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List of Fairy-type Moves

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Pokemon Sword and Shield - List of Fairy-type Moves
This is a list of all Fairy-type moves that are usable in Pokemon Sword and Shield, Isle of Armor, and the Crown Tundra DLC. Sort all Fairy moves by Power, PP, and Accuracy, and see how to use them competitively.

List of Fairy-type Moves

Moves Type Power Acc. PP
Aromatic Mist Pokemon Fairy Image - - 20
Baby-Doll Eyes Pokemon Fairy Image - 100 30
Charm Pokemon Fairy Image - 100 20
Crafty Shield Pokemon Fairy Image - - 10
Dazzling Gleam Pokemon Fairy Image 80 100 10
Decorate Pokemon Fairy Image - - 15
Disarming Voice Pokemon Fairy Image 40 - 15
Draining Kiss Pokemon Fairy Image 50 100 10
Fairy Lock Pokemon Fairy Image - - 10
Fairy Wind Pokemon Fairy Image 40 100 30
Fleur Cannon Pokemon Fairy Image 130 90 5
Floral Healing Pokemon Fairy Image - - 10
Flower Shield Pokemon Fairy Image - - 10
G-Max Finale Pokemon Fairy Image - - -
G-Max Smite Pokemon Fairy Image - - -
Geomancy Pokemon Fairy Image - - 10
Light of Ruin Pokemon Fairy Image 140 90 5
Max Starfall Pokemon Fairy Image - - -
Misty Explosion Pokemon Fairy Image 100 100 5
Misty Terrain Pokemon Fairy Image - - 10
Moonblast Pokemon Fairy Image 95 100 15
Moonlight Pokemon Fairy Image - - 5
Nature's Madness Pokemon Fairy Image - 90 10
Play Rough Pokemon Fairy Image 90 90 10
Spirit Break Pokemon Fairy Image 75 100 15
Strange Steam Pokemon Fairy Image 90 95 10
Sweet Kiss Pokemon Fairy Image - 75 10

Fairy-type Effectiveness

Damage Dealt Type
2x Pokemon Fighting Image Pokemon Dragon Image Pokemon Dark Image
1/2 Pokemon Fire Image Pokemon Poison Image Pokemon Steel Image
No Effect None

Fairy-type Moves in Competitive Play

Pokemon Sword and Shield - Draining Kiss.png
Fairy-type moves enjoy high usage in competitive play as it deals super effective damage to three of the most common types in the metagame with many of the attacking moves having high base power or unique secondary effects.

List of Fairy-type Pokemon

Fairy-type Coverage

Pokemon Sword and Shield - Dazzling Gleam.png
Fairy-type moves are often used by non-Fairy-type Pokemon as coverage moves; most Psychic-type Pokemon can learn Dazzling Gleam while some Normal-type Pokemon can learn Play Rough, and both use these to even the odds against Dark and Fighting-types that they are weak to respectively.

Fairy-type Moves are Mostly Special Attacks

Pokemon Sword and Shield - Play Rough.png
What limits Fairy-type moves is that most are special attacks, with only the aformentioned Play Rough and Spirit Break being the physical options.

This means Fairy-type Pokemon with a higher Attack stat, such as Tapu Koko, often have to rely on their lower Special Attack to make sure of their Fairy-type STAB.

Fairy-type Max Moves

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With the introduction of Dynamax and Max Moves, Fairy-type Moves now become Max Starfall in Dynamax.

This Max Move has the secondary effect of setting up Misty Terrain in the battlefield, similar to the aformentioned move and the Ability Misty Surge.

While the terrain effect itself isn't quite common, Max Starfall is often used in defensive teams to overwrite the opposing team's terrain or to prevent *status effects.

How to Build a Defensive Team

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List of Moves
List of All New Moves (Crown Tundra Updated)
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