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Fallen Celica - Imprisoned Soul |
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Related Heroes
Hero Stats
Stat Variations
HP | ATK | SPD | DEF | RES | |
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Low | 17 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
Middle | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
High | 19 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 |
HP | ATK | SPD | DEF | RES | |
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Low | 36 | 32 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
Middle | 40 | 35 | 35 | 27 | 26 |
High | 43 | 38 | 38 | 30 | 30 |
IV Sets
Key stats worth increasing through nature if possible. | |
Complementary stats that matter, but not to the point of picking them over key stats for nature increase. | |
Relatively worthless stat that can safely be decreased through nature. |
HP | ATK | SPD | DEF | RES |
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Skill Sets
Immortal Puppet (Supertank)
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Beloved Zofia (+Eff) | A | Distant Counter |
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Positional Assist | B | Close Call 3 / Repel 3 Alternate: Null Follow-Up 3 |
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Noontime | C | Pulse Smoke 3 |
IVs | +SPD / -HP | S | Spd/Res Solo 3 |
Weapon: Beloved Zofia (+Eff)
Assist: Positional Assist
Special: Noontime
Passive A: Distant Counter
Passive B: Close Call / Null Follow-Up / Null C-Disrupt
Passive C: Pulse Smoke
Sacred Seal: Spd/Res Solo
- As with any high-Speed Infantry Sword, Celica can take advantage of her Speed twofold by performing/avoiding follow-up attacks consistently and utilizing damage reduction via Close Call / Repel. While 35 Speed isn’t great, Beloved Zofia salvages this along with her other stats, granting +3 Defense, +4 to all stats during combat in exchange for 4 recoil damage, and an additional +4 to all stats during combat if her HP or the enemy’s HP is < 100%. With Beloved Zofia, Celica can have both an offensive and defensive presence on Enemy Phase.
- Close Call and Repel are both damage reduction skills. They reduce the amount of damage Celica takes by 4% for every point of Speed she has over the enemy (capping at 40%, so a gap of 10 Speed). This is an excellent skill for Celica, as due to her high Speed, she’ll consistently be able to take reduced damage. Spd/Res Solo is chosen as her Sacred Seal because of this, along with the fact that supertanks tend to be at least 2 spaces away from their allies (usually exactly 2 to receive the benefits from Brave Lucina’s Geirskögul).
- The combination of Beloved Zofia’s 7 HP of healing per attack, Noontime, and Close Call can make Celica incredibly obnoxious to take out. Distant Counter is vital for this set, as Celica wants to be able to attack ranged enemies for damage and healing via Beloved Zofia and Noontime. Pulse Smoke prevents Celica from being nuked by enemies with Specials ready, which is important given the prevalence of Infantry Pulse teams and Lysithea on Aether Raids Defense.
- Alternatively, if Close Call seems like overkill given Celica’s healing via Beloved Zofia and Noontime, she can instead use Null Follow-Up or Null C-Disrupt. Null Follow-Up ensures that Celica will follow-up if possible and prevents the enemy from using weapon/skill conditions to perform a guaranteed follow-up. Null C-Disrupt allows Celica to counterattack against all units in combination with Distant Counter, preventing her from being chipped away by Staff and Firesweep enemies.
Nightmares of You (General Offense)
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Beloved Zofia (+Eff) | A | Atk/Spd Solo (3 or 4) Alternate: Swift Sparrow (2 or 3) |
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Positional Assist | B | Null Follow-Up 3 Alternate: Lull Atk/Def 3 |
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Bonfire Alternate: Glimmer |
C | Joint Drive Atk Alternate: Def Smoke 3 |
IVs | +ATK or +SPD / -HP or -RES | S | Flashing Blade 3 Alternate: Swift Sparrow 2 |
Weapon: Beloved Zofia (+Eff)
Assist: Positional Assist
Special: Bonfire / Glimmer
Passive A: Atk/Spd Solo (3 or 4) / Swift Sparrow (2 or 3) / Atk/Spd Push 4
Passive B: Null Follow-Up / Lull Atk/Def / Mystic Boost
Passive C: Joint Drive Atk / Def Smoke
Sacred Seal: Flashing Blade / Swift Sparrow
- Given Celica’s respectable offenses that become significantly augmented by Beloved Zofia, she can become a great Player Phase unit for general offense.
- Without the +Eff refine, Beloved Zofia grants +3 Defense and +4 to all stats during combat, but 4 recoil damage after combat. With the +Eff refine, if Celica’s HP or the enemy’s HP is < 100%, she gains an additional +4 to all stats during combat and 7 HP of healing per attack. As such, her 35/35/27/26 statline at neutral can very easily become 43/43/38/34, which is not only fantastic offensively, but also very strong defensively, especially in combination with the healing. Since Celica can very easily reach at least 38 Defense with Beloved Zofia, Bonfire is an excellent choice for her Special, granting additional damage equal to 50% of her Defense when activated.
- Skills that increase Celica’s Attack and Speed such as Atk/Spd Solo and Swift Sparrow are great choices, as they allow Celica to deal more damage and perform follow-up attacks more consistently. Flashing Blade is chosen since in combination with a 3-cooldown Special, Celica can activate her Special on her follow-up attack if no Guard effect is active and the enemy counterattacks. Alternatively, Celica can use a 2-cooldown Special such as Glimmer to do the same even if the enemy does not counterattack.
- Null Follow-Up ensures that Celica’s Speed doesn’t go to waste, as it nullifies skills that prevent Celica’s follow-up attack and guarantee the enemy’s follow-up attack. Lull Atk/Def is another strong option, inflicting -3 Atk/Def on the enemy during combat and nullifying their visible buffs in Attack and Defense. Joint Drive Atk and Def Smoke are both strong C slots, increasing Celica’s damage by increasing her Attack during combat and inflicting -7 Defense on enemies within 2 spaces of the target respectively.
- Under normal circumstances, Mystic Boost would be a poor choice for Celica, as its 6 HP of healing outweighs Beloved Zofia’s 4 HP of recoil damage. This means that Celica would be unable to receive the +4 to all stats and 7 HP of healing per attack from Beloved Zofia’s +Eff refine, as its condition is for Celica’s HP or the enemy’s HP to be < 100%. However, with Atk/Spd Push 4, the combined recoil damage becomes 9 instead of 4, ensuring that Mystic Boost’s 6 HP of healing does not bring Celica back to 100% HP.
Winds of Fate (Galeforce)
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Beloved Zofia (+Eff) | A | Atk/Spd Solo (3 or 4) Alternate: Flashing Blade 4 |
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Positional Assist | B | Null Follow-Up 3 Alternate: Lull Atk/Def 3 |
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Galeforce | C | Time's Pulse 3 |
IVs | +ATK or +SPD / -HP or -RES | S | Flashing Blade 3 Alternate: Swift Sparrow 2 |
Weapon: Beloved Zofia (+Eff) / Beloved Zofia (+SPD)
Assist: Positional Assist
Special: Galeforce
Passive A: Atk/Spd Solo (3 or 4) / Flashing Blade 4 / Swift Sparrow (2 or 3) / Atk/Spd Push 4 / Fury (3 or 4)
Passive B: Null Follow-Up / Lull Atk/Def
Passive C: Time’s Pulse
Sacred Seal: Flashing Blade / Swift Sparrow
- A Galeforce set is another great offensive set that Celica can use to make the most of her offenses. Beloved Zofia’s +4 to all stats during combat in exchange for 4 recoil damage and additional +4 to all stats during combat if Celica’s HP or the enemy’s HP is < 100% allows her to consistently KO and perform follow-up attacks, both of which are key for a Galeforcer.
- Atk/Spd Solo and Swift Sparrow are some of the premier Am slot choices for Celica given the offensive nature of this set. Null Follow-Up and Lull Atk/Def are strong B slots, granting her extra consistency, damage, and survivability. The former nullifies effects that prevent Celica’s follow-up attack and guarantee the enemy’s follow-up attack, while the latter inflicts -3 Atk/Def on the enemy during combat and nullifies their visible buffs in Attack and Defense.
- Because Beloved Zofia does not have a Slaying effect (-1 Special cooldown at base), Celica needs Time’s Pulse to decrease Galeforce’s cooldown from 5 to 4. This is vital, as it ensures that even if the enemy does not counterattack, Celica can activate Galeforce after 2 hits assuming Flashing Blade activates and there is no Guard effect active.
- Note that a +SPD refine is arguably stronger than a +Eff refine for Beloved Zofia for Aether Raids Offense purposes. This is because Galeforce strategies commonly involve Wings of Mercy, and since Celica heals 7 HP per attack with Beloved Zofia’s +Eff refine, it is unlikely that she will be at ≤ 50% HP after combat, even with 4 recoil damage and potentially more from Atk/Spd Push or Fury. As such, her allies will likely be unable to warp to a space adjacent to her. The +SPD refine for Beloved Zofia does not have this healing effect, making it easier for Celica to fall to ≤ 50% HP.
Strengths
Decent offenses
While 35/35 offenses aren’t great for today’s standards, they still allow Celica to deal decent damage and avoid most follow-up attacks. Beloved Zofia’s in-combat buffs significantly improve her offenses as well, allowing her to dish out high damage and consistently perform follow-up attacks.
Deceptively bulky
40 HP, 27 Defense, and 26 Resistance adds to 66 physical bulk and 65 magical bulk. Although that seems mediocre, in-combat effects from Beloved Zofia and damage reduction from skills such as Close Call and Repel can make Celica surprisingly tough to take down.
Beloved Zofia
In update 4.7.0, Celica received a much-needed refine for her personal weapon, the Beloved Zofia. In addition to granting a flat +3 Defense, Beloved Zofia also grants +4 to all stats during combat, but inflicts 4 recoil damage after combat. Its +Eff refine grants Celica an additional +4 to all stats during combat and 7 HP per Celica’s attack if her HP or the enemy’s HP is < 100% at the start of combat. This synergizes well with Beloved Zofia’s base effect, as thanks to the 4 recoil damage, the +Eff refine’s effect will always be active after Celica’s first combat, assuming she doesn’t get healed outside of combat afterwards. Celica practically gains +8 to all stats and heals 7 HP per attack with Beloved Zofia, making her both an offensive and defensive threat.
Infantry advantages
As an Infantry unit, Celica rarely has to worry about effective damage. In addition, she can also use excellent skills such as Null Follow-Up, Null C-Disrupt, and Flashing Blade to increase her consistency.
Weaknesses
Has to choose between essential B slots
Beloved Zofia is an excellent weapon in its own right, but doesn’t grant Celica any of the highly-coveted B slots (Null Follow-Up, Null C-Disrupt, Close Call / Repel, and Lulls). As such, Celica will have to choose between the 4, preventing her from covering all the bases as well as she could.
Competition
FEH has no shortage of amazing and fast Sword units; Mareeta, Larcei, Shannan, Byleth, Fallen Ike, the list goes on. As such, Celica faces fierce competition (especially as a 5*-locked unit) and can have trouble standing out amongst her peers.
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Firesweep Sword+ | A | Life and Death 4 |
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Reposition | B | Hit and Run |
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Blazing Flame | C | Even Spd Wave 3 |
S | Heavy Blade 3 |
Glasscannon +10 merged, +15 dragonflower. Goal is to inflict as much damage as possible and to get the hell out of there with Hit and Run to a Tank that can reposition her. By no means a viable Arena build, as it gets countered by dancers and cavs quite easily, since she is pretty much one-shot.
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Beloved Zofia | A | Distant Counter |
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Reposition | B | Close Call 3 / Repel 3 |
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Moonbow | C | Atk/Spd Oath 3 |
S | Swift Sparrow 2 |
This build is designed to be the star of an AR-D team during Anima season. F!Celica rather fittingly synergizes with Duma, who can put out chip damage with Upheaval and trigger Beloved Zofia without going through a round of combat. You can also run Savage Blow or Pain+ on a healer to the same effect.
With a speed boon, F!Celica can reach 45 speed at max investment, and Beloved Zofia can boost that further to 53. Atk/Spd Oath is a foolproof way to gain additional speed, any Spd Oath or Rouse can be used but Atk/Spd is optimal. With this, F!Celica can reach 59 speed, and the rest of her build exploits this.
Close Call is used to add onto F!Celica' already impressive bulk, letting her challenge mages with Distant Counter and not have to worry about being worn down. This skill won't have any effect fighting fast units like F!Ike or Mareeta, so keep that in mind when teambuilding.
Swift Sparrow is used as a seal to make sure F!Celica can take on bait units, most importantly letting her avoid a followup from F!Ike. In an AR-D setting, it also gives F!Celica a catch-22: bait her and suffer even higher atk/spd stats, or attack into her and have her heal 7 more hp for an effective +7 def/res. She protecc, but she also attacc.
With Mythics and Upheaval taken into account, this build can comfortably 1v1 most units, and Beloved Zofia makes sure that F!Celica can recover health and continue sweeping the enemy team. There are counters, however. Some you can expect are:
Bait units, namely D!Idunn and B!Dimitri
Units that can negate followups (ironically includes Duma)
Either version of Lysithea
B!Claude
Bramimond
Speed-creeping w/ lull spd
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Beloved Zofia | A | Fury 4 |
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Reposition | B | Vantage 3 |
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Bonfire | C | Atk Smoke 3 |
S | Brazen Atk/Def 3 |
This build is meant to be a physical duelist capitalizing on the effects of her weapon. Beloved Zofia's self damage combined with the effects of Fury 4 should be enough to put her under 75% health. If your F!Celica is unmerged and does not have a HP boon, Fury 3 will suffice for this role. After that, Brazen Atk/Def and Vantage will kick in, massively improving her performance on the enemy phase. If you have the fodder for it, I would recommend putting Rouse Atk/Def 3 in the C slot, but for budget purposes, Atk Smoke helps her out if she's dealing with a large group of enemies.
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Beloved Zofia | A | Atk/Def Solo 3 |
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Reciprocal Aid | B | Chill Spd 3 |
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Bonfire | C | Atk Smoke 3 |
S | Brazen Atk/Res 3 |
For each new infantry sword unit being released the bar for speed keeps getting higher. Trying to keep up is near impossible, and that's why Celica is a nice change of pace, with a safer way to utilize a more berserker type of playstyle with a supportive edge that utilizes her above average defensive stats. A Defense or Resistance asset helps capitalize on this, and preferably a merge to get rid of the flaw. Defense is generally more important than Resistance, although being able to take a hit from dragons as well as a couple of spells when necessary is an option, too.
You can view the Beloved Zofia blade as a safety net, giving Celica a boost to her stats through her first battle which will hopefully get her into Brazen range through battle and recoil damage. The playstyle changes slightly depending on her A-skill however. If you want a less restrictive (and cheaper) skill you can replace her Atk/Def solo skill with Fury 3 or 4 to guarantee the activation of her Brazen skill, which also has the bonus of granting a more general stat boost as opposed to just attack and defense. A double Brazen is certainly viable, giving her over 40 defense and a near equal resistance depending on your Brazen choice, and high attack to boot. This involves more risk however since you might end up in the awkward spot where you're in the fray without the bonus stats from Beloved Zofia nor from the Brazen skills through the upcoming encounter. For an even safer playstyle you can replace a Brazen skill in the seal slot with a Bond skill.
Speed is also part of Celica's defense and is not entirely ignored in this setup. Her default Chill Speed is a great way to reduce the amount of hits Celica has to tank while also benefitting the rest of your team. She doesn't need to double the enemy, just avoid being doubled herself.
Bonfire is self-explanatory, dealing reliable chunk damage regardless of her current HP and should be primed around the time she's below 80% health and hit even harder.
Attack Smoke is a great skill which helps Celica through multiple encounters, although a more supportive skill like a Drive or Tactics skill is a good option as well depending on your needs, these shouldn't be paired with Atk/Def solo however for obvious reasons.
All in all Corrupted Celica is an extremely versatile unit, bringing more to the table than just a high offensive presence, and has aged remarkably well because of this. If she gets a weapon refine in the future my hope is that they make it a more defensive one as opposed to the Ragnarok refinement.
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Beloved Zofia | A | Fury 4 |
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Reciprocal Aid | B | Wrath 3 |
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Dragon Gaze | C | Spd Smoke 3 |
S | Brazen Atk/Def 3 |
Used best with allies who can use Reposition to move Celica around to ensure she initiates combat, this build is very powerful.
Blessed Zofia gives a great boost when at full health, and when combined with Fury 4 you can deal massive damage from the get go. Recoil damage from her weapon and Fury will bring her into range to activate Wrath 3 and her seal, Brazen Atk/Def 3, which will help her take less damage from direct attacks as she will always be taking recoil damage. This allows her to pull off even more nukes with an even stronger, faster charging Dragon Gaze. Spd Smoke 3 makes it easier to double any enemies that are near Celica when your turn begins. Reciprocal Aid is used so you don't need to rely on a healer to keep Celica healthy. You can use this to regain the passive from Blessed Zofia and get right back down to ~70% health to activate the skills again.
Weapon Skills
Weapons | SP | Rng. | Mt. |
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50 | 1 | 6 |
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100 | 1 | 8 |
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200 | 1 | 11 |
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400 | 1 | 16 |
Special Skills
Passive Skills
Passive Skills | SP | Slot |
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60 | B |
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120 | B |
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Unlocks at 5 ★ |
240 | B |
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50 | C |
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100 | C |
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Unlocks at 5 ★ |
200 | C |
Other Info
Origin |
Fire Emblem Echoes
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