Celeste build guide

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by basilVersion 16Updated Sep 17, 2026Guide #745921

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Author's notes

MAX BALL OVER MAX SHIELD ONLY IF 1. midboss about to happen 2. you're playing from behind and are not buying witchmail 3. rift fight is about to happen and you're not buying witchmail

Item categories

1Lane
Author's category · 8 items · buy 1 shield
1. 1
  High-Velocity Rounds
2. 2
  Extra Regen
3. 3
  Mystic Expansion
4. 4
  Mystic Burst
5. 5
  Mystic Regeneration
6. 6
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
7. 7
  Healing Booster
  Built from Extra Regen
8. 8
  Grit
21 barrier onlyoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Spirit Shielding
  Built from Grit
2. 2
  Weapon Shielding
  Built from Grit
3. 3
  Rebuttal
3
Author's category · 6 items · if the game allows you to buy witchmail, buy tpulse after/before cspell
1. 1
  Reactive Barrier
  Built from Grit
2. 2
  Restorative Locket
3. 3
  Compress Cooldown
4. 4
4if witchmail
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Torment Pulse
2. 2
  Witchmail
5optional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Dispel Magic
6Late game
Game stage · 12 items · L>R prio, think about what ur buying. completely changes depending on comp and game state
1. 1
  Scourge
2. 2
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
3. 3
  Ethereal Shift
  sell counterspell for this
4. 4
7optional
Author's category · 6 items · components / situational stuff
1. 1
  Healbane
2. 2
  Spirit Lifesteal
3. 3
  Mystic Slow
4. 4
8optional
Author's category · 8 items · situational / testing
1. 1
  Plated Armor
2. 2
  Colossus
3. 3
  Spellbreaker
4. 4
9optional
Author's category · 2 items · situational
1. 1
  Tankbuster
  Built from Mystic Burst
2. 2
  Rapid Recharge
  Built from Extra Charge

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 7	Light Eater: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Light Eater: 5 AP upgrade, step 9