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

おむすび山▲かずkaz_kcj

Career matches13,199

Career win rate54.3%

Round win rate52.8%

Peak rank41

Distinct opponents583

Period2026/03/26 – 2026/10/18

Elo rating

Overall, and on each character played 10+ times

1717 #711 of 3,686 on the Elo list →

Lei Fei17671,159 matches
Aoi1705513 matches
Jeffry1690371 matches
Brad1685258 matches
Shun1700257 matches
Wolf1735143 matches
Lau170467 matches
Jacky171160 matches
Pai171459 matches
Kage172656 matches
El Blaze171714 matches
Sarah171411 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	41	5,398	2,824	2,574	52.3%
Goh	—	2,342	1,179	1,163	50.3%
Aoi	37	2,106	1,119	987	53.1%
Jeffry	37	838	468	370	55.9%
Brad	36	769	418	351	54.4%
Shun	33	361	222	139	61.5%
Wolf	34	313	209	104	66.8%
Jean	33	300	182	118	60.7%
Kage	34	232	157	75	67.7%
El Blaze	30	126	88	38	69.8%
Jacky	31	119	82	37	68.9%
Pai	30	102	73	29	71.6%
Lau	30	91	67	24	73.6%
Sarah	30	74	52	22	70.3%
Lion	27	20	17	3	85.0%
Eileen	26	8	6	2	75.0%

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

9,352 of 12,063 rounds counted

5.9 inputs a second (354 a minute) this season. Faster than 16% of the 4,069 regulars with enough rounds counted to compare.

By character played


Lei Fei	6.1	367	4,086
Aoi	5.7	340	2,022
Jeffry	5.5	333	314
Brad	5.7	343	813
Shun	5.8	348	718
Wolf	5.8	349	561
Lau	5.9	356	272
Jacky	6.0	361	242
Pai	5.7	344	232
Kage	5.8	348	11
Sarah	5.9	354	41
Jean	5.4	324	28
Eileen	5.8	347	12

By opponent's character


Akira	6.0	361	993
Jacky	5.8	349	792
Lau	6.0	358	709
Lion	6.0	360	680
Kage	5.7	339	614
Pai	5.9	352	515
Aoi	6.1	368	500
Goh	5.9	352	554
Jean	6.0	357	599
Lei Fei	5.8	347	415
Shun	5.8	347	500
Sarah	5.9	354	473
Jeffry	6.0	357	460
Wolf	6.0	361	332
Brad	5.9	354	409
Vanessa	5.8	351	307
El Blaze	5.8	347	232
Eileen	5.8	346	108
Taka	5.5	333	96
Dural	5.8	347	64

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	310	174	136	56.1%	-2.3
Jacky	257	147	110	57.2%	+3.6
Lau	232	113	119	48.7%	-4.4
Lion	216	113	103	52.3%	+0.6
Kage	203	110	93	54.2%	-0.1
Pai	169	73	96	43.2%	-10.7
Aoi	166	99	67	59.6%	+5.6
Goh	164	93	71	56.7%	-0.8
Jean	163	95	68	58.3%	+2.6
Lei Fei	156	90	66	57.7%	+6.2
Shun	156	81	75	51.9%	-2.9
Sarah	135	85	50	63.0%	+5.9
Jeffry	131	71	60	54.2%	-0.3
Wolf	121	72	49	59.5%	+2.6
Brad	119	61	58	51.3%	-4.1
Vanessa	113	65	48	57.5%	+2.8
El Blaze	81	45	36	55.6%	+2.0
Eileen	40	21	19	52.5%	-5.1
Taka	29	13	16	44.8%	-9.6
Dural	26	17	9	65.4%	+5.6

0 of 18 rows differ from what this player's level and their opponents' ranks predict, once the test allows for asking 18 questions at once; about 0.9 would by chance alone.

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

By ring shape


Octagon	326	182	144	55.8%	+0.2
Breakable Half Fence	319	175	144	54.9%	+0.4
Open	308	165	143	53.6%	-0.2
Rectangle	305	170	135	55.7%	+0.9
Breakable Full Fence	302	153	149	50.7%	-2.9
Full Fence	294	154	140	52.4%	-3.8
Low Fence	294	163	131	55.4%	+2.0
Single Wall	287	160	127	55.8%	-0.3
Half Fence	286	162	124	56.6%	+2.4
Full Fence and Open	114	71	43	62.3%	+4.5

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	1,832	54.4%	54.8%	-0.4
No walls	889	54.9%	54.4%	+0.4

Walls against open: -0.9 points (95% range -5.1 to +3.4), p 0.690 — 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


ヘニオ (Rank 34)	43	26	17	60.5%
ゲッパー (Rank 38)	42	18	24	42.9%
nidaimebannai (Rank 38)	36	19	17	52.8%
ねこむーと (Rank 39)	35	17	18	48.6%
elpopo_3378 (Rank 38)	30	14	16	46.7%
no-0809 (Rank 38)	30	14	16	46.7%
VF12360-PC (Rank 38)	28	16	12	57.1%
montanmo (Rank 38)	28	16	12	57.1%
Saibo_season2 (Rank 38)	26	11	15	42.3%
atototto1000 (Rank 36)	26	14	12	53.9%
マハリータまるこ (Rank 40)	26	12	14	46.1%
AOEアオイ (Rank 35)	25	19	6	76.0%
PuzzG/ぱず爺 (Rank 37)	25	13	12	52.0%
ikkyusaaan (Rank 34)	24	12	12	50.0%
究極無敵 (Rank 37)	24	13	11	54.2%
tu-kun0223 (Rank 40)	22	10	12	45.5%
ごちももも (Rank 35)	22	12	10	54.5%
ハマラウ (Rank 42)	22	8	14	36.4%
Grandpa__Jean (Rank 40)	20	10	10	50.0%
gin-chaman (Rank 30)	20	18	2	90.0%
aona (Rank 34)	19	9	10	47.4%
ctraum (Rank 39)	19	9	10	47.4%
翠嵐 (Rank 39)	19	14	5	73.7%
moto__666 (Rank 36)	18	9	9	50.0%
あむざん (Rank 43)	18	2	16	11.1%

Most played opponents, most recent first


ctraum (Rank 39)	2026/10/17	19	9	10	47.4%
ハマラウ (Rank 42)	2026/10/17	22	8	14	36.4%
nidaimebannai (Rank 38)	2026/10/17	36	19	17	52.8%
マハリータまるこ (Rank 40)	2026/10/15	26	12	14	46.1%
究極無敵 (Rank 37)	2026/10/15	24	13	11	54.2%
montanmo (Rank 38)	2026/10/14	28	16	12	57.1%
VF12360-PC (Rank 38)	2026/10/13	28	16	12	57.1%
Saibo_season2 (Rank 38)	2026/10/13	26	11	15	42.3%
ねこむーと (Rank 39)	2026/10/13	35	17	18	48.6%
aona (Rank 34)	2026/10/12	19	9	10	47.4%
no-0809 (Rank 38)	2026/10/12	30	14	16	46.7%
ゲッパー (Rank 38)	2026/10/12	42	18	24	42.9%
Grandpa__Jean (Rank 40)	2026/10/12	20	10	10	50.0%
ごちももも (Rank 35)	2026/10/11	22	12	10	54.5%
tu-kun0223 (Rank 40)	2026/10/11	22	10	12	45.5%
ヘニオ (Rank 34)	2026/10/11	43	26	17	60.5%
AOEアオイ (Rank 35)	2026/10/10	25	19	6	76.0%
ikkyusaaan (Rank 34)	2026/10/10	24	12	12	50.0%
あむざん (Rank 43)	2026/10/06	18	2	16	11.1%
翠嵐 (Rank 39)	2026/10/05	19	14	5	73.7%
atototto1000 (Rank 36)	2026/09/30	26	14	12	53.9%
moto__666 (Rank 36)	2026/09/29	18	9	9	50.0%
elpopo_3378 (Rank 38)	2026/08/23	30	14	16	46.7%
PuzzG/ぱず爺 (Rank 37)	2026/08/23	25	13	12	52.0%
gin-chaman (Rank 30)	2026/08/19	20	18	2	90.0%

Round openings

Every character


backdash into evade down	486	4.8%
backdash into evade up	401	3.9%
backdash into offensive move	392	3.8%
evade up into forward dash	284	2.8%
forward movement into punchP	240	2.4%
backdash into punchP	208	2.0%
backdash into throwP+G	204	2.0%
offensive move	176	1.7%
evade down into crouch dash forward	148	1.4%
crouch dash forward into Shatenshou33P	132	1.3%
backdash into Shatenshou33P	119	1.2%
Senpukyaku66K+G	101	1.0%
Ouda6P+K	89	0.9%
Gyou'in Haishu3P	86	0.8%
evade up into Toushou66P	80	0.8%

1,275 further openings account for the other 7,054 rounds.

Counted from 2,528 of the 2,984 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Lei Fei

Career: 2,824–2,574 · 52.3%
This season: 1,160 matches · 50.3%
Peak rank: 41

First hit in 48.7% of 3,550 rounds. Won 53.7% of the rounds they struck first, 47.9% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: attacks straight away in 29.3% of rounds, against 20.6% in their other rounds.
Against Shun: evades first in 34.0% of rounds, against 18.6% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by waiting: waits first in 10.0% of rounds, against 3.0% after anything else.
After losing a round: evades first in 29.1% of rounds, against 15.2% after winning one.
When behind: evades first in 31.9% of rounds, against 17.5% when ahead or level.
In round 4 or later: opens with “backdash into evade up” in 5.8% of rounds, against 3.6% in their other rounds.
Against Shun: opens with “offensive move” in 13.5% of rounds, against 4.1% against everyone else.
After opening the round before with “backdash into offensive move”: opens with “crouch dash forward into 33P Shatenshou” in 6.8% of rounds, against 3.4% after anything else.

How is this tested?


backdash into offensive move	373	10.5%
offensive move	169	4.7%
backdash into evade up	148	4.2%
crouch dash forward into Shatenshou33P	132	3.7%
backdash into evade down	125	3.5%
backdash into Shatenshou33P	119	3.3%
forward movement into punchP	116	3.3%
evade up into forward dash	115	3.2%
Senpukyaku66K+G	101	2.8%
backdash into throwP+G	91	2.5%
evade up into Toushou66P	80	2.2%
evade down into crouch dash forward	74	2.1%
forward movement into Sayu ShoukenPP	74	2.1%
backdash into Hai Shiki2P+K+G	62	1.7%
Dantai4K	58	1.6%

276 further openings account for the other 1,726 rounds.

Counted from 883 of the 1,160 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
Lion	36–33 · 52%	12–19 · 39%	+6.6
Akira	35–32 · 52%	3–5 · 38%	too few to test
Lau	23–35 · 40%	9–14 · 39%	too few to test
Pai	16–30 · 35%	6–16 · 27%	too few to test
Kage	23–21 · 52%	8–4 · 67%	too few to test
Shun	22–18 · 55%	5–8 · 38%	too few to test
Aoi	15–13 · 54%	13–5 · 72%	too few to test
Goh	24–16 · 60%	7–5 · 58%	too few to test
Brad	15–18 · 45%	7–8 · 47%	too few to test
Jean	19–17 · 53%	9–1 · 90%	too few to test
Vanessa	12–14 · 46%	4–7 · 36%	too few to test
Jeffry	13–7 · 65%	6–6 · 50%	too few to test
Jacky	8–11 · 42%	4–2 · 67%	too few to test
Sarah	7–3 · 70%	4–3 · 57%	too few to test
El Blaze	8–9 · 47%	1–3 · 25%	too few to test

Nothing reliable: no gap here is bigger than stage luck alone produces.

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

277 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?

Jeffry

Career: 468–370 · 55.9%
This season: 371 matches · 54.5%
Peak rank: 37

First hit in 50.7% of 1,509 rounds. Won 53.7% of the rounds they struck first, 50.9% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Against Wolf: backs off first in 71.1% of rounds, against 40.4% against everyone else.
After losing a round: evades first in 33.2% of rounds, against 14.8% after winning one.
When behind: evades first in 32.8% of rounds, against 19.1% when ahead or level.
In round 4 or later: opens with “backdash into evade up” in 8.3% of rounds, against 2.0% in their other rounds.
Against Shun: opens with “evade up into forward dash” in 12.5% of rounds, against 2.8% against everyone else.
On Half Fence stages: opens with “evade up into forward dash” in 7.6% of rounds, against 2.5% on the other stages.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	77	5.1%
backdash into evade up	55	3.6%
evade up into Dash Elbow66P	50	3.3%
evade up into forward dash	49	3.2%
crouch into Low Knuckle2P	48	3.2%
forward movement into punchP	43	2.9%
backdash into Kenka Hook46P	39	2.6%
backdash into Full Swing Double Hammer41236P+K	37	2.5%
backdash into Tsunami Beat3K+G	37	2.5%
Low Knuckle2P	36	2.4%
Elbow Butt6P	31	2.0%
backdash into throwP+G	25	1.6%
backdash into Head Attack46P+K	24	1.6%
backdash into Overblow Shoulder66P+K	24	1.6%
backdash into punchP	24	1.6%

225 further openings account for the other 912 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
Jacky	17–12 · 59%	10–5 · 67%	too few to test
Kage	12–8 · 60%	4–5 · 44%	too few to test
Akira	11–8 · 58%	7–5 · 58%	too few to test
Lau	9–6 · 60%	5–5 · 50%	too few to test
Aoi	7–6 · 54%	4–7 · 36%	too few to test
Wolf	7–8 · 47%	7–0 · 100%	too few to test
Lion	6–5 · 55%	3–2 · 60%	too few to test
Pai	4–4 · 50%	4–3 · 57%	too few to test
El Blaze	8–7 · 53%	0–2 · 0%	too few to test
Vanessa	10–4 · 71%	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?

Aoi

Career: 1,119–987 · 53.1%
This season: 513 matches · 50.7%
Peak rank: 37

First hit in 50.9% of 1,396 rounds. Won 50.6% of the rounds they struck first, 47.9% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: attacks straight away in 28.9% of rounds, against 21.2% in their other rounds.
Against Akira: attacks straight away in 50.6% of rounds, against 21.3% against everyone else.
After losing a round: evades first in 28.9% of rounds, against 15.7% after winning one.
When ahead: attacks straight away in 30.1% of rounds, against 16.9% when level or behind.
In round 1: opens with “backdash into 46P+K Soushouda” in 7.4% of rounds, against 3.3% in their other rounds.
Against Jacky: opens with “backdash into 33P+K Sodeshinken” in 13.4% of rounds, against 4.1% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


Ouda6P+K	89	6.3%
backdash into Sodeshinken33P+K	67	4.8%
backdash into Soushouda46P+K	61	4.3%
backdash into evade down	58	4.1%
backdash into evade up	53	3.8%
Sou'unha66K	37	2.6%
backdash into punchP	37	2.6%
backdash into Sou'unha66K	33	2.4%
NirentotsuPP into Nirentotsu OuchuPPP	31	2.2%
backdash into throwP+G	29	2.1%
evade up into Sou'unha66K	28	2.0%
crouch dash forward into Hou'oushu3P	26	1.9%
backdash into Nirentotsu OuchuPPP	24	1.7%
evade up into Koromoguruma66P	23	1.6%
evade up into Sanseigan66P+K	23	1.6%

189 further openings account for the other 786 rounds.

Counted from 349 of the 513 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Lau	10–21 · 32%	4–5 · 44%	too few to test
Jeffry	12–11 · 52%	3–3 · 50%	too few to test
Goh	8–7 · 53%	6–7 · 46%	too few to test
Kage	7–1 · 88%	7–6 · 54%	too few to test
Jacky	3–10 · 23%	2–7 · 22%	too few to test
Sarah	7–3 · 70%	5–2 · 71%	too few to test
Akira	8–8 · 50%	4–1 · 80%	too few to test
Pai	4–6 · 40%	3–8 · 27%	too few to test
Jean	6–3 · 67%	3–5 · 38%	too few to test

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

164 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: 418–351 · 54.4%
This season: 258 matches · 50.0%
Peak rank: 36

First hit in 46.7% of 1,056 rounds. Won 51.9% of the rounds they struck first, 46.4% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: attacks straight away in 34.5% of rounds, against 21.9% in their other rounds.
Against Lion: evades first in 35.0% of rounds, against 15.1% against everyone else.
After losing a round: evades first in 26.3% of rounds, against 12.8% after winning one.
When ahead: attacks straight away in 30.4% of rounds, against 19.4% when level or behind.
In round 1: opens with “66K Middle Spin Kick” in 10.5% of rounds, against 5.1% in their other rounds.
Against Goh: opens with “backdash into 46P+K Jackal Straight” in 12.9% of rounds, against 3.2% against everyone else.
On Single Wall stages: opens with “backdash into 46P+K Jackal Straight” in 11.3% of rounds, against 3.7% on the other stages.
After opening the round before with “backdash into evade down”: opens with “backdash into evade down” in 23.6% of rounds, against 6.1% after anything else.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	76	7.2%
Middle Spin Kick66K	68	6.4%
backdash into evade up	57	5.4%
Sharp Shoot1P	50	4.7%
backdash into Jackal Straight46P+K	43	4.0%
evade up into forward dash	42	4.0%
backdash into punchP	38	3.6%
backdash into Destruction Body3P+K	36	3.4%
backdash into Sway Back4P+K+G	35	3.3%
Dtee Sawk Dtrohng4P+K	29	2.7%
backdash into Stop Kick4K	25	2.4%
backdash into Middle Spin Kick66K	23	2.2%
Sit Jab2P	19	1.8%
backdash into throwP+G	19	1.8%
Jackal Straight46P+K	17	1.6%

158 further openings account for the other 484 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
Lau	13–10 · 57%	4–2 · 67%	too few to test
Lion	8–10 · 44%	4–3 · 57%	too few to test
Akira	10–8 · 56%	3–2 · 60%	too few to test
Goh	7–13 · 35%	2–1 · 67%	too few to test
Aoi	3–7 · 30%	6–3 · 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?

Shun

Career: 222–139 · 61.5%
This season: 257 matches · 63.0%
Peak rank: 33

First hit in 51.8% of 1,013 rounds. Won 61.3% of the rounds they struck first, 52.0% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

After winning a round: attacks straight away in 40.8% of rounds, against 24.9% after losing one.
When behind: evades first in 20.0% of rounds, against 11.5% when ahead or level.
In round 1: opens with “backdash into 6P+K+G Kasen Gyou'in” in 7.8% of rounds, against 2.4% in their other rounds.
Against Sarah: opens with “1P Haisenchu” in 13.9% of rounds, against 4.6% against everyone else.
On no drinks: opens with “backdash into evade down” in 10.0% of rounds, against 1.7% on other drink counts.

How is this tested?


Gyou'in Haishu3P	86	8.5%
Haisenchu1P	56	5.5%
backdash into evade down	56	5.5%
backdash into Kasen Gyou'in6P+K+G	38	3.8%
backdash into evade up	32	3.2%
evade up into Chubu Soutenkyaku66K	31	3.1%
backdash into Chubu Soutenkyaku66K	26	2.6%
backdash into Getsuga Gakushu46P	24	2.4%
backdash into punchP	22	2.2%
Rensai Gakushu46PP into Rengeki Gakushu46PPP	21	2.1%
crouch into Haisenchu1P	19	1.9%
Gyou'in Haishu3P into guardG	18	1.8%
backdash into throwP+G	17	1.7%
evade down into Chubu Soutenkyaku66K	17	1.7%
crouch dash back into Tenshin Souchushou6P+K	16	1.6%

179 further openings account for the other 534 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
Jacky	7–10 · 41%	9–2 · 82%	too few to test
Sarah	12–5 · 71%	6–1 · 86%	too few to test
Akira	11–5 · 69%	4–1 · 80%	too few to test
Goh	10–1 · 91%	3–6 · 33%	too few to test
Lei Fei	3–5 · 38%	10–3 · 77%	too few to test

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

How is this tested?

Wolf

Career: 209–104 · 66.8%
This season: 143 matches · 67.1%
Peak rank: 34

First hit in 51.9% of 553 rounds. Won 61.0% of the rounds they struck first, 57.5% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Against Shun: evades first in 39.6% of rounds, against 11.9% against everyone else.
After the opponent opened the round before by backing off: moves in first in 25.0% of rounds, against 10.8% after anything else.
After winning a round: attacks straight away in 36.6% of rounds, against 13.4% after losing one.
On Octagon stages: opens with “backdash into evade up” in 10.7% of rounds, against 2.5% on the other stages.

How is this tested?


Arrow Knuckle3P	37	6.6%
backdash into evade down	34	6.0%
backdash into Mow Down Chop1P+K	25	4.4%
backdash into Heavy Middle Kick3K+G	22	3.9%
backdash into evade up	22	3.9%
Quick Shoulder66P+K	19	3.4%
crouch dash forward into Arrow Knuckle3P	19	3.4%
evade up into forward dash	16	2.8%
evade down into crouch dash forward	15	2.7%
Heavy Middle Kick3K+G	13	2.3%
backdash into punchP	13	2.3%
backdash into Quick Shoulder66P+K	12	2.1%
forward dash into Low Drop Kick62K	12	2.1%
crouch into Low Hammer2P	11	1.9%
Low Hammer2P	10	1.8%

118 further openings account for the other 284 rounds.

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	9–4 · 69%	6–3 · 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?

Jacky

Career: 82–37 · 68.9%
This season: 62 matches · 77.4%
Peak rank: 31

First hit in 46.1% of 241 rounds. Won 66.7% of the rounds they struck first, 66.9% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into Spin Heel Sword4K+G	18	7.4%
crouch dash forward into Smash Straight3P	17	7.0%
evade up into Dash Hammer Kick66K	13	5.4%
backdash into evade down	11	4.5%
evade up into forward dash	9	3.7%
Slant Back Knuckle1P	7	2.9%
evade up into punchP	6	2.5%
forward dash into Low Spin Kick1K+G	6	2.5%
forward movement into Jab StraightPP	6	2.5%
backdash	5	2.1%
backdash into Beat KnuckleP+K	5	2.1%
backdash into High Angle Upper Kick6K	5	2.1%
crouch dash forward into Spin Heel Sword4K+G	5	2.1%
crouch into Squat Straight2P	5	2.1%
backdash into Slant Back Knuckle1P	4	1.6%

76 further openings account for the other 120 rounds.

Pai

Career: 73–29 · 71.6%
This season: 59 matches · 78.0%
Peak rank: 30

First hit in 56.9% of 232 rounds. Won 66.7% of the rounds they struck first, 63.0% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


Senchuken6P	21	9.1%
forward movement into punchP	18	7.8%
backdash into Honrakukyaku46K+G	13	5.6%
Hi'en Tankyaku9K	10	4.3%
backdash into evade up	10	4.3%
backdash into evade down	9	3.9%
backdash into punchP	9	3.9%
backdash into throwP+G	8	3.5%
forward movement into RenshouPP	8	3.5%
backdash into kickK	6	2.6%
evade down into crouch dash forward	6	2.6%
evade up into forward dash	6	2.6%
crouch dash forward into Souanshou3P+K	5	2.2%
Kochoukyaku4K+G	4	1.7%
backdash into Koutankyaku66K	4	1.7%

62 further openings account for the other 95 rounds.

Kage

Career: 157–75 · 67.7%
This season: 56 matches · 58.9%
Peak rank: 34

First hit in 52.2% of 230 rounds. Won 61.7% of the rounds they struck first, 44.5% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into Hagakure-ryu In Raijingeki46P+K	28	12.1%
backdash into evade down	14	6.1%
backdash into Kodachinuki4K	13	5.6%
backdash into punchP	13	5.6%
Hagakure-ryu In Raijingeki46P+K	11	4.8%
Ryu'eikyaku66K	11	4.8%
backdash into Gen'you4K+G	7	3.0%
backdash into Kasumi Yaiba66P+K	7	3.0%
Ryubisen44K+G	6	2.6%
backdash into Furikakato OtoshiK+G	6	2.6%
backdash into evade up	6	2.6%
backdash into Nakageri3K	5	2.2%
backward movement into Nagiharai6P+K	5	2.2%
forward movement into punchP	5	2.2%
Jizuridan2P	4	1.7%

59 further openings account for the other 90 rounds.

Lau

Career: 67–24 · 73.6%
This season: 67 matches · 70.2%
Peak rank: 30

First hit in 45.0% of 220 rounds. Won 60.6% of the rounds they struck first, 59.5% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into Junho Chushou33P	39	17.7%
backdash into evade down	15	6.8%
Souko Sensou66P+K	11	5.0%
backdash into evade up	10	4.5%
Ko'en Senshi66K+G	6	2.7%
evade up into forward dash	6	2.7%
backdash into Junho Renshou33PP	5	2.3%
backdash into Kosoushou46P	5	2.3%
backdash into Senchutai3K	5	2.3%
crouch dash back	5	2.3%
backdash into Ko'en Senshi66K+G	4	1.8%
backdash into Souko Sensou66P+K	4	1.8%
evade down into crouch dash forward	4	1.8%
forward movement into punchP	4	1.8%
Kosoushou46P	3	1.4%

63 further openings account for the other 94 rounds.

Counted from 52 of the 67 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

El Blaze

Career: 88–38 · 69.8%
This season: 14 matches · 71.4%
Peak rank: 30

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


forward movement into Quick HookPP	5	8.1%
up-back kick+guard7K+G	5	8.1%
Demon Dance9P+K into Demon's Tail9P+KK	4	6.5%
backdash into evade up	4	6.5%
High-Speed Jab46P	3	4.8%
crouch dash back into evade down	3	4.8%
crouch dash forward into Straight6P+K	3	4.8%
High-Speed Jab46P into Shouda46PP	2	3.2%
backdash into Head Smash Kick46K	2	3.2%
backdash into Shadow Spear6K	2	3.2%
crouch dash back	2	3.2%
crouch dash back into guardG	2	3.2%
evade up into forward dash	2	3.2%
forward movement into punchP	2	3.2%
High-Speed Jab46P into evade up	1	1.6%

20 further openings account for the other 20 rounds.

Sarah

Career: 52–22 · 70.3%
This season: 11 matches · 72.7%
Peak rank: 30

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into Crescent Heel4K+G	8	19.5%
backdash into Full Spin Heel Kick9K	4	9.8%
backdash into evade down	3	7.3%
Back Knuckle Turn44P	2	4.9%
Leg Slicer2K+G	2	4.9%
backdash into Back Knuckle4P	2	4.9%
backdash into Quick Knee6K	2	4.9%
backdash into Switch Kick4K	2	4.9%
forward movement into Jab StraightPP	2	4.9%
Full Spin Heel Kick9K	1	2.4%
Hide Side Kick (Deflect)P+K	1	2.4%
Mellow Heel Kick6K+G into crouch	1	2.4%
Stiletto66K	1	2.4%
backdash	1	2.4%
backdash into Stiletto66K	1	2.4%

8 further openings account for the other 8 rounds.

Jean

Career: 182–118 · 60.7%
This season: 6 matches · 83.3%
Peak rank: 33

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade down	4	14.3%
Kake'uchi46P	1	3.6%
Shitanagi Shutou1P into backdash	1	3.6%
backdash	1	3.6%
backdash into Chudan Ushiro Mawashigeri66K	1	3.6%
backdash into Doumawashi Kaitengeri46K+G	1	3.6%
backdash into Kake'uchi46P	1	3.6%
backdash into Nozuchi1P+K	1	3.6%
backdash into Oihiji4P+K	1	3.6%
backdash into Shitamaeken2P	1	3.6%
backdash into Shitanagi Shutou1P	1	3.6%
backdash into Tate'enpi~Tenkai Hizageri33PK	1	3.6%
backdash into Yamakuzushi6K	1	3.6%
backdash into evade up	1	3.6%
evade down	1	3.6%

10 further openings account for the other 10 rounds.

Lion

Career: 17–3 · 85.0%
This season: 7 matches · 85.7%
Peak rank: 27

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into Sentai4K	4	14.8%
backdash into evade down	4	14.8%
crouch dash forward into Sen'inshou3P	3	11.1%
forward movement into punchP	3	11.1%
Juchou Senshou8P+K	2	7.4%
backdash into Touku Rigou Bantaitetsu46K+G	2	7.4%
Dantai3K	1	3.7%
backdash into Juchou Senshou8P+K	1	3.7%
backdash into Zaban Shuhou33P+K	1	3.7%
backdash into punchP	1	3.7%
crouch dash back into Sen'inshou3P	1	3.7%
crouch dash back into Taizan Soukoushu4P+K	1	3.7%
evade down into backdash	1	3.7%
evade up into Dantai3K	1	3.7%
forward movement into Koushu RensuiPP	1	3.7%

Not counted here: Eileen. Their matches were not pulled for openings.

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 (96 here; about 4.8 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: 8 of 18 tests hold up
Jeffry: 6 of 16 tests hold up
Aoi: 6 of 16 tests hold up
Brad: 8 of 15 tests hold up
Shun: 5 of 17 tests hold up
Wolf: 4 of 14 tests hold up
Jacky: not tested (too few rounds)
Pai: not tested (too few rounds)
Kage: not tested (too few rounds)
Lau: not tested (too few rounds)
El Blaze: not tested (too few rounds)
Sarah: not tested (too few rounds)
Jean: not tested (too few rounds)
Lion: not tested (too few rounds)