Is Cleffa Good in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Playthrough?
Baby Fairy-type. Friendship evolves it into Clefairy, then Moon Stone into Clefable. The final form is excellent, but you can catch Clefairy directly at Mount Hokulani and skip this stage.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Ilima's team.
Hala's team hits Cleffa's weaknesses hard.
Lana's team hits Cleffa's weaknesses hard.
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Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Kiawe's team.
Mallow's typing presses Cleffa's defenses.
Olivia's team hits Cleffa's weaknesses hard.
Sophocles's Pokemon outpace and outclass Cleffa here.
Acerola's typing presses Cleffa's defenses.
Nanu's typing presses Cleffa's defenses.
Mina's typing presses Cleffa's defenses.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Hapu's team.
Molayne's Pokemon outpace and outclass Clefable here.
Clefable trades roughly evenly with Olivia's team.
Clefable trades roughly evenly with Acerola's team.
Clefable trades roughly evenly with Kahili's team.
Kukui's team hits Clefable's weaknesses hard.
Catch Cleffa on Mount Hokulani (walking, Lv 27-30).
You can pick up the Moon Stone in Haina Desert.
How to Get Cleffa in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
Cleffa appears at decent spawn rates across 4 spots in mid-game routes. Sort by Best below if you want the highest rate, or Earliest if you want the quickest access point in your playthrough.
Where To Catch Cleffa in USUM
Cleffa is your first catch on the way to Cleffa. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 27-30 across 8 total spots in the chain.
Step 1Cleffa ✓Mount Hokulani - EastLv.27-30GrassRate 20%NightMount Hokulani - WestLv.27-30GrassRate 20%Night
Step 2Catch or Evolve into ClefairyMount Hokulani - EastLv.27-30GrassNightSOS from CleffaMount Hokulani - WestLv.27-30GrassNightSOS from Cleffaor 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
 Solgaleo PsychicSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodMahalo Trail Gift Available Move Moves
Damage vs Cleffa View Solgaleo builds →Sunsteel Strike 2x299-353%KO | ||
 Aegislash SteelGhost | A | |
 Nihilego RockPoison | B | |
Obtain MethodUltra Space Interact Encounter | ||
 Salazzle PoisonFire | B | |
Obtain MethodHeahea Beach Gift | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | C | |
In Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, Salazzle threatens a KO with Fire Blast (86-101%).
 Ferrothorn GrassSteel | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityIron Barbs ItemLeftovers NatureSassy Moves View Ferrothorn builds →
| ||
Salazzle PoisonFire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityCorrosion ItemBlack Sludge NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Cleffa View Salazzle builds →Flamethrower70-83% Fire Blast86-101%KO | ||
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
USUM Cleffa Best Moveset
Fairy at 45 Sp. Atk with AbilityMagic Guard blocking all indirect damage and AbilityFriend Guard reducing ally damage as a hidden ability. The moveset at pre-evolution stats has no function. Clefable two evolutions away earns S-tier through AbilityMagic Guard and AbilityUnaware.
Best Build
Cleffa best EVs are HP and Speed
Bulky Support Moveset
- Stored Power
- Thunder Wave
- Endeavor
- Counter
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Cleffa's movepool delivers. Coverage across 11 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
Base Stats
On nights with many shooting stars, they gather in packs and dance in circles. If you should see them, something good will happen!
Said to have ridden here on a shooting star, Cleffa seem to appear in places where meteorites have struck in the past.
Cleffa Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Guide
In Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, 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