- Despite icon showing bullets on the shield, it blocks any damage.
- When Shining Wonder bounces off of Dazzling Trick (T3), Dazzling Trick's duration is reset to 4 seconds.
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Celeste is a Hero in Deadlock. It's not every day that Coney Island's biggest star, The Dazzling Celeste, performs on the streets of Manhattan. Her show begins with Light Eater, where a deep breath lit by her blazing baton coats enemies in front of her, and grants increased damage against them. Following that up, she envelops herself in the prismatic shield of her Dazzling Trick, which explodes and silences nearby enemies who break it. Try not to get distracted by her gliding gracefully through the air, or by the dance of her Radiant Daggers, as you'll regret being underneath them when they rain down from above. As for her memorable final act, the Shining Wonder will make her allies go OOH and her foes go AGGHHH!
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A popular attraction at Coney Island, "The dazzling Celeste" isn't a carnie with a horn glued to her head: she's actually a unicorn. As unicorns are nothing more than a myth in the eyes of the public, Celeste hides her true identity out of fear of getting poached for her horn. However, when one of her found family members on the sideshow loses part of their soul in a gambling debt, Celeste is prepared to risk revealing her identity if it means helping her family.
Celeste was released on February 9, 2026 as the fifth winner of the Old Gods, New Blood update contest.
Innate
Celeste has a passive that alters her aerial movement:
- -25% Gravity Scale
- +44% Air Control
- +10% Air Acceleration
Weapon
Carny Life
Medium Range
Projectile
Bouncy
31 Damage Per Second
Falloff Range
22m ➞ 60m
Carny Life's projectile flies in an arc and bounces on the first surface it hits. If there's an enemy in range at a narrow angle (~45º spread) from the shot, the projectile homes into them / flies in their direction. If shot directly at an enemy, the projectile can ricochet to a second enemy at close distance and aligned at a narrow angle. The ricochet shot can headshot the second enemy, if shot at a high enough angle to hit their head, and it will trigger headshot item effects.
Split Shot generates 3 multishots at 70° spread.
Abilities
Light Eater
Light Eater
10m
8s
x0.05
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.
spirit damage when attacked by Celeste and provides her spirit lifesteal.
20%
Spirit Lifesteal
x0.47
40
Flare Damage
8s
Duration
x0.05
On Bullet Hit
x0.34
15
Damage
1+15% Spirit Lifesteal
2-10s Cooldown and +3m Cast Range
5+25 Damage and Increased Spirit Scaling
Debuff duration reduced by Debuff Resist
Healing amplified by Healing Booster and affected by healing reduction
Effect can be dispelled
On-shot effect prevented by Plated ArmorDazzling Trick
Dazzling Trick
34s
Surround yourself in a protective prism. If the barrier is destroyed, it silences nearby enemies and deals a portion of the barrier as damage.
x0.8
100
Barrier
4s
Buff Duration
On Explode
1.75s
Debuff Duration
On Explode
50%
Barrier Damage
14m
Explosion Radius
1+3.5m Move Speed
2+70 Barrier and Increased Barrier Spirit Scaling
5+1.25 Silence Duration and -20s Cooldown. Allows Shining Wonder Bounce.
Debuff duration reduced by Debuff Resist
Triggers Reactive Barrier Effect can be dispelled
Disable prevented by Indomitable
CC effect suppressed by UnstoppableRadiant Daggers
Radiant Daggers
30m
1
2s
33s
Call down a beam of light from the sky. After a short duration, the beam will fully form, causing an explosion that deals spirit damage to all targets in the area.
Celeste will receive a stacking buff that increases her spirit damage anytime this hits an enemy hero.
spirit damage to all targets in the area.Celeste will receive a stacking buff that increases her spirit damage anytime this hits an enemy hero.
x0.63
55
Impact Damage
7%
Spirit Amp per Stack
8m
Explosion Radius
1.4s
Beam Form Duration
6
Max Stacks
30s
Buff Duration
12 Charges
2-22s Cooldown and +80 Impact Damage
59% Fire Rate per Stack
+4% Spirit Amp per Stack
+4% Spirit Amp per Stack
- Radiant Daggers' vertical range reaches the top and bottom of the skybox. If cast on, or inside of a building, it will hit enemy units on all vertical layers within the area of effect.
Shining Wonder
Shining Wonder
160s
Launch a deadly orb of light that deals spirit damage and applies 
slow and reduces Dash Distance on impact. The orb then bounces to the enemies within range. If no target is found, the orb will linger for a short duration while continuing to look for targets.
Prioritizes enemy heroes when picking targets.
spirit damage and applies slow and reduces Dash Distance on impact. The orb then bounces to the enemies within range. If no target is found, the orb will linger for a short duration while continuing to look for targets.Prioritizes enemy heroes when picking targets.
x0.6
140
Damage
-40%
Move Speed
8
Bounces
-25%
Dash Distance
1.5s
Slow Duration
16.5m
Bounce Range
3.25 Max Linger Duration
1-20% Move Speed and -15% Dash Distance
2+90 Damage and Increased Spirit Scaling
5+8 Max Bounces and -30s Cooldown
Debuff duration reduced by Debuff Resist CC effect suppressed by Unstoppable- Shining Wonder can be held indefinitely and fires when the ability key or firing key is released.
- Celeste has slower air glide when casting Shining Wonder in the air.
- Shining Wonder can hit and bounce from Troopers and Denizens, but not Objectives. If shot at an Objective, it will phase through.
- Shining Wonder's linger effect only exists for enemy heroes and the projectile will simply vanish if no viable target is found while on a trooper or Celeste herself.
- If Shining Wonder hits a shrine of either team or the shopkeeper, the projectile will linger without bouncing to other targets before disappearing.
Street Brawl
Ability Changes
In addition to global changes, Celeste receives the following modifications to her abilities:
Shining Wonder
- Max linger duration reduced by ~25%, from 3.25s to 2.5s.
Item Draft
In Street Brawl, every hero draws items from a shared pool, but some items are weighted to appear more often for a given hero and others less often. For each tier below, that tier's items are grouped by how likely they are to be offered to Celeste: High, Average, or Low chance.
Tier 1
High chance
Average chance
Tier 2
High chance
Average chance
Tier 3
High chance
Average chance
Tier 4
High chance
Average chance
Legendary
Average chance
Backstory
See Celeste/Lore for more story content.
“Even in a world of magic, some things are still rare and unusual. So what is a unicorn to do? Announce her presence to the world and potentially have poachers looking to saw off her horn? Or hide in plain sight at a Coney Island Side Show where most folk would assume her appearance was just part of an act?
Over the years "The Dazzling Celeste" has grown into one of the more popular attractions on Coney, and while the applause from a cheering audience is appreciated; what keeps her waking up in the morning is the found family she's made at work.
Keruba the Mermaid.
Blockhead Lenny.
Chickenwing.
Ted.
These were her people. So when she discovered that one of her own sold part of their soul in order to cover a gambling debt, Celeste knew it was time to step out of the shadows and do whatever it takes to get it back. Is revealing her power to The Patrons a risk? Yes. But that's tomorrow's problem... her family needs help today.
Update history
View the full update history: Celeste/Update history
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3D model
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Celeste
Weapon
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Celeste Weapon
Gallery
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Celeste's card. -
Celeste's icon. -
Gloat portrait for Celeste -
Critical health portrait for Celeste. -
Celeste in-game render. -
Celeste's select background. -
Celeste reference sheet. -
Celeste's typography. -
Celeste's typography for Russian and Ukrainian -
Celeste's French typography -
Celeste's Polish typography -
Celeste's Simplified Chinese typography -
Celeste's weapon - Carny Life. -
"Vote for Celeste" poster/spray from the 1/23/26 major update. -
Damaged "Vote Celeste" poster. -
Thanks for voting Celeste! -
Curtain call. -
Celeste splash art from the vote screen. -
Celeste voter sticker. -
Celeste's shadow in the hideout. -
Previous Celeste portrait -
Previous Celeste render -
Previous Celeste icon -
Leaked unfinished Celeste portrait. -
Leaked unfinished Celeste model.
Trivia
- Celeste was named Pepper during early development.[1]
- Celeste's appearance alludes to tattooed ladies who worked as sideshow attractions in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Celeste has a sparkle effect on her dash jumps, air dashes, wallbounces and slides. These effects are turned off while in a match.
- Celeste's Shining Wonder is nearly identical to Lich's Chain Frost ability from Dota 2 and is similar to the "Skipshot" ability of the unreleased hero Boho.
- There are cut voice lines that indicate Celeste was originally capable of using Dazzling Trick on allies as well as herself, furthering her similarities with Lich.
- Celeste had the most votes from a single player in the Old Gods, New Blood hero contest, at 813.[2]
- Chickenwing and Ted were both teased 3 months before Celeste's backstory was revealed, in a joke post by developer Hopoo.[3]
- "Cleaning Up Glitter in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Celeste in the Hideout.
References
- ↑
Shopkeeper's removed voice line (Celeste buys T4 item): "Lookin' good, Pepper!"
- ↑ Update:February 12, 2026
- ↑ 2025-11-28 - Hopoo; Deadlock Discord - "at least no one has leaked chickenwing, ted, or abrams jr yet"
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