Champions exclusive: Mega Clefable does not exist in mainline Pokémon games. This Mega was introduced in Pokémon Champions.
Mega Clefable gains the Flying type alongside Fairy, and swaps its base ability for Magic BounceMagic BounceabilityReflects status moves back at the user — Taunt, sleep moves, weather-changing moves, and hazards all bounce.Click to read more →. Fairy/Flying is an interesting combination: Fairy handles Dragon, Fighting, and Dark, while Flying handles Grass, Bug, and Fighting. Magic Bounce then closes off the support disruption that would normally threaten a tanky Fairy type.
At 135 base Special Attack, Mega Clefable hits considerably harder than its base form. Moonblast (Fairy STABSTABmechanicSame-Type Attack Bonus: a move deals ×1.5 damage when its type matches one of the user's types.Click to read more →) and Air Slash (Flying STAB with 30% flinch chance) are its primary attacks.
Magic Bounce on a Fairy type
Mega GardevoirMega GardevoirmegaPixilate converts Normal moves to Fairy STAB — Hyper Voice becomes a spread Fairy attack that hits both opponents through Substitutes and Sound immunity.Click to read more → already has Magic Bounce as Mega SableyeMega SableyemegaMagic Bounce reflects non-damaging moves back at the user — Spore, Leech Seed, Taunt, and Thunder Wave all get sent right back, making support strategies backfire.Click to read more →’s sister ability, but Clefable’s Fairy/Flying typing makes it uniquely positioned. Thunder WaveThunder WavemoveParalyzes the target — halving their Speed and giving a 25% chance each turn to be unable to move.Click to read more → and SporeSporemoveA Grass-type move that inflicts sleep with 100% accuracy — the most reliable sleep move in the game.Click to read more → reflect back even against PranksterPranksterabilityAn ability that gives all Status moves +1 priority — they go before almost everything, even if the Pokémon is slow.Click to read more → users, since Magic Bounce operates independently of priority.
Unaware synergy
Base Clefable has Unaware (ignores opponents’ stat boosts when calculating damage). That useful ability is lost upon Mega EvolutionMega EvolutionmechanicOnce per battle, a Pokémon holding the right Mega Stone transforms into a stronger form with new stats, type, and ability.Click to read more →. Teams that want Unaware should use base Clefable and save the Mega slot for another Pokémon.
What stops it
- Poison and Steel moves — Both hit Fairy for 2×. The Flying type doesn’t add new resistances to these.
- Rock and Electric moves — Rock hits Flying for 2×, Electric hits Flying for 2×. Rock SlideRock SlidemoveA Rock-type spread move with 75 base power and a 30% flinch chance on each target it hits.Click to read more → and Thunderbolt from common meta Pokémon threaten it.
- Ice-type moves — Ice hits Flying for 2×. BlizzardBlizzardmove110 base power Ice-type spread move. 70% accuracy normally, but always hits in Snow weather. The signature offensive move on Snow teams.Click to read more → from Sand or Snow teams threatens Mega Clefable.