BBCP2, Celica and Lambda Hype Thread

[Kikirin]

It seems like Minerva doesn't have its own health after all, though the wording in the play style description seemed to suggest otherwise. I guess it technically works out if you think of the life bar as Minerva's rather than Celica's. Kinda feels like a missed opportunity for an interesting weakening mechanic though.

[AchedSphinx]

I also noticed that Lambda can pick up an opponent off the ground with her drive now. So it makes me wonder if she do a ground combo and easily take the opponent in the air for a full drive combo (say for instance cancelling into the nail or something). Lambda's 4B (6B now I guess) crumples.

 

Also, Celica does soviet damage. So I guess we can look forward to that.

[Diveman]

Also now I see what they meant with her Drive being different than Nu's. She basically does 5/6/whateverDD in 1 D press, I can't wait to see what they come up with during the loketest!

[Dawn of Musou]

The high damage probably isn't gonna last for long. We are getting loketests and there is a lot that can change between now and Fall.

[mAc Chaos]

celica's animations are amazing, especially that intro one

but i just saw her do 2.2k from 3 hits

and this is just a demo

lol from the commentating it sounds like these combos are "B C DDDD"

[abadlime]

Shes really mobile.  High damage too.  Whats the catch?

[mAc Chaos]

sometimes she gets lost on the way to the match and you lose automatically

[Master Of Chaos]

DDDDDDDDD reigns supreme. 

 

Really lovin how Celica's turning out! Can't wait for the lokitests.

[Calamitus]

Celica has the lowest hp in the game or i have hallucinations.

[mAc Chaos]

Wow, she passively regains HP during OD.

[Ragnarok_F4]

Celica has the lowest hp in the game or i have hallucinations.

 

It seems to be the case, she has like 9500 (Carl's HP).

[Luminos564]

Wow, she passively regains HP during OD.

 

Yeah and it is a pretty speedy regen at that. Though from my estimate, I think she's only got around 8500~9500 health based on the damage Lambda-11 was doing to her so perhaps the regeneration is there to offset her poor health? I wonder if people will be pulling off the healing DD often since the start-up is looking pretty long. Still her damage is fantastic (even if it will end up lower down the line after the game is finalized). If they were going for a very basic, beginner-friendly character, I'd say they got it just about right with Celica. By the way, exactly what does her Drive even do? I think this was explained but I really can't tell if I saw it in action.

 

Lamb-chops is looking...kinda "sluggish" I guess? I dunno, maybe it is just the new swords she has or her animation but something feels like it is missing. Plus, what does her OD do? It certainly didn't make her into an Unlimited form like it does with Nu-13 so really curious there.

[No Limitz]

Noticed changes (I haven't turned the sound on due to work, so I'll watch it again later to see what they're saying):

Nu gets a new act parser.

Nu has 3 versions of spike chaser.

Lambda Cavalier wall bounces again

Lambda Blade grounds

Lambda Zwei can be canceled into Nail maybe?

Lambda has 2 version of gravity seed, one with a hitbox for full meter and a one without a hitbox for less.

Lambda 5C > 5D is a thing.

Lambda's "j.2D" launches grounded opponents and is nearly a 45 degree angle down. Not sure if Nu will get this new angle of attack.

Nu's Calamity sword falls from about a character space away while Lambda's falls right next to her. Edit: right it tracks now, thought that was only available in OD.

Nu's sickle wall bounces if the opponent is close to the edge of the screen, will probably be necessary for combo extensions in the corner.

[Ragnarok_F4]

 By the way, exactly what does her Drive even do? I think this was explained but I really can't tell if I saw it in action.

 

I guess, that you input directions with the D button and do Minerva's attacks (like the reversal) similar to Noel's drive I think, but I don't know which attack is what either.

[Master Of Chaos]

It also looks like OD boosts Celica's heal distortion quite a bit. The whole thing kinda reminds me of Liz.

 

My buddies and I were discussing what possible fates might await Celica in Amane's and Relius's Astrals. #TheNightmares   God save my soul.

[Velvien]

Celica has the lowest hp in the game or i have hallucinations.

Looks like 10,000. Just calculated how much damage Celica took in the one round where she lost. About 8550 damage from combos/multi-hit attacks, as well as a 5A (probably 300 damage) and a 236C (probably 1250).

[MoneyD90]

I see Celica is rocking that Bridget neutral sway. Lol.

[Angel-tastic]

So I see the Nu's Sickle Storm wall bounces in the corner now, so that's pretty cool. She can Act Parser into the air now and has a new j6.D, but I couldn't really tell what those are useful for just from watching.

 

For Lambda, her aerial drive can pull standing opponent's into the air, so I fell like her air Drives are going to be a lot more dangerous than Nu's.

Apparently her Drive swords spawn closer to her, so she can combo them after close-range attacks, and you can combo Act Parser Zwei: Cavalier after 6C.

I'm not really sure what the uses are for 6B, Exiga Nail, or Act Parser Zwei: Blade just from watching, but I guess we'll find out in due time.

 

I like what I see from Lambda so far.

[Tokkan]

anyone know wat lambda said on her victory quote at 8:01

 

"Loketest... Acknowledged. Continuing to gather data."

 

This is different from Nu's loketest victory quote, BTW. Nu's was "Loketest data received. Beginning extermination."

[DeathArcana]

I hope this ends up as something similar to USFIV where the upgrade is just DLC with a stand alone can be bought seperately

[CosmicShadow99]

So Celica is looking like a decent character. But imo from what I've seen so far they haven't added enough to Nu at all to make up for what she lost. Nu was a decent character before but then they cut out half her moves to slap them onto another character? So if nothing changes I imagine both will just be underpowered and there's not enough of a difference between their play-styles either to be honest.

[Master Of Chaos]

They said before that Nu would get some new stuff to compensate. I doubt they showed us everything in that video. 

 

(That or I wasn't paying enough attention, too much Celica).

[Myoro]

So during OD Lambchop's 5D sword got bigger and did more damage. 5DD did 648 originally and 777 in OD. I think it would have done more if the 5DD was enhanced as well, but the first hit killed Nu and ended OD. There may have been an additional effect added to her drives follow-up (IE untech time, launch, vacuum, whatever) that we did not get to see as a result of the premature end. this is supported by the fact that a meager difference of 129 damage is hardly OD damage material.

[Tokkan]

New info.

 

http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_fh_diary&target_c_diary_id=84867

 

Info 1: Bang now appears to vanish when using his high speed movement from OD if he has a Rin mark.

Info 2: All Distortion Drives are now enhanced by Overdrive (currently only certain DDs benefit from OD).

[Dreiko]

The vanish is described as having the same properties as his drive teleportation from Burning Heart's successful guard pointing. This presumably translates to substantially increased full invuln to frkz dashes since drive teleports are invincible.

Also, it seems I'll be changing my sig finally. Tis a glorious day.