Celestine

Celestine is Ava's rival and friend in Pokémon: Path to the Peak. She is regarded as the best Pokémon Trading Card Game player at the school, and when she first encounters Ava, she carries herself with a menacing and imposing presence.

Celestine
CelestineCelestine's Mismagius “ Wanna know my secret? Weakness. Everbody's got one. If you wanna win, all you have to do is find it. „ ~ Celestine
Origin
Origin	Pokémon: Path to the Peak
Creator	Benjamin Taiko Studios (Director Shaofu Zhang)
First Appearance	Pokémon: Path to the Peak Episode 1 The Club 🌱
Actor	Abby Espiritu
Characteristics
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Pronouns	She/Her
Sexuality	Heterosexual
Age	13 (English Version), 12 (Japanese Version)
Birthday	Unknown
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Ethnicity	Asian
Status	Alive
Alignment	Neutral Good
Archetype	Rival, Lancer
Occupation	N/A
Time Period	Modern Time
Language	English
Combat Style	Card Battler
Homeworld	Earth
Relationships
Affiliations	Ava, Joshua, Pokémon Club
Enemies	Ava (Formerly), Joshua (Formerly), Edgar Troy (Formerly), Team Falinks (Formerly)

Background

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Celestine’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

The Club Celestine first appears when she notices Ava celebrating her victory over the school's Pokémon Club members. She teases Ava, asking whether she could achieve the same result against professional players at the World Championship. Regionals Celestine reunites with her rival at the regional championship. After taunting Ava, she faces Ava's father in a match. Despite his experience as a player, he is defeated by Celestine in a single round. Throughout the rest of the competition, Celestine defeats her opponents one by one and reaches the finals, where she finally faces Ava. Internationals Joshua records their trip to the Internationals. Celestine travels with Ava and helping her out with her nervousness. When Ava loses all of her cards, Joshua and Celestine work together to help rebuild her deck. At the end of the episode, Ava loses, leaving her speechless and all she can say is she's sorry. Worlds Joshua tries to call Ava but she keeps ignoring all calls until having a talk with her mother. She meets up with Joshua and Celestine at school apologizing for ghosting them and inviting them to the Worlds Championship to make it up to them.

Appearance

General Description: Celestine is a young woman with a medium brown complexion. She has a slim build and a relaxed posture. Her hair is styled in a short, angled bob, fading from dark purple at the roots to bright magenta at the tips. She has thick, dark eyebrows and dark brown eyes with half-closed eyelids. She has a small mole on her right cheek and wears a small dark stud earring on her left ear.

Clothing/Outfit: A cropped, royal blue bomber-style jacket with a high collar and a black undershirt. The jacket has ribbed cuffs and a ribbed hem with a black belt and silver buckle. Dark gray pants with wide, cuffed hems that show a light gray interior. Black lace-up boots with purple eyelets and thick black soles. She wears a black choker.

Accessories: A black nail polish. Several pins are attached to her jacket: a yellow and white Poké Ball emblem on the left chest, a green and pink gem-shaped pin on the right chest, and a red rectangular pin on the left side. A dark rectangular patch is on her left sleeve.

Personality

• Antagonistic: Celestine likes antagonizing Ava, noting how she'll easily defeat her in their duel. She even goes as far as to easily defeat Ava's dad in a duel.

• Teasing: Even after becoming friends with Ava and Joshua she likes riling them up and teasing them.

• Supportive: Celestine is a supportive friend, helping her out during Internationals. When Ava lost her cards, Joshua and Celestine were willing to trade for cards Ava wants.

Goals

• Defeat Ava (Failed).

Relationships

Ava

Ava first meets Celestine after being accepted into the Pokémon Club. She is intimidated by her and Joshua notes that Celestine is the best player in the entire school.

Celestine appears to her in the regionals, threatening that she will easily defeat her.

Celestine antagonizes Ava by challenging her dad to a trading card game.

Celestine believes Ava's need to rely on others to be a weakness that she can easily crush however, Ava retorts back that it's what makes her stronger allowing her to defeat Celestine in their regional finals.

After defeating Celestine, she tells Ava how she's had a blast and hasn't felt like that in a battle in a long time shaking her hand for a good game.

Celestine becomes friends with her, teasing her for being camera shy during the beginning of the episode "Internationals 🤝".

Joshua

Once Celestine tells Ava she's had a blast and shakes her hand for a good game, Joshua grabs her and Ava for a group hug.

General Information

Name: Celestine

Origin: Pokémon: Path to the Peak

Overall Series: Pokémon

First Appearance: Pokémon: Path to the Peak Episode 1 The Club 🌱

Latest Appearance:

Company: Pokémon Company

Creator: Taiko Studios (Director Shaofu Zhang)

Actor: Abby Espiritu

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: She/Her

Handedness: Right-Handed

Age

• In English Version: Likely the same age as Ava who is 13
• In Japanese Version: Likely the same age as Ava who is 12

Birthday: Unknown

Time Period: Modern Time

Timeline: Pokémon: Path to the Peak Timeline

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Unnamed City

Story Role: Rival, Antagonist

Legacy: Global Legacy (Known due to being friends with Ava, who had her regionals final match uploaded on social media with it getting a lot of feedback, having her be known worldwide, getting so popular that people run her custom decks)

Influence: Event Influence

Language: English

Ethnicity: Asian

Religion: Unknown

Classification: Pokémon Club Member, Student

Species: Human

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: N/A

Ranking: Regionals Champion

Combat Style: Card Battler

Affiliations: Ava, Joshua, Pokémon Club

Enemies: Ava (Formerly), Joshua (Formerly), Edgar Troy (Formerly), Team Falinks (Formerly)

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive

Alignment: Neutral Good (Even while antagonistic she never did anything truly evil or despicable)

Potential

• Type(s) of Potential: Fixed Potential
• Level of Potential: Fixed
• Description: Hasn't had any real statements to showcase anything beyond the standard potential.
• Limitations: Standard limitations.

Archetype: Rival / Lancer

Codex Statistics

Grade: C

Tier: 10-B

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Imaginary Bond

Attack Potency: Average Human level

Durability: Average Human level

Striking Strength: Average Human Class

Lifting Strength: Average Human Class

Travel Speed: Average Human Speed

Attack Speed: Average Human Speed

Reaction Speed: Average Human Reactions

Stamina: Average

Range: Standard Melee

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Expert level (Celestine is noted by Joshua to be the best player in the school. Got to the finals of regionals against Ava. Celestine notes that she is undefeated. Celestine is able to tell someone's weakness through seeing someone allowing her to easily win battles)

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Powers and Techniques

• Human Achievements (Celestine is a regional champion Pokémon Trading Card player)

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Equipment

Episode 2Episode 3Episode 4

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
1×	Duskull
1×	Misdreavus
1×	Mismagius ex*		—
1×	Phantump
1×	Trevenant
1×	Panic Mask	PT	—
1×	Grass Energy	E	—
1×	Psychic Energy	E	—

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
2×	Misdreavus
4×	Mismagius ex*		—
1×	Shuppet
1×	Duskull
2×	Dusclops
1×	Dusknoir
1×	Sableye
1×	Meowth

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
1×	Mismagius ex*		—

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Notable Techniques

Psyhic Deck

Celestine uses a Psychic deck focused on Mismagius. She utilizes other Pokémon to set around her Mismagius as her main Pokémon.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Celestine finds the weakness in her opponents and then proceeds to exploit it.

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Explanations

The Secret to Battling

It's explained by Ava's dad that the secret to a Pokémon battle is imagining in one's head that the battle is real and actually happening along with their Pokémon being besides them. The imagination makes one grow a strong bond with their Pokémon being able to picture the battles in their mind, see the stadium and do better. Seeing it as a battlefield allows the card dueler to perform more into the zone forging a bond with the Pokémon even though they aren't actually there. This also allows them to see the multiple possibilities in a battle to use to counter the opponent.

Imagining can also allow someone to calm down when having a panic attack or nervous breakdown.

Trivia

• Celestine's Mismagius ex does not have a Misdreavus attached to it, meaning it was played directly instead of being evolved. This is illegal, as Mismagius ex is not classified as a Basic Pokémon and therefore cannot be played directly in this manner.
• The effects used by Ava to win agaisnt Celestine in Regionals did not exist at the time of the episode's release.

• In the final match, Celestine attaches Panic Mask (Lost Origin 165) to her Mismagius ex. This card protects the Pokémon from taking damage from an opposing Pokémon that has 40 HP or less remaining. Celestine then deals 70 damage to Ava's Gloom (Lost Origin 2), which has a maximum of 80 HP, leaving it with 10 HP remaining. This makes Panic Mask effective, and this situation is what the purple binding in the imagination scene represents.

• Some information is missing, as Ava's Vileplume and Celestine's Mismagius do not currently exist as real TCG cards. The Mismagius appears to have a maximum of 260 HP and 60 damage applied to it, while the Dizzying Pollen move on Ava's Vileplume appears to list 110 power, but with a condition attached. For Vileplume to have defeated the Mismagius, the condition of landing heads for Dizzying Pollen must have raised the move's power to at least 200.

Profiles

📁 Official Character Profiles
Pokémon: Path to the Peak Original Series English/Japanese Website Celestine Celestine is Ava’s classmate and the best Pokémon TCG player at their school! How will Ava fare in a match against her and her partner Pokémon, Mismagius? セレスティン 学校内最強のポケカプレイヤー。ポケカクラブに新たに入った才能溢れるエイバと出会い、言葉をかけるが・・・ Pokémon: Path to the Peak Original Series — Pokémon Trading Card Game Official Website

Battle Records

VictoriesLossesInconclusive

• Ava's Dad - Fight
  • Conditions: It was a Pokémon Trading Card Battle.
  • Location: Regionals

• Ava - Fight
  • Conditions: It was a Pokémon Trading Card Battle in Regionals.
  • Location: Regionals

• Team Falinks Member - Fight
  • Conditions: It was a Pokémon Trading Card Battle in Internationals.
  • Location: Internationals

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Versus Threads

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