3 Generations Later, Why Pokemon’s Fairy-Type Has Yet to Completely Overtake Dragon-Types

Ever since its game-changing debut in Pokemon back in 2013, the Fairy type is still yet to live up to and overtake the series’ venerated Dragon type, even after a decade and three generations of Pokemon games. While Pokemon Scarlet and Violet‘s nineteenth “Tera Type” as part of its ongoing DLC expansion could be limited to Gen 9 alongside its Terastallization gimmick, the Fairy type is still Pokemon‘s most recent permanent change to its available types for the time being. With Pokemon X‘s mascot Legendary Pokemon being made a Fairy-type, it was clear that Game Freak intended for Fairy Pokemon to rival other Dragon types.