Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 1.0 m
- Weight
- 22.0 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate200(36.6%)Moderate
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth ratemedium slow
Base EXP154
Base stats
HP
60
Attack
90
Defense
70
Sp. Atk
60
Sp. Def
120
Speed
40
Total
440
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026
Where to find Kecleon
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Diamond
Platinum
Black 2
White 2
Ultra Sun
Ultra Moon
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
22 of 22
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| 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
22 sprites & renders for Kecleon.
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Community notes
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Cite this page
“Kecleon”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/kecleon.
Species data from PokéAPI.