Is Cresselia Good in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Playthrough?
Fullmoon Island roaming encounter postgame. Psychic with extreme bulk and AbilityLevitate. Defensive legend that arrives after the story ends. A catching challenge, not a team member.
Cresselia resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Cresselia resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Cresselia has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Cresselia has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Cresselia has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Cresselia trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Cresselia has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Cresselia trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Cresselia has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Cresselia resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Cresselia has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Cresselia trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Cresselia has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
How to Get Cresselia in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
Cresselia doesn't appear in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. Transfer it from Diamond & Pearl, Platinum, or Legends: Arceus to add it to your collection. Check the source games below for encounter details.
Cresselia cannot be caught in the wild in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, but you can still get it via these paths:
Obtain and trade from these games:
Then trade to Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
Cresselia Weakness
Cresselia is weak to Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Cresselia's overall bulk (120/120/120) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
What is Cresselia Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Cresselia
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Surskit BugWater | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Surskit builds →Shadow Ball 2x21-26% Thief 2x13-16% | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Beautifly builds →Bug Buzz 2x54-65% Shadow Ball 2x34-40% Thief 2x20-25% | ||
Kricketune Bug | C | |
Surskit BugWater | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Surskit builds →Shadow Ball 2x20-25% Thief 2x12-15% | ||
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Masquerain builds →Bug Buzz 2x48-57% Shadow Ball 2x29-35% Thief 2x15-18% | ||
Kricketune Bug | C | |
Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Beautifly builds →Bug Buzz 2x48-57% Shadow Ball 2x29-35% Thief 2x17-20% | ||
 Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x48-57% Dark Pulse 2x32-38% | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Absol builds →Night Slash 2x46-55% X-Scissor 2x35-41% Shadow Claw 2x31-36% | ||
Masquerain Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Masquerain builds →Bug Buzz 2x48-57% Shadow Ball 2x29-35% Thief 2x15-18% | ||
Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x48-57% Dark Pulse 2x32-38% | ||
Kricketune Bug | C | |
Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Beautifly builds →Bug Buzz 2x48-57% Shadow Ball 2x29-35% Thief 2x17-20% | ||
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Absol builds →Night Slash 2x44-52% X-Scissor 2x34-41% Shadow Claw 2x29-35% | ||
Masquerain Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Masquerain builds →Bug Buzz 2x46-55% Shadow Ball 2x28-34% Thief 2x15-18% | ||
Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x46-55% Dark Pulse 2x31-36% | ||
Kricketune Bug | C | |
Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Beautifly builds →Bug Buzz 2x46-55% Shadow Ball 2x28-34% Thief 2x16-20% | ||
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Absol builds →Night Slash 2x44-53% X-Scissor 2x34-40% Shadow Claw 2x29-35% | ||
 Skuntank PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Skuntank builds →Sucker Punch 2x34-41% Shadow Claw 2x23-27% | ||
Masquerain Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Masquerain builds →Bug Buzz 2x46-55% Shadow Ball 2x27-32% Thief 2x14-17% | ||
Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x46-55% Dark Pulse 2x31-36% | ||
Kricketune Bug | C | |
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Absol builds →Night Slash 2x44-53% X-Scissor 2x33-39% Shadow Claw 2x30-35% | ||
Skuntank PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Skuntank builds →Sucker Punch 2x34-40% Shadow Claw 2x22-27% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Weavile builds →Assurance 2x35-42% X-Scissor 2x31-36% Shadow Claw 2x27-33% | ||
Masquerain Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Masquerain builds →Bug Buzz 2x46-55% Shadow Ball 2x27-32% Thief 2x14-17% | ||
Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Beautifly builds →Bug Buzz 2x46-55% Shadow Ball 2x27-32% Thief 2x15-18% | ||
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Absol builds →Night Slash 2x44-53% X-Scissor 2x33-39% Shadow Claw 2x30-35% | ||
Skuntank PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Skuntank builds →Sucker Punch 2x34-40% Shadow Claw 2x22-27% | ||
Weavile DarkIce | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Weavile builds →Assurance 2x35-42% X-Scissor 2x31-36% Shadow Claw 2x27-33% | ||
Masquerain Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Masquerain builds →Bug Buzz 2x46-55% Shadow Ball 2x27-32% Thief 2x14-17% | ||
Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Beautifly builds →Bug Buzz 2x46-55% Shadow Ball 2x27-32% Thief 2x15-18% | ||
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Absol builds →Night Slash 2x44-52% X-Scissor 2x33-39% Shadow Claw 2x29-35% | ||
Weavile DarkIce | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Weavile builds →Night Slash 2x41-48% X-Scissor 2x31-36% Shadow Claw 2x27-32% | ||
Skuntank PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Skuntank builds →Sucker Punch 2x33-39% Shadow Claw 2x22-26% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Cacturne builds →Dark Pulse 2x45-53% Pin Missile 2x10-12% | ||
 Banette Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Banette builds →Phantom Force 2x50-59% Sucker Punch 2x26-31% | ||
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Dragapult's Shadow Ball hits Cresselia for 70-82%. Genesect's U-turn hits Cresselia for 40-47%. Hydreigon deals 81-96% with Dark Pulse.
 Dragapult DragonGhost | S | |
Recommended Build AbilityInfiltrator ItemChoice Specs NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Dragapult builds →Draco Meteor56-66% U Turn 2x20-23% Shadow Ball 2x70-82% Flamethrower26-31% | ||
 Genesect BugSteel | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityDownload ItemChoice Scarf NatureHasty Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Genesect builds →U Turn 2x40-47% | ||
 Hydreigon DarkDragon | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemChoice Specs NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Hydreigon builds →Dark Pulse 2x81-96% Draco Meteor65-77% Flamethrower30-36% | ||
Cresselia Evolutions
Cresselia is strong overall with 590 total stats as a Psychic legendary. Can't breed it, so you're locked to whatever you catch or receive. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
BDSP Cresselia Best Moveset
Dropped from A-tier as 120/110/120 across HP, Defense, and Sp. Def with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity couldn't maintain the offensive pressure modern formats require. 75 Sp. Atk at 85 Speed behind Psychic TermStab is modest. B-tier because the moveset absorbs hits from every direction but the offensive output lets opponents set up against it.
Best Build
Cresselia best EVs are Speed and Defense
Utility Moveset
- Moonlight
- Lunar Dance
- Trick Room
- Moonblast
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Most of Cresselia's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Future Sight and Dream Eater, but Ice and Normal and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.
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 it flies, it releases shiny particles from its veil-like wings. It is said to represent the crescent moon.
Cresselia Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Guide
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Cresselia is a Legendary Pokemon rated B-Tier. At 590 BST, it hits hard. It excels as a wall. Moonlight with Leftovers is the standard set.
Cresselia gets Levitate. But Levitate is the one that matters. It's the centerpiece of every viable set. Build around that. On wall sets, Levitate pairs with Cresselia's base 120 Defense to absorb physical hits on the switch.
Cresselia is a special attacker with base 75 Sp. Atk. Tanky enough to absorb a few hits, too. Speed tells the real story. Base 85 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. Fits the wall role.
For Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, the core moveset is Moonlight, Lunardance, Trickroom, and Moonblast. Moonlight leads at 0% usage. This set covers the wall role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Since Diamond & Pearl, Cresselia has appeared in 13 games. Legendary Pokemon like Cresselia are usually found through story events or special post-game areas rather than random encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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