Street Fighter X Tekken/Xiaoyu

Xiaoyu

Ideal Team Position: Anchor

Don’t let her small size fool you: Ling Xiaoyu is a character who can bring the pain in a hurry and ensure that she stays in an opponent’s face at all times to keep them on the defensive. With a lethal high-low game where both options are safe and lead to big damage, Xiaoyu has little difficulty creating openings to deliver hits. What makes this even more devastating is that Xiaoyu can easily get a hard knockdown on opponents where she can lock them down through clever use of her Rain Dance stance, rolling over the opponent’s fallen body again and again and preventing them from rolling away from her pressure. If they decide to stand up regularly, Xiaoyu can go right back to the high-low games, catch them California Roll’s followup K for a full juggle, use EX Back Layout (qcb+KK from Rain Dance) for a hard knockdown now that keeping them pinned with corpse hopping keeps them from rolling out of range, or just throw them and remain in optimal position to pressure them. This can make her especially dangerous in the corner, where she can hop over them at will and throw them when they try to roll away only to not go anywhere. While she is not completely helpless defensively thanks to being able to combo off of an air crushing cr.HK, her buttons and tactics are really only good while up close. Therefore it’s best to place her as an anchor character so that her approach can be covered by another character more equipped for encroaching on an opponent’s territory and tagging her in. Once Xiaoyu is in, there is not much that can be done to stop her short of a well-timed reversal and guessing correctly on her mixups.

Strengths

Weaknesses

+Divekick (qcf+K) is highly advantageous on block (+13) +cr.hk has air crush properties and can be cancelled into a full combo utilizing AOP Stance cancels +cr.lp is a 3f startup attack that can link into full combos or begin high/low pressure. +Very strong high/low game as both overhead and low combo starters are or can be made safe on block to continue pressure +Several strong hit confirms that can lead to full combos +Decent tag synergy +Can prevent an opponent from rolling out of pressure on hard knockdown, allowing her to continue mix- up pressure +strong wall carry

-Low health total at 900 -Lacks a reliable reversal to alleviate pressure applied to her -Normal attacks have small hitboxes necessitating close offense -Has difficulty approaching an opponent from a distance thanks to a slow jump and her best movement options vulnerable to recovery on whiff -Has to take risks at neutral to start an offense -One of the weakest Super Arts in the game both in terms of damage and combo potential -Cross Cancel is slower to start up compared to the average, putting her at risk to be baited and punished

Moves

Normal Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Standing Light Punch

Standing Medium Punch

Standing Hard Punch

Standing Light Kick

Standing Medium Kick

Standing Hard Kick

Close Light Punch

(near opponent)

Close Medium Punch

(near opponent)

Close Hard Punch

(near opponent)

Close Light Kick

(near opponent)

Close Medium Kick

(near opponent)

Close Hard Kick

(near opponent)

Crouching Light Punch

+

Crouching Medium Punch

+

on 2nd hit

Crouching Hard Punch

+

Crouching Light Kick

+

Crouching Medium Kick

+

Crouching Hard Kick

+

Neutral Jump Light Punch

+

Neutral Jump Medium Punch

+

Neutral Jump Hard Punch

+

Neutral Jump Light Kick

+

Neutral Jump Medium Kick

+

Neutral Jump Hard Kick

+

Angled Jump Light Punch

/ +

Angled Jump Medium Punch

/ +

Angled Jump Hard Punch

/ +

Angled Jump Light Kick

/ +

Angled Jump Medium Kick

/ +

crossup

Angled Jump Hard Kick

/ +

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Cyanide

+

vs airborne

Phoenix

+

Rain Dance

+

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Jade

or + +

So Shoe Me

+ +

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Storming Flower

+

becomes:
Fortune Cookie

Fortune

+

becomes:
Fortune Cookie
no follow up:
Enters Rain Dance

   Fortune 2nd hit

Fortune

Fortune Cookie

+

no follow up:
Enters Rain Dance

   Fortune Cookie 2nd hit

Fortune Cookie

no follow up:
Enters Rain Dance

      Fortune Cookie 3rd hit

Fortune Cookie 2nd Hit

on
Fortune Cookie

Shooting Star

+

on
on
on block:
enters Rain Dance

Wave Crest

Phoenix Stance

Double Map Sweep

Phoenix Stance

on final hit
no on

Flower Power

Phoenix Stance +

vs airborne
on 6th hit

Phoenix Talon

Phoenix Stance +

Mistrust

Rain Dance

Dark and Stormy

Rain Dance

on 3rd hit

   Turn of Fortune

Dark and Stormy, before 1st hit

vs airborne

      Phoenix Stance

Turn of Fortune
hold

California Roll

Rain Dance +

   Cyclone Left

California Roll

Back Layout

Rain Dance +
to

Hakkesho

+

vs airborne

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Hakkesho Combo

+

Frame Data (Updated for v2013)

Move	Command	Hit	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel	JP	JC	JS	"Notes
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Far LP		H	30	5	2	8	+7	+3	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	-
Far MP **LC		H	60	10	2	20	-1	-5	SM,EX,SA,CA	2	1	1	-
Far HP		H	90	15	8	17	0	-5	-	3	1	1	-
Far LK		H	30	7	2	13	+2	-2	-	1	1	1	-
Far MK		H	60	14	4	12	+5	+1	-	2	1	1	-
Far HK		H	90	12	2	18	knockdown	+3	-	3	1	1	Whiffs on crouching opponent
Close LP		H	30	4	3	8	+6	+2	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	-
Close MP		H	30x2	5	2,2	17	+2	-2	SM,EX,SA,CA	2,2	1,0	1	-
Close HP		H	90	6	2	22	+1	-4	SM,EX,SA,CA	3	1	1	-
Close LK		H	30	4	3	9	+5	+1	-	1	1	1	-
Close MK		H	60	7	4	14	+3	-1	SM,EX,SA,CA	2	1	1	-
Close HK		H	90	11	3	21	+1	-4	-	3	1	1	-
Crouch LP		H	30	3	3	8	+6	+2	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	-
Crouch MP		H,L	30x2	6	2(12)2	14	+6	+1	-	2,2	1,1	1	-
Crouch HP		H	80	6	5	25	-5	-10	SM,EX,SA,CA	3	1	1	Forces standing
Crouch LK		L	30	4	3	13	+1	-3	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	-
Crouch MK		L	60	6	3	23	-5	-9	SM,EX,SA,CA	2	1	1	-
Crouch HK		H	75	8	2	35	hard knockdown	-17	SM,EX,SA,CA	5	2	1	Float on airborne opponent
Jump Up LP		M	40	8	5	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump Up MP		M	70	8	5	until ground+4	+16	+5	-	2	1	1	-
Jump Up HP		M	100	10	3	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3	1	1	-
Jump Up LK		M	40	7	7	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump Up MK		M	70	8	2	until ground+4	+16	+5	-	2	1	1	-
Jump Up HK		M	70,60	10	5(5)5	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3,3	1,1	1	-
Jump Diagonal LP		M	40	7	6	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal MP		M	70	6	3	until ground+4	+16	+5	-	2	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal HP		M	100	9	8	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal LK		M	40	5	10	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal MK		M	70	7	5	until ground+4	+16	+5	-	2	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal HK		M	60,50	9	5(10)4	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3,3	1,1	1	-
Launcher **LC	HP+HK	H	100	13	2	54	switch	-34	-	3	-	-	Crushes crouching attacks frames 1-14, Launches opponent while switching characters
Cross Cancel	f+HP+HK (while blocking)	H	100	21	2	22	ground bounce	-2	-	-	-	-	Invulnerability frames 1-22, Resembles Cyanide
Jade	LP+LK	throw	130	5	2	20	hard knockdown	-	-	-	-	-	-
So Shoe Me	b+LP+LK	throw	130	5	2	20	hard knockdown	-	-	-	-	-	Ends in Rain Dance
Cyanide	f+MK	M	50	22	4	15	ground bounces	-2	-	2	1	0	Airborne frames 8-28, Hits crouching opponent on frame 24
Storming Flower	qcf+LP	H	90	15	4	24	knockdown	-6	-	5	3	0	Attack nullifies 1 projectile hit
Fortune	qcf+MP	H	50	25	4	18	+3	0	-	5	3	0	Ends in Rain Dance, Knockdown on airborne opponent
Fortune 2nd Hit	P during Fortune	H	70	17	4	21	knockdown	-3	-	5	3	0	-
Fortune Cookie	qcf+HP	H	20x2,40	12	2(9)4(7)2	27	+10	-7	-	5,5,5	3,3,3	0	Ends in Rain Dance, Knockdown on airborne opponent
Fortune Cookie 2nd Hit	P during Fortune Cookie	H	50	21	4	18	+3	0	-	5	3	0	Ends in Rain Dance
Fortune Cookie 3rd Hit	P during Fortune Cookie 2nd hit	H	88	17	4	21	knockdown	-3	-	5	3	0	Exits Rain Dance
Fortune Cookie EX	qcf+PP	H	30x3	7	2(9)4(7)2	27	+10	-7	-	5,5,5	3,3,3	0	Ends in Rain Dance, Knockdown on airborne opponent
Fortune Cookie EX 2nd Hit	P during EX Fortune Cookie	H	50	21	4	18	+3	0	-	5	3	0	Ends in Rain Dance
Fortune Cookie EX 3rd Hit	P during Fortune Cookie 2nd hit	H	50	17	4	21	wall bounce	-3	-	3	3	0	Exits Rain Dance
Shooting Star	qcf+K	H	30x4	38	11	8	hard knockdown	+13	-	3,3,3,3	0,0,0,4	0	Ends in Rain Dance on block/whiff, Upper body invulnerability frames 1-13, Airborne frames 14-48, Knockdown on airborne opponent, Button strength determines the distance
Shooting Star EX	qcf+KK	M	30x4	29	8	8	ground bounce	-1	-	3,3,3,3	0,0,0,4	0	Upper body invulnerable and lower body projectile invulnerability frames 1-7, Airborne frames 8-86, Tracks opponent, Knockdown on airborne opponent
Hakkesho LP	qcb+LP	H	50x2	14	4(14)2	26	+1	-6	-	3,4	1,1	0	Chargeable: 51F for EX Version and 100F for Super Art
Hakkesho MP	qcb+MP	H	50x2	22	4(14)2	26	+1	-6	-	3,4	1,1	0	Chargeable: 51F for EX Version and 100F for Super Art
Hakkesho HP	qcb+HP	H	50x2	29	4(14)2	26	+1	-6	-	3,4	1,1	0	Chargeable: 51F for EX Version and 100F for Super Art
Hakkesho EX **LC (on hit)	qcb+PP	H	40x2,20x2	25	4(14)2	20,26 on wiff/block	+6	-6	-	3,3	3,3	0	Chargeable: 51F for Super Art, Invulnerability frames 1-15, 1st hit: Knockdown on airborne opponent, 3rd and 4th hits: Only occur if 2nd hit connects & Force standing, 3rd hit: Re-stands airborne opponent
Phoenix Stance	d+PPP	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wave Crest **LC	P (during Phoenix Stance)	H	70	7	3	22	float	-3	-	3	3	0	-
Wave Crest EX **LC	PP (during Phoenix Stance)	H	120	7	3	22	float	-3	-	3	3	0	Invulnerability frames 1-6
Double Map Sweep LK	LK (during Phoenix Stance)	L	50	11	2	32	hard knockdown	-2	-	3	3	0	-
Double Map Sweep MK	MK (during Phoenix Stance)	L	40x2	11	2(19)2	34	hard knockdown	-4	-	3,3	1,3	0	-
Double Map Sweep HK	HK (during Phoenix Stance)	L	30x3	11	2(19)2(19)2	36	hard knockdown	-6	-	3,3,3	1,1,3	0	-
Double Map Sweep EX	KK (during Phoenix Stance)	L	50x3	11	2(19)2(19)2	27	+4	-1	-	3,3,3	1,1,3	0	-
Flower Power LK **LC	qcb+LK (during Phoenix Stance)	H	40x2	18	2(8)2	24	+1	-4	-	3,3	1,3	0	Airborne frames 14-33, Knockdown on airborne opponent
Flower Power MK **LC	qcb+MK (during Phoenix Stance)	H	30x4	22	2(8)2(22)2(8)2	23	+3	-2	-	3,3,3,4	1,1,1,1	0	Airborne frames 17-37, 51-69, Knockdown on airborne opponent
Flower Power HK **LC	qcb+HK (during Phoenix Stance)	H	20x6	26	2(8)2(22)2(9)2(20)2(8)2	20	+5	0	-	3,3,3,4,5,6	1,1,1,1,1,1	0	Airborne frames 21-41, 55-72, 88-107, Knockdown on airborne opponent
Flower Power EX **LC	qcb+KK (during Phoenix Stance)	H	20x5,40	18	2(8)2(22)2(9)2(20)2(8)2	24	ground bounce	-4	-	3,3,3,4,5,6	1,1,1,1,1,1	0	Airborne frames 15-34, 48-66, 81-100, Knockdown on airborne opponent
Phoenix Talon LK	qcf+LK (during Phoenix Stance)	H	40x3	5	4(12)2(13)2	27	knockdown	+3	-	3,3,3	0,0,3	0	Strike invulnerability frames 1-5, 2nd hit and 3rd hit: Whiffs on crouching opponent
Phoenix Talon MK	qcf+MK (during Phoenix Stance)	H	40x2,50	8	4(12)2(13)2	30	knockdown	-4	-	3,3,3	0,0,3	0	Strike invulnerability frames 6-8, 2nd hit and 3rd hit: Whiffs on crouching opponent
Phoenix Talon HK	qcf+HK (during Phoenix Stance)	H	50x3	8	4(12)2(13)2	33	knockdown	-7	-	3,3,3	0,0,3	0	Strike invulnerability frames 6-8, 2nd hit and 3rd hit: Whiffs on crouching opponent
Phoenix Talon EX	qcf+KK (during Phoenix Stance)	H	50x2,80	7	4(12)2(13)2	33	knockdown	-3	-	3,3,3	0,0,3	0	Invulnerability frames 1-10, 2nd hit and 3rd hit: Whiffs on crouching opponent
Rain Dance	b+KKK	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mistrust LK	LK (during Rain Dance)	H	80	7	3	21	float	-2	-	5	3	1	Reflects one projectile horizontal frames 7-9
Mistrust MK	MK (during Rain Dance)	H	80	12	3	21	float	-2	-	5	3	1	Reflects one projectile at a 45 degree angle frames 12-14
Mistrust HK	HK (during Rain Dance)	H	80	15	3	21	float	-2	-	5	3	1	Reflects one projectile at a 80 degree angle frames 15-17
Mistrust EX	KK (during Rain Dance)	H	130	8	3	21	float	-2	-	5	3	1	Reflects one projectile horizontal frames 8-10, Invulnerability frames 1-10
Dark & Stormy	P (during Rain Dance)	H	30x2,80	10	3(18)3(18)3	32	float	-13	-	3,3,3	1,1,3	0	Last hit: Reflects one projectile during active frames
Dark & Stormy EX	PP (during Rain Dance)	H	40x2,60	10	3(18)3(18)3	32	float	-13	-	3,3,3	1,1,3	0	Armor frames 1-54, Last hit: Reflects one projectile during active frames
Turn of Fortune	P before 1st hit of Dark & Stormy	H	30,20x4	13	3(15)3(8)3(4)3	21	+3	-8	-	3,3,3,3,3	0,0,0,0,3	0	Begins on frame 13 of Dark & Stormy, Input d to end in Phoenix
Turn of Fortune EX	P before 1st hit of EX Dark & Stormy	H	40,30x4	13	3(15)3(8)3(4)3	31	-1 (+10 if changing stance)	-12 (-1 if changing stance)	Phoenix (d)	3,3,3,3,3	0,0,0,0,3	0	1 point of armor during frames 1-51
California Roll	qcf+K (during Rain Dance)	-	-	10	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
California Roll EX	qcf+KK (during Rain Dance)	-	-	10	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	Strike invulnerability frames 1-26
Cyclone Left	K during California Roll	H	120	12	9	24	float	-11	-	3	3	0	"-
"
Back Layout **LC	qcb+K (during Rain Dance)	M	180/50	28	10	17	hard knockdown	-6	-	4	1	0	Airborne frames 15-37, Button strength determines distance
Back Layout EX **LC	qcb+KK (during Rain Dance)	M	180/50	28	10	17	hard knockdown	-7	-	4	1	0	Airborne frames 15-37, Tracks opponent
Back Layout Feint	K during Back Layout	-	-	-	-	until ground+7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakkesho Combo **LC	qcb+PPP	H	40,230	9	2(7)1	66	hard knockdown	-45	-	3,3,4,5,6,7,8	1,1,1,1,1,1,1	-	77 frames cinematic freeze before attack begins, Invulnerability frames 1-10, 3rd~7th hits: Only occur if 2nd hit connects, 3rd & 6th hit: Re-stands airborne opponent, Goes into animation after 7th hit
Cross Art **LC	qcf+MP+MK	H	150+	9	2	58	switch	-30	-	3	-	-	75 frames cinematic freeze before attack begins, Invulnerability frames 1-10

Boost Chain Frame Data

Move	Hit	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel	JP	JC	"Notes
"
Far MP **LC	H	42	10	2	25	-6	-10	EX,SA,CA	2	1	-
Far HP **LC	H	63	15	11	24	-10	-15	-	3	1	-
Far MK	H	42	14	4	18	-1	-5	-	2	1	-
Far HK **LC	H	63	12	3	36	knockdown	-16	-	3	1	Whiffs on crouching opponent
Close MP **LC	H	21x2	5	2,2	24	-5	-9	EX,SA,CA	2,2	1,0	-
Close HP **LC	H	63	11	2	32	-9	-14	EX,SA,CA	3	1	-
Close MK	H	42	7	4	19	-2	-6	EX,SA,CA	2	1	-
Close HK **LC	H	63	11	3	31	-9	-14	-	3	1	-
Crouch MP **LC	H,L	21x2	6	2(12)2	24	-4	-9	-	2,2	1,1	-
Crouch HP	H	56	6	6	34	-15	-20	EX,SA,CA	3	1	Forces standing
Crouch MK	L	42	6	3	28	-10	-14	EX,SA,CA	2	1	-
Crouch HK	H	52	8	2	45	hard knockdown	-27	EX,SA,CA	5	2	Float on airborne opponent

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

N/A

Unique Attacks

• All of Xiaoyu's stances can be exited quickly by pressing {{ , }}

Normal Throws

N/A

Special Moves

N/A

Super Combos

N/A

The Basics

N/A

Advanced Strategy

N/A

Combos

Bread and Butters

• cl.HP xx d+PPP, AOP P, st.MK, cl.HP xx d+PPP, AOP cancel, cr.MK xx qcb+MP, qcf+LP/cr.HK

(393/387) (0bar, punish, hard)

• RDS K, RDS cancel, cr.MK xx qcb+MP, qcb+LP, qcf+LP/cr.HK(344/335)

(0bar, medium)

Hit Confirm Combos

• cl.LP, cl.LP/st.LP, cr.MK xx d+PPP, AOP P, st.MP xx qcb+MP, qcb+LP, qcf+LP/cr.HK (310/305)

(0bar, easy)

• st.MK, cl.MP(2) xx d+PPP, AOP P, st.MK, cl.HP xx d+PPP, AOP cancel, cr.MK xx qcb+MP, qcf+LP/cr.HK

(369/364) (0bar, hard)

• cr.MP, cr.HP xx d+PPP, AOP P, walk forward st.MP xx qcb+MP, qcb+LP, qcf+LP/cr.HK (384/378)

(0bar, medium)

Post-launch Combos

• cl.HP xx qcb+LP, qcb+LP, qcf+LP/cr.HK

(0bar, easy)

Advanced Combos

• f+MK, cl.HP xx qcb+MP, qcb+LP, qcf+LP/cr.HK (344/335)

(0bar, easy)

• RDS qcf+K>K, RDS cancel, cr.MK xx qcb+MP, qcb+LP, qcf+LP/cr.HK (384/375)

(0bar, medium)

Combos Into Supers

• N/A