Cleffa in Pokémon GO

Type	Fairy
Pokédex number	#173
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	75 / 79 / 137
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	671 / 759 / 768
Max HP, level 50	127
Buddy distance	1 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Height / weight	0.3 m / 3 kg

Cleffa evolution

Pokémon GO has no evolution levels: a Pokémon evolves when you spend Candy on it (sometimes with an item or a task), at any level.

Cleffa evolves into Clefairy for 25 Clefairy Candy.

Family: Clefairy · Clefable · Cleffa

Cleffa CP by level

Combat Power with perfect stats (15/15/15) and with 10/10/10. Players find that raid, egg and research catches never have a stat below 10; that floor is their measurement, not a number in the game data.

Level	CP 15/15/15	CP 10/10/10	HP 15/15/15	Note
15	287	260	78	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	383	346	90	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	479	433	101	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	575	520	111	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	623	563	115
40	671	607	120
45	715	646	123
50	759	686	127
51	768	694	128	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Cleffa best moveset

Ranked by damage per second over one cycle of fast attacks and one charged attack. Assumptions: Cleffa at level 40 with 15/15/15, a target with 180 Defense taking neutral damage, no weather boost, and the energy Cleffa gains from being hit left out.

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Pound	Grass Knot	5.1
Pound	Psychic	4.9	Elite TM
Pound	Signal Beam	4.4
Pound	Body Slam	4.4	Elite TM
Pound	Psyshock	4.3

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Pound	Normal	6	5	0.5 s	12.0
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	11	9	1 s	11.0

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Body Slam	Normal	50	33	2 s	25.0	Elite TM
Grass Knot	Grass	90	50	2.5 s	36.0
Psychic	Psychic	95	50	3 s	31.7	Elite TM
Psyshock	Psychic	60	33	2.5 s	24.0
Signal Beam	Bug	75	50	3 s	25.0
Swift	Normal	65	50	3 s	21.7

Cleffa weaknesses and resistances

Damage multipliers for each attack type against Fairy. Pokémon GO uses ×1.6 for super effective and ×0.625 for not very effective, multiplied for two types.

Attack type	Damage
Poison	×1.6
Steel	×1.6
Dragon	×0.39
Bug	×0.625
Dark	×0.625
Fighting	×0.625

Cleffa CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 671 · HP 120

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Sources: stats, moves, evolution costs and the CP multiplier for each level are from the Pokémon GO game master as published by PokeMiners (commit 8e227be, data of 28 August 2026). Which Pokémon are in the game: pogoapi.net (list of 31 January 2026). CP = ⌊(Attack+IV) × √(Defense+IV) × √(Stamina+IV) × CPM² / 10⌋, checked against pogoapi.net’s max CP table for 888 Pokémon. Raid catch levels and the 10/10/10 floor are players’ measurements; they are not in the game data. Pokémon and Pokémon GO are trademarks of their owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Niantic, Scopely, Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company.