Street Fighter X Tekken/Elena

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Introduction

Ideal Team Position: Point

When interviewed about the Top 5 characters in Street Fighter x Tekken v2013 after his EVO 2015 victory, Esuta put Elena in his Top 5. While doing so baffled many people, Elena has plenty of tools that can back up Esuta’s endorsement. Because all of her buttons are kicks and she’s a character with a long hitbox, Elena can use her long legs to shut out and in some cases shut DOWN opponents. Her st.LK is a 3 frame startup and reaches very far for a move that fast, allowing her to confirm into links and strings. Furthermore, she can cancel into her Lynx Tail, which is completely safe on block and puts her opponents in a situation where they are forced to block. Since Lynx Tail is a low, she can mix up the opponent with a plethora of overheads, some of which can be comboed from. Furthermore, she is excellent at carrying opponents across the stage, using her Rhino Horn and Spin Scythe to push the opponents far away. Furthermore, she is very against airborne opponents who try to escape her ground attack, as her Scratch Wheel (dp+k) starts up quickly and has an excellent hitbox as an anti-air. Being adept with Elena involves making use of her long reach and high-low game and keeping an opponent locked down until they begin to get impatient, or complacent with their blocking.

Strengths	Weaknesses
st.LK is one of the two longest-reaching 3f normals in the game cr.MP boost combo cannot be punished by many characters f+MP overhead is safe and can be comboed from Long ranged overhead threat with hcb+P High corner carry	Cannot do much solo damage against a crouching opponent without spending meter Best anti-air (dp+LK) only does 100 damage and cannot be comboed from with a tag cancel Lacks up-close pressure, with her only plus normals being crouching Longest ranged low (df+HK) is very unsafe unless well-spaced Low health total at 900

Elena
Health	900
Ground Movement
Forward walk speed	38.25
Back walk speed	38.25
Forward dash duration	17
Back dash duration	8,10,4
Jumping
Prejump duration	4
Neutral jump duration	37
Diagonal jump duration	37
Neutral super jump duration	42
Diagonal super jump duration	42
Misc.
Charge Cancel Delay (Normal/EX)	5

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

Far\Close LP

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
	30	H	SM,EX,SA,CA	5	4	14	-1	-5	1	1	1
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Far\Close MP

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
	30x2	H	SM,EX,SA,CA	5	2,3	19	-1	-5	2,2	1,1	1
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Far\Close HP **LC

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
	90	H	-	13	5	28	-8	-13	3	1	1
Whiffs on crouching opponent

Far\Close LK

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
	30	H	SM,EX,SA,CA	3	4	11	+2	-2	1	1	1
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Far\Close MK

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
	60	H	-	7	4	17	0	-4	2	1	1
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Far\Close HK

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
	90	H	-	11	3	18	+4	-1	3	1	1
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Crouch LP

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
+	30	H	SM,EX,SA,CA	4	3	11	+3	-1	1	1	1
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Crouch MP

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
+	60	H	SM,EX,SA,CA	6	5	9	+7	+3	2	1	1
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Crouch HP

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
+	90	H	-	8	2	22	+2	-4	3	1	1
Forces standing

Crouch LK

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
+	30	L	SM,EX,SA,CA	4	4	7	+6	+2	1	1	1
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Crouch MK

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
+	60	L	-	6	3	15	+3	-1	2	1	1
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Crouch HK

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
+	90	L	-	8	4	30	hard knockdown	-14	3	1	-
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Jump LP

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
/ / +	40	M	-	4	10	until ground+4	+12	+3	1	1	1
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Jump MP

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
/ / +	70	M	-	6	7	until ground+4	+16	+5	2	1	1
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Jump HP

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
/ / +	100	M	-	6	6	until ground+4	+20	+8	3	1	1
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Jump LK

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
/ / +	40	M	-	5	8	until ground+4	+13	+4	1	1	1
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Jump MK

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
/ / +	70	M	-	7	6	until ground+4	+16	+5	2	1	1
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Jump HK

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
/ / +	50,50	M	-	8	2(4)5	until ground+4	+20	+8	3,3	1,1	1
1st hit: Knock down on airborne opponent

Launcher **LC
HP+HK

File:SFxT Elena replaceme

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
+	100	H	-	13	2	54	switch	-34	3	-	-
Crushes crouching attacks frames 1-15, Airborne frames 16-44, Launches opponent while switching characters

Cross Cancel
f+HP+HK (while blocking)

File:SFxT Elena replaceme

Command	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	JP	JC	JS
+ + (while blocking)	100	H	-	7	4	18+11	hard knockdown	-	-	-	-
Invulnerablility frames 1-10, Resembles LK Scratch Wheel

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Super Combos

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The Basics

Below is a great tutorial from Links on Elena's basics that covers everything from her normals, to her optimal range, to her combo basics:

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Advanced Strategy

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