Cleffa

No. 0173 · Gen 2

Cleffa weakness and type

Hit CLEFFA with Poison and Steel for 2× damage.

Moves against Cleffa

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Poison deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • Cute CharmNo change to type matchups
  • Magic GuardNo change to type matchups
  • Friend GuardNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP50
  • Attack25
  • Defense28
  • Sp. Atk45
  • Sp. Def55
  • Speed15
  • Total218

Best nature

ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Cleffa gives 1 Sp. Def EV.

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How Cleffa evolves

CleffaFairy
  • High friendshipZ-A, ArceusLevel up with high friendshipS/V, BD/SP, Sw/Sh, US/UM, S/M, OR/AS, X/Y, B/W, HG/SS, D/P/Pt, FR/LG, R/S/E, Gen 2
All evolutions

What Cleffa can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalLast ResortPhysical140
GrassSolar BeamSpecial120
ElectricZap CannonSpecial120
FireFire BlastSpecial110
PsychicDream EaterSpecial100
SteelIron TailPhysical100
FairyMoonblastsame typeSpecial95
GroundDigPhysical80
GhostShadow BallSpecial80
BugSignal BeamSpecial75
WaterWater PulseSpecial60
IceIcy WindSpecial55
RockRolloutPhysical30

Type counters to Cleffa

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.