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Cresselia
Lunar Pokémon
Cresselia is reminiscent of the crescent moon. It leaves a brilliant line of light in its wake as it flies across the night sky. I daresay it resembles the heavenly maiden who created the Milky Way.
Details
Height1.5 m
Weight85.6 kg
Gender0.0% ♂ · 100.0% ♀
Catch rate3
Base friendship100
Growth rateslow
Abilities
Levitate
Evades Ground moves.
Egg groups: Undiscovered
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
120
Attack
70
Defense
110
Sp. Atk
75
Sp. Def
120
Speed
85
Total
580
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Utility
- Item
- Eject Button / Rocky Helmet
- Nature
- Bold
- EVs
- 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
- IVs
- —
- Tera
- SteelFairy
Trick Room Setter
- Item
- Mental Herb
- Nature
- Relaxed
- EVs
- 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
- IVs
- —
- Tera
- PoisonFairy
Calm Mind
- Item
- Covert Cloak / Leftovers
- Nature
- Bold
- EVs
- 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
- Tera
- Poison
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Cresselia can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
17 sprites & renders for Cresselia.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confusion | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 6 | Mist | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 12 | Aurora Beam | Ice | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 18 | Psybeam | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 24 | Ally Switch | Psychic | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 24 | Psycho Shift | Psychic | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 27 | Recover | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 30 | Slash | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 36 | Psycho Cut | Psychic | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 42 | Moonlight | Fairy | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 48 | Safeguard | Normal | Status | — | — | 25 |
| 54 | Psychic | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 60 | Moonblast | Fairy | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 |
| 66 | Future Sight | Psychic | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 72 | Lunar Blessing | Psychic | Status | 0 | — | 5 |
| 72 | Lunar Dance | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |