Highlights
- Pokemon Scarlet and Violet broke away from the traditional formula and introduced new and powerful Pokemon with unique type combinations, offering new strategies in battle.
- Players have been discussing unused type combos, such as Bug/Dragon and Ghost/Rock, that would be strong and interesting additions to the game.
- A Fire/Fairy-type Pokemon would have a balanced offensive and defensive capability, with a good number of resistances and immunities, making it a powerful choice for battles.
One of the most unique entries in the mainline series was the recent Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which not only broke away from the classic formula in many ways, but also introduced plenty of new and powerful Pokemon, some of them with new type combinations. Pokemon games have plenty to offer when new generations drop, especially for those fans who are excited about the possibility of getting critters with new Pokemon type combos, offering different strategies in battle. While not all type combinations in Pokemon games are powerful, to the point that some of them are borderline unusable, a Fire/Fairy-type creature would most likely be OP for a plethora of reasons.
Among the unused type combos in Pokemon games, there are several that players have been talking about for a long time due to how strong or simply unique in terms of design they would be, such as the fan-favorite Bug/Dragon type that still has to see the light of day. Some of them would have made sense on existing mons, too, such as Cofagrigus with Ghost and Rock or Yanmega with Bug and Dragon. Although a Fire/Fairy evolution for Fuecoco in Gen 9 was initially leaked, it turned out to be fan art, but the concept remains, and future games should use it.
Why Pokemon's Unused Fire/Fairy Type Combo Would be OP
Some of the best type combos in Pokemon games don't necessarily have the best offense, but are capable of taking hits due to their resistances and immunities or a small amount of weaknesses, while the opposite can also be true for a "strike first" sort of playstyle. A Fire/Fairy-type would have a good balance between the two, with only four weaknesses, but a total of eight resistances and one immunity, all while being capable of hitting seven types for supereffective damage.
With Fire and Fairy combined, a Pokemon would be able to hit for double damage Fighting, Bug, Steel, Grass, Ice, Dragon, and Dark types with STAB moves, and assuming it doesn't have moves from any other type, only Fire would resist both. Defensively speaking, a Fire/Fairy-type Pokemon would be weak to Poison, Ground, Rock, and Water, but it would resist at 50% Fighting, Fire, Grass, Ice, Dark, and Fairy, at 75% Bug, and be immune to Dragon-type moves. Fairy is one of the best types in Pokemon on its own, and so is Fire, meaning that combined they can be quite powerful.
The fact that Fairy-type Pokemon deal double damage to Dragon critters and also take no damage from Dragon moves is one of their best traits, especially considering that Legendary and pseudo-Legendary Pokemon are often Dragon-types. The same is true for Dark-types, which are often dominant in any meta due to priority moves, Prankster, Foul Play, and more tricks of the sort, with Fairy resisting these attacks and also dealing double damage against such Pokemon. On the other hand, Fire is great for coverage against Steel, which normally is one of the biggest issues for Fairy Pokemon, and is also the signature type of Burn as a status condition.
A Fire/Fairy-type Pokemon capable of burning opponents, dealing with powerful Steel and Dragon-types, and having multiple advantages in combat would be most likely one of the best of the series depending on its stats and overall kit. For example, a Normal/Steel Pokemon would be OP in terms of defenses, but it would struggle with the offensive side of things, something that a Fire/Fairy creature wouldn't need to worry too much about. A great way to introduce this type would be to give it to Gen 10 Pokemon games' Fire starter, as first-partner mons tend to have decently balanced stats, Abilities, and movepools.
