[OVERVIEW]
* Clefable boasts two incredible defensive abilities in Magic Guard and Unaware, allowing it to absorb status or wall boosted attackers.
* Clefable's large movepool provides it with good attacking, recovery, and utility options such as Flamethrower, Softboiled, and Knock Off.
* Its bulk allows it to relatively easily come in on unboosted attackers like Latios, Keldeo, or Garchomp with little fear.
* However, Clefable is not without weaknesses. It fares poorly against Poison- and Steel-types, is very vulnerable to Taunt, and needs Calm Mind boosts to deal substantial damage.
* SM brought a nerf to Thunder Wave, weakening one of Clefable's strongest utility options.
* SM bringing more Fairy-types into the metagame has not only increased competition for Clefable, but also increased the amount of Poison- and Steel-type moves used as coverage, making Clefable's job harder.
* When you combine this with SM's overall harder hitting metagame the generation shift has been especially unkind to Clefable.
[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Softboiled
move 4: Knock Off / Thunder Wave / Flamethrower
item: Leftovers
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Clefable is one of the most consistent Stealth Rock users in the tier due to its advantageous match-up with every common Rapid Spin and Defog user except Tapu Fini, or if Clefable lacks Flamethrower, Excadrill and Scizor.
* Moonblast is your best STAB.
* Softboiled provides the healing Clefable needs to easily check a variety of threats.
* Knock Off is very good at crippling opposing Pokemon, as many attackers rely on items like Life Orb or Thick Club to break through Clefable, or rely on Leftovers in order to stall out Clefable.
* Thunder Wave can also cripple incoming threats with paralysis. Unlike Knock Off, Thunder Wave can be used to cripple Mega Pokemon, but Thunder Wave's nerf makes its utility secondary to Knock Off.
* Flamethrower doesn't provide much in terms of support, but gives Clefable a way to damage Steel-type Pokemon that would otherwise switch into Clefable for free.
Set Details
========
* Leftovers provides additional healing to increase Clefable's longevity.
* Magic Guard protects Clefable from many different types of damage, such as from Stealth Rock and Toxic.
* Clefable's EV spread with a Calm nature maximizes its bulk against common physical and special attackers.
* Defense EVs allow Clefable to always live two Life Orb Psyshocks from Latios and two Banded Hoopa-U Hyperspace Furys.
* Special Defense EVs give Clefable the bulk to survive 2HKOs like unboosted Keldeo Scald and Xurkitree Thunderbolt.
Usage Tips
========
* Clefable can easily switch into most Defog and Rapid Spin users, allowing it to keep Stealth Rock up. Clefable's natural bulk also allows it to easily set up Stealth Rock on weaker attacks.
* Try to get Stealth Rock up as early as possible. Clefable does not need to be a lead, but it's very much capable of filling that role.
* Cripple your opponent's team with Knock Off or Thunder Wave in order to make Clefable harder to break.
* Keep Clefable healthy so you can set up Stealth Rock again if it gets removed with Rapid Spin or Defog.
Team Options
========
* Clefable is very flexible and requires minimal to no support to be useful.
* Heatran compliments Clefable very well defensively because it can handle one of the top Poison-types in the tier, Mega Venusaur, while also handling problematic Steel-types like Celesteela, Genesect, and Scizor.
* Hard hitting attackers that want guaranteed Stealth Rocks on the opponent's field to secure KOs like Hoopa-U and Mega Alakazam make good teammates.
* Pokemon vulnerable to Dragon- or Dark-types like Latios and Alolan Marowak appreciate Clefable as a partner.
[SET]
name: Unaware + Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Wish / Moonlight
move 4: Protect / Heal Bell / Flamethrower
item: Leftovers
ability: Unaware
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Calm Mind boosts Clefable's offenses and defenses to allow Clefable to force out special attackers, and potentially act as a sweeper in the late game.
* Moonblast is your best STAB.
* Wish is Clefable's best healing option as Softboiled is incompatible with Unaware. Wish grants greater overall healing than Moonlight due to higher PP, but sacrifices a move slot as it requires Protect in order to guarantee that Clefable receives the healing.
* Opting for Moonlight instead reduces survivability due to lower PP and halved recovery in sandstorm, rain, or hail, but allows Clefable to run a 4th move.
* Protect ensures that Clefable gets the Wish healing it badly needs to wall a wide variety of threats, and also allows Clefable to scout your opponent's attacks and get free turns of Leftovers healing.
* Heal Bell allows you to boost against status inducers and act as a cleric for your team.
* Flamethrower gives you coverage against Steel-types that can otherwise easily wall this set.
Set Details
========
* 248 HP and 252 Defense maximizes physical bulk while minimizing status and hazard damage.
* Calm Mind boosts will provide Clefable the specially defensive bulk it needs.
* Leftovers provides additional healing to increase Clefable's longevity.
* Unaware in combination with the physically defensive spread allows Clefable to check setup sweepers like Garchomp, Gyarados, and Mimikyu.
Usage Tips
========
* Clefable is very good on stall since it counters a lot of threatening boosting sweepers.
* Utilize Clefable's Dragon-, Dark-, and Fighting-type resistances to switch into Pokemon like Latios, Buzzwole, and Sableye.
* Utilize Unaware and Calm Mind to set-up on other boosting special attackers like Tail Glow Manaphy or Calm Mind Slowbro.
* When opting for Wish, remember that you need to use Protect in order to to receive the Wish Healing on the following turn.
Team Options
========
* Dugtrio can easily trap most Fire-, Poison-, and Steel-types like Heatran or Toxapex that wall this set.
* Magnezone traps two other problematic Pokemon, Celesteela and Scizor.
* Heatran compliments Clefable very well defensively because it can handle one of the top Poison-types in the tier, Mega Venusaur, and also handle problematic Steel-types like Celesteela, Genesect, and Scizor.
* Fire-type resists like Keldeo, Toxapex, and Tyranitar can deal with Pokemon like Heatran and Mega Charizard Y.
[SET]
name: Magic Guard + Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Softboiled
move 4: Flamethrower / Thunder Wave
item: Leftovers
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Calm Mind boosts your offenses and defenses to allow Clefable to act as a threatening late-game sweeper.
* Moonblast is your best STAB.
* Softboiled provides the healing Clefable needs to easily check a variety of threats.
* Flamethrower gives Clefable a way to damage Steel-types that would otherwise easily counter it.
* Thunder Wave can cripple threats that switch into it like Heatran or Mega Metagross.
Set Details
========
* Leftovers provides additional healing to increase Clefable's longevity.
* Magic Guard protects Clefable from many different types of damage, such as from Stealth Rock and Toxic.
* Clefable's EV spread with a Calm nature maximizes its bulk against common physical and special attackers.
* Defense EVs allow Clefable to always live two Life Orb Psyshocks from Latios and two Banded Hoopa-U Hyperspace Furys.
* Special Defense EVs give Clefable the bulk to survive 2HKOs like unboosted Keldeo Scald and Xurkitree Thunderbolt.
Usage Tips
========
* Clefable initially acts as a bulky pivot, allowing it to tank weaker or resisted hits while slowly chipping away at the opposing team.
* Once checks have been sufficiently weakened or eliminated, set-up Calm Minds with Clefable in order to start a sweep.
* It's important to keep Clefable as healthy as possible so it isn't vulnerable to 2HKOs.
Team Options
========
* Dugtrio can easily trap most Fire-, Poison-, and Steel-types like Heatran or Toxapex that wall this set.
* Magnezone traps two other problematic Pokemon, Celesteela and Scizor.
* Heatran compliments Clefable very well defensively because it can handle one of the top Poison-types in the tier, Mega Venusaur, and also handle problematic Steel-types like Celesteela, Genesect, and Scizor.
* Fire-type resists like Keldeo, Toxapex, and Tyranitar can deal with Pokemon like Heatran and Mega Charizard Y.
* Immunity to Sandstorm in combination with good defensive synergy with Tyranitar and Excadrill make Clefable a strong addition to Sand teams.
[SET]
name: Unaware Wall
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Heal Bell / Flamethrower
move 3: Wish
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers
ability: Unaware
nature: Calm
evs: 248 HP / 72 Def / 188 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Moonblast is your best STAB.
* Heal Bell clears your team of status.
* If you already have a cleric for your team, or don't need a cleric at all, Flamethrower is a valuable coverage option to prevent Steel-type Pokemon from switching into Clefable for free.
* If you would rather have a different support option instead of Heal Bell, Knock Off and Thunder Wave can be used instead to allow Clefable to cripple different threats.
* Wish is Clefable's best healing option as Softboiled is incompatible with Unaware.
* Protect ensures that Clefable gets the Wish healing it badly needs to wall a wide variety of threats, and also allows Clefable to scout your opponent's attacks and get free turns of Leftovers healing.
Set Details
========
* Leftovers provides additional healing and works well with Protect.
* 248 HP reduces hazard damage while granting maximum survivability.
* 72 Defense protects Clefable from 2HKOs from Life Orb Kyurem-B Fusion Bolt and defensive Landorus-T Earthquake.
* 188 Special Defense prevents an OHKO from Xurkitree's Gigavolt Havok from Thunderbolt and Manaphy's Hydro Vortex from Surf in rain.
* Unaware blocks the opposing team from setting up on Clefable.
* If you run Knock Off, keep using Calm or Bold natures, as the point of Knock Off on Clefable is not to do damage, but to remove items.
* A fully physically defensive spread of 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD can be used to answer threats like Garchomp and Mimikyu.
Usage Tips
========
* This variant is very good on stall and balance teams since it can counter some of their biggest threats.
* Utilize Clefable's Dragon-, Dark-, and Fighting-type resistances to switch into Pokemon like Hydreigon and Buzzwole.
* Do note Clefable's bulk is overall rather low compared to other walls. Clefable can't take repeatedly extremely hard hits from Pokemon like Hoopa-U or Mega Charizard X and Y.
Team Options
========
* Dugtrio can easily trap most Fire-, Poison-, and Steel-types like Heatran or Toxapex that wall this set.
* Magnezone traps two other problematic Pokemon, Celesteela and Scizor.
* Hippowdon, Landorus-T, Skarmory, Quagsire, and Toxapex can check or counter many of the very hard hitting physical attackers Clefable struggles with.
* Heatran and Tyranitar pair well with Clefable due to its ability to deal with Ground-, Dragon-, and Fighting-type Pokemon like Garchomp and Keldeo.
* Other defensive Pokemon, like Skarmory or Sableye, that can be used as setup fodder by Tail Glow sweepers pair well with Clefable.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
* Using Calm Mind or Cosmic Power with Stored Power is a less reliable version of the existing Calm Mind sets.
* Thunderbolt, Focus Blast, Ice Beam are additional coverage options over Flamethrower.
* An offensive set with Life Orb can use Clefable's incredible offensive movepool wand retain decent bulk thanks to Magic Guard nullifying Life Orb damage.
* Any set running Calm Mind but not running Flamethrower can opt for a 0 Speed IV and a Sassy or Relaxed nature so that Clefable can set up on Gyro Ball Ferrothorn.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Fire-types**: Clefable can do very little to Heatran or Alolan Marowak, making them some of Clefable's biggest counters.
**Poison-types**: Gengar, Mega Venusaur, Haze Toxapex or Tentacruel, and Nihilego can keep Clefable in check by either threatening a KO with Sludge Bomb or by entirely walling Clefable.
**Steel-types**: Mega Scizor, Mega Metagross, Celesteela, Excadrill, and Magearna can easily counter Clefable if it lacks Flamethrower.
**Hard hitting attackers**: Clefable simply does not have the bulk to deal with the likes of Mega Charizard X, Greninja, or Tapu Koko, Lele, or Bulu using their Terrain boosted STABs. While these aren't necessarily the safest switch-ins, they're capable of forcing Clefable out with raw damage.
**Taunt**: Bulky Taunt users like Heatran and Tapu Fini are capable of shutting down Clefable's non-damaging moves, rendering it unable to use moves like Calm Mind or Softboiled, nullifying its survivability.
* Clefable boasts two incredible defensive abilities in Magic Guard and Unaware, allowing it to absorb status or wall boosted attackers.
* Clefable's large movepool provides it with good attacking, recovery, and utility options such as Flamethrower, Softboiled, and Knock Off.
* Its bulk allows it to relatively easily come in on unboosted attackers like Latios, Keldeo, or Garchomp with little fear.
* However, Clefable is not without weaknesses. It fares poorly against Poison- and Steel-types, is very vulnerable to Taunt, and needs Calm Mind boosts to deal substantial damage.
* SM brought a nerf to Thunder Wave, weakening one of Clefable's strongest utility options.
* SM bringing more Fairy-types into the metagame has not only increased competition for Clefable, but also increased the amount of Poison- and Steel-type moves used as coverage, making Clefable's job harder.
* When you combine this with SM's overall harder hitting metagame the generation shift has been especially unkind to Clefable.
[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Softboiled
move 4: Knock Off / Thunder Wave / Flamethrower
item: Leftovers
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Clefable is one of the most consistent Stealth Rock users in the tier due to its advantageous match-up with every common Rapid Spin and Defog user except Tapu Fini, or if Clefable lacks Flamethrower, Excadrill and Scizor.
* Moonblast is your best STAB.
* Softboiled provides the healing Clefable needs to easily check a variety of threats.
* Knock Off is very good at crippling opposing Pokemon, as many attackers rely on items like Life Orb or Thick Club to break through Clefable, or rely on Leftovers in order to stall out Clefable.
* Thunder Wave can also cripple incoming threats with paralysis. Unlike Knock Off, Thunder Wave can be used to cripple Mega Pokemon, but Thunder Wave's nerf makes its utility secondary to Knock Off.
* Flamethrower doesn't provide much in terms of support, but gives Clefable a way to damage Steel-type Pokemon that would otherwise switch into Clefable for free.
Set Details
========
* Leftovers provides additional healing to increase Clefable's longevity.
* Magic Guard protects Clefable from many different types of damage, such as from Stealth Rock and Toxic.
* Clefable's EV spread with a Calm nature maximizes its bulk against common physical and special attackers.
* Defense EVs allow Clefable to always live two Life Orb Psyshocks from Latios and two Banded Hoopa-U Hyperspace Furys.
* Special Defense EVs give Clefable the bulk to survive 2HKOs like unboosted Keldeo Scald and Xurkitree Thunderbolt.
Usage Tips
========
* Clefable can easily switch into most Defog and Rapid Spin users, allowing it to keep Stealth Rock up. Clefable's natural bulk also allows it to easily set up Stealth Rock on weaker attacks.
* Try to get Stealth Rock up as early as possible. Clefable does not need to be a lead, but it's very much capable of filling that role.
* Cripple your opponent's team with Knock Off or Thunder Wave in order to make Clefable harder to break.
* Keep Clefable healthy so you can set up Stealth Rock again if it gets removed with Rapid Spin or Defog.
Team Options
========
* Clefable is very flexible and requires minimal to no support to be useful.
* Heatran compliments Clefable very well defensively because it can handle one of the top Poison-types in the tier, Mega Venusaur, while also handling problematic Steel-types like Celesteela, Genesect, and Scizor.
* Hard hitting attackers that want guaranteed Stealth Rocks on the opponent's field to secure KOs like Hoopa-U and Mega Alakazam make good teammates.
* Pokemon vulnerable to Dragon- or Dark-types like Latios and Alolan Marowak appreciate Clefable as a partner.
[SET]
name: Unaware + Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Wish / Moonlight
move 4: Protect / Heal Bell / Flamethrower
item: Leftovers
ability: Unaware
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Calm Mind boosts Clefable's offenses and defenses to allow Clefable to force out special attackers, and potentially act as a sweeper in the late game.
* Moonblast is your best STAB.
* Wish is Clefable's best healing option as Softboiled is incompatible with Unaware. Wish grants greater overall healing than Moonlight due to higher PP, but sacrifices a move slot as it requires Protect in order to guarantee that Clefable receives the healing.
* Opting for Moonlight instead reduces survivability due to lower PP and halved recovery in sandstorm, rain, or hail, but allows Clefable to run a 4th move.
* Protect ensures that Clefable gets the Wish healing it badly needs to wall a wide variety of threats, and also allows Clefable to scout your opponent's attacks and get free turns of Leftovers healing.
* Heal Bell allows you to boost against status inducers and act as a cleric for your team.
* Flamethrower gives you coverage against Steel-types that can otherwise easily wall this set.
Set Details
========
* 248 HP and 252 Defense maximizes physical bulk while minimizing status and hazard damage.
* Calm Mind boosts will provide Clefable the specially defensive bulk it needs.
* Leftovers provides additional healing to increase Clefable's longevity.
* Unaware in combination with the physically defensive spread allows Clefable to check setup sweepers like Garchomp, Gyarados, and Mimikyu.
Usage Tips
========
* Clefable is very good on stall since it counters a lot of threatening boosting sweepers.
* Utilize Clefable's Dragon-, Dark-, and Fighting-type resistances to switch into Pokemon like Latios, Buzzwole, and Sableye.
* Utilize Unaware and Calm Mind to set-up on other boosting special attackers like Tail Glow Manaphy or Calm Mind Slowbro.
* When opting for Wish, remember that you need to use Protect in order to to receive the Wish Healing on the following turn.
Team Options
========
* Dugtrio can easily trap most Fire-, Poison-, and Steel-types like Heatran or Toxapex that wall this set.
* Magnezone traps two other problematic Pokemon, Celesteela and Scizor.
* Heatran compliments Clefable very well defensively because it can handle one of the top Poison-types in the tier, Mega Venusaur, and also handle problematic Steel-types like Celesteela, Genesect, and Scizor.
* Fire-type resists like Keldeo, Toxapex, and Tyranitar can deal with Pokemon like Heatran and Mega Charizard Y.
[SET]
name: Magic Guard + Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Softboiled
move 4: Flamethrower / Thunder Wave
item: Leftovers
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Calm Mind boosts your offenses and defenses to allow Clefable to act as a threatening late-game sweeper.
* Moonblast is your best STAB.
* Softboiled provides the healing Clefable needs to easily check a variety of threats.
* Flamethrower gives Clefable a way to damage Steel-types that would otherwise easily counter it.
* Thunder Wave can cripple threats that switch into it like Heatran or Mega Metagross.
Set Details
========
* Leftovers provides additional healing to increase Clefable's longevity.
* Magic Guard protects Clefable from many different types of damage, such as from Stealth Rock and Toxic.
* Clefable's EV spread with a Calm nature maximizes its bulk against common physical and special attackers.
* Defense EVs allow Clefable to always live two Life Orb Psyshocks from Latios and two Banded Hoopa-U Hyperspace Furys.
* Special Defense EVs give Clefable the bulk to survive 2HKOs like unboosted Keldeo Scald and Xurkitree Thunderbolt.
Usage Tips
========
* Clefable initially acts as a bulky pivot, allowing it to tank weaker or resisted hits while slowly chipping away at the opposing team.
* Once checks have been sufficiently weakened or eliminated, set-up Calm Minds with Clefable in order to start a sweep.
* It's important to keep Clefable as healthy as possible so it isn't vulnerable to 2HKOs.
Team Options
========
* Dugtrio can easily trap most Fire-, Poison-, and Steel-types like Heatran or Toxapex that wall this set.
* Magnezone traps two other problematic Pokemon, Celesteela and Scizor.
* Heatran compliments Clefable very well defensively because it can handle one of the top Poison-types in the tier, Mega Venusaur, and also handle problematic Steel-types like Celesteela, Genesect, and Scizor.
* Fire-type resists like Keldeo, Toxapex, and Tyranitar can deal with Pokemon like Heatran and Mega Charizard Y.
* Immunity to Sandstorm in combination with good defensive synergy with Tyranitar and Excadrill make Clefable a strong addition to Sand teams.
[SET]
name: Unaware Wall
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Heal Bell / Flamethrower
move 3: Wish
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers
ability: Unaware
nature: Calm
evs: 248 HP / 72 Def / 188 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Moonblast is your best STAB.
* Heal Bell clears your team of status.
* If you already have a cleric for your team, or don't need a cleric at all, Flamethrower is a valuable coverage option to prevent Steel-type Pokemon from switching into Clefable for free.
* If you would rather have a different support option instead of Heal Bell, Knock Off and Thunder Wave can be used instead to allow Clefable to cripple different threats.
* Wish is Clefable's best healing option as Softboiled is incompatible with Unaware.
* Protect ensures that Clefable gets the Wish healing it badly needs to wall a wide variety of threats, and also allows Clefable to scout your opponent's attacks and get free turns of Leftovers healing.
Set Details
========
* Leftovers provides additional healing and works well with Protect.
* 248 HP reduces hazard damage while granting maximum survivability.
* 72 Defense protects Clefable from 2HKOs from Life Orb Kyurem-B Fusion Bolt and defensive Landorus-T Earthquake.
* 188 Special Defense prevents an OHKO from Xurkitree's Gigavolt Havok from Thunderbolt and Manaphy's Hydro Vortex from Surf in rain.
* Unaware blocks the opposing team from setting up on Clefable.
* If you run Knock Off, keep using Calm or Bold natures, as the point of Knock Off on Clefable is not to do damage, but to remove items.
* A fully physically defensive spread of 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD can be used to answer threats like Garchomp and Mimikyu.
Usage Tips
========
* This variant is very good on stall and balance teams since it can counter some of their biggest threats.
* Utilize Clefable's Dragon-, Dark-, and Fighting-type resistances to switch into Pokemon like Hydreigon and Buzzwole.
* Do note Clefable's bulk is overall rather low compared to other walls. Clefable can't take repeatedly extremely hard hits from Pokemon like Hoopa-U or Mega Charizard X and Y.
Team Options
========
* Dugtrio can easily trap most Fire-, Poison-, and Steel-types like Heatran or Toxapex that wall this set.
* Magnezone traps two other problematic Pokemon, Celesteela and Scizor.
* Hippowdon, Landorus-T, Skarmory, Quagsire, and Toxapex can check or counter many of the very hard hitting physical attackers Clefable struggles with.
* Heatran and Tyranitar pair well with Clefable due to its ability to deal with Ground-, Dragon-, and Fighting-type Pokemon like Garchomp and Keldeo.
* Other defensive Pokemon, like Skarmory or Sableye, that can be used as setup fodder by Tail Glow sweepers pair well with Clefable.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
* Using Calm Mind or Cosmic Power with Stored Power is a less reliable version of the existing Calm Mind sets.
* Thunderbolt, Focus Blast, Ice Beam are additional coverage options over Flamethrower.
* An offensive set with Life Orb can use Clefable's incredible offensive movepool wand retain decent bulk thanks to Magic Guard nullifying Life Orb damage.
* Any set running Calm Mind but not running Flamethrower can opt for a 0 Speed IV and a Sassy or Relaxed nature so that Clefable can set up on Gyro Ball Ferrothorn.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Fire-types**: Clefable can do very little to Heatran or Alolan Marowak, making them some of Clefable's biggest counters.
**Poison-types**: Gengar, Mega Venusaur, Haze Toxapex or Tentacruel, and Nihilego can keep Clefable in check by either threatening a KO with Sludge Bomb or by entirely walling Clefable.
**Steel-types**: Mega Scizor, Mega Metagross, Celesteela, Excadrill, and Magearna can easily counter Clefable if it lacks Flamethrower.
**Hard hitting attackers**: Clefable simply does not have the bulk to deal with the likes of Mega Charizard X, Greninja, or Tapu Koko, Lele, or Bulu using their Terrain boosted STABs. While these aren't necessarily the safest switch-ins, they're capable of forcing Clefable out with raw damage.
**Taunt**: Bulky Taunt users like Heatran and Tapu Fini are capable of shutting down Clefable's non-damaging moves, rendering it unable to use moves like Calm Mind or Softboiled, nullifying its survivability.
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