Celeste build guide

Fletcher195 Celeste [Fully Annotated]

by Fletcher195Version 40Updated Oct 7, 2026Guide #596263

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Author's notes

This build revolves around abusing Radiant Regen early and getting you to your main source of damage: Scourge + Escalating Exposure. Win trades in lane with Mystic Regeneration by casting Light Eater and hitting the enemy. Every shot you hit will reset the duration of the healing. Once you get Radiant Regen you will have 100% map uptime!

Item categories

1Early Core (Always)
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Extra Regen
  Sustain in lane, upgrades to healing booster.
2. 2
  High-Velocity Rounds
  4.8k gun spike is fake! Rush Radiant Regen instead!
3. 3
  Mystic Regeneration
  Cast Light Eater and shoot enemy for max uptime.
2Early (sometimes)optional
Author's category · 8 items · Buy any of these or the Optional Greens to help you get to cores.
1. 1
  Grit
  Just gets you through lane. Bought often. Can skip sell or upgrade. Helps doing sinners.
2. 2
  Extra Health
  Extremely valuble item due to how fragile we are earlygame. Do not upgrade. Sell when slotlocked.
3. 3
  Extra Stamina
3Core Mid Game Items (Always)
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Stamina Mastery
  Built from Extra Stamina
  Movement is an essential part of Celeste's kit. You can create lots of space by kiting enemies and surviving forever. Buy every game.
2. 2
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
  Your bread and butter. Cast Light Eater off CD for instant heals. Can get gun spike before this.
3. 3
4Optional Purplesoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Torment Pulse
  Good for farming and fighting. Procs Radiant Regen and Escalating Exposure.
2. 2
  Superior Cooldown
  Very strong item but can skip to hit EE sooner. I often buy after EE.
3. 3
  Spirit Snatch
  Built from Spirit Strike
  IYKYK. Scales with spirit and we have a lot of spirit. Weave in lots of light melees when we are standing on top of people. Dont heavy melee too often though.
5Optional Greensoptional
Author's category · 6 items · Buy at least 2, often 3 or more.
1. 1
  Healing Booster
  Built from Extra Regen
  Synergizes well with Radiant Regen and Light Eater. Buy every game.
2. 2
  Enchanter's Emblem
  Flat +18% Spirit Res is goated and the extra spirit power and CDR is an added perk. I get this item early and often.
3. 3
  Spirit Shielding
6Late Game Core
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Escalating Exposure
  The purest expression of Celeste's ethos.
2. 2
  Scourge
  Lots of Spirit Resist. Allows you to safely commit to teamfights and stand on top of people dealing massive AOE damage.
3. 3
  Boundless Spirit
  Max out your spirit power. Gives less damage than EE at 6 stacks.
7Purge Debuffsoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Dispel Magic
  Some games this is 100% nessisary, some games its not. Usually buy if they have knockdown or shiv infernus mirage etc.
2. 2
  Counterspell
  Pocket ult, Infernus ult, Lash ult, Drifter ult, etc. This item is super good for how much it costs.
8Late greensoptional
Author's category · 5 items · Buy depending on what's killing you
1. 1
  Witchmail
  Super good more offensive green. Very worth if you can get lots of CDR procs. Buy after EE. Good swapout with Scourge.
2. 2
  Plated Armor
  I buy this item A LOT. Really a safe item to buy most games, even if you arent trying to counter one specific gun hero.
3. 3
  Indomitable
9Late Damageoptional
Author's category · 8 items · Game has gone too long and I must spend (L-R based on buy frequency)
1. 1
  Ethereal Shift
  Pop ult + shield before E-shift. You can bounce your ball off your shield while in E-shift and the enemy cant break your shield.
2. 2
  Spiritual Overflow
  Built from Spirit Lifesteal
  A more well rounded gun item. Provides spirit power, spirit lifesteal, and fire rate. Im prefering this to the purely offensive Spellslinger recently.
3. 3
104.8k Gunoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Opening Rounds
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
  The point of gun items on celeste is for maxing fire rate, all the damage comes from Light Eater anyway. If you're going gun buy this + Swift Striker + K-Dash. Some T3s are good too like Spirit Rend.
2. 2
  Kinetic Dash
  Built from Extra Stamina
3. 3
  Swift Striker

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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 6		Light Eater: 5 AP upgrade, step 8