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clefairy
#035

Clefairy

Fairy Pokémon

Fairy

Its adorable behavior and appearance make it popular with men and women, young and old. Its numbers are few, however.

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

Locations

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

pu Usage: 3.4%
Calm Mind
Moves
Stealth Rock / Thunder Wave / Knock Off
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Magic Guard
Nature
Sassy
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252
Specially Defensive
Moves
Seismic Toss / Moonblast
Stealth Rock / Knock Off
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Magic Guard
Nature
Sassy
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

As a result of Clefairy’s solid Eviolite-augmented bulk and access to reliable recovery in Soft-Boiled, Clefairy is capable of functioning as an effective check to many threatening special attackers, such as Rotom-F and Silvally-Dragon. Clefairy also has access to a stellar defensive ability in Magic Guard, which blocks all forms of passive damage, making it immune to entry hazards and allowing it to act as a status absorber, which is particularly useful for Calm Mind sets. On top of this, Clefairy boasts an amazing support movepool, with moves such as Knock Off, Stealth Rock, and Thunder Wave in its arsenal, making Clefairy one of few Pokemon in the tier to have both Stealth Rock and recovery. Unfortunately, Clefairy is heavily reliant on its Eviolite to check most special attackers due to its otherwise below-average bulk, making it vulnerable to Knock Off and thus shaky as a Dark-type check. Even with its Eviolite intact, Clefairy is unfortunately unable to reliably switch into many of the stronger special attackers in the tier such as Aurorus, Jellicent, and Drampa, and struggles against strong physical attackers such as Stoutland and Golurk as a result of its poor physical bulk. In addition, Clefairy's passive nature and Fairy-typing unfortunately leaves it helpless against a variety of threatening wallbreakers including Victreebel and Aggron, and often gives these Pokemon free entry. As a result, Clefairy is largely restricted to bulkier, more defensive teams, where these weaknesses can be patched up.

Most Used Moves

Moonblast
76.8%
Toxic
44.2%
Calm Mind
30.3%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
99.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc