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cresselia
#488

Cresselia

Lunar Pokémon

Psychic

On nights around the quarter moon, the aurora from its tail extends and undulates beautifully.

Base Stats

HP 120
Attack 70
Defense 110
Sp. Atk 75
Sp. Def 120
Speed 85
Total 580

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Lunar Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 85.6 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 100
Gender 0% ♂ / 100% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

cresselia Front Front
cresselia Back Back
cresselia Front Shiny Front Shiny
cresselia Back Shiny Back Shiny
cresselia Official Art Official Art
cresselia Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Defensive
Moves
Ice Beam / Psychic
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 248
Def 252
SpD 8

Strategy Overview

Cresslia is a cornerstone of sun teams thanks to its recovery in Moonlight, an otherwise mediocre move, restoring much more HP. This, along with its excellent ability, Levitate, allows Cresselia to wall some of the most powerful Pokemon in OU, such as Garchomp, Dragonite, and Terrakion, which are troublesome Pokemon for sun teams. However, it's unable to threaten anything offensively due to its miserable offensive stats and lack of strong attacks. It's also more heavily pressured by Tyranitar than many other Pokemon due to its reliance on Moonlight for recovery and Tyranitar being able to Pursuit trap it easily. The issue of Moonlight's recovery is similarly crippling against rain teams, with rain teams also having brutally powerful Pokemon like Keldeo and Starmie able to 2HKO Cresselia.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
62.4%
Moonlight
61.7%
Toxic
44.8%
Psychic
37.6%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
46.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc