Lei
Ideal Team Position: Anchor
You have to hand it to Capcom: for all of the recent accusations thrown their way about taking shortcuts design-wise, they pulled out all of the stops when transitioning the Supercop and Master of 5-form Kung Fu into the 2D plane. Lei has no less than 9 different stances counting his neutral stance, and each stance has its own set of strings and mixups to confuse and overwhelm opponents who have to constantly guess what direction Lei is going to hit them from next. If that weren’t bad enough, Lei can constantly flip the script on them by cancelling into another stance during certain points of his string, or just tap “down” to immediately go back into his neutral stance where he can access his special moves. Playing Lei Wulong involves memorizing his many stances and the moves that are tied with them, as well as their unique properties, to overcome a lack of great buttons when played like a traditional Street Fighter character. None of his normal attacks, even from his stances, are particularly useful in footsies, and his defensive options aren’t particularly great outside of his DP. Because of this, it’s best that he enter the field of battle when him and his teammate are already on the clear offensive. That way, he can be range to oppress the opponent with his stance cancelling and the frame traps and high-low mixups that lie within them.
| Strengths | Weaknesses |
|---|---|
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+Razor Rush (f+MP > ...) string allows him to safely access animal stances while pressuring +Has several frame traps involving stances and/or stance transitions that can be confirmed into damage +Dangerous high-low mixups with Drunken Master Walk (f+KKK) +Panther stance can walk under projectiles +Dragon stance can threaten safe combo starters in the corner +Crane stance has the unique ability to auto-counter crouching attacks +Comet Kick (qcf+K) is projectile invulnerable and leads to full combos, making it an invaluable tool against zoners +MK Reverse Lotus (DP+K) has upper body invincibility and can be followed up with another K upon landing to catch opponents who try to punish it on the ground +LP Orchid Palm (qcf+LP) and HP Orchid Palm (qcf+HP) are both safe on block +EX Orchid Palm is +4 on block and a crumple stun on hit, ensuring that Lei continues to remain on the offensive if he connects with it +Super Art (qcf+PPP) does higher damage than average (350) +Super Art can be used in juggles to inflict a chunk of unrecoverable damage mid-combo +st.MK can be made +3 on block by changing stances |
-Can only enter Drunken Stance (f+KKK), Back Turn (b+KKK),and Snake (d+KKK) on command, the other stances must be cancelled into from other moves or stances -only worthwhile normal poke not tied to stance cancelling is cr.MP -Lacks combo options from many of his stance attacks -Meter hungry to convert hitconfirms into damage -Needs a knockdown to enforce Drunken mixups |
Normal Attacks
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Unique Attacks
+ / + 
/ + / + / + + / Stance Changes
+ during Dragon during Tiger during Crane during Panther Considered crouching in neutral
during Tiger during Snake Considered crouching
during Dragon during Snake or Crane Throw inv. while
walking forward
during Panther Auto-counters crouching attacks
+ 
+ Snake Attacks
Cancels into Dragon + Exits Snake Stance
Cancel back into Snake 
into Panther on second Exits Snake Stance
Cancel into Dragon on second MP Float on last hit
Dragon Attacks
with + 
p Last recovery frame cancellable except crouch, dash and jump
with + p Last recovery frame cancellable except crouch, dash and jump
Cancel into Tiger
Cancel into Crane
Can
second hit into Dragon (u d) or Tiger (f) + p 
Can
into Tiger with Tiger Attacks
during Tiger 
during Tiger p Wallbounce on airborne opponent close to corner
Panther Attacks
Exits Panther
Can
into Crane Exits Panther
Crane Attacks
Can
last recovery frame (cannot
into jump/dash/crouch) Can
last recovery frame (cannot
into jump/dash/crouch) Crushes standing attacks at 8f-
Can
last recovery frame (cannot
into jump/dash/crouch) Any attack before
exits stance Ends in Back Turn
+
Drunk Attacks
with + p or + p with + p or + p mp or with + p or + p Cancel into Crane with
Exits Drunken
+ p Ends in Play Dead
+ p 
1 Armor during Active Frames
Ends in Play Dead
p Sipping twice in sequence gives
hit property for the next attack Ends in Play Dead after sipping thrice in sequence
+ during Tiger Sip Wallbounce on Counter Hit
Take 100% Additional Damage when hit
Cancel with
k k Exits Play Dead
Back Turn Attacks
Crushes airborne attacks
3rd~4th active frames float opponent
Can
into Drunk with Throws
or 
+ + 
+ +
Special Moves
+ Can be repeated up to two times
Full Body Invincible 1-13f 
+ Ends in Back Turn
Upper Body Invincible Full Body Invincible 1-9f during Reverse Lotus 
+ On hit: +8 on crouching opponent
Projectile invulnerability 1-27f
Full Body Invul 1-5f Projectile Invul. 6-27f during Comet Kick + 
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Projectile invul. 1-31f Super Combo
+ 
Full body invulnerability frames 1-4
Wall bounce on airborne opponents except after ground bounce
Move Analysis
Normal Moves
N/A
Unique Attacks
N/A
Normal Throws
N/A
Special Moves
N/A
Super Combos
N/A
The Basics
Advanced Strategy
N/A
Combos
Bread and Butters
- cr.HP xx qcf+K, BT MK>HK, BT MK>HK, cr.MP xx dp+K>K (411)
(nostance, 0bar, medium)
Hit Confirm Combos
- cr.LK, cr.MP, cr.MP, cr.MP xx qcb+K>qcb+K>qcb+K (223)
(nostance, 0bar, low, medium)
- cr.LK, cr.MP, cr.MP xx qcf+KK, BT MK>HK, BT MK>HK, cr.MP xx dp+K>K (334)
(nostance, 1bar, low, medium)
- cr.MP, cr.MP xx qcf+KK, BT MK>HK, BT MK>HK, cr.MP xx dp+K>K(369)
(nostance, 1bar, medium)
- CRA LK>MK>MP>LK, BT MK>HK, cr.MP xx dp+K>K (325)
(crane, 0bar, medium)
Post-launch Combos
- st.MK xx f+KKK, cr.MP, cr.HP xx dp+HK>K
(nostance, 0bar, medium)
- cr.HP xx CADC, cr.MP, cr.HP xx dp+HK>K
(nostance, 0bar, medium)
Advanced Combos
- CRA uf+K, cr.HP xx CADC, cr.MP, cr.HP xx dp+K>K (359)
(crane, 0bar, hard)
- DGN MP xx f+PP, TGR PP, cr.MP, cr.HP xx dp+K>K (366)
(dragon, 0bar, corner, easy)
- DRU MP>MP xx f+PP, PLD KK (243)
(drunken, overhead, 0bar, easy)
Combos Into Supers
- N/A
