Celeste build guide

AndrewChicken's Spirit Nuker Celeste!

by AndrewChickenVersion 2Updated Feb 12, 2026Guide #461104

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Author's notes

This makes Celeste do a ton of damage! Play up close and win!

Item categories

1Early Game/4.8k Spikes
Author's category · 10 items · Generally L-R.
1. 1
  High-Velocity Rounds
  Makes her weapon so much easier to use. Skip/sell if you're confident in your shots.
2. 2
  Mystic Regeneration
  Upgrade to Radiant Regen.
3. 3
  Mystic Expansion
4. 4
  Improved Spirit
  Upgrade to Boundless Spirit.
5. 5
  Cold Front
  Combo this to keep the enemies in range of your attacks.
6. 6
  Compress Cooldown
  Imbue on her ultimate. You want as many ults as you can!
7. 7
  Healbane
  Anti-heal is a must.
8. 8
  Stamina Mastery
  THIS FEELS SO GOOD THEY MADE A HERO THAT AUGMENTS THE STAMINA SYSTEM I LOVE YOU VALVE!!!
9. 9
  Kinetic Dash
  More stamina and best T2 item to reach gun spike.
10. 10
  Spirit Rend
  Her weapon locks onto heads, making this super consistent. Spirit shred is a great damage multiplier on her.
2Mid game
Game stage · 5 items · Generally L-R.
1. 1
  Torment Pulse
  This adds a considerable amount of damage, especially with all her amps.
2. 2
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
  Big healing item. This scales her spirit power and doesn't run into diminishing returns with her 1st ability's lifesteal.
3. 3
  Greater Expansion
3Late game
Game stage · 5 items · No order, buy as needed. Generally best items up first.
1. 1
  Boundless Spirit
  Built from Improved Spirit
  Do... do I even need to explain this?
2. 2
  Escalating Exposure
  Built from Mystic Vulnerability
  This is an incredible damage multiplier on her.
3. 3
  Infuser
4Situationaloptional
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Bullet Resilience
2. 2
  Spirit Resilience
3. 3
  Counterspell
4. 4
5Early Sit.optional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Healing Rite
2. 2
  Rebuttal

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Light EaterLight Eater	Light Eater: Ability unlocked, step 1				Light Eater: 1 AP upgrade, step 5							Light Eater: 2 AP upgrade, step 12	Light Eater: 5 AP upgrade, step 13