What is a good moveset for Celesteela?
If you have a good competitive moveset for Celesteela,post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for its pre-evolutions, if any, can also be shared on this thread.
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Celesteela@ LeftoversAbility: Beast BoostEVs: 252 HP / 98 Def / 158 DefSassy / Relaxed Nature- Heavy Slam- Flamethrower / Fire Blast / Toxic- Leech Seed- Protect
This set allows this guy to handle a variety of special attackers and to be able to heal itself over time in battles. Heavy Slam provides nice Physical STAB which has a base power of 120 due to Celesteela’s ridiculous weight. Flamethrower and Fire Blast are there to take down opponents like Scizor, Ferrothorn, Kartana, and Genesect. Toxic takes down bulkier targets like Landorus-Therian, Slowbro, and Hippowdon as they can easily tank anything Celesteela has. Leech Seed together with Leftovers allows Celesteela to heal for Hp overtime and to allow him to last longer in battles with more bulk. Protect also allow him to heal for more Hp without the opponent attacking. Max EVs in Hp and the rest in Defence and Special Defence boost his bulk nicely.
Ok, lets put those decent attacking stats to good use.
Celesteela @ Life Orb/Weakness PolicyTrait: Beast BoostEV’s: 252 Special Attack 252 Speed 4 HPNature: Modest- Automize- Air Slash- Flamethrower- Flash Cannon
Flash cannon and Air Slash are STAB (the latter also has a chance to flinch). Automize raises speed (stat drops/boosts don’t change that stat that would usually rise) allowing it to sweep more efficiently. Flamethrower is for steel types that can wall this.
I’m surprised that there isn’t a Meteor Beam set here, so here’s one for doubles. :P
Gen 8 Doubles UUCelesteela @ Power HerbAbility: Beast BoostEVs: 96 HP / 252 SpA / 160 SpeModest NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Flash Cannon- Meteor Beam- Fire Blast- Protect
This should be used with Tailwind support.Flash Cannon is steel STAB that deals with Gigalith, Tapu Bulu, and Kyurem with ease. Meteor Beam raises Celesteela’s special attack by one stage and can potentially catch a Victini or Volcarona off guard (don’t try if you don’t have Tailwind up), and doesn’t need to charge thanks to Power Herb. This should only be used once per match, but you could use it a second time if you’re trying to predict a Protect from the opponent (or you flinched them with an ally Pokémon’s Fake Out). Fire Blast is coverage which melts steel types. Protect allows Celesteela to block all attacks for a turn while it’s ally Pokémon can still attack or set up. 160 speed EVs allow Celesteela to outspeed Spectrier while Tailwind is up.
Celesteela @ Leftovers / Big RootAbility: Beast BoostEVs: 252 HP / 56 SpA / 200 SpD or 252 HP / 192 Def / 64 SpAModest NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Leech Seed- Giga Drain- Flash Cannon- Substitute / Protect / Toxic
I really didn’t feel like making another Rest/Sleep Talk set so I came up with this. I wanted to be able to heal as much as possible without an actual recovery move. The EVs have as much defense as possible while still giving the Beast Boost to Special Attack (Higher Special Attack=stronger Giga Drain=more healing).
Celesteela is a godlike Pokemon. Imagine a Pokemon with every stat bar speed (which can be neutralised with Autototmize) being around 100. And with Leech Seed,Leftovers, Ingrain and Giga Drain for recovery. And the ability to boost every stat with its ability. And an immunity to Spikes and Toxic Spikes and a neutrality to Stealth Rock. And an immunity to Toxic. Plus the typing of Skarmory. Now that’s exactly what Celesteela is. Only 2 weaknesses and literally resisting 70%! Isn’t that insane! Oh…..and its design is also awesome :)
(Defensive Wall)Celesteela @ LeftoversAbility: Beast BoostEVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpABold Nature- Leech Seed- Flamethrower- Flash Cannon / Giga Drain- Protect
Defensive Celesteela will get the Def boost from Beast Boost which is just scary. It has Special Attacks because attacking Pokemon usually have lower SpD than Def so that it has an easier time getting Beast Boosts. Leech Seed is the best recovery option for it and paired with Giga Drain and Leftovers, it gives her enough recovery. Protect is just to stall out some HP.
(Special Wall)
Celesteela @ LeftoversAbility: Beast BoostEVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpDCareful Nature- Leech Seed- Earthquake- Heavy Slam- Protect
Special Defensive Celesteela will get the SpD boost from Beast Boost which is just scary. It has Attacks because Special attacking Pokemon usually have lower Def than SpD so that it has an easier time getting Beast Boosts. Leech Seed is its best recovery option and paired with Leftovers, it gives decent recovery. Protect is to stall out HP. I recommend you use the Special Defensive set and not the Defensive one because Thunderbolt and Flamethrower are just more frequent than Wild Charge and Flare Blitz.
Celesteela’s offensive set is as follows:
Celesteela @ LeftoversAbility: Beast BoostEVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpeTimid Nature- Autotomize- Flash Cannon- Giga Drain- Flamethrower
Autotomize boosts it to great speed tiers and the rest is obvious. Flash Cannon is STAB, Flamethrower is for Steel Types and Giga Drain is recovery as well as damage.
Celesteela@ Metal CoatAbility: Beast BoostEVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Heavy Slam- Explosion- Earthquake- Flame Charge
This is a good combo, as heavy slam would dish out good damage due to it being a STAB, and beast boost will boost it further. Also, flame charge could take out steel types, as well as grass types and ice types that would otherwise do serious damage. Earthquake is coverage against electric types, but it is advised to use flame charge before an electric type comes out, as they are usually fast. Explosion was just put in as a placeholder, I just threw it in as a last resort.
personally I like this set as it works well
Celesteela @ LeftoversAbility: Beast BoostEVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpABold NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Leech Seed- Toxic- Fire Blast- Air Slash
Well,I caught my Celesteela SHINY and it has a JOLLY nature.So,I have made a new Celesteela moveset(because iit was shiny LOL)
Celesteela @ Weakness Policy / LeftoversAbility: Beast BoostEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Heavy Slam- Rock Slide / Earthquake / Seed Bomb- Rock Slide / Earthquake / Seed Bomb- Flame Charge
Almost forgot, this is a sweep set up so if you really wanna sweep, be sure to put light screen and reflect so it can survive longer.
Celesteela @ Steelium zImpish 248 Def, 252 Hp, 8 SpDHeavy slamWide guardLeech seedProtect
For doubles
Celesteela @ LeftoversBold 196 Hp, 252 SpA, 56 DefAir slashLeech seedProtectFlamethrower
For singles
Wide guard is great for any doubles format and what better use for it than on the monster Celesteela. With leech seed your sapping health away every turn. Z corkscrew crash is for Tapu Koko, or Lele
Air slash over Flash Cannon for STAB. flinch chance makes for a better overall run and counters bulu well. Flamethrower is coverage for Kartana, Ferrothorn. Leech seed is recovery stall in tandem with leftovers.
Gen 8 UUCelesteela @ Weakness PolicyAbility: Beast BoostEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Acrobatics- Heavy Slam- Earthquake- Autotomize
Pretty simple. Automize boosts your speed along with your attack stat. When Weakness Policy activates, STAB Acrobatics gets double power. Heavy Slam is also STAB. Earthquake provides coverage for Celesteela.
Celesteela @ LeftoversAbility: Beast BoostEVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpDRelaxed Nature- Heavy Slam- Air Slash- Leech Seed- Protect
This is the standard defensive set Celesteela uses on steel teams, but with one different move. Heavy Slam can do quite a bit of damage due to Celesteela’s weight. Leech Seed lets you slowly wear down opposing Pokemon and gives you some recovery. Protect allows Celesteela to scout for choice locked Pokemon and see what moves a Pokemon has. Protect works well with Leech Seed, as Celesteela can get a free turn of Leftovers and Leech Seed recovery. Usually, Celesteela would run either Flamethrower or Toxic on this set for steel teams. However, this would allow Sub IronPress Kommo-o to setup vs. Celesteela and proceed to 6-0 steel teams. This moveset has Air Slash, which is used to prevent Kommo-o from 6-0ing steel teams with its Sub IronPress set. Air Slash also lets you hit Urshifu Rapid-Strike super effectively, which is nice.
Gen 8 SS Monotype AutoSteela (Flying/Steel)Celesteela @ LeftoversAbility: Beast BoostEVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Autotomize- Air Slash / Flash Cannon- Flamethrower- Earthquake / Giga Drain
This is the Automize set Celesteela uses in SS Monotype. Automize raises Celesteela’s speed, which can help it sweep teams. Air Slash / Flash Cannon is for STAB. Air Slash lets you hit Pokemon such as Araquanid and Kommo-o super effectively, while Flash Cannon is useful for Pokemon such as Kyurem and Mamoswine. Flamethrower targets Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Scizor, Corviknight, and opposing Celesteela. Earthquake is used to 2HKO Heatran and Galarian Slowking, Pokemon who would otherwise wall this moveset. Giga Drain can be used instead for a way of HP recovery and is useful against Pokemon such as Swampert and Gastrodon if you use Flash Cannon for your STAB move. Leftovers is used as the item since it gives Celesteela some HP recovery and can allow Celesteela to bluff a defensive set. Naive/Hasty nature can be used instead of Timid Nature if you don’t want Earthquake’s power to be lowered, but the 2HKO for the targets mentioned is what Earthquake is there for.
