Is Cleffa Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
Breed-only Fairy baby. Needs friendship evolution to Clefairy, then Moon Stone to Clefable. Three stages deep before it contributes. Wild Clefairy in Meteor Falls skips the baby stage entirely.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Cleffa has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Cleffa's defenses.
Winona's team hits Cleffa's weaknesses hard.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Sidney's team hits Cleffa's weaknesses hard.
Phoebe's typing presses Cleffa's defenses.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Drake's typing presses Cleffa's defenses.
Steven's team hits Cleffa's weaknesses hard.
Cleffa cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
How to Get Cleffa in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
This 3-stage chain starts with Cleffa, a baby that doesn't spawn wild. Breed Clefairy at the nursery to hatch one, then level through the stages to reach Cleffa.
How to Obtain Cleffa in ORAS
To get Cleffa, start by catching Cleffa through walking encounters at Lv. 19-40. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
Step 1Cleffa ✓Breed from Clefairy at the Day Care.
Step 2Catch or Evolve into ClefairyMeteor Falls - Area 1Lv.19GrassRate 5%DexNav chainRoute 115Lv.20GrassRate 5%DexNav chainMeteor Falls - Area 2Lv.40GrassRate 5%DexNav chainMeteor Falls - Area 3Lv.40GrassRate 5%DexNav chainMeteor Falls - Area 4Lv.40GrassRate 5%DexNav chainor evolve from Cleffa (Step 1)
Step 3Evolve into Clefable
Cleffa Weakness
Poison and Steel moves hit Cleffa for super-effective damage. The upside? Dragon-type moves can't touch it at all. Cleffa's special bulk (base 55 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Poison, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Bug, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Dragon |
What is Cleffa Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Cleffa
 Dustox BugPoison | C | |
Dustox BugPoison | C | |
 Mawile SteelFairy | C | |
 Aron SteelRock | C | |
 Zubat Poison | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cleffa View Zubat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x65-78% Steel Wing 2x59-70% | ||
 Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cleffa View Metagross builds →Meteor Mash 2x261-308%KO Sludge Bomb 2x85-101%KO | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Muk Poison | C | |
 Registeel Steel | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 120 Interact Encounter Available Move Moves
Damage vs Cleffa View Registeel builds →Flash Cannon 2x95-112%KO | ||
Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Heatran FireSteel | A | |
Obtain MethodScorched Slab Interact Encounter | ||
Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cleffa View Metagross builds →Meteor Mash 2x268-315%KO Sludge Bomb 2x84-99% | ||
 Seviper Poison | C | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Ferrothorn GrassSteel | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityIron Barbs ItemLeftovers NatureRelaxed Moves View Ferrothorn builds →
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Cleffa Evolutions
Cleffa starts the chain as a baby form and evolves into Clefairy by leveling up. To get more eggs, breed the evolved versions. The evolved forms gain up to 265 total stats over Cleffa. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
ORAS Cleffa Best Moveset
Fairy at 45 Sp. Atk. AbilityMagic Guard blocks all indirect damage. AbilityFriend Guard reduces damage to allies. The moveset fires at pre-evolution power. Clefable two evolutions away is S-tier through AbilityUnaware and Fairy typing.
Best Build
Cleffa best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Recycle
- Wish
- Toxic
- Metronome
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Cleffa's movepool delivers. Coverage across 14 types plus STAB from Fairy STAB gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
On nights with many shooting stars, Cleffa can be seen dancing in a ring. They dance through the night and stop only at the break of day, when these Pokémon quench their thirst with the morning dew.
Cleffa Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, For a casual playthrough, Cleffa works as a placeholder. Fairy coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Clefairy. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Cleffa appears in 19 games across 9 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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 7LGPE
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