Build file · 25 Oct to 3 Nov
Celeste build and item order
What Celeste players buy, what a long game ends with, what changes against each enemy, and the in-game builds they pick.
The Celeste build in brief
Most Celeste players open with High-Velocity Rounds and Extra Regen, then pick up Radiant Regeneration (around 12 minutes, 77% of games) and Torment Pulse (around 19 minutes, 70% of games).
The build splits in the mid game: the most common big buys from 9 to 20 minutes are Radiant Regeneration (56%), Torment Pulse (52%) and Greater Expansion (29%).
In games past 35 minutes, a finished Celeste carries about 11 items, 41.5k souls, 57% of them spirit; most end with Radiant Regeneration (87%), Greater Expansion (84%) and Torment Pulse (80%).
Beyond the core items, the commonest big buy from 20 to 30 minutes is Witchmail (25% of games); the late-game duel sets it against Rapid Recharge (10% of games).
In long games, players pick Restorative Locket or Improved Spirit: of those who buy either, 12% buy both.
The clearest change by opponent: against Haze, Celeste players buy Metal Skin at about ×4.37 the usual rate (19,829 buyers; adjusted, with small samples pulled towards ×1).
The most used in-game build is "Celeste - Bruiser-DPS [57% WR] [tracklock.gg]" by Tracklock, picked in 38,537 games (49% won).
The finished build 7 days · games over 35 min (47%)
What Celeste games of 35 minutes or more end with, slot by slot: the share of those games still holding each item at the end, and when it's bought. Pick an item for its upgrade chain and numbers.
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Each segment is an item's hold × its cost; the hatched end of each slot is held in items off the board.
Games over 35 minutes end with about 11 items, so 5 sockets read “usually empty”. Solid frames: held at the end of at least half of those games; dashed: fewer. Flex slots take any slot type, and each flex item keeps its own slot colour. From 197,071 long games (47% of Celeste games).
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| Slot | Item | Held | Bought | Sold or upgraded | Buy time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Opening Rounds | 52% | 67% | 22% | ~13:33 | 1,600 |
| Weapon | Spiritual Overflow | 44% | 44% | 1% | ~32:10 | 6,400 |
| Vitality | Healing Booster | 55% | 75% | 27% | ~12:37 | 1,600 |
| Vitality | Stamina Mastery | 50% | 51% | 2% | ~24:35 | 3,200 |
| Vitality | Witchmail | 50% | 50% | 1% | ~29:42 | 6,400 |
| Vitality | Restorative Locket | 40% | 51% | 21% | ~15:44 | 1,600 |
| Spirit | Radiant Regeneration | 87% | 88% | 1% | ~12:27 | 3,200 |
| Spirit | Greater Expansion | 84% | 84% | 1% | ~23:15 | 3,200 |
| Spirit | Torment Pulse | 80% | 81% | 2% | ~19:09 | 3,200 |
| Spirit | Escalating Exposure | 61% | 62% | 1% | ~32:10 | 6,400 |
| Flex (spirit) | Boundless Spirit | 36% | 36% | 1% | ~33:38 | 6,400 |
| Weapon, alternate | Spellslinger | 23% | 24% | 1% | ~34:46 | 6,400 |
| Vitality, alternate | Healbane | 26% | 32% | 17% | ~19:47 | 1,600 |
| Vitality, alternate | Spirit Shielding | 20% | 27% | 25% | ~16:47 | 1,600 |
| Spirit, alternate | Suppressor | 35% | 47% | 26% | ~12:59 | 1,600 |
| Spirit, alternate | Tankbuster | 32% | 33% | 2% | ~26:09 | 3,200 |
| Spirit, alternate | Transcendent Cooldown | 28% | 29% | 1% | ~34:49 | 6,400 |
Against other heroes 21 days
What players change, not proof it works. ★ marks an item whose buyers win at least 1 point more against that enemy than buyers of other items of its tier, after checking for chance, over 21 days: ★ all pools every hero's buyers, ★ Celeste is Celeste players only.
The 8 clearest changes in what Celeste players buy, across every enemy. Pick enemies above the board to see one lineup.
Lifts compare how often Celeste players buy an item in games against a hero with how often they buy it otherwise, over 21 days, with the build's usual items set to ×1 and small samples pulled towards ×1. Cells need 200 buyers. Several enemies are combined from separate match-ups (a weighted average of their lifts), not games against that exact team.
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| Enemy | Item | Buy rate change | Buyers | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haze | Metal Skin | ×4.37 | 20k | ★ +3.4 pts over tier III · 20k buyers, Celeste only |
| Lash | Counterspell | ×2.26 | 15k | — |
| Haze | Plated Armor | ×1.89 | 18k | — |
| Deadman Danny | Knockdown | ×1.98 | 15k | — |
| Apollo | Slowing Hex | ×2.18 | 5.6k | — |
| Baba | Rebuttal | ×2.27 | 4.7k | — |
| Shiv | Dispel Magic | ×1.63 | 10k | ★ +1.9 pts over tier III · 10k buyers, Celeste only |
| Victor | Healbane | ×1.21 | 52k | — |
What you hold, minute by minute 7 days
Each band is one item: the share of Celeste games still going at that minute that hold it. The bands stack, so the top edge is the whole inventory. Press play, or drag the slider, to watch a game fill up. Hover a band for its numbers.
At 45:00 you'd typically hold
Estimated from when players buy and sell; assumes what they buy doesn't depend on how long the game will last. Hatched minutes rest on fewer than a quarter of games. The 12-item line is where the base slots are full and flex slots start.
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| Item | 5:00 | 10:00 | 15:00 | 20:00 | 25:00 | 30:00 | 35:00 | 40:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-Velocity Rounds | 77% | 81% | 52% | 20% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 16% |
| Opening Rounds | 12% | 30% | 39% | 50% | 60% | 63% | 64% | 61% |
| Spiritual Overflow | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 17% | 30% | 40% |
| Other weapon items | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Extra Regen | 71% | 71% | 35% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| Healing Booster | 2% | 21% | 58% | 68% | 71% | 72% | 71% | 64% |
| Restorative Locket | 0% | 2% | 26% | 44% | 47% | 49% | 48% | 45% |
| Healbane | 0% | 2% | 12% | 20% | 24% | 27% | 29% | 29% |
| Stamina Mastery | 0% | 0% | 5% | 17% | 29% | 37% | 43% | 48% |
| Spirit Lifesteal | 0% | 3% | 9% | 17% | 28% | 29% | 17% | 16% |
| Witchmail | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 13% | 29% | 39% | 45% |
| Other vitality items | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Mystic Regeneration | 33% | 56% | 14% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Radiant Regeneration | 0% | 35% | 69% | 78% | 81% | 83% | 84% | 85% |
| Mystic Expansion | 10% | 49% | 59% | 51% | 16% | 7% | 7% | 7% |
| Greater Expansion | 0% | 1% | 7% | 30% | 58% | 71% | 78% | 82% |
| Suppressor | 0% | 12% | 38% | 42% | 44% | 45% | 45% | 41% |
| Torment Pulse | 0% | 1% | 16% | 53% | 71% | 75% | 78% | 79% |
| Tankbuster | 0% | 0% | 2% | 7% | 17% | 23% | 28% | 31% |
| Escalating Exposure | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 9% | 24% | 40% | 56% |
| Boundless Spirit | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 5% | 12% | 20% | 31% |
| Transcendent Cooldown | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 24% |
| Other spirit items | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| Items held, in all | 2.4 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 11.3 |
Items show the share holding them; other items show the average number held.
Buy windows: clock against souls 7 days
When Celeste players buy each big item, and how its buyers did. Bars are buyers; the line is the share of them who won, with its 95% band. Switch to souls at purchase to see how much of the early-buyer edge is just being ahead.
Witchmail by the clock: 67% → 48%. By souls at purchase: 51–57%.
Radiant Regeneration
294,568 buyers · 48.8% won overall
most buy it 9–13 min
48.8% of all its buyers won.
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Torment Pulse
267,205 buyers · 49.9% won overall
most buy it 15–21 min
By the clock: 60% → 44%. By souls at purchase: 48–52%.
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Greater Expansion
265,800 buyers · 49.8% won overall
most buy it 18–25 min
49.8% of all its buyers won.
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Stamina Mastery
150,709 buyers · 49.2% won overall
most buy it 18–28 min
49.2% of all its buyers won.
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Witchmail
139,158 buyers · 53.8% won overall
most buy it 24–31 min
By the clock: 67% → 48%. By souls at purchase: 51–57%.
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Escalating Exposure
156,296 buyers · 53.2% won overall
most buy it 26–35 min
53.2% of all its buyers won.
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Spiritual Overflow
111,817 buyers · 53.2% won overall
most buy it 27–34 min
53.2% of all its buyers won.
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Boundless Spirit
89,224 buyers · 52.6% won overall
most buy it 27–37 min
52.6% of all its buyers won.
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For Torment Pulse and Witchmail, buying early wins more mostly because early buyers are already ahead: by souls at purchase the line is much flatter. Win rates describe; they don't say an item wins games.
Two late games, side by side 7 days
What Celeste players buy after 30 minutes, split by the big item they took at 20–30 minutes. Bars are the share of each side's games reaching 30 minutes that bought the item. Pick the two sides to compare.
Witchmail at 20–30 min
105,669 games · 55.0% won · 74% reach 30 min
Rapid Recharge at 20–30 min
39,967 games · 46.7% won · 74% reach 30 min
| A won | A buys | Late item | B buys | B won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55.9% | 24% | under 10% | ||
| 53.1% | 23% | under 10% | ||
| 55.2% | 37% | 15% | 50.4% | |
| 54.6% | 18% | under 10% | ||
| 54.9% | 46% | 28% | 49.8% | |
| 53.0% | 16% | 14% | 50.0% | |
| 52.3% | 16% | 17% | 48.9% | |
| 52.9% | 9% | 19% | 50.0% | |
| 55.2% | 15% | 27% | 49.4% | |
| under 9% | 12% | 51.9% | ||
| 52.8% | 12% | 29% | 48.4% |
Shares are of each side's games reaching 30 minutes; an item a side doesn't list was bought by fewer than its smallest listed share. ⇄: both sides buy it in 15% or more of games. Win dots run from 40% to 60%, with a tick at 50%, adjusted for souls at purchase where upstream gives it, with 95% whiskers, hollow under 2,000 buyers. They describe; they don't prove.
Either/or, and sets 7 days · games over 35 min (47%)
Items Celeste players choose between in games over 35 minutes, and items they buy as a package. Every number is printed under its cards; click a card to outline the item in every chart.
Either/or
Restorative Locket or Improved Spirit: 13% buy both.
Only Restorative Locket48.1% won · 82,558 games
Both13%
Only Improved Spirit47.7% won · 40,126 games
Players who bought only one won about the same either way. Out of 140,157 long games with either.
Improved Spirit or Spirit Shielding: only 8% buy both.
Only Improved Spirit48.5% won · 49,043 games
Both8%
Only Spirit Shielding48.8% won · 44,464 games
Players who bought only one won about the same either way. Out of 102,063 long games with either.
Witchmail or Rapid Recharge: only 6% buy both.
Only Witchmail51.0% won · 91,190 games
Both6%
Only Rapid Recharge46.0% won · 34,467 games
Witchmail-only buyers won 5.0 pts more than Rapid Recharge-only buyers. Out of 133,212 long games with either.
Sets
1.9× as likely together
22% of long games · 43,636 games
1.9× as likely together
21% of long games · 41,042 games
1.9× as likely together
20% of long games · 40,020 games
Descriptive: players who pick one may play differently from those who pick the other. Pairs that are one item's upgrade path are left out.
How players get there, 0–30 min 7 days
The items most bought in each phase of the game, and what their buyers bought next. Pick a mid-game item to follow only the players who bought it. Hover an item for its numbers.
- Weapon
- Vitality
- Spirit
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| Phase | Item | Bought in | Won (souls-adjusted) | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–9 min | High-Velocity Rounds | 83% | 48.7% | 347,471 |
| 0–9 min | Extra Regen | 77% | 48.7% | 320,442 |
| 0–9 min | Mystic Regeneration | 73% | 49.1% | 302,908 |
| 0–9 min | Mystic Expansion | 46% | 49.4% | 190,405 |
| 0–9 min | Opening Rounds | 28% | 47.8% | 116,176 |
| 0–9 min | Radiant Regeneration | 22% | 54.1% | 90,723 |
| 9–20 min | Radiant Regeneration | 56% | 48.1% | 232,185 |
| 9–20 min | Healing Booster | 53% | 49.4% | 221,160 |
| 9–20 min | Torment Pulse | 52% | 50.4% | 218,036 |
| 9–20 min | Restorative Locket | 42% | 50.0% | 176,684 |
| 9–20 min | Suppressor | 36% | 49.3% | 148,026 |
| 9–20 min | Greater Expansion | 29% | 49.4% | 120,404 |
| 20–30 min | Greater Expansion | 39% | 49.4% | 164,244 |
| 20–30 min | Witchmail | 25% | 53.3% | 105,669 |
| 20–30 min | Torment Pulse | 21% | 49.2% | 88,002 |
| 20–30 min | Spirit Lifesteal | 21% | 50.1% | 86,827 |
| 20–30 min | Escalating Exposure | 20% | 51.7% | 83,678 |
| 20–30 min | Mystic Vulnerability | 19% | 50.1% | 80,076 |
| 30 min + | Escalating Exposure | 23% | 50.9% | 96,775 |
| 30 min + | Spiritual Overflow | 17% | 51.1% | 70,233 |
| 30 min + | Boundless Spirit | 15% | 51.3% | 62,693 |
| 30 min + | Transcendent Cooldown | 13% | 49.1% | 54,673 |
| 30 min + | Witchmail | 12% | 50.9% | 51,755 |
| 30 min + | Superior Cooldown | 11% | 49.1% | 44,144 |
Bar heights compare how often items are bought within a phase; fewer items are bought late, and the row underneath shows how many games last that long. Win rates are adjusted for the buyer's souls at purchase, so players who are already ahead don't make an item look better than it is; they still describe, not prove.
Ability order
Light Eater1259
Dazzling Trick3101112
Radiant Daggers468
Shining Wonder7131415The most played full upgrade path (8% of matches, 53.7% won). Light Eater is maxed first in 66% of matches.
In-game builds players pick 7 days
- Celeste - Bruiser-DPS [57% WR] [tracklock.gg]by Tracklock · 22,373 players10 of 11 board items38,537 games48.7% won
Core Build
Early
Late
Defensives
Counter Picks
Actives
- TOP 1 CELESTE NA - SHMUCKby Little Shmuck · 15,890 players11 of 11 board items27,151 games47.9% won
- Dewby dew · 8,910 players9 of 11 board items18,196 games50.9% won
- pinnkpawz on TTV | ball build 10/30 UPDATEDby pinnkpawz · 7,164 players8 of 11 board items14,390 games51.6% won
- Rey's Magical Moveicornby Rey The Pastel Puppygirl · 6,491 players10 of 11 board items10,795 games45.7% won
The build each player had selected when the match started; known for 50% of Celeste games, mostly at higher ranks. The tag counts how many of the finished build's items each one includes.