Competitive Information for Clefairy [Sword/Shield]
Fairy
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Clefairy? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Clefairy is an outstanding Fairy-typed Pokemon. Clefairy is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Clefairy's only type-related weaknesses are Poison and Steel.
Item: Eviolite
Ability: Friend Guard
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Follow Me
- Helping Hand
- Protect
Physical Wall Clefairy (Popular/Trending)
Clefairy is an outstanding Physical Wall for single battles. It was designed to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Clefairy is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite changes that. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Friend Guard, Clefairy's allies receive 3/4 damage from other pokemon's attacks.
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Follow Me is a status move (the foes' moves target your Clefairy on the turn used).
◆ Helping Hand is a status move (one adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Clefairy this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 148 Hp / 108 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Misty Explosion / Moonblast
- Psychic
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
Special Sweeper Clefairy (Magic Guard)
Clefairy is a notable Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Clefairy's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Clefairy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Magic Guard negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage making it an amazing item for Clefairy. With Magic Guard, Clefairy can only be damaged by direct attacks.
◆ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Clefairy? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Friend Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 148 Hp / 108 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Misty Explosion
- Hyper Voice / Tri Attack
- Incinerate / Flamethrower
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Clefairy (Friend Guard)
Clefairy is a remarkable Special Sweeper for double battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice) and boosts Clefairy's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Clefairy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Friend Guard, Clefairy's allies receive 3/4 damage from other pokemon's attacks.
◆ Misty Explosion is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fairy-type move (Clefairy faints. Clefairy on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Tri Attack is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
◆ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Clefairy learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Clefairy can perform in Sword/Shield. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SS Move and Ability Combos for Clefairy
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Mimic + Imprison
- Moves: Wish + Baton pass
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Moves: Psyshock + Tickle
- Ability: Magic guard + Item: Life orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Follow Me, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Clefairy's stats
- Amnesia
- Belly Drum
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Cosmic Power
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Meteor Beam
- Meteor Mash
- Power-Up Punch
- Skull Bash
- Work Up
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Clefairy
- Baton Pass
- Dazzling Gleam
- Follow Me
- Helping Hand
- Ice Beam
- Icy Wind
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Moonblast
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Stored Power
- Teleport
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Clefairy in Sword and Shield
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/252/0/4/0 )
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/92/0/164/0 )
- Optimize Clefairy's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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