Why was the Fairy-type introduced in Generation 6?

Aug. 24, 2017

Was it to nerf the “overpowered” Dragon-types, just to make the number of types in the Type Chart an even number, or both?

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There are two potential reasons why the fairy type was added in Generation 6.1. Obviously, it was added to balance the overpowered dragon type. The last dragon user being Draden and Iris, which were very overpowered trainers at the the time of black and white. The dragon users were so overpowered, that before generation 4, gamefreak was thinking of adding the beast type, balancing all the types. This type was unreleased and is now thought of as a myth or a lie.2. Poison types for the most part didn’t have much use until Generation 6. The fairy type was used as another type balancer and game changer because Pokemon like togekiss, azumarill, and gardevoir were seen more often. So, now poison types like drapion were more common.

So, the fairy type was added to match the dragon type and give other types a chance in competitive play.