>Flabebe is Spinda 2: Fairy Boogaloo
>Dedenne is the obligatory shit Pikaclone
>Swirlix/Spritzee will be low-to-mid-tier at best like Vanillite
>Sylveon has shit defence and speed
>none of the retypes have 100 base speed or above
>all obvious retype candidates (Clefable, Granbull, Whimsicott (topkek), Audino) are also low-tier
>Only good exceptions (Togekiss, Blissey, Mismagius) are very unlikely due to "balance issues" or changing an existing type
>only good fairy is Xerneas, an obvious Uber
>almost all dragons and fighters can learn steel moves
>type matchups alone do not address how broken dragons' stats and movepools are, due to Gamefreak considering them the ultimate Pokemon (and of course it bit them in the arse now)
I really don't understand how so few people see how disappointing the Fairy-type is so far. It's like Gamefreak gave up on balancing game-breaking mons halfway through after making such good progress and just said "fuck it, we're making Garchomp even more overkill".

>B-BUT MUH MORE RETYPES
Right, plenty of Pokemon got Dark and Steel back in Gen 2.
>B-BUT MUH MEGA WAIFU MAWILE
Nice Ground and Fire weaknesses there, girl. You'll surely be a match against Garchomp.
>B-BUT THERE'LL BE MORE FAIRIES
I'm sure the Kalos dex will be filled with 'em. I mean come on, Gen 2 didn't load up on Darks and Steels.