some Crescelia questions

harle1012000

Looking at this poke, I thought I might try and use it on one of my future teams. Just some questions though:

1. Is she allowed in standard play?

2. Can she work on a Sandstorm team? I know Moonlight sucks badly during Sandstorm, but she switches very well into many waters and can set up screens well which will be probably the main reason I use her (Starmie, Slowbro, Swampert, and Suicune can't do jack to her. . .well Suicune could Roar but I at least get in one screen).

3. Lunar Dance. . .is it like Heal Wish or does it actually cause Crescelia to faint?

4. If I want to get one with good IV's and nature in DP, how do I do this? Do I meet it and then reset it after I caught it and check it's stats (resetting if not optimal)? Are the stats and nature determined when I first meet it or after I first meet it in the wild?
 
1. What do you mean? There is no standard play yet. But looking at her stats and movepool, I would guess she would be labeled as top tier and probably be over used (basically a super milotic) but I am pretty sure she would be allowed in real life games becuase she isn't banned from the Battle Tower.

2. I can't really answer this right now since I haven't seen a whole lot of WiFi battles. But I would guess probably not.

3. "User Faints. Completely Heals Next Released Pokémon" She faints right as the attack is executed. The round ends (meaning the opponent's attack probably won't go through) and then you send in a new pokemon who is completely healed.

4. The chasable Legendary Pokemon's stats are determined when you start the game. I am not sure but it might be based of your ID number. Since the pokemon itself has been sitting on the island throughout the entire game, her stats are set-in-stone once you begin your journey.
 
Yeah, I can confirm that the stats are set when you talk to it on full moon island and see her picture.

I screwed up with Mesprit and saved after he flew away, and it had the same nature and IVs every time I caught him (three times). With Cresselia, I save right in front of her on full moon island, then I talk to her, go catch her, and get a different nature and IVs every time.
 
Hrothgar said:
Yeah, I can confirm that the stats are set when you talk to it on full moon island and see her picture.

I screwed up with Mesprit and saved after he flew away, and it had the same nature and IVs every time I caught him (three times). With Cresselia, I save right in front of her on full moon island, then I talk to her, go catch her, and get a different nature and IVs every time.
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That's cool. Curiously, was it easy to find Crescelia? Easier than the Lati's and the wild dogs? I'd hate to waste 30 mins just to find and catch it just to get a bad nature and IV's.

As for the whole Sandstorm team thing, I'm gonna use Crescelia as my sacrificial lamb so to speak. Set up a screen, lunar dance, and then bring in Garchomp/Meta/Tyra/Rhypherior and go to town. Crescelia blocks bulky waters and Lunar Dance lets me heal my next guy fairly well. If I predict a phazer, I'll just set up some screens and maybe T-Wave or switch out. worse happens then phaze Crescelia back in.
 
Hrothgar said:
Yeah, I can confirm that the stats are set when you talk to it on full moon island and see her picture.

I screwed up with Mesprit and saved after he flew away, and it had the same nature and IVs every time I caught him (three times). With Cresselia, I save right in front of her on full moon island, then I talk to her, go catch her, and get a different nature and IVs every time.
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Could you confirm if Cresselia and Mesprit's IVs are all random, or they are like R/S Lati@s, with 0 IVs at almost all the stats?
 
I had (i released most of them) about 40 cresslias from the GTS and I can easily state they all had ~random IVs, only 2 of them had any 0s.
 
Great news. But another question now: Looks like the Synchronize nature thing works when you talk to a legendary/another pokémon(Rotom, Drifloon). Does it work with Cresselia/Mesprit? Technically, you talk to them when their IVs/Nature are randomized.
 
It seemed to work for me, although i didn't really try more than 20 times, ~7 of them were modest.
 
Don't use Cressy on a Sandstorm team, Quagsire and even Shuckle does the job of walling much better and Shuckle gets the SD boost. :D
 
Don't use Cressy on a Sandstorm team, Quagsire and even Shuckle does the job of walling much better and Shuckle gets the SD boost.
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RestTalk Cresselia can work in Sandstorm
 
well, for a special sponge it was either crescelia, cradily, dusknoir, or probopass.

Crescelia has NONE of the weaknesses of the rest of my current team. Great HP and defenses says I'll get a good switch in and screen up. Light Screen or Reflect, Lunar Dance, Ice Beam, Psychic for a ms.

Cradily gets that nice boost and can Swords Dance+Rock Slide for reliable damage and Recover. The bad thing is he can't screen or help my team much beyond sponging hits and Hippowdown is already my stealth rocker.

Probopass can take almost any special attack and can electrolevitate. T-Wave is good too, but he can't do much and weak to fight and ground hurts especially since I play to put a Lucario on my team as well.
 
I'd use Moonlight over Lunar Dance on Cressy. You want to focus on keeping Cresselia alive so you can keep producing Screens, walling, and denting the opponents team with Ice Beam, Psychic, Grass Rope, Hidden Power, etc.
 
Bolt, the problem w/ moonlight is with Tyranitar Being so Popular, sandstream comes into play and ruins moonligh, only raising a litttle bit of HP.
 
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