Poison mega
#0094· Mega
Mega Gengar
Lick · Sludge Bomb
Top Ghost/Poison mega
#0793
Nihilego
Acid · Sludge Bomb
Top non-mega Poison
#0034· Shadow
Shadow Nidoking
Poison Jab · Sludge Wave
Poison/Ground shadow
#0073· Shadow
Shadow Tentacruel
Poison Jab · Sludge Wave
Poison/Water shadow
Steel attackers
6 top picks#0483· Origin
Origin Dialga
Metal Claw · Iron Head
Top Steel attacker
#0800· Dusk_Mane
Dusk Mane Necrozma
Metal Claw · Sunsteel Strike
Top Steel/Psychic
#0376· Mega
Mega Metagross
Bullet Punch · Meteor Mash
Top Steel mega
#0485· Shadow
Shadow Heatran
Bullet Punch · Iron Head
Steel/Fire shadow
#0462
Magnezone
Spark · Flash Cannon
Steel/Electric reliable
#0376· Shadow
Shadow Metagross
Bullet Punch · Meteor Mash
Top Steel shadow
Per-boss picker
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Full type chart
See everything Fairy resists / takes SE from across all 18 types.
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PvP move stats
Compare DPT / EPT / DPE on every fast and charged move.
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