Celica is BlazBlue's beginner friendly character. Her Drive, MinervaGuardMidStartup11Recovery33Advantage-17, is chain combo that Celica can perform combo attacks with her robot partner, Minerva. The chain combo consists of three attacks: a Starter, a Bridge and an Ender. Any Drive Starter can go into any of the Bridge attacks, which can all go into the Ender. Each Drive attack can go into the next in a specific delayed window, regardless of hit, block or whiff. The only exception is the heal, which activates only if the ender hits. Celica gains Recovery Cap by hitting Drive attacks, passively during Overdrive, or by guard-pointing the opponent's attacks with the Skill Attacks Marteau FlanGuardHighStartup25Recovery24 [16]Advantage-10 [-2], Lance QuicheGuardMidStartup13~27Recovery39Advantage-24 or Hache RotirGuardAllStartup15Recovery26 (29)Advantage-4. While having active Recovery Cap points, Celica can use it to either boost her attacks or recover her own health. Although Celica has a lot on her plate, she is relatively easy-to-learn.
In the story, Celica was the foster mother of Ragna the Bloodedge, Jin Kisaragi and Saya until she was killed by Yuuki Terumi. She was revived into the present day by Kokonoe to take down Terumi as the titular Chronophantasma. Minerva is a robot created by Kokonoe to protect Celica from harm. She is modeled after NirvanaGuardStartup16RecoveryAdvantage-, the robot doll that is currently with Carl Clover.