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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

Defensive Support
Moves
Psychic / Lunar Dance
Lunar Dance / Thunder Wave / Trick Room / Toxic
Item
Rocky Helmet
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpD 4

Strategy Overview

Cresselia is one of the most prominent defensive Pokemon in Battle Spot Singles. With defenses on par with those of Ubers and an excellent defensive ability in Levitate, Cresselia is capable of checking some of Battle Spot Singles's biggest threats, such as Mega Kangaskhan, Garchomp, Landorus-T, and Mega Salamence! Additionally, Cresselia has an excellent support movepool to take advantage of her bulk, with game-changing moves such as Lunar Dance, Thunder Wave, and Trick Room, and access to a recovery move in Moonlight. Few Pokemon in Battle Spot Singles can come close to Cresselia's combination of support and checking power!

Sadly, Cresselia's wonderful defensive qualities are hampered by her mediocre Psychic typing. The only particularly useful resistance she has is Fighting, while her typing leaves her vulnerable to deadly special attackers such as Mega Gengar, Aegislash, Greninja, and Hydreigon and even hinders her against some physical threats such as Tyranitar and Scizor. Furthermore, Cresselia's poor offenses mean that these threats can usually come in with very few issues and that Cresselia is often setup bait.

Most Used Moves

Moonlight
73.2%
Psychic
54.4%
Toxic
51.2%
Ice Beam
45.6%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc