Question

We are approaching the end. Mine knows:

Moonlight: Used to heal Cresselia.

Ice Beam: Good power, high accuracy, chance to freeze, deals with Dragon, Flying, and Ground.

Psychic: Good power, high accuracy, STAB, chance to lower Sp. Def, also deals with Fighting and Poison types.

Calm Mind: Increases special stats.

Cresselia learnset

Answer 1

This is a great standard moveset! Coverage, STAB, buffing, and recovery! I must say, Cresselia is my favorite legendary.

If you're interested, Cresselia can also utilize a straight sweeper set, and a full support set:

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SWEEPER (Needs Baton Pass support for Speed/ Special Attack. Works in perfect synergy with Girafirig):

Shadow Ball (Coverage against Ghosts and other Psychics)

Signal Beam (Coverage against Darks, Psychics, and even Grass-types)

Psychic (Obvious STAB. This and Shadow Ball lower Special Defense for improved sweeping)

Ice Beam (Coverage against Dragon, Flying, Grass, and Ground-types)

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SUPPORTER / DUAL-SCREENER:

Reflect (Screens and adds Defense for the team)

Light Screen (Screens and adds Special Defense for the team)

Moonlight (Reliable recovery in case you need to set up screens again)

Lunar Dance (When Cresselia's about to faint, use this to fully restore that fainted Sweeper. Works incredibly in any team)

Cresselia makes an incredible supporter, and with its enormous bulk and already passable offensive stats, it can do anything, with the right Baton-Passer support. The only problem with Cresselia is that, for a legendary, its movepool is pretty shallow (Ice Beam, but no Thunderbolt? Epic fail...), so make the best out of what you have.

Comments

The sweeper is very good. However, I have one complaint for the dual-screens moveset: Taunt. A foe uses that and you are dead. Perhaps some Taunt coverage of your own? I think Taunt would be worth it more than Moonlight when you are going to sacrifice a Pokemon anyways for the good of the team. Plus, it will only be in there three turns max.

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It might need EV training in Speed for reliable Taunt though.

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EV training in Speed would be extremely helpful.

Taunt, even in the current Standard Metagame, is quite uncommon. The only regular taunter is Steelix, so if you avoid him, you should be okay.

Or if simply putting in some kind of attack (Like Psychic) would seem better, rather than Moonlight, then that'd still be good.

Moonlight is only there if you want to stretch out the length of the battle, and need to repeatedly set up screens.

Answer 2

I stole this from a guy who stole it from a guy, it could very well be the most annoying thing I have ever encountered, I love it:

Cresselia (F) @ Flame Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 80 HP / 252 Def / 4 SAtk / 172 SDef
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Psycho Shift
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
Basically, it is a status-proof tank with dual status. Psychic is to avoid being Taunt trapped, and offers nice STAB, Psyshock can also be used if you want to hit that physical Def. Psycho Shift is what makes this girl work, with Flame Orb, it can burn and cripple the Opponent's attack, while you can Rest off the burn, and heal the damage. If you encounter something that can't be burnt, Rest + Sleep Talk can Psycho Shift a nice Sleep to an unburned opponent, or you can do some damage with Psychic. This thing is great utility and a beast of a tank, especially physically.
EVs give it 401 HP, even defenses (339 each), and the rest is in SpAtk. I use Modest Nature so your choice of Stab attack will actually do some damage.

Answer 3

Gen V

Cresselia (F) @ Leftovers

Trait: Levitate

EVs: 128 HP / 128 Def / 56 SAtk / 196 SDef

Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)

• Moonlight
• Calm Mind
• Psyshock
• Ice Beam

Answer 4

Cresselia (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 Def / 180 SAtk / 76 Spd
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Moonlight
- Charge Beam
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
- Shadow Ball