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Base Stats for Kleavor

Bug / Rock

Abilities:
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Evolutions / Family:
Scyther
Scizor
Kleavor

Weakness Chart for Bug/Rock-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

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Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Kleavor? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Scarlet/Violet 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 Scarlet/Violet generation metagame.

Kleavor is an extraordinary Bug and Rock-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty standard sight to see Kleavor out in the 9th generation battlefield. Kleavor is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Kleavor is weak to Rock, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.

Species: Kleavor
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Sharpness
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Lunge
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Stone Axe / Rock Slide
- Close Combat / Brick Break

Physical Sweeper Kleavor (Sharpness)

Kleavor is popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Kleavor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Kleavor's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Sharpness, Kleavor's slicing moves have their power multiplied by 1.5.

◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
◆ Lunge is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Stone Axe is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Rock-type move (sets stealth rock on the target's side).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Kleavor's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).

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Species: Kleavor
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Double-Edge / Slash
- X-Scissor / Lunge
- Rock Slide / Stone Axe

Physical Sweeper Kleavor (Sheer Force)

Kleavor is a notable Physical Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Kleavor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Kleavor's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Kleavor. With Sheer Force, Kleavor's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.

◆ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Kleavor's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Lunge is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Stone Axe is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Rock-type move (sets stealth rock on the target's side).

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Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Kleavor? These builds have been optimized for Scarlet/Violet 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 Scarlet/Violet generation metagame.

Species: Kleavor
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Sharpness
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Stone Axe
- X-Scissor / Lunge
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Close Combat / Brick Break

Doubles Physical Sweeper Kleavor (Sharpness)

Kleavor is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Kleavor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Kleavor's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Sharpness, Kleavor's slicing moves have their power multiplied by 1.5.

◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Stone Axe is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Rock-type move (sets stealth rock on the target's side).
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Lunge is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Kleavor's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).

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Species: Kleavor
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Stone Axe
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Double-Edge / Slash
- X-Scissor / Lunge

Doubles Physical Sweeper Kleavor (Sheer Force)

Kleavor is a fabulous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Kleavor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Kleavor's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Kleavor. With Sheer Force, Kleavor's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.

◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Stone Axe is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Rock-type move (sets stealth rock on the target's side).
◆ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Kleavor's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
◆ Lunge is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).

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Terastal Phenomenon

In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (Generation 9), each Pokémon in Paldea has a Tera Type. A Pokémon's Tera Type is inactive until the Pokémon Terastallizes, at which time the Pokémon's type will change to its Tera Type.

There are 18 types, meaning there are countless combinations of Pokémon and Tera Types. Terastallizing a Pokémon allows you to enhance your battle strategies by increasing the power of any moves that have the same type as your Pokémon’s Tera Type or by changing your Pokémon’s weaknesses.

The most recommended Terastral Type for Kleavor is: Steel or Water
Terastallizing into one of it's default typings ( Bug or Rock ) could also prove beneficial.

Select a Tera-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

Teratype Steel moveset for Kleavor

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Movepool

Wondering what moves can Kleavor 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Kleavor can perform in Scarlet/Violet. 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 SV Move and Ability Combos for Kleavor

Moves: Endure + Reversal
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Substitute + Reversal
Ability: Sheer force + Item: Life orb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Bug Buzz
Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Tomb
Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Lunge
Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Struggle Bug
Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Slide
Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Skitter Smack
Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Air Slash
Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Attack, Vacuum Wave
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break

Moves that boost Kleavor's stats

Agility
Swords Dance
Trailblaze

Most notable and possible best moves for Kleavor

Baton Pass
Light Screen
Protect
Rest
Stealth Rock
U-turn

Common Effort Values for Kleavor in Scarlet and Violet

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Optimize Kleavor's EV spread for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Competitive Information for Kleavor [Scarlet/Violet]

Movesets for Singles

Physical Sweeper Kleavor (Sharpness)

Physical Sweeper Kleavor (Sheer Force)

Movesets for Doubles

Doubles Physical Sweeper Kleavor (Sharpness)

Doubles Physical Sweeper Kleavor (Sheer Force)

Terastal Phenomenon

Teratype Bug moveset for Kleavor

Teratype Dark moveset for Kleavor

Teratype Dragon moveset for Kleavor

Teratype Electric moveset for Kleavor

Teratype Fairy moveset for Kleavor

Teratype Fighting moveset for Kleavor

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Teratype Ice moveset for Kleavor

Teratype Normal moveset for Kleavor

Teratype Poison moveset for Kleavor

Teratype Psychic moveset for Kleavor

Teratype Rock moveset for Kleavor

Teratype Steel moveset for Kleavor

Teratype Water moveset for Kleavor

Movepool

Combo List

Competitive SV Move and Ability Combos for Kleavor

Moves that boost Kleavor's stats

Most notable and possible best moves for Kleavor

Common Effort Values for Kleavor in Scarlet and Violet

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