Virtua Fighter 5 REVO · v1.10

ぽん

Career matches8,630

Career win rate54.6%

Round win rate53.0%

Peak rank31

Distinct opponents1,175

Period2026/03/26 – 2026/10/18

Elo rating

Overall, and on each character played 10+ times

1571 #1,538 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


Kage	29	1,145	591	554	51.6%
Eileen	31	1,130	601	529	53.2%
Akira	29	856	435	421	50.8%
Jacky	29	795	432	363	54.3%
Dural	30	750	412	338	54.9%
Jeffry	28	718	386	332	53.8%
Sarah	29	685	360	325	52.5%
Wolf	28	390	218	172	55.9%
Taka	29	299	178	121	59.5%
Lion	28	274	162	112	59.1%
Aoi	26	263	146	117	55.5%
Jean	26	199	118	81	59.3%
Brad	26	176	101	75	57.4%
Lau	26	164	98	66	59.8%
Lei Fei	27	158	93	65	58.9%
Goh	26	145	87	58	60.0%
Shun	26	141	82	59	58.2%
El Blaze	27	125	84	41	67.2%
Vanessa	25	113	67	46	59.3%
Pai	25	104	60	44	57.7%

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

17,338 of 18,218 rounds counted

7.8 inputs a second (466 a minute) this season. Faster than 66% of the 4,069 regulars with enough rounds counted to compare.

By character played


Kage	7.7	463	1,996
Eileen	7.5	449	2,257
Dural	8.3	496	1,755
Jeffry	7.3	440	1,683
Akira	9.3	559	1,649
Sarah	8.0	478	1,549
Jacky	7.7	464	1,394
Wolf	7.7	463	965
Aoi	7.0	417	581
Lei Fei	7.2	434	492
Goh	7.6	454	489
Taka	7.6	456	423
Shun	7.3	441	409
Jean	6.6	396	363
Lau	8.0	477	356
Vanessa	6.3	378	344
Lion	7.3	441	174
Pai	7.5	452	181
Brad	7.5	452	141
El Blaze	7.5	448	137

By opponent's character


Akira	7.8	466	2,546
Jacky	7.7	463	1,931
Wolf	8.3	499	1,683
Sarah	7.5	453	1,204
Pai	7.5	451	1,042
Aoi	7.9	474	881
Jeffry	8.1	488	911
Goh	8.2	489	921
Kage	7.8	468	845
Shun	7.5	449	748
Lau	7.7	462	758
Lion	7.4	443	785
Jean	7.7	461	576
El Blaze	7.7	462	490
Brad	7.5	452	490
Eileen	7.5	449	451
Vanessa	7.9	473	392
Lei Fei	7.5	448	386
Taka	7.7	459	165
Dural	7.6	455	133

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	662	388	274	58.6%	+2.8
Jacky	485	267	218	55.0%	-0.7
Wolf	425	249	176	58.6%	+5.2
Sarah	319	188	131	58.9%	+2.0
Pai	264	141	123	53.4%	+0.0
Aoi	260	147	113	56.5%	-0.5
Jeffry	248	140	108	56.5%	+0.3
Goh	234	117	117	50.0%	-5.1
Kage	221	134	87	60.6%	+8.3
Shun	197	95	102	48.2%	-5.5
Lau	196	109	87	55.6%	+1.3
Lion	196	106	90	54.1%	-1.5
Jean	152	72	80	47.4%	-7.5
El Blaze	138	71	67	51.5%	-4.2
Brad	134	79	55	59.0%	+3.6
Eileen	117	63	54	53.9%	-6.8
Vanessa	100	52	48	52.0%	-4.1
Lei Fei	99	56	43	56.6%	-1.8
Taka	43	17	26	39.5%	-16.6
Dural	34	16	18	47.1%	-3.8

0 of 20 rows differ from what this player's level and their opponents' ranks predict, once the test allows for asking 20 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


Single Wall	499	288	211	57.7%	+2.6
Breakable Half Fence	497	265	232	53.3%	-2.2
Breakable Full Fence	479	268	211	56.0%	-0.4
Octagon	458	246	212	53.7%	-1.4
Half Fence	451	259	192	57.4%	+2.3
Open	436	227	209	52.1%	-4.7
Full Fence	431	239	192	55.5%	-0.2
Low Fence	425	228	197	53.6%	-1.1
Rectangle	403	234	169	58.1%	+2.1
Full Fence and Open	216	128	88	59.3%	+5.6

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	2,719	55.6%	55.6%	-0.0
No walls	1,360	54.6%	55.5%	-0.8

Walls against open: +0.8 points (95% range -2.7 to +4.3), p 0.662 — 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


なっちゃんねる (Rank 27)	48	33	15	68.8%
TaKaArAsHi573 (Rank 26)	47	24	23	51.1%
koiketyan (Rank 26)	40	26	14	65.0%
HanshinHyouronka (Rank 24)	37	27	10	73.0%
ー男ー (Rank 17)	37	28	9	75.7%
ttfour@サラしかできないw (Rank 23)	29	22	7	75.9%
kupipi_ff11 (Rank 26)	26	13	13	50.0%
失礼！スマッシュ☆彡 (Rank 26)	26	13	13	50.0%
a39611619 (Rank 21)	25	22	3	88.0%
Shurkn-_-pap03 (Rank 27)	24	14	10	58.3%
nihikibito (Rank 24)	24	20	4	83.3%
omuretukun (Rank 23)	24	20	4	83.3%
じゅくちょう (Rank 21)	22	19	3	86.4%
たかティン (Rank 22)	22	19	3	86.4%
ねね (Rank 27)	21	12	9	57.1%
midori6127 (Rank 29)	20	8	12	40.0%
misoazy (Rank 30)	20	7	13	35.0%
しゅが～nsr (Rank 27)	20	9	11	45.0%
RX-7FD3S-Type-RS (Rank 26)	19	12	7	63.2%
nidone_55 (Rank 26)	19	13	6	68.4%
kinggorira90 (Rank 24)	18	12	6	66.7%
tepodon_inaba (Rank 21)	18	18	0	100.0%
yonchi41 (Rank 23)	18	12	6	66.7%
zxyzguy (Rank 25)	18	7	11	38.9%
kobaman (Rank 27)	17	8	9	47.1%

Most played opponents, most recent first


RX-7FD3S-Type-RS (Rank 26)	2026/10/12	19	12	7	63.2%
しゅが～nsr (Rank 27)	2026/10/06	20	9	11	45.0%
ねね (Rank 27)	2026/10/05	21	12	9	57.1%
kupipi_ff11 (Rank 26)	2026/10/05	26	13	13	50.0%
koiketyan (Rank 26)	2026/10/05	40	26	14	65.0%
nihikibito (Rank 24)	2026/10/02	24	20	4	83.3%
Shurkn-_-pap03 (Rank 27)	2026/10/02	24	14	10	58.3%
なっちゃんねる (Rank 27)	2026/09/29	48	33	15	68.8%
失礼！スマッシュ☆彡 (Rank 26)	2026/09/29	26	13	13	50.0%
misoazy (Rank 30)	2026/09/22	20	7	13	35.0%
midori6127 (Rank 29)	2026/09/04	20	8	12	40.0%
TaKaArAsHi573 (Rank 26)	2026/08/22	47	24	23	51.1%
omuretukun (Rank 23)	2026/07/28	24	20	4	83.3%
たかティン (Rank 22)	2026/07/27	22	19	3	86.4%
zxyzguy (Rank 25)	2026/07/24	18	7	11	38.9%
HanshinHyouronka (Rank 24)	2026/07/16	37	27	10	73.0%
a39611619 (Rank 21)	2026/07/14	25	22	3	88.0%
kinggorira90 (Rank 24)	2026/07/05	18	12	6	66.7%
nidone_55 (Rank 26)	2026/07/03	19	13	6	68.4%
yonchi41 (Rank 23)	2026/06/20	18	12	6	66.7%
kobaman (Rank 27)	2026/06/19	17	8	9	47.1%
tepodon_inaba (Rank 21)	2026/05/31	18	18	0	100.0%
ttfour@サラしかできないw (Rank 23)	2026/05/27	29	22	7	75.9%
じゅくちょう (Rank 21)	2026/05/26	22	19	3	86.4%
ー男ー (Rank 17)	2026/05/18	37	28	9	75.7%

Round openings

Every character


punchP	357	2.1%
evade up into guardG	305	1.8%
evade down	289	1.7%
evade up	287	1.6%
crouch dash forward into guardG	264	1.5%
forward dash into crouch dash forward	264	1.5%
Ryu'eikyaku66K	263	1.5%
evade down into guardG	260	1.5%
guardG	239	1.4%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	236	1.4%
punchP into forward dash	182	1.1%
forward movement into punchP	181	1.0%
Rimon Chouchu66P	167	1.0%
forward dash into throwP+G	159	0.9%
Fusenjin3P into Shippuzan3PP	146	0.8%

2,593 further openings account for the other 13,749 rounds.

Counted from 4,301 of the 4,524 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Kage

Career: 591–554 · 51.6%
This season: 702 matches · 53.0%
Peak rank: 29

First hit in 49.3% of 2,791 rounds. Won 56.4% of the rounds they struck first, 47.2% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 4 or later: backs off first in 12.4% of rounds, against 4.7% in their other rounds.
Against Akira: evades first in 28.7% of rounds, against 19.5% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 34.9% of rounds, against 6.7% after anything else.
After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: backs off first in 13.9% of rounds, against 6.4% after anything else.
In round 1: opens with “44K+G Ryubisen” in 7.1% of rounds, against 1.7% in their other rounds.
Against Pai: opens with “66K Ryu'eikyaku” in 18.7% of rounds, against 8.9% against everyone else.
After opening the round before with “evade down”: opens with “evade down” in 9.2% of rounds, against 2.1% after anything else.

How is this tested?


Ryu'eikyaku66K	263	9.3%
Fusenjin3P into Shippuzan3PP	146	5.2%
Ryubisen44K+G	87	3.1%
evade down	74	2.6%
punchP	63	2.2%
forward dash into crouch dash forward	60	2.1%
evade down into guardG	58	2.1%
guardG	57	2.0%
evade up into guardG	55	1.9%
punchP into ResshouPP	54	1.9%
Hiji'uchi6P	50	1.8%
ResshouPP into SandangekiPPP	50	1.8%
crouch into Shippuzan3PP	50	1.8%
evade up	50	1.8%
Sokudan1P into Rasen4P	39	1.4%

381 further openings account for the other 1,662 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	27–24 · 53%	18–8 · 69%	too few to test
Sarah	28–22 · 56%	8–6 · 57%	too few to test
Aoi	23–12 · 66%	8–8 · 50%	too few to test
Jacky	18–21 · 46%	11–8 · 58%	too few to test
Jeffry	16–13 · 55%	16–7 · 70%	too few to test
Wolf	17–20 · 46%	7–7 · 50%	too few to test
Pai	9–13 · 41%	4–4 · 50%	too few to test
Goh	13–11 · 54%	3–4 · 43%	too few to test
El Blaze	5–11 · 31%	9–3 · 75%	too few to test
Kage	6–10 · 38%	8–5 · 62%	too few to test
Shun	6–14 · 30%	3–4 · 43%	too few to test
Lau	7–6 · 54%	6–7 · 46%	too few to test
Eileen	7–3 · 70%	9–5 · 64%	too few to test
Brad	6–8 · 43%	3–4 · 43%	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: 601–529 · 53.2%
This season: 559 matches · 55.5%
Peak rank: 31

First hit in 47.4% of 2,241 rounds. Won 52.8% of the rounds they struck first, 52.0% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: attacks straight away in 57.8% of rounds, against 38.9% in their other rounds.
Against Jeffry: backs off first in 20.9% of rounds, against 8.4% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 34.8% of rounds, against 9.2% after anything else.
After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: moves in first in 32.1% of rounds, against 18.9% after anything else.
When ahead: attacks straight away in 46.4% of rounds, against 34.4% when level or behind.
In round 3: opens with “crouch dash forward into G guard” in 4.4% of rounds, against 2.4% in their other rounds.
Against Shun: opens with “9P Hikou Bokushoku” in 17.8% of rounds, against 4.8% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


Hikou Bokushoku9P	122	5.4%
Enkou Kenka46P	74	3.3%
crouch dash forward into Taisei Chouzan236K	72	3.2%
guardG	67	3.0%
crouch dash forward into guardG	65	2.9%
punchP into Enkou RensouPP	65	2.9%
evade up into guardG	55	2.4%
Douchu6P into Jouho Chu'un6PP	50	2.2%
evade down into guardG	47	2.1%
crouch dash forward into Tanhikyaku9K	46	2.0%
crouch into Enkou Tekitou1P+K	46	2.0%
Rigou TenshintaiK+G	41	1.8%
evade up	40	1.8%
punchP	39	1.7%
crouch dash back into guardG	36	1.6%

331 further openings account for the other 1,400 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
Akira	30–21 · 59%	16–7 · 70%	too few to test
Jacky	21–15 · 58%	15–13 · 54%	too few to test
Wolf	15–12 · 56%	11–6 · 65%	too few to test
Lion	11–11 · 50%	6–6 · 50%	too few to test
Jeffry	10–10 · 50%	4–5 · 44%	too few to test
Lau	9–13 · 41%	4–5 · 44%	too few to test
Pai	9–9 · 50%	2–3 · 40%	too few to test
Jean	7–9 · 44%	3–4 · 43%	too few to test
Shun	11–8 · 58%	4–2 · 67%	too few to test
Kage	10–5 · 67%	6–1 · 86%	too few to test
Goh	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.

How is this tested?

Dural

Career: 412–338 · 54.9%
This season: 429 matches · 56.9%
Peak rank: 30

First hit in 39.8% of 1,751 rounds. Won 56.8% of the rounds they struck first, 50.7% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 4 or later: backs off first in 31.7% of rounds, against 15.2% in their other rounds.
Against Kage: backs off first in 38.1% of rounds, against 18.5% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 54.9% of rounds, against 17.4% after anything else.
After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: backs off first in 37.6% of rounds, against 18.9% after anything else.
After winning a round: attacks straight away in 43.2% of rounds, against 33.0% after losing one.
When ahead: attacks straight away in 46.2% of rounds, against 34.6% when level or behind.
In round 4 or later: opens with “backdash into crouch dash back” in 4.9% of rounds, against 1.9% in their other rounds.
When behind: opens with “backdash into 1K Dragon Smash Cannon” in 4.8% of rounds, against 1.5% when ahead or level.

How is this tested?


down, down-forward, forward punch+kick236P+K	133	7.6%
backdash into crouch dash back	48	2.7%
down, down-forward punch+kick23P+K	48	2.7%
forward dash into crouch dash forward	46	2.6%
backdash into Dragon Smash Cannon1K	43	2.5%
backdash into evade down	41	2.3%
forward movement into punchP	40	2.3%
punchP into One TwoPP	38	2.2%
crouch into down-back kick+guard1K+G	33	1.9%
Soukyu46P into forward movement	32	1.8%
crouch into High Spin Kick1PK	32	1.8%
Slant Back Knuckle1P into High Spin Kick1PK	31	1.8%
forward dash into throwP+G	31	1.8%
punchP	27	1.5%
Slant Back Knuckle1P	21	1.2%

345 further openings account for the other 1,111 rounds.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Wolf	21–15 · 58%	8–3 · 73%	too few to test
Akira	16–14 · 53%	15–6 · 71%	too few to test
Jacky	8–17 · 32%	6–5 · 55%	too few to test
Goh	13–10 · 57%	4–4 · 50%	too few to test
Jeffry	12–8 · 60%	3–5 · 38%	too few to test
Kage	8–5 · 62%	5–1 · 83%	too few to test
Lau	9–6 · 60%	4–3 · 57%	too few to test
Pai	8–5 · 62%	6–4 · 60%	too few to test
Sarah	4–3 · 57%	2–9 · 18%	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?

Jeffry

Career: 386–332 · 53.8%
This season: 427 matches · 55.7%
Peak rank: 28

First hit in 52.7% of 1,718 rounds. Won 56.2% of the rounds they struck first, 50.4% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 4 or later: backs off first in 9.5% of rounds, against 3.0% in their other rounds.
Against Akira: moves in first in 38.6% of rounds, against 21.0% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 36.7% of rounds, against 4.4% after anything else.
After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: backs off first in 11.3% of rounds, against 3.9% after anything else.
In round 1: opens with “2K+G Ducking Low” in 13.1% of rounds, against 5.2% in their other rounds.
Against Wolf: opens with “crouch dash forward into P+G throw” in 7.4% of rounds, against 2.3% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


Ducking Low2K+G	123	7.1%
punchP	50	2.9%
crouch into Ducking Low2K+G	48	2.8%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	46	2.7%
crouch dash forward into Knee Attack6K	45	2.6%
Knee Attack6K	42	2.4%
punchP into forward dash	41	2.4%
evade up	39	2.3%
forward dash into throwP+G	35	2.0%
Body CrushP+K into Double CrushP+KP	34	2.0%
punchP into crouch dash forward	34	2.0%
crouch dash forward into guardG	33	1.9%
punchP into Knuckle KickPK	32	1.9%
crouch into Side Kick3K	30	1.7%
Destruction WaveK+G	29	1.7%

263 further openings account for the other 1,062 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	22–25 · 47%	8–17 · 32%	too few to test
Sarah	26–11 · 70%	2–1 · 67%	too few to test
Aoi	13–6 · 68%	12–7 · 63%	too few to test
Goh	9–7 · 56%	4–6 · 40%	too few to test
Jacky	13–4 · 76%	5–8 · 38%	too few to test
Wolf	13–5 · 72%	6–3 · 67%	too few to test
Jean	5–5 · 50%	4–10 · 29%	too few to test
Kage	10–5 · 67%	7–3 · 70%	too few to test
Pai	8–3 · 73%	9–5 · 64%	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: 435–421 · 50.8%
This season: 423 matches · 49.6%
Peak rank: 29

First hit in 52.1% of 1,671 rounds. Won 51.1% of the rounds they struck first, 48.8% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: attacks straight away in 58.4% of rounds, against 42.2% in their other rounds.
Against Sarah: evades first in 27.2% of rounds, against 12.5% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 35.6% of rounds, against 6.0% after anything else.
After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: moves in first in 48.4% of rounds, against 26.1% after anything else.
Against Lei Fei: opens with “3P+K Souka Housui” in 11.4% of rounds, against 3.3% against everyone else.
On Breakable Half Fence stages: opens with “3P+K Souka Housui” in 6.9% of rounds, against 3.1% on the other stages.
When behind: opens with “66P Rimon Chouchu” in 12.0% of rounds, against 7.2% when ahead or level.

How is this tested?


Rimon Chouchu66P	167	9.9%
forward dash into Jouho Touken6P	77	4.6%
Souka Housui3P+K into forward dash	73	4.3%
Souka Housui3P+K	61	3.6%
forward dash into Souka Housui3P+K	54	3.2%
Jouho Senshou46P	42	2.5%
forward dash	36	2.1%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	29	1.7%
punchP into forward dash	26	1.6%
backdash into evade up	24	1.4%
punchP	24	1.4%
forward dash into crouch dash forward	23	1.4%
crouch dash forward into forward dash	22	1.3%
crouch into Sokutai3K	22	1.3%
Tsutenhou (Deflect)4P+K+G	21	1.2%

262 further openings account for the other 977 rounds.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Akira	16–11 · 59%	17–9 · 65%	too few to test
Jacky	19–10 · 66%	9–10 · 47%	too few to test
Sarah	15–11 · 58%	10–6 · 62%	too few to test
Wolf	6–14 · 30%	3–3 · 50%	too few to test
Kage	6–6 · 50%	4–8 · 33%	too few to test
Aoi	7–10 · 41%	5–1 · 83%	too few to test
Jean	11–6 · 65%	2–3 · 40%	too few to test
Goh	3–5 · 38%	2–5 · 29%	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: 432–363 · 54.3%
This season: 343 matches · 56.3%
Peak rank: 29

First hit in 44.8% of 1,394 rounds. Won 54.9% of the rounds they struck first, 53.2% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 4 or later: backs off first in 12.2% of rounds, against 3.5% in their other rounds.
Against Akira: evades first in 29.0% of rounds, against 17.2% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 29.4% of rounds, against 6.0% after anything else.
After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: backs off first in 15.2% of rounds, against 5.0% after anything else.
In round 1: opens with “1P Slant Back Knuckle” in 9.3% of rounds, against 1.7% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


Slant Back Knuckle1P into Rage Kick1PK	61	4.4%
Slant Back Knuckle1P	50	3.6%
evade down	46	3.3%
punchP into Jab StraightPP	38	2.7%
evade down into guardG	36	2.6%
no input	36	2.6%
Middle Smash6P	35	2.5%
evade up into guardG	35	2.5%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	32	2.3%
punchP	32	2.3%
forward dash into crouch dash forward	31	2.2%
evade up	30	2.1%
Middle Smash6P into Middle Smash Sword6PK	25	1.8%
crouch into Low Spin Kick1K+G	24	1.7%
crouch into Rage Kick1PK	24	1.7%

240 further openings account for the other 859 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
Akira	24–19 · 56%	1–7 · 12%	too few to test
Lion	18–6 · 75%	10–6 · 62%	too few to test
Jacky	5–9 · 36%	9–5 · 64%	too few to test
Jeffry	16–8 · 67%	6–1 · 86%	too few to test
Wolf	12–7 · 63%	3–5 · 38%	too few to test
Pai	10–9 · 53%	2–0 · 100%	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?

Sarah

Career: 360–325 · 52.5%
This season: 384 matches · 54.4%
Peak rank: 29

First hit in 53.6% of 978 rounds. Won 57.8% of the rounds they struck first, 48.2% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 4 or later: backs off first in 21.5% of rounds, against 6.2% in their other rounds.
Against Akira: moves in first in 34.1% of rounds, against 24.1% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 43.1% of rounds, against 9.7% after anything else.
After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: moves in first in 37.5% of rounds, against 23.2% after anything else.
In round 1: opens with “crouch into 3K+G Low Spin Kick” in 14.5% of rounds, against 7.3% in their other rounds.
Against Goh: opens with “crouch into 3K+G Low Spin Kick” in 19.2% of rounds, against 8.5% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


crouch into Low Spin Kick3K+G	89	9.1%
Switch Kick4K	35	3.6%
forward dash into crouch dash forward	33	3.4%
Jackknife Kick3K into Jackknife Middle Kick3KK	31	3.2%
evade down	31	3.2%
forward dash into Rising Elbow6P	29	3.0%
backdash into crouch dash back	23	2.4%
punchP into Punch High KickPK	23	2.4%
Low Spin Kick3K+G	22	2.2%
Rising Elbow6P	21	2.1%
forward dash into Double Joint Butt6PK	21	2.1%
punchP into Jab StraightPP	21	2.1%
Leg Slicer2K+G	18	1.8%
backdash into evade down	18	1.8%
forward movement into punchP	17	1.7%

186 further openings account for the other 547 rounds.

Counted from 242 of the 384 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
Akira	15–11 · 58%	6–7 · 46%	too few to test
Jacky	11–6 · 65%	7–6 · 54%	too few to test
Brad	12–7 · 63%	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.

142 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: 218–172 · 55.9%
This season: 239 matches · 51.0%
Peak rank: 28

First hit in 44.1% of 751 rounds. Won 52.6% of the rounds they struck first, 46.9% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: attacks straight away in 62.9% of rounds, against 42.9% in their other rounds.
After opening the round before by evading: waits first in 13.0% of rounds, against 5.5% after anything else.
In round 1: opens with “P+G throw” in 11.3% of rounds, against 2.3% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


Low Drop Kick62K	47	6.2%
Screw Hook63214P into Screw Lariat63214PP	41	5.4%
throwP+G	34	4.5%
evade up into guardG	26	3.5%
punchP into Jab StraightPP	22	2.9%
punchP	21	2.8%
punchP into Hammer KickPK	21	2.8%
crouch dash forward into Knee Lift6K	19	2.5%
evade up	16	2.1%
evade down into guardG	15	2.0%
guardG	13	1.7%
Comet Hook1P into Knuckle Part1PP	12	1.6%
forward dash into throwP+G	12	1.6%
evade down	10	1.3%
forward dash into crouch dash forward	10	1.3%

169 further openings account for the other 434 rounds.

Counted from 186 of the 239 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
Akira	12–9 · 57%	3–3 · 50%	too few to test
Pai	6–9 · 40%	1–1 · 50%	too few to test
Jacky	6–6 · 50%	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.

53 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?

Aoi

Career: 146–117 · 55.5%
This season: 141 matches · 56.0%
Peak rank: 26

First hit in 49.5% of 574 rounds. Won 54.2% of the rounds they struck first, 51.7% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

On Open stages: backs off first in 40.0% of rounds, against 10.4% on the other stages.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 48.1% of rounds, against 8.5% after anything else.
After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: backs off first in 27.7% of rounds, against 9.1% after anything else.
In round 1: opens with “crouch into 1K+G down-back kick+guard” in 17.7% of rounds, against 6.3% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


crouch into down-back kick+guard1K+G	53	9.1%
crouch into Kusanagi2K+G	33	5.6%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	29	5.0%
crouch dash forward into guardG	27	4.6%
Chudan Hiji'ate6P	25	4.3%
Tenchi In'youP+K+G	24	4.1%
backdash into evade up	21	3.6%
punchP into NirentotsuPP	18	3.1%
Chudan Hiji'ate6P into Tsumujisakura6PP	17	2.9%
Kasumigeri2K into Kasuminagi2KP	12	2.0%
crouch dash back into guardG	12	2.0%
crouch dash forward into punchP	12	2.0%
punchP	11	1.9%
throwP+G	11	1.9%
evade up into guardG	10	1.7%

121 further openings account for the other 270 rounds.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Wolf	8–10 · 44%	1–4 · 20%	too few to test
Akira	17–3 · 85%	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.

How is this tested?

Lei Fei

Career: 93–65 · 58.9%
This season: 122 matches · 60.7%
Peak rank: 27

First hit in 49.2% of 492 rounds. Won 58.3% of the rounds they struck first, 55.2% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: attacks straight away in 75.4% of rounds, against 53.8% in their other rounds.
Against Akira: evades first in 35.8% of rounds, against 15.4% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


Zensoutai2K+G	55	11.2%
kickK	25	5.1%
Niki Bunkyaku9K	16	3.2%
Shatenshou33P into Shaten Renshou33PP	16	3.2%
punchP into Sayu ShoukenPP	15	3.0%
Toushou66P	13	2.6%
offensive move	13	2.6%
punchP	12	2.4%
crouch into Zensoutai2K+G	10	2.0%
evade down	9	1.8%
evade up	9	1.8%
guardG	9	1.8%
Fujinkyaku2K	8	1.6%
Kochouheki (Deflect)236P+K	8	1.6%
evade up into guardG	8	1.6%

138 further openings account for the other 266 rounds.

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	8–5 · 62%	7–3 · 70%	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: 87–58 · 60.0%
This season: 118 matches · 62.7%
Peak rank: 26

First hit in 47.5% of 486 rounds. Won 58.9% of the rounds they struck first, 52.2% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 4 or later: backs off first in 13.2% of rounds, against 3.1% in their other rounds.
After opening the round before by attacking: attacks straight away in 60.1% of rounds, against 39.2% after anything else.
After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: backs off first in 15.9% of rounds, against 3.9% after anything else.
On Breakable Half Fence stages: opens with “46P Soukyu into forward movement” in 12.9% of rounds, against 3.9% on the other stages.

How is this tested?


Karura4P+K	95	19.4%
Soukyu46P into forward movement	24	4.9%
forward movement into punchP	23	4.7%
forward dash into crouch dash forward	21	4.3%
punchP into Tsurane ShoudaPP	17	3.5%
Hiji'ate6P	14	2.9%
backdash into Karura4P+K	13	2.7%
Kyousengeri46K	11	2.2%
forward dash into Kurogane Kudaki66P	11	2.2%
punchP	11	2.2%
Kusabigeri2K	9	1.8%
evade up	9	1.8%
forward dash into throwP+G	8	1.6%
forward dash into punchP	7	1.4%
AgitosogiP+K	6	1.2%

109 further openings account for the other 210 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
Wolf	11–6 · 65%	4–3 · 57%	too few to test
Akira	6–3 · 67%	7–2 · 78%	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: 82–59 · 58.2%
This season: 103 matches · 61.2%
Peak rank: 26

First hit in 50.7% of 408 rounds. Won 60.4% of the rounds they struck first, 53.2% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: moves in first in 32.5% of rounds, against 12.7% after anything else.
In round 1: opens with “3K+G Senpu Soutai” in 15.5% of rounds, against 2.3% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


Haisenchu1P into Haisenchu Kaikakyaku1PK	23	5.6%
Senpu Soutai3K+G	23	5.6%
crouch into Senpu Soutai3K+G	21	5.1%
Haisenchu1P	17	4.2%
punchP	15	3.7%
punchP into RengekiPP	14	3.4%
Kasen Chugeki6P into Kasen Zenbokushou6PP	13	3.2%
crouch dash forward into guardG	11	2.7%
Toukyaku6K+G	8	2.0%
evade up	8	2.0%
evade up into guardG	8	2.0%
punchP into Chougeki RigoutaiPK	8	2.0%
Koushu Katai1K into Koushu Rentai1KK	7	1.7%
Senpu Soutai3K+G into guardG	7	1.7%
evade down into Kasen Zenbokushou6PP	7	1.7%

113 further openings account for the other 219 rounds.

Jean

Career: 118–81 · 59.3%
This season: 91 matches · 58.2%
Peak rank: 26

First hit in 47.6% of 361 rounds. Won 57.0% of the rounds they struck first, 51.9% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 4 or later: moves in first in 40.0% of rounds, against 15.4% in their other rounds.
After opening the round before by moving in: moves in first in 39.2% of rounds, against 21.7% after anything else.
After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: moves in first in 49.3% of rounds, against 16.7% after anything else.
When behind: moves in first in 34.4% of rounds, against 16.4% when ahead.
In round 4 or later: opens with “crouch dash forward into G guard” in 15.6% of rounds, against 3.7% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


Shitanagi Shutou1P	35	9.6%
crouch dash forward into guardG	24	6.6%
Yoko'enpi6P	23	6.3%
punchP	15	4.1%
punchP into KounirenPP	15	4.1%
evade up	12	3.3%
Harai'uke (Deflect)4P+K+G into Kake'uchi46P	10	2.8%
Renge Karitsumi2K+G	9	2.5%
crouch dash forward into Yoko'enpi6P	9	2.5%
Harai'uke (Deflect)4P+K+G into punchP	8	2.2%
Yamakuzushi6K	8	2.2%
Harai'uke (Deflect)4P+K+G	7	1.9%
Yoko'enpi6P into Yoko'enpi~Uchishutou6PP	7	1.9%
Joudan Ushiro MawashigeriK+G	6	1.6%
crouch dash forward into punchP	6	1.6%

96 further openings account for the other 169 rounds.

Lau

Career: 98–66 · 59.8%
This season: 89 matches · 53.9%
Peak rank: 26

First hit in 49.2% of 356 rounds. Won 61.1% of the rounds they struck first, 47.0% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: opens with “crouch into 2K+G Chisoutai” in 12.4% of rounds, against 3.7% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


crouch into Chisoutai2K+G	21	5.9%
Chugeki6P into Hou'ou Soushou6PP	18	5.1%
Kosoushou46P	12	3.4%
evade down	12	3.4%
Senchutai3K into Senkyaku Chushou3KP	10	2.8%
evade up	10	2.8%
punchP into forward dash	10	2.8%
Koryu Tenshinkyaku6K+G	9	2.5%
forward dash into crouch dash forward	9	2.5%
forward dash into throwP+G	9	2.5%
Chisoutai2K+G	7	2.0%
Souko Reppa3P+K	6	1.7%
evade down into crouch dash forward	6	1.7%
evade down into guardG	6	1.7%
evade up into guardG	6	1.7%

116 further openings account for the other 205 rounds.

Vanessa

Career: 67–46 · 59.3%
This season: 87 matches · 63.2%
Peak rank: 25

First hit in 27.6% of 344 rounds. Won 63.2% of the rounds they struck first, 52.2% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Against Akira: evades first in 38.8% of rounds, against 14.6% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by attacking: attacks straight away in 50.4% of rounds, against 41.7% after anything else.

How is this tested?


Defensive Style: Defensive Elbow (Deflect)	17	4.9%
Defensive Style: Low Spin Slicer	15	4.4%
Defensive Style: evade up	15	4.4%
Defensive Style: punch	15	4.4%
Defensive Style: crouch dash forward into guardG	11	3.2%
Defensive Style: punch into Jab~BodyPP	9	2.6%
Defensive Style: crouch dash forward into punchP	8	2.3%
Defensive Style: guard	7	2.0%
Defensive Style: punch into Jab High KickPK	7	2.0%
Defensive Style: evade up into guardG	6	1.7%
Offensive Style: evade up	6	1.7%
Defensive Style: Back Charge Kick	5	1.4%
Defensive Style: Back Knuckle into Back Knuckle High6PK	5	1.4%
Defensive Style: evade up into punchP	5	1.4%
Defensive Style: guard into punchP	5	1.4%

137 further openings account for the other 208 rounds.

Taka

Career: 178–121 · 59.5%
This season: 105 matches · 57.1%
Peak rank: 29

First hit in 43.6% of 307 rounds. Won 57.5% of the rounds they struck first, 50.3% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Against Akira: evades first in 30.6% of rounds, against 6.5% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by attacking: attacks straight away in 64.8% of rounds, against 45.3% after anything else.

How is this tested?


Mageryu46P	34	11.0%
Agyou4P+K+G	23	7.5%
Kirikabu Kudaki1P+K	19	6.2%
Tsuyubarai2P+K into Tsuyubarai 22P+KP	17	5.5%
crouch dash forward into guardG	12	3.9%
Kumoyaburi4P+K into Ten'yaburi4P+KP	11	3.6%
crouch into Kirikabu Kudaki1P+K	10	3.2%
Hiji'ate6P	9	2.9%
kickK	9	2.9%
evade up into guardG	8	2.6%
Kirikabu Kudaki1P+K into guardG	7	2.3%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	7	2.3%
Mawashi Harite44P	6	1.9%
backward movement into Hiji'ate6P	6	1.9%
Kirikabu Kudaki1P+K into evade down	5	1.6%

72 further openings account for the other 125 rounds.

Counted from 77 of the 105 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Pai

Career: 60–44 · 57.7%
This season: 47 matches · 66.0%
Peak rank: 25

First hit in 40.9% of 181 rounds. Won 64.9% of the rounds they struck first, 58.9% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


evade down	10	5.5%
punchP into forward dash	8	4.4%
crouch into Honshin Soukyaku1K+G	7	3.9%
down-back punch+kick1P+K	7	3.9%
forward dash into crouch dash forward	7	3.9%
Souka Rensui3PP into Souka Raigekishou3PPP	6	3.3%
Shi'en Settai2K+G	5	2.8%
down-back kick1K into Ensei Haikyaku4K	5	2.8%
evade up	5	2.8%
forward dash into Senchutai3K	5	2.8%
Hi'en Tankyaku9K	4	2.2%
punchP	4	2.2%
punchP into RenshouPP	4	2.2%
Ensei SenpukyakuK+G	3	1.7%
Kochoukyaku4K+G	3	1.7%

70 further openings account for the other 98 rounds.

Lion

Career: 162–112 · 59.1%
This season: 47 matches · 74.5%
Peak rank: 28

First hit in 60.1% of 173 rounds. Won 62.5% of the rounds they struck first, 63.8% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


Banchu6P into Banchu Renkanshu6PP	14	7.9%
Senshippo66P	8	4.5%
Souji SenpuP+K	8	4.5%
punchP into Koushu RensuiPP	8	4.5%
Attai2K into Tousentai2KK+G	7	3.9%
Kousoutai2K+G	7	3.9%
crouch dash forward into guardG	7	3.9%
evade up into guardG	6	3.4%
Banchu6P	5	2.8%
KouhaitaiK+G	5	2.8%
crouch into Senkyutai1K	5	2.8%
punchP	5	2.8%
Senkyutai1K	4	2.2%
crouch dash forward into Senkyutai1K	4	2.2%
crouch into Kousoutai2K+G	4	2.2%

63 further openings account for the other 81 rounds.

Brad

Career: 101–75 · 57.4%
This season: 35 matches · 42.9%
Peak rank: 26

First hit in 64.3% of 140 rounds. Won 48.9% of the rounds they struck first, 44.0% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


Destruction Body3P+K into Dtee Sawk Lang3P+KP	12	8.5%
Sharp Shoot1P into crouch	8	5.7%
Sharp Shoot1P into evade down	7	5.0%
crouch into Sharp Shoot1P	7	5.0%
Elbow Hook6P into Elbow Hook~Screw High Kick6PK	6	4.3%
punchP into Jab StraightPP	6	4.3%
Destruction Body3P+K	5	3.5%
Sharp Shoot1P	5	3.5%
crouch dash forward into guardG	5	3.5%
crouch dash forward into throwP+G	5	3.5%
evade up into guardG	5	3.5%
crouch dash forward into Elbow Hook~Screw High Kick6PK	4	2.8%
punchP into throwP+G	3	2.1%
Elbow Hook6P	2	1.4%
Sharp Shoot1P into crouch dash back	2	1.4%

46 further openings account for the other 59 rounds.

El Blaze

Career: 84–41 · 67.2%
This season: 33 matches · 66.7%
Peak rank: 27

First hit in 50.4% of 137 rounds. Won 65.2% of the rounds they struck first, 54.4% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


crouch into Low Spin Kick2K+G	12	8.8%
crouch dash forward into Shadow Strike6P	10	7.3%
crouch dash forward into Shadow Fang6PK	8	5.8%
crouch dash forward into punchP	7	5.1%
evade up into guardG	7	5.1%
crouch dash forward into guardG	5	3.6%
Rolling Low Knuckle1P	4	2.9%
evade up	4	2.9%
guardG	4	2.9%
Shadow Strike6P into Shadow Fang6PK	3	2.2%
crouch dash back into guardG	3	2.2%
crouch dash forward into Low Spin Kick2K+G	3	2.2%
punchP	3	2.2%
Low Spin Kick2K+G	2	1.5%
Rolling Low Knuckle1P into evade down	2	1.5%

45 further openings account for the other 60 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 (224 here; about 11.2 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

Kage: 7 of 17 tests hold up
Eileen: 7 of 15 tests hold up
Dural: 8 of 15 tests hold up
Jeffry: 6 of 15 tests hold up
Akira: 7 of 16 tests hold up
Jacky: 5 of 15 tests hold up
Sarah: 6 of 15 tests hold up
Wolf: 3 of 15 tests hold up
Aoi: 4 of 15 tests hold up
Lei Fei: 2 of 15 tests hold up
Goh: 4 of 15 tests hold up
Shun: 2 of 12 tests hold up
Jean: 5 of 13 tests hold up
Lau: 1 of 10 tests hold up
Vanessa: 2 of 8 tests hold up
Taka: 2 of 13 tests hold up
Pai: not tested (too few rounds)
Lion: not tested (too few rounds)
Brad: not tested (too few rounds)
El Blaze: not tested (too few rounds)