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clefairy
#035

Clefairy

Fairy Pokémon

Fairy

It is said that happiness will come to those who see a gathering of Clefairy dancing under a full moon.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 45
Defense 48
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 65
Speed 35
Total 323

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Fairy Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 7.5 kg
Base Exp 113
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 150
Base Happiness 140
Gender 25% ♂ / 75% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Fairy

Sprites

clefairy Front Front
clefairy Back Back
clefairy Front Shiny Front Shiny
clefairy Back Shiny Back Shiny
clefairy Official Art Official Art
clefairy Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Follow Me
Moves
Heal Pulse / Helping Hand / Icy Wind / Moonblast
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Friend Guard
Nature
Sassy / Relaxed
EVs
HP 252
Def 172
SpD 84

Strategy Overview

Clefairy might seem like a strange option compared to other more common redirection users such as Amoonguss and Togekiss, as its stats aren't very good. However, Clefairy has an ace up its sleeve in the form of Friend Guard, which boosts the defenses of its partners by 33%. Follow Me support in general is great at redirecting important placement-ignoring moves such as Dark Pulse, Aura Sphere, and Dragon Pulse, but Clefairy has other useful support moves such as Snatch and Heal Pulse. Eviolite also does a decent job of making Clefairy bulky while stepping around the Item Clause.

Unfortunately, Clefairy is also massively weak to Taunt: as soon as it gets Taunted, Clefairy is forced to Struggle or use weak attacks such as Icy Wind and Moonblast. Clefairy generally relies on its other two partners for offense, and because of its redirection-based nature and mediocre defenses, it's very easy for Clefairy to get KOed early if you place it in the middle of your team. Overall, Clefairy is a niche Pokemon that isn't very threatening on its own, but its amazing support capbilities make it well worth consideration for any Battle Spot Triples team.

Most Used Moves

Follow Me
84.2%
Endeavor
65.6%
Knock Off
65.6%
Snatch
65.6%
Moonblast
15.8%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc