Melty Blood/MBTL/Powered Ciel

Gameplay

Powered Ciel (PCiel) is a returning character to Melty Blood, released as free DLC alongside Mario Gallo Bestino on April 14, 2022. PCiel is a grounded rushdown character that trades some of her normal form's movement tricks and other strategies for a power and oppression-based fighting style.

PCiel boasts a versatile toolkit made to suit numerous situations both up close and at range. Most pressingly, she features gargantuan normal moves in the form of her C normals and a powerful triad of special moves: Blade, Blaze and Break. Blade and Blaze let her brute-force her way into the opponent's comfort zone, while Break allows PCiel to convert her approach into massive damage or to close in the distance against zoners, if held. Her airthrow is also distinct, allowing her the option either to keep the opponent close or to combo out of air throw to go for big damage cashouts with some added magic circuit expenditure. Even when on defense, the invincible Shaft Lander and trusty 5-frame 2A got her covered.

Such strength comes with some constraints, however: though her colossal bladed normals have great reach, whiffing them can be costly for PCiel as they tend to have long recovery time. Added to this, and in atypical fashion for a Melty Blood character, PCiel is unable to chain her air normals together, creating an awkward air game held together almost entirely by her jC and shifting her combo theory towards the ground. Such reliance on a grounded gameplan can often make PCiel's tactics predictable, which can be exploited by her opponents through calculated usage of Shield and Moon Drive.

All in all and in the right hands, Powered Ciel is a character capable of molding her aggressive gameplan to meet any challenge and able to terminate any target.

Pick if you like	Avoid if you dislike
Huge, Oppressive Reach: The combination of range and speed on PCiel's C buttons as well as many of her special moves easily outcompetes almost every non-projectile move in the game. This coupled with a safe rekka, and EX plus frames push it over the edge to make her pressure suffocatingly difficult to overcome. Space Control: 5C and j.C both cover an unparalleled amount of airspace, heavily restricting opponents' ability to move. 236B and 623A compound this at longer and closer ranges, and her airthrow has uniquely high reward to boot. On the ground, her rekkas, vacuuming 2C~2C, and Lightning Blast deter grounded approaches with ease. High Reward: PCiel tends to do more damage than most other characters off of most of her hits, further skewing risk/reward in her favour regardless of matchup. She also boasts absolutely absurd corner carry, often going nearly corner to corner off stray hits. Strong Movement: Perhaps surprisingly, PCiel is among the fastest characters in the game, and j.3B offers a valuable tool for mixing up air approaches.	High Recovery: PCiel's grounded C buttons as well as some of her specials (especially Lighting Blast) can leave her quite vulnerable on whiff, especially against longer-ranged characters. Strike-Strike Mixup: Although her pressure is very strong, it is best performed at a safe distance, meaning she has more difficulty finding opportunities to grab than other characters. Predictability and sloppy Shield counterplay can thus be the downfall of a PCiel player.

Story & Profile

The embodiment of the true nature of the Burial Agency; a demon-killing executioner

Ciel, outfitted to face Dead Apostles of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors class, using the conceptual weapon "Seventh Holy Scripture" broken down into individual causes of death.

She makes constant use of the "Seventh Holy Scripture," a millennium-class holy relic. While it drains an enormous amount of magical energy, it is a viable battle style for Ciel, who has the magical power of a hundred magi.

Her main attacks often use weaponry, in the style of "Blaze," "Blade," and "Break," and her heavy armament features both brute force and magical enhancements.

Perhaps due to her specialization in destroying heretics,
she is even more cold and unforgiving than usual.
With the incredible firepower of the Seventh Holy Scripture and Idea Blood, Ciel is unrelenting, destroying her enemies down to their very souls.

Main Weapon/Skill
Seventh Holy Scripture, Idea Blood

Basic Info
Height: 165cm
Weight: 52kg
Blood Type: O
Birthday: May 3rd
Voiced by: Kaede Hondo

Character Summary

Move list

Moon Skills

6B+C - Seventh Holy Scripture - Blaze

3B+C - Shaft Lander

4B+C (air OK) - Numerology Crest - Lightning Blast

j.6B+C - Shaft Lander (air)

Special Attacks

236A - Seventh Holy Scripture - Blaze

>A - Blaze Turn

>X - Blaze Out