How to play
Use Calm Mind to raise Special Attack and Special Defense, then recover with Moonlight when needed. Magic Guard prevents most indirect damage.
POKÉDEX #036 · GENERATION 1
Clefable Build Guide
Fairy
Bulky special setup attacker
Build a team with Clefable ↓Starter moveset
Generation 9 · casual singles · base form
ITEMLeftovers
ABILITYMagic Guard
NATUREBold
1
Moonblast
2
Calm Mind
3
Moonlight
4
Flamethrower
Watch out for
Poison and Steel attacks are super effective. Magic Guard does not prevent direct attacks or all status effects; Moonlight recovery changes with weather.
About this example
This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.
Teammate ideas
A Steel teammate can switch into Poison attacks. A Fire or Ground attacker can help pressure Steel types.
Corviknight
Immune to Poison; takes neutral Steel damage.
Garchomp
Resists Poison and can pressure Steel types with Ground attacks.
These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.
Compare computed teammate suggestions →Alternative: Azumarill
Azumarill offers Fairy typing with a physical attacking role and Water coverage.
Try Azumarill →Type matchups
Weak to
Poison2×Steel2×
Resistances and immunities
Fighting0.5×Bug0.5×Dragon0×Dark0.5×
Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.
HP95
Attack70
Defense73
Sp. Attack95
Sp. Defense90
Speed60
Evolution chain
- Cleffa#173
High friendship + level up
Clefairy#035Moon Stone
Clefable#036
Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.
Build your Clefable team
Start with Clefable. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.
Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope
Format scope · casual planning
Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.
Clefable
FairyUnderstand your team
Offense74
Defense64
Coverage17
Synergy8
Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.
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FIND A BETTER FIT
Recommended Pokémon
Fill your empty slots first. Each candidate is scored using the same rules as your current team. Only positive score changes are shown.
+30 pts
Kartana
GrassSteel
Team score 44 → 74
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Poison resistance or immunity
- Adds Steel resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Water, Ice, Ground and more
+30 pts
Iron Treads
GroundSteel
Team score 44 → 74
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Poison resistance or immunity
- Adds Steel resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Fire, Electric, Ice and more
+28 pts
Kingambit
DarkSteel
Team score 44 → 72
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Poison resistance or immunity
- Adds Steel resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Ice, Psychic, Rock and more
+27 pts
Steelix
SteelGround
Team score 44 → 71
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Poison resistance or immunity
- Adds Steel resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Fire, Electric, Ice and more
+27 pts
Swampert
WaterGround
Team score 44 → 71
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Poison resistance or immunity
- Adds Steel resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Fire, Electric, Poison and more
+27 pts
Magnezone
ElectricSteel
Team score 44 → 71
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Poison resistance or immunity
- Adds Steel resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Water, Ice, Flying and more
Suggestions optimize this initial planning heuristic. Your preferences and actual battle strategy may favor another Pokémon.
Key insights
- Poison attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
- Steel attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
- Your own types can hit 3 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
- No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.
Detailed type analysis · all 18 types
Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.
| Attack | Clefable | Weak | Resist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Fire | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Water | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Electric | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Grass | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Ice | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Fighting | ½× | 0 | 1 |
| Poison | 2× | 1 | 0 |
| Ground | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Flying | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Psychic | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Bug | ½× | 0 | 1 |
| Rock | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Ghost | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Dragon | 0× | 0 | 1 |
| Dark | ½× | 0 | 1 |
| Steel | 2× | 1 | 0 |
| Fairy | 1× | 0 | 0 |
Offensive type coverage
Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.
NormalNeutral
FireResisted
WaterNeutral
ElectricNeutral
GrassNeutral
IceNeutral
Fighting✓ Super effective
PoisonResisted
GroundNeutral
FlyingNeutral
PsychicNeutral
BugNeutral
RockNeutral
GhostNeutral
Dragon✓ Super effective
Dark✓ Super effective
SteelResisted
FairyNeutral
How is the score calculated?
Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.
Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.
Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.
Data: Pokémon Showdown / @pkmn/dex · Sprites: PokéAPI contributors · Base species only
Sources & guide notes
Starter advice written for this guide; mechanics checked against Pokémon Showdown’s Generation 9 data.
- Smogon: format-specific strategy
- Pokémon Database: moves and evolution
- Pokémon Showdown mechanics data
Reviewed October 6, 2026. Suggest a correction.