Which Fairy-types will end up as the most used?

[wolf]

Which do you predict to remain the most useful as the XY metagames continue to stabilize?

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fairy_(type)

 

[obZen]

Florges can make a wonderful special wall.
Mawile with its Steel/Fairy type and a mega form shows great promise.
Azumarill might balloon in popularity the most imo.
It virtually shuts down Palkia and Kingdra. With Huge Power, maybe it can weave its way as a niche revenge killer?

 

[Nolafus]

Azumarill - I think it's quite obvious that Azumarill will go up in usage. It's a powerful priority user that covers a lot of the weaknesses that Fairies have. It will find its way on many fairy-monotype teams because it can attack Steel for neutral STAB and fire super-effectively.

Klefki - It's a prankster. It has priority thunder wave and spikes. It's a good hazard setter that can also act as a special wall thanks to priority calm mind.

 

[Hikamaru]

The major concern I have here is that the BSTs of most of these Fairies aren't very strong or are like, average. Also, the fact that offensive Fairy attacks, especially physical, are heavily lacking in comparison to other types. Because of this, I'm worried most of them may not cut it in OU due to the average or lower-than-average BSTs.

But one I definitely see making an impact is Togekiss, she walls both of Garchomp's STAB types and that effectively forces him to run Stone Edge just to have a chance of getting past her. Azumarill has also become the ultimate Palkia/Kingdra counter as Slim said.

I was surprised at how strong Florges was Sp. Def wise, she seems to be able to tank special attacks well based on what I've read.

 

[Dark Azelf]

Florges can make a wonderful special wall.
Mawile with its Steel/Fairy type and a mega form shows great promise.
Azumarill might balloon in popularity the most imo.
It virtually shuts down Palkia and Kingdra. With Huge Power, maybe it can weave its way as a niche revenge killer?

This basically^

Also Azumarril i feel will also be a scary sweeper now that Belly Drum and Aqua Jet are legal(!).

I think Gardy will be an underated threat, same with Togkiss who i feel will carve itself a great defensive/support niche and also gets Defog, Roost, Wish, Heal Bell, Encore, Baton Pass, Thunderwave etc and also is virtually immune most physical dragons sets same with special due to its awesome bulk.

Im not quite sure about where Sylveon and Klefki stand atm though.

 

[magolor]

I'm seriously happy with Mawile being half-fairy type. It's always been one of my favorites.
I'm definitely going to be using it more often; especially since it has a new mega-evolution as well.

 

[Pokedra]

Mawile, Syvelon, Togekiss and Azumarill will be quite popular I feel. Especially Mawlie given it's godlike typing and massive Attack. Florges is inferior to Syvleon I feel, movepool is worse and it's Wishes are a fair bit smaller (50HP can make or break you), it does have slightly better Def/SpD/Spe however. Other then that maybe Gardevoir-M can be useful in OU but the rest I feel will go UU/RU/NU.

 

[Ársa]

Could we consider Jirachi becoming Fairy as well? It'll be interesting to see if any others have type changes once the PokeBank is opened. I feel Klefki is victim of coming one gen too late with the defog buff.

And then there's, you know, Xerneas..

 

[Hikamaru]

Could we consider Jirachi becoming Fairy as well? It'll be interesting to see if any others have type changes once the PokeBank is opened.

I'm afraid that the list shown on Bulbapedia is basically all the confirmed Fairy-types this generation. Jirachi sadly keeps its current typing. Whimsicott gained Fairy-type but can't be obtained until Pokemon Bank opens.

On the topic of Mawile, I think it'll still be in the lower tiers due to a big lack of physical Fairy moves. Play Rough is currently the only physical attacking Fairy move. But there's still a chance it could eventually jump out of NU with that Mega Evolution.

 

[PlatinumDude]

I'd say Azumarill, Granbull, Mawile and Sylveon will be the most-used Fairies. The first three are much more improved with their new typing; more emphasis will probably go to Mawile because of how its Mega form significantly increases its offensive capabilities. Thankfully, they gained Play Rough, the only physical Fairy move, so that their new type wasn't useless. As for Sylveon, it's a good Wish supporter; it plays similarly to Umbreon, but Sylveon can actually fight back thanks to 110 Special Attack.

 

[Pokedra]

I'm afraid that the list shown on Bulbapedia is basically all the confirmed Fairy-types this generation. Jirachi sadly keeps its current typing. Whimsicott gained Fairy-type but can't be obtained until Pokemon Bank opens.

On the topic of Mawile, I think it'll still be in the lower tiers due to a big lack of physical Fairy moves. Play Rough is currently the only physical attacking Fairy move. But there's still a chance it could eventually jump out of NU with that Mega Evolution.

That matters extremely little actually. Play Rough has pretty good base power as well, accuracy isn't perfect is the only flaw.

That typing alone should help it get into OU. 4 neutrals, 7 resistances, 1 4x resistance, and 2 immunities plus pretty solid defenses of 50/125/95 means it has a lot going for it. It can come in, use Intimidate than switch into it's Mega Mode with 490 uninvested Attack. Plus Huge Power is applied to Foul Play iirc, you can straight up OHKO Metagross. It checks the Lati twins extremely well, messes up other Fairies as well.

Did I mention with Atk investment it can hit 681 Attack off the bat? Pair that with Swords Dance, Sucker Punch on a Trick Room team and you get...?