A Pokemon based on a Bamboo Rocket. Who ever thought that would be a Pokemon? Well now that it is, and an Ultra Beast at that, Celesteela does give it lots of room for a place in the competitive scene. Good Offenses and Defenses at around the same level means that you have the ability to control which stat you want to get boosted by Beast Boost. It also has a pretty decent movepool and a cool typing. Overall, a pretty solid Pokemon.
Positives:
+ 101/107 Offenses and 103/101 Defenses means that Celesteela can take hits and hit back. 97 HP helps it as well.
+ Beast Boost allows you to boost one of those stats depending on your EV Spread, so there are many ways to run Celesteela
+ Steel/Flying as seen with Skarmory, is a great Defensive type, resisting many moves and only being weak to 2 types
+ A good movepool with moves such as Leech Seed, Heavy Slam, Flamethrower etc.
+ A Bamboo Rocket, never forget that
Negatives:
- 61 Base Speed isn't great. It's to slow to be used normally and too fast to be used outside of Trick Room
- Its 2 weaknesses, Fire and Electric, are very common
- Beast Boost is good and all, but unlike the other Ultra Beasts, which are usually very offensive, Celesteela is very defensive and can struggle getting KOs
- Running Flamethrower and Heavy Slam means you have to run mixed. That's not always a good idea.
Abilities:
Beast Boost: It's pretty good, since you can essentially choose what stat you want to boost with Celesteela, however, getting the KOs in the first place can be problematic.
Counters: Heatran takes nothing from a Heavy Slam due to Double-Resistance and it weighing almost the same and takes nothing from a Flamethrower due to Flash Fire. It can then retaliate back with a Fire Move, usually 2-shotting Celesteela. Zapdos usually takes little and can whittle Celesteela down with some T-bolts. Incineroar in Doubles fairs well too and so does other fire types such as Charizard Y and Torkoal.