Competitive Information for Celebi [Black/White]
Psychic / Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Celebi? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
PolitoedJirachiLatiosFerrothornVaporeonKeldeoExcadrillThundurus-TherianBisharpKyurem
Celebi is a remarkable Psychic and Grass-typed Pokemon. Celebi are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. Celebi can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Celebi is weak to Bug, Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Life Orb
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 236 SpD / 20 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic
- Giga Drain
- Recover
- Thunder Wave
Special Wall Celebi (Popular/Trending)
Celebi is a legendary Special Wall. This moveset is designed to take a great amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Celebi last longer regaining it's stamina every turn. Life Orb boosts the power of Celebi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Celebi recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Celebi by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Silver Powder
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- U-turn / Double-Edge
- Seed Bomb
- Zen Headbutt
- Sucker Punch / Fling
Physical Sweeper Celebi (Natural Cure)
Celebi is a legendary Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Celebi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out. U-turn was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Fling is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (flings your Celebi's item at the target. power varies).
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Psychic / Confusion
- Earth Power
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Celebi (Natural Cure)
Celebi is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Celebi's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Life Orb boosts the power of Celebi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Confusion is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Celebi? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
PolitoedJirachiLatiosFerrothornVaporeonKeldeoExcadrillThundurus-TherianBisharpKyurem
Item: Life Orb / Silver Powder
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- U-turn / Double-Edge
- Seed Bomb
- Zen Headbutt
- Sucker Punch / Fling
Doubles Physical Sweeper Celebi (Natural Cure)
Celebi is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Celebi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out. U-turn was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Fling is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (flings your Celebi's item at the target. power varies).
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Psychic / Confusion
- Earth Power
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Celebi (Natural Cure)
Celebi is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Celebi's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Life Orb boosts the power of Celebi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Confusion is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Celebi learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Celebi can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Celebi
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Moves: Perish song + Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Celebi's stats
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
- Nasty Plot
- Silver Wind
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Celebi
- Baton Pass
- Earth Power
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power Fire
- Hidden Power Ice
- Leaf Storm
- Light Screen
- Nasty Plot
- Perish Song
- Protect
- Psychic
- Recover
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Stealth Rock
- Thunder Wave
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Celebi in Black and White
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/0/0/236/20/ )
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/0/0/220/36/ )
- Optimize Celebi's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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