Clefable counters

Gen 5 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Clefable
#0036 Clefable
Fairy
USAGE 5.1% #32
ABILITYMagic Guard
BASE STATS
HP 95
ATK 70
DEF 73
SPA 95
SPD 90
SPE 60
BST483
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
PoisonSteel
½×
FightingBugDark
0×
Dragon
Moves
Soft-Boiled 100.0% Knock Off 91.0% Thunder Wave 89.6% Ice Beam 54.0% Seismic Toss 49.0% Encore 6.6% Stealth Rock 5.3% Trick 1.6%
Items
Leftovers 98.2% Flame Orb 1.3% Iron Ball 0.3% Life Orb 0.1% Metronome 0.0% Sticky Barb 0.0% Chople Berry 0.0% Choice Scarf 0.0%
Abilities
Magic Guard99.6%Cute Charm0.4%Unaware0.0%
Common Teammates
Skarmory82.5%Hippowdon81.4%Alakazam63.0%Jellicent58.8%Reuniclus53.1%Latios41.1%Latias24.3%Bronzong14.5%
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Teams using Tyranitar 62% Teams using Excadrill 57% Teams using Ferrothorn 52%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

# Checker Encounters Reliability KO Rate
01
Tyranitar
Tyranitar
RockDark OFFENSIVE CHECK
21.224
62
62.3% dies 10.52%
02
Excadrill
Excadrill
GroundSteel OFFENSIVE CHECK
22.289
57
56.7% dies 10.49%
03
Ferrothorn
Ferrothorn
GrassSteel SOFT CHECK
20.179
52
52.5% dies 11.12%

Ranked #32 with 5.10% usage. Sorted by reliability score.