Celeste build guide

Master the circus

by ShyVersion 1Updated Aug 18, 2026Guide #771016

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Author's notes

Rank 1 Celeste EU

Item categories

1Opening
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Extra Regen
2. 2
  Cold Front
  Increased damage height from 3.5m to 5m which is important for Celeste (sell later if not needed)
3. 3
  Mystic Regeneration
4. 4
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
5. 5
  High-Velocity Rounds
6. 6
  Healing Booster
  Built from Extra Regen
2Situationaloptional
Author's category · 12 items · green spike here or skip if you need encore asap
1. 1
  Warp Stone
2. 2
  Metal Skin
  Haze ult
3. 3
  Counterspell
  buy only if Dispel can't do the trick
4. 4
3Middle
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Torment Pulse
2. 2
  Mystic Expansion
3. 3
  Greater Expansion
  Built from Mystic Expansion
  = more big
4Encore Damageoptional
Author's category · 12 items · Your choice
1. 1
  Scourge
  MIGHT BE FIRE TRY IT OUT
2. 2
  Boundless Spirit
  Pure damage
3. 3
  Silencer
  There's absolutely no reason why this item should give 12% Spirit Resist IN ADDITION to the -25% damage penalty
4. 4
5Encore Survivaloptional
Author's category · 12 items · Your choice
1. 1
  Ethereal Shift
2. 2
  Witchmail
  might be fun to spam abilities LMAO
3. 3
  Phantom Strike
  disarm + get close to enemy, makes vindicta and grey talon easier to fight
4. 4
6optional
Author's category · 9 items · Weird items 4 weird senarios
1. 1
  Slowing Hex
  only you are allowed to be slippery
2. 2
  Disarming Hex
  cheater or some m1 carry that is a problem
3. 3
  Cursed Relic
  Good if you can take the damage penalty
4. 4

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