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Revision as of 13:35, 28 April 2021
Normal Moves
5A
B-b-baka!
- Hits crouchers.
- Great for tick throws.
- Can be held for up to 3 additional hits.
Holding the button for all 4 hits technically performs two moves, 5[A] and 5[A][A], and is treated as such for damage proration purposes. Similarly, holding the button for 2 hits performs 5[A] and only prorates once; this is different from pressing the button twice, which would perform two moves in 5A > 5A. This leads to a big difference in combo damage off both of them, though they both function as a two-hit jab confirm.
5B
Dance, Minerva!
- Good range, your main poke tool.
- Moves Minerva forward, boosting the range of follow up attacks. This makes it a nice tool in neutral for 5B>5C>214C.
Minerva's forward movement effectively increases the range of following B or C normals by approximately the same distance as 5B's pushback.
5C
- BBCP Celica 5C.png
Doesn't multi hit anymore
- Long-reaching button with limited use in footsies, as it is outclassed by 5B in most cases.
- Occasionally used as a poke against moves that would otherwise low-profile 5B.
- Mostly seen as combo fodder to help extend Quiche backfire loops.
A normal comparable to 5B and 2C in a lot of situations, but it does have enough of its own niche. While slower than 5B, a wider hitbox vertically and an extra active frame can make it better at catching jumps or crouching moves when used as a poke. While not giving Fatal Counter like 2C, being 1 frame faster and having more horizontal range while still leading to comparable damage will come up every now and then, a notable example being after instant blocking an Exceed Accel.
2A
Still adorable
- Slightly longer range than 5A, but otherwise almost identical.
- Hold A to hit 3 more times.
- Can OTG, so is commonly used to catch rolls/quick getup.
Mostly good for pressure and tick throws, although 5A generally does better for those. It doesn't really have any horizontal range so it isn't particularly good for mashing out of gaps in pressure.
2B
Onegai~
- Fast, multi-hitting low with decent range that leads to good damage.
- Extremely low pushback.
- Also moves Minerva slightly forward, not as far as 5B.
- Good starter from a dash in.
A staple part of Celica's blockstring pressure. Between being cancellable on either hit, having very little pushback and being a natural 1-frame trap into 2C, there's a lot this move can do to make your pressure feel just a little bit scarier. In neutral, the low hurtbox and decent range can make it a reasonable poke at certain distances.
2C
- BBCP Celica 2C.png
Pushing back
- Fatal Counter; Celica's best CH punish starter
- Vacuums the opponent
2C is a great pressure tool for resetting pressure because of its ability to vacuum the opponent, but it is minus on block. The vacuum doesn't pull the opponent in too much though so you need to manage the pushback from your blockstring carefully to get the most out of this as a pressure reset. In confirming combos, 5C does slightly more damage, but 2C will often still be preferred for the vacuum to ensure you remain in range for 5D.
6A
The most adorable move in the game
- Celica attempts to do an uppercut, but loses her balance and falls over instead.
- Airborne during first hit, until second hit
- First hit knocks down
- Second hit knocks down on air hit, staggers on ground hit
- Gap between hits under normal circumstances is 7 frames
At 24 frames start-up, -8 on block, no meterless cancel options, and mediocre conversions outside of the corner, 6A is not a great overhead. You can make first overhead hit whiff, allowing only the low to hit instead, though hitting only the low doesn't let you combo without Rapid or counter hit. With meter, 6A(1) > RC > into either j.B or IAD > j.B represents a good overhead starter for a mixup that's easy to confirm and leads to good damage. On a midscreen counter hit, the opponent isn't pushed as far away, allowing you to combo reliably.
6B
- BBCP Celica 6B.png
The anti-air
- Head invulnerability from frame 4, lasts through the active frames.
- Slams the opponent into the ground for a ground bounce on air and/or counter hit.
With a great hitbox and good cancel options, mostly notably jump cancellable on block, 6B is one of Celica's best tools. Sees a lot of usage in combos thanks to the utility of the ground slam.
6C
- BBCP Celica 6C.png
Do a flip, Minerva
- Slow launcher that leads to high damage combos
- Vacuums the opponent
- Jump cancellable on hit only
6C is generally used as combo fodder; can combo from enhanced Flan, 5C/2C during crouch confirm combos, or counter hit 5B/5C/2C. Usually for maximum damage you'll want to route into this move as early in the combo as possible. 6C can also be used in pressure as a frame trap, mainly as a threat to deter your opponent from pressing buttons or attempting to jump out after 2C, but lacks good cancel options afterwards.
3C
Will knock down even a tree
- Unremarkable sweep.
- Counter hit causes hard knockdown as with most sweeps.
Mostly just a combo tool for stable combo enders, or for floating grounded opponents when at full health. Celica's most unsafe normal barring her Drives, and only goes into Drives.
j.A
- Celica's fastest air button.
- Similar to 5A and 2A, it can be held for 1 extra hit, but unlike them it can't be held for 2 more.
- Best utilized in air-to-air situations.
- On hit, can either go into j.B>j.C>j.D>land 214BHP for combo extension, or a short string ending with j.214A.
j.B
- BBCP Celica j.B.png
Slicing the cake
- Most commonly used for air-to-ground jump-ins.
- Can also be used for f-shiki (fuzzy guard) setups.
Generally preferred jump-in or IAD button as it hits fairly low, and can go into j.C afterwards for extra overhead hits and better frame advantage on landing.
j.C
- BBCP Celica j.C.png
Did I just catch you jumping in?
- Reaches far, good air-to-air.
- Long untech time on Counter Hit, allowing for higher damage combos.
- Decent as a far jump-in due to being multi-hit, though you have to be precise to hit people crouching.
Basically your air footsies tool. However, Celica's hurtbox expands farther than it seems, so you can sometimes get disadvantageous trades while trying to use it.
Drive Moves
All of Celica's drive moves feature a starter, an bridging attack and a common ender. While they are listed together based on input, it is possible to combine different drive chains together. For example you can combine 2D (Starter), 6D (Bridge) and 5D (Ender) in one chain. All parts of a drive chain can be cancelled in the next part on hit, block or whiff. The only exception is the healing move which will only activate if the Ender move hits. Each individual Drive move is affected by Same Move Proration.
5D
- BBCP Celica 5D.png
Uno!
- BBCP Celica D5D.png
Dos!
- BBCF Celica D5DD.png
Tres!
Starter
- Fatal Counter
5D (Starter) is Celica's fastest Drive attack, but has shorter reach than the other Drive starters. It has a bizarrely long amount of hitstun, allowing you to follow up with enhanced specials and confirm hits easily. Also vacuums the opponent on hit or block, though much less than 2C and 6C.
Bridge
- Switches sides
- Does not switch sides into the corner
5DD deals the most damage of the secondary Drive attacks. Because 5DD switches sides, 6DD is preferred for corner carry. Covers a long distance, and has a decent amount of projectile invulnerability, but whiffing Celica's Drive in neutral is not recommended; Lance Quiche is a safer anti-zoning option.
Ender
- Fixed hitstun on ground hit
- Automatically cancels into Heal on hit
5DDD is the universal Drive ender. Launches the opponent away on air hit or spins them in place on ground hit, and leads to Celica's automatic healing on hit. In Overdrive, the long spin animation or untechable launch give you enough time to cancel into Armure Sorbet to heal and then continue the combo.
2D
- BBCP Celica 2D1.png
Un!
- BBCP Celica D2D.png
Deux!
- Both attacks float on hit
- Both attacks give hard knockdown on CH
Starter
2D (Starter) hits low and is quite slow. Sees very little use, outside of occasionally maximising damage by doing 3C 2D 6DD into Casque.
Bridge
2D (Bridge) also hits low and also sees very little use in combos outside of maximising damage by doing 3C 6D 2DD into Casque; which ender actually does more damage will depend on which Drives you've already used, due to SMP. 2DD will always leave a gap if used on block. Can now be used along with Flan for a mixup, but is generally not recommended. It is technically a two-hit move, but the first hit only hits behind Celica, so in most cases it's a one-hit move and startup of the move is effectively 11.
6D
- BBCP Celica 6D.png
One!
- BBCP Celica D6D.png
Two!
Starter
- Hard knockdown on air hit
- Forces crouching on ground hit
6D moves Celica forward and has foot and throw invuln from frame 5 through the active frames. Staple combo ender as it grants hard knockdown on air hit. Forces crouching on ground hit, but cannot be capitalized on without spending meter or Overdrive. Very slightly airborne for the first few frames of recovery, making it cancellable into j.214A (at a slightly delayed timing) in addition to grounded special moves.
Bridge
- Staggers opponent on ground hit
6DD is generally preferred over 5DD midscreen for corner carry. Usually used at the beginning of Griller loops. The first hit is on Celica's fists and has very short range as well as shorter hit and blockstun, while the later active frames of the second hit swing around to hit above and slightly behind Celica.
j.D (Starter)
- BBCP Celica j.D.png
Down we go!
- Leads into DD attacks on landing
- Stops aerial momentum
This move can be used to delay air momentum to bait out anti-airs and is combo fodder for combos starting off anti-air 6B or stray air-to-air conversions. If it hits cross-up, follow-up Drive attacks will autocorrect towards the opponent, but specials will not. Since the landing hit becomes active on the second frame after landing, it is possible to cancel into specials on landing before the second hit comes out if the first hit connects. Unlike all of Celica's other multi-hit normals, j.D applies damage proration on both hits, so cancelling before the second hit can lead to higher damage.
Drive Heal
Automatic after Drive ender hits.
Don't overdo it, Minerva!
- Used to heal back up to 1500 Recovery Cap.
- Long animation, but always safe to use since 5DDD will always inflict enough hitstun to prevent it being stuffed.
New in CF is this automatic follow up after the new universal 3rd D attack in a chain. It'll heal any Recovery Cap you have accumulated. When used strategically, it's good for getting back a good chunk of your health. If you don't want to use up your Recovery Cap, you can special cancel the last D attack to avoid automatically cancelling into this, bear in mind this may use up the recovery cap you have gained, depending on the special move used.
Universal Mechanics
Ground Throw
5/6B+C
- BBCP Celica ForwardThrow2.png
- BBCP Celica ForwardThrow3.png
Short Circuit
- Standard throw, pops the opponent up a bit on hit.
- Back throw is identical to forward throw, except Celica turns around first.
- Generally followed up by 5B>6B>2C for a combo ending in j.214A, or 6B>5C>5D into Quiche backfire loops.
Air Throw
j.BC
- BBCP Celica AirThrow2.png
I hope she knows how to cook
- BBCP Celica AirThrow3.png
BOOM!
- Air throw that wallbounces on hit.
- Depending on screen position, can be followed up by 6C or j.D for combo extension.
Counter Assault
When blocking 6A+B
- BBCP Celica 5D.png
Hold me tight~
- Uses 5D's animation.
- Has similar startup to other Counter Assaults, but is incredibly negative on block. It's probably better for you to try to DP out of a gap and RC if it doesn't hit than use this, but if a string is too tight, sometimes you have no choice but to use this.
Crush Trigger
5A+B
- BBCP Celica CrushTrigger.png
L-lewd...
- Shorter range than most Crush Triggers, but leads into high damage in the corner.
- Launches airborne opponents
Useful combo tool for Celica when she doesn't have an enhanced special on hand.
Special Moves
Pic Confit
j.214A
- BBCP Celica Pic Confit.png
Celica Kick!
- Fast-moving divekick with little to no followup potential. Generally an air combo ender.
- Soft knockdown against airborne opponents, even on counter hit.
- Safer on block and whiff in CF2, and now comboable (without Rapid) on CH if Celica hits low enough to the ground.
- -2 on block at best.
The speed, angle and relative safety of this move make it a surprisingly useful tool for rushing people down, countering grounded pokes and escaping the corner.
Arc Griller
236B
- BBCP Celica Arc Griller.png
Cannonball!
- Simple fireball; strong for zoning but also knocks down.
- Almost goes the full length of the screen. Slows down as it travels, then pops shortly after stopping. The pop has an expanded hitbox.
- Used in combo routes that don't use enhanced specials, for when you want to keep your recoverable health or can't build any.
- Has a different animation when cancelled into from 6C.
An all-around solid tool for neutral and combos, as well as being a relatively safe way to end a longer blockstring and return to neutral. Useful for ending drive chains if you don't want to cancel into healing, but also don't want to use your recovery cap on a different special move.
Marteau Flan
214B
- BBCP Celica Marteau Flan.png
Schoolgirl CRUSH
- Slow overhead.
- Guard point on head and body on frames 14-29, also projectile on enhanced version. Can guard point through unblockables.
- For the non-enhanced version, armouring attacks will convert health equal to their full unscaled damage to recoverable health, and Celica's health can be reduced to 0 this way. Can armour through a maximum of 1500 damage total; any hit that would exceed the threshold will counter hit, dealing the excess damage but no health will be converted to recoverable health.
- Enhanced version takes a big step forward, giving it significantly more range.
Enhanced Flan is a combo staple that launches your opponent and leads to strong combos, and is also safe on block. Both versions can be utilized to guard point through opponent's Counter Assaults. This move is still vulnerable to Foot property and Throws, so it can lose to 2A mash or throw attempts.
Hache Rotir
236C
- BBCP Celica Hache Rotir.png
Celica Upper!
- Chargeable uppercut with guard point through to active frames, but loses to throws and unblockables.
- For the non-enhanced version, armouring attacks will convert health equal to their full unscaled damage to recoverable health, and Celica's health can be reduced to 0 this way. Can armour through a maximum of 2500 damage total; any hit that would exceed the threshold will counter hit, dealing the excess damage, but no health will be converted to recoverable health.
- Launches extremely high on counter hit.
- Regular Rotir will have its startup extended by hitstop if it guard points an attack. Enhanced Rotir will ignore the hitstop instead, effectively freezing the opponent in place temporarily.
- Charged Rotir gives soft knockdown, or Fatal Counters for a short combo on counter hit.
Celica's idea of a DP move. Not fully invulnerable, but has frame 1 HBFPT guard point against all blockable attacks instead. While technically able to guard point against Throw attribute moves, most of them aren't blockable so they will still beat this move. Outside of being a reversal, the charged version can occasionally be used in corner combos after throw or 5D, linking into 5B, 6B or 2B depending on height.
Lance Quiche
214C
- BBCP Celica Lance Quiche.png
Outta the way~
- An advancing special that is safe on normal block and has projectile guard point. Can guard point through unblockables.
- For the non-enhanced version, armouring attacks will convert health equal to their full unscaled damage to recoverable health, and Celica's health can be reduced to 0 this way. Can armour through a maximum of 1500 damage total; any hit that would exceed the threshold will counter hit, dealing the excess damage but no health will be converted to recoverable health.
- Regular version gives soft knockdown, Enhanced version gives slide knockdown.
- Enhanced version also creates a backfire behind Minerva that juggles and drags opponents behind Celica.
Regular Quiche is mainly used to end combos when you're too far for other options (5B>5C>Quiche) and to go through projectiles. You have to be early since the projectile guard point does not start until frame 10, and you can't combo from it without Rapid, but effective usage of this can control your opponent's projectile usage in neutral. Enhanced Quiche has its projectile guard point active earlier and is used often in combos, most notably for the backfire that comes out of Minerva. This can be looped a few times depending on combo starter and leads to very good damage. The slide on the regular front hit also lets you combo from Quiche in the corner, as well as providing a solid knockdown at the end of a combo.
Distortion Drives
Armure Sorbet
632146A
- BBCP Celica Armure Sorbet.png
Because a good girl needs to take care of others
- Heals for all of your recovery cap, plus 300 extra health.
- Zero recovery post-flash.
- Significantly faster in Overdrive.
Armure Sorbet is mostly only good for Overdrive combos aimed specifically towards healing back as much health as possible. If you do the right combo from low enough health, it's possible to heal back about half your max HP, which is pretty useful. Since the super flash happens so late into the move, it has the fortunate property of not telegraphing itself that heavily or spending heat until it's actually ready to go. Although you will want to be some distance away from your opponent before you use this.
Saber Anglaise
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- BBCP Celica Saber Anglaise.png
For when you want to spend meter on something
- Multi-hitting beam super.
- Celica's least-used super, due to having long startup, low damage and practically no invuln.
- 796 minimum damage when all hits connect, or 1040 in Overdrive.
Situations to use Saber are few and far between; one possible situation to use it in is if you want to get extra damage at the end of a combo by spending meter, but don't want to corner yourself with Casque. Otherwise, Casque outclasses it in almost every other situation.
Under some rather specific circumstances (character-specific, close to corner, hitting as high as possible, sometimes needing fatal counter), it's possible to combo Saber into Casque as a way to spend 100 meter in a combo, though this still usually isn't even worth doing unless you also use Overdrive.
Casque Veloute
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The better Carnage Scissors
- Fullscreen range, fully invulnerable dash super.
- Standard round finisher at the end of combos; gives very poor okizeme, so you generally want to avoid using it otherwise.
- Can't be rapid cancelled.
- Has 940 minimum damage and 1340 in Overdrive.
- Side swaps, both on hit and on block/whiff.
Casque is very risky and not very rewarding as a reversal, but it goes fullscreen so it can be used to punish fireballs or other random whiffed moves. 236C is vulnerable to throws and unblockables, as well as jump/Rapid cancelling upon hitting the guard point, so sometimes this is your only option.
Exceed Accel
Pue Vapeur
ABCD during Overdrive
Is everything okay there, Celica?!
- A standard Exceed Accel; does not cost Heat, immediately ends Overdrive when used, can't be rapid cancelled, higher damage in Active Flow, puts Celica in Active Flow if she hasn't been in it already during the round.
- 10% minimum damage
Minerva sticks out her electrical plug. If it connects, Minerva proceeds to perform a series of attacks and knocks the opponent back across the screen. Decent horizontal range, but can easily be jumped over, or occasionally low profiled.
Astral Heat
Atout Rillettes
222A
I'll heal your wounds~
Oh, well...
It's an Astral. Easy execution. The hitbox does not extend very high off of the ground, but you can reliably combo into it at any point by routing into 6D.
External References
- General Combo Guide by Shinespark
- Optimized Combos by Stripy
- Older Combo Guide by UnsafeOnHit
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