Advanced V.G. 2/Elirin

Introduction

Elirin is an American whose real name is Eleanor. She insists that she's not a weeaboo because she was raised in Japan from a very young age, but I'm not so sure.

Elirin is something of a "feast or famine" kind of character, focused primarily on establishing a strong midrange presence, walling people out with her myraid ways to control horizontal and vertical space. Her offense is quite strong in this regard, but in return, her defense is extremely weak, sporting a low defense value and poor defensive options without meter. Playing Elirin to her full potential will require you to be careful, but confident.

Pros	Cons
Great pokes for controlling horizontal and vertical space Reliable approach tools in dash HP and strong jump normals Solid mixup with her overhead special and command grab super	Awful attack and defensive values Lacks cool tools to overcome them (Like how Chiho does) Poor reversal options

Movelist

st.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
A quick backhand jab, it looks stubby but it has a little more range than you would think. This will chain into all her other standing normals for a combo.

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st.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
A positively huge mid kick, it does not have any standing chains but it easily links into itself multiple times, can do it 4 times even at point blank. This allows you to easily confirm off of it. While it has no standing chains, it can chain into crLK. You can also chain into crHP and crHK, but for some reason both those chains result in crLK instead of their actual buttons.

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cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
An elbow strike, looks almost identical to stHP but is special cancelable.

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st.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
An acceptable standing poke, does not special cancel but does chain into stHK.

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cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
A standing rising knee, special cancelable.

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st.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
A step-in oblique kick, great range but a bit slow to start up, however it definitely won't be low-profiled. This is special cancelable, but with it's range not a whole lot is going to connect.

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cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
A crouching elbow strike, chains into crLK for a combo and into crHK for a frame trap.

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cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Low		-	-	-
A standard crouching kick, no chains or links from it but it is special cancelable. Much more useful as her OTG pickup tool.

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cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
A rising uppercut, Elirin's main anti-air tool and one that's not half bad. Launches on grounded hit and on anti-air, so she can get a juggle combo afterwards.

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cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Low		-	-	-
A quick sweep with great range. Knocks down with OTG pickups afterwards.

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j.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	High		-	-	-
A lighting fast elbow, chains into jHP and jHK but make sure to chain it fast because jLP is barely active. Is her best option for a rising air-to-air.

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j.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	High		-	-	-
A staggeringly long aerial kick, this extends so far downward that she can instant overhead a crouching opponent with it. Chains into jHP and jHK. It's possible that it can cross up but not reliably enough to count on.

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nj.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	High		-	-	-
A horizontal kick, nothing wrong with it but it doesn't fit much of a purpose other than presenting a decent stop sign in neutral. Chains into jHP and jHK.

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j.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	High		-	-	-
A downward angled punch. Not the greatest hitbox, but is the preferred jump-in for combos as it has less pushback.

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j.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	High		-	-	-
The biggest air normal Elirin has, great for holding down space but does have a little more pushback on jump-in attempts that make make some combos be out of range.

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Command Moves

+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
A hop-in donkey kick, slow startup but holds down space very nicely.

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+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
Unique dashing attack where Elirin charges the opponent with her hands up. The hitbox on this is huge and with it's advancing momentum it can catch from very far away. Knocks down on hit, so she can OTG combo afterwards.

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Target Combos
s.LP > s.LK
s.LP > s.LK > cr.LK > s.HK
s.LP > s.HP > s.HK
s.LP > s.HK > s.HK > s.HP
cl.HP > s.HK
cl.HK > s.HK
cr.LP > cr.LK

j.LP > (j.HP or j.HK）
j.LK > (j.HP or j.HK）

Guard Cancels
LP: s.HP
LK: s.HK
HP: LP Elirin Fire (charge b,f+LP)
HK: LP Elirin Tsutenkaku Otoshi (charge d,u+LP)

LK Guard Cancel is the safest option, because it has good range and leads to her combos regardless of the spacing.

Special Moves

Elirin Fire

(Charge) +

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
		N/A		-	-	-
Short range blast of fire. Can be useful as a midrange poke, but you need to be careful with your spacing because the recovery is not great.
		N/A		-	-	-
A slower blast with not too much more range, but it does knockdown on hit so it can be more lucrative.
+		N/A		-	-	-
The fire blast hits multiple times now, leading to much better damage.

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Elirin Mach Punch

x4

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
		Mid		-	-	-
A flurry of punches that really isn't much good for anything, the normal versions are far too unsafe in any context to be worth using.
		Mid		-	-	-
You will never want to use these. You will only get them on accident from mashing and you will promptly die from it
+		Mid		-	-	-
Unlike the normal versions, the EX version (input with +) is very useful, this series of punches moves Elirin forward, allowing her to use it in combos to convert for damage.

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Elirin Tsutenkaku Otoshi

(Charge) +

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
		Mid, High		-	-	-
Elirin leaps into the air and comes down with a clubbing swing. As she hits on the way up it looks like it's supposed to be an anti-air but it's mostly used in combos, its slow startup, poor horizontal range and lack of invincibility make it pretty worthless defensively.
		Mid, High		-	-	-
Elirin leaps higher and does not noticeably make the move any better.
+		Mid, High		-	-	-
The EX version can see some use thanks to it being an instant super, but it still sees the bulk of its use as a combo ender thanks to it's great damage.

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Elirin Chop

+

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
		High		-	-	-
A basically unreactable overhead. Because it's so fast, Elirin can use this to blow people up for down-backing, especially if she's willing to super cancel from it. It also has the ability to reflect projectiles, which can be a useful option for Elirin's neutral.
		High		-	-	-
You would think this version would be slower, you would be wrong, this will still not be blocked.

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Elirin San Ranbu

+ x3

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
		Mid		-	-	-
A three-stage rekka. An easy confirm from most normals you'll be landing in footsies, and leads to solid damage if you super cancel the third hit. Even if you don't super cancel, the third hit knocks down so you can get an OTG combo.
		Mid		-	-	-
The HK version goes further and is deals more damage.

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Super Moves

Elirin Smash

cl. +

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
	N/A	1	-	-	-
2 bar super. Elirin's proximity unblockable super has a lot of things going for it,1F startup, no whiff animation, solid damage and great range. This is a really important burst damage option for Elirin, since her access to damage is somewhat limited otherwise.

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Strategy

Elirin's footsie tools are nothing to sneeze at, so it's best to take advantage of them -- jumping kicks, cr.LK, dash HP and HP Fire can be used to establish a midrange presence. If you find yourself playing at longer distances, try to find opportunities to reflect fireballs with Chop. cr.HP is also a reliable anti-air option as long as you're willing to pre-empt the jump a little. From here, you more or less want to wall the opponent out with your space control tools, and if you find yourself any closer, you can cash out some damage from Chop or your super. It's important to maintain momentum in this regard, because if Elirin is put on the back foot, she has precious few ways of getting out of pressure, and any mistakes will cost her dearly.

Combos

Basic Combos
s.LP > s.HP > s.HK xx San Ranbu (xx EX Mach Punch xx EX Fire xx EX Otoshi)
cr.LP > cr.LK xx San Ranbu (xx EX Mach Punch xx EX Fire xx EX Otoshi)
You can make the super cancel into EX Mach Punch much easier if you input it as [f,d,f,d,df+P].

Chop xx EX Mach Punch xx EX Fire
Cancelling into EX Mach Punch from Chop is very easy, since the first dp input is effectively covered by the input for Chop, so just input hcb+P~dp+P and you'll get the super cancel with no issue.

Anti-Air Combos
cr.HP, j.LK > j.HK, cl.HP > s.HK (whiffed) xx EX Mach Punch xx EX Fire / EX Otoshi
j.LK > j.HK, sj.LK > sj.HK, EX Otoshi / EX Fire

Throw Combos
(corner) Punch throw > walk cr.LK, s.LP > s.HP > s.HK xx EX Fire (xx EX Otoshi)
(corner) Punch throw > walk cr.LK, s.LP > s.HK > s.HK xx EX Otoshi