I'm just wondering how everyone thinks competitive battling will be changed due to the Fairy-type. Specifically, a few topics I'm wondering about:
- Which Pokemon do you think will change tiers because of the Fairy-type?
- Which 6th gen Pokemon will be in what tiers? (Not that we know stats yet, just speculation based on types.)
- How will metagame be changed?
- How will Marill, Gardevoir, and Jigglypuff be changed as far as use?
Just wondering opinions. Personally I know that if Azumarill keeps the Fairy-type when Marill evolves, it will definitely move into OU and be very frequently used, due to STAB over Dragons accompanied by Huge Power. Gardevoir will probably move up to at least UU, since it's skills as a decent Cleric are now being accompanied by STAB over Dragon. Jigglypuff (and likely Wigglytuff) will probably still be very, very unused, unless they get a major stat revamp.
I think Garchomp will move down to UU with Azumarill flaunting it's power in the tier, and if Fairy-type gets priority moves, it will definitely send a lot more Dragons down to at least UU, like Haxorus and Salamence. Assuming rumors that Fairy is weak to Poison and Steel, I think we will see a lot more Steel-types in OU as well as Poison-types.
Any thoughts?