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

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Career matches15,099

Career win rate62.6%

Round win rate52.6%

Peak rank43

Distinct opponents364

Period2026/03/26 – 2026/10/18

Elo rating

Overall, and on each character played 10+ times

1886 #165 of 3,686 on the Elo list →

Lei Fei1914354 matches
Brad1871254 matches
Shun1913250 matches
Eileen1886230 matches
Jacky1860220 matches
Jean1886187 matches
Goh1889185 matches
Kage1895183 matches
Akira1852131 matches
Pai1875120 matches
Taka1886120 matches
Lau190180 matches
Lion189877 matches
El Blaze188336 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


Lei Fei	43	4,045	2,728	1,317	67.4%
Eileen	42	1,151	731	420	63.5%
Brad	39	1,120	651	469	58.1%
Shun	42	1,095	660	435	60.3%
Jean	40	1,017	590	427	58.0%
Kage	41	1,011	612	399	60.5%
Akira	40	943	566	377	60.0%
Lau	41	887	577	310	65.0%
Jacky	39	858	506	352	59.0%
Taka	41	826	510	316	61.7%
Goh	38	750	442	308	58.9%
Lion	40	621	402	219	64.7%
Pai	38	605	358	247	59.2%
El Blaze	35	170	115	55	67.7%
Jeffry	33	0	0	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

7,838 of 9,823 rounds counted

8.2 inputs a second (494 a minute) this season. Faster than 76% of the 4,069 regulars with enough rounds counted to compare.

By character played


Lei Fei	8.5	510	1,278
Brad	7.7	463	872
Shun	8.3	496	795
Eileen	8.3	498	377
Jacky	8.5	509	882
Jean	7.8	466	608
Goh	8.0	478	622
Kage	7.9	474	445
Akira	9.0	540	473
Pai	8.5	511	450
Taka	8.2	493	437
Lau	8.1	487	315
Lion	8.4	506	280
Jeffry	7.3	440	4

By opponent's character


Jacky	8.5	510	909
Kage	8.2	492	822
Lau	8.3	497	712
Akira	8.4	507	553
Sarah	8.0	481	636
Shun	8.3	497	583
Aoi	8.1	485	438
Jeffry	8.0	481	317
El Blaze	8.3	497	341
Eileen	8.3	497	307
Lion	8.4	504	289
Vanessa	8.0	477	328
Wolf	8.1	486	253
Pai	8.4	507	257
Goh	8.1	486	210
Taka	7.8	468	250
Brad	8.2	492	252
Jean	8.6	514	159
Lei Fei	8.3	501	131
Dural	8.2	494	91

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	273	150	123	55.0%	-2.5
Kage	229	129	100	56.3%	+0.0
Lau	220	116	104	52.7%	-2.7
Akira	189	106	83	56.1%	+1.8
Sarah	185	98	87	53.0%	-4.9
Shun	179	116	63	64.8%	+8.3
Aoi	146	85	61	58.2%	+2.6
Jeffry	132	67	65	50.8%	-6.2
El Blaze	104	52	52	50.0%	-4.9
Eileen	103	55	48	53.4%	+4.9
Lion	98	47	51	48.0%	-5.0
Vanessa	96	41	55	42.7%	-7.2
Wolf	81	40	41	49.4%	-6.4
Pai	75	47	28	62.7%	+7.2
Goh	68	37	31	54.4%	-2.7
Taka	68	42	26	61.8%	+8.8
Brad	66	38	28	57.6%	+5.8
Jean	57	40	17	70.2%	+8.9
Lei Fei	48	28	20	58.3%	+6.9
Dural	25	18	7	72.0%	+8.1

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


Half Fence	269	148	121	55.0%	-0.6
Open	266	145	121	54.5%	-0.2
Rectangle	266	159	107	59.8%	+2.3
Low Fence	247	140	107	56.7%	+0.5
Breakable Half Fence	246	136	110	55.3%	+0.6
Octagon	235	132	103	56.2%	+1.4
Full Fence	215	122	93	56.7%	+1.2
Breakable Full Fence	201	104	97	51.7%	-3.2
Single Wall	201	104	97	51.7%	-3.3
Full Fence and Open	158	89	69	56.3%	+2.2

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	1,432	55.9%	55.6%	+0.3
No walls	714	54.5%	55.2%	-0.8

Walls against open: +1.1 points (95% range -3.5 to +5.7), p 0.639 — 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


自作マﾆア＠むめい。 (Rank 41)	83	39	44	47.0%
★闘将拉麵男★ (Rank 36)	78	37	41	47.4%
マハリータまるこ (Rank 39)	64	40	24	62.5%
Mochi/かしわもち (Rank 39)	49	33	16	67.3%
寿司眼鉄 (Rank 39)	42	24	18	57.1%
村長～災禍の中心～ (Rank 39)	41	29	12	70.7%
siroiro_16bit (Rank 38)	39	22	17	56.4%
ふかふか (Rank 39)	38	18	20	47.4%
ジンベエ (Rank 38)	34	11	23	32.4%
いくお (Rank 41)	31	10	21	32.3%
ドランクン//Konpay (Rank 39)	31	21	10	67.7%
manatsu_7 (Rank 42)	28	6	22	21.4%
天我 (Rank 40)	28	20	8	71.4%
muumuu (Rank 38)	27	12	15	44.4%
うるヲ参拾 (Rank 40)	27	10	17	37.0%
GP (Rank 39)	26	14	12	53.9%
ガウショ (Rank 39)	26	17	9	65.4%
らうにゃん (Rank 37)	25	20	5	80.0%
KA-GO (Rank 41)	24	12	12	50.0%
VF12360-PC (Rank 39)	24	12	12	50.0%
guigui8393 (Rank 38)	24	16	8	66.7%
しろくまーじ (Rank 42)	24	12	12	50.0%
lapislazuli (Rank 36)	23	18	5	78.3%
もっこり (Rank 35)	22	14	8	63.6%
かえる (Rank 38)	21	16	5	76.2%

Most played opponents, most recent first


★闘将拉麵男★ (Rank 36)	2026/10/16	78	37	41	47.4%
manatsu_7 (Rank 42)	2026/10/14	28	6	22	21.4%
自作マﾆア＠むめい。 (Rank 41)	2026/10/14	83	39	44	47.0%
Mochi/かしわもち (Rank 39)	2026/10/14	49	33	16	67.3%
天我 (Rank 40)	2026/10/13	28	20	8	71.4%
寿司眼鉄 (Rank 39)	2026/10/12	42	24	18	57.1%
村長～災禍の中心～ (Rank 39)	2026/10/12	41	29	12	70.7%
マハリータまるこ (Rank 39)	2026/10/10	64	40	24	62.5%
いくお (Rank 41)	2026/09/28	31	10	21	32.3%
うるヲ参拾 (Rank 40)	2026/09/28	27	10	17	37.0%
ジンベエ (Rank 38)	2026/09/25	34	11	23	32.4%
もっこり (Rank 35)	2026/09/18	22	14	8	63.6%
ドランクン//Konpay (Rank 39)	2026/09/15	31	21	10	67.7%
lapislazuli (Rank 36)	2026/09/14	23	18	5	78.3%
ガウショ (Rank 39)	2026/09/13	26	17	9	65.4%
VF12360-PC (Rank 39)	2026/09/12	24	12	12	50.0%
かえる (Rank 38)	2026/09/11	21	16	5	76.2%
siroiro_16bit (Rank 38)	2026/09/11	39	22	17	56.4%
guigui8393 (Rank 38)	2026/09/04	24	16	8	66.7%
しろくまーじ (Rank 42)	2026/08/31	24	12	12	50.0%
KA-GO (Rank 41)	2026/08/21	24	12	12	50.0%
ふかふか (Rank 39)	2026/08/05	38	18	20	47.4%
らうにゃん (Rank 37)	2026/07/10	25	20	5	80.0%
GP (Rank 39)	2026/07/09	26	14	12	53.9%
muumuu (Rank 38)	2026/06/20	27	12	15	44.4%

Round openings

Every character


backdash into evade down	643	6.8%
crouch dash forward into guardG	600	6.3%
punchP	442	4.7%
backdash into evade up	273	2.9%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	252	2.7%
backdash into punchP	233	2.5%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	223	2.4%
crouch dash forward into evade down	207	2.2%
offensive move	175	1.9%
backdash into Karura4P+K	146	1.5%
guardG into punchP	145	1.5%
Douchu6P	144	1.5%
Hikou Senshi66K	108	1.1%
evade down into guardG	103	1.1%
backdash into Hagakure-ryu In Raijingeki46P+K	95	1.0%

1,067 further openings account for the other 5,668 rounds.

Counted from 2,344 of the 2,442 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Lei Fei

Career: 2,728–1,317 · 67.4%
This season: 366 matches · 61.2%
Peak rank: 43

First hit in 50.8% of 1,074 rounds. Won 59.3% of the rounds they struck first, 50.8% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: waits first in 14.2% of rounds, against 1.0% in their other rounds.
Against Sarah: waits first in 11.1% of rounds, against 3.7% against everyone else.
On Full Fence stages: moves in first in 39.6% of rounds, against 22.7% on the other stages.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 36.4% of rounds, against 22.8% after anything else.
After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: backs off first in 29.7% of rounds, against 23.3% after anything else.
In round 4 or later: opens with “backdash into P punch” in 8.6% of rounds, against 2.2% in their other rounds.
After opening the round before with “crouch dash forward into G guard”: opens with “backdash into P punch” in 7.7% of rounds, against 4.5% after anything else.

How is this tested?


offensive move	174	16.1%
crouch dash forward into guardG	84	7.8%
Dantai4K	82	7.6%
backdash into punchP	42	3.9%
backdash into evade down	41	3.8%
backdash into Shatenshou33P	39	3.6%
punchP	37	3.4%
Bunkyaku3K	36	3.3%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	36	3.3%
Shatenshou33P	35	3.2%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	34	3.1%
crouch dash forward into evade down	23	2.1%
backdash into Hai Shiki2P+K+G	18	1.7%
backdash into Bunkyaku3K	16	1.5%
backdash into evade up	16	1.5%

140 further openings account for the other 368 rounds.

Counted from 268 of the 366 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
Shun	12–4 · 75%	7–8 · 47%	too few to test
El Blaze	10–7 · 59%	2–6 · 25%	too few to test
Jacky	11–6 · 65%	2–3 · 40%	too few to test
Sarah	14–6 · 70%	1–0 · 100%	too few to test
Lau	10–5 · 67%	4–2 · 67%	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.

98 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: 651–469 · 58.1%
This season: 255 matches · 55.7%
Peak rank: 39

First hit in 51.0% of 1,014 rounds. Won 55.9% of the rounds they struck first, 50.1% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: evades first in 9.8% of rounds, against 0.8% in their other rounds.
Against Sarah: backs off first in 65.5% of rounds, against 39.1% against everyone else.
In round 1: opens with “crouch dash forward into evade down” in 9.0% of rounds, against 3.0% in their other rounds.
Against Aoi: opens with “crouch dash forward into G guard” in 36.6% of rounds, against 8.7% against everyone else.
After opening the round before with “backdash into evade down”: opens with “backdash into evade down” in 32.5% of rounds, against 10.5% after anything else.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	112	10.9%
crouch dash forward into guardG	101	9.8%
backdash into evade up	50	4.9%
crouch dash forward into evade down	46	4.5%
backdash into Stop Kick4K	45	4.4%
punchP	41	4.0%
backdash into punchP	36	3.5%
crouch dash forward into Elbow Hook6P	34	3.3%
Elbow Hook6P	29	2.8%
backdash into Jackal Straight46P+K	29	2.8%
backdash into Destruction Body3P+K	27	2.6%
Dtee Sawk Dtrohng4P+K	25	2.4%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	22	2.1%
backdash into Elbow Hook6P	16	1.6%
Sharp Shoot1P	14	1.4%

137 further openings account for the other 398 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
Kage	11–13 · 46%	9–4 · 69%	too few to test
Lau	8–13 · 38%	6–1 · 86%	too few to test
Akira	7–6 · 54%	8–0 · 100%	too few to test
Sarah	9–6 · 60%	1–4 · 20%	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?

Shun

Career: 660–435 · 60.3%
This season: 250 matches · 53.6%
Peak rank: 42

First hit in 52.0% of 975 rounds. Won 54.2% of the rounds they struck first, 47.6% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: moves in first in 44.4% of rounds, against 16.4% in their other rounds.
Against Wolf: moves in first in 51.5% of rounds, against 21.4% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by moving in: moves in first in 23.4% of rounds, against 13.8% after anything else.
After losing a round: moves in first in 22.9% of rounds, against 10.4% after winning one.
When behind: moves in first in 23.6% of rounds, against 12.1% when ahead or level.
On no drinks: moves in first in 23.8% of rounds, against 8.1% on other drink counts.
In round 3: opens with “backdash into 46P Getsuga Gakushu” in 13.0% of rounds, against 5.1% in their other rounds.
After opening the round before with “crouch dash forward into G guard”: opens with “1P Haisenchu” in 23.8% of rounds, against 8.7% after anything else.
When ahead: opens with “backdash into 46P Getsuga Gakushu” in 14.1% of rounds, against 6.9% when level or behind.
On 10+ drinks: opens with “backdash into 46P Getsuga Gakushu” in 23.1% of rounds, against 6.1% on other drink counts.

How is this tested?


crouch dash forward into guardG	87	8.8%
Haisenchu1P	82	8.3%
Haisenchu1P into guardG	76	7.7%
backdash into Getsuga Gakushu46P	70	7.1%
Gyou'in Haishu3P	61	6.2%
backdash into evade down	56	5.7%
backdash into Gyou'in Haishu3P	29	2.9%
crouch dash forward into evade down	29	2.9%
Gyou'in Haishu3P into guardG	28	2.8%
punchP into RengekiPP	28	2.8%
punchP	27	2.7%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	24	2.4%
backdash into evade up	22	2.2%
backdash into punchP	19	1.9%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	19	1.9%

110 further openings account for the other 335 rounds.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Sarah	10–12 · 45%	6–6 · 50%	too few to test
Kage	6–9 · 40%	4–2 · 67%	too few to test
Shun	14–2 · 88%	4–1 · 80%	too few to test
Lion	8–7 · 53%	1–3 · 25%	too few to test
Lau	5–10 · 33%	2–1 · 67%	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?

Eileen

Career: 731–420 · 63.5%
This season: 230 matches · 49.6%
Peak rank: 42

First hit in 49.5% of 913 rounds. Won 52.4% of the rounds they struck first, 47.1% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: moves in first in 34.8% of rounds, against 11.3% in their other rounds.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 38.5% of rounds, against 27.8% after anything else.
In round 2: opens with “66K Hikou Senshi” in 22.4% of rounds, against 8.2% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


Douchu6P	144	15.5%
Hikou Senshi66K	108	11.7%
backdash into evade down	64	6.9%
punchP	46	5.0%
Goku Shicchi (Interrupt Moves)6P+K+G into Rigou TenshintaiK+G	35	3.8%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	34	3.7%
backdash into evade up	30	3.2%
crouch dash forward into guardG	27	2.9%
backdash into punchP	24	2.6%
backdash into Sokutantai3K	23	2.5%
punchP into Enkou RensouPP	22	2.4%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	17	1.8%
forward dash into Hikou Niki6K	17	1.8%
guardG into Douchu6P	17	1.8%
Sokutantai3K	16	1.7%

108 further openings account for the other 303 rounds.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Jacky	8–18 · 31%	11–8 · 58%	too few to test
Akira	7–10 · 41%	3–3 · 50%	too few to test
Aoi	13–7 · 65%	0–2 · 0%	too few to test
Sarah	8–9 · 47%	4–1 · 80%	too few to test
Lau	5–5 · 50%	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.

How is this tested?

Jacky

Career: 506–352 · 59.0%
This season: 220 matches · 53.6%
Peak rank: 39

First hit in 49.6% of 899 rounds. Won 51.6% of the rounds they struck first, 50.8% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: moves in first in 43.2% of rounds, against 22.4% in their other rounds.
Against Jacky: backs off first in 50.0% of rounds, against 38.2% against everyone else.
On Half Fence stages: backs off first in 60.3% of rounds, against 38.1% on the other stages.
In round 4 or later: opens with “backdash into evade down” in 15.3% of rounds, against 7.0% in their other rounds.
Against Wolf: opens with “crouch dash forward into G guard” in 17.7% of rounds, against 7.2% against everyone else.
After opening the round before with “backdash into evade down”: opens with “backdash into evade down” in 32.7% of rounds, against 9.2% after anything else.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	83	9.2%
crouch dash forward into guardG	73	8.1%
backdash into punchP	41	4.5%
punchP into Jab StraightPP	38	4.2%
crouch dash forward into evade down	35	3.9%
backdash into Dash Hammer Kick66K	31	3.4%
Low Spin Kick1K+G into guardG	30	3.3%
backdash into evade up	26	2.9%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	25	2.8%
crouch dash forward into Middle Smash6P	24	2.7%
punchP	24	2.7%
Middle Smash6P	22	2.4%
Low Spin Kick1K+G	21	2.3%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	21	2.3%
backdash into Squat Straight2P	15	1.7%

135 further openings account for the other 393 rounds.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Shun	7–4 · 64%	8–5 · 62%	too few to test
Jacky	10–8 · 56%	5–3 · 62%	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?

Jean

Career: 590–427 · 58.0%
This season: 187 matches · 51.9%
Peak rank: 40

First hit in 56.3% of 751 rounds. Won 53.2% of the rounds they struck first, 47.6% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: moves in first in 40.6% of rounds, against 17.1% in their other rounds.
Against Sarah: backs off first in 68.1% of rounds, against 39.6% against everyone else.
In round 1: opens with “crouch dash forward into G guard” in 14.4% of rounds, against 5.7% in their other rounds.
On Rectangle stages: opens with “backdash into evade down” in 18.9% of rounds, against 5.9% on the other stages.
After winning a round: opens with “crouch dash forward into G guard” in 7.7% of rounds, against 3.9% after losing one.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	61	8.0%
crouch dash forward into guardG	60	7.9%
backdash into Gyaku Seikenzuki66P	43	5.7%
Yoko'enpi6P	37	4.9%
punchP into kickK	30	3.9%
crouch dash back into guardG	28	3.7%
punchP	28	3.7%
Shitamaeken2P	27	3.5%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	26	3.4%
backdash into evade up	25	3.3%
backdash into Chudan Mawashigeri3K	21	2.8%
backdash into Tate'enpi~Tenkai Hizageri33PK	21	2.8%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	18	2.4%
Gyaku Seikenzuki66P	15	2.0%
backdash into Yoko'enpi6P	12	1.6%

103 further openings account for the other 309 rounds.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Kage	7–8 · 47%	8–2 · 80%	too few to test
Jeffry	7–2 · 78%	7–1 · 88%	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?

Goh

Career: 442–308 · 58.9%
This season: 185 matches · 60.5%
Peak rank: 38

First hit in 54.7% of 748 rounds. Won 57.0% of the rounds they struck first, 54.3% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: moves in first in 32.4% of rounds, against 10.9% in their other rounds.
In round 2: opens with “backdash into 4P+K Karura” in 30.6% of rounds, against 15.7% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


backdash into Karura4P+K	146	19.3%
punchP	65	8.6%
Soukyu46P	53	7.0%
backdash into evade down	41	5.4%
crouch dash forward into guardG	34	4.5%
Hiji'ate6P	32	4.2%
backdash into Maegeri3K	22	2.9%
backdash into evade up	21	2.8%
Sune'uchi2P	18	2.4%
backdash into punchP	15	2.0%
crouch dash forward into evade down	15	2.0%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	15	2.0%
backward movement into Soukyu46P	14	1.9%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	14	1.9%
guardG into punchP	14	1.9%

104 further openings account for the other 236 rounds.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Jacky	10–4 · 71%	1–2 · 33%	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?

Kage

Career: 612–399 · 60.5%
This season: 184 matches · 52.7%
Peak rank: 41

First hit in 54.4% of 734 rounds. Won 54.6% of the rounds they struck first, 49.0% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: evades first in 10.9% of rounds, against 0.9% in their other rounds.
In round 4 or later: opens with “backdash into evade down” in 9.8% of rounds, against 3.1% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


backdash into Hagakure-ryu In Raijingeki46P+K	95	12.9%
backdash into Gen'you4K+G	74	10.1%
Ura Tsumujigeri44K	42	5.7%
crouch dash forward into guardG	37	5.0%
backdash into evade down	35	4.8%
punchP	33	4.5%
Hagakure-ryu In Raijingeki46P+K	32	4.3%
Ryu'eikyaku66K	23	3.1%
backdash into Kodachinuki4K	21	2.9%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	19	2.6%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	19	2.6%
backdash into evade up	17	2.3%
Hiji'uchi6P	16	2.2%
Nakageri3K	15	2.0%
backdash into Nakageri3K	14	1.9%

97 further openings account for the other 244 rounds.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Akira	8–4 · 67%	2–4 · 33%	too few to test
Jacky	4–6 · 40%	6–2 · 75%	too few to test
Lau	5–3 · 62%	5–5 · 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.

How is this tested?

Akira

Career: 566–377 · 60.0%
This season: 131 matches · 48.1%
Peak rank: 40

First hit in 53.7% of 529 rounds. Won 51.1% of the rounds they struck first, 48.6% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 4 or later: backs off first in 47.8% of rounds, against 26.5% in their other rounds.
Against Sarah: backs off first in 53.3% of rounds, against 30.0% against everyone else.
In round 4 or later: opens with “backdash into evade up” in 11.0% of rounds, against 3.6% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


Rimon Chouchu66P	52	9.8%
backdash into evade down	36	6.8%
backdash into evade up	29	5.5%
forward dash into Jouho Touken6P	25	4.7%
Jouho Senshou46P	24	4.5%
crouch dash forward into guardG	22	4.2%
forward dash into Souka Housui3P+K	22	4.2%
Rimon Chouchu66P into forward dash	19	3.6%
backdash into Jouho Senshou46P	15	2.8%
backdash into Jouho Touken6P	15	2.8%
punchP	15	2.8%
crouch dash forward into Rimon Chouchu66P	14	2.6%
Jouho Touken6P	13	2.5%
backdash into Rimon Chouchu66P	13	2.5%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	12	2.3%

84 further openings account for the other 203 rounds.

Pai

Career: 358–247 · 59.2%
This season: 120 matches · 56.7%
Peak rank: 38

First hit in 53.6% of 498 rounds. Won 53.6% of the rounds they struck first, 48.9% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: moves in first in 29.2% of rounds, against 10.0% in their other rounds.
Against Kage: waits first in 21.4% of rounds, against 6.3% against everyone else.
In round 1: opens with “crouch dash forward into throw escape” in 10.8% of rounds, against 2.4% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


Senchuken6P	58	11.6%
punchP	38	7.6%
backdash into evade down	32	6.4%
Senchutai3K	24	4.8%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	22	4.4%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	19	3.8%
guardG into punchP	16	3.2%
crouch dash forward into guardG	12	2.4%
Honshin Soukyaku1K+G	11	2.2%
backdash into Bajou Kaikyuu236P	11	2.2%
punchP into Senchuken6P	11	2.2%
backdash into Senchutai3K	9	1.8%
backdash into evade up	9	1.8%
backdash into punchP	9	1.8%
crouch dash back into Senchutai3K	9	1.8%

95 further openings account for the other 210 rounds.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Jacky	6–9 · 40%	4–2 · 67%	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?

Taka

Career: 510–316 · 61.7%
This season: 120 matches · 54.2%
Peak rank: 41

First hit in 56.8% of 463 rounds. Won 53.2% of the rounds they struck first, 48.0% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: moves in first in 47.5% of rounds, against 17.9% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


Morotezuki66P	47	10.0%
punchP	32	6.8%
punchP into Tsuppari 2PP	29	6.1%
crouch dash forward into guardG	28	5.9%
Hiji'ate6P	27	5.7%
Shita Harite2P	20	4.2%
kickK	19	4.0%
forward dash into Hiji'ate6P	18	3.8%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	16	3.4%
Morotezuki66P into punchP	15	3.2%
crouch dash forward into evade down	11	2.3%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	11	2.3%
guardG into punchP	11	2.3%
backdash into kickK	9	1.9%
crouch dash forward into punchP	9	1.9%

77 further openings account for the other 170 rounds.

Lau

Career: 577–310 · 65.0%
This season: 80 matches · 60.0%
Peak rank: 41

First hit in 51.1% of 311 rounds. Won 56.6% of the rounds they struck first, 50.0% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: moves in first in 23.8% of rounds, against 5.9% in their other rounds.
On Half Fence stages: opens with “backdash into evade down” in 26.8% of rounds, against 12.7% on the other stages.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	45	14.2%
backdash into Junho Chushou33P	27	8.5%
Fukko Kensou1P	26	8.2%
punchP	24	7.6%
Senchutai3K	17	5.4%
Chugeki6P	12	3.8%
Senchutai3K into guardG	12	3.8%
backdash into evade up	12	3.8%
crouch dash forward into guardG	12	3.8%
Fukko Kensou1P into guardG	10	3.2%
backdash into Senchutai3K	7	2.2%
guardG into punchP	6	1.9%
backdash into backward movement	5	1.6%
Kosoushou46P	4	1.3%
Shakashou3P	4	1.3%

57 further openings account for the other 93 rounds.

Lion

Career: 402–219 · 64.7%
This season: 77 matches · 58.4%
Peak rank: 40

First hit in 52.5% of 314 rounds. Won 58.2% of the rounds they struck first, 47.0% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

No reliable tells for this character.

How is this tested?


backdash into Sentai4K	29	9.2%
Banchu6P	28	8.9%
backdash into evade down	22	7.0%
punchP	18	5.7%
Katousui2P	15	4.8%
backdash into Dantai3K	12	3.8%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	12	3.8%
backdash into evade up	11	3.5%
crouch dash forward into guardG	11	3.5%
Dantai3K	8	2.5%
backdash into punchP	8	2.5%
backdash into Taizan Acchou43P+K	7	2.2%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	7	2.2%
Katousui2P into backdash	6	1.9%
guardG into punchP	6	1.9%

68 further openings account for the other 115 rounds.

El Blaze

Career: 115–55 · 67.7%
This season: 36 matches · 66.7%
Peak rank: 35

First hit in 52.8% of 142 rounds. Won 69.3% of the rounds they struck first, 50.8% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


punchP	14	9.9%
Shadow Strike6P	13	9.2%
crouch dash forward into guardG	12	8.4%
backdash into evade down	10	7.0%
crouch dash back into Demon's Tail9P+KK	8	5.6%
crouch dash back into evade up	7	4.9%
crouch dash back into guardG	6	4.2%
backdash into Demon's Tail9P+KK	5	3.5%
crouch dash forward into throw escape	4	2.8%
Volcano Upper4P+K	3	2.1%
backdash into evade up	3	2.1%
backdash into punchP	3	2.1%
crouch dash back into Volcano Upper4P+K	3	2.1%
crouch dash back into punchP	3	2.1%
crouch dash forward into Shadow Strike6P	3	2.1%

35 further openings account for the other 45 rounds.

Jeffry

Career: 0–0 · —
This season: 1 matches · 100.0%
Peak rank: 33

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


Low Knuckle2P	1	25.0%
backdash into evade up	1	25.0%
backdash into punchP	1	25.0%
evade down into crouch dash forward	1	25.0%

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 (191 here; about 9.6 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

Lei Fei: 7 of 15 tests hold up
Brad: 5 of 15 tests hold up
Shun: 10 of 17 tests hold up
Eileen: 3 of 15 tests hold up
Jacky: 6 of 15 tests hold up
Jean: 5 of 15 tests hold up
Goh: 2 of 15 tests hold up
Kage: 2 of 15 tests hold up
Akira: 3 of 14 tests hold up
Pai: 3 of 15 tests hold up
Taka: 1 of 14 tests hold up
Lau: 2 of 12 tests hold up
Lion: 0 of 14 tests hold up
El Blaze: not tested (too few rounds)
Jeffry: not tested (too few rounds)