From Zero to 100k Healing — The Definitive Clefable Draining Kiss Build (2025 Patch)
This guide teaches a consistent, repeatable path to exceed 100,000 healing with a buffed Draining Kiss Clefable in Pokemon Unite. It covers itemization, emblem choices, move order, positioning, when to engage or peel, lane and rotation plans, teamfight decision trees, matchup notes, and advanced micro tips to maximize sustain contribution without sacrificing map pressure. The strategies here are built around using Draining Kiss as the primary heal source while leveraging Clefable’s kit, held items, and emblems to amplify every heal and stay relevant in both early skirmishes and late-game teamfights.
This guide assumes familiarity with basic Unite mechanics (leveling, goal scoring, map objectives) and focuses on optimizing Clefable as a supporting healer in normal and ranked play where the goal is to produce massive team sustain and clutch saves.
Why this build hits 100k+ healing
Clefable’s kit gives multiple windows to heal: Draining Kiss restoration, Moonblast sustain via shielding and resistances, and self-sustain from items and passive scaling.
The recent buffs to Draining Kiss and supporter-healing multipliers make heal amplification through items and emblems extremely potent.
By prioritizing uptime, positioning, and maximizing effective healing targets (group heals during objective fights + multi-target engagements), a focused Clefable can reliably exceed 100k healing across typical 15–20 minute matches.
Key design principles:
Convert damage into healing efficiency (high-value heals on multiple targets).
Play for objectives and teamfights rather than solo poke.
Use itemization and emblem talents to scale heal potency across the game.
Build summary (quick reference)
Held items: Buddy Barrier, Score Shield, Focus Band (alternative: Leftovers / Wise Glasses situational)
Battle Item: Eject Button (or X Attack for aggressive plays)
Emblem set: Supporter Emblem with upgrade path focusing on Heal Power, Supporter Boost, and Cooldown Reduction (detailed below)
Move order: Start with Draining Kiss (level 1), take Moonblast second, evolve Draining Kiss at level 7, evolve Moonblast at level 9 (or adapt to game state—see detailed section)
Playstyle focus: Peel, zone, timely all-in heals on objectives, and preserve your team during sieges.
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Itemization deep dive
Held items explained
Buddy Barrier — The premiere item for team-saving plays. The shield it grants upon using your Unite Move (and the temporary extra shield) stacks with Clefable’s defensive kit and is critical for turning high-damage moments into survivable ones. When paired with Draining Kiss heals during teamfights, Buddy Barrier’s shield significantly increases effective healing received by allies, allowing your heals to land and stick. Choose this as your first or second core item when aiming for massive team healing.
Score Shield — This item grants a shield on goal scoring and can replace or complement Leftovers for a hybrid sustain-playstyle. Score Shield helps secure safe scoring windows so you can return to fights quickly. If you find yourself frequently contesting goals under pressure, Score Shield reduces deaths and indirectly increases your time contributing to heals.
Focus Band — Critical for survivability. When low, Clefable receives an automatic heal, which synergizes well with cooldown reductions and makes clutch saves more consistent. Focus Band increases your chance of surviving burst damage, thereby enabling more sustained healing across the match.
Leftovers (alternative) — Provides steady regen that helps your lane sustain and increases opportunities to use Draining Kiss on grouped fights. Use Leftovers if you expect extended laning phases and fewer fast objective rotations.
Wise Glasses (niche) — If your Draining Kiss is dealing heavy ranged damage due to item/ emblem synergies and your team requires poke instead of pure survivability, Wise Glasses can bump heal-through-damage numbers, but this is situational.
Best battle items
Eject Button — Mobility saves lives. Use to reposition for clutch heals or to escape when targeted. Its utility increases your uptime and thus your total healing potential.
X Attack — If you prefer a more aggressive follow-up and want to convert heals into offensive windows where your heals are most valuable (during heavy damage bursts), X Attack can be used to pressure enemies while your team benefits from your heals.
Potion — Less ideal in many cases; only pick if you expect little interruption and long laning phases.
Emblems and talent choices
Emblem: Supporter Emblem is the primary set. Key talents:
Heal Power Boost (priority) — Increases heal potency directly and scales your entire healing output.
Cooldown Reduction — More frequent Draining Kiss casts equals more healing windows.
Supporter Boost — Amplifies healing multiplier when you are near allies.
Mana/Energy Regen — If you find yourself mana-starved mid-game, pick regeneration upgrades to avoid being forced out of fights.
Secondary emblem: Consider hybrid talent points that grant defensive stats if enemy burst is heavy. The combination of heal amplification and extra durability is often superior to damage-focused talents.
Emblem talent path example (high-level):
Increase Heal Power / Supporter effect
Reduce Cooldowns for abilities
Add survivability nodes (HP/defense)
Endgame talents: Global Heal Multipliers / Extra Reactionary Shield boosts
Moves and evolution order
Level 1: Draining Kiss — Take early for lane sustain and to harass. The lifesteal and aoe healing/ restoration is your primary scaling tool. Using it to secure jungle chases and shielded disengages will compound your mid-game numbers.
Level 3: Upgrade basics and begin building synergy; ensure your item pickups reflect the laning pattern.
Level 5: Pick Moonblast if you need more consistent poke and protective shielding; pick Follow Me (if run) or supportive skill variants depending on the patch/meta.
Level 7: Evolve Draining Kiss — this is core. The evolved Draining Kiss greatly boosts healing output and reduces cooldowns in many builds, enabling more frequent multi-target heals.
Level 9: Evolve Moonblast or your chosen secondary move. The shield on Moonblast increases survivability and makes heals stick.
Adaptations:
If the enemy comp is dive-heavy, prioritize Moonblast early for stronger peel.
If objective control and poke are valuable, invest into longer-range support talents or items that allow you to heal from safety.
Playstyle and positioning (stage-by-stage)
Early game (minutes 0–6)
Focus on laning and safe poke. Use Draining Kiss to secure last hits and to heal after trades. Avoid over-extending for kills—your job is to keep laners alive and secure XP and goals.
Rotate to help jungle fights quickly when you can fully commit; a well-timed Draining Kiss can turn 1v2 skirmishes into wins.
Stay behind your frontline; use the map to avoid unnecessary flanks. Positioning in the brush near objectives gives your team the option to retreat into cover and receive heals without being overrun.
Tactical tips:
Track enemy cooldowns and only commit heals when the frontline has a chance to survive.
Use Eject Button to cross walls and secure clutch heals on fleeing allies.
Mid game (minutes 6–12)
This is where your choices matter most. Prioritize objective timers (Drednaw, Rotom, Zapdos depending on mode). Use Draining Kiss during concentrated fights to heal multiple allies for substantial numbers.
When contesting objectives, stand where your Draining Kiss can hit the maximum number of teammates without being baited into the enemy backline.
Communicate goal focus: your heals shine when the team fights together. If your allies split, focus on the carry or the most critical unit.
Tactical tips:
Use Buddy Barrier + Unite Move combos for big shields just as enemy initiations land.
If enemy diving assassins target you, use Focus Band and timely Eject Button for escape.
Late game (minutes 12+)
Objective fights decide the match; this is the phase you want to be present and alive. Your healing numbers spike here when fights are clustered and damage is high.
Prioritize using Draining Kiss on clumped allies and timing your Unite Move/Buddy Barrier to cover the team as they take heavy retaliatory damage.
Avoid being baited into solo plays; a dead supporter is 0 healing. Your presence and peel are more valuable than 2–3 risky pokes.
Tactical tips:
Match enemy flanks and always position around a safe retreat route.
Use Score Shield to secure late-game scoring while still contributing heals.
How to cast Draining Kiss for maximum healing
Aim to hit the most allies possible without sacrificing your safety. The heal is only as good as the number of teammates who receive it.
Prioritize hitting carries and frontliners who immediately take damage after an engagement. Heals applied pre-emptively (right before burst windows) are more effective than reactive heals after the full damage lands.
Combine Draining Kiss with Buddy Barrier timing: initiate the shield just as you heal to increase effective survivability and increase the chance that healing sticks rather than being immediately removed by follow-up damage.
Avoid small heals on single targets when a major teamfight is imminent. Save your cooldowns for objective fights unless immediate clutch saves are required.
Micro tips:
Track enemy gap-closers; use Draining Kiss when the enemy has already committed cooldowns or traded their dash.
Fake a retreat to bait enemies into overcommitment, then turn with Draining Kiss and shield to save allies.
Unite Move usage
Clefable’s Unite Move is a powerful, multi-target protective tool that, when combined with Buddy Barrier, snowballs fights into successful objective captures or defensive survivals.
Use Unite Move to: secure a contested objective (time with Drednaw or Zapdos), interrupt enemy combos, or provide a massive shield/heal combo midfight.
Prioritize Unite Move timing over flashy plays. The shield and team-wide benefit are most impactful when the enemy is about to drop large AoE damage.
Execution:
When using Unite Move, anticipate enemy counters and ensure Buddy Barrier is ready. Use Eject Button to reposition for optimum Unite Move coverage.
Matchups and counters
When Clefable thrives
Teams with zone control and predictable engagements. Clefable can stack heals when enemies can be forced into specific areas.
Frontlines that can absorb and create space (e.g., Snorlax, Blastoise) — your heals compound their survivability.
Compositions lacking consistent burst—if the enemy deals slower sustained damage, your heals have time to outpace damage.
When to be cautious
Heavy, single-target burst comps (e.g., Garchomp + Zeraora combos) can delete carries before your heals can react. Play more conservatively: stay farther back, pick cooldown talents, and focus on saving one high-value ally rather than trying to heal the whole team at once.
High mobility divers that force you to either follow into danger or be irrelevant. Escape tools and defensive held items become essential here.
Counterplay suggestions
Against divers, invest early in Focus Band and choose cooldown reduction talents. Wait for the diver's initiation before using Draining Kiss—the heal will be more effective after the initial burst or when the diver is on cooldown.
If you’re being tunneled, ask teammates to peel or position near objectives where help arrives faster.
Advanced tips and trickplays
"Anchor-Heal" Technique: Stand just outside the main brawl but inside range for Draining Kiss. Your positioning ensures you are harder to pick off while delivering full heals to teammates who commit to the fight.
"Bait-then-Shield": Pretend to retreat to pull enemies out of objective zone, then re-engage with Buddy Barrier + Draining Kiss to absorb their overcommit and turn the fight.
Heal Stacking: In objective fights, coordinate with sustain items (e.g., allies who use regen items) to create overlapping heal windows. When heals and shields overlap, they multiply survivability and inflate your healing stats.
Ally Save Sequence: If a high-value ally is low, use Eject Button to reach them, cast Draining Kiss, then Buddy Barrier to shield. This sequence often buys enough time for the ally to escape or be healed further by teammates.
Sample rotation and decision flow (minute-by-minute example)
0:00–2:00: Secure XP, assist with jungle invades when safe, and apply Draining Kiss to maintain lane sustainability. Prioritize leveling Draining Kiss.
2:00–6:00: Move for first objective windows; use Draining Kiss for grouped skirmishes; pick up Buddy Barrier or Focus Band as first big purchase depending on enemy comp.
6:00–10:00: Start contesting mid-game objectives; your utility wins these fights. Use Unite Move reactively on high-stakes contests.
10:00–15:00+: Late-game rotations; prioritize grouped fights and stay alive. Save Unite Move for critical objective or multi-target saves. Your heal numbers explode in this phase as fights cluster around objectives.
Decision flow checklist (quick):
Is my team grouped? If yes, seek to maximize AoE heals.
Is enemy burst available? If yes, play conservatively and prioritize Focus Band.
Is an objective contested? Use Unite Move + Buddy Barrier for maximum shield + heal value.
Is an ally critically low and alone? Use Eject Button for clutch save if safe; otherwise, wait to heal multiple allies at once for higher total value.
Common mistakes and how to avoid them
Overhealing one target: Heal efficiency is higher when heals hit multiple allies. Reposition to reach clustered teams rather than chasing single low HP units into enemy backlines.
Using Unite Move too early: Save it for objective-clinching or survival windows. Premature usage loses the shield potential later.
Neglecting items: A theoretical build is useless without proper held items. Buddy Barrier and Focus Band drastically change survivability and healing impact.
Poor map awareness: Healing contributes nothing if you’re not present for fights. Use rotation windows and keep track of objectives.
Example in-game script (what to say to teammates)
“Prepare for objective — grouping now. I’ll save Unite Move for contest.”
“I can peel for [carry name]. Stay near walls so I can safely hit Draining Kiss.”
“Hold goal for 10s — Score Shield ready to secure.”
Use pings for retreat and on-sight Eject Button saves to coordinate clutch plays.
Sample loadout for meta scenarios
Balanced sustain vs. mixed teams:
Buddy Barrier, Focus Band, Leftovers; Eject Button; Supporter Emblem (Heal Power > CDR > Support boosts)
High burst enemy team:
Buddy Barrier, Focus Band, Score Shield; Eject Button; Emblem with more defensive nodes
Objective-oriented aggressive play:
Buddy Barrier, Score Shield, Wise Glasses (if your heals benefit from added damage); X Attack as Battle Item
Measuring success and iterating
Track healing per match and healing per minute. If numbers are low:
Re-check positioning: Are you present in objective fights?
Emblem adjustments: Increase heal power or cooldown reduction.
Item swaps: Replace Wise Glasses with Leftovers or Focus Band for more uptime.
If you’re dying often: increase survivability via Focus Band or defensive emblem nodes and adjust playstyle to avoid isolated plays.
FAQ
What is the single most important tip to reach 100k healing with Clefable?
The clearest single tip: be present for grouped, objective-centred fights and align Draining Kiss casts with those fights while using Buddy Barrier and cooldown reduction to maximize heals per fight.
Should I always pick Draining Kiss first?
Yes—on this build, Draining Kiss is the primary healing engine. Picking it early guarantees lane sustain and scales into the main healing windows mid-late game.
Which held items are mandatory?
While there are viable swaps, Buddy Barrier and Focus Band (or Leftovers depending on playstyle) are the core of the 100k healing build because they secure survivability and team-saving windows essential for sustained heal totals.
Can I get 100k healing in low-rank games?
Yes, but game duration and grouping behavior strongly affect totals. In short or disorganized matches you may not hit 100k; the strategies here maximize your potential across normal and ranked play.
Is this build viable in pro-level play?
At high levels of play, opponents punish predictable positioning, but the core principles still hold: strategic heals, objective presence, and perfect timing can yield massive healing—adapt your positioning and talents to the pro meta.
How do I survive against dive-heavy comps?
Prioritize defensive items (Focus Band), keep positioning near walls or turrets, and coordinate with frontliners who can peel. Save Eject Button to escape or reposition to save key allies.
Do I need a specific teammate composition?
No strict requirements, but the build is most effective when paired with reliable frontliners and a carry that benefits from prolonged survival rather than burst-only DPS.
Advanced troubleshooting (if you’re not hitting target healing)
Low heals because of short games: prioritize objective control and extend match length by playing safe and defending goals rather than all-in snowballing.
Dying too often: cut aggressive item choices and add Focus Band or more defensive emblem points.
Heals are applied but not "sticking": reconsider Buddy Barrier timing and try to cast Draining Kiss preemptively as enemies prepare burst rather than mid-burst.
Final checklist before match
Pick Supporter Emblem and set talents: Heal Power > Cooldown Reduction > Supporter Boost.
Confirm held items: Buddy Barrier + Focus Band (+ Score Shield/Leftovers).
Equip Eject Button for mobility.
Communicate objective times and Unite Move intentions with your team.
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