| Threat | Hero | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
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Alpha | Not much of a threat at all, very easy to kill while rebooting as it's guaranteed to land supernovas. Any hero with a lot of burst is good into alpha, and mid-late game celeste definitely has a lot of burst. |
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Celeste’s Heroic perk gives her a crystal ratio on her basic attacks, making it very good for clearing lane minions and conserving energy.
Celeste needs to manage energy at all times, so if you don’t want to push or want to conserve energy, you should be using auto attacks to clear out minions. Additionally, enemies hit by basic attacks will be revealed for a short duration. This is especially good against heroes with stealth like
Taka and
Kestrel so if they get close make sure to basic attack them to make sure you can see them at all times.
Heliogenesis Celeste’s
Heliogenesis is the centerpiece of her kit, and is her main damage source. With
Heliogenesis,
Celeste can place a star in a location within the radius, dealing damage in a small area to enemies it hits. If another star is placed on top of it, the star will go “Supernova” and explode in a much larger area, dealing much more damage as well. With a relatively short range in the early game, it can sometimes be hard to stay safe until level 8. Level 8 is
Celeste’s huge powerspike, as
Heliogenesis gets a large range buff once the overdrive is taken. ALWAYS upgrade
Heliogenesis to the overdrive first. Heliogenesis is an amazing zoning tool, and can be used to attempt to dissuade your enemies from chasing you as they will have to walk through Supernovas to get close to you. Since you will get much more damage and value by landing Supernovas onto your enemy, it is often best to lay
Heliogenesis stars around the area of the fight and explode them when the enemy gets close to them.
Heliogenesis stars stay on the fold for a decent duration, so use them to zone your enemies into beneficial positions for your team. Against compositions with other poke heroes like
Skaarf,
Skye and
Adagio, place the
Heliogenesis stars behind them so they will also take damage if they try and run away and are forced to fight you.
Core Collapse Core Collapse serves as
Celeste’s major crowd control ability, and her major defense against melee heroes. Oftentimes, landing a
Core Collapse can be the difference in winning and losing a teamfight against certain team compositions. Since it has a delay and is a skillshot, it can be hard to master landing
Core Collapse. However, if used in tight corridors or in the center of the enemy hero, it is nearly impossible for them to avoid it without reflexing it. If the enemy is moving, you should place it where they will likely be. For example, against a
Taka, you should use it AFTER he uses
X-Retsu or
Kaiten, as it is easy to predict where he will land. Core Collapse has very good synergy with other crowd control abilities to combine with for a chain effect. For example, using a
Catherine
Merciless Pursuit to get the first stun and then
Celeste stuns immediately after for a nice chain stun.
Celeste also has really good synergy with
Phinn, as his abilities are also Area of Effect, and can be combined for devastating damage to the whole enemy team. Core Collapse, as oftentimes it can be only used once or maybe twice a fight. Only use
Core Collapse when absolutely necessary like to stop an enemy engagement or cancel an enemy major ability. Core Collapse reduces the cooldown significantly, greatly increases the damage and increases the stun duration by 50%. Most people do not ever take the overdrive on
Core Collapse, but it is actually very good in certain situations. Usually it is best against dive heavy compositions with
Taka and
Glaive, as the extra stun duration and lower cooldown is very helpful. It is also good to take the Overdrive against heroes like
Vox and
Adagio where team fights will be longer, and more stuns will be very helpful.
Solar Storm Solar Storm is one of the only global ultimates in the game, making it possible to snipe enemy heroes or objectives from a distance. When activated,
Celeste sends a trail of shooting stars across the map in a line. The amount of stars is increased with each level of the ability. When a star hits an enemy, it will disappear, but the the “lead star” will always travel across the entire map no matter what it hits. This ability is often best used as a cleanup tool at the end of fights when the enemies have low health or are escaping. Don’t use it in the middle of team fights or as a gap closer unless you know it will kill them. Since it has a cast and travel time, it is best used in tight corridors where the enemy can’t dash out of it easily. Additionally, the stars are aoe so try and land it on multiple enemies. Solar Storm only increases the damage and the amount of total stars, so usually it is best to max against squishy opponents like
Ringo. It is also good to max against mobile heroes like
Skye as more stars means the width of the ability is increased, making it easier to land more damage onto mobile heroes. If you’re not sure what to max in any scenario, usually max
Solar Storm.
Celeste with: Celeste pairs well with pretty much any of the standard roam heroes, but is best with heroes that can peel well for her and can provide extra mobility or defense. Phinn- Has a lot of are of effect abilities, combining very well with
Celeste’s AOE damage/crowd control. Also can peel very well for her, and provides her a lot of extra survivability with his b ability. Catherine- Her
Merciless Pursuit is very good for peeling and can be used to set up chain stuns with
Celeste.
Ardan-
Vanguard is incredibly good for keeping
Celeste safe in team fights, and
Gauntlet groups enemies up making it very easy to land supernovas.
Lance- Has lockdown potential with his
Impale, and can peel very well with his
Gythian Wall. Lance also has a ton of mobility, so he can pretty much be wherever
Celeste needs him to be at any time. Celeste with: Celeste will always be CP, you usually want a weapon power counterpart in jungle.
Celeste is more than capable of outputting most of the damage in team fights, so tanky bruisers that can soak up a lot of damage and peel for her are very effective.
Glaive,
Alpha and
Krul are all very good with
Celeste with their peel and ability to soak up a lot of damage.
Taka is not very good with
Celeste because he needs to dive into the enemy team while
Celeste needs to kite back.
Like any other mage,
Celeste really just wants to get to farm and late game. However,
Celeste can still be very strong early on. The only weak part of her early game is her range, making it potentially hard to stay alive in engagements. To counter this, buy boots early on and use them +
Core Collapse to create distance if necessary. Still, though, it is best to only fight if necessary and focus on farming until you hit major power spikes at level 6 and 8.
Celeste begins to spike in the mid game once she hits level 6 and 8 in addition to completing key items like
Broken Myth and
Eve of Harvest. Once hitting these powerspikes, push the lane and try to gain advantages around the map with your team. You should be trying to get gold mine payouts and turrets around this time if you are not behind by a significant margin. You should be stealing jungle camps and providing vision for your team in bushes with
Heliogenesis. With
Travel Boots and her extremely long range,
Celeste can be pretty much anywhere her team needs her to be on the map.
In late game team fights,
Celeste will be the main damage dealer for her team.
Celeste is really best described as a control mage, as she dictates the positioning of enemies with her
Heliogenesis stars and has a lot of Crowd Control with
Frostburn and
Core Collapse. Try to begin fights by poking the enemy with
Heliogenesis and building up
Broken Myth stacks. Put
Heliogenesis stars in places you don’t want the enemy to be to zone them. Celeste’s positioning is key to winning team fights. Be very careful about how exposed you are to the enemy. With her extremely long range, she should keep a safe distance and deal damage from the back line while your teammates tank damage in the front. Against dive compositions, you need to be as far back as possible with your team kiting with you. Use
Core Collapse to stop melee enemies and boots to create additional distance if needed.
Heliogenesis kind of like a flare to give vision in bushes. Especially in the late game,
Celeste can check every bush for her team from a safe distance. In the early game, put a
Heliogenesis star in the enemy bush before moving onto their side of the lane to make sure you are safe. Always check bushes if you are unsure if there are enemies there. Celeste. In the early game, try and use auto attacks to clear the minions as much as possible so you can build the void battery later than usual. In the late game, auto attacks can often clear waves faster than
Heliogenesis stars, as it has higher minion damage stats. Solar Storm to snipe, always build
Broken Myth stacks before using it. Especially in team fights, having
Broken Myth stacks will drastically increase the damage potential. Additionally, if using in a team fight, try and land the stars onto multiple enemies for maximum damage output. Core Collapseis a very viable option. See the abilities section for more situational details.
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