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Cresselia's Type

PSYCHIC

Cresselia's Pokédex #s

National #: 488

Cresselia's Base Stats

HP:: 120

Attack:: 70

Defense:: 120

Sp. Atk:: 75

Sp. Def:: 130

Speed:: 85

Total:: 600

Misc. Info

Height:: 4'11" (1.5m)

Weight:: 188.7 lbs. (85.6 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Undiscovered

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,250,000

EV Yield:: 3 Sp. Def

Base EXP:: 270

Catch Rate:: 3

Base Happiness:: 100

Cresselia's Abilities

Here is what ability Cresselia has, along with its effect.

Levitate: Cresselia is unaffected by Ground-type moves, as well as Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Arena Trap, etc.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Cresselia's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: BUG

GHOST

DARK

½: FIGHTING

PSYCHIC

Cresselia's Evolution Line

Cresselia does not evolve into any other known or available Pokémon.

Cresselia's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Cresselia can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Cresselia learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Confusion Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.	PSYCHIC	50	100%	25	One Target
1	Double Team Raises Cresselia's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
6	Mist Prevents stats from being lowered for 5 turns.	ICE	--	--	30	User's Field
12	Aurora Beam 10% chance of lowering the target's Attack by one stage.	ICE	65	100%	20	One Target
18	Psybeam Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.	PSYCHIC	65	100%	20	One Target
24	Psycho Shift Transfers any major status conditions affecting Cresselia to the target.	PSYCHIC	--	100%	10	One Target
30	Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
36	Psycho Cut Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	PSYCHIC	70	100%	20	One Target
42	Moonlight Heals 1/2 of Cresselia's max HP. 1/4 in bad weather or 2/3 while sunny.	FAIRY	--	--	5	User
48	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
54	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
60	Moonblast 30% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Atk by one stage.	FAIRY	95	100%	15	One Target
66	Future Sight Does its damage after two more turns have passed.	PSYCHIC	120	100%	10	One Target
72	Lunar Dance Cresselia faints when used, and the Pokémon sent out at the end of the turn to replace Cresselia has its HP and PP restored, and any major status conditions are also healed.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Cresselia can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM08	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM09	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM11	Solar Beam Charges for a turn, attacks on the second turn. No charge time in the sun; half damage in the rain.	GRASS	120	100%	10	One Target
TM14	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM17	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
TM18	Reflect Reduces damage from Physical-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User's Field
TM19	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
TM21	Rest Cresselia restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Cresselia from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM27	Icy Wind 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Speed by one stage.	ICE	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Cresselia is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM40	Swift Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	60	--	20	Nearby Enemies
TM41	Helping Hand Increases the power of ally Pokémon's moves for the rest of the turn.	NORMAL	--	--	20	Ally
TM60	Power Swap Cresselia swaps any modifiers to its Attack and Special Attack with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TM61	Guard Swap Cresselia swaps any modifiers to its Defense and Special Defense stats with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TM69	Psycho Cut Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	PSYCHIC	70	100%	20	One Target
TM70	Trick Room For the next 5 turns, turn order is reversed, so slower Pokémon go first. (Priority still functions as usual.)	PSYCHIC	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM72	Magic Room For the next 5 turns, all Pokémon's held items have no effect and can't be used.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Cresselia can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR01	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
TR05	Ice Beam Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	90	100%	10	One Target
TR11	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Cresselia's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR25	Psyshock Psyshock uses the target's Defense stat to calculate damage instead of its Special Defense.	PSYCHIC	80	100%	10	One Target
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Cresselia's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR33	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TR34	Future Sight Does its damage after two more turns have passed.	PSYCHIC	120	100%	10	One Target
TR38	Trick Switches Cresselia's held item with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	100%	10	One Target
TR40	Skill Swap Swaps Cresselia's ability with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TR49	Calm Mind Raises Cresselia's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR65	Energy Ball 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GRASS	90	100%	10	One Target
TR69	Zen Headbutt Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	PSYCHIC	80	90%	15	One Target
TR77	Grass Knot Does more damage depending on how heavy the target is.	GRASS	varies	100%	20	One Target
TR82	Stored Power Increases power by 20 for each positive stat modifier Cresselia has, excluding accuracy or evasion.	PSYCHIC	20	100%	10	One Target
TR83	Ally Switch Switches places with Cresselia for the rest of the battle.	PSYCHIC	--	--	15	User

Move Tutor Moves

Here are all of the moves that Cresselia can learn from Move Tutors. Most of these require the Expansion Pass and can be found in the Isle of Armor's Dojo, costing some Armorite Ore to teach. However, there are a few moves that can be taught aside from this.

	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target	Info
TUTOR	Expanding Force If used during Psychic Terrain, Expanding Force does 50% more damage and additionally targets both enemy Pokémon if in a Double Battle instead.	PSYCHIC		80	100%	10	One Target

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Cresselia learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Confusion Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.	PSYCHIC	50	100%	25	One Target
1	Double Team Raises Cresselia's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
6	Mist Prevents stats from being lowered for 5 turns.	ICE	--	--	30	User's Field
12	Aurora Beam 10% chance of lowering the target's Attack by one stage.	ICE	65	100%	20	One Target
18	Psybeam Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.	PSYCHIC	65	100%	20	One Target
24	Psycho Shift Transfers any major status conditions affecting Cresselia to the target.	PSYCHIC	--	100%	10	One Target
30	Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
36	Psycho Cut Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	PSYCHIC	70	100%	20	One Target
42	Moonlight Heals 1/2 of Cresselia's max HP. 1/4 in bad weather or 2/3 while sunny.	FAIRY	--	--	5	User
48	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
54	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
60	Moonblast 30% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Atk by one stage.	FAIRY	95	100%	15	One Target
66	Future Sight Does its damage after two more turns have passed.	PSYCHIC	120	100%	10	One Target
72	Lunar Dance Cresselia faints when used, and the Pokémon sent out at the end of the turn to replace Cresselia has its HP and PP restored, and any major status conditions are also healed.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Cresselia can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM04	Calm Mind Raises Cresselia's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TM11	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM13	Ice Beam Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	90	100%	10	One Target
TM15	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM16	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
TM17	Protect Protects Cresselia from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM18	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM20	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
TM22	Solar Beam Charges for a turn, attacks on the second turn. No charge time in the sun; half damage in the rain.	GRASS	120	100%	10	One Target
TM29	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TM30	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Cresselia's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM33	Reflect Reduces damage from Physical-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User's Field
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Cresselia is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Cresselia restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM48	Skill Swap Swaps Cresselia's ability with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TM53	Energy Ball 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GRASS	90	100%	10	One Target
TM57	Charge Beam Has a 70% chance to raise Cresselia's Special Attack by one stage.	ELECTRIC	50	90%	10	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM67	Recycle If Cresselia used a held item previously, it reequips that item.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM68	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM70	Flash Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
TM73	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM77	Psych Up Copies all stat modifiers on the target.	NORMAL	--	--	10	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Cresselia's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM85	Dream Eater Heals Cresselia by half the damage dealt. Fails unless foe is asleep.	PSYCHIC	100	100%	15	One Target
TM86	Grass Knot Does more damage depending on how heavy the target is.	GRASS	varies	100%	20	One Target
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Cresselia's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM92	Trick Room For the next 5 turns, turn order is reversed, so slower Pokémon go first. (Priority still functions as usual.)	PSYCHIC	--	--	5	Entire Field

Cresselia's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Cresselia's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Cresselia's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Cresselia is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	350	381	413	444	120
Attack	145	176	208	239	70
Defense	245	276	308	339	120
Sp. Atk	155	186	218	249	75
Sp. Def	265	296	328	359	130
Speed	175	206	238	269	85
Total					600

Where to Find Cresselia in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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If you're looking for where to find Cresselia, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Cresselia in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Special Ways to Get Cresselia

Catchable as a legendary boss Pokémon during Dynamax Adventures in Crown Tundra (DLC), level 70. Only one of this Pokémon can be caught and taken with you in Dynamax Adventures per game save. Keep this in mind if attempting to get a Shiny version of this Pokémon! (Catching this Pokémon but refusing to take it with you after the Dynamax Adventure is complete will still allow you to try again in the future, with a new chance of it being Shiny.)

Location information on where to find Cresselia in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Cresselia

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X Omega Ruby

Shiny particles are released from its wings like a veil. It is said to represent the crescent moon.

Y Alpha Sapphire

Those who sleep holding Cresselia's feather are assured of joyful dreams. It is said to represent the crescent moon.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White Black 2 White 2

On nights around the quarter moon, the aurora from its tail extends and undulates beautifully.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond Pearl

Shiny particles are released from its wings like a veil. It is said to represent the crescent moon.

Platinum

On nights around the quarter moon, the aurora from its tail extends and undulates beautifully.

HeartGold SoulSilver

Those who sleep holding CRESSELIA's feather are assured of joyful dreams. It is said to represent the crescent moon.