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Chun-Li
Vitals
Life Points	10000
Ground Movement
Forward Walk Speed	0.050
Backward Walk Speed	0.035
Forward Dash Speed	19
Backward Dash Speed	25
Forward Dash Distance	1.508
Backward Dash Distance	1.211
Drive Rush Min. Distance (Throw)	1.044
Drive Rush Min. Distance (Block)	2.222
Drive Rush Max Distance	3.163
Jumping
Jump Speed	4+42+3
Jump Apex	2.247
Forward Jump Distance	2.10
Backward Jump Distance	1.68
Throws
Throw Range	0.8
Throw Hurtbox	0.33

Revision as of 13:43, 28 October 2022

Overview

Introduction

A former high-kicking ICPO agent, Chun-Li looks after Li-Fen, a victim of the Black Moon Incident. With Shadaloo sundered, she now runs Kung Fu classes and has become a well-loved member of the local community.

Chun-Li is a tried and true footsies character, with great emphasis on having many options to control space and punish her opponents in neutral. She has a little bit of everything when it comes to her general tools, but for the most part they're tailored toward whiff punishes and space control.

With one of the fastest forward and back walk speeds in the game, Chun is at a clear advantage when spacing out of an opponent's range ambiguously. Her poking normals compliment this grounded speed; with 2MK, 4/6MP, and 5HP being some standouts that can easily give a ton of mileage in neutral. To top it all off, she has Kikoken, a highly versatile fireball that can be used as an extended poke, confirm, or approach tool depending on the situation.

But when the opponent is tired of dealing with Chun's grounded footsie game, she is still in luck—as she has some of the most varied and rewarding anti-air tools in the entire game. She can keep it simple by anti-airing with Tensho Kicks, go for a Forced Knockdown or avoid being punished with 5MK, air-to-air with her many tools to convert air hits into combos; or go for 5HK, the slowest and riskiest option that gives absolutely devastating meterless anti-air reward. If you are jumping against Chun, she always has a very strong option to punish you, no matter the situation.

Thanks to her new Serenity Stance and Punish Counters, Chun gets great rewards off of whiff punishes in neutral without any meter required. It also can bolster her oki in the right scenarios, giving her high/low/throw mix that is very hard to see if she can manage to set it up properly. Drive Rush also helps to create stance frame traps that make an opponent unsure of when to press, while you can end in Kikoken to make the string safe. She also has a unique stance launcher that is a valuable combo tool, netting reliable safe jump setups, corner carry, and super confirms.

Perhaps the most glaring flaw with Chun is her offense, as her true mix tends to require an advantageous knockdown to be unmashable (which she can struggle to get resourceless) and she notably lacks the ability to throw loop. This removes a key layer of offense from her gameplan and can urge her to retreat back to mid-range poking once a throw is landed. She has some simple frame traps in the form of 5MP > 5LP, but this is far from her specialty compared to the rest of the cast. Another weak part of her offense is jump-ins: Chun's jump is floatier than other characters, and her air buttons are far more geared towards hitting air-to-air than air-to-ground. She has an anti-air baiting tool in the form of Air Lightning Legs, but this is a gimmicky option that whiffs on crouchers and is usually punishable. She may have to resort to using Hazanshu as a read on fireballs, which simply isn't as advantageous as a jump-in even if it gives good reward on a Punish Counter. If you like to jump in neutral a lot, Chun is probably not the pick.

There are some fairly difficult and unforgiving aspects of playing Chun. LK and MK Lightning Legs are her easiest cancel off of buttons, but they're -8 on block—she has to either have charge for Kikoken or use Drive on EX Legs to cancel into a safe special move. She relies on charge for resourceless knockdowns, as Spinning Bird Kick is her main way to accomplish this. A charge character that is meant to walk a lot can be a steep learning curve to begin with, as it's easy to accidentally input Kikoken or not charge long enough when attempting to move back and forth in neutral. The ranges of her special moves and the fact that each version of Kikoken dissipates after set distances may demand sharp knowledge of spacing. Her anti-airs all have unique ups and downs to them, and her main DP style anti-air being a 22 input can be very unwieldy and precise. Her optimal combos can be quite tricky, requiring situational awareness, stance cancels, and launcher combos with unusual button timings. Dropping some of her harder routes can also leave her in a highly punishable state. Lastly, the sheer amount of options she has in general can make her feel overwhelming and daunting to pick up.

All in all, Chun-Li is a rewarding character to master that can still be accessible simply by how strongly she rewards fundamentals. She doesn't sacrifice versatility for her strengths, and her many options let her both play unpredictably and have answers to any situation. If you want a character that can do a lot in the right hands and thrives on punishing opponents' habits, Chun-Li is a great pick.

Pick if you like:	Avoid if you dislike:
Having a strong set of neutral tools backed up by an incredibly fast backward walk speed High reward whiff punishes and anti-airs to make your opponent think twice about playing sloppy Having a wide and varied toolset to deal with any situation	Missing a throw loop Weak approaches with floaty jump-ins and a slow Drive Rush Having to open people up with punishes in neutral rather than pressure strings Unforgiving combos and confirms with high execution requirements Valuing reactive play over aggression

Classic & Modern Versions Comparison

List of differences with Modern Chun-Li
Missing Normals	Standing Medium Kick (5MK) Standing Heavy Kick (5HK) Jumping Light Kick (j.LK) Jumping Medium Punch (j.MP) Jumping Heavy Punch (j.HP)
Missing Command Normals	Water Lotus Fist (3HP) Falling Crane (3HK) Soaring Eagle Punches (j.HP~j.HP)
Shortcut-Only Specials	Hazanshu (2S) Medium/OD Only
Assist Combos	A[L~L]: 5LK ~ L Lightning Kicks A[M~M~M~M~M~M]: 2MP ~ OD Lightning Kicks ~ SA2 ~ Jump Cancel ~ j.MP ~ H Air Lightning Kicks If you jump manually by holding up, the Assist Combo will not continue No SA2: 2MP ~ OD Lightning Kicks ~ Lightning Barrage (Follow-up) Burnout: 2MP ~ M Lightning Kicks On Block: stops at OD/M Lightning Kicks A[H~H~H~H~H~H]: 2HP ~ Stance~LK ~ OD Spinning Bird Kick ~ M Lightning Kicks ~ SA3 Burnout: 2HP ~ Stance~LK ~ M Spinning Bird Kick On Block: stops at Stance~LK Note: letting go of the Auto button after the Serenity Stream stance change allows an easy combo into the Stance~HK launcher (input 2H during Stance)
Miscellaneous Changes	The shortcut for instant Air Lightning Kicks (j.S) is a powerful option against throws and can easily be input even in tick throw scenarios.

Normals

Standing Normals

5LP

Standing Light Punch

5LP

Standing Light Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
4	3	7	SS Chn Sp SA	300	LH	+5	-3

5MP

Standing Medium Punch

5MP

Standing Medium Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	4	10	SS Sp SA	600	LH	+6	+1

Plus on block.
High pushback on hit and block.

Chun Li's main meaty button after a throw, as her lights are somewhat lacking in reach. 5MP has the rare trait of linking into another medium button (2MP), which also grants inherent down charge for an SBK knockdown.

5HP

Standing Heavy Punch

5HP

Standing Heavy Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
13	3	20	SS	800	LH	+2	-3

Chun-Li's defining neutral button. Combos into several stance options depending on the circumstances but will only frame trap into them if the opponent is in burnout. 5HP~214P will combo into stance LP on normal hit, stance LK on counterhit, and stance MK on punish counter. Stance LP is also very distance-dependent and only really combos at half of 5HP's reach (where Chun has better buttons to use).

5LK

Standing Light Kick

5LK

Standing Light Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	3	10	SS Sp SA	300	LH	+2	-2

5MK

Standing Medium Kick

5MK

Standing Medium Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
7	4	16	SS Sp SA	500	LH	+4	-2

Whiffs against crouching opponents.

5HK

Standing Heavy Kick

5HK

Standing Heavy Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
14	3	18	SS	900	LH	+4	0

Crouching Normals

2LP

Crouching Light Punch

2LP

Crouching Light Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
4	3	7	SS Chn Sp SA	300	LH	+4	-2

2MP

Crouching Medium Punch

2MP

Crouching Medium Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
6	4	13	SS Sp SA	600	LH	+4	-2

2HP

Crouching Heavy Punch

2HP

Crouching Heavy Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
11	3(5)5	18	SS Sp SA (2nd)	450x2	LH	+1	-3

2LK

Crouching Light Kick

2LK

Crouching Light Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
4	2	10	SS Chn Sp SA	200	L	0	-2

2MK

Crouching Medium Kick

2MK

Crouching Medium Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
7	3	19	SS Sp SA	500	L	-2	-6

2HK

Crouching Heavy Kick

2HK

Crouching Heavy Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
9	6	19	SS	900	L	HKD +33	-7

Jumping Normals

j.LP

Jumping Light Punch

j.LP

Jumping Light Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
4	10	3 land	-	300	H	+4(+9)	+1(+6)

j.MP

Jumping Medium Punch

j.MP

Jumping Medium Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
7	4(6)5	3 land	Sp SA1	300x2	H	+8(+13)	+4(+9)

j.HP

Jumping Heavy Punch

j.HP

Jumping Heavy Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
9	6	3 land	TC	800(500)	H	+12(+16)	+7(+11)

j.LK

Jumping Light Kick

j.LK

Jumping Light Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
4	8	3 land	-	300	H	+7(+9)	+4(+6)

j.MK

Jumping Medium Kick

j.MK

Jumping Medium Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
6	5	3 land	-	500	H	+7(+13)	+3(+9)

j.HK

Jumping Heavy Kick

7HK or 9HK

Jumping Heavy Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
8	5	3 land	-	800	H	+8(+16)	+3(+11)

Command Normals

4/6MP

Forward/Back Medium Punch

4/6MP

Swift Thrust

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
7	3	15	SS Sp SA	600	LH	+2	-3

4HP

Back Heavy Punch

4HP

Hakkei

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
8	6	14	SS Sp SA	800	LH	+5	-1

3HP

Down-Forwards Heavy Punch

3HP

Water Lotus Fist

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
21	4	14	SS	800	H	+1	-2

6HK

Forward Heavy Kick

6HK

Yokusen Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
16	2	23	SS	800	LH	-1	-4

3HK

Down-Forwards Heavy Kick

3HK

Falling Crane

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
37	2	13	-	800	H	+7	+3

j.2MK

Jumping Down Medium Kick

j.2MK

Yoso Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
3	11	3 land	TC Sp SA	300	LH	-	-

Serenity Stream

214P

Serenity Stream

214P

Serenity Stream

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
14(~)	[57~]	-	-	-	-	-	-

All ground normals, even normally uncancelable ones, cancel into this stance.
- Cancelling into 214P from grounded heavy normals makes the follow-ups start 1f faster.
Stance moves do not require charge for specials when canceling.
Chun-Li remains in stance for as long as any down direction is held.
Chun-Li can block while in stance (but not while exiting the stance!).
Chun-Li is in a Counter-Hit state while in stance (and also while entering / exiting stance).
The 13f start-up listed refers to how long it takes for Chun-Li to enter Crouch Stance when performed raw.
- How long it takes to enter Crouch Stance also varies depending on which normal was canceled into the stance.
- How long it takes to exit Crouch Stance depends on which move she used from the stance.