[BW2] Fairies in the Metagame...

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  1. Scytha Gang

    Scytha Gang New Member

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    Hey guys, this is more of an opinion question. How do you think fairies will affect the competition/metagame?

    I think that they will be special attackers like gardevoir if they are offensive, yet will have stats like blissey if they're defensive. If they're support, then their stats will suck, yet could have cool support abilities such as preventing sleep. If they're clearly a wall or a sweeper, i can see them in OU, but honestly, i only see Xerneas and Sylveon being placed above UU, (Sylveon in OU, Xerneas in Ubers). The rest.....NU, NFE, or little cup.

    When you look at the stats of the comfirmed fairies (and their evolved forms) jigglypuff, marill, gardevoir, wigglytuff, and azumarill, they all have a trend.

    Some of them have high Hp Some of them have high SpDef They all have low Atk Most of them have low Def Most of them have low Spe Only Gardevoir has high SpAtk

    So from that, seeing how only azumarill and gardevoir are the only somewhat used fairies in the metagame right now, how do you think gardevoir and the rest will improve? How will the get worse? Will jigglypuff finally have competitive use outside of Pimpnite's videos?

    How will the new fairies be used? Imo, if they are specially offensive/defensive like gardevoir, i will use them (but since im an offensive player, i prefer SpAtk sweepers), but if they have stats like Wigglytuff (high Hp but everything else sucks), i won't use them. If they have non ideal stats (Azumarill's bad offenses and below average defenses), but have a great ability (Huge Power), i might use them (but not on OU).

    How will this help/hurt other Pokemon? We know that they beat Dragon...what if they beat something else, like Dark? Then Sableye will never be used again! Opinions?
     
  2. Aurist

    Aurist I do not jump for joy. I frolic in doubt.

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    We know nothing confirmed about Fairy type at the moment other than it hits Dragon super effective. We can't really predict anything at the moment.

    I think we can presume Xerneas will be a significant force in ubers, depending on if there's a Fairy Plate and Arceus getting it.

    Azumarill and Wigglytuff aren't confirmed Fairies. We can probably assume they will be, but we don't actually know for sure, and things can change type on evolving.

    PokeBeach's (frequently corroborated) rumours indicate that it will be immune to Dragon, weak to Steel and Poison. Even if those things are true there's still not much we can predict. We could end up seeing Gardevoir as an OU pokemon for all we know, but I'm sure other things will outclass it tbh.

    If there's a Fairy type priority move, I can see Azumarill rocketing to high usage in OU.

    But this is all Ifs, and this thread can really be nothing but guesses and conjecture.
     
  3. ajhockeystar

    ajhockeystar Proud Canadian

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    Only azurill is confirmed to be fairy, I think azumarill will definitely keep its water type, I'm not sure about marill, but it will probably still be pure water as well.
     
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