Is Cresselia Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Roaming legendary after Fullmoon Island. Psychic with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity. Cresselia has the highest defenses of any Psychic legendary. Roams Sinnoh like Mesprit. Catching it is a project. Using it is a postgame luxury.
Cresselia resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Cresselia resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Cresselia resists most of Maylene's coverage and hits back hard.
Cresselia resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
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 has the type edge here and should clean up 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 trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Cresselia trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Cresselia has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Cresselia has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Cresselia has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Cresselia has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Cresselia on Roaming Sinnoh (walking, Lv 50, limited). After encountering at Fullmoon Island.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 66PsychicPsycho CutPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
- LV 93PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
Diamond & Pearl Cresselia Locations
Cresselia leaves Fullmoon Island the instant you meet her and begins wandering the region. She drifts between routes at level 50, so you will need a Pokemon built to slow and trap a roamer.
Best Locations to Catch Cresselia in Diamond & Pearl
How to Get Shiny Cresselia in Diamond & Pearl
Cresselia drifts roaming across Sinnoh after Canalave, so chase it with the Marking Map for a chance at its shiny. Compare Shiny Cresselia odds across every game
Shiny Cresselia Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Cresselia Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Full Odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Cresselia preloaded.
Cresselia Weakness
Cresselia is weak to Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Cresselia's overall bulk (120/120/130) 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Cresselia Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Cresselia
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x50-60% X-Scissor 2x34-40% Shadow Claw 2x29-35% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Weavile builds →Night Slash 2x41-49% X-Scissor 2x31-37% Shadow Claw 2x27-32% | ||
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Spiritomb builds →Sucker Punch 2x37-44% Shadow Ball 2x36-42% Silver Wind 2x18-21% | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Drapion builds →Crunch 2x37-44% X-Scissor 2x25-29% Shadow Ball 2x17-20% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Shiftry builds →Feint Attack 2x30-36% X-Scissor 2x27-31% Shadow Ball 2x23-27% | ||
 Skuntank PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Skuntank builds →Night Slash 2x33-39% Shadow Claw 2x22-26% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x47-55% Dark Pulse 2x31-37% | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Murkrow builds →Sucker Punch 2x36-42% Shadow Ball 2x22-26% | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Parasect builds →X-Scissor 2x38-46% Thief 2x13-16% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Sableye builds →Shadow Claw 2x28-33% Feint Attack 2x25-30% | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Beedrill builds →X-Scissor 2x37-44% Assurance 2x16-19% | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cresselia View Mothim builds →Bug Buzz 2x40-47% Shadow Ball 2x24-28% Thief 2x13-16% | ||
Cresselia Evolutions
Cresselia is a powerhouse with 600 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
DP Cresselia Best Moveset
120 HP and 120 Sp. Def with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity create an incredibly durable special tank. 110 Defense handles physical hits too. The moveset uses MoveCalm Mind and recovery to stall and slowly overwhelm opponents. Hard to KO from either side.
Best Build
Cresselia best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Lunar Dance
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Thunder Wave
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
34 of 38 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Shiny particles are released from its wings like a veil. It is said to represent the crescent moon.
Cresselia Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Cresselia plays as a wall. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Psychic is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Relaxed is the go-to nature for Cresselia. That's +Defense / -Speed. Pair it with 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD EVs. Fits the wall role.
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 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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