Is Clefable Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityMagic Guard is the real story. No poison damage, no weather damage, no recoil. Clefable takes damage only from direct attacks. Pure Normal typing in Gen 4 means one Fighting weakness. If you find one in Trophy Garden, the ability alone makes Clefable worth a team slot.
Clefairy trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Clefairy has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Clefable trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Clefable resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
Clefable trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Clefable trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Clefable resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Clefable trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Clefable trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Clefable resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Clefable trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Clefairy
Catch Clefairy in Mt. Coronet (walking, Lv 30-32, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Clefairy to Clefable
Clefairy evolves into Clefable with a Moon Stone. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Maylene.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Clefable in Diamond & Pearl
Clefable never spawns in the wild here. Raise a Mt. Coronet Clefairy and use a Moon Stone, one of several Kanto evolutions in this batch competing for the same scarce item.
Wild Clefable may be holding when caught:
Leppa Berry (50% chance) Held: Consumed when a move runs out of PP to restore its PP by 10.
Moon Stone (5% chance) A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokemon evolve. It is as black as the night sky.Catch Cleffa or Clefairy at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Clefable.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 3How to Obtain Clefable in DP
To get Clefable, start by catching Cleffa through walking encounters at Lv. 12-18. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve ClefairyMt. Coronet - B1FLv.30-32CaveRate 15%Mt. Coronet - Route 216 EntranceLv.30-32CaveRate 15%Trophy Garden - Daily PokemonLv.16-18GrassRate 5%Post-gameMt. Coronet - 2FLv.36-38CaveRate 15%or evolve from Cleffa (Step 1)
- Step 3Clefable ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Cleffa egg.
How to Get Shiny Clefable in Diamond & Pearl
Clefable is absent from the wild, so chain a Cleffa in Mt. Coronet or the Trophy Garden, then evolve it up through the line. Compare Shiny Clefable odds across every game
Shiny Clefable Evolution
3 Forms
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Clefable Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Clefable in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Clefable Weakness
Clefable is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. With 95 HP and balanced defenses, Clefable can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Clefable Weak Against
Good
Clefable Evolutions
Clefable doesn't evolve through normal leveling. You'll need an evolution item to get here from Cleffa's line. Breed this form to get Cleffa eggs (quick to hatch). Evolving from Cleffa gave Clefable the biggest boost in HP (+45), bringing the total to 473 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Clefable to get Cleffa eggs easily using 35 partners from the Fairy egg group. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Belly Drum, Covet and 7 more.
DP Clefable Best Moveset
Immune to MoveStealth Rock, MoveToxic damage, and Held ItemLife Orb recoil through AbilityMagic Guard, which makes Clefable one of the safest switch-ins available. Held ItemLife Orb adds 30% to every attack at zero HP cost, and the moveset runs special coverage with Softboiled keeping HP topped off. 85 Sp. Atk is modest but never loses health to chip.
Best Build
Clefable best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Soft Boiled
- Seismic Toss
- Knock Off
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Blizzard and Dream Eater bring the raw damage. But Clefable also picks up coverage across 11 types from TMs, making it tough to find a safe switch. You're not locked into one angle here.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
50 of 53 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Rarely seen by people, it is said to be drawn by the full moon to play at deserted lakes.
Its hearing is so acute it can hear a pin drop over half a mile away. It lives on quiet mountains.
Clefable Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Clefable plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Careful is the go-to nature for Clefable. That's +Sp. Def / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Clefable has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 22 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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