Virtua Fighter 5 REVO · v1.10 · Region: South America
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Elo rating
Overall, and on each character played 10+ times1367 #2,827 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
| Eileen | 28 | 4,788 | 2,242 | 2,546 | 46.8% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lion | 30 | 3,616 | 1,778 | 1,838 | 49.2% |
| Shun | 30 | 2,560 | 1,276 | 1,284 | 49.8% |
| Lau | 23 | 371 | 136 | 235 | 36.7% |
| Pai | 23 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 58.3% |
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
3,582 of 4,465 rounds counted6.0 inputs a second (358 a minute) this season. Faster than 18% of the 4,069 regulars with enough rounds counted to compare.
By character played
| Eileen | 6.1 | 368 | 1,437 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shun | 6.0 | 359 | 1,303 |
| Lion | 5.7 | 342 | 747 |
| Lau | 6.0 | 361 | 69 |
| Pai | 4.3 | 256 | 26 |
By opponent's character
| Akira | 6.2 | 371 | 469 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aoi | 5.6 | 336 | 299 |
| Wolf | 6.3 | 377 | 270 |
| Jacky | 5.9 | 353 | 278 |
| Sarah | 6.0 | 362 | 236 |
| Jean | 6.2 | 374 | 247 |
| Pai | 6.2 | 371 | 228 |
| Goh | 5.7 | 343 | 192 |
| Jeffry | 6.1 | 365 | 208 |
| Shun | 5.9 | 352 | 212 |
| Lion | 5.7 | 342 | 201 |
| El Blaze | 5.8 | 349 | 156 |
| Lau | 6.2 | 371 | 135 |
| Kage | 5.8 | 347 | 104 |
| Brad | 6.0 | 357 | 109 |
| Vanessa | 5.4 | 323 | 36 |
| Taka | 6.0 | 358 | 78 |
| Eileen | 6.0 | 358 | 58 |
| Lei Fei | 6.0 | 360 | 51 |
| Dural | 5.2 | 310 | 15 |
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
| Akira | 144 | 74 | 70 | 51.4% | +5.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aoi | 93 | 44 | 49 | 47.3% | +0.6 |
| Wolf | 89 | 43 | 46 | 48.3% | +3.5 |
| Jacky | 88 | 27 | 61 | 30.7% | -15.2 |
| Sarah | 82 | 38 | 44 | 46.3% | +2.5 |
| Jean | 72 | 31 | 41 | 43.1% | -0.2 |
| Pai | 70 | 36 | 34 | 51.4% | +3.4 |
| Goh | 69 | 33 | 36 | 47.8% | +5.1 |
| Jeffry | 65 | 26 | 39 | 40.0% | -2.4 |
| Shun | 62 | 25 | 37 | 40.3% | -3.7 |
| Lion | 61 | 28 | 33 | 45.9% | +3.3 |
| El Blaze | 48 | 19 | 29 | 39.6% | -8.1 |
| Lau | 44 | 17 | 27 | 38.6% | -2.1 |
| Kage | 39 | 20 | 19 | 51.3% | +1.8 |
| Brad | 36 | 20 | 16 | 55.6% | +10.6 |
| Vanessa | 24 | 10 | 14 | 41.7% | -1.2 |
| Taka | 19 | 10 | 9 | 52.6% | +9.6 |
| Eileen | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41.2% | -3.3 |
| Lei Fei | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20.0% | -21.0 |
| Dural | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22.2% | -17.4 |
0 of 15 rows differ from what this player's level and their opponents' ranks predict, once the test allows for asking 15 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
| Breakable Half Fence | 132 | 64 | 68 | 48.5% | +2.2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octagon | 127 | 54 | 73 | 42.5% | -2.1 |
| Full Fence | 123 | 64 | 59 | 52.0% | +7.5 |
| Low Fence | 120 | 47 | 73 | 39.2% | -6.5 |
| Half Fence | 111 | 49 | 62 | 44.1% | -1.8 |
| Single Wall | 110 | 44 | 66 | 40.0% | -2.5 |
| Rectangle | 109 | 47 | 62 | 43.1% | -1.2 |
| Open | 107 | 51 | 56 | 47.7% | +1.6 |
| Breakable Full Fence | 103 | 41 | 62 | 39.8% | -5.0 |
| Full Fence and Open | 49 | 19 | 30 | 38.8% | -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 | 705 | 45.2% | 45.1% | +0.1 |
| No walls | 337 | 42.1% | 44.5% | -2.3 |
Walls against open: +2.4 points (95% range -4.0 to +8.9), p 0.460 — 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
| TaKaArAsHi573 (Rank 29) | 21 | 7 | 14 | 33.3% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| meine (Rank 23) | 21 | 11 | 10 | 52.4% |
| headup11 (Rank 21) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 50.0% |
| ゅろぽ (Rank 25) | 14 | 13 | 1 | 92.9% |
| 48歳技覚えられないよ (Rank 27) | 13 | 9 | 4 | 69.2% |
| BANANA (Rank 30) | 13 | 4 | 9 | 30.8% |
| 失礼！スマッシュ☆彡 (Rank 26) | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46.1% |
| CELIS (Rank 29) | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58.3% |
| M&E (Rank 23) | 12 | 11 | 1 | 91.7% |
| be-shedded (Rank 29) | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58.3% |
| tamaneen (Rank 30) | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58.3% |
| 混浴ジャキミリアン (Rank 31) | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58.3% |
| A56-7W (Rank 30) | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36.4% |
| hahaha (Rank 29) | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45.5% |
| うめおに。 (Rank 31) | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27.3% |
| みとG_ちゃんねる (Rank 29) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50.0% |
| タイヨウ (Rank 30) | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30.0% |
| HIROCHILL (Rank 29) | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22.2% |
| Jyuryoku_Eileen (Rank 24) | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33.3% |
| juste (Rank 29) | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44.4% |
| うをん (Rank 30) | 9 | 5 | 4 | 55.6% |
| ヘニオ (Rank 31) | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44.4% |
| Wonda15426 (Rank 27) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75.0% |
| こて (Rank 27) | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.5% |
| 胃弱 (Rank 26) | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25.0% |
Most played opponents, most recent first
| Wonda15426 (Rank 27) | 2026/10/16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75.0% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48歳技覚えられないよ (Rank 27) | 2026/10/16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 69.2% |
| tamaneen (Rank 30) | 2026/10/15 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58.3% |
| 胃弱 (Rank 26) | 2026/10/15 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25.0% |
| hahaha (Rank 29) | 2026/10/15 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45.5% |
| meine (Rank 23) | 2026/10/13 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 52.4% |
| Jyuryoku_Eileen (Rank 24) | 2026/10/13 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33.3% |
| BANANA (Rank 30) | 2026/10/13 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 30.8% |
| ゅろぽ (Rank 25) | 2026/10/13 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 92.9% |
| うめおに。 (Rank 31) | 2026/10/13 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27.3% |
| juste (Rank 29) | 2026/10/10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44.4% |
| TaKaArAsHi573 (Rank 29) | 2026/10/10 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 33.3% |
| 混浴ジャキミリアン (Rank 31) | 2026/10/10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58.3% |
| HIROCHILL (Rank 29) | 2026/10/04 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22.2% |
| タイヨウ (Rank 30) | 2026/10/03 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30.0% |
| ヘニオ (Rank 31) | 2026/09/26 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44.4% |
| みとG_ちゃんねる (Rank 29) | 2026/09/17 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50.0% |
| A56-7W (Rank 30) | 2026/09/14 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36.4% |
| こて (Rank 27) | 2026/09/14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.5% |
| be-shedded (Rank 29) | 2026/09/08 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58.3% |
| CELIS (Rank 29) | 2026/09/06 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58.3% |
| M&E (Rank 23) | 2026/09/03 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 91.7% |
| 失礼！スマッシュ☆彡 (Rank 26) | 2026/08/17 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46.1% |
| headup11 (Rank 21) | 2026/08/02 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 50.0% |
| うをん (Rank 30) | 2026/06/27 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 55.6% |
Round openings
Every character
| Juchou Senshou8P+K | 321 | 7.9% |
|---|---|---|
| Enkou RensouPP into Rensou HekizanPPP | 306 | 7.5% |
| crouch into Haisenchu1P | 252 | 6.2% |
| RengekiPP into Saishu RenkangekiPPP | 214 | 5.3% |
| Enkou Tekitou1P+K into Enkou Soutekitou1P+KP | 179 | 4.4% |
| Enkou Nyudou214P+K into Enkou ShutsudouP | 155 | 3.8% |
| guardG | 141 | 3.5% |
| Gyou'in Haishu3P | 128 | 3.1% |
| Kasen Chugeki6P into Kasen Zenbokushou6PP | 107 | 2.6% |
| Shicchi Soutai3K+G | 106 | 2.6% |
| Honshin Rensenkyaku4K+G | 95 | 2.3% |
| punchP into Enkou RensouPP | 88 | 2.2% |
| crouch into Haisenchu Kaikakyaku1PK | 86 | 2.1% |
| Kousokuhon7K+G | 85 | 2.1% |
| Banchu6P into Banchu Renkanshu6PP | 75 | 1.8% |
305 further openings account for the other 1,730 rounds.
Counted from 1,043 of the 1,146 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.
Eileen
- Career
- 2,242–2,546 · 46.8%
- This season
- 422 matches · 45.3%
- Peak rank
- 28
First hit in 47.9% of 1,352 rounds. Won 51.4% of the rounds they struck first, 44.2% of the rounds they were struck first.
Significant Tells
- In round 1: backs off first in 4.5% of rounds, against 1.6% in their other rounds.
- After opening the round before by waiting: waits first in 29.5% of rounds, against 6.0% after anything else.
- After winning a round: attacks straight away in 86.4% of rounds, against 70.9% after losing one.
- When behind: waits first in 15.6% of rounds, against 2.0% when ahead or level.
- In round 1: opens with “1P+K Enkou Tekitou into 1P+KP Enkou Soutekitou” in 20.2% of rounds, against 10.6% in their other rounds.
- After opening the round before with “PP Enkou Rensou into PPP Rensou Hekizan”: opens with “1P+K Enkou Tekitou into 1P+KP Enkou Soutekitou” in 16.5% of rounds, against 8.7% after anything else.
- After winning a round: opens with “P punch into PP Enkou Rensou” in 10.5% of rounds, against 5.4% after losing one.
- When the score is level: opens with “PP Enkou Rensou into PPP Rensou Hekizan” in 25.2% of rounds, against 20.6% when ahead or behind.
| Enkou RensouPP into Rensou HekizanPPP | 306 | 22.4% |
|---|---|---|
| Enkou Tekitou1P+K into Enkou Soutekitou1P+KP | 179 | 13.1% |
| Enkou Nyudou214P+K into Enkou ShutsudouP | 155 | 11.4% |
| punchP into Enkou RensouPP | 88 | 6.5% |
| Kousokuhon7K+G | 85 | 6.2% |
| Kousokuhon7K+G into guardG | 54 | 4.0% |
| forward movement into Enkou Nyudou214P+K | 51 | 3.7% |
| no input | 43 | 3.1% |
| evade down into Matsumensou4P+K | 40 | 2.9% |
| guardG | 40 | 2.9% |
| punchP into Rensou HekizanPPP | 33 | 2.4% |
| Kousokuhon7K+G into evade up | 31 | 2.3% |
| punchP into Enkou Chousou3P | 20 | 1.5% |
| evade up | 18 | 1.3% |
| Rensou HekizanPPP into Rakuho SenpukyakuPPPK | 17 | 1.2% |
93 further openings account for the other 204 rounds.
Counted from 357 of the 422 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.
By stage type
Record against each character on walled and open stages, as Eileen
| Opponent | Walls | No walls | Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akira | 18–8 · 69% | 5–7 · 42% | too few to test |
| Wolf | 10–6 · 62% | 3–7 · 30% | too few to test |
| Aoi | 11–10 · 52% | 11–1 · 92% | too few to test |
| Pai | 7–12 · 37% | 6–4 · 60% | too few to test |
| Sarah | 9–8 · 53% | 5–6 · 45% | too few to test |
| Jeffry | 5–4 · 56% | 4–7 · 36% | too few to test |
| Shun | 4–12 · 25% | 2–6 · 25% | too few to test |
| Jacky | 4–12 · 25% | 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.
65 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.
Shun
- Career
- 1,276–1,284 · 49.8%
- This season
- 376 matches · 47.6%
- Peak rank
- 30
First hit in 56.0% of 1,323 rounds. Won 51.7% of the rounds they struck first, 43.3% of the rounds they were struck first.
Significant Tells
- In round 4 or later: waits first in 45.6% of rounds, against 27.6% in their other rounds.
- On 10+ drinks: waits first in 49.7% of rounds, against 33.7% on other drink counts.
- In round 4 or later: opens with “crouch into 1P Haisenchu” in 31.4% of rounds, against 14.9% in their other rounds.
- Against Lau: opens with “crouch into 1P Haisenchu” in 34.4% of rounds, against 18.1% against everyone else.
- After opening the round before with “PP Rengeki into PPP Saishu Renkangeki”: opens with “crouch into 1P Haisenchu” in 39.2% of rounds, against 20.8% after anything else.
- After losing a round: opens with “3P Gyou'in Haishu” in 15.3% of rounds, against 1.0% after winning one.
- When behind: opens with “3P Gyou'in Haishu” in 16.0% of rounds, against 3.2% when ahead or level.
- On 5–9 drinks: opens with “PP Rengeki into PPP Saishu Renkangeki” in 37.4% of rounds, against 18.0% on other drink counts.
| crouch into Haisenchu1P | 252 | 18.8% |
|---|---|---|
| RengekiPP into Saishu RenkangekiPPP | 214 | 16.0% |
| Gyou'in Haishu3P | 128 | 9.6% |
| Kasen Chugeki6P into Kasen Zenbokushou6PP | 107 | 8.0% |
| Honshin Rensenkyaku4K+G | 95 | 7.1% |
| crouch into Haisenchu Kaikakyaku1PK | 86 | 6.4% |
| Rensai Gakushu46PP into Rengeki Gakushu46PPP | 51 | 3.8% |
| guardG | 44 | 3.3% |
| offensive move into Honshin TankaP+K | 27 | 2.0% |
| Gyou'in Haishu3P into Kasen Zenbokushou6PP | 26 | 1.9% |
| punchP into RengekiPP | 25 | 1.9% |
| Tenshin Souchushou6P+K | 16 | 1.2% |
| backward movement into Kasen Zenbokushou6PP | 16 | 1.2% |
| crouch into Gyousentai2K | 16 | 1.2% |
| evade down into Kasen Zenbokushou6PP | 16 | 1.2% |
92 further openings account for the other 219 rounds.
Counted from 340 of the 376 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.
By stage type
Record against each character on walled and open stages, as Shun
| Opponent | Walls | No walls | Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akira | 16–12 · 57% | 6–9 · 40% | too few to test |
| Wolf | 16–12 · 57% | 6–4 · 60% | too few to test |
| Aoi | 4–11 · 27% | 3–7 · 30% | too few to test |
| Jean | 9–5 · 64% | 5–6 · 45% | too few to test |
| Shun | 8–8 · 50% | 1–2 · 33% | too few to test |
| Jacky | 9–6 · 60% | 2–5 · 29% | too few to test |
| Lion | 6–8 · 43% | 3–2 · 60% | too few to test |
| Sarah | 5–9 · 36% | 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.
36 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.
Lion
- Career
- 1,778–1,838 · 49.2%
- This season
- 307 matches · 41.7%
- Peak rank
- 30
First hit in 49.5% of 1,201 rounds. Won 52.4% of the rounds they struck first, 37.6% of the rounds they were struck first.
Significant Tells
- In round 1: waits first in 15.3% of rounds, against 6.8% in their other rounds.
- Against Jeffry: backs off first in 19.8% of rounds, against 9.6% against everyone else.
- When behind: waits first in 8.9% of rounds, against 4.5% when ahead or level.
- In round 3: opens with “3K+G Shicchi Soutai” in 14.5% of rounds, against 6.8% in their other rounds.
- Against Shun: opens with “backdash into 3K+G Shicchi Soutai” in 14.6% of rounds, against 4.5% against everyone else.
- After opening the round before with “6P Banchu into 6PP Banchu Renkanshu”: opens with “PP Koushu Rensui into PPP Renkan Senshou” in 11.9% of rounds, against 4.1% after anything else.
- After winning a round: opens with “PP Koushu Rensui into PPP Renkan Senshou” in 6.8% of rounds, against 2.9% after losing one.
- When the score is level: opens with “6P Banchu into 6PP Banchu Renkanshu” in 4.3% of rounds, against 4.4% when ahead or behind.
| Juchou Senshou8P+K | 321 | 26.5% |
|---|---|---|
| Shicchi Soutai3K+G | 106 | 8.8% |
| Banchu6P into Banchu Renkanshu6PP | 75 | 6.2% |
| Koushu RensuiPP into Renkan SenshouPPP | 59 | 4.9% |
| backdash into Shicchi Soutai3K+G | 59 | 4.9% |
| Shicchi Soutai3K+G into guardG | 53 | 4.4% |
| guardG | 52 | 4.3% |
| Ryusei Renkoushu46P+KP into Rensansui Banchu46P+KPP | 45 | 3.7% |
| Katousui2P | 39 | 3.2% |
| punchP | 36 | 3.0% |
| backdash into Touku Rigou Bantaitetsu46K+G | 33 | 2.7% |
| punchP into Koushu RensuiPP | 32 | 2.6% |
| Senputai8K into Katoutai8KK | 26 | 2.1% |
| Touku Gekishou9P | 25 | 2.1% |
| guardG into Senkyutai1K | 23 | 1.9% |
81 further openings account for the other 226 rounds.
By stage type
Record against each character on walled and open stages, as Lion
| Opponent | Walls | No walls | Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goh | 5–12 · 29% | 8–4 · 67% | too few to test |
| Akira | 9–16 · 36% | 2–3 · 40% | too few to test |
| Jacky | 2–14 · 12% | 4–5 · 44% | too few to test |
| Jeffry | 5–7 · 42% | 5–6 · 45% | too few to test |
| Jean | 7–10 · 41% | 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.
Lau
- Career
- 136–235 · 36.7%
- This season
- 33 matches · 39.4%
- Peak rank
- 23
First hit in 58.1% of 129 rounds. Won 49.3% of the rounds they struck first, 37.0% of the rounds they were struck first.
Significant Tells
Too few rounds to test opener patterns.
| Kokyaku Haiten7K | 34 | 26.4% |
|---|---|---|
| Fukko Kensou1P | 15 | 11.6% |
| RenshouPP into RaigekishouPPP | 15 | 11.6% |
| Kokyaku Haiten7K into evade up | 9 | 7.0% |
| punchP into RenshouPP | 7 | 5.4% |
| Touku Kosenkyaku9K | 4 | 3.1% |
| backdash into guardG | 4 | 3.1% |
| RaigekishouPPP into Renkan TenshinkyakuPPPK | 3 | 2.3% |
| Touku Shashou897P+K | 3 | 2.3% |
| evade up | 3 | 2.3% |
| Chisoutai2K+G | 2 | 1.6% |
| Chugeki6P | 2 | 1.6% |
| Sako Soushou4P+K into RaigekishouPPP | 2 | 1.6% |
| backdash | 2 | 1.6% |
| crouch into Kasoutai2K | 2 | 1.6% |
21 further openings account for the other 22 rounds.
Counted from 31 of the 33 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.
Pai
- Career
- 21–15 · 58.3%
- This season
- 8 matches · 25.0%
- Peak rank
- 23
Significant Tells
Too few rounds to test opener patterns.
| Ensei Haijinkyaku7K+G into evade up | 4 | 14.8% |
|---|---|---|
| guardG | 4 | 14.8% |
| Ensei Haijinkyaku7K+G into guardG | 3 | 11.1% |
| Haitenkyaku7K | 3 | 11.1% |
| no input | 3 | 11.1% |
| punchP into RenshouPP | 2 | 7.4% |
| Ensei Haijinkyaku7K+G | 1 | 3.7% |
| RenshouPP into RaigekishouPPP | 1 | 3.7% |
| Senchuken6P | 1 | 3.7% |
| Soukasui3P into Souka Senpukyaku3PK | 1 | 3.7% |
| crouch into Renka Sentai2KK | 1 | 3.7% |
| evade up | 1 | 3.7% |
| punchP into Soukasui3P | 1 | 3.7% |
| up kick+guard8K+G | 1 | 3.7% |
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 (47 here; about 2.4 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
- Eileen: 8 of 15 tests hold up
- Shun: 8 of 17 tests hold up
- Lion: 8 of 15 tests hold up
- Lau: not tested (too few rounds)
- Pai: not tested (too few rounds)