Lane
5k≈ 6–9 minBuy
12%Extra Health800
13%ActiveGrit800
15%Battle Vest1,600
21%Enchanter's Emblem1,600Abilities
Mystic · Burst Fire
Celeste
PerformerDisruptiveDazzling
Builds
optimised by the simulator · generated 2026-10-23≥ 25% of offensive souls in each; vitality is free.
12%Extra Health80013%ActiveGrit80015%Battle Vest1,60021%Enchanter's Emblem1,600Early mid
12k≈ 13–16 minBuy next
12%Spirit Shredder1,600
16%ActiveAlchemical Fire3,200
16%Extra Charge800
13%Extra Spirit800
16%Mystic Vulnerability1,600
16%Suppressor1,600Sold:
Abilities
Mid game
20k≈ 20–24 minBuy next
7%Battle Vest1,600
9%ActiveSpirit Sap1,600
39%ActiveRefresher6,400Sold:
Abilities
Late game
32k≈ 30–35 minBuy next
2%Extended Magazine800
7%Mystic Shot1,600
8%Spirit Lifesteal1,600
Upgrade25%Escalating Exposure6,400
Upgrade24%ActiveFocus Lens6,400Upgraded: Sold:
Sold: Abilities
Very late
45k≈ 40 min +Buy next
Upgrade10%Spirit Rend3,200
9%Toxic Bullets3,200
6%ActiveGuardian Ward1,600
Upgrade20%Rapid Recharge3,200
35%Boundless Spirit6,400Upgraded: Sold:
Sold: Abilities
Each phase lists what to buy since the previous one; the % on a card is how much of the build's score you lose without it. Lit pips under an ability are its upgrade tiers (green: new in this phase). Hover anything for details.
How builds are chosen
For each net worth, the optimiser searches items and ability upgrades that maximise the score: damage per second against the reference enemy × effective health^weight, averaged over short, standard and long fights, each both fresh and mid-match (long cooldowns still recovering from the previous fight). Each checkpoint starts from the previous one's items, so the builds read as a path.
Gun, spirit and hybrid differ only in where the offensive souls go. The fight assumptions (accuracy, distance, the target…) are on the Data page and adjustable in the simulator.
Abilities
Ability 1
Light Eater
20s
Blast enemies in a cone in front of you with a flare of light. Blasted enemies take
spirit damage when attacked by Celeste and provides her spirit lifesteal.
+18%
Spirit Lifesteal
scales with healing output
40
Flare Damage
+0.47 × spirit power
15
Damage
+0.34 × spirit power
- Duration
- 8s+0.05 × spirit power
- Cast Delay
- 0.3s
- 1Tier 1—
- 2Tier 2-10s Cooldown and +3m Cast Range
- 5Tier 3+22 Damage and Increased Spirit Scaling
Fully simulated
• The blast deals its damage; for the duration every attack Celeste lands on the target (bullets and ability hits) adds flare damage, at most once per tick interval, and spirit damage on it heals her.
Values are base values with their scaling; the simulator shows them at a chosen net worth and build.
Growth without items
HealthGun DPS ×10Spirit power ×10
Value by net worth
Boons come with net worth; gun DPS is every bullet hitting at close range, no headshots. Items and investment bonuses come on top (see builds).
Patch history
- ▼Stamina cooldown increased from 5 to 5.3 2026-09-16
- ▼Light Eater spirit lifesteal reduced from 20% to 18% 2026-09-16
- ▼Light Eater T3 decreased from +25 to +22 2026-09-16
- ▼Dazzling Trick cooldown increased from 34s to 38s 2026-09-16
- ▼Radiant Daggers T2 reduced from +80 to +70 2026-09-16
- ▼Shining Wonder radius reduced from 16.5m to 15.5m 2026-09-16
- ▼Shining Wonder T3 Max Bounces reduced from +8 to +6 2026-09-16
- ▼Dazzling Trick cooldown increased from 32s to 34s 2026-08-22
- ▼Dazzling Trick T2 barrier rescaled from "+80 and +0.7 scaling" to "+70 and +0.76" 2026-08-22
- ▲Dazzling Trick T3 cooldown increased from -18s to -20s 2026-08-22
- ▼Dazzling Trick T3 reduced from +1.5s Silence to +1.25s 2026-08-22
- ▼Radiant Daggers Spirit Amp per stack reduced from +8% to +7% 2026-08-22
- ▲Radiant Daggers T3 Spirit Amp per stack increased from +3% to +4% 2026-08-22
- ▼Shining Wonder bounce range reduced from 17.5m to 16.5m 2026-08-22
- ▼Shining Wonder damage reduced from 165 to 140 2026-08-22
- ▼Shining Wonder spirit scaling reduced from 0.9 to 0.6 2026-08-22
- •Shining Wonder T2 now also increases spirit scaling by +0.45 2026-08-22
- ▲Shining Wonder radius increased from 16.5m to 17.5m 2026-07-28
- ▲Shining Wonder damage increased by 10% 2026-07-28
- ▲Shining Wonder buffer duration increased from 3s to 3.25s 2026-07-28
- ▲Dazzling Trick cooldown reduced from 35s to 32s 2026-06-30
- ▲Radiant Daggers buff duration increased from 25s to 30s 2026-06-30
- ▲Radiant Daggers spirit scaling increased from 0.56 to 0.63 2026-06-30
- ▲Shining Wonder bounce range increased from 15.5m to 16.5m 2026-06-30
- ▲Shining Wonder damage increased by 10% 2026-06-30
- ▲Improved the hero's hitboxes (easier to hit) 2026-05-22
- ▼Stamina cooldown increased from 4.5s to 5s 2026-05-22
- ▲Radiant Daggers T2 changed from "-18s Cooldown and +70 Damage" to "-22s Cooldown and +80 Damage" 2026-05-22
- ▲Shining Wonder T2 increased from +50 Damage to +70 2026-05-22
- ▼Bullet cycle time reduced from 0.65 to 0.58 2026-04-30
- ▲Shining Wonder radius increased from 14m to 15.5m 2026-04-30
- ▲Shining Wonder damage increased from 120 to 135 2026-04-30
- ▲Gravity reduced from -20% to -28% (less gravity) 2026-03-06
- ▼Air Control/Acceleration reduced from +50/18% to +38/12% (less air control and acceleration) 2026-03-06
- ▼Shining Wonder bounce range reduced from 17m to 15m 2026-03-06
- ▼Shining Wonder linger duration reduced from 4.5s to 3.25s 2026-03-06
- ▼Gravity from 28% to 25% (was 20% previous patch) 2026-03-06
- ▲Air Control increased from 38% to 44% (was 50% previous patch) 2026-03-06
- ▼Light Eater on hit damage reduced from 25 to 20 2026-03-06
- ▼Dazzling Trick barrier spirit scaling reduced from 1.1 to 0.8 2026-03-06
- ▼Shining Wonder no longer refunds half cooldown on miss 2026-03-06
- ▼Shining Wonder linger time reduced from 3.25s to 3s 2026-03-06
- ▲Bullet/Melee resistance reduced from -6% to -8% 2026-03-06
- ▲Gun now has falloff 22m->60m 2026-03-06
- ▲Bullet damage increased from 18+0.6 to 22+0.7 2026-03-06
- ▲Light Eater spirit scaling increased from 0.23 to 0.28 2026-03-06
- ▼Dazzling Trick no longer grants +1m Move Speed 2026-03-06
- ▲Dazzling Trick T1 increased from +2.5m Move Speed to +3.5m 2026-03-06
- ▲Radiant Daggers spirit scaling increased from 0.42 to 0.56 2026-03-06
- ▲Radiant Daggers T2 increased from "-15s Cooldown and +60 Damage" to "-18s Cooldown and +70 Damage" 2026-03-06
- ▲Radiant Daggers T3 fire rate increased from 6% to 7% 2026-03-06
- ▼Shining Wonder range reduced from 15m to 14m 2026-03-06
- ▼Shining Wonder T3 reduced from +10 Max Bounces to +8 2026-03-06
Weapon
Carny Life- Bullet damage
- 18
- Fire rate
- 1.72 /s
- Magazine
- 8
- Reload
- 2 s
- Falloff
- 22–60 m
- Headshot
- ×1.65
- DPS
- 31 / 21.7
Base stats
- Health
- 690
- Health regen
- 1
- Move speed
- 6.2
- Sprint speed
- 1.6
- Stamina
- 4
- Light melee
- 50
- Heavy melee
- 116
- Headshot damage taken
- 1
Per boon
- Bullet damage
- +0.82
- Health
- +33
- Melee damage
- +1.58
- Spirit power
- +1.1
35 boons in all, the last at 49.2k souls.
Investment bonuses
| Souls | Weapon dmg | Base health | Spirit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 800 | +9% | +9% | +7 |
| 1.6k | +12% | +12% | +11 |
| 2.4k | +15% | +15% | +15 |
| 3.2k | +18% | +20% | +19 |
| 4.8k | +46% | +38% | +38 |
| 6.4k | +54% | +42% | +45 |
| 8k | +62% | +46% | +52 |
| 11.2k | +74% | +50% | +59 |
| 16k | +86% | +54% | +66 |
| 22.4k | +100% | +60% | +75 |
| 28.8k | +115% | +66% | +100 |
Souls spent in a category (each owned item's full price) unlock the highest tier reached. The biggest step is at 4.8k; after it each tier adds less per soul (weapon: +17.5% per 1k souls up to it, +5% per 1k to the next), so piling souls into one category has diminishing returns. Builds and tier lists include it.