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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Clefable in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Clefable, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
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Kitakami #153 | Type | |
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Clefable | ||
Abilities | ||
Cute Charm Magic Guard Unaware (Hidden) |
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Cute Charm | Has a 30% chance to cause the opponent to be infatuated with the user if the opponent makes physical contact with the user. | |
Magic Guard | Protects the user from all sources of damage except direct attacks. | |
Unaware (Hidden) |
The user ignores the opponent's stat changes when attacking. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 95 | 132 |
Atk | 70 | 471 |
Def | 73 | 373 |
SpAtk | 95 | 195 |
SpDef | 90 | 176 |
Speed | 60 | 481 |
Total | 483 | 358 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 202 | 202 | 170 | 170 | 155 |
Atk | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
Def | 137 | 125 | 93 | 83 | 70 |
SpAtk | 161 | 147 | 115 | 103 | 90 |
SpDef | 156 | 142 | 110 | 99 | 85 |
Spd | 123 | 112 | 80 | 72 | 58 |
Best Natures | ||
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Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
Bold (+Def, -Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Calm Mind | ★★★★ |
Nature | Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 252 / Def 252 / Sp. Atk 4 |
Final Stat Values | HP 202 / Def 137 / Sp. Atk 116 / Sp. Def 110 / Spe 80 |
Ability | Magic Guard |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Life Orb |
Moveset | ・
Moonblast
・ Stored Power ・ Moonlight ・ Calm Mind |
Magic Guard prevents any indirect damage from hurting Clefable. Has a great base defensive typing in Fairy. Can restore its own HP with Moonlight. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Magic Guard | Life Orb |
The Ability chosen for Clefable for this build is Magic Guard. This ability makes it so that Clefable can only be damaged by direct attacks from the opponent. Damage from status effects, weather conditions, or hazards does not hurt a Pokemon with Magic Guard.
The item chosen for Clefable for this build is Life Orb. Thanks to Magic Guard, Clefable gets the damage boost from Life Orb without having to lose health every time it attacks.
Moonblast | Stored Power |
Moonlight | Calm Mind |
Moonblast is Clefable's strongest Fairy-type STAB move.
Stored Power is a scaling damage move that gets stronger the more times Clefable uses Calm Mind.
Moonlight gives Clefable a way to recover its own health. It normally heals for half of the user's health, but it will heal for more under Sunlight and less under any other weather condition.
Calm Mind helps boost Clefable's damage and Special Defense. This is necessary for this build since all of Clefable's EVs are put into HP and Defense.
Water Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Water is the best Tera Type for this build because it is a good defensive type that resists Fire and Steel-type attacks.
Best Water Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
A full 252 EVs are put into Clefable's HP and Defense stats to make it as physically bulky as possible. The extra 4 EVs are put into its Special Attack to slightly boost its damage output.
A Bold nature is preferred to further increase Clefable's Defense stat.
Cosmic Power | Instead of boosting Sp. Atk with Calm Mind, this would boost Clefable's Defense instead. |
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Encore | Locks other setup Pokemon into spamming their boosting move. |
Baton Pass | Pass over Clefable's stat boosts to a different Pokemon. |
Flamethrower | Used to threaten Steel-types that Clefable currently has no way to deal with. |
Damage Dealt by Clefable |
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Item: Booster Energy | +1 Moonblast 78-94 (60 - 72.3%) Guaranteed 2HKO |
Item: Hearthflame Mask | +2 Stored Power 99-117 (63.8 - 75.4%) Guaranteed 2HKO |
Item: Punching Glove | Moonblast 203-242 (116 - 138.2%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Damage Received by Clefable |
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Item: Booster Energy | Moonblast Clefable: +1 Calm Mind 61-73 (30.1 - 36.1%) 52.4% Chance to 3HKO |
Item: Hearthflame Mask | Ivy Cudgel 85-102 (42 - 50.4%) 1.2% Chance to 2HKO +1 Ivy Cudgel 170-202 (84.1 - 100%) 6.3% Chance to OHKO |
Item: Punching Glove | Surging Strikes 99-120 (49 - 59.4%) Around 97.3% Chance to 2HKO |
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Clefable relies on getting Calm Mind boosts to increase its damage output, so try not to get it Taunted before it can boost its stats or Encored so that it can't heal itself with Moonlight.
Pair Clefable with other bulky Pokemon that can chip away at the opponent's HP to allow Clefable to sweep with a minimal amount of Calm Mind boosts.
Hazards Lead | Bulky Attacker | Bulky Attacker |
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Ting-Lu | Clefable | Milotic |
Ting-Lu can chip away at the opponents health with moves like Stealth Rock and Ruination, while Milotic can apply burns on the opposing Pokemon with Scald.
With these two bulky Pokemon being able to apply a significant amount of chip damage, Clefable would only need one Calm Mind boost at maximum to sweep the enemy team.
Pokemon | Description |
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Gholdengo | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Resists all of Clefables attacks unless it runs Flamethrower. ・Can Trick a Choice Item onto Clefable to lock it into Calm Mind or Moonlight. ・If Clefable uses its Tera to change to Water and resist Make it Rain, Gholdengo can use Thunderbolt instead. ▶️ Gholdengo Best Movesets |
Scizor | Ranking: ★★★★
・Resists all of Clefables attacks unless it runs Flamethrower. ・Has Technician boosted Bullet Punch to threaten knockouts. ▶️ Scizor Best Movesets |
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