Is Celebi Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Event-only. AbilityNatural Cure heals status on switch-out. Psychic/Grass with 600 BST. If you have a Celebi, nothing in FRLG poses a challenge. For most players, an empty Pokedex entry waiting for a distribution that may never come.
Celebi resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Celebi resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Celebi resists most of Giovanni's coverage and hits back hard.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Lorelei's team.
Celebi resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Agatha's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Terry's team.
Celebi cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. On GBA, cross-region trading unlocks post-game after Celio's Sevii Islands Ruby & Sapphire quest. The Switch re-release supports only one-way transfers out to Pokemon HOME.
- After Erika
- TM22GrassSolar Beam180100%10
- TM19GrassGiga Drain113100%10
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- LV 30PsychicFuture Sight180100%10
- After Sabrina
- TUTORPsychicDream Eater150100%15
- TM29PsychicPsychic135100%10
- TM04PsychicCalm Mind—100%20
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Celebi in FireRed & LeafGreen
Celebi is event-only in FRLG. No wild encounter exists. The legitimate path was the Pokemon Colosseum bonus disc giveaway, distributed during the game's launch era. Modern players usually need a trade from a preserved save.
Celebi cannot be caught in the wild in FireRed & LeafGreen, but you can still get it via these paths:
Pokemon HOME · Switch Rerelease
Playing the Switch version of FireRed & LeafGreen? Pokemon HOME compatibility is post-launch but deposit-only by design (FRLG → HOME). Inbound HOME transfer of Celebi into FRLG is not possible — an original GBA cartridge with a Link Cable is the only inbound route.
Also Obtainable In:
Direct cartridge trade across generations isn't possible — but the Pokemon HOME path above bridges this gap once Switch support launches.
Celebi Weakness
Celebi's Psychic/Grass typing leaves it vulnerable to Bug, Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Ghost, and Dark. Bug hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It resists 6 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely. Celebi's overall bulk (100/100/100) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Bug |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Celebi Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Celebi
 Charmander Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
 Pidgey Normal | D | |
 Weedle BugPoison | D | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Butterfree builds →Aerial Ace 2x27-34% Thief 2x18-23% | ||
 Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Nidoqueen builds →Aerial Ace 2x29-35% Thief 2x18-23% Poison Sting 2x16-19% | ||
 Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Charmeleon builds →Ember 2x27-34% Aerial Ace 2x24-29% | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Beedrill builds →Aerial Ace 2x27-32% Thief 2x13-16% | ||
 Spearow Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Spearow builds →Aerial Ace 2x32-39% Thief 2x10-13% | ||
Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Butterfree builds →Aerial Ace 2x27-34% Thief 2x18-23% | ||
Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Nidoqueen builds →Aerial Ace 2x29-35% Thief 2x18-23% Poison Sting 2x16-19% | ||
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Charmeleon builds →Ember 2x27-34% Aerial Ace 2x24-29% | ||
Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Beedrill builds →Aerial Ace 2x27-32% Thief 2x13-16% | ||
Spearow Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Spearow builds →Aerial Ace 2x32-39% Thief 2x10-13% | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Flareon builds →Flamethrower 2x63-74% Shadow Ball 2x45-53% | ||
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Charmeleon builds →Flamethrower 2x53-63% Aerial Ace 2x21-25% | ||
 Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Magikarp (Pallet Town Old Rod) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Gyarados builds →Flamethrower 2x29-34% Ice Beam 2x29-34% Bite 2x19-23% | ||
 Fearow Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Fearow builds →Aerial Ace 2x38-46% Pursuit 2x14-17% | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Nidoking builds →Ice Beam 2x37-44% Flamethrower 2x37-44% Shadow Ball 2x37-44% Thief 2x17-21% | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Flareon builds →Flamethrower 2x61-73% Shadow Ball 2x44-52% Bite 2x27-32% | ||
Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Nidoking builds →Sludge Bomb 2x61-73% Ice Beam 2x37-44% Flamethrower 2x37-44% Shadow Ball 2x37-44% | ||
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Charmeleon builds →Flamethrower 2x53-63% Aerial Ace 2x19-24% | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Dodrio Normal | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Dodrio builds →Fly 2x51-61% Pursuit 2x14-17% | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Flareon builds →Flamethrower 2x61-73% Shadow Ball 2x44-52% Bite 2x27-32% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodSilph Co Gift | ||
Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Nidoking builds →Sludge Bomb 2x61-73% Ice Beam 2x37-44% Flamethrower 2x37-44% Shadow Ball 2x37-44% | ||
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Charmeleon builds →Flamethrower 2x53-63% Aerial Ace 2x19-24% | ||
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x96-113%KO Fly 2x40-47% | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Flareon builds →Overheat 2x85-100%KO Shadow Ball 2x42-50% Bite 2x24-29% Smog 2x11-13% | ||
Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Nidoking builds →Megahorn 4x103-121%KO Sludge Bomb 2x58-69% Fire Blast 2x45-53% Ice Beam 2x36-42% | ||
 Muk Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Muk builds →Sludge Bomb 2x60-71% Fire Blast 2x36-42% Thief 2x13-16% | ||
Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodSilph Co Gift | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Ember Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x110-130%KO Fly 2x46-55% | ||
Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x99-117%KO Fly 2x41-48% | ||
 Articuno Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodSeafoam Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Articuno builds →Ice Beam 2x61-72% Fly 2x41-48% | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Flareon builds →Overheat 2x89-105%KO Shadow Ball 2x45-53% Bite 2x26-31% Smog 2x13-15% | ||
Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Nidoking builds →Megahorn 4x107-126%KO Sludge Bomb 2x61-72% Fire Blast 2x46-55% Ice Beam 2x37-43% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Heracross builds →Megahorn 4x188-222%KO Thief 2x9-11% | ||
 Ho-oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodNavel Rock Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Ho-oh builds →Overheat 2x98-116%KO Fly 2x57-67% Shadow Ball 2x44-51% | ||
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodNavel Rock Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Lugia builds →Fly 2x42-50% Ice Beam 2x38-45% Shadow Ball 2x32-37% | ||
Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Ember Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x109-128%KO Fly 2x46-55% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Entei builds →Fire Blast 2x71-83% Bite 2x24-28% | ||
S | ||
Recommended Build AbilityTorrent ItemLeftovers NatureRelaxed Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Swampert builds →Earthquake8-9% Ice Beam 2x27-32% Hydro Pump8-9% | ||
B | ||
Recommended Build AbilitySturdy ItemLeftovers NatureImpish Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Donphan builds →Earthquake9-10% Rapid Spin9-11% Rock Slide13-16% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityOblivious ItemLeftovers NatureBrave Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Whiscash builds →Earthquake7-9% Ice Beam 2x29-34% Spark5-6% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityWaterabsorb ItemLeftovers NatureImpish Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Quagsire builds →Earthquake6-7% Ice Beam 2x19-23% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityIntimidate ItemLeftovers NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Hitmontop builds →Rapid Spin10-12% Mach Punch4-5% | ||
Celebi Evolutions
A Psychic/Grass-type mythical at 600 base stats, Celebi can't breed or evolve. Event distribution is the standard way to obtain one. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
FRLG Celebi Best Moveset
100 in every stat with AbilityNatural Cure clearing status on switch-out. Psychic/Grass learns every support move needed: MoveRecover for healing, MoveLeech Seed for drain, MoveHeal Bell for team status removal. The moveset plays flexible support that can also attack from 100 Sp. Atk. Defensive Psychic/Grass is unique and valuable.
Best Build
Celebi best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Leech Seed
- Baton Pass
- Psychic
- Giga Drain
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Celebi's Rock and Flying coverage and more all comes from technical machines, built on top of Future Sight and Solar Beam for same-type damage. Future Sight and Hyper Beam are the payoff moves.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When CELEBI disappears deep in a forest, it is said to leave behind an egg it brought from the future.
This POKéMON wanders across time. Grass and trees flourish in the forests in which it has appeared.
Game Availability
Introduced in Gold & Silver, Celebi shows up in 16 games across 9 generations. Mythical status keeps it locked behind events or specific story content in most appearances.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves