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.[1] Ragna used Black Onslaught against Yuuki Terumi towards the end of Central Fiction.[2]
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 |