Virtua Fighter 5 REVO · v1.10 · Region: South America

CB

Career matches15,025

Career win rate57.4%

Round win rate54.8%

Peak rank43

Distinct opponents503

Period2026/03/26 – 2026/10/18

Elo rating

Overall, and on each character played 10+ times

1667 #961 of 3,686 on the Elo list →

The overall rating moves on every match, whatever was picked; a character's rating adds this player's own adjustment on it. Both run from every recorded match since v1.10; how they are worked out is on the Elo list.

Characters played — VF5's own record


Goh	36	2,357	1,230	1,127	52.2%
Jacky	35	1,580	845	735	53.5%
Wolf	43	1,384	830	554	60.0%
Lion	37	1,261	699	562	55.4%
Jeffry	38	1,110	635	475	57.2%
Akira	35	891	505	386	56.7%
Brad	35	852	476	376	55.9%
El Blaze	36	796	468	328	58.8%
Kage	36	694	416	278	59.9%
Lei Fei	34	606	338	268	55.8%
Aoi	34	534	302	232	56.5%
Lau	36	449	277	172	61.7%
Sarah	33	398	244	154	61.3%
Taka	34	378	233	145	61.6%
Pai	33	356	232	124	65.2%
Shun	34	341	232	109	68.0%
Eileen	34	317	193	124	60.9%
Jean	33	303	188	115	62.0%
Dural	34	218	147	71	67.4%
Vanessa	33	200	128	72	64.0%

These are the totals VF5 keeps for each character, read from the newest replay stored for it. They cover the player's whole ranked career and take no period.

Inputs per second

6,000 of 7,214 rounds counted

8.6 inputs a second (518 a minute) this season. Faster than 81% of the 4,069 regulars with enough rounds counted to compare.

By character played


Lion	8.4	507	1,058
Jeffry	8.2	493	477
Brad	8.3	497	836
Goh	8.8	526	517
Kage	8.3	497	252
Lei Fei	9.4	566	272
Vanessa	8.5	509	404
Lau	8.9	533	333
Jean	8.9	532	52
Jacky	8.9	536	319
El Blaze	9.0	542	295
Sarah	8.4	506	311
Pai	8.9	537	164
Dural	8.7	522	169
Wolf	9.3	557	80
Eileen	7.8	469	121
Taka	9.7	582	105
Shun	9.5	568	96
Akira	9.0	541	83
Aoi	9.1	547	56

By opponent's character


Kage	8.5	508	593
Akira	8.5	512	608
Jacky	8.6	518	586
Goh	9.0	537	468
Wolf	9.2	549	367
Jeffry	9.1	545	342
Lau	8.7	521	330
Lion	8.4	505	347
Pai	8.4	507	389
Lei Fei	8.4	504	280
Jean	8.7	520	347
Sarah	8.6	514	292
Brad	8.4	502	188
Aoi	8.6	517	194
Shun	8.6	518	209
Vanessa	8.4	504	164
El Blaze	8.7	524	90
Eileen	8.6	518	78
Taka	8.1	483	69
Dural	8.5	507	59

An input is any change on the controller (a new stick direction, a button pressed or released) from the bell to the moment a round is decided, over the live time of the round. Only rounds whose inputs have been decoded are counted. Who you face changes the pace too: see the inputs-per-second article under News.

Against each character


Kage	189	117	72	61.9%	+5.4
Akira	183	111	72	60.7%	+1.7
Jacky	159	91	68	57.2%	-1.8
Goh	126	74	52	58.7%	-0.3
Wolf	109	73	36	67.0%	+6.7
Jeffry	108	72	36	66.7%	+8.8
Lau	108	60	48	55.6%	-1.6
Lion	102	50	52	49.0%	-10.8
Pai	100	57	43	57.0%	-0.8
Lei Fei	97	58	39	59.8%	+4.0
Jean	96	54	42	56.2%	-2.5
Sarah	91	53	38	58.2%	-1.6
Brad	83	39	44	47.0%	-12.1
Aoi	69	43	26	62.3%	+3.2
Shun	60	35	25	58.3%	+1.9
Vanessa	51	26	25	51.0%	-8.3
El Blaze	24	13	11	54.2%	-4.5
Eileen	20	9	11	45.0%	-10.0
Taka	17	10	7	58.8%	+1.1
Dural	14	9	5	64.3%	+7.9

0 of 16 rows differ from what this player's level and their opponents' ranks predict, once the test allows for asking 16 questions at once; about 0.8 would by chance alone.

A matchup row is the particular people played on that character, not the character in general: one strong regular moves it as much as the matchup does.

By ring shape


Octagon	238	148	90	62.2%	+3.4
Low Fence	187	107	80	57.2%	-0.3
Full Fence	184	113	71	61.4%	+3.8
Open	184	109	75	59.2%	-0.4
Single Wall	180	116	64	64.4%	+6.2
Breakable Half Fence	174	94	80	54.0%	-5.0
Breakable Full Fence	162	95	67	58.6%	+1.8
Half Fence	161	83	78	51.5%	-7.2
Rectangle	154	81	73	52.6%	-6.3
Full Fence and Open	93	56	37	60.2%	+2.6

0 of 10 rows differ from what this player's level and their opponents' ranks predict, once the test allows for asking 10 questions at once; about 0.5 would by chance alone.

With or without walls

Stages	Matches	Win %	Expected	vs expected
Walls	1,073	57.2%	58.3%	-1.0
No walls	551	60.3%	58.6%	+1.6

Walls against open: -2.7 points (95% range -8.9 to +3.6), p 0.402 — no measurable difference.

The fence-and-open stages and Training Room are on neither side, as on the stage report.

How these are tested

Each match gets an expected result from the two players' ranks, read off the ladder's rank-against-rank win rates, and shifted by one number per player so the expected wins add up to the actual ones. A row's gap is how far above that expectation it sits, against the same measure over the player's other matches.
Matches against the same opponent are not independent, so each test is widened by how unevenly this player's results fall across the people they played. Rows under 30 decided matches or 10 different opponents on either side carry no test, and each table is corrected for the number of rows tested in it.
Not adjusted for: how strong an opponent is for their rank. Rank carries most of it; the rest needs a rating model.

Most played opponents


アダモ (Rank 33)	61	60	1	98.4%
lapislazuli (Rank 36)	25	14	11	56.0%
ヘニオ (Rank 35)	19	9	10	47.4%
chileung18 (Rank 31)	18	11	7	61.1%
てーらい (Rank 32)	18	13	5	72.2%
ボブソン (Rank 35)	18	9	9	50.0%
chocoballnaya2f (Rank 31)	17	11	6	64.7%
くろなぎ (Rank 30)	17	9	8	52.9%
akimaru7 (Rank 32)	16	14	2	87.5%
pizaman (Rank 32)	16	6	10	37.5%
スナ (Rank 33)	16	11	5	68.8%
Wallaby360 (Rank 38)	15	8	7	53.3%
kansimamoto (Rank 35)	15	9	6	60.0%
ゲッパー (Rank 36)	15	8	7	53.3%
MikuMartineau (Rank 32)	13	6	7	46.1%
pc37_lucky10 (Rank 35)	13	8	5	61.5%
anzenpai (Rank 36)	12	8	4	66.7%
TKS_5150 (Rank 31)	11	5	6	45.5%
danimura (Rank 34)	11	8	3	72.7%
mikumoJacky (Rank 34)	11	5	6	45.5%
∈挙動不審∋ (Rank 34)	11	8	3	72.7%
けいすけ新宿 (Rank 33)	11	9	2	81.8%
ねこむーと (Rank 37)	11	8	3	72.7%
エルグランド (Rank 30)	11	4	7	36.4%
五寸釘くん (Rank 34)	11	10	1	90.9%

Most played opponents, most recent first


mikumoJacky (Rank 34)	2026/10/16	11	5	6	45.5%
TKS_5150 (Rank 31)	2026/10/15	11	5	6	45.5%
∈挙動不審∋ (Rank 34)	2026/10/14	11	8	3	72.7%
chocoballnaya2f (Rank 31)	2026/10/14	17	11	6	64.7%
ヘニオ (Rank 35)	2026/10/14	19	9	10	47.4%
五寸釘くん (Rank 34)	2026/10/08	11	10	1	90.9%
ボブソン (Rank 35)	2026/09/18	18	9	9	50.0%
chileung18 (Rank 31)	2026/09/08	18	11	7	61.1%
danimura (Rank 34)	2026/09/02	11	8	3	72.7%
ゲッパー (Rank 36)	2026/08/29	15	8	7	53.3%
pc37_lucky10 (Rank 35)	2026/08/29	13	8	5	61.5%
Wallaby360 (Rank 38)	2026/08/24	15	8	7	53.3%
kansimamoto (Rank 35)	2026/08/22	15	9	6	60.0%
けいすけ新宿 (Rank 33)	2026/08/19	11	9	2	81.8%
ねこむーと (Rank 37)	2026/08/18	11	8	3	72.7%
lapislazuli (Rank 36)	2026/08/05	25	14	11	56.0%
アダモ (Rank 33)	2026/08/04	61	60	1	98.4%
akimaru7 (Rank 32)	2026/08/04	16	14	2	87.5%
くろなぎ (Rank 30)	2026/08/04	17	9	8	52.9%
てーらい (Rank 32)	2026/07/02	18	13	5	72.2%
anzenpai (Rank 36)	2026/07/02	12	8	4	66.7%
pizaman (Rank 32)	2026/06/26	16	6	10	37.5%
スナ (Rank 33)	2026/06/20	16	11	5	68.8%
MikuMartineau (Rank 32)	2026/06/06	13	6	7	46.1%
エルグランド (Rank 30)	2026/05/28	11	4	7	36.4%

Round openings

Every character


backdash into evade down	581	8.4%
backdash into evade up	468	6.8%
forward movement into punchP	434	6.3%
backdash into throw escape	196	2.8%
forward movement into backdash	182	2.6%
backdash into punchP	178	2.6%
forward dash into evade up	105	1.5%
crouch into Dantai3K	75	1.1%
Juchou Senshou8P+K	69	1.0%
forward dash into throw escape	65	0.9%
backdash into throwP+G	63	0.9%
Katousui2P	57	0.8%
crouch into Side Kick3K	57	0.8%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	54	0.8%
forward movement into throw escape	52	0.8%

1,188 further openings account for the other 4,282 rounds.

Counted from 1,728 of the 1,806 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Jeffry

Career: 635–475 · 57.2%
This season: 253 matches · 56.9%
Peak rank: 38

First hit in 59.1% of 962 rounds. Won 63.4% of the rounds they struck first, 46.3% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: attacks straight away in 24.9% of rounds, against 12.6% in their other rounds.
After the opponent opened the round before by waiting: moves in first in 57.0% of rounds, against 32.2% after anything else.
After losing a round: backs off first in 52.1% of rounds, against 31.7% after winning one.
After being hit first in the round before: backs off first in 48.5% of rounds, against 35.6% after landing the first hit.
After the opponent opened the round before with “no input”: opens with “backdash into evade down” in 0.0% of rounds, against 8.0% after anything else.
After losing a round: opens with “backdash into 2K Toe Kick” in 7.0% of rounds, against 2.2% after winning one.

How is this tested?


forward movement into punchP	86	8.7%
backdash into evade down	61	6.2%
crouch into Side Kick3K	57	5.8%
backdash into Toe Kick2K	50	5.1%
backdash into evade up	49	5.0%
backdash into Double KnucklePP	42	4.3%
forward movement into Double KnucklePP	36	3.6%
forward movement into backdash	31	3.1%
backdash into punchP	30	3.0%
backdash into Double Hammer Down43P	29	2.9%
forward dash into Elbow Butt6P	23	2.3%
Dash Elbow66P	22	2.2%
Low Knuckle2P	21	2.1%
forward dash into evade up	20	2.0%
backdash into throw escape	18	1.8%

157 further openings account for the other 410 rounds.

By stage type

Record against each character on walled and open stages, as Jeffry

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Akira	9–6 · 60%	10–2 · 83%	too few to test
Lau	11–10 · 52%	4–4 · 50%	too few to test
Kage	8–2 · 80%	7–1 · 88%	too few to test
Brad	9–11 · 45%	2–3 · 40%	too few to test
Aoi	5–7 · 42%	3–5 · 38%	too few to test

Walls: every fence, rectangle and octagon stage. No walls: open, low fence and single-wall stages. Snow Mountain and Training Room are left out.

How is this tested?

Lion

Career: 699–562 · 55.4%
This season: 255 matches · 50.6%
Peak rank: 37

First hit in 54.0% of 934 rounds. Won 51.8% of the rounds they struck first, 46.5% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Against Goh: backs off first in 50.0% of rounds, against 32.4% against everyone else.
After losing a round: backs off first in 41.9% of rounds, against 25.3% after winning one.
Against Kage: opens with “crouch into 3K Dantai” in 17.4% of rounds, against 6.5% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


crouch into Dantai3K	75	7.9%
Juchou Senshou8P+K	69	7.3%
backdash into evade down	63	6.7%
Katousui2P	57	6.0%
backdash into evade up	42	4.4%
crouch into Katousui2P	33	3.5%
forward movement into punchP	32	3.4%
crouch dash forward into Sen'inshou3P	26	2.8%
backdash into Kishitsu Kasensou43P	25	2.6%
backdash into Souji SenpuP+K	25	2.6%
backdash into Sen'inshou3P	19	2.0%
forward movement into Koushu RensuiPP	19	2.0%
backdash into Katousui2P	16	1.7%
Juchou Senshou8P+K into forward dash	15	1.6%
Juchou Senshou8P+K into backdash	14	1.5%

159 further openings account for the other 416 rounds.

Counted from 227 of the 255 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

By stage type

Record against each character on walled and open stages, as Lion

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Kage	12–7 · 63%	2–6 · 25%	too few to test
Akira	5–5 · 50%	6–5 · 55%	too few to test
Goh	7–4 · 64%	7–3 · 70%	too few to test
Lei Fei	7–4 · 64%	2–3 · 40%	too few to test

Walls: every fence, rectangle and octagon stage. No walls: open, low fence and single-wall stages. Snow Mountain and Training Room are left out.

28 of this character's decided matches could not be matched to the round-openings pull, which is what says the character was played, and are left out of this table.

How is this tested?

Brad

Career: 476–376 · 55.9%
This season: 213 matches · 54.5%
Peak rank: 35

First hit in 52.7% of 854 rounds. Won 54.0% of the rounds they struck first, 50.7% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Against Wolf: attacks straight away in 25.6% of rounds, against 12.7% against everyone else.
Against Kage: opens with “forward movement into K kick” in 11.9% of rounds, against 3.0% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


forward movement into punchP	115	13.4%
backdash into evade down	88	10.2%
backdash into evade up	87	10.1%
forward movement into Jab~High KickPK	42	4.9%
forward movement into kickK	31	3.6%
backdash into punchP	29	3.4%
crouch into Sharp Shoot1P	29	3.4%
forward movement into backdash	29	3.4%
backdash into throw escape	27	3.1%
Dtee Sawk Dtrohng4P+K into forward movement	22	2.6%
forward movement into Jab StraightPP	22	2.6%
Middle Spin Kick66K into Ten Kao6K	20	2.3%
crouch into Middle Kick3K	18	2.1%
Sharp Shoot1P into crouch	16	1.9%
backdash into Shovel Hook Double2P+KP	11	1.3%

105 further openings account for the other 273 rounds.

By stage type

Record against each character on walled and open stages, as Brad

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Jacky	3–0 · 100%	14–6 · 70%	too few to test
Akira	4–5 · 44%	3–8 · 27%	too few to test
Lau	10–7 · 59%	2–1 · 67%	too few to test
Wolf	9–0 · 100%	8–3 · 73%	too few to test

Walls: every fence, rectangle and octagon stage. No walls: open, low fence and single-wall stages. Snow Mountain and Training Room are left out.

How is this tested?

Lei Fei

Career: 338–268 · 55.8%
This season: 103 matches · 54.4%
Peak rank: 34

First hit in 52.8% of 430 rounds. Won 58.1% of the rounds they struck first, 47.3% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Against Jacky: backs off first in 69.6% of rounds, against 44.9% against everyone else.
After losing a round: backs off first in 62.2% of rounds, against 37.8% after winning one.
After opening the round before with “backdash into evade up”: opens with “backdash into evade up” in 34.8% of rounds, against 11.0% after anything else.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade up	59	13.7%
forward movement into punchP	41	9.5%
backdash into evade down	35	8.1%
crouch into Bunkyaku3K	32	7.4%
backdash into throw escape	26	6.0%
forward movement into backdash	15	3.5%
forward dash into evade up	14	3.2%
backdash into punchP	12	2.8%
crouch into Fukusoushou2P	10	2.3%
Fukusoushou2P	9	2.1%
backdash into guardG	8	1.9%
Toushou66P into Kakushu Suigeki6P	7	1.6%
crouch dash back into Kakushu Suigeki6P	6	1.4%
forward movement into throw escape	6	1.4%
Shatenshou33P into Shaten Renshou33PP	5	1.2%

88 further openings account for the other 146 rounds.

Kage

Career: 416–278 · 59.9%
This season: 106 matches · 67.9%
Peak rank: 36

First hit in 49.4% of 413 rounds. Won 64.2% of the rounds they struck first, 54.5% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

No reliable tells for this character.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	42	10.0%
backdash into evade up	25	5.9%
crouch into Nakageri3K	16	3.8%
Ura Tsumujigeri44K into Kodachinuki4K	14	3.3%
backdash into Gen'you4K+G	14	3.3%
backdash into Hagakure-ryu In Raijingeki46P+K	13	3.1%
backdash into Ryubisen44K+G	12	2.9%
Rakujin Gaeri44P into Rasen4P	11	2.6%
Rasen4P	10	2.4%
backdash into Kodachinuki4K	10	2.4%
Ryu'eikyaku66K	9	2.1%
backdash into Rasen4P	9	2.1%
throw escape	9	2.1%
backdash into Nakageri3K	8	1.9%
backdash into throw escape	8	1.9%

94 further openings account for the other 211 rounds.

Vanessa

Career: 128–72 · 64.0%
This season: 98 matches · 67.3%
Peak rank: 33

First hit in 30.5% of 403 rounds. Won 64.2% of the rounds they struck first, 57.1% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

No reliable tells for this character.

How is this tested?


Defensive Style: crouch into Bone Crush Middle3K	45	11.1%
Defensive Style: backdash into evade down	27	6.7%
Defensive Style: backdash into evade up	26	6.4%
Defensive Style: backdash into punchP	17	4.2%
Defensive Style: forward movement into punchP	17	4.2%
Defensive Style: backdash into throw escape	16	4.0%
Defensive Style: forward movement into backdash	11	2.7%
Offensive Style: backdash into evade down	11	2.7%
Offensive Style: backdash into evade up	11	2.7%
Offensive Style: crouch into Stopping Toe~Second Impact3KK	11	2.7%
Offensive Style: backdash into throw escape	10	2.5%
Offensive Style: forward movement into punchP	9	2.2%
Defensive Style: backdash into Bone Crush Middle3K	8	2.0%
Defensive Style: forward dash into evade up	8	2.0%
Defensive Style: Hind Back Spin Kick into Low Spin Slicer2K+G	7	1.7%

102 further openings account for the other 170 rounds.

Goh

Career: 1,230–1,127 · 52.2%
This season: 125 matches · 40.8%
Peak rank: 36

First hit in 55.1% of 343 rounds. Won 43.9% of the rounds they struck first, 47.4% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

On Rectangle stages: moves in first in 62.3% of rounds, against 23.4% on the other stages.
After opening the round before by moving in: moves in first in 54.5% of rounds, against 23.9% after anything else.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	31	9.0%
backdash into kickK	25	7.3%
forward movement into punchP	24	7.0%
Sune'uchi2P	17	4.9%
backdash into Kirin33P	13	3.8%
backdash into punchP	13	3.8%
backdash into Kusabigeri2K	12	3.5%
backdash into evade up	11	3.2%
backdash into throw escape	11	3.2%
forward movement into kickK	11	3.2%
backdash into Sune Kudaki43P	8	2.3%
forward movement into Tsurane ShoudaPP	8	2.3%
backdash into Sune'uchi2P	7	2.0%
forward movement into throw escape	7	2.0%
punchP	7	2.0%

74 further openings account for the other 139 rounds.

Counted from 83 of the 125 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Jean

Career: 188–115 · 62.0%
This season: 83 matches · 65.1%
Peak rank: 33

First hit in 51.2% of 324 rounds. Won 57.8% of the rounds they struck first, 56.3% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

No reliable tells for this character.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	39	11.5%
Gyaku Seikenzuki66P	32	9.5%
backdash into evade up	24	7.1%
crouch into Chudan Mawashigeri3K	23	6.8%
Gyaku Seikenzuki66P into Yoko'enpi6P	19	5.6%
backdash into throw escape	18	5.3%
backdash into punchP	14	4.1%
backdash into KounirenPP	13	3.9%
crouch into Chudan~Joudan Mawashigeri3KK	12	3.5%
Gyaku Seikenzuki66P into backward movement	11	3.2%
forward dash into evade up	9	2.7%
forward movement into backdash	8	2.4%
forward movement into punchP	8	2.4%
backdash into Shitamaeken2P	6	1.8%
Gyaku Seikenzuki66P into Shutoukiri4P	5	1.5%

58 further openings account for the other 97 rounds.

Lau

Career: 277–172 · 61.7%
This season: 86 matches · 60.5%
Peak rank: 36

First hit in 49.7% of 328 rounds. Won 56.4% of the rounds they struck first, 55.1% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

No reliable tells for this character.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	43	12.8%
backdash into evade up	33	9.8%
backdash into throw escape	19	5.6%
crouch into Senchutai3K	13	3.9%
Fukko Kensou1P	11	3.3%
Kosoushou46P into forward movement	10	3.0%
backdash into Chisoutai2K+G	9	2.7%
backdash into Saishikkyaku4K	9	2.7%
forward movement into backdash	9	2.7%
forward movement into punchP	9	2.7%
backdash into Souko Sensou66P+K	8	2.4%
Chisoutai2K+G	7	2.1%
backdash into throwP+G	7	2.1%
backdash into Kosoushou46P	6	1.8%
Fukko Kensou1P into guardG	5	1.5%

83 further openings account for the other 139 rounds.

Jacky

Career: 845–735 · 53.5%
This season: 81 matches · 51.9%
Peak rank: 35

First hit in 50.2% of 317 rounds. Won 54.1% of the rounds they struck first, 45.6% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

No reliable tells for this character.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	35	10.9%
backdash into punchP	22	6.8%
crouch into Middle Kick3K	19	5.9%
backdash into Spin Heel Sword4K+G	16	5.0%
backdash into Slant Back Knuckle1P	15	4.7%
backdash into evade up	15	4.7%
backdash into throw escape	15	4.7%
forward movement into punchP	13	4.0%
backdash into guardG	9	2.8%
backdash into Rage Kick1PK	7	2.2%
forward movement into Slant Back Knuckle1P	7	2.2%
forward movement into backdash	7	2.2%
Side Hook Turn44P into Spinning Back Knuckle4P	5	1.6%
backdash into Double Back Knuckle4PP	4	1.2%
backdash into Squat Straight2P	4	1.2%

82 further openings account for the other 129 rounds.

El Blaze

Career: 468–328 · 58.8%
This season: 77 matches · 57.1%
Peak rank: 36

First hit in 44.2% of 292 rounds. Won 53.5% of the rounds they struck first, 53.4% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	40	13.6%
backdash into evade up	37	12.5%
forward movement into backdash	22	7.5%
forward movement into punchP	19	6.4%
backdash into throw escape	18	6.1%
backdash into punchP	12	4.1%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	10	3.4%
crouch into Middle Kick3K	10	3.4%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	8	2.7%
backdash into Quick HookPP	7	2.4%
backdash into High Spin KickK+G	5	1.7%
backdash into backward movement	5	1.7%
forward dash into evade up	5	1.7%
forward dash into throw escape	5	1.7%
guardG into throw escape	5	1.7%

55 further openings account for the other 87 rounds.

Sarah

Career: 244–154 · 61.3%
This season: 77 matches · 67.5%
Peak rank: 33

First hit in 51.3% of 277 rounds. Won 64.8% of the rounds they struck first, 52.6% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade up	31	11.2%
Stiletto66K into Quick Knee6K	24	8.6%
forward movement into punchP	19	6.8%
backdash into evade down	18	6.5%
forward dash into evade up	12	4.3%
forward dash into throw escape	12	4.3%
backdash into Crescent Heel4K+G	10	3.6%
backdash into Switch Kick4K	9	3.2%
backdash into throw escape	8	2.9%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	7	2.5%
Leg Slicer2K+G	6	2.2%
forward movement into backdash	6	2.2%
Long Snap Side Chop3P+K	5	1.8%
backdash into Punch High KickPK	5	1.8%
Quick Knee6K	4	1.4%

72 further openings account for the other 102 rounds.

Counted from 69 of the 77 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Pai

Career: 232–124 · 65.2%
This season: 46 matches · 67.4%
Peak rank: 33

First hit in 57.3% of 185 rounds. Won 56.6% of the rounds they struck first, 60.8% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


crouch into Senchutai3K	30	16.2%
forward movement into punchP	20	10.8%
backdash into evade up	19	10.3%
backdash into evade down	15	8.1%
backdash into punchP	8	4.3%
forward movement into backdash	8	4.3%
backdash into Kochoukyaku4K+G	5	2.7%
Honshin Soukyaku1K+G	4	2.2%
backdash into Sensaitai2K	4	2.2%
backdash into guardG	4	2.2%
Ensei SenpukyakuK+G into Honshin Soukyaku1K+G	3	1.6%
Shi'en Settai2K+G	3	1.6%
backdash into Ensei Toukyaku46K	3	1.6%
backdash into kickK	3	1.6%
forward dash into evade up	3	1.6%

41 further openings account for the other 53 rounds.

Dural

Career: 147–71 · 67.4%
This season: 45 matches · 66.7%
Peak rank: 34

First hit in 53.9% of 167 rounds. Won 65.6% of the rounds they struck first, 59.7% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	20	11.8%
backdash into evade up	12	7.1%
forward movement into One TwoPP	12	7.1%
forward movement into backdash	12	7.1%
backdash into back kick+guard4K+G	7	4.1%
backdash into back, back kick+guard44K+G	7	4.1%
backdash into High Spin Kick1PK	6	3.5%
guardG into throw escape	6	3.5%
backdash into throw escape	5	3.0%
forward movement into Punch High KickPK	5	3.0%
forward movement into punchP	5	3.0%
backdash into Slant Back Knuckle1P	4	2.4%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	4	2.4%
Dash Hammer Kick66K into Knee Kick6K	3	1.8%
backdash into crouch dash back	3	1.8%

47 further openings account for the other 58 rounds.

Wolf

Career: 830–554 · 60.0%
This season: 40 matches · 77.5%
Peak rank: 43

First hit in 73.7% of 133 rounds. Won 78.6% of the rounds they struck first, 42.9% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


Arrow Knuckle3P	10	7.1%
crouch into Arrow Knuckle3P	10	7.1%
backdash into evade down	6	4.3%
backdash into evade up	5	3.5%
forward dash	5	3.5%
no input	5	3.5%
Tomahawk Chop9P into throwP+G	4	2.8%
crouch dash forward into Arrow Knuckle3P	4	2.8%
forward movement into Elbow Butt4P	4	2.8%
Arrow Knuckle3P into evade up	3	2.1%
Arrow Knuckle3P into guardG	3	2.1%
backdash into Low Hammer2P	3	2.1%
forward dash into Body Blow6P	3	2.1%
forward movement into Hammer KickPK	3	2.1%
Elbow Butt4P	2	1.4%

54 further openings account for the other 71 rounds.

Eileen

Career: 193–124 · 60.9%
This season: 31 matches · 80.7%
Peak rank: 34

First hit in 44.6% of 121 rounds. Won 79.6% of the rounds they struck first, 56.7% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	15	12.4%
Hikou Senshi66K into Hikou Niki6K	13	10.7%
backdash into Enkou Kenka46P	10	8.3%
backdash into Hikou Senshi66K	9	7.4%
Enkou Kenka46P	8	6.6%
forward movement into punchP	7	5.8%
Hikou Senshi66K	5	4.1%
backdash into Enkou Nyurin66P	4	3.3%
offensive move	4	3.3%
Enkou Kenka46P into forward movement	3	2.5%
backdash into Enkou Tekitou1P+K	3	2.5%
forward movement into Rensou HekizanPPP	3	2.5%
guardG	3	2.5%
backward movement into Jouho Chu'un6PP	2	1.6%
guardG into Enkou Kenka46P	2	1.6%

28 further openings account for the other 30 rounds.

Taka

Career: 233–145 · 61.6%
This season: 27 matches · 77.8%
Peak rank: 34

First hit in 53.3% of 107 rounds. Won 61.4% of the rounds they struck first, 66.0% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


kickK	16	14.9%
backdash into evade down	13	12.2%
forward movement into punchP	10	9.3%
Shita Harite2P	9	8.4%
backdash into Kachi'age33P+K	7	6.5%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	4	3.7%
punchP	4	3.7%
Morotezuki66P	3	2.8%
backdash into throwP+G	3	2.8%
forward movement into backdash	3	2.8%
punchP into Shita Harite2P	3	2.8%
throw escape	3	2.8%
backdash into Sokubi Otoshi41236P	2	1.9%
backdash into punchP	2	1.9%
crouch into Shita Harite2P	2	1.9%

22 further openings account for the other 23 rounds.

Shun

Career: 232–109 · 68.0%
This season: 25 matches · 60.0%
Peak rank: 34

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade up	11	11.5%
backdash into evade down	10	10.4%
Gyou'in Haishu3P	9	9.4%
Gyou'in Haishu3P into forward dash	6	6.2%
forward movement into punchP	6	6.2%
backdash into punchP	5	5.2%
Gyou'in Haishu3P into Kasen Chugeki6P	4	4.2%
crouch dash back into Gyou'in Haishu3P	4	4.2%
forward movement into backdash	4	4.2%
Chubu Soutenkyaku66K into Sokutan Senshu6K	3	3.1%
Gyou'in Haishu3P into evade down	2	2.1%
backdash into Tanhi ChougekiK+G	2	2.1%
backdash into throwP+G	2	2.1%
backdash into throw escape	2	2.1%
Chougeki Haiten44P	1	1.0%

25 further openings account for the other 25 rounds.

Akira

Career: 505–386 · 56.7%
This season: 20 matches · 60.0%
Peak rank: 35

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into Jouho Touken6P	12	14.5%
Rimon Chouchu66P	7	8.4%
crouch into Souka Housui3P+K	7	8.4%
Rimon Chouchu66P into forward dash	5	6.0%
backdash into Rimon Chouchu66P	5	6.0%
backdash into evade down	5	6.0%
forward dash into Jouho Touken6P	5	6.0%
Rimon Chouchu66P into Jouho Touken6P	4	4.8%
backdash into Goko Shutsudou3K+GP	4	4.8%
backdash into evade up	4	4.8%
backdash into Youhou33P	3	3.6%
forward dash into evade up	3	3.6%
forward dash into Rimon Chouchu66P	2	2.4%
guardG into backdash	2	2.4%
Jouho Senshou46P into forward movement	1	1.2%

14 further openings account for the other 14 rounds.

Aoi

Career: 302–232 · 56.5%
This season: 15 matches · 73.3%
Peak rank: 34

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


forward movement into punchP	15	26.8%
crouch into Maegeri3K	8	14.3%
backdash into evade up	3	5.4%
forward movement into NirentotsuPP	3	5.4%
Sanseigan66P+K into forward movement	2	3.6%
backdash into Ryoushi43P	2	3.6%
backdash into evade down	2	3.6%
forward movement into backdash	2	3.6%
Gedan Shouda2P	1	1.8%
Maegeri3K	1	1.8%
backdash into Kasumigeri2K	1	1.8%
backdash into NirentotsuPP	1	1.8%
backdash into Nirentotsu OuchuPPP	1	1.8%
backdash into Sodeshinken33P+K	1	1.8%
backdash into guardG	1	1.8%

12 further openings account for the other 12 rounds.

How these are tested

A tell is a habit in how this player starts a round: something they do clearly more often in one situation than in the others — backing off more in round 2, say, or opening with one move more against one character. Each situation is compared with how they actually opened their rounds, and a tell is listed only if it is too strong to be a fluke even after allowing for how many situations were checked on this page. Anything weaker is left out, so a character with no tells listed may still have habits, just none the data can show for certain.

An opener is filed by what the player did first: attack (a named move or any button), move in (forward dash, forward movement or crouch dash forward), wait (guard, crouch or no input), back off (backdash, crouch dash back or backward movement) or evade. Each is also tested as the exact opener: the character's five most used, and the rest together.
Up to ten things known before a round starts are tested against the opener: which round it is, the opponent's character, the ring shape, how the player opened the round before and how the opponent did, whether they won or lost the round before, who landed the first hit of the round before, whether they go into it ahead, level or behind, and -- where a Shun is playing -- the drink points he starts it on: the player's own if they are Shun, the opponent's if they face one. Each is a chi-square test, divided by how much more alike the rounds of one match are than separate rounds would be, and never made more generous by it. Checked by shuffling the data so that nothing is there: the tests then find something no more often than chance allows.
Round results and drink points come from each match's round record, matched to its openers by the two players and the date. A match whose record is missing, lacks rounds the openers have, or does not add up to the match's result sits out of those four tests only. These four are compared only between rounds of the same number -- the score and the drinks follow from which round it is (every match starts level and on no drinks), so a pattern that is only “the first round is different” is not counted as one of theirs. Drawn rounds count toward neither side of the score, and the round after one has no previous result. Drink points are grouped as on the Shun report (none, 1–4, 5–9 and so on), with neighbouring groups joined where they are thin.
A character is tested with at least 300 rounds from 30 matches. Rare cases are pooled before testing, and a pattern is only named where it holds up after correcting for every test on this page (145 here; about 7.2 would come up by chance alone before the correction).
Walls against open is tested per opponent with 30+ matches and 10+ different players on each side, allowing for both players' ranks, and corrected across every player page at once: 0 of 2,552 hold up. With stages shuffled at random: 0 of 2,651–2,673.

Tests behind each character's list

Jeffry: 6 of 16 tests hold up
Lion: 3 of 15 tests hold up
Brad: 2 of 15 tests hold up
Lei Fei: 3 of 15 tests hold up
Kage: 0 of 14 tests hold up
Vanessa: 0 of 14 tests hold up
Goh: 2 of 14 tests hold up
Jean: 0 of 14 tests hold up
Lau: 0 of 14 tests hold up
Jacky: 0 of 14 tests hold up
El Blaze: not tested (too few rounds)
Sarah: not tested (too few rounds)
Pai: not tested (too few rounds)
Dural: not tested (too few rounds)
Wolf: not tested (too few rounds)
Eileen: not tested (too few rounds)
Taka: not tested (too few rounds)
Shun: not tested (too few rounds)
Akira: not tested (too few rounds)
Aoi: not tested (too few rounds)