Celeste

Strengths and weaknesses

Abilities

1

Light Eater

20s cooldown

Blast enemies in a 10m cone for 40 spirit damage, marking them for 8s so they take more spirit damage. You get 18% spirit lifesteal against marked enemies.

Tier 1 1 point	+15% spirit lifesteal
Tier 2 2 points	-10s cooldown and +3m range
Tier 3 5 points	+22 damage and better spirit scaling

2

Dazzling Trick

38s cooldown

Gain a 100-point barrier for 4s. When it breaks, it silences enemies within 14m for 1.75s and deals 50% of the barrier as damage.

Tier 1 1 point	+3.5 m/s move speed
Tier 2 2 points	+70 barrier and better scaling
Tier 3 5 points	+1.25s silence, -20s cooldown; Shining Wonder can bounce off you

3

Radiant Daggers

33s cooldown

Call down a beam of light (30m range) dealing 55 spirit damage in 8m. Each hit gives you a stack (up to 6, lasting 30s) of +7% spirit amp and extra fire rate.

Tier 1 1 point	+2 charges
Tier 2 2 points	-22s cooldown and +70 damage
Tier 3 5 points	+9% fire rate and +4% spirit amp per stack

ULT

Shining Wonder

160s cooldown

Launch an orb that deals 140 spirit damage, slows movement by 32% and dash distance by 22% for 1.5s, then bounces to up to 8 targets within 15.5m (heroes first). It lingers for 3.25s looking for targets.

Tier 1 1 point	An extra -16% move slow and -14% dash distance
Tier 2 2 points	+90 damage and better spirit scaling
Tier 3 5 points	+6 bounces and -30s cooldown

Ability order

Spend points in this order. Each ability's tiers cost 1, 2 and 5 points.

1. Unlock Radiant Daggers
2. Unlock Light Eater
3. Unlock Dazzling Trick
4. Radiant Daggers T1
5. Light Eater T1
6. Unlock Shining Wonder
7. Radiant Daggers T2
8. Light Eater T2
9. Shining Wonder T1–T2
10. Dazzling Trick T2
11. Radiant Daggers T3
12. Shining Wonder T3
13. Light Eater T3
14. Dazzling Trick T1, T3

Item build

A starting build that works in most games. Swap pieces based on the enemy team; the notes explain what each stage is for.

Checked against 20,924 Celeste matches from October 6–7, 2026 (all ranks). It keeps the items most Celeste players buy and fills the other slots with the items that won most often. See the item tier list for how we measure that.

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How to play

Celeste is a spirit poke and disruption hero. Radiant Daggers calls down light beams that stack spirit amp on her, Light Eater marks enemies so they take more spirit damage while she lifesteals, Dazzling Trick gives her a barrier that silences anyone who breaks it, and Shining Wonder bounces between enemies.

Her innate movement

Celeste has lower gravity, more air control and faster air acceleration than other heroes, plus 4 stamina bars. She floats through fights.

Laning phase (0–10 min)

• Poke with Radiant Daggers. At 30 m range, you can hit enemies from safety. Each hit stacks spirit amp and fire rate on you for 30 seconds.
• Light Eater for trades. Mark the enemy, then hit them with spirit damage for extra damage and lifesteal.
• Your gun is weak: slow, homing, bouncing shots. Use it to finish troopers.

Mid game (10–25 min)

• Keep your Radiant Daggers stacks up. Six stacks give a big spirit amp bonus.
• Use Dazzling Trick when dived. Divers who break the barrier get silenced.

Late game and team fights (25+ min)

• Shining Wonder into groups. It bounces up to 8 times (14 with T3), favouring heroes.
• Dazzling Trick T3 lets Shining Wonder bounce off you too.
• Stay at the back. You have very little health.

Combos

1. Poke: Radiant Daggers → Light Eater → Radiant Daggers again (T1 charges).
2. Counter-dive: Dazzling Trick → enemy breaks the barrier and gets silenced → Light Eater → Daggers.
3. Team fight: Light Eater the group → Shining Wonder → Daggers on the slowed targets.

Matchups

• Good against: slow, grouped teams and melee divers who can be silenced by Dazzling Trick.
• Hard against: fast assassins with burst damage and long-range snipers.

Pro tips

• Radiant Daggers T1 adds 2 charges, so stacking spirit amp is much faster.
• Your bullets home in and bounce, which makes them easier to land than they look.

Lore

Celeste is a unicorn who performs as The Dazzling Celeste at a Coney Island sideshow. The act hides her true nature from poachers, and she reveals herself only to help her found family win back a soul that was sold to pay off gambling debts.

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