Celesteela Raid Guide

Celesteela will be in 5-Star raids from 10:00 am September 1st, 2023 to 10:00 am September 16th, 2023. This article contains information about what it’s useful for and how to beat it.

Useful Information

What is it useful for?

While it may have some use in certain GBL cups, Celesteela is generally not useful in PvP or raids.

How many players do I need?

Celesteela can be defeated by 3-4 strong trainers, however, in general you should aim to have at least 5 people in your raid group.

What counters should I use?

Celesteela is a Steel Flying type Pokémon that is weak to Electric and Fire type attacks.

Best Celesteela counters:

Blaziken
Fire Spin
Blast Burn*
Chandelure
Fire Spin
Overheat
Darmanitan
Fire Fang
Overheat
Electivire
Thunder Shock
Wild Charge
Heatran
Fire Spin
Magma Storm*
Moltres
Fire Spin
Overheat
Reshiram
Fire Fang
Fusion Flare*
Reshiram
Fire Fang
Overheat
Thundurus Therian Forme
Volt Switch
Thunderbolt
Volcarona
Fire Spin
Overheat
Xurkitree
Thunder Shock
Discharge
Zekrom
Charge Beam
Fusion Bolt*
Zekrom
Charge Beam
Wild Charge

*Legacy move

The shadow form is even stronger if you have one!

Good Celesteela Counters:

Charizard
Fire Spin
Blast Burn*
Delphox
Fire Spin
Blast Burn*
Emboar
Ember
Blast Burn*
Entei
Fire Fang
Overheat
Ho-Oh
Incinerate
Sacred Fire*
Magnezone
Spark
Wild Charge
Raikou
Thunder Shock
Wild Charge

*Legacy move

The shadow form is even stronger if you have one!

What Mega Pokémon should I use?

This depends on what you want to prioritize.

If you want a Mega Pokémon that will do as much damage as possible:

#1
Mega Blaziken
Fire Spin
Blast Burn*
#2
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Spin
Blast Burn*
#3
Mega Manectric
Thunder Fang
Wild Charge

*Legacy move

If you want a Mega Pokémon that will stay on the field as long as possible:

#1
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Spin
Blast Burn*
#2
Mega Ampharos
Volt Switch
Zap Cannon

*Legacy move

If you want a Mega Pokémon that will give you extra candies while still doing a good amount of damage:

#1
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Spin
Blast Burn*
#2
Mega Salamence
Fire Fang
Fire Blast

*Legacy move

Thanks for reading and have fun raiding Celesteela!

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