Competitive Information for Celebi [Ruby/Sapphire]
Psychic / Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Celebi? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Celebi is a fabulous Psychic and Grass-typed Pokemon. It's pretty regular to see Celebi show up as a Ruby/Sapphire opponent. 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
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Psychic
- Leech Seed
- Recover
- Swords Dance
Physical Wall Celebi (Popular/Trending)
Celebi is a legendary Physical Wall. This moveset attempts to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Keep in mind back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Celebi last longer regaining it's life every turn. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Celebi every turn).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Celebi by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Celebi's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 248 Hp / 76 Def / 104 SpA / 48 SpD / 32 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Calm Mind
- Leech Seed / Giga Drain
- Recover / Baton Pass
- Swords Dance
Special Tank Celebi (Popular/Trending)
Celebi is a legendary Special Tank. It tries to take a considerable amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Remember before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Celebi last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Celebi's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Celebi every turn).
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 60-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).
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Celebi switches, passing stat changes and more).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Celebi's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 240 Hp / 44 Def / 4 SpD / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Calm Mind
- Leech Seed / Leech Seed
- Recover / Recover
- Swords Dance
Double Wall Celebi (Popular/Trending)
Celebi is a legendary Double Wall. It is meant to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. In the dark days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Celebi last longer regaining it's it's health points every turn. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Celebi's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Celebi every turn).
♦ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Celebi every turn).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Celebi by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Celebi by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Celebi's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Shadow Ball
- Ancient Power
- Mud-Slap
Physical Sweeper Celebi (Natural Cure)
Celebi is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ancient Power is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Mud-Slap is a physical 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Confusion
- Solar Beam / Giga Drain
- Water Pulse
- Recover
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. In the dark days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Confusion is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Grass-type move (Celebi recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Celebi by 50% of its max hp).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Celebi? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Shadow Ball
- Ancient Power
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Physical Sweeper Celebi (Natural Cure)
Celebi is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the old days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ancient Power is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Mud-Slap is a physical 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Confusion
- Solar Beam / Giga Drain
- Water Pulse
- Recover
Doubles Special Sweeper Celebi (Natural Cure)
Celebi is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Previously before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Confusion is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Grass-type move (Celebi recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Celebi by 50% of its max hp).
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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 Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS 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: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Celebi's stats
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Defense Curl
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Celebi
- Baton Pass
- Calm Mind
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power Fire
- Hidden Power Grass
- Leech Seed
- Light Screen
- Perish Song
- Protect
- Psychic
- Recover
- Reflect
- Rest
- Swords Dance
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Celebi in Ruby and Sapphire
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/252/0/4/0/ )
- Bold Nature ( 248/0/76/104/48/32/ )
- Optimize Celebi's EV spread for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
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