A Moth's Guide to Celeste

Céleste

by big tiddy moth gf9v5Updated 8/24/2026In-Game

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Build ID: 764432 - copy and import it in the Deadlock shop

Description

The mothgirl mains the character with light powers, big surprise. My fully annotated build and guide to Celeste!

Skill Path

Recommended ability leveling order for this build

Luminophage

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Prisme cristallin

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Dagues rayonnantes

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Astre prodigieux

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early core

can just go l>r8 items

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Celeste has built in ricochet!

Let's talk about the unique way her gun works. When her bullets hit a floor or a wall, they will bounce off a single time and still be able to deal damage. When hitting an enemy - be it minion, neutral camp, or enemy hero - they will essentially pierce through and can hit another target behind the first. These bounces have a sort of auto targeting to them, where they will check in a small cone around where the bullet is bouncing to and will adjust the bounce angle to aim for a bodyshot. The most common use for this is shooting the floor just in front of your target to let the auto targeting ensure your shots land, but there are plenty of other ways to take advantage of it, like bouncing your shots around a corner an enemy has run behind, or even securing or denying multiple soul orbs with a single shot! Procs work differently depending but generally, procs that build up a debuff on the enemy will apply to all bounces, procs that build up a buff on you will only apply once per shot, and procs that apply to the bullet itself (like mystic shot) will only apply to the first target hit. Ricochet (the item) is. Weird. It seems to just, spawn extra bullets? Along with giving you the extra bounces. Functionally what you need to know about it is that it lets your floor and wall bounce shots ricochet, and it can let you double dip Light Eater procs from a single shot. Anyway. One last important thing to note is that the built in bounces don't play super well with stairs, so avoid bouncing your shots off of staircases if possible.0 items

Celeste has built in schmoovement!

This girl can *move*. Movement is incredibly important to Celeste's gameplay. She has a few special traits that let her get away with things the rest of the roster could only dream of (until magic carpet becomes meta anyway). By default she gets 4 stamina bars, lower gravity, and greatly increased air control. If you don't already know what air strafing is and how to do it, go look that up first and come back. It's too much to explain here, and other people have already made guides that explain it way better than I can. I'll wait. Okay now that you're back. What this allows her to do, is move around the map very smoothly while maintaining speed, also making you very slippery and boosting your survivability in fights.0 items

Playstyle and Early Laning (+ability breakdown)

I like to play Celeste as a sort of brawler that has the mobility to be able to pick and choose what fights she takes. Laning can go a few different ways for Celeste depending on how the enemy is playing, but generally my strategy is a very patient one, hiding and poking, getting damage in where possible and waiting for the enemy to get annoyed and make mistakes, or just get poked down so much I can go in for the kill. Try to get as much value out of your bullet bounces as you can!! Using the ground and wall bounces to get hits behind walls or aiming for minions that line up with the enemy to poke while wave clearing is important and it adds up! Your first major spike is going to be the 4.8k spirit spike with torment pulse, and this is around when you should start looking for fights more actively. Light Eater, your 1, is your main damage ability, as well as a good chunk of your survivability. You need to be hitting shots after you land the initial flare, thankfully this is pretty easy once you get used to how her gun works. Dazzling Trick, your 2, is usually saved for if you get jumped on, as the shield and silence when it breaks make for an excellent defensive tool. Once it's maxed however you can use it to enable your ult in 1v1s. Radiant Daggers, your 3, is used mostly to poke or for waveclear. If you anticipate a fight breaking out soon and you have hero targets nearby, try to get as many stacks of the damage amp as possible before the fight starts. When maxed it enables Light Eater even more by giving fire rate per stack. Finally her ult (that they keep buffing for some reason???) Shining Wonder, the ball. This thing HURTS, and slows them down to a crawl. The way it works is when the projectile makes contact with an enemy after you throw it, it will attach for a few seconds if there are no other enemies nearby, or it will start bouncing between enemies if there are. Minions (and the patrons!!) can also be hit with the initial projectile if you're not confident in aiming it yet, and in the case of minions, will count as enemies for the bounces.0 items

Mid to Late Game Strategy

Celeste is very strong in fights with multiple enemies because of her ult and the way her gun works, and with even a small lead can hold her own in an uneven fight, or escape if it starts to go poorly. Because of this, what I like to do is play lane janitor for most of the mid game to build up a lead. She can also take neutral camps pretty fast which helps with this. My main goal is to get to Spellslinger and Boundless as soon as possible. This is your second major spike, and you absolutely shred objectives with Light Eater once you have it. Farm and push side lanes as much as you can but make sure you're showing up for team fights for objectives!! You have too much value in team fights from your ult alone to not at least show up and chuck a ball in there.0 items

A Moth's Guide to Celeste

Description

Skill Path

early core

dont die

pick at least one for 4.8k green

fun options! :3

early counters

mid to late

green counterbuys

finishing touches

maybe

Celeste has built in ricochet!

Celeste has built in schmoovement!

Playstyle and Early Laning (+ability breakdown)

Mid to Late Game Strategy