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kecleon
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Kecleon

Color Swap Pokémon

Normal

KECLEON is capable of changing its body colors at will to blend in with its surroundings. There is one exception - this POKéMON can’t change the zigzag pattern on its belly.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 90
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 120
Speed 40
Total 440

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Color Swap Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 22.0 kg
Base Exp 154
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 200
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

kecleon Front Front
kecleon Back Back
kecleon Front Shiny Front Shiny
kecleon Back Shiny Back Shiny
kecleon Official Art Official Art
kecleon Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 12.0%
Specially Defensive
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
Atk 4
SpD 252
RestTalk
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252
Choice Band
Moves
Brick Break / Focus Punch
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 252
Atk 252
Spe 4

Strategy Overview

A huge Special Defense stat, decent Attack, and a massive movepool give lots of reason to use Kecleon. With just Protect and Leftovers, Kecleon has a lot of staying power, and on the offensive it can be pretty difficult to switch into. Unfortunately, the chameleon falls pretty short of being an "NU Snorlax." Color Change is a huge mixed bag of an ability, and while it works in Kecleon's favor sometimes, more often than not it gives the opponent a workaround to break it faster. Most of the special attackers in the tier carry moves that are super effective against their STAB move or vice versa, and Kecleon's low Defense means most physical attackers just blow right through it. In the end, Kecleon is great on support and forms one of the most potent defensive cores in the tier with Relicanth and Chimecho, but don't expect it to "one-man army" the opponent.

Most Used Moves

Rest
54.2%
Return
32.8%
Body Slam
26.0%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
94.0%
Nothing
0.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc