Ceruledge can be obtained only in Pokémon Violet, and if you are planning to enter Ranked Battle with it, you will need to have the best team build for it. Ceruledge is a Fire/ Ghost type Pokémon, so you need the appropriate team and skill set to handle it during ranked play. In this guide, we will see the best build for Ceruledge for Ranked Battle in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
Best Ceruledge Build for Ranked Battle in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
Ceruledge has some special moves, but it’s not good enough if you cannot counter its weaknesses. Here we will see the best Ceruledge build for Ranked Battle in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
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Let us first take a look at some of Ceruledge’s basic stats.
- Type: Fire/Ghost
- Weakness: Water, Rock, Ground, Ghost, Dark
- Takes damage: Dragon, Electric, Psychic, Flying
- Immune to: Normal, Fighting
- Resistant to: Bug, Steel, Fire, Fairy, Grass, Ice, Poison, and Steel.
- Abilities
- Flash Fire: If hit by a Fire-type move, Ceruledge will get increased damage output for all Fire moves by 50%. It also gains immunity against all Fire attacks.
- Weak Armor: Increases Ceruledge’s speed by 2 stages but lowers its defense by 1 if hit by a Physical attack.
- Best Nature: Adamant, Jolly
Best Ceruledge Build
- Ability: Weak Armor
- Tera Type: Fire
- Held Item: Focus Sash
- Nature: Adamant
- EV Spread – HP – 4 / ATK – 252 / SPL – 252
- Final Stat Values – HP – 151 / ATK – 252 / DEF – 100 / SPL DEF – 120 / SPL – 137
Best Ceruledge Skillset
- Swords Dance
- Bitter Blade
- Shadow Sneak
- Close Combat
You can use Ceruledge’s self-heal by having Bitter Blade, which heals half of the damage it deals. Combining that with Swords Dances’ increased Attack stat by two stages, you can keep Cerulegde on the field infinitely. Using Fire Tera Type will help boost Bitter Blade’s heal and attack feature, which is helpful since Weak Armor and Close Combat will compromise Ceruledge’s defense in favor of speed. Shadow Sneak will further increase Ceruledge’s speed by 1 stage.
Best Team for Ceruledge
- Lead Attacker: Ceruledge
- Offensive Pivot: Gyarados
- Special Sweeper: Mow Rotom
Since Ceruledge is weak against bulky water-type Pokemon, you can balance that with having Gyarados in your team. In turn, Ceruledge can work with Gyarados against bulky Grass types, using its dual STAB move. While the two of them can handle fire, ground, grass, and water types, Mow Rotom can help with electric and grass types.
That’s all there is to know about the best Ceruledge build for ranked battle in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. If you like this guide you can check out our other guides as well.