Competitive Information for Celebi [Sun/Moon]
Psychic / Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Celebi? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Celebi is popular Psychic and Grass-typed Pokemon. Celebi are common Pokemon to see in the SM metagame. Celebi is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Celebi is weak to Bug, Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Psychium Z
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Giga Drain
- Earth Power
- Psychic
- Recover
Special Sweeper Celebi (Popular/Trending)
Celebi is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Celebi last longer regaining it's it's HP every turn. 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).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-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).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Celebi by 50% of its max hp).
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Item: Buginium Z / Focus Sash
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. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Celebi from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. 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 considerable 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 70-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: Grassium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Psychic / Confusion
- Earth Power
- Dazzling Gleam
Special Sweeper Celebi (Natural Cure)
Celebi is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Celebi from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-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).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Celebi? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Item: Buginium Z / Focus Sash
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 primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Celebi from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. 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 decent 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 70-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: Grassium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Dazzling Gleam
- Psychic / Confusion
- Earth Power
Doubles Special Sweeper Celebi (Natural Cure)
Celebi is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Celebi from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Natural Cure, Celebi has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ 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).
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Item: Buginium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- U-turn / Double-Edge
- Seed Bomb
- Zen Headbutt
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Celebi (Natural Cure)
Celebi is a legendary Offensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Celebi from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. 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 considerable amount of damage.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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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 Sun/Moon. 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 SM 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: Detect, Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Sucker Punch, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Celebi's stats
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Nasty Plot
- Silver Wind
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Celebi
- Baton Pass
- Earth Power
- Giga Drain
- Healing Wish
- Hidden Power Fire
- Leaf Storm
- Leech Seed
- Light Screen
- Nasty Plot
- Protect
- Psychic
- Recover
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Thunder Wave
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Zen Headbutt
Common Effort Values for Celebi in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/0/0/220/36/ )
- Optimize Celebi's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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