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Rachel Alucard

Health: 11,000 Combo Rate: 60% Prejump: Backdash Time 23 / Invul: 1-7 Movement Options Wind, Double Jump, 1 Airdash, Dash type: Run Play-style Zoning, Trapping

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Overview

Head of the infamous Alucard vampire family, Rachel has spent countless years watching as the world repeated the same 100 years over and over. However, the world has finally broken free of the bonds that held it for so long, and Rachel is determined to put an end to Terumi with her own hands.

In the BlazBlue universe, Rachel is an extremely powerful individual, controlling wind and lightning. While she will rarely directly interfere with the events that surround Kagutsuchi, her primary goal is as an observer, and gently (or less so) nudges the pieces into their places. She has several servants under her command; Nago, a cat familiar, and Gii, a bat familiar, which serve as her weapons, furniture, and anger relief. Her butler, Valkenhayn R. Hellsing, is also notable for being a werewolf, as well as one of the Six Heroes.

Drive: Sylpheed

Rachel's Drive lets her summon wind in eight different directions. Wind affects all of Rachel's projectiles as well as her and her opponent's movement. The number of wind stocks available is indicated by a gauge at the bottom of the screen, above her meter bar, and each gust consumes one stock on a total of four available. The Sylpheed Gauge regenerates slowly and steadily for as long as Rachel is grounded. Since wind is used for various actions such as movement, mix-up, zoning and comboing, it plays a core part in Rachel's game plan and thus requires careful and judicious management.

Overdrive: Elf Lead

Sylpheed gauge recovers faster.
Distortion Drives gain additional animations and properties:
- Baden Baden Lily raw and minimum damage increased on body and poles.
- Baden Baden Lily poles do bonus prorate.
- Tempest Dahlia summons additional projectiles.

Pros/Strengths

Great control over neutral; excellent zoning tools
Very good pressure and lockdown
Scary mix-up game
Very strong okizeme
Excellent anti-air options

Cons/Weaknesses

Poor defensive options on wake-up
Difficult match-ups
Extremely reliant on wind
Thrives on momentum
High skill ceiling

Normal Moves

5A

Auto 2-hit normal. Decent for pressure.

300*2	all	6	2(6)3	11	-	B	-

5B

Risky poke with high reward. Key move in Rachel's mix up and combos.

600	HL	8	6	15	-	BP	-

5C

5C is one of her Fatal Counter moves. Very limited use outside of combos.

850	HL	13	8	22	-	B	-

5CC

Great corner combo ender. Offers strong okizeme options in the corner.

850	HL	9	8	24	-	B	-

2A

Good poke. Leaves you at neutral frame advantage.

300	all	7	4	9	-	F	-

2B

Really good low. Gatlings from 5B.

550	L	10	6	18	-	FP	-

2C

Full body guard point for one hit. Really unsafe if whiffed or blocked.

1200	HL	23	13	42	-	B	-

6A

Main anti-air with Rachel.

700	HL	13	5	17	-	B	-

6B

Good poke in some matchups

700	HL	11	3	15	-	B	-

4B

Overhead. Slow, but can fatal counter.

750	H	26	4	17	-	B	-

6C

Main corner carry normal when used with forward directional wind (D/6D).

89~464	all	13	3*N	13L	-	H	-

3C

Low hit. Knockdown to safely summon frog.

400*3	L	10	4,4,4	15	-	F	-

3[C]

Mix up tool. Can also be used to extend combos.

400*7	L	11	4*7	15	-	F	-

j.A

Instant overhead if used with 2D/3D wind.

300	HA	8	3	12	-	H	-

j.B

Used like j.A but it's a bit slower. Pretty good air-to-air uses.

600	HA	9	6	12	-	H	-

j.C

Catch opponents in the air directly above you.

800	all	8	6	20	-	H	-

j.[C]

Can be used for mix up. Can also be used to stall for time.

				16L	-	-	-

j.2C

Has 3 levels. Level 2 and Level 3 are used to extend combos.

800	H	13	till L	31L	-	H	-	1200	H	13	till L	31L	-	H	-	1800	H	13	till L	31L	-	H	-

Universal Mechanics

Forward Throw

Use with wind to follow-up with a combo.

0,1500	T(70)	7	3	23	-	T	-

Back Throw

Use with wind to follow-up with a combo.

0,1500	T(70)	7	3	23	-	T	-

Air Throw

Follow-up with a downward directional wind if too high to combo normally.

0,1500	T(70)	7	3	23+3L	-	T	-

Counter Assault

Same animation as 6B, decent counter assault.

0	all	13	4	33	-	B	-

Crush Trigger

Good combo material.

1000	B	20	1	25	-	B	-	1000	B	30~61	1	25	-	B	-

Special Moves

Tiny Lobelia

Tiny Lobelia
236A/B/C air OK

Her standard zoning tool.

850	all	11		47T	-	HBFP*	-	850	all	20		52T	-	HBFP*	-	850	all	20		52T	-	HBFP*	-	850	all	9		53T+9L	-	HBFP*	-	850	all	22		53T+9L	-	HBFP*	-	850	all	22		53T+9L	-	HBFP*	-

George the 13th

George the 13th
214A air OK

		25	540	49T[82T]	-	-	-	250*6	all	27	2*6		-	HBFP*	-

Ivy Blossom

Ivy Blossom
214B air OK

Version	Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul	Hitbox
Summon	-	-	-	61	-	32T [30T]	-	-	-	Click!
Key summon for Rachel's big damage corner combo routes Bats won't kill [] = Air version's values New summon in CF that replaces the old Pumpkin. About a second after setting it, about 10 bats come out and make a heart formation. Ivy blossom has no hitbox, but just by being near the opponent they will take life away. You can use D to guide them towards the opponent, where the opponent will be unable to avoid the attack. The winded bats will slowly drift back towards their source afterwards. Overall duration is short - maybe 2/3 of Pumpkin. Because of its ability to do up to 600 unscaled damage to the opponent midcombo per Ivy Blossom, Ivy Blossom is a very effective tool for doing big damage combos when combined with the right usage of wind, lobelias and Baden Baden Lily. A corner Ivy Blossom combo can do anywhere from 4000-5000+ damage depending on the starter, making Rachel's corner game very scary in CF.

Sword Iris

Sword Iris
214C air OK

Used to extend combos or to catch opponents on their approach.

900	all	19	8	42T	-	HBFP*	-	900	all	22	8	45+3LT	-	HBFP*	-

Beelze Lotus

Lotus Barrel
22A air OK

600	all		54	36T	-	HBFP*	-	600	all		54	36T	-	HBFP*	-

Distortion Drives

Baden Baden Lily

Baden Baden Lily
632146C air OK

Primarily combo material.

450*6	all	13+4	2*6	70T	-	HBFP*(2)	-	450*6	all	29+1	2*6	till L + 8	-	HBFP*(2)	-	350*12	all	13+4	2*12 (max 6 hits)	49T	-	HBFP*(2)	-	350*12	all	29+2	2*12 (max 6 hits)	till L + 8	-	HBFP*(2)	-	250*4	all	see note	2*4		-	HBFP*(2)	-	250*4	all	see note	2*16 (max 4 hits)		-	HBFP*(2)	-

Tempest Dahlia

Tempest Dahlia
632146B air OK

Used for mix-up and wind regeneration.

200*8	all	10+??		Total 73	-	P*(2)	-	300*9, 400	all	10+??		Total 73	-	P*(2)	-	300*11, 400	all	10+??		Total 73	-	P*(2)	-	[3002, 400]3, 500*3	all	10+??		Total 73	-	P*(2)	-	4006, 5003, 600*3	all	10+??		Total 73	-	P*(2)	-	200*11, 400	all	10+??		Total 73	-	P*(2)	-	300*14, 400	all	10+??		Total 73	-	P*(2)	-	30011 4004	all	10+??		Total 73	-	P*(2)	-	3002, 4002, 3002, 4004, 500*3	all	10+??		Total 73	-	P*(2)	-	4006, 5006, 600*6	all	10+??		Total 73	-	P*(2)	-

Exceed Accel

Gerbera Lute
ABCD during Overdrive

600,1000,1400		20	3	18	-		-	600,1000,4020		20	3	18	-		-

Astral Heat

Clownish Calendula
2363214C

Can be combo'd into for guaranteed win.

DESTROY	all	1+10	40	26	-	HBF	-

External References

Japanese Name: レイチェル＝アルカード
Japanese Wiki
Japanese BBS
Arcade Profile Dan Rankings
Character Video Thread

Overview

Combos

Strategy/Counter Strategy

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• Movement/Canceling • Offense • Defense • Damage/Combo • Attack Attributes • Gauges • Misc •

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