Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo/Chun-Li

Introduction

Ranking
Chun is ranked high mid-tier. There are certain characters that she dominates, certain characters she has even matches with, and certain characters who dominate her. Breaking it down...

Chun does quite well against:
Zangief, Dictator, Cammy

Chun has the advantage against:
Honda, Blanka, Guile, Boxer, Hawk

Chun has has pretty even matches with:
DeeJay, Dhalsim, Claw, Ken, Fei

Chun has a hard time against:
Ryu, O.Sagat

Some of her "even" matches are not even in the traditional sense. For example, against Fei she does really well as long as she's not in the corner. However, if Chun gets put in the corner and Fei starts doing st.Fierce xx Chicken Wing (his 3-hit spin kick), it is a nightmare for Chun, and she has no easy way out.

The same is true against Claw. Chun does well if she can keep the game on the ground, but if Claw can get his wall dive shenanigans going, Chun has no escape, and she must guess correctly which way to block, and that can be very difficult.

Strengths
-st.Strong is an extremely good poke
-j.Forward is a great jumping move
-can store her super
-Lightning Legs will cleanly beat nearly every ground move in the game
-good throw range
-throw does a lot more damage than it probably should
-good dizzy combos
-fast walking speed
-very agile (can jump off walls, do attacks after head stomp)
-is good at both turtling and rushing down

Weaknesses
-has no solid anti-air
-upkicks will sometimes completely whiff, even at point blank range
-has no solid reversal to escape things like Claw's wall dives or Fei's Chicken Wing trap
-has a big jump arc which is easy to see and punish
-has a hard time with fireball traps

Moves List

Special Moves

Lightning Legs- (press any K rapidly)-

     Chun Li's staple move. Can use it in combos for high damage as well an anti poke. LL will stuff or trade in your favor with many noteable moves such  as Dhalsim's drills or N.Boxers rushes.

Kikouken (hold Back for 2 seconds, Towards plus any punch button)

     Chun Li's fireball. Strength used determines speed and distance traveled. Jab Travels the slowest, but goes about a full screen. Fierce goes the fastest travels about half screen.
     Used primarily to build meter and to pressure opponents from a buffered low forward. It will never win any fireball war, but it's useful to try to keep up with them, simply b/c chun gains 2-3 times as much meter as Ken or Ryu from their fireballs. Be warned, even though it has a sonic boom charge time, her fireball has appreciable lag, and could lead to bad times if the opponent jumps when you throw one.  

Spinning Bird Kick- Charge Back for 2 seconds, Towards plus any kick.

     Chun Li's twirls her legs around upside down. Limited uses in this game as it whiffs all crouchers leaving chun li open for retaliation. Her legs (which are on top) are invincible on startup, so she can pass through some things. High tigers come to mind... but that's pretty risky. Can be done in air. 

Tenshou Kyaku- (Charge down for 2 seconds, up plus any kick)

    Commonly reffered to as upkicks. New to ST, this is Chun li's "Anti Air" Special and reversal.  While it works fine as a reversal (it beats meatys), this special is dubious anti air even before you factor in that she has to charge for it. Chun li is normally played very aggressive, and charging down mid match for an anti air that's prone to trade isn't something she wants to do. Use in wakeup/Reversal situations only. Far Stand RH, Low Rh, and Neutral Jump RH all have greater utility for anti air. 
    Oh, and this special juggles for 2 hits after Chun's super.

Match-ups