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cresselia
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Cresselia

Lunar Pokémon

Psychic

Shiny particles are released from its wings like a veil. It is said to represent the crescent moon.

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

Trick Room
Moves
Psychic / Psyshock
Helping Hand / Safeguard / Sunny Day
Item
Mental Herb / Sitrus Berry
Nature
Relaxed
EVs
HP 236
Def 204
SpD 68
Support
Moves
Icy Wind / Thunder Wave
Psychic / Psyshock
Moonlight / Ice Beam
Helping Hand / Safeguard / Moonlight
Item
Rocky Helmet / Sitrus Berry / Leftovers
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 172
SpD 84

Strategy Overview

An insane 120 / 120 / 130 bulk makes Cresselia one of the bulkiest Pokemon in the entire metagame. Cresselia's ability, Levitate, is very useful to deal with common Earthquakes and helps her partner use it freely. With her bulk and movepool, Cresselia is one of the best support Pokemon; she can also easily set up Trick Room. Despite Cresselia's huge bulk, she is not impossible to take down. Powerful super effective STAB moves, such as Shadow Ball from Aegislash and Knock Off from Bisharp, deal lots of damage to her. Some Mega Evolutions, such as Mega Kangaskhan, Mega Salamence, and Mega Mawile, have enough power to hurt Cresselia badly. Though Cresselia has a decent offensive movepool, she has mediocre offenses, and decline in popularity of Fighting-type Pokemon hurt Psychic-type offensively, meaning that Taunt can shut her down easily.

Most Used Moves

Psychic
59.7%
Ice Beam
50.0%
Icy Wind
39.2%
Psyshock
26.0%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
14.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc