Kecleon
Color Swap Pokémon
Its color changes for concealment and also when its mood or health changes. The darker the color, the healthier it is.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Where to find Kecleon
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Kecleon can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Lick Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Scratch Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Thief Takes the target’s item. | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 4 | Bind Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 7 | Shadow Sneak Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Ghost | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 10 | Feint Hits through Protect and Detect. | Normal | Physical | 30 | 100 | 10 |
| 13 | Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 18 | 80 | 15 |
| 16 | Disable Disables the target’s last used move for 1-8 turns. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Feint Attack Never misses. | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 18 | Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 21 | Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Rock | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 25 | Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 30 | Camouflage User’s type changes to match the terrain. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 30 | Detect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | Fighting | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 33 | Shadow Claw Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Ghost | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 38 | Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 42 | Substitute Transfers 1/4 of the user’s max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 46 | Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| 50 | Foul Play Calculates damage with the target’s attacking stat. | Dark | Physical | 95 | 100 | 15 |
| 50 | Synchronoise Hits any Pokémon that shares a type with the user. | Psychic | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
Breeding & egg moves
Kecleon can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
18 sprites & renders for Kecleon.






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More Normal-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Kecleon”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/kecleon.
Species data from PokéAPI.