Capcom vs SNK 2/Chang

Introduction

Health (at Ratio 2)
15600	Extremely High
Stun
80	High
Dash Length
17 Frames	Long
Dash Type
Hop	Corpse Hop=No, Proj. Hop=No
Run Speed
5.6	Extremely Slow
Roll Distance
140 pixels	Far
Roll Duration
33f	Extremely Long
Wakeup Speed compared to Ryu
8f	Extremely Slow

Story

Chang Koehan and Choi Bounge are a pair of convicted felons from South Korea who, one day, escaped from prison easily. While they had no issue from the police, the justice warrior Kim Kaphwan defeated them swiftly. In an effort to rehabilitate them, he started his Rehabilitation Process, where he would teach them to use their skills for justice and not for crime. Also, he would teach them taekwondo. Neither Chang nor Choi are fans of this idea, and constantly look to escape their harsh teacher. However, Kim's teachings are taking hold. Chang has mellowed out from a terrifying criminal to a silly and goofy man, and Choi has went from unbearable to just mildly unpleasant. In the KOF series, both character's can perform Kim's signature Hienzan, however they don't bring this skill to CvS2.

Gameplay

Chang and Choi are likely one of the most unique characters in CvS2. They are two characters at once, making them almost comparable to puppet archetype characters like Zato-1. Chang is the one you pilot, and he does all the normal moves and half the specials. Chang himself is a big body character, who is very slow but has massive health and huge normals. He can control space with his wrecking ball, and has a fast command grab. On his own he isn't too special, but when you add Choi he becomes much scarier. Choi only handles half of the specials, a throw, and a super, but when Choi does his moves you only get stuck in a short animation as Chang. This allows you to move in while Choi is hitting, leading to very scary mixups and guard crush strings.

Choi pressure and mixup doesn't save Chang from being so big and slow however, and while he isn't bad on his own, he really relies on getting the opponent to block his pressure and start his mixups. With his lacking combo potential and slow movement, this is easier said than done. Choi pressure is also not always possible. It really only gets scary if they're in the corner, and Choi has to be close by or else the move will have more startup. Still, if you're able to pilot around their weaknesses, Chang and Choi give you a unique experience in CvS2, and are regarded as generally high-mid tiers.

Groove Selection

Chang and Choi are surprisingly versatile between Grooves. Generally, C-Chang and N-Chang are considered his strongest Grooves. C-Chang gets strong neutral, and consistent access to his supers. While Chang struggles to get consistent knockdowns meterless, his super helps with this a lot, and Choi super is very strong as a way to chip out opponents and force mixups. His level 2 to level 1 cancel does insane damage as well, making it a much scarier punish. Roll also gives him RC Ball and RC Choi specials, which are very useful. N-Groove maintains his access to supers and rolls, but gives him extra movement ability which greatly enhances his mixup. In exchange, he loses the high damage level 2 cancel and access to airblock.

K-Chang, A-Chang, and S-Chang are all very viable Grooves as well. K-Chang loses roll and consistent super access for scarier movement, and JD lets him punish things using his command grab or super more often. Rage can be scary, as Chang's damage becomes much more respectable, but you lose access to rolls and basically never use Choi super. A-Chang never supers in general, but gets access to one of the highest damage CC's in the game, and has a lot of versatile ways to use it. CC mixed with Choi pressure is especially scary, but you sacrifice using supers at all. S-Chang gets as many supers as he wants at low health, and this isn't a huge risk for a top tier health character. He can safely charge in neutral as well, and throwing out Choi can cover his charge making it much safer than the usual S-Groove character. Infinite Choi super is scary, but you lose out on consistent meter gain and have to deal with S-Groove mechanics in general.

P-Chang is much, much worse in comparison. Parries are useful, but they are the only benefit, and Chang isn't a scary punish character so they don't benefit him much at all. Lack of supers, weak meter build, and no real defensive or offensive options besides parry makes P-Chang easily the worst.

Chang and Choi are a unique tanky summon/puppet character, with Chang piloting and Choi giving assists. Powerful mixups, guard crush strings, and scary pressure mixed with tanky defense and big buttons make them scary. You have to deal with Chang's slow movement and poor combo potential however. Chang and Choi's best Groove is C-Groove, but they are very Groove friendly
Pros	Cons
Pressure and Mixups: Chang can force you to block Choi's actions, and can punish your response to them. This puts you in the situation of blocking Choi again, where he can either command grab you or just do more Choi specials and destroy your guard bar Tanky: Chang has very high health, allowing him to take a lot more hits and still keep going Solid Normals: Chang's Wrecking Ball gives him great reach and lets him beat a lot of buttons or movement options Good Supers: Chang's super is a powerful combo ender with high damage potential, especially in C-Groove, while Choi's super is an extremely plus chip-out and mixup tool	Slow: Chang is one of the slowest characters in the game, regardless of what Groove he's in. Since he wants to be aggressive, dealing with this is a major issue Big: He is also one of the biggest characters, making him much easier to hit, and also meaning he can't crouch under some pokes or fireballs like everyone else Meter Hungry: Without his supers, Chang does low damage and rarely gets knockdowns Corner Reliant: Choi pressure is alright midscreen, but only reaches terrifying when you put them in the corner. Learn to bully your opponents into the corner so you can abuse Choi pressure more

Normal Moves

5LP

Far Jab
Far Light Punch
5LP / Far LP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Far	400	4	SP/SU	Mid	High	4	4	11	19	0	0	None
A simple slap on the head. Solid range for a jab, but doesn't lead to much reward. Not a bad move to check opponents with in neutral, but 2LP might fare better.

5MP

Far Strong
Far Medium Punch
5MP / Far MP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Far	1100	11	None	Mid	High	12	6	21	39	-9	-9	None
A forward moving belly flop. Strange normal, the main purpose is to approach while maintaining charge for a Ball Swing, but it isn't like that special is a core necessity for Chang anyway. You can use this to approach in general with a hitbox out, which is better if you have Choi covering you, but generally not much use.

5HP

Far Fierce
Far Heavy Punch
5HP / Far HP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Far	1500	15	None	Mid	High	10	4	39	53	-15	-15	None
A far reaching swing of Chang's ball. High damage and long reach but almost a full second of total duration, most of which is recovery. Even if it does hit, you're -15 and punishable by a lot of the cast unless you space this very far out. High risk, mediocre reward: don't use this too often.

5LK

Far Short
Far Light Kick
5LK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Far	400	4	SP/SU	Mid	High	4	4	10	18	+1	+1	None
A short kick. Low range but one of your few cancellable normals, good for close range confirms into supers. Other than that, this is outranged by almost every other Chang normal, so not much use.

5MK

Far Forward
Far Medium Kick
5MK / Far MK

Every cute character needs the butt attack

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Far	1000	10	None	Mid	High	6	8	30	44	-18	-18	None
A forward moving butt attack. Similar uses to 5MP, but a few differences. It has less startup and total duration, and has a super cancel for combos into Chang Super or setup into Choi Super. On the downside, it travels only about half the distance, and is a massive -18 on block and on hit. This means the opponent can basically always punish this if you don't cancel into a super. Because of the two big downsides, you will use this even less than 5MP.

5HK

Far Roundhouse
Far Heavy Kick
5HK / Far HK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Far	1200	12	None	Mid	High	12	6	28	46	-4	-4	None
A far reaching kick to the shins. Great poke and check normal, reaches very far and hits pretty hard. No cancel possible sadly, but it still isn't bad to toss out once in a while.

clLP

Close Jab
Close Light Punch
cl.LP / cl5LP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close	400	4	SP/SU	Mid	High	4	4	11	19	0	0	None
A quick backhand punch. Essentially identical to 5LP.

clMP

Close Strong
Close Medium Punch
cl.MP / cl5MP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close	1100	11	None	Mid	High	12	6	21	39	-9	-9	None
Identical to 5MP, which makes it useless and risky up close.

clHP

Close Fierce
Close Heavy Punch
cl.HP / cl5HP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close	1600	16	None	Mid	High	12	6	21	39	-6	-6	None
A downward swing with Chang's ball. High damage but no real reward since you can't cancel. Not entirely punishable, but still negative which means your turn ends.

clLK

Close Short
Close Light Kick
cl.LK / cl5LK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close	400	4	SP/SU	Mid	High	4	4	10	18	+1	+1	None
Identical to 5LK. Useful in the exact same way.

clMK

Close Forward
Close Medium Kick
cl.MK / cl5MK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close	1000	10	None	Mid	High	6	8	30	44	-18	-18	None
Identical to 5MK, which means you should never do this in close range ever.

5HK

Close Roundhouse
Close Heavy Kick
cl.HK / cl5HK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close	1400	14	SP/SU	Mid	High	9	6	20	35	-2	-2	None
Chang kicks up in the air with an awkward looking kick. A high damage close normal, but it sadly whiffs on crouchers. Stick to 2HP in combos and anti-air.

2LP

Crouch Jab
Crouching Light Punch
2LP / cr.LP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	300	3	RF/SP/SU	Mid	Mid	4	4	10	18	+3	+3	None
A fast elbow low to the ground. Very good 2LP with lots of range, and important to Chang since it is his only normal for confirms into super. It combos into Ball Spin fairly easily as well, and is a nice normal to mash on defense and offense. +3 on block makes it great to implement alongside Choi pressure. Just a good 2LP, use it a lot.

2MP

Crouch Strong
Crouching Medium Punch
2MP / cr.MP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	1000	10	SU	Mid	Mid	6	6	17	29	-3	-3	None
A low backhand punch. Fast and good for stuffing approach, but low reward without a super, and you can't confirm the super. Negative on block too so it ends your turn. Still a solid poke and check normal.

2HP

Crouch Fierce
Crouching Heavy Punch
2HP / cr.HP

First Hitbox

Second Hitbox

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	1400/1200	14/12	SP/SU	Mid	High	9	8	31	48	-11	-11	None
A big upward ball swing. Your main anti-air and close normal for combos, as the first hit cancels. Big hitbox in the air makes it good for knocking people trying to jump out of Choi pressure or jump in on you whiffing a button. Careful not to whiff yourself, and always try to cancel. If you get the early hitbox on an anti-air connect, you can cancel into Choi and get a bit of pressure.

2LK

Crouch Short
Crouching Light Kick
2LK / cr.LK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	300	3	SU	Low	Low	5	4	14	23	+1	+1	None
Chang kicks their feet. Your main low mixup, but not the best one really since you can't confirm the super after. Still, in hop Grooves you can do empty hop pressure into 2LK while they block Choi. If you just want pressure and plus frames, stick to 2LP.

2MK

Crouch Forward
Crouching Medium Kick
2MK / cr.MK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	900	9	SU	Low	Low	6	4	18	28	+2	+2	None
A longer reaching but slower 2LK. Generally preferable since it has better range and is +2 instead of +1. A bit slower on whiff, but still fast overall. Can also be a nice poke or whiff punish into super.

2HK

Crouch Roundhouse
Crouching Heavy Kick
2HK / cr.HK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	1500	15	None	Low	Low	10	4	33	47	-DWN	-9	None
A low to the ground ball sweep. Risky but not as risky as some of Chang's other normals, and is much higher reward. Useful as a surprise low, whiff punish, poke, etc. Just don't whiff this, the total duration is very bad.

jLP

Jump Jab
Jumping Light Punch
j.LP / 8LP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
//+	600	6	None	High	High	4	18	0	22	Varies	Varies	None
An active punch in the air. General use j.LP, you can interrupt opponents in the air with it. You would always rather just 2HP however.

jMP

Jump Strong
Jumping Medium Punch
j.MP / 8MP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
//+	1000	10	None	High	High	4	10	0	14	Varies	Varies	None
A fast punch with the same animation as j.LP. Not much purpose, but it does some decent damage.

jHP

Jump Fierce
Jumping Heavy Punch
j.HP / 8HP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
//+	1400	14	None	High	High	10	4	0	14	Varies	Varies	None
Chang swats the air with his wrecking ball. Great air-to-air, slow but massive reach. With good timing you can knock opponents out of the air with this for a chunk of damage and some good neutral control. Hard to do this on reaction, but 2HP saves the day there.

jLK

Jump Short
Jumping Light Kick
j.LK / 8LK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
//+	500	5	None	High	High	5	17	0	22	Varies	Varies	None
Chang sticks out his foot like 5LK. Not much purpose in comparison to either j.LP or j.MK.

jMK

Jump Forward
Jumping Medium Kick
j.MK / 8MK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
//+	900	9	None	High	High	6	18	0	24	Varies	Varies	None
Same animation as j.LK, but slightly longer startup and active time. Decent air-to-air because of how active it is, and being a medium normal helps as it hits a bit harder. You would still rather j.HP for an air-to-air but if you need startup it's either this or j.LP.

jHK

Jump Roundhouse
Jumping Heavy Kick
j.HK / 8HK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
//+	1300	13	None	High	High	6	4	0	10	Varies	Varies	None
A downward axe kick. Does a bit less damage than j.HP, but the hitbox is better suited as a jump-in. If you jumped a fireball or something similar, go for this.

Special Moves

Chang's Moves:

Slide -df + fp- Chang slides forward, knocking down his target. Fairly safe when blocked from far away and extremely fast. Definitely one of the best slides in the game as it's fairly unpredictable. Leaves you at -9 so definitely punishable, so don't abuse it.

Tekkyuu Dai Kaiten -Hit p rapidly (Press lp+mp+fp(ppp) to cancel)- Chang's trademark skill where he spins the ball rapidly around his head. Can be RC'd extremely effectively by rolling fingers across lp,mp,fp followed by lp+lk,p(any). Even when not RC'd, the ball will absorb any projectiles it contacts. Leaves Chang's legs fairly open to low attacks such as c.rh.

Tekkyuu Funsai Geki -Charge b, f + P- A bit of an odd skill. Chang leans back and then leans forward while throwing his ball. While leaning back you are invincible, but the skill leaves you open to low attacks and has heavy recovery.

Dai Hakai Nage -HCB, f + P (command throw)- Chang reaches forward, grabs his target and begins to slam him/her against the ground.

Choi's Moves:

Dai Hakai Nage -HCB, f + K- Choi rushes forward and forms a human tornado with spinning claws. A bit slow on the startup but extremely good for pressuring. When Chang is calling Choi to execute this special, there is a slight moment where he stands there, unable to move or defend, so should not be used blindly.

Hishou Kuuretsu Zan -HCF + K- Choi jumps forward, parallel to the ground and becomes a human arrow. Again, slight moment when Chang is calling for Choi where he's vulnerable.

Hishou Shissou Zan -DP + K- Choi rushes forward, jumps into the air and then slashes. Again, slight moment when Chang is calling for Choi where he's vulnerable.

While very apparent, it's good to know that all of Chang's specials are based off of punch while Choi's are based off of kick.

Super Moves

Tekkyuu Dai Bousou -QCF, HCB + P- Chang rushes forward and on connect, begins to ravage his target with blow after blow from his iron ball. Does 5200 damage at level 3. WARNING: Leaves Chang WIDE OPEN when blocked. When blocked, Chang bumps into the target and falls over clumsily (-47!!!). Do not throw this out blindly as you will be punished severely. Can be comboed into using c.mp/c.mk/s.mk/c.fp and acts like Iori's rush super as in it sucks you in.

Shin! Chouzetsu Tatsumaki Shinkuu Zan -HCB, HCB + K- Choi rushes forward and does a much stronger version of his Dai Hakai Nage. Its primary use is for breaking guard and chip damage. Useless otherwise because of heavy, heavy startup. Extremely abusable in S-Groove and after knockdowns.

Combos

BnB

Mash c.lp

This is by far, the easiest combo in the game to do as you only push one button, and you push it as fast as possible. Does around 1700 damage. Usually two punches and then the spinning ball will come out.

Punisher Combo:

j.hk, s.hk(close), spinning ball

This can only really be used off a dizzy or a huge mess up on your opponents part. Chang only has one special cancellable normal that's not a short or jab, and it's s.hk(close).

Super Combos:

c.lp, c.lp, c.lk, qcf hcb+p

This is the most reliable way to land chang's super w/o relying on randomness or a huge mess up by your opponent. A fairly easy combo to pull off, it helps to hold down c.lk and then execute the super using mk.

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