Brave Celica

• Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD / -RES
• Weapon: Royal Sword
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Draconic Aura / Galeforce / Moonbow / Aether
• Passive A: Death Blow
• Passive B: Double Lion
• Passive C: Odd Atk Wave / Atk Tactic / Flexible
• Sacred Seal: Quickened Pulse / Attack +3

As is typical for most Choose Your Legends heroes, Celica comes with a fantastic base kit. It’s perfectly functional straight out of the box aside from needing an Assist. However, a few things can be changed to squeeze out a bit more efficiency.

Royal Sword combos exceptionally well with Death Blow and Double Lion allowing Celica to unleash a devastating offense when initiating combat (very similarly to Alm with his refined Falchion). The increased Special charge gained from Royal Sword allows Celica to very quickly charge and activate her Special. Pairing this with the Quickened Pulse seal allows Celica to instantly activate Draconic Aura assuming that she’s within range of an ally. If the enemy survives this and is able to counter, then Celica can potentially strike twice again (activating Draconic Aura again). The Quickened Pulse Seal can be swapped for another Seal like Attack +3 if Celica can get either Infantry Pulse or Ostia’s Pulse support from her allies. Alternatively, Celica can use Moonbow instead of Draconic Aura to remove her reliance on the Quickened Pulse seal (or Infantry Pulse/Ostia’s Pulse support); while this results in less damage, it does allow her to be a bit more consistent while also freeing up her seal.

Celica’s base Galeforce can be utilized alongside the Quickened Pulse Seal (or Infantry Pulse/Ostia’s Pulse support) to allow her to have a guaranteed second turn; however, lacking a damage Special like Draconic Aura or Moonbow will result in her securing less matchups. One of the major issues that Celica faces is that Double Lion requires 100% HP while inflicting post-combat recoil damage. Celica lacks built-in sustain unlike Alm whose Falchion has Renewal built-in. To alleviate this, Celica can run a healing Special like Aether, but this is still not particularly effective given that the recoil damage takes place after combat; this means that Celica will have to go through at least one combat without the Double Lion effect active. It’s far more efficient to simply have access to some form of healing on Celica’s team.

Odd Atk Wave works particularly well due to Double Lion guaranteeing Celica’s ability to double; combined with Death Blow 4, Celica can have a potential +14 to Attack on initiation. However, Odd Atk Wave isn’t strictly necessary (particularly if Celica has access to team support in the form of buffs), and can be replaced as needed to suit the team.

• Preferred IV:+ATK or +SPD / -RES
• Weapon: Firesweep Sword+ / Wo Dao+ (+Spd)
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Moonbow / Galeforce
• Passive A: Death Blow
• Passive B: Double Lion
• Passive C: Even Spd Wave / Odd Atk Wave / Flexible
• Sacred Seal: Heavy Blade / Flashing Blade / Quickened Pulse

One of the major advantages of Double Lion being tied to Celica’s B skill rather than the Royal Sword is that she can effectively quad strike with any weapon of her choice; this means that she can uniquely utilize a Firesweep Sword and quad strike with it for devastatingly effective offensive power. As with any of Celica’s builds that utilize Double Lion, it works best when paired with a healer on Celica’s team to help maintain Double Lion’s uptime.

Combining the Heavy/Flashing Blade Seal with Firesweep Sword allows Celica to activate Moonbow on her second attack; with Double Lion, Celica can activate Moonbow twice during her four attacks. Alternatively, Celica can very quickly charge up Galeforce with either Heavy/Flashing Blade, but runs the risk of not being able to fully charge it if she KO’s her opponent in only two hits. The only way around this is to have Infantry Pulse or Ostia’s Pulse support.

An alternative to the Firesweep Sword+ would be a Wo Dao+. This has the added benefit of providing some extra Speed through the weapon refinery, though Celica will no longer nullify enemy retaliations. With that said, the extra Special damage that Wo Dao+ offers can potentially grant Celica the extra power to punch through bulky heroes that she'd normally struggle against, including Hector: Brave Warrior and Effie. Quickened Pulse and Moonbow are essential for this, offering immense power from the first initiation.

• Preferred IV:+ATK / -RES
• Weapon: Armorsmasher+ (+Atk)
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Moonbow / Galeforce
• Passive A: Death Blow
• Passive B: Double Lion
• Passive C: Odd Atk Wave / Flexible
• Sacred Seal: Flashing Blade / Heavy Blade / Quickened Pulse

For players looking to use Celica: Warrior Priestess at the top level of Arena, an Armorsmasher+ can be a great investment to counter the most common class you'll encounter. +ATK is the recommended boon without question, as few armored heroes will manage to avoid Celica's four attacks. Nonetheless, offense is the best defense in this case: Celica will want to maximise her attack in order to KO enemy armored heroes within two blows, otherwise she risks a retaliation.

Moonbow is a straight-forward Special that can ensure some of the bulkier blue heroes still fall to Celica's attacks, though Galeforce is a tempting alternative. Given Celica's immense KO potential against armored heroes, and their tendency to appear alongside other armored heroes to utilise skills like Armor March and Ward Armor, Galeforce can enable Celica to tear through enemy teams within a single turn. Flashing Blade makes this even easier thanks to their typically low Speed, with a few exceptions.

Though Celica can almost singlehandedly destroy armored teams with this build, it's not perfect by any means. Double Lion is still a problem, as Celica will be reliant on support to keep the powerful effect active. Without it, she risks taking heavy damage against armored heroes that she fails to defeat in a single blow, which can spell defeat. Additionally, Celica will find herself far weaker than usual if she doesn't have any armored opponents to face. Against dragon heroes or other classes, Celica will struggle more considerably than she would with a more flexible offensive build.