Is Celebi Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Event-only in RS. AbilityNatural Cure heals status on switch-out. Grass/Psychic with balanced stats. If you have one, Natural Cure makes Celebi one of the most resilient switch-ins in the game. For most RS players, an empty Pokedex entry.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Celebi resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Celebi trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Celebi trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Celebi resists most of Wallace's coverage and hits back hard.
Celebi trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Celebi trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Celebi trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Trade
Celebi cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 5)
- LV 5PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- LV 30PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- After Tate & Liza
- TM04PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Tate & Liza
How to Get Celebi in Ruby & Sapphire
Celebi is an event-only mythical that never appears in Ruby or Sapphire. With no shrine and no distribution in the region, it only arrives by trade from a game where it was given out.
Celebi is not available as a wild encounter in this game.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
How to Get Shiny Celebi in Ruby & Sapphire
Celebi appears in no Hoenn forest, so a shiny can only be traded in from another game that offers it. See every game where Shiny Celebi can be hunted
Shiny Celebi Evolution
Does Not EvolveCelebi 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
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Heracross builds →Megahorn 4x188-222%KO Thief 2x9-11% | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Rayquaza builds →Overheat 2x85-100%KO Fly 2x64-76% Ice Beam 2x59-69% Crunch 2x49-58% | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Blaziken builds →Overheat 2x98-116%KO Aerial Ace 2x31-37% | ||
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Altaria builds →Sky Attack 2x68-80% Fire Blast 2x39-46% Ice Beam 2x31-37% Thief 2x13-16% | ||
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 4x76-90% Shadow Ball 2x27-32% Aerial Ace 2x20-24% Thief 2x10-12% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Salamence Dragon | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Salamence builds →Fly 2x59-70% Fire Blast 2x56-66% Crunch 2x38-45% | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Xatu builds →Fly 2x37-44% Shadow Ball 2x27-32% Thief 2x17-20% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Shiftry builds →Shadow Ball 2x35-41% Aerial Ace 2x27-32% Thief 2x24-29% | ||
 Banette Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Banette builds →Shadow Ball 2x59-70% Feint Attack 2x22-27% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Cacturne builds →Feint Attack 2x44-52% Pin Missile 4x15-18% Poison Sting 2x8-10% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
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
RS Celebi Best Moveset
100 in every stat with MovePsychic and MoveGiga Drain for dual TermStab, and AbilityNatural Cure clears all status on switch-out for permanent Toxic immunity. MoveRecover sustains, MoveHeal Bell clears team status, MoveCalm Mind boosts. Held ItemLeftovers adds recovery. The most versatile support Pokemon available.
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
All 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
This POKéMON came from the future by crossing over time. It is thought that so long as CELEBI appears, a bright and shining future awaits us.
Game Availability
Introduced in Gold & Silver, Celebi shows up in 16 games across 8 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 7Let's Go
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
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