Clefable @ Toxic Orb / Black Sludge
Ability: Magic Guard  
Tera Type: Dark / Ghost
EVs: 252 Spe  
Naive Nature  
IVs: 0 HP / 0 Atk / 0 Def / 0 SpA / 0 SpD  
- Substitute  
- Skill Swap  
- Encore  
- Imprison / Baton Pass / Thunder Wave / Knock Off

Clefable

Clefable is the current fastest user of Magic Guard and Skill Swap, letting it force opponents to not take indirect damage and forcing them to switch, chip themselves with Struggle, Belly Drum, or using Ghost Curse, or use Perish Song. Note that Skill Swap bypasses Substitute and Magic Guard prevents self-chip from Steel Beam and Chloroblast as well as statuses and items. Clefable has access to a variety of other disruptive and supporting moves such as Encore, Imprison, Baton Pass, Thunder Wave, Trick, and Heal Pulse. Knock Off is an option to remove opposing items and try to take down the multitudes immune to Skill Swap (e.g. Calyrex-S, Gholdengo, Arceus, Flutter Mane), but it prevents being Taunted for being an out for an unsuccessful Clefable. Naive Clefable is OHKOed by Magnemite Steel Beam and stronger, such as Goodra-H Steel Beam. Clefable prefers Tera Dark so Pranksters have a much harder time disrupting it (note that Sableye can still prevent Skill Swap with Imprison) or Tera Ghost to escape trappers.

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