Astral Heat

An Astral Heat, often shortened to Astral is a special move in the BlazBlue franchise. It is the strongest move a character can use.

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In the C-Series, that is BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger - BlazBlue: Central Fiction, an Astral is performed when the enemy is under 30% health, the player has 100 Heat, and the player is on match point. When these conditions are met, the player can input their character's Astral, indicated by their character's portrait flashing white. If the Astral lands then the player will win the match. In order to activate an Astral Heat in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, you must have Resonance Blaze active (Lv 4), have 9 Skill Gauges at the time of activation, and the opponent must be down to one character.

In BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War, an Astral is performed when a unit has over 300 heat. Unlike the C-Series, this does not result in an instant kill, but it will still deal large amounts of damage.

Canonically, only Jin Kisaragi and Ragna the Bloodedge have used their Astral Heats. Jin used Arctic Dungeon against Azrael during the events of Central Fiction, and against Bang Shishigami and Tenjo Amanohokosaka during the Ikaruga Civil War. Ragna used Black Onslaught against Yuuki Terumi towards the end of Central Fiction.

C-Series Astrals

	Name	Input
Ragna the Bloodedge	Black Onslaught	↓↙←↙↓↘→ + C
Jin Kisaragi	Rengoku Hyouya (Arctic Dungeon)	↓ charge ↑＋D
Noel Vermillion	Valkyrie Veil	↓↘→↓↘→ + C
Rachel Alucard	Clownish Calendula	↓↘→↘↓↙← + C
Taokaka	Attack Meow Pow!	← charge ↙↓↑ + D
Iron Tager	King of Tager	Turn left stick or direction keys three times + D (delayable)
Litchi Faye-Ling	Nine Gates of Heaven	←→ + D while standing with rod
Arakune	n to infinity	→↘↓↙←→ + D (midair also)
Bang Shishigami	Forbidden Technique: "The Ultimate Bang"	→↘↓↙←→↘↓↙← + D in midair
Carl Clover	Deus Ex Machina	→←→←↙↓↘→ + D release while Nirvana is active
Hakumen	Empty Sky True Form: Judgement of the Sword	↓ charge ↑ + D (uses 8 Magatama)
Nu-13	Sword of Destruction	↓↙←↓↙← + D
Tsubaki Yayoi	Requiem Aeternam	→↘↓↙←→ + C
Hazama	Hungry Darkness of 1000 Souls	↙ →↘↓↙ ←↘ + D
Mu-12	Sword of the Godslayer	↓↓↓ + D
Makoto Nanaya	Planet Crusher	↓↘→↘↓↙← + D (delayable)
Valkenhayn R. Hellsing	Blut Vollmond	↓↙←↓↙← + C while human
Platinum the Trinity	Shining Layered Force	↓↘→↓↘→ + C (midair also)
Relius Clover	The Puppeteers Altar	↓↙←↓↙← + D
Izayoi	Justice of Destiny	→↘↓↙←→ ＋ C
Amane Nishiki	Jakutoku Meika: "Gouha Houyou"	↓↓↓ + D
Bullet	Hard Kill Bringer	→↘↓↙←→ + D
Azrael	Patriot Apocalypse	→↘↓↙←→ ＋ C
Kagura Mutsuki	Black Dragon's Sky-Rending Blade	↓↘→↓↘→ + C
Kokonoe	Armament No.99 "Match Destroyer: Ultimate Impact"	Turn left stick or direction keys three times + D (delayable)
Yuuki Terumi	The Unholy Wrath of the Basilisk	↓↓↓ + D
Lambda-11	Sword of Destruction	↓↙←↓↙← + D
Celica A. Mercury	Atout Rilettes	↓↓↓ + A
Hibiki Kohaku	Divine Nightfall: "Raven"	↓↓↓ ＋ D
Naoto Kurogane	Edge of Eternity (EOE)	↓↙←↙↓↘→ ＋ C
Nine the Phantom	Colorless Void	↓↘→↓↘→ ＋ D
Izanami	Eternal Darkness	↙→↘↓↙←↘ ＋ D
Susano'o	Roar of the Mad King	↓↙←↙↓↘→ + C
Es	Type: Exterminator "Artorius"	↓↘→↓↘→ + C
Mai Natsume	Royal Crimson Sprout: "New Moon Lotus"	↓↓↓ + D
Jubei	Asura: Thunderbird Rising	→↘↓↙←→↘↓↙← + C