[OVERVIEW]
*Celesteel has a great all around bulk, with a fantastic typing sporting resistances to common types such as Flying, Fairy, Dragon, and even an immunity to Ground.
*Leech Seed gives it semi-reliable recovery, allowing to stay healthy throughout most of the game.
*It has a very strong STAB in Heavy Slam, which is almost always 120 base power, which allows to have a nice offensive presence. This is a very unique and valuable trait for such a defensive pokemon.
-decent speed for a bulky mon, makes it better against other bulky mons to leech seed stall them
-beast boost is cool, allows it to get increasingly bulkier or faster after kill, and with powerful heavy slams getting kills isn't too difficult a task.
-celesteela's stats are so balanced that it forces it to specialize, You can go physically defensive, but then become more vulnerable to special attackers, or you can invest in Speed but become more vulnerable to sweepers like Mimikyu who can take you out with less chip damage. Although its stats are fantastic you'll have to choose where exactly you want it to excel the most.
-once pokebank is released there will be a few more threats to celesteela such as Heatran and Thundurus, but celesteela's typing and utility will still probably be very valuable against a majority of the meta
[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Heavy Slam
move 2: Leech Seed
move 3: Flamethrower / Earthquake / Substitute / Protect
move 4: Substitute / Protect
item: Leftovers / Rocky Helmet
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Relaxed / Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
-heavy slam SO STRONG
-seeds for healin
-flamethrower hits other steel types such as aegi, metagross, scizor, and opposing celesteela
-earthquake hits steels such as magnezone, which can be hard to deal with because of magnet pull, while also hitting tapu koko and alolan marowak switchins, but is worse vs opposing celesteela
-substitute can be used to subseed stall, which is especially good vs most defensive pokemon such as porygon2 and chansey
-protect to gain more recovery from seeds without taking damage, helps avoids some 2hkos/3hkos
Set Details
========
-phys def helps deal with things such as Garchomp, Mega Salamence, and Mamoswine.
-leftovers allows celest to heal a lot over time combined with seeds and protct stalling
-rocky helmet deals more chimp damage to pokemon such as Mega Salamence and Pheromosa
-beast boost can make celesteela increasingly bulky after each kill, which can be devastating to teams with a lot of physical attackers.
-an alternative spread of 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe with a jolly nature can be used when running substitute. this is really good in the celesteela mirror and allows you to outspeed even the fastest aegislash which celesteela can lose to otherwise if its a substitute variant, and can seedstall basically anything else slower than it. also gets a beast boost in speed after every KO to become increasingly annoying
-other alternative spreads you can use are 252 HP / 124 Def / 132 Spe or 252 HP / 52 Defense / 204 Spe, both with Impish nature, these ensure celesteela still has a good amount of physical bulk and the former outspeeds up to admant max speed marowak and the ladder outspeeds up to jolly max speed marowak. these are especially good on sets with EQ so you can 2hko marowak as it switches in.
-lastly, an alternative spread with max spdef and a sassy/careful nature can be used. its a nice aegislash and tapu lele switch-in, its guaranteed to avoid a 2hko from a Choice Specs Psychic from Tapu Lele
Usage Tips
========
-works well as a switch-in to many common pokemon such as Garchomp, Mamoswine, and Mega Salemence
-when celesteela is in a safe position go for leech seed to start getting a lot of recovery
-once seeds are up be sure to utilize celesteela's powerful heavy slams to pick up some KOs
-dont be afraid to leech seed twice if you expect your opponent to switch out, keeping leech seeds up puts celesteela in a very good position so catching their switch-ins with leech seed is very important to hold some momentum
-when running sub, use it to stall vs defensive pokes or mons that cant break your sub, this will give you lots of turns to stall and get a lot of residual damage against the opposing pokemon
Team Options
========
-Alolan Marowak can safely switch into tapu koko and other electric-types and fire-types for celesteela, while celesteela can deal with ground-types such as Garchomp and Mamoswine for Marowak.
-ground-types such as Garchomp and Mamoswine can switch into electric-types for Celesteela, such as Tapu Koko and Xurkitree.
-sweepers such as mega gyarados and mega salamence appreciate celesteela's ability to weaken walls such as p2, making it easier for them to sweep late game. mega gyarados can also find opportunities to set up switching into marowak-a for celesteela, as it resists both of marowak's STABs
-Tapu Koko appreciates celesteela's ability to switch into Ground-types such as Garchomp and Mamoswine
-mega gengar appreciates celesteela's ability to switch into scarf tapu lele, and can also deal with opposing celesteela with wisp and hex so your own celesteela doesn't have to deal with the mirror match
-pheromosa is a nice offensive teammate able to OHKO many threats to celesteela with HJK such as Xurkitree, Magnezone and Mega Gyarados which Phermosa can outspeed even when gyarados is at +1
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
-offensive, can run atk investment to hit really hard with heavy slam and some other nice attacks such as flamethrower, earthquake, energy ball, and air slash.
-autotomize, makes celesteela a threatening sweeper, especially after some beast boosts in atk, though it does synergize poorly with heavy slam celesteela weighs so much it doesn't really matter, and it can also run special attacks with autotomize with two good STABs in air slash and flash cannon. this set can also run weakness policy thanks to its good bulk and with +2 boosts to its speed and offenses it becomes very threatening
-if magnet pull magnezone if giving you problems you can try shed shell to ensure you can switch out from it. and it's also useful vs mega gengar
-toxic is hard to fit into celesteela's moveset but will wear down bulkier pokemon faster, such as p2 and arcanine. and ensures they can't simply switch around to avoid being worn down by leech seed
-assault vest, tank hits from special attackers like tapu lele and aegislash while being able to invest in offenses to deal solid damage
Checks and Counters
===================
**Tapu Koko**: threatens celest with super effective STAB boosted by electric terrain, however cant switch in very reliable as it can only take one heavy slam
**Alolan Marowak**: hits hard with flare blitz, can flame charge to hit before subs
**Mega Gyarados**: can set up subs on seeds/heavy slam and proceed to DD
**Xurkitree**: xurkitree threatens celesteela with super effective STAB and when against celesteela it has a good opportunity to set up with z-hypnosis/tail glow.
**Mega Gengar**: has to be careful switching in but can wisp celesteela to limit its recovery a bit and weaken heavy slam. hex will also be able to pick up a 2HKO after burn against most celesteela
**Arcanine**: arcanine doesn't like leech seed but isnt 2hko'd by any of celesteela's attack and can recover to stay healthy. it can also take celesteela out with flamethrower and burn up.
**Post-Pokebank Threats**: Once pokebank is released there will many more threats to Celesteela, including an influx of Fire-types. Mega-Charizard Y and Rotom-H are especially threatening as they can switch into any common move from Celesteela easily and attack with super effective STAB.
*Celesteel has a great all around bulk, with a fantastic typing sporting resistances to common types such as Flying, Fairy, Dragon, and even an immunity to Ground.
*Leech Seed gives it semi-reliable recovery, allowing to stay healthy throughout most of the game.
*It has a very strong STAB in Heavy Slam, which is almost always 120 base power, which allows to have a nice offensive presence. This is a very unique and valuable trait for such a defensive pokemon.
-decent speed for a bulky mon, makes it better against other bulky mons to leech seed stall them
-beast boost is cool, allows it to get increasingly bulkier or faster after kill, and with powerful heavy slams getting kills isn't too difficult a task.
-celesteela's stats are so balanced that it forces it to specialize, You can go physically defensive, but then become more vulnerable to special attackers, or you can invest in Speed but become more vulnerable to sweepers like Mimikyu who can take you out with less chip damage. Although its stats are fantastic you'll have to choose where exactly you want it to excel the most.
-once pokebank is released there will be a few more threats to celesteela such as Heatran and Thundurus, but celesteela's typing and utility will still probably be very valuable against a majority of the meta
[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Heavy Slam
move 2: Leech Seed
move 3: Flamethrower / Earthquake / Substitute / Protect
move 4: Substitute / Protect
item: Leftovers / Rocky Helmet
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Relaxed / Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
-heavy slam SO STRONG
-seeds for healin
-flamethrower hits other steel types such as aegi, metagross, scizor, and opposing celesteela
-earthquake hits steels such as magnezone, which can be hard to deal with because of magnet pull, while also hitting tapu koko and alolan marowak switchins, but is worse vs opposing celesteela
-substitute can be used to subseed stall, which is especially good vs most defensive pokemon such as porygon2 and chansey
-protect to gain more recovery from seeds without taking damage, helps avoids some 2hkos/3hkos
Set Details
========
-phys def helps deal with things such as Garchomp, Mega Salamence, and Mamoswine.
-leftovers allows celest to heal a lot over time combined with seeds and protct stalling
-rocky helmet deals more chimp damage to pokemon such as Mega Salamence and Pheromosa
-beast boost can make celesteela increasingly bulky after each kill, which can be devastating to teams with a lot of physical attackers.
-an alternative spread of 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe with a jolly nature can be used when running substitute. this is really good in the celesteela mirror and allows you to outspeed even the fastest aegislash which celesteela can lose to otherwise if its a substitute variant, and can seedstall basically anything else slower than it. also gets a beast boost in speed after every KO to become increasingly annoying
-other alternative spreads you can use are 252 HP / 124 Def / 132 Spe or 252 HP / 52 Defense / 204 Spe, both with Impish nature, these ensure celesteela still has a good amount of physical bulk and the former outspeeds up to admant max speed marowak and the ladder outspeeds up to jolly max speed marowak. these are especially good on sets with EQ so you can 2hko marowak as it switches in.
-lastly, an alternative spread with max spdef and a sassy/careful nature can be used. its a nice aegislash and tapu lele switch-in, its guaranteed to avoid a 2hko from a Choice Specs Psychic from Tapu Lele
Usage Tips
========
-works well as a switch-in to many common pokemon such as Garchomp, Mamoswine, and Mega Salemence
-when celesteela is in a safe position go for leech seed to start getting a lot of recovery
-once seeds are up be sure to utilize celesteela's powerful heavy slams to pick up some KOs
-dont be afraid to leech seed twice if you expect your opponent to switch out, keeping leech seeds up puts celesteela in a very good position so catching their switch-ins with leech seed is very important to hold some momentum
-when running sub, use it to stall vs defensive pokes or mons that cant break your sub, this will give you lots of turns to stall and get a lot of residual damage against the opposing pokemon
Team Options
========
-Alolan Marowak can safely switch into tapu koko and other electric-types and fire-types for celesteela, while celesteela can deal with ground-types such as Garchomp and Mamoswine for Marowak.
-ground-types such as Garchomp and Mamoswine can switch into electric-types for Celesteela, such as Tapu Koko and Xurkitree.
-sweepers such as mega gyarados and mega salamence appreciate celesteela's ability to weaken walls such as p2, making it easier for them to sweep late game. mega gyarados can also find opportunities to set up switching into marowak-a for celesteela, as it resists both of marowak's STABs
-Tapu Koko appreciates celesteela's ability to switch into Ground-types such as Garchomp and Mamoswine
-mega gengar appreciates celesteela's ability to switch into scarf tapu lele, and can also deal with opposing celesteela with wisp and hex so your own celesteela doesn't have to deal with the mirror match
-pheromosa is a nice offensive teammate able to OHKO many threats to celesteela with HJK such as Xurkitree, Magnezone and Mega Gyarados which Phermosa can outspeed even when gyarados is at +1
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
-offensive, can run atk investment to hit really hard with heavy slam and some other nice attacks such as flamethrower, earthquake, energy ball, and air slash.
-autotomize, makes celesteela a threatening sweeper, especially after some beast boosts in atk, though it does synergize poorly with heavy slam celesteela weighs so much it doesn't really matter, and it can also run special attacks with autotomize with two good STABs in air slash and flash cannon. this set can also run weakness policy thanks to its good bulk and with +2 boosts to its speed and offenses it becomes very threatening
-if magnet pull magnezone if giving you problems you can try shed shell to ensure you can switch out from it. and it's also useful vs mega gengar
-toxic is hard to fit into celesteela's moveset but will wear down bulkier pokemon faster, such as p2 and arcanine. and ensures they can't simply switch around to avoid being worn down by leech seed
-assault vest, tank hits from special attackers like tapu lele and aegislash while being able to invest in offenses to deal solid damage
Checks and Counters
===================
**Tapu Koko**: threatens celest with super effective STAB boosted by electric terrain, however cant switch in very reliable as it can only take one heavy slam
**Alolan Marowak**: hits hard with flare blitz, can flame charge to hit before subs
**Mega Gyarados**: can set up subs on seeds/heavy slam and proceed to DD
**Xurkitree**: xurkitree threatens celesteela with super effective STAB and when against celesteela it has a good opportunity to set up with z-hypnosis/tail glow.
**Mega Gengar**: has to be careful switching in but can wisp celesteela to limit its recovery a bit and weaken heavy slam. hex will also be able to pick up a 2HKO after burn against most celesteela
**Arcanine**: arcanine doesn't like leech seed but isnt 2hko'd by any of celesteela's attack and can recover to stay healthy. it can also take celesteela out with flamethrower and burn up.
**Post-Pokebank Threats**: Once pokebank is released there will many more threats to Celesteela, including an influx of Fire-types. Mega-Charizard Y and Rotom-H are especially threatening as they can switch into any common move from Celesteela easily and attack with super effective STAB.
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