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
Test a matchup against CleffaAbilities
- 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.
Calculate Cleffa's statsHow Cleffa evolves
- 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
ClefairyFairy- Use Moon Stone
No evolution for this line in the game you picked.
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.
| Type | Move | Kind | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Last Resort | Physical | 140 |
| Grass | Solar Beam | Special | 120 |
| Electric | Zap Cannon | Special | 120 |
| Fire | Fire Blast | Special | 110 |
| Psychic | Dream Eater | Special | 100 |
| Steel | Iron Tail | Physical | 100 |
| Fairy | Moonblastsame type | Special | 95 |
| Ground | Dig | Physical | 80 |
| Ghost | Shadow Ball | Special | 80 |
| Bug | Signal Beam | Special | 75 |
| Water | Water Pulse | Special | 60 |
| Ice | Icy Wind | Special | 55 |
| Rock | Rollout | Physical | 30 |
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.