How to Get Cresselia and Learnset

Cresselia in Other Pokemon Games
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Cresselia is a Pokemon available in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP). Learn about how to easily catch Cresselia in Fullmoon Island, the best natures for it, its full learnset with all learnable moves, evolution data and how to evolve, along with its abilities, type advantages, and more.

National Dex
Giratina (Altered Forme) (#487)	Cresselia (#488)	Phione (#489)

How to Get Cresselia

Find in Fullmoon Island

Cresselia is obtainable after getting the National Pokedex and can be found in Fullmoon Island. Cresselia will be roaming around the Sinnoh region, and you must complete a short quest involving Sailor Eldritch and his son in Canalave City in order for it to start flying around.

Steps to Encounter Cresselia
1	Travel to Canalave City and go to the house near the pier.
2	Speak to the child and his mother. Go out and speak to Sailor Eldritch.
3	Travel to Fullmoon Island to get the Lunar Wing. Speak to Cresselia and it will fly away, leaving the Lunar Wing.

Cresselia is a Roaming Pokemon

The Marking Map app on the Poketch will show you which area Cresselia roamed to. This makes it easier to track it down even if it runs away from battle.

How to Get the Marking Map App

How to Catch and Best Pokemon to Use

Wild Cresselia Encounter
Cresselia	Lv.: 50	Ability: Levitate
	Moveset
	Slash Psycho Cut Moonlight Safeguard

Cresselia can be tricky to catch due to its nature of being a roaming legendary. When tracking down Cresselia with the Marking Map App, we recommend having a bulky Pokemon in the lead who can keep Cresselia in battle through the use of the move Block.

Best Catcher Pokemon

Best Catcher Pokemon
Snorlax		Bronzong
Recommended Lv. 50+	Item: Leftovers	Recommended Lv. 50+	Item: Leftovers
Recommended Moves:		Recommended Moves:
Block Yawn		Block Hypnosis

When facing Cresselia, we recommend using either Snorlax with Block and Yawn or Bronzong with Block and Hypnosis. These Pokemon give you a reliable way to prevent Cresselia from escaping, and access to a status-inflicting move to improve catch rates.

Using Block prevents Cresselia's escape as long as the user doesn't faint or switch out. Take note that you can use Block before Cresselia flees even if your Pokemon is slower.

Bronzong is the most accessible and best choice here thanks to its 4x resistance to Cresselia's Psycho Cut and 2x resistance to Slash. It also has access to Hypnosis which will let you put Cresselia to sleep for a better chance of catching it. Just be careful not to knock it out!

Best Balls to Use

The Ultra Ball is a reliable go-to ball to use. If you are battling Cresselia at night, the Dusk Ball becomes the better choice.

If about a dozen turns have passed, you may also rely on the Timer Ball for higher success rates of capture.

As a last resort, you may also opt to use the Master Ball for a guaranteed catch without worrying about the hassle of locking Cresselia down.

Best Pokemon For Catching

Transfer From Pokemon Legends: Arceus via Pokemon HOME

Cresselia is obtainable in Pokemon Legends: Arceus during the course of its story.

If you are missing a legendary Pokemon, especially those that are time-limited, we suggest transferring the Pokemon from Legends: Arceus via Pokemon HOME!

Pokemon HOME Guide (Update 2.0)

Best Nature for Cresselia

List of Recommended Natures
Bold Defense ↑ Attack ↓	Calm Special Defense ↑ Attack ↓

Cresselia is traditionally a bulky Pokemon. It's recommended to favor abilities that increase either Physical Defense or Special Defense at the cost of Attack. With how difficult it is to lock down Cresellia's capture though, it might be better to change its nature with a Mint instead of soft resetting to catch the nature you want.

How to Train and Breed Pokemon

Cresselia Type and Abilities

Cresselia - Type and Basic Info

Cresselia Lunar Pokémon
Type 1	Type 2
	-
Hatch Steps	Weight
-	188.7 lbs.

Cresselia Weaknesses and Resistances

	Type
Takes 4x damage	-
Takes 2x damage
Takes 0.5x damage
Takes 1/4x damage	-
Takes 0x damage	-

Cresselia Abilities

Name	Description
Levitate	Gives immunity to Ground type moves.

Cresselia Egg Group

Egg Groups
Undiscovered

Effort Values (EV) Earned

Effort Values (EV) Earned
HP EVs	Attack EVs	Defense EVs	SpAtk EVs	SpDef EVs	Speed EVs
0	0	0	0	3	0

Held Item on Wild Encounter

No held item on wild encounter.

Cresselia Base Stats

HP	120
Atk	70
Def	120
Sp. Atk	75
Sp. Def	130
Speed	85
Total Base Stats	600

Cresselia Evolution Chart

Evolution Line
Cresselia
This Pokemon does not evolve.

Cresselia Learnset

Learnset by Leveling Up

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.	PP
Base	Confusion		50	100	25
Base	Double Team		-	-	15
6	Mist		-	-	30
12	Aurora Beam		65	100	20
18	Psybeam		65	100	20
24	Psycho Shift		-	100	10
30	Slash		70	100	20
36	Psycho Cut		70	100	20
42	Moonlight		-	-	5
48	Safeguard		-	-	25
54	Psychic		90	100	10
60	Moonblast		95	100	15
66	Future Sight		120	100	10
72	Lunar Dance		-	-	10

Learnset by TM

No.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.	PP
4	Calm Mind		-	-	20
11	Sunny Day		-	-	5
13	Ice Beam		90	100	10
15	Hyper Beam		150	90	5
16	Light Screen		-	-	30
17	Protect		-	-	10
18	Rain Dance		-	-	5
20	Safeguard		-	-	25
22	Solar Beam		120	100	10
29	Psychic		90	100	10
30	Shadow Ball		80	100	15
32	Double Team		-	-	15
33	Reflect		-	-	20
42	Facade		70	100	20
44	Rest		-	-	10
45	Attract		-	100	15
48	Skill Swap		-	-	10
53	Energy Ball		90	100	10
57	Charge Beam		50	90	10
58	Endure		-	-	10
67	Recycle		-	-	10
68	Giga Impact		150	90	5
70	Flash		-	100	20
73	Thunder Wave		-	90	20
77	Psych Up		-	-	10
82	Sleep Talk		-	-	10
85	Dream Eater		100	100	15
86	Grass Knot		-	100	20
87	Swagger		-	85	15
90	Substitute		-	-	10
92	Trick Room		-	-	5

Learnset through a Move Tutor

This Pokemon currently has no moves learned in this way.

Learnset via Egg Moves

This Pokemon currently has no moves learned in this way.

Cresselia Pokedex Number

National Dex
Giratina (Altered Forme) (#487)	Cresselia (#488)	Phione (#489)

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