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Cresselia: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Cresselia is a defensive wall, led by its HP (120) and Sp. Def (120), with a base stat total of 580. Competitively it is banned from NeverUsed for overperforming there. It currently appears on 6.3% of OU teams.

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What is Cresselia weak to?

How much damage Cresselia takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toDarkBugGhost
0.5×ResistsFightingPsychic

With Levitate, Ground attacks do nothing instead of normal damage.

Cresselia takes super-effective damage from Dark, Bug, Ghost. It resists Fighting, Psychic. That is by type alone: with Levitate, Ground attacks do nothing instead of normal damage.

Best moveset for Cresselia

The most-used moves on Cresselia in OU (Smogon singles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • MoonlightFairy-22.4%
  • Calm MindPsychic-19.4%
  • MoonblastFairy9513%
  • Ice BeamIce9012.5%
  • Stored PowerPsychic2011.4%
  • Lunar DancePsychic-9.6%

Best nature for Cresselia

Bold. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Bold with 252/0/252/0/4/0 EVs (32.6% of sets).

Abilities

  • LevitateThis Pokemon is immune to Ground; Gravity/Ingrain/Smack Down/Iron Ball nullify it.

Best counters for Cresselia

Based on OU (Smogon singles) battle statistics, these Pokémon most reliably beat or force out Cresselia:

Best teammates for Cresselia

Pokémon most often paired with Cresselia on successful OU (Smogon singles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (57 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Future SightPsychic120100%Special
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
MoonblastFairy95100%Special
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
PsychicPsychic90100%Special
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dazzling GleamFairy80100%Special
Expanding ForcePsychic80100%Special
Power GemRock80100%Special
PsyshockPsychic80100%Special
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Psycho CutPsychic70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
Aurora BeamIce65100%Special
PsybeamPsychic65100%Special
SwiftNormal60-Special
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Charge BeamElectric5090%Special
ConfusionPsychic50100%Special
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
Stored PowerPsychic20100%Special
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Ally SwitchPsychic--Status
Calm MindPsychic--Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
GravityPsychic--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
Lunar BlessingPsychic--Status
Lunar DancePsychic--Status
MistIce--Status
MoonlightFairy--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Psychic TerrainPsychic--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SafeguardNormal--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Skill SwapPsychic--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status
Trick RoomPsychic--Status