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Published guides that Celeste players started matches with in this period, most used first, with copies and near-identical guides removed. Usage comes from the API's analysed matches and counts the guide selected at match start; it doesn't show whether players followed it. Game mode can't be filtered for this data.

TOP 1 CELESTE NA - SHMUCK

by Little ShmuckVersion 101Guide updated Oct 3, 2026Guide #448516Author's tags: Spirit, For New Players

Matches started with it: 198
Won: 42.9%
Players: 185
In-game favourites: 50,564 (not match usage)

Items, as published

1Early game
Game stage
1. 1
  High-Velocity Rounds
2. 2
  Extra Regen
3. 3
  Opening Rounds
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
4. 4
  Mystic Regeneration
5. 5
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
6. 6
  Suppressor
7. 7
  Healing Booster
  Built from Extra Regen
8. 8
  Restorative Locket
24.8K Greenoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Healbane
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
3. 3
  Enchanter's Emblem
3Mid Game/Core
Author's category
1. 1
  Torment Pulse
2. 2
  Witchmail
3. 3
  Spiritual Overflow
4. 4
4Resistencesoptional
Author's category · must buy at least 1!!!!
1. 1
  Bullet Resilience
2. 2
  Spirit Resilience
3. 3
  Dispel Magic
4. 4
5Late game
Game stage · Buy how whatever your heart desires
1. 1
  Mercurial Magnum
2. 2
  Superior Cooldown
3. 3
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
4. 4
6Optionaloptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Mystic Expansion
  hit those daggers
2. 2
  Cold Front
3. 3
  Arcane Surge
4. 4

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in TOP 1 CELESTE NA - SHMUCK, 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 9

Among the 12 most-used guides with at least 10 analysed matches: 4 copies and 1 near-identical guide hidden, 2 beyond the top 5. “Core items” counts items in the author's non-optional categories.

What to buy, in order

Torment Pulse + Greater Expansion + Radiant Regeneration style

1Early
Extra Regen
~1:05
2Early
High-Velocity Rounds
~2:58
3Early
Mystic Regeneration
~5:58
4Early
Mystic Expansion
~6:03
Imbue: Radiant Daggers
5Early
Radiant Regeneration
~8:45
from Mystic Regeneration
6Mid
Healing Booster
~10:55
from Extra Regen
7Mid
Grit
~11:04
8Mid
Spirit Shielding
~12:36
from Grit
9Mid
Restorative Locket
~12:49
10Mid
Torment Pulse
~15:53
11Mid
Greater Expansion
~19:58
from Mystic Expansion
12Late
Opening Rounds
~20:55
from High-Velocity Rounds
13Late
Tankbuster
~21:44
continuation
14Late
Witchmail
~24:32
15Late
Mystic Vulnerability
~26:03
16Late
Escalating Exposure
~28:55
from Mystic Vulnerability

Times are when players on this build typically bought each item (observed guidance, not deadlines). Dashed steps are late continuations: this style's most-bought late items, added so the build runs to the late game. Stage details below show how many of this group bought each item, optional items and situational swaps.

By stage

“Bought” percentages say how many players in this group bought the item; they are not win rates. Swaps are our advice from each item's current game text, not measured matchup results.

1Early
0–9 min
1. 1
  Extra Regen
  99% bought · ~1:05 · most 0–2 min
2. 2
  High-Velocity Rounds
  98% bought · ~2:58 · most 2–4 min
3. 3

Skill order

The most common choice at each point among these 1,086 players. The first four points match 428 of them; 87 used this exact full order.

Celeste skill order: unlocks and upgrades in order, one row per ability in slot order
Light EaterLight Eater	Light Eater: Ability unlocked, step 1					Light Eater: 1 AP upgrade, step 6		Light Eater: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Light Eater: 5 AP upgrade, step 9

Final inventory target

About this recommendation

Sample: Celeste, normal mode, ranked matches with average rank Phantom or higher, from Oct 5, 2026 (Oct 5, 2026 update) to Oct 8, 2026, never more than 14 days: 1,406 matches, 53.1% won. Unranked matches carry no badge, so a rank bracket means ranked matches only.
Playstyle: the most common trio of 3,200+ soul items by 30:00 was Torment Pulse, Greater Expansion, Radiant Regeneration. 1,086 matches built all three (77% of the sample); 55.7% of them were won. That describes these players, not this exact build, which no one may have followed item for item.
Items: bought by at least 50% of the group; late items are counted among the 368 matches that reached 35:00. If that leaves fewer than 2 late items, the build continues with the group's most-bought late items (at least 30%). Order and times are the group's medians.
Inventory: checked after every purchase with game recipes, observed sales and the observed limits of 12 items and 4 active items.
Ranked Celeste matches by rank in this window: Mystic 734 · Sentinel 839 · Initiate 626 · Seeker 1,155 · Phantom 726 · Ritualist 603 · Emissary 656 · Acolyte 918 · Oracle 809 · Eternus 199 · Ascendant 481.
Snapshot generated Oct 9, 2026 from the Deadlock API public data lake (data as of Oct 8, 2026).

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TOP 1 CELESTE NA - SHMUCK

by Little ShmuckVersion 101Guide updated Oct 3, 2026Guide #448516Author's tags: Spirit, For New Players

Matches started with it: 198
Won: 42.9%
Players: 185
In-game favourites: 50,564 (not match usage)

Items, as published

1Early game
Game stage
1. 1
  High-Velocity Rounds
2. 2
  Extra Regen
3. 3
  Opening Rounds
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
4. 4
  Mystic Regeneration
5. 5
  Radiant Regeneration
  Built from Mystic Regeneration
6. 6
  Suppressor
7. 7
  Healing Booster
  Built from Extra Regen
8. 8
  Restorative Locket
24.8K Greenoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Healbane
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
3. 3
  Enchanter's Emblem
3Mid Game/Core
Author's category
1. 1
  Torment Pulse
2. 2
  Witchmail
3. 3
  Spiritual Overflow
4. 4
4Resistencesoptional
Author's category · must buy at least 1!!!!
1. 1
  Bullet Resilience
2. 2
  Spirit Resilience
3. 3
  Dispel Magic
4. 4
5Late game
Game stage · Buy how whatever your heart desires
1. 1
  Mercurial Magnum
2. 2
  Superior Cooldown
3. 3
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
4. 4
6Optionaloptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Mystic Expansion
  hit those daggers
2. 2
  Cold Front
3. 3
  Arcane Surge
4. 4

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in TOP 1 CELESTE NA - SHMUCK, 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 9

Among the 12 most-used guides with at least 10 analysed matches: 4 copies and 1 near-identical guide hidden, 2 beyond the top 5. “Core items” counts items in the author's non-optional categories.

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Celeste - Bruiser-DPS [62% WR] [tracklock.gg], one row per ability in slot order
Light EaterLight Eater	Light Eater: Ability unlocked, step 1	Light Eater: 1 AP upgrade, step 2			Light Eater: 2 AP upgrade, step 5				Light Eater: 5 AP upgrade, step 9
Dazzling TrickDazzling Trick			Dazzling Trick: Ability unlocked, step 3							Dazzling Trick: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Dazzling Trick: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Dazzling Trick: 5 AP upgrade, step 12
Radiant DaggersRadiant Daggers				Radiant Daggers: Ability unlocked, step 4		Radiant Daggers: 1 AP upgrade, step 6		Radiant Daggers: 2 AP upgrade, step 8								Radiant Daggers: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Shining WonderShining Wonder							Shining Wonder: Ability unlocked, step 7						Shining Wonder: 1 AP upgrade, step 13	Shining Wonder: 2 AP upgrade, step 14	Shining Wonder: 5 AP upgrade, step 15

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Dew, 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 9
Dazzling TrickDazzling Trick		Dazzling Trick: Ability unlocked, step 2								Dazzling Trick: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Dazzling Trick: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Dazzling Trick: 5 AP upgrade, step 12
Radiant DaggersRadiant Daggers			Radiant Daggers: Ability unlocked, step 3				Radiant Daggers: 1 AP upgrade, step 7	Radiant Daggers: 2 AP upgrade, step 8								Radiant Daggers: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Shining WonderShining Wonder				Shining Wonder: Ability unlocked, step 4									Shining Wonder: 1 AP upgrade, step 13	Shining Wonder: 2 AP upgrade, step 14	Shining Wonder: 5 AP upgrade, step 15

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Yamakasi God, i.e going Disco(Virtuoso) mode, 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
Dazzling TrickDazzling Trick		Dazzling Trick: Ability unlocked, step 2								Dazzling Trick: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Dazzling Trick: 2 AP upgrade, step 11				Dazzling Trick: 5 AP upgrade, step 15
Radiant DaggersRadiant Daggers			Radiant Daggers: Ability unlocked, step 3		Radiant Daggers: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Radiant Daggers: 2 AP upgrade, step 6										Radiant Daggers: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Shining WonderShining Wonder				Shining Wonder: Ability unlocked, step 4								Shining Wonder: 1 AP upgrade, step 12	Shining Wonder: 2 AP upgrade, step 13	Shining Wonder: 5 AP upgrade, step 14

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Rey's Magical Moveicorn, 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 7
Dazzling TrickDazzling Trick			Dazzling Trick: Ability unlocked, step 3										Dazzling Trick: 1 AP upgrade, step 13	Dazzling Trick: 2 AP upgrade, step 14	Dazzling Trick: 5 AP upgrade, step 15
Radiant DaggersRadiant Daggers		Radiant Daggers: Ability unlocked, step 2						Radiant Daggers: 1 AP upgrade, step 8	Radiant Daggers: 2 AP upgrade, step 9							Radiant Daggers: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Shining WonderShining Wonder				Shining Wonder: Ability unlocked, step 4						Shining Wonder: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Shining Wonder: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Shining Wonder: 5 AP upgrade, step 12

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

TOP 1 CELESTE NA - SHMUCK

Items, as published

Skill order

Celeste - Bruiser-DPS [62% WR] [tracklock.gg]

Items, as published

Dew

Items, as published

Yamakasi God, i.e going Disco(Virtuoso) mode

Items, as published

Rey's Magical Moveicorn

Items, as published

What to buy, in order

By stage

Skill order

Final inventory target

Celeste builds

Upgrades and replacements

TOP 1 CELESTE NA - SHMUCK

Items, as published

Skill order

Celeste - Bruiser-DPS [62% WR] [tracklock.gg]

Items, as published

Dew

Items, as published

Yamakasi God, i.e going Disco(Virtuoso) mode

Items, as published

Rey's Magical Moveicorn

Items, as published

Skill order

Skill order

Skill order

Skill order