Virtua Fighter 5 REVO · v1.10 · Region: Asia

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Career matches18,298

Career win rate56.6%

Round win rate51.8%

Peak rank41

Distinct opponents454

Period2026/03/26 – 2026/10/18

Elo rating

Overall, and on each character played 10+ times

1743 #614 of 3,686 on the Elo list →

Sarah1796405 matches
Jacky1739334 matches
Wolf1756312 matches
Lei Fei1729311 matches
Akira1766239 matches
Kage1740227 matches
Lion1752180 matches
Eileen1728165 matches
Vanessa1726129 matches
Jean1707116 matches
Taka1749112 matches
Shun173095 matches
Lau174290 matches
Pai175186 matches
Brad172984 matches
Jeffry174481 matches
Aoi173574 matches
Goh173117 matches

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


Sarah	41	3,648	2,024	1,624	55.5%
Jacky	38	2,054	1,109	945	54.0%
Kage	39	1,925	1,034	891	53.7%
Wolf	38	1,506	835	671	55.4%
Lion	38	1,365	742	623	54.4%
Akira	38	1,171	666	505	56.9%
Lei Fei	38	1,126	635	491	56.4%
Lau	39	964	568	396	58.9%
Brad	37	863	498	365	57.7%
Taka	38	648	392	256	60.5%
Eileen	37	581	344	237	59.2%
Shun	36	555	326	229	58.7%
Aoi	36	455	279	176	61.3%
Jeffry	36	371	238	133	64.2%
Pai	35	353	221	132	62.6%
Jean	33	318	187	131	58.8%
Vanessa	35	293	188	105	64.2%
Goh	29	90	58	32	64.4%
El Blaze	26	12	10	2	83.3%

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

10,272 of 12,381 rounds counted

8.5 inputs a second (512 a minute) this season. Faster than 80% of the 4,069 regulars with enough rounds counted to compare.

By character played


Sarah	8.0	477	874
Jacky	8.3	495	1,141
Wolf	8.5	511	1,157
Lei Fei	9.3	558	1,178
Akira	9.6	575	591
Kage	8.1	489	844
Lion	8.8	531	549
Eileen	8.4	506	661
Vanessa	8.5	510	527
Jean	8.4	505	225
Taka	8.3	500	429
Shun	8.7	519	373
Lau	8.2	492	354
Pai	8.8	530	342
Brad	8.3	498	347
Jeffry	8.2	491	326
Aoi	8.0	481	287
Goh	8.3	498	58
El Blaze	8.0	480	9

By opponent's character


Jacky	8.8	528	1,177
Akira	8.4	507	1,092
Shun	8.4	507	623
Lau	8.6	515	922
Kage	8.5	510	857
Aoi	8.5	510	655
Jean	8.5	507	562
Jeffry	8.4	506	543
Goh	8.8	527	623
Lion	8.2	495	399
Wolf	8.9	534	449
Lei Fei	8.4	504	382
Pai	8.4	507	388
El Blaze	8.4	505	310
Brad	8.6	514	340
Sarah	8.2	491	341
Eileen	8.4	501	253
Vanessa	8.4	502	202
Taka	8.8	525	133
Dural	7.7	460	21

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


Jacky	340	169	171	49.7%	-3.2
Akira	317	174	143	54.9%	+0.9
Shun	259	160	99	61.8%	+11.6
Lau	254	132	122	52.0%	+3.4
Kage	249	141	108	56.6%	+2.4
Aoi	173	88	85	50.9%	-2.9
Jean	173	91	82	52.6%	-6.5
Jeffry	170	87	83	51.2%	-6.8
Goh	161	94	67	58.4%	+1.5
Lion	150	72	78	48.0%	-4.3
Wolf	140	79	61	56.4%	+0.9
Lei Fei	107	61	46	57.0%	+5.2
Pai	106	66	40	62.3%	+7.9
El Blaze	98	49	49	50.0%	-6.3
Brad	97	55	42	56.7%	+5.0
Sarah	95	47	48	49.5%	-4.5
Eileen	78	43	35	55.1%	-2.1
Vanessa	52	21	31	40.4%	-10.3
Taka	39	16	23	41.0%	-5.1
Dural	14	5	9	35.7%	-29.8

0 of 19 rows differ from what this player's level and their opponents' ranks predict, once the test allows for asking 19 questions at once; about 1.0 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


Breakable Half Fence	326	162	164	49.7%	-2.5
Open	326	191	135	58.6%	+5.9
Rectangle	323	176	147	54.5%	-0.5
Octagon	311	167	144	53.7%	+0.5
Full Fence	303	154	149	50.8%	-3.8
Breakable Full Fence	296	161	135	54.4%	+0.4
Half Fence	296	149	147	50.3%	-2.0
Single Wall	292	147	145	50.3%	-2.8
Low Fence	278	168	110	60.4%	+4.5
Full Fence and Open	145	79	66	54.5%	-2.0

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	1,855	52.2%	53.4%	-1.2
No walls	896	56.5%	54.1%	+2.4

Walls against open: -3.5 points (95% range -7.9 to +0.8), p 0.106 — 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


PuzzG/ぱず爺 (Rank 38)	116	75	41	64.7%
★闘将拉麵男★ (Rank 35)	95	53	42	55.8%
타우끼/taukee (Rank 36)	76	49	27	64.5%
siroiro_16bit (Rank 40)	52	22	30	42.3%
VF12360-PC (Rank 37)	48	25	23	52.1%
ふかふか (Rank 37)	47	25	22	53.2%
マハリータまるこ (Rank 41)	38	18	20	47.4%
ヘニオ (Rank 35)	37	31	6	83.8%
おむすび山かずkaz_kcjj (Rank 39)	36	17	19	47.2%
MikuMartineau (Rank 32)	34	25	9	73.5%
寿司眼鉄 (Rank 38)	30	15	15	50.0%
kagesada (Rank 39)	27	8	19	29.6%
Umemon2026 (Rank 36)	26	15	11	57.7%
ctraum (Rank 39)	26	10	16	38.5%
マンジャロ打ちたい (Rank 35)	25	17	8	68.0%
GOODGODDOG (Rank 33)	22	14	8	63.6%
なめ (Rank 37)	22	12	10	54.5%
らうらう (Rank 37)	22	14	8	63.6%
R.I.PRJMitte. (Rank 41)	21	12	9	57.1%
hikabun (Rank 35)	21	10	11	47.6%
MaBoy (Rank 37)	20	12	8	60.0%
Nn_nekosuke (Rank 34)	20	8	12	40.0%
マサオ(AO) (Rank 38)	20	11	9	55.0%
佐藤です (Rank 35)	20	14	6	70.0%
ハンニャ (Rank 39)	19	8	11	42.1%

Most played opponents, most recent first


R.I.PRJMitte. (Rank 41)	2026/10/18	21	12	9	57.1%
siroiro_16bit (Rank 40)	2026/10/18	52	22	30	42.3%
★闘将拉麵男★ (Rank 35)	2026/10/17	95	53	42	55.8%
ハンニャ (Rank 39)	2026/10/17	19	8	11	42.1%
おむすび山かずkaz_kcjj (Rank 39)	2026/10/17	36	17	19	47.2%
ctraum (Rank 39)	2026/10/15	26	10	16	38.5%
ヘニオ (Rank 35)	2026/10/15	37	31	6	83.8%
PuzzG/ぱず爺 (Rank 38)	2026/10/13	116	75	41	64.7%
寿司眼鉄 (Rank 38)	2026/10/12	30	15	15	50.0%
マンジャロ打ちたい (Rank 35)	2026/10/08	25	17	8	68.0%
MaBoy (Rank 37)	2026/10/03	20	12	8	60.0%
hikabun (Rank 35)	2026/10/02	21	10	11	47.6%
VF12360-PC (Rank 37)	2026/09/30	48	25	23	52.1%
GOODGODDOG (Rank 33)	2026/09/30	22	14	8	63.6%
マハリータまるこ (Rank 41)	2026/09/29	38	18	20	47.4%
Umemon2026 (Rank 36)	2026/09/27	26	15	11	57.7%
타우끼/taukee (Rank 36)	2026/09/24	76	49	27	64.5%
ふかふか (Rank 37)	2026/09/13	47	25	22	53.2%
佐藤です (Rank 35)	2026/09/08	20	14	6	70.0%
kagesada (Rank 39)	2026/09/06	27	8	19	29.6%
なめ (Rank 37)	2026/09/06	22	12	10	54.5%
マサオ(AO) (Rank 38)	2026/08/22	20	11	9	55.0%
らうらう (Rank 37)	2026/07/03	22	14	8	63.6%
Nn_nekosuke (Rank 34)	2026/06/20	20	8	12	40.0%
MikuMartineau (Rank 32)	2026/06/08	34	25	9	73.5%

Round openings

Every character


backdash into evade down	1,494	12.8%
backdash into evade up	839	7.2%
guardG	404	3.5%
crouch dash back into evade down	278	2.4%
backdash into guardG	231	2.0%
evade down into guardG	211	1.8%
crouch dash back into guardG	209	1.8%
Toushou66P into Kakushu Suirengeki6PP	153	1.3%
backdash into punchP	134	1.1%
guardG into evade down	117	1.0%
backdash into crouch dash back	103	0.9%
crouch into Arrow Knuckle3P	98	0.8%
Rimon Chouchu66P into Jouho Touken6P	96	0.8%
Douchu6P into Jouho Chu'un6PP	93	0.8%
Defensive Style: backdash into evade down	91	0.8%

1,921 further openings account for the other 7,108 rounds.

Counted from 2,887 of the 3,072 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Sarah

Career: 2,024–1,624 · 55.5%
This season: 405 matches · 51.9%
Peak rank: 41

First hit in 56.9% of 1,600 rounds. Won 52.6% of the rounds they struck first, 48.1% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 4 or later: moves in first in 18.4% of rounds, against 8.6% in their other rounds.
Against Shun: evades first in 12.3% of rounds, against 2.7% against everyone else.
On Rectangle stages: evades first in 8.5% of rounds, against 2.9% on the other stages.
After opening the round before by waiting: waits first in 19.5% of rounds, against 8.3% after anything else.
In round 4 or later: opens with “backdash into 2P+K Serpent Toe Kick” in 6.5% of rounds, against 4.2% in their other rounds.
Against Jeffry: opens with “backdash into 2P+K Serpent Toe Kick” in 10.9% of rounds, against 4.4% against everyone else.
When the score is level: opens with “backdash into evade down” in 25.4% of rounds, against 14.7% when ahead or behind.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	252	15.6%
backdash into evade up	100	6.2%
Rising Elbow6P into Elbow Side Chop6PP	88	5.5%
backdash into Serpent Toe Kick2P+K	77	4.8%
guardG	60	3.7%
crouch dash back into evade down	42	2.6%
backdash into guardG	32	2.0%
backdash into Squat Straight2P	31	1.9%
backdash into Switch Kick4K	30	1.9%
crouch dash back into guardG	30	1.9%
crouch dash forward into Serpent Toe Kick2P+K	24	1.5%
Snap Side Chop3P into Snap Side Chop Double3PP	22	1.4%
backdash into punchP	21	1.3%
crouch dash forward into Long Snap Side Chop3P+K	21	1.3%
Back Spin KickK+G	20	1.2%

231 further openings account for the other 765 rounds.

Counted from 402 of the 405 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Lau	12–16 · 43%	11–4 · 73%	too few to test
Kage	20–9 · 69%	11–1 · 92%	too few to test
Goh	15–9 · 62%	9–5 · 64%	too few to test
Shun	18–8 · 69%	6–0 · 100%	too few to test
Lion	9–15 · 38%	3–5 · 38%	too few to test
Jacky	1–5 · 17%	4–11 · 27%	too few to test
Jeffry	3–12 · 20%	4–4 · 50%	too few to test
Akira	4–8 · 33%	2–6 · 25%	too few to test
Brad	5–9 · 36%	2–2 · 50%	too few to test
Aoi	7–10 · 41%	0–3 · 0%	too few to test
Jean	9–4 · 69%	5–2 · 71%	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.

3 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?

Jacky

Career: 1,109–945 · 54.0%
This season: 337 matches · 49.0%
Peak rank: 38

First hit in 52.3% of 1,263 rounds. Won 52.3% of the rounds they struck first, 42.0% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: evades first in 13.5% of rounds, against 2.9% in their other rounds.
Against Aoi: waits first in 35.7% of rounds, against 10.7% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by waiting: waits first in 24.4% of rounds, against 7.8% after anything else.
In round 4 or later: opens with “66K Dash Hammer Kick into 6K High Angle Upper Kick” in 8.3% of rounds, against 2.8% in their other rounds.
Against Aoi: opens with “G guard” in 10.0% of rounds, against 3.8% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	152	11.9%
backdash into evade up	110	8.6%
Dash Hammer Kick66K into High Angle Upper Kick6K	54	4.2%
Middle Smash6P into Middle Smash Back Knuckle6PP	53	4.2%
guardG	53	4.2%
backdash into Spin Heel Sword4K+G	28	2.2%
evade down into guardG	28	2.2%
crouch dash back into guardG	25	2.0%
crouch dash back into evade down	24	1.9%
backdash into Slant Back Knuckle1P	20	1.6%
backdash into guardG	19	1.5%
backdash into punchP	19	1.5%
backdash into Middle Smash6P	18	1.4%
backdash into Squat Straight2P	17	1.3%
Spinning KickK+G	16	1.3%

212 further openings account for the other 638 rounds.

Counted from 318 of the 337 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Akira	17–11 · 61%	6–8 · 43%	too few to test
Kage	5–11 · 31%	4–0 · 100%	too few to test
Shun	7–7 · 50%	3–6 · 33%	too few to test
Jean	4–8 · 33%	6–6 · 50%	too few to test
Lau	6–4 · 60%	2–4 · 33%	too few to test
Wolf	5–9 · 36%	6–2 · 75%	too few to test
Jacky	2–2 · 50%	6–7 · 46%	too few to test
Sarah	7–8 · 47%	3–2 · 60%	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.

19 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?

Lei Fei

Career: 635–491 · 56.4%
This season: 311 matches · 52.7%
Peak rank: 38

First hit in 59.8% of 1,250 rounds. Won 52.2% of the rounds they struck first, 50.3% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: evades first in 9.4% of rounds, against 3.3% in their other rounds.
Against Aoi: evades first in 15.8% of rounds, against 3.7% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 67.8% of rounds, against 54.3% after anything else.
After winning a round: backs off first in 70.5% of rounds, against 54.5% after losing one.
When behind: waits first in 8.0% of rounds, against 3.5% when ahead or level.
Against Akira: opens with “backdash into evade up” in 17.8% of rounds, against 7.8% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	172	13.7%
Toushou66P into Kakushu Suirengeki6PP	153	12.2%
backdash into evade up	114	9.1%
backdash into Hai Shiki2P+K+G	37	3.0%
backdash into offensive move	26	2.1%
backdash into punchP	26	2.1%
backdash into Fukusoushou2P	25	2.0%
backdash into Shatenshou33P	22	1.8%
crouch dash back into evade down	21	1.7%
Kakushu Suigeki6P into Kakushu Suirengeki6PP	20	1.6%
forward movement into punchP	20	1.6%
guardG	20	1.6%
backdash into Kaisei Tento1P+K	16	1.3%
backdash into throwP+G	16	1.3%
backdash into guardG	14	1.1%

204 further openings account for the other 551 rounds.

Counted from 308 of the 311 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

By stage type

Record against each character on walled and open stages, as Lei Fei

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Akira	13–9 · 59%	7–8 · 47%	too few to test
Jacky	11–7 · 61%	5–3 · 62%	too few to test
Goh	5–7 · 42%	4–7 · 36%	too few to test
Lau	8–13 · 38%	4–2 · 67%	too few to test
Aoi	11–7 · 61%	3–1 · 75%	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.

3 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?

Wolf

Career: 835–671 · 55.4%
This season: 315 matches · 53.3%
Peak rank: 38

First hit in 52.2% of 1,195 rounds. Won 54.3% of the rounds they struck first, 49.6% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: evades first in 17.7% of rounds, against 2.9% in their other rounds.
Against Kage: backs off first in 62.5% of rounds, against 42.4% against everyone else.
In round 1: opens with “evade down into G guard” in 10.6% of rounds, against 0.2% in their other rounds.
Against Lion: opens with “backdash into evade down” in 22.7% of rounds, against 11.3% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	143	11.9%
crouch into Arrow Knuckle3P	98	8.2%
backdash into evade up	75	6.3%
crouch dash forward into Low Drop Kick62K	54	4.5%
evade down into guardG	33	2.8%
guardG	32	2.7%
forward dash into Low Drop Kick62K	26	2.2%
crouch dash back into evade down	25	2.1%
backdash into Heavy Middle Kick3K+G	20	1.7%
backdash into crouch dash back	19	1.6%
guardG into evade down	19	1.6%
backdash into Low Hammer2P	16	1.3%
backdash into guardG	16	1.3%
crouch dash back into guardG	16	1.3%
backdash into Mow Down Chop1P+K	14	1.2%

206 further openings account for the other 592 rounds.

Counted from 293 of the 315 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Jacky	15–10 · 60%	4–2 · 67%	too few to test
Aoi	11–11 · 50%	2–4 · 33%	too few to test
Akira	7–11 · 39%	4–2 · 67%	too few to test
Sarah	4–7 · 36%	7–6 · 54%	too few to test
Brad	8–3 · 73%	5–1 · 83%	too few to test
Kage	7–8 · 47%	1–3 · 25%	too few to test
Jean	10–5 · 67%	1–1 · 50%	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.

22 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?

Akira

Career: 666–505 · 56.9%
This season: 241 matches · 55.2%
Peak rank: 38

First hit in 54.1% of 924 rounds. Won 54.0% of the rounds they struck first, 51.9% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: evades first in 12.0% of rounds, against 2.3% in their other rounds.
Against Jean: attacks straight away in 46.1% of rounds, against 25.7% against everyone else.
In round 2: opens with “backdash into evade down” in 16.8% of rounds, against 9.8% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	107	11.5%
Rimon Chouchu66P into Jouho Touken6P	96	10.3%
backdash into evade up	64	6.9%
Yakuho Chouchu666P into Jouho Touken6P	63	6.8%
backdash into guardG	22	2.4%
forward dash into Jouho Touken6P	22	2.4%
crouch dash back into guardG	21	2.3%
guardG	20	2.2%
backdash into Satei3K+G	18	1.9%
crouch dash back into evade down	16	1.7%
evade down into guardG	16	1.7%
forward movement into punchP	16	1.7%
backdash into Housui2P	11	1.2%
punchP into Jouho Touken6P	11	1.2%
backdash into throwP+G	10	1.1%

191 further openings account for the other 415 rounds.

Counted from 234 of the 241 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Shun	18–4 · 82%	10–1 · 91%	too few to test
Jacky	15–15 · 50%	0–0 · —	too few to test
Lau	8–7 · 53%	3–2 · 60%	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.

7 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?

Kage

Career: 1,034–891 · 53.7%
This season: 230 matches · 50.9%
Peak rank: 39

First hit in 55.9% of 916 rounds. Won 53.1% of the rounds they struck first, 52.2% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: evades first in 13.6% of rounds, against 4.3% in their other rounds.
Against Shun: backs off first in 60.6% of rounds, against 44.9% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by waiting: waits first in 24.6% of rounds, against 10.5% after anything else.
In round 4 or later: opens with “6P Hiji'uchi” in 11.1% of rounds, against 5.6% in their other rounds.
Against Lau: opens with “G guard” in 16.7% of rounds, against 5.7% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	97	10.5%
Hiji'uchi6P	65	7.0%
guardG	63	6.8%
backdash into evade up	58	6.3%
backdash into Kodachinuki4K	35	3.8%
Kouten63214P	29	3.1%
crouch dash back into evade down	29	3.1%
evade down into guardG	27	2.9%
Furikakato OtoshiK+G	19	2.0%
Ryu'eikyaku66K into forward kick6K	18	1.9%
backdash into guardG	18	1.9%
crouch dash back into guardG	15	1.6%
guardG into evade down	15	1.6%
backdash into Jizuridan2P	14	1.5%
throw escape	14	1.5%

190 further openings account for the other 409 rounds.

Counted from 228 of the 230 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Jeffry	12–5 · 71%	6–3 · 67%	too few to test
Shun	10–9 · 53%	5–1 · 83%	too few to test
Jacky	9–10 · 47%	2–2 · 50%	too few to test
Lau	8–8 · 50%	1–5 · 17%	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.

2 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?

Lion

Career: 742–623 · 54.4%
This season: 180 matches · 56.7%
Peak rank: 38

First hit in 56.1% of 633 rounds. Won 58.3% of the rounds they struck first, 48.2% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 4 or later: attacks straight away in 36.2% of rounds, against 20.1% in their other rounds.
After winning a round: backs off first in 65.6% of rounds, against 41.9% after losing one.
When ahead: backs off first in 68.0% of rounds, against 49.4% when level or behind.
In round 1: opens with “G guard” in 7.8% of rounds, against 1.9% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	82	12.9%
Banchu6P into Banchu Renkanshu6PP	64	10.1%
backdash into evade up	54	8.5%
backdash into guardG	26	4.1%
guardG	21	3.3%
Juchou Senshou8P+K	14	2.2%
backdash into punchP	12	1.9%
backdash into Katousui2P	11	1.7%
Juchou Senshou8P+K into Souji SenpuP+K	10	1.6%
backdash into backward movement	8	1.3%
forward movement into punchP	8	1.3%
guardG into throw escape	8	1.3%
Shicchi Soutai3K+G	7	1.1%
backdash	6	0.9%
backdash into Kousoutai2K+G	6	0.9%

160 further openings account for the other 298 rounds.

Counted from 153 of the 180 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
Shun	12–10 · 55%	10–3 · 77%	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.

27 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?

Eileen

Career: 344–237 · 59.2%
This season: 167 matches · 54.5%
Peak rank: 37

First hit in 53.9% of 592 rounds. Won 55.2% of the rounds they struck first, 50.2% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: waits first in 19.1% of rounds, against 5.3% in their other rounds.
After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: moves in first in 13.7% of rounds, against 4.9% after anything else.
After winning a round: backs off first in 68.6% of rounds, against 46.1% after losing one.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	107	17.7%
Douchu6P into Jouho Chu'un6PP	93	15.4%
backdash into evade up	53	8.8%
backdash into guardG	24	4.0%
guardG	17	2.8%
backdash into Kesshi Hanbi46K+G	16	2.6%
crouch dash back into evade down	14	2.3%
Enkou Kenka46P into forward movement	11	1.8%
crouch dash back into guardG	11	1.8%
backdash into Enkou Tekitou1P+K	9	1.5%
backdash into Enkou Kenka46P	7	1.2%
backward movement into Jouho Chu'un6PP	7	1.2%
Douchu6P	6	1.0%
backdash into Fukushinshou2P	6	1.0%
evade down into guardG	6	1.0%

133 further openings account for the other 216 rounds.

Counted from 152 of the 167 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Vanessa

Career: 188–105 · 64.2%
This season: 129 matches · 65.1%
Peak rank: 35

First hit in 21.3% of 526 rounds. Won 55.4% of the rounds they struck first, 57.0% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: evades first in 14.7% of rounds, against 3.0% in their other rounds.
After opening the round before by waiting: waits first in 40.7% of rounds, against 11.4% after anything else.
After winning a round: backs off first in 70.6% of rounds, against 53.3% after losing one.
After opening the round before with “Defensive Style: backdash into evade down”: opens with “Defensive Style: backdash into evade down” in 36.6% of rounds, against 13.8% after anything else.

How is this tested?


Defensive Style: backdash into evade down	91	17.3%
Defensive Style: guard	41	7.8%
Defensive Style: backdash into evade up	39	7.4%
Offensive Style: backdash into evade down	21	4.0%
Defensive Style: crouch dash back into guardG	15	2.9%
Defensive Style: backdash into guardG	14	2.7%
Defensive Style: Hind Back Spin Kick	9	1.7%
Defensive Style: evade down into guardG	9	1.7%
Offensive Style: backdash into evade up	9	1.7%
Defensive Style: backdash into Bone Crush Middle3K	8	1.5%
Defensive Style: guard into evade down	7	1.3%
Defensive Style: backdash into Sit Jab2P	6	1.1%
Defensive Style: crouch into guardG	6	1.1%
Defensive Style: guard into throw escape	6	1.1%
Defensive Style: backdash into punchP	5	0.9%

139 further openings account for the other 241 rounds.

Jean

Career: 187–131 · 58.8%
This season: 116 matches · 55.2%
Peak rank: 33

First hit in 53.3% of 473 rounds. Won 55.2% of the rounds they struck first, 50.7% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: evades first in 12.9% of rounds, against 2.5% in their other rounds.
In round 4 or later: opens with “66P Gyaku Seikenzuki into 6PP Yoko'enpi~Uchishutou” in 13.6% of rounds, against 5.2% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	91	19.2%
guardG	36	7.6%
Gyaku Seikenzuki66P into Yoko'enpi~Uchishutou6PP	35	7.4%
backdash into evade up	31	6.5%
Yoko'enpi6P into Yoko'enpi~Uchishutou6PP	24	5.1%
backdash into Kousenshu4KP	20	4.2%
evade down into guardG	15	3.2%
crouch dash back into evade down	14	3.0%
backdash into guardG	11	2.3%
crouch into Shitamaeken2P	7	1.5%
backdash into Hizageri4K	6	1.3%
backdash into Kake'uchi~Maekeri'age46PK	6	1.3%
backdash into Shitanagi Shutou1P	6	1.3%
guardG into evade down	6	1.3%
backdash into Nozuchi1P+K	5	1.1%

95 further openings account for the other 160 rounds.

Shun

Career: 326–229 · 58.7%
This season: 95 matches · 52.6%
Peak rank: 36

First hit in 61.4% of 373 rounds. Won 51.5% of the rounds they struck first, 50.7% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

After winning a round: backs off first in 68.8% of rounds, against 47.4% after losing one.
When ahead: backs off first in 74.3% of rounds, against 50.3% when level or behind.
In round 3: opens with “backdash into evade down” in 21.5% of rounds, against 9.3% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	46	12.3%
crouch into Gyou'in Haishu3P	43	11.5%
backdash into evade up	35	9.4%
crouch into Haisenchu1P	29	7.8%
backdash into offensive move	14	3.8%
backdash into guardG	11	3.0%
crouch dash back into evade down	9	2.4%
backward movement into evade down	8	2.1%
evade down into guardG	8	2.1%
backdash into forward dash	7	1.9%
backdash into Fukuchougeki2P	6	1.6%
guardG	6	1.6%
Kasen Chugeki6P into Kasen Zenbokushou6PP	5	1.3%
backdash into Haisenchu1P	5	1.3%
backdash into Tenshin Benshu4P+K	5	1.3%

87 further openings account for the other 136 rounds.

Taka

Career: 392–256 · 60.5%
This season: 112 matches · 50.9%
Peak rank: 38

First hit in 57.1% of 371 rounds. Won 58.0% of the rounds they struck first, 39.6% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: evades first in 15.2% of rounds, against 3.6% in their other rounds.
In round 4 or later: opens with “6P Hiji'ate” in 25.8% of rounds, against 13.4% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


Hiji'ate6P	62	16.6%
backdash into evade down	32	8.6%
guardG	21	5.6%
backdash into evade up	18	4.8%
crouch dash back into evade down	14	3.8%
crouch dash back into guardG	12	3.2%
backdash into guardG	10	2.7%
evade down into guardG	10	2.7%
kickK	8	2.1%
KaminaridaikoK+G	7	1.9%
forward movement into punchP	7	1.9%
guardG into throw escape	6	1.6%
crouch dash forward into Kachi'age33P+K	5	1.3%
Morotezuki66P	4	1.1%
backdash into Kachi'age33P+K	4	1.1%

102 further openings account for the other 153 rounds.

Counted from 92 of the 112 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Pai

Career: 221–132 · 62.6%
This season: 86 matches · 65.1%
Peak rank: 35

First hit in 54.9% of 339 rounds. Won 59.7% of the rounds they struck first, 56.9% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

No reliable tells for this character.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	63	18.2%
Senchuken6P	29	8.4%
backdash into evade up	28	8.1%
crouch dash back into guardG	17	4.9%
crouch dash back into evade down	15	4.3%
evade down into guardG	11	3.2%
backdash into punchP	10	2.9%
Ensei SenpukyakuK+G	8	2.3%
guardG	8	2.3%
backdash into guardG	7	2.0%
backdash into Senchutai3K	6	1.7%
crouch dash back into backdash	5	1.4%
crouch dash forward into Souanshou3P+K	5	1.4%
guardG into evade down	5	1.4%
Hi'en Tankyaku9K into Hi'en Rekkyaku9KK	4	1.2%

91 further openings account for the other 125 rounds.

Jeffry

Career: 238–133 · 64.2%
This season: 81 matches · 61.7%
Peak rank: 36

First hit in 57.7% of 326 rounds. Won 57.5% of the rounds they struck first, 54.4% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 4 or later: moves in first in 22.4% of rounds, against 8.7% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


Elbow Butt6P into Elbow Hammer6PP	51	15.6%
backdash into evade down	46	14.1%
backdash into evade up	35	10.7%
guardG	13	4.0%
evade down into guardG	9	2.8%
forward dash into Ducking Low2K+G	9	2.8%
crouch dash back into evade down	7	2.1%
Elbow Butt6P	6	1.8%
backdash into Ducking Low2K+G	5	1.5%
backdash into punchP	5	1.5%
crouch dash forward into guardG	5	1.5%
backdash into Head Attack46P+K	4	1.2%
backdash into Low Knuckle2P	4	1.2%
backdash into guardG	4	1.2%
punchP	4	1.2%

92 further openings account for the other 119 rounds.

Brad

Career: 498–365 · 57.7%
This season: 84 matches · 51.2%
Peak rank: 37

First hit in 54.4% of 322 rounds. Won 60.0% of the rounds they struck first, 43.5% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

No reliable tells for this character.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	46	14.2%
crouch dash back into evade down	25	7.7%
backdash into evade up	21	6.5%
Elbow Hook6P	19	5.9%
crouch dash back into guardG	14	4.3%
backdash into Stop Kick4K	13	4.0%
Ducking6P+K+G into Crush Knee KickK+G	9	2.8%
guardG	8	2.5%
evade down into guardG	7	2.2%
backward movement into evade up	6	1.9%
Sit Jab2P	5	1.5%
backdash into Sway Back4P+K+G	5	1.5%
Dtee Sawk Dtrohng4P+K	4	1.2%
backdash into crouch dash back	4	1.2%
backdash into guardG	4	1.2%

99 further openings account for the other 134 rounds.

Counted from 78 of the 84 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Lau

Career: 568–396 · 58.9%
This season: 90 matches · 48.9%
Peak rank: 39

First hit in 50.2% of 247 rounds. Won 52.4% of the rounds they struck first, 45.5% 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	7.9%
guardG	14	5.5%
crouch dash back into guardG	13	5.1%
crouch dash back into evade down	12	4.7%
backdash into evade up	10	3.9%
Chugeki6P into Hou'ou Soushou6PP	9	3.5%
backdash into guardG	9	3.5%
backdash into crouch dash back	7	2.8%
backdash into Honshin Hekiken1P+K	6	2.4%
Fukko Kensou1P	5	2.0%
Senpuga~KokeiK+G	4	1.6%
evade down into guardG	4	1.6%
forward dash into Chisoutai2K+G	4	1.6%
forward dash into Saishikkyaku4K	4	1.6%
forward dash into Souchuken2P	4	1.6%

94 further openings account for the other 129 rounds.

Counted from 63 of the 90 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Aoi

Career: 279–176 · 61.3%
This season: 74 matches · 56.8%
Peak rank: 36

First hit in 54.0% of 163 rounds. Won 62.5% of the rounds they struck first, 46.7% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	31	18.9%
backdash into evade up	27	16.5%
Chudan Hiji'ate6P into Tsumujisakura6PP	10	6.1%
crouch dash back into guardG	9	5.5%
guardG	8	4.9%
evade down into guardG	7	4.3%
crouch dash back into evade down	6	3.7%
backdash into guardG	4	2.4%
forward dash into Koromoguruma66P	4	2.4%
backdash into Chudan Hiji'ate6P	3	1.8%
guardG into backdash	3	1.8%
Koromoguruma66P	2	1.2%
Sanseigan66P+K into forward movement	2	1.2%
ShigureK+G	2	1.2%
backdash into NirentotsuPP	2	1.2%

41 further openings account for the other 44 rounds.

Counted from 40 of the 74 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Goh

Career: 58–32 · 64.4%
This season: 17 matches · 58.8%
Peak rank: 29

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	5	8.5%
backdash into evade up	5	8.5%
guardG	4	6.8%
Haraigeri2K+G	2	3.4%
backdash into forward dash	2	3.4%
backward movement into evade up	2	3.4%
evade down into guardG	2	3.4%
guardG into Sune'uchi2P	2	3.4%
guardG into punchP	2	3.4%
Hiji'ate6P	1	1.7%
KiribaraiK+G into crouch	1	1.7%
Ni'oudaoshi3K+G	1	1.7%
backdash into Aragami4K	1	1.7%
backdash into Denkou3PP	1	1.7%
backdash into Karura4P+K	1	1.7%

27 further openings account for the other 27 rounds.

El Blaze

Career: 10–2 · 83.3%
This season: 2 matches · 0.0%
Peak rank: 26

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


Shadow Strike6P	2	22.2%
backdash into evade down	2	22.2%
backdash into Jab~High KickPK	1	11.1%
backdash into evade up	1	11.1%
backdash into forward dash	1	11.1%
crouch dash forward into evade down	1	11.1%
guardG into evade up	1	11.1%

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 (222 here; about 11.1 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

Sarah: 7 of 18 tests hold up
Jacky: 5 of 15 tests hold up
Lei Fei: 6 of 15 tests hold up
Wolf: 4 of 15 tests hold up
Akira: 3 of 15 tests hold up
Kage: 5 of 15 tests hold up
Lion: 4 of 15 tests hold up
Eileen: 3 of 15 tests hold up
Vanessa: 4 of 15 tests hold up
Jean: 2 of 15 tests hold up
Shun: 3 of 14 tests hold up
Taka: 2 of 14 tests hold up
Pai: 0 of 15 tests hold up
Jeffry: 1 of 14 tests hold up
Brad: 0 of 12 tests hold up
Lau: not tested (too few rounds)
Aoi: not tested (too few rounds)
Goh: not tested (too few rounds)
El Blaze: not tested (too few rounds)