Celesteela

Celesteela
Information
Type	Steel /  Flying
Gender	Genderless
Abilities	Regular Beast Boost
Species	Launch Pokémon
Height and Weight	Height 9.2 m / 30'02" Weight 1000 kg / 2204.4 lbs.
Introduced in	Generation VII
Body, Footprint, Color, Egg group, and Cry	Body Shape 12 Color Green Egg group(s) Undiscovered
Pokédex
National Pokédex	0797
Kanto	N/A / N/A (PE)
Johto	N/A / N/A (HGSS)
Hoenn	N/A / N/A (ORAS)
Sinnoh and Hisui	Sinnoh N/A / N/A (Pt) Hisui N/A
Unova	N/A / N/A (B2W2)
Kalos	Central Kalos N/A Coastal Kalos N/A Mountain Kalos N/A
Alola	297 / 397 (USUM)
Galar	N/A / N/A (TIoA) / N/A (TCT)
Paldea, Kitakami and Blueberry	Paldea N/A Kitakami N/A Blueberry N/A
In other languages
Japanese	Name テッカグヤ Tekkaguya
Japanese	Name テッカグヤ Tekkaguya
English	Name Celesteela
English	Name Celesteela

Celesteela (Japanese: テッカグヤ, Hepburn: Tekkaguya) (sell-uh-STEEL-uh), code-named UB-04 Blaster (Japanese: UB04 Blaster), is a Steel/Flying-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VII. It is an Ultra Beast, one of the several species of Pokémon native to Ultra Space. It is the counterpart of the Ultra Beast known as Kartana, sharing the same code-number "UB-04".

Biology

Physiology

Celesteela is a tall, somewhat cone-shaped, grayish-green Pokémon. It has a long, thin, segmented white neck and a small head. It has a small mouth, long, grayish-green "hair" that reaches its lower body, two cyan dots on its hair that resemble eyes, white stick-like objects going through its hair and forming an X shape, and a cone-shaped spike on its head with two rings around it near the base.

Celesteela's lower body is shaped like a bamboo shoot and surrounded by a four-layered green structure that somewhat resembles a dress or vest. Underneath that is a white pattern that resembles woven reeds, and the bottom of its body has six black tubes with aqua-colored rings on the ends coming out of a hole.

Celesteela's arms, which aren't attached to its body but float freely around it, are about as tall as it is and resemble bamboo plants. It has eight-fingered hands, its fingers resembling the tubes on the bottom of its body, and its palms appear to have a similar circular opening. Its wrists have aqua-colored rings around them with rocket-like fins attached to them.

Behavior

Celesteela, like all of its fellow Ultra Beasts, is destructive, malevolent, and evil. Its extremely heavy body contains a flammable rocket fuel that it uses to fly and shoot fire out of its arms in combat. Despite not being Grass type, Celesteela can absorb nutrients from soil and appears to grow like a plant.

Evolution

Celesteela doesn't evolve.

Game info

Game locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Sun and Moon	Haina Desert and Malie Garden (Moon Only)	Two
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon	Ultra Crater (Moon Only)	Unlimited
Sword and Shield	Trade	None
SWSH The Crown Tundra	Dynamax Adventures	One

Pokédex entries

• Sun

  It appeared from the Ultra Wormhole. Witnesses observed it flying across the sky at high speed.

• Moon

  One kind of Ultra Beast. Witnesses have seen it burn down a forest by expelling gas from its two arms.

• Ultra Sun

  One of the dangerous UBs, high energy readings can be detected coming from both of its huge arms.

• Ultra Moon

  Although it's alien to this world and a danger here, it's apparently a common organism in the world where it normally lives.

Stats

Stats
HP	97
Attack	101
Defense	103
Sp. Atk	107
Sp. Def	101
Speed	61
Total	570

Learnset

Leveling

LevelingGeneration VII
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
1	Wide Guard	—	—%	10	Rock	Status
1	Air Slash	75	95%	15	Flying	Special
1	Ingrain	—	—%	20	Grass	Status
1	Harden	—	—%	30	Normal	Status
1	Tackle	40	100%	35	Normal	Physical
7	Smack Down	50	100%	15	Rock	Physical
13	Mega Drain	40	100%	15	Grass	Special
19	Leech Seed	—	90%	10	Grass	Status
23	Metal Sound	—	85%	40	Steel	Status
29	Iron Head	80	100%	15	Steel	Physical
31	Giga Drain	75	100%	15	Grass	Special
37	Flash Cannon	80	100%	10	Steel	Special
43	Autotomize	—	—%	15	Steel	Status
47	Seed Bomb	80	100%	15	Grass	Physical
53	Skull Bash	130	100%	10	Normal	Physical
59	Iron Defense	—	—%	15	Steel	Status
67	Heavy Slam	—	100%	10	Steel	Physical
73	Double-Edge	120	100%	15	Normal	Physical
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

TM

TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation VII
TM/HM/TR	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
TM06	Toxic	—	90%	10	Poison	Status
TM10	Hidden Power	60	100%	15	Normal	Special
TM15	Hyper Beam	150	90%	5	Normal	Special
TM17	Protect	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM21	Frustration	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM22	Solar Beam	120	100%	10	Grass	Special
TM23	Smack Down	50	100%	15	Rock	Physical
TM26	Earthquake	100	100%	10	Ground	Physical
TM27	Return	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM32	Double Team	—	—%	15	Normal	Status
TM35	Flamethrower	90	100%	15	Fire	Special
TM38	Fire Blast	110	85%	5	Fire	Special
TM42	Facade	70	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM43	Flame Charge	50	100%	20	Fire	Physical
TM44	Rest	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status
TM48	Round	60	100%	15	Normal	Special
TM53	Energy Ball	90	100%	10	Grass	Special
TM59	Brutal Swing	60	100%	20	Dark	Physical
TM62	Acrobatics	55	100%	15	Flying	Physical
TM64	Explosion	250	100%	5	Normal	Physical
TM67	Smart Strike	70	100%	10	Steel	Physical
TM68	Giga Impact	150	90%	5	Normal	Physical
TM71	Stone Edge	80	100%	5	Rock	Physical
TM74	Gyro Ball	—	100%	5	Steel	Physical
TM76	Fly	90	95%	15	Flying	Physical
TM78	Bulldoze	60	100%	20	Ground	Physical
TM80	Rock Slide	75	90%	10	Rock	Physical
TM86	Grass Knot	—	100%	20	Grass	Special
TM87	Swagger	—	85%	15	Normal	Status
TM88	Sleep Talk	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM90	Substitute	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM91	Flash Cannon	80	100%	10	Steel	Special
TM100	Confide	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Breeding

Celesteela learns no moves via breeding.

Tutoring

Tutoring Generation VII
Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
Block USUM	—	—%	5	Normal	Status
Giga Drain USUM	75	100%	10	Grass	Special
Gravity USUM	—	—%	5	Psychic	Status
Iron Defense USUM	—	—%	15	Steel	Status
Iron Head USUM	80	100%	15	Steel	Physical
Magnet Rise USUM	—	—%	10	Electric	Status
Seed Bomb USUM	80	100%	15	Grass	Physical
Shock Wave USUM	60	—%	20	Electric	Special
Snore USUM	50	100%	15	Normal	Special
Stomping Tantrum USUM	75	100%	10	Ground	Physical
Superpower USUM	120	100%	5	Fighting	Physical
Zen Headbutt USUM	80	90%	15	Psychic	Physical
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Anime

• Celesteela (anime)

Trivia

• Celesteela is the heaviest known Pokémon.
• Celesteela is the most potent user of Heavy Slam, as only a handful of Pokémon are heavy enough to take the attack at less than maximum power. It is also the heaviest Pokémon that can not only learn Heavy Slam, but also get STAB from it, too.
• Due to behaving similarly to trees and rockets, Celesteela can learn various Grass- and Fire-type attacks in spite of its unconventional typing.

The baby Celesteela shown in the anime.

• Out of the Ultra Beasts, Celesteela has the most balanced stats.
• Celesteela is the tallest Ultra Beast.
• In Rise and Shine, Starship!, a baby form of Celesteela is shown that does not appear in any other official Pokémon media.

Origin

Celesteela is based on a spaceship, a bamboo plant, and possibly bamboo rockets (a traditional craft in Laos and some parts of Thailand). Its bamboo and spaceship theme may also be based on the tale of Princess Kaguya, a Japanese mythological figure who was born from a bamboo stalk and came from the Moon. Its overall appearance also match descriptions/artwork of Princess Kaguya, who is shown to have a multi-layed kimono dress and long hair. It may also be based on the JAXA Moon probe SELENE (nicknamed "Kaguya") who had orbited the moon from 2007 to 2009, the two years lattermost numbers making up Celesteela's index number (#797).

With the theory that the original seven Ultra Beasts are based on the Seven Deadly Sins, Celesteela may be based on the Sin of Sloth, as it is one of the heaviest Pokémon and, with the exception of its high-speed flying, is often depicted as slow-moving.

Etymology

Celesteela is a portmanteau of "celestial" (as it's alien in origin and based on a spaceship), "steel", and stella (Latin for "star").

Tekkaguya comes from 鉄 (tetsu, iron), "tech" (short for technology, owing to its somewhat robotic nature), 鉄火 (tekka, gunfire), and Kaguya.

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