BDSP Clefable

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Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Moonblast
- Wish
- Protect
- Flamethrower / Calm Mind

Despite its adorable appearance, Clefable is a defensive staple in BDSP OU and can be difficult to break through. Its incredible Fairy-typing allows it to switch into the STAB moves of many common foes, such as Weavile, Garchomp, and Dragonite. Unaware is the ability of choice, turning Clefable into a check to an abundance of setup sweepers, such as Nasty Plot Rotom-W and Calm Mind Latias. One of its main flaws is its lack of reliable recovery, forcing it to run Wish and Protect, but this does come with the benefit of scouting Choice item Pokemon and squeezing out more Leftovers recovery. Moonblast is the STAB move of choice, hitting common Pokemon such as Weavile and Dragon-types super effectively while potentially threatening others with a Special Attack drop. For the last slot, a choice has to be made between Flamethrower, which hits common Steel-types like Scizor and Magnezone that would otherwise check it, or Calm Mind, which turns Clefable into a powerful late-game sweeper and allows to it beat opposing setup sweepers, as foes cannot set up alongside it.
 
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Its incredible Fairy-typing allows it to switch into the STAB moves of many common Dragon-types, such as Garchomp, Latias, and Dragonite
mention that it also checks Weavile, it's *vital*
you can check "dragon types" with "staples", since Clefable does so much more than just absorbing Dragon moves
Unaware is used over Magic Guard in order to allow Clefable to check the many set-up sweepers, such as Nasty Plot Rotom-W and Calm Mind Latias.
id just say something like "Unaware is the Ability of choice, turning Clefable into a check for the abundance of setup sweepers, such as Nasty Plot Rotom-W and Calm Mind Latias
forcing it to run Wish and Protect, but at least with the benefit of scouting moves from Choice-locked Pokemon and to squeeze out more Leftovers recovery.
reworded the sentence to make more sense and adding that little puntualization
Thanks to its powerful STAB move Moonblast, Clefable is able to threaten common Pokemon such as Weavile and Latias.
"Moonblast is the STAB of choice, being able to hit common Pokémon such as Weavile and the Dragon-types and potentially threaten others with a Special Attack drop."

the rest is fine and to be fair it was a pretty good job already, just wanted to point out more things while trying to still be concise enough, let me know if you can implement them without going too far with character count
 

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mention that it also checks Weavile, it's *vital*
you can check "dragon types" with "staples", since Clefable does so much more than just absorbing Dragon moves

id just say something like "Unaware is the Ability of choice, turning Clefable into a check for the abundance of setup sweepers, such as Nasty Plot Rotom-W and Calm Mind Latias

reworded the sentence to make more sense and adding that little puntualization

"Moonblast is the STAB of choice, being able to hit common Pokémon such as Weavile and the Dragon-types and potentially threaten others with a Special Attack drop."

the rest is fine and to be fair it was a pretty good job already, just wanted to point out more things while trying to still be concise enough, let me know if you can implement them without going too far with character count
Implemented, it’s at 1100 characters right now, is that too far over?
Edit: my character counter was bad, I’m under the limit
 
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Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Moonblast
- Wish
- Protect
- Flamethrower / Calm Mind

Despite its adorable appearance, Clefable is a defensive staple and can be difficult to break through. Its incredible Fairy-typing allows it to switch into the STAB moves of many staples, such as Weavile and the common Dragon-types Garchompcommon foes, such as Weavile, Garchomp, and Dragonite. Unaware is the Aability of choice, turning Clefable into a check for theto an abundance of setup sweepers, such as Nasty Plot Rotom-W and Calm Mind Latias. One of its main flaws is its lack of reliable recovery, forcing it to run Wish and Protect, but at leastthis does come with the benefit of scouting moves from Choice-locked Pokemon and to squeezeChoice item Pokemon and squeezing out more Leftovers recovery. Moonblast is the STAB of choice, being able to hit common Pokémon such as Weavile and the Dragon-types andmove of choice, hitting common Pokemon such as Weavile and Dragon-types super effectively while potentially threatening others with a Special Attack drop. For the last slot, a choice has to be made between Flamethrower, which hits common Steel-type Pokemons like Scizor and Magnezone that would otherwise check it, or Calm Mind, which turns Clefable into a powerful late-game cleaner and allows to it beat certain set-up sweepers, as opposing Pokemon cannot set-sweeper and allows to it beat opposing setup sweepers, as foes cannot set up alongside it.

1/1
GP Team done
 

Ducky

Aw Phooey
is a Contributor to Smogon
Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Moonblast
- Wish
- Protect
- Flamethrower / Calm Mind

Despite its adorable appearance, Clefable is a defensive staple and can be difficult to break through. Its incredible Fairy-typing allows it to switch into the STAB moves of many staples, such as Weavile and the common Dragon-types Garchompcommon foes, such as Weavile, Garchomp, and Dragonite. Unaware is the Aability of choice, turning Clefable into a check for theto an abundance of setup sweepers, such as Nasty Plot Rotom-W and Calm Mind Latias. One of its main flaws is its lack of reliable recovery, forcing it to run Wish and Protect, but at leastthis does come with the benefit of scouting moves from Choice-locked Pokemon and to squeezeChoice item Pokemon and squeezing out more Leftovers recovery. Moonblast is the STAB of choice, being able to hit common Pokémon such as Weavile and the Dragon-types andmove of choice, hitting common Pokemon such as Weavile and Dragon-types super effectively while potentially threatening others with a Special Attack drop. For the last slot, a choice has to be made between Flamethrower, which hits common Steel-type Pokemons like Scizor and Magnezone that would otherwise check it, or Calm Mind, which turns Clefable into a powerful late-game cleaner and allows to it beat certain set-up sweepers, as opposing Pokemon cannot set-sweeper and allows to it beat opposing setup sweepers, as foes cannot set up alongside it.

1/1
GP Team done
implemented, ty for the check!
 
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