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clefable
#036

Clefable

Fairy Pokémon

Fairy

Its hearing is so acute it can hear a pin drop over half a mile away. It lives on quiet mountains.

Base Stats

HP 95
Attack 70
Defense 73
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 90
Speed 60
Total 483

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Fairy Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 40.0 kg
Base Exp 217
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 25
Base Happiness 140
Gender 25% ♂ / 75% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Fairy

Sprites

clefable Front Front
clefable Back Back
clefable Front Shiny Front Shiny
clefable Back Shiny Back Shiny
clefable Official Art Official Art
clefable Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Follow Me Support
Item
Sitrus Berry / Safety Goggles
Ability
Unaware
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
Def 164
SpD 92

Strategy Overview

In Doubles OU, Clefable finds itself as an effective Follow Me user thanks to a solid defensive typing coupled with good mixed defenses. However, what separates Clefable from other Follow Me users is its access to Unaware, which lets Clefable ignore the opposing Pokemon's stat changes. This allows Clefable to work as a quick stop to opposing setup sweepers such as Belly Drum Azumarill and Power-Up Punch Mega Kangaskhan, simultaneously stopping the opposing team's strategies and protecting Clefable's partner from taking hits. In addition to that, Clefable has a wide variety of other useful moves such as Thunder Wave, Helping Hand, Icy Wind, Encore, and Safeguard, letting it provide support when Follow Me is unneeded. However, Unaware has the downside of ignoring opposing Pokemon's stat drops too. This means that unless an opposing Pokemon has had its Attack reduced by a burn, Clefable will almost always be taking hits from +0 even against foes at -1 or -2, whereas other Follow Me users take reduced hits from the foes in the same situation. When considering Follow Me users, teams that are in need of a way to stop Pokemon that prefer to set up and sweep should strongly consider Clefable; however, teams that are not in need of that particular niche should instead consider Togekiss and Clefairy as Fairy-type Follow Me users.

Most Used Moves

Moonblast
31.0%
Follow Me
30.3%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
71.5%
Life Orb
13.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc