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klefki
#707

Klefki

Key Ring Pokémon

SteelFairy

These key collectors threaten any attackers by fiercely jingling their keys at them.

Base Stats

HP 57
Attack 80
Defense 91
Sp. Atk 80
Sp. Def 87
Speed 75
Total 470

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Key Ring Pokémon
Height 0.2 m
Weight 3.0 kg
Base Exp 165
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Mineral

Sprites

klefki Front Front
klefki Back Back
klefki Front Shiny Front Shiny
klefki Back Shiny Back Shiny
klefki Official Art Official Art
klefki Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

SwagPlay
Moves
Substitute / Magnet Rise / Toxic
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252
Dual Screens
Moves
Thunder Wave / Toxic / Safeguard
Item
Light Clay / Eject Button
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpD 4

Strategy Overview

Klefki may not seem like much, but it has an excellent ability in Prankster and the movepool to take advantage of it! Klefki is most notorious for its use of a Swagger set, which may be the most irritating to face in Pokemon history due to its uncanny ability to hax its way to victory! Swagger isn't all Klefki is good at either, as it has access to other good support moves such as Reflect, Light Screen, and Thunder Wave as well as an excellent typing that gives it key resistances to Poison-, Flying-, Ice-, Normal-, and Dark-type attacks and an immunity to Dragon-types.

Klefki's most notorious luck-dependent utility may in fact be its greatest flaw in the long run. Swagger can easily backfire when used against strong, physical switch-ins such as Garchomp and Landorus-T and proves to be fairly ineffective against stall teams due to Klefki's lack of reliable recovery. Klefki's overall stats are fairly mediocre, reducing its niche to prankster support and rolling the dice with Swagger. Because of these flaws, Klefki isn't a particularly reliable Pokemon, so it simply isn't something a trainer can slap onto any team without proper support. Still, it's hard to deny that Klefki's ability to take advantage of luck can make it extremely dangerous to face, so it should never be underestimated.

Most Used Moves

Foul Play
93.3%
Swagger
51.0%
Reflect
42.3%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
40.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc