BBTag/Celica A. Mercury

	Health
	17,000
	Prejump
	4F
	Backdash
	25F (1~7F Inv All)
	Fastest Attack
	4A (6F)
	Reversals
	A+D (13F); 214B+C (9F); 236B+C (21F)

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Overview

Overview

Celica is a straightforward, aggressive character many tools designed to allow her to approach and force a mixup. Her j.C is a very fast, fullscreen overhead divekick, while her 214B is a armored overhead that can't be interrupted. Combined with her strong pokes, Celica can make her way in and safely call assist once the opponent is forced to block, enabling her really strong mixup options.

Celica is also unique in her ability to recover large amounts of HP, allowing her to access her Recovery Cap enhanced specials. However, she is only able to easily heal red HP, and she sacrifices okizeme in order to heal, overall limiting the usefulness of this quality.

Celica A. Mercury

Celica A. Mercury

Pros

Cons

Many cancel options, giving her flexible pressure strings.
Has easy crossups in her B Autocombo
Good solo damage regardless of enhanced state
Very strong grounded midrange pokes
Guardpoint DP
Armored, DP-safe Overhead.

B Autocombo isn't safe on block. 5BBB is not a true blockstring either, meaning she can be punished inbetween hits.
Her healing is optimized for recovering red hp, and is much less effective when she doesn't have any.
Chip damage takes her out of enhanced state instantly denying her the ability to play at max capability often.
Poor non-commital air options.

Unique Ability: Recovery Cap

When Celica has no red health, her 214A/214B and Reversal Action gain new properties, such as damage and range increase. Celica can recover her red health by either finishing her B auto combo series, using her EX healing move, or her unique 4P assist. These moves can even heal Celica when she has no red health!

Drive: Minerva

By pressing the B button, Celica can perform combo attacks with her robot partner, Minerva. The chain has a starter, bridge, and a finisher, and Celica can cancel into followup Drive attacks even on whiff, similar to a rekkaA series of special attacks that are only available after the first one is performed..

Minerva closely tracks Celica's movement while idle. Many actions and states, including movements like dashing and jumping, combine Celica and Minerva into one sprite for the duration.
Minerva has hurtboxes and can be hit while performing attacks; hitting Minerva is treated like hitting Celica.
Certain moves will move Minerva forward, increasing the effective range of Minerva's attacks that follow, but she will return to her default position during recovery.

However, there are certain (likely unintended) quirks caused by how Minerva works:

If one of Minerva's attacks clashes, Celica will not experience the hitstopWhen a character is hit, both characters are stopped in place to visualize the hit and give feeling of impact. Hitstop describes this phenomenon. Typically hitstop affects both players equally, but this is not always true. For example an attack may cause the opponent to be in hitstop longer than the player, or in cases of most projectiles, the attacker does not experience hitstop at all. of the clash and will not be able to clash cancel.
The hitstop on Minerva's attacks will not be modified by guard point, leading to situations where Celica is not in hitstop when she should be, or the other way around. Effectively, Minerva's normals can be thought of as similar to 'Persona'-type normals

Normal Moves

4A

The most adorable move in Blazblue.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
1000	All	6	3 [(3)3]	11	-2	B

A short range jab mainly used to mash out of blockstrings. Can also be used in pressure since it can be canceled into throws.

Jump cancellable on hit and block.

Level	P1	P2
1	100	70 (Once)

5A

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute
5A	1500	All	8	5	23	-11	B
5AA	1500	All	12	3	21	-17	B
5AAA	1700	All	16	3	27	-11	B
5AAAA	650×5	All	20	1,1,1,1,1	56	-36	B

A great poke used for controlling the midrange due to its speed and range. Combined with a mircodash, it will hit all characters at roundstart distance. It's also used to start pressure due to its cancel options and for combos, either to start them or extend them after 5BBB>214A in the corner.

However, it extends Celica's hurtbox by a lot letting the opponent counterpoke easily.

Jump cancellable on hit and block
Throw cancellable

Combo fodder mostly, good for stabilizing routes since it brings airborne enemies down to the ground and bounces them

Jump cancellable on hit and block
Throw cancellable.

Only used to go into 5AAAA for Cross Raid.

Only used for Cross Raid.

Version	Level	P1	P2
5A	3	100	80
5AA	3	100	80
5AAA	4	100	85
5AAAA	4	100	85

5A:
5AA:
5AAA:
5AAAA:

5B

Un.
Deux.
Trois!

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
5B	600, 1700	All	10	2,7	35	-23	B	10~15 H
5BB	550×5	All	7	3,4,4,4,4	35	-20	F	5~25 P
5BBB	2000	All	13	4	35	-17	B

Celica's primary anti-air, especially when Recovery Cap isn't active. The head invulnerability comes in late so you'll have to do it early and like 5A it extends your hurtbox by a lot.

It's also essential to your combos as it launches the opponent, can be jump cancelled on hit and block and goes into the B autocombo.

5BB is used in combos and for setting up sandwiches. However,they will always be gap when done from 5B so you'll have to use an assist to cover it. It will whiff against opponents high in the air so in some combos you'll have to delay it.

Is projectile invincible
Will always cross to the other side of the opponent when outside the corner.

Used in combos mainly to start 214A loops and to end recover health.

The healing recovers 3000 red HP over the animation's duration. It will not recover additional HP if there is no red HP available.

On hit it will always transition Celica into a healing animation if it is not special canceled.

Version	Level	P1	P2
5B	1, 4	90	75
5BB	4	80	85
5BBB	4	100	85

5B:
5BB:
5BBB:

5C

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
1500	High	22	3	24	-10	B

Standard Blazblue 5C. Has somewhat fast startup but short range and is punishble on block. Celica has better overheads than this so this sees little use.

Level	P1	P2
3	100	80

2A

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
2A	750×2	Low	9	3,3	14	-2	F

Basic low for high-low mixups. Hits twice so it has long active frames and is good for hit-confirming. Both hits can be cancelled into throw letting you mixup between cancelling either one.

Version	Level	P1	P2
2A	2	90	75

2A:

2B

Playing on the swings.

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
2B	1700	Low	19	7	31	-13	F
2BB	1700	Low	11	3	35	-19	F

2B is mostly used in combos due to its slow startup

2BB is useful for midscreen combos as it lets you get the ender without side switching.

Pressing 2BBB will perform the same move as 5BBB with the same health recovery ender.

Version	Level	P1	P2
2B	4	90	85
2BB	4	90	85

2B:
2BB:

2C

She must really hate feet

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
1700	Low	13	3	25	-9	F

Used as combo filler to go into DP or 214B+C after 214A. Doesn't see much use otherwise due to its short range and recovery.

Level	P1	P2
4	90	85

j.A

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
j.A	1000×2	High	12	2(2)2	23		H
j.AA	1700	High	9	6	25		H

Celica's go-to air-to-air normal. It suffers the same hurtbox extension problems as 5A and 5B and is slower than the average air to air normal, she will lose air trades often because of these reasons.

Combo filler since it is locked behind an air autocombo

Version	Level	P1	P2
j.A	3	80	80
j.AA	4	80	85

j.A:
j.AA:

j.B

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
1000×2	All	20	Until L +1, 2	36	-19	H

Great for baiting anit-airs due to the small hop Celica does during startup. It's also important for combos as it brings the opponent back down to the ground and goes into the 5B autocombo.

Level	P1	P2
4	80	85

j.C

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
1900	High	15	Until L	25L	-18	H

A multi-use divekick. In neutral, it's a burst movement option which lets Celica engage the opponent. It can also be used to escape the corner. In pressure, when done immediately after jumping, it's a 20-frame overhead(Celica's faster overhead) and when done high enough, can easily create sandwiches with an assist. Also see use as a combo ender when the hitstun scaling is too high to go into j.B.

Can be special canceled on hit and block upon landing.

Level	P1	P2
4	80	85

Universal Moves

Ground Throw

5B+C

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
0, 2000	Throw	7~30	3	23		T

A pretty average throw. Celica can combo off it with either 5A or 5B.

Level	P1	P2
0, 3	100	50

Minimum Damage: 0, 2000 (2000)

Hache Rotir

5A+D

CELICA UPPER!

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
AD	2100 [2400]	Air Unblockable	13	6	47	-36 [-34]	B	1~18 All Guard

Unenhanced

An above average reversal. As the fastest guard point reversal in the game, it can uniquely beat some safejumps that other characters cannot. It also used as a combo ender when hitstun scaling is too high to go into 5BBB>214A/B

Enhanced

The move deals more damage and has a larger hitbox. making a much better anti-air.

Celica moves forward slightly when performing this move, making it susceptible to whiffing on cross-up jump-ins.

Version	Level	P1	P2
AD	3 [4]	80	60

AD:

Values in [] are for Powered Up version
On Guard Point, hitstop for Celica is 0F. Opponent hitstop unchanged
Minimum Damage 105 [120]

Skills

Arc Griller

236A/B

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
236A	1500	All	18	69	Total: 46	-6	P1
236B	1500	All	18	69	Total: 46	-6	P1

236A

A standard fireball. Used as a long range poke to catch opponents setting something up or to give the opponent something to dogde or block. It can also be used to end blockstrings when spaced or after 5BBB midscreen to squeeze some extra damage in before going into 214B+C.

The orb starts moving immediately, goes 95% of the screen, stops and then explodes.
If done directly in front of the opponent, the orb will whiff excluding bigger ones like Blitztank

236B

This version is a great neutral tool. You can use it to cover your approach or as a shield against projectiles and attacks.

It's also a great combo tool in the corner for loops letting you get good damage regardless of Recovery Cap.

Stays in place for a while before travelling 95% of the screen before exploding immediately.

Version	Level	P1	P2
236A	3	80	80
236B	3	80	80

236A:

Minimum Damage 75

236B:

Minimum Damage 75

Lance Quiche

214A

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
214A	2000 [2200]	All	15	12	26 <22>	-6 [-4]	B	10~26 P Guard [6~26 P Guard]
214A Backfire	200×7	All	15	2×6,3			P1

Unenhanced

A combo ender when used midscreen as it does good corner carry and leads into a safejump.

The projectile guardpoint lets you use this to contest zoners. The guardpoint comes in late so you'll have to use it pre-emptively.

Enhanced

The backfire lets it be used in high-damage loops midscreen with 5BBB.In the corner, it can be slightly delayed after 5BBB to link 5A and continue the combo.

. It's also safer on block making it decent for ending blockstrings. The guardpoint comes in earlier so it can be used on reaction.

Has more damage, range, is safer on block, has earlier guardpoint and gains hitbox on the back.

Version	Level	P1	P2
214A	3 [4]	80	80
214A Backfire	3	80	90

214A:

Values in [] are for Powered Up version
Immeditely enters recovery in <> on block/hit
On Guard Point, hitstop for Celica is reduced by 1F [is 0F]. Opponent hitstop unchanged
Minimum Damage 100 [110]

214A Backfire:

Only occurs during Powered Up version of 214A
Immediately ends if opponent gets hit by front hit
Minimum Damage 10×7 (70)

Marteau Flan

214B

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
2300 [2500]	High	26	5	24	-12 [-10]	B	14~30 HBP Guard

Unenhanced

The normal is normally used in cross combos when combined with an assist for high damage and for left/right mixups with active switch. Can also be used as a combo ender if you prefer damage over oki as it deals more damage 214A. In the corner, backdash + an assist will let you create a sandwich if your opponent forward techs.

The guardpoint lets its bait burst and reversals, making it hard to challenge.

Enhanced

Is mostly the same as the normal but better, letting it be used in the same situations.

Deals more damage, has more range and is safer on block(although still punishable).

Level	P1	P2
3 [4]	80	80

Values in [] are for Powered Up version
On Guard Point, hitstop for Celica is reduced by 1F [is 0F]. Opponent hitstop unchanged
Minimum Damage 115 [125]

Extra Skills

EX Arc Griller

236C

The Unlimited version, where she shoots a beam

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
1700	All	19	20	Total: 56	-7	P1

Useful for sniping assist calls to encourage your opponent to stop using them. Can also be used to extend combos or to add extra damage to them before cancelling to a super in Resonance Blaze. Finally, you can use it as a faster alternative to 236A in neutral.

Will if done right next to the opponent, excluding bigger ones like Blitztank

Level	P1	P2
4	100	85

Minimum Damage 170

Armure Sorbet

214C

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
				90

214C is a situational move best used with an assist. 214C lets Celica automatically enter Recovery Cap and heal large portions of health allowing for a comeback. However, because of its large duration, it's very susceptible to burst and is a death sentence when done solo. But proper use of assists can let you heal mid-combo and Cross Combo can let you heal multiple times. Additionally, characters like Iron Tager, Elizabeth and Yang Xiao Long with access to command grabs can let Celica get a heal off without worrying about burst and still combo. Characters with long-duration throws like Susanoo can do the same with their normal throws.

Overall, this move, when used properly can be very effective.

Heals all of Celica's red health.
Heals 3000 health if Celica has no red health.

Level	P1	P2

Partner Skills

5P

5B

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
2000	All	(18)+13	3	26	-10	B

Basic combo extender assist. Has good horizontal range but otherwise not that special.

Level	P1	P2
4	70	85

Minimum Damage 100

6P

Arc Griller

Again, Unlimited version

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
2000	All	(18)+63	20	Total: (18)+100	-7	P1

A delayed assist used in covering approaches as well as just having Celica for an Active Switch.

Just like the point version, will whiff if done right next to the opponent

Level	P1	P2
4	70	85

Minimum Damage 100

4P

Armure Sorbet

A heal boost a day keeps the Black Beast away.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
		(18)+49		Total: (18)+174

A very niche assist. Heals Celica and the point character no matter where they are on the screen, though it will end once the point character is a certain distance away. Recovers more red hp than "normal" hp, helping Celica gain Recovery Cap state, but ironically making it worse at healing compared to other options.

Staying near Celica causes the assist to stay out for longer. However, the assist will end shortly after the point character moves out away from her.
Celica will heal herself and the point character no matter the distance.
Celica heals 50 hp and 200 red hp right away, after which she continues at a rate of 3 hp per frame and 10 red hp per frame.
4p's healing lasts for a minimum of 20 frames, and up to a maximum of 100 frames.
Max HP recovered: 250 + 13 * 100 = 1550. Without existing red hp: 50 + 3 * 100 = 350.
Min HP recovered = 250 + 13 * 20 = 510. Without existing red hp: 50 + 3 * 20 = 110.

Level	P1	P2

Distortion Skills

Saber Anglaise

236B+C

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
400×18, 1450×2 [500×18, 1800×2]	All	1+(50 Flash)+20	2{(1)2}×19	Total: 125	-31	P2	1~25 All

236B+C isn't used very often as in most situations,214B+C will work as it deals more damage, leads into a safejump and has much faster startup. As such, 236B+C is only used in happy birthday combos and in double super combos as well as in the rare case in combos where the opponent is too high for 214B+C but will tech before they get low enough.

Level	P1	P2
3	80	60

Values in [] are for Enhanced version
Minimum Damage 40×18 + 203×2 (1126)
[Minimum Damage 50×18 + 216×2 (1382)]

Casque Veloute

214B+C

When they bully your cinnamon roll.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	Attribute	Invuln
100, 800×13, 3000 [1000×3, 500×17, 3000]	All	1+(113 Flash)+8	13	Until L+23L	-51	B	1~(Until L) All

214B+C can be used as a combo ender which goes into a safejump against slower reversals, to counter zoning and whiff normals from fullscreen and as a reversal in situations where DP will whiff or is too slow.

Additionally, it can be combined with an assist before inputting the super to cause a sandwich from fullscreen which is a strong defensive option. This is best done with assists with long blockstun like Elizabeth 6PGuardAllStartup(18)+62RecoveryTotal (18)+112Advantage-14 <-2> and Yang 6PGuardAllStartup(18+)39Recovery27Advantage-11 to make sure Celica stays safe before activating Cross Combo.