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

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Career matches29,285

Career win rate59.3%

Round win rate56.3%

Peak rank44

Distinct opponents629

Period2026/03/26 – 2026/10/18

Elo rating

Overall, and on each character played 10+ times

1905 #133 of 3,686 on the Elo list →

Lau20212,544 matches
Kage1933679 matches
Taka1868509 matches
Shun1903328 matches
Jean1913267 matches
Pai1900225 matches
Wolf1869171 matches
Jacky1893107 matches
Lion188593 matches
Goh192180 matches
Akira190062 matches
El Blaze189738 matches
Brad190719 matches
Lei Fei190510 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


Lau	44	18,752	11,195	7,557	59.7%
Kage	43	2,798	1,574	1,224	56.2%
Taka	43	1,713	988	725	57.7%
Shun	43	1,205	721	484	59.8%
Pai	42	1,049	615	434	58.6%
Jean	42	983	587	396	59.7%
Akira	39	643	367	276	57.1%
Jacky	42	537	319	218	59.4%
Lion	42	428	273	155	63.8%
Wolf	38	424	241	183	56.8%
Goh	41	388	249	139	64.2%
Brad	39	228	157	71	68.9%
El Blaze	36	76	55	21	72.4%
Jeffry	34	39	21	18	53.9%
Lei Fei	33	12	8	4	66.7%
Aoi	33	6	2	4	33.3%
Eileen	33	2	1	1	50.0%
Vanessa	33	2	1	1	50.0%

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

18,180 of 20,797 rounds counted

7.6 inputs a second (457 a minute) this season. Faster than 62% of the 4,069 regulars with enough rounds counted to compare.

By character played


Lau	7.9	476	8,954
Kage	7.5	453	2,472
Taka	7.1	423	1,953
Shun	7.9	473	948
Jean	7.0	420	1,044
Pai	7.1	424	848
Wolf	7.0	418	639
Jacky	7.7	463	259
Lion	7.1	423	349
Goh	7.0	422	329
Akira	7.9	475	151
El Blaze	6.8	406	134
Brad	7.1	427	25
Lei Fei	6.6	396	9
Jeffry	7.2	432	38
Aoi	7.1	424	18
Eileen	6.5	393	10

By opponent's character


Jacky	8.0	481	1,954
Kage	7.7	460	1,412
Akira	7.7	460	1,412
Lion	7.5	448	1,199
Lau	7.8	466	1,162
Shun	7.6	455	1,083
Pai	7.6	459	1,152
Brad	7.4	443	1,164
Aoi	7.7	460	1,082
Vanessa	7.5	448	916
Goh	7.8	470	880
Jeffry	7.5	450	694
Eileen	7.1	424	632
El Blaze	7.6	456	649
Wolf	7.8	470	616
Taka	7.4	444	590
Jean	7.7	463	524
Lei Fei	7.2	430	520
Sarah	7.2	432	472
Dural	7.3	436	67

An input is any change on the controller (a new stick direction, a button pressed or released) from the bell to the moment a round is decided, over the live time of the round. Only rounds whose inputs have been decoded are counted. Who you face changes the pace too: see the inputs-per-second article under News.

Against each character


Jacky	548	315	233	57.5%	+1.0
Kage	403	240	163	59.5%	-1.9
Akira	400	227	173	56.8%	-6.5
Lion	356	211	145	59.3%	-0.5
Lau	338	201	137	59.5%	-2.2
Shun	331	221	110	66.8%	+4.4
Pai	326	192	134	58.9%	+1.2
Brad	320	208	112	65.0%	+1.6
Aoi	303	207	96	68.3%	+5.2
Vanessa	265	173	92	65.3%	+3.8
Goh	236	134	102	56.8%	-0.3
Jeffry	201	128	73	63.7%	-0.3
Eileen	194	107	87	55.1%	-5.7
El Blaze	190	110	80	57.9%	-3.8
Wolf	171	109	62	63.7%	+2.7
Taka	156	94	62	60.3%	-2.1
Jean	150	95	55	63.3%	-1.1
Lei Fei	149	97	52	65.1%	+3.2
Sarah	129	87	42	67.4%	+3.1
Dural	20	12	8	60.0%	-6.3

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

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

By ring shape


Full Fence	592	356	236	60.1%	-0.9
Octagon	540	333	207	61.7%	+0.3
Rectangle	535	328	207	61.3%	+0.2
Open	516	298	218	57.8%	-3.8
Single Wall	497	311	186	62.6%	+0.2
Half Fence	494	311	183	63.0%	+2.6
Breakable Full Fence	489	289	200	59.1%	-1.5
Low Fence	480	300	180	62.5%	+2.8
Breakable Half Fence	469	294	175	62.7%	+1.7
Full Fence and Open	283	164	119	58.0%	-3.1

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	3,119	61.3%	60.9%	+0.3
No walls	1,493	60.9%	61.2%	-0.3

Walls against open: +0.6 points (95% range -2.7 to +4.0), p 0.715 — 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


たつや (Rank 41)	108	53	55	49.1%
藪からＢＯＹ (Rank 42)	101	48	53	47.5%
マハリータまるこ (Rank 40)	92	64	28	69.6%
じゃんぬ (Rank 43)	89	17	72	19.1%
愛蒔らぶり (Rank 41)	80	55	25	68.8%
lesser-pram7 (Rank 41)	78	49	29	62.8%
shenron0321 (Rank 43)	78	46	32	59.0%
しょべるん (Rank 39)	74	42	32	56.8%
『ρε』.α (Rank 41)	63	30	33	47.6%
cyomiko (Rank 41)	58	34	24	58.6%
かめやま (Rank 42)	58	30	28	51.7%
めがじぇね (Rank 43)	56	22	34	39.3%
ス～パ～オヤツマ～ン (Rank 42)	56	25	31	44.6%
okinawa_39 (Rank 42)	50	28	22	56.0%
ゆ～やん３ (Rank 41)	50	32	18	64.0%
ﾗｰﾒｿﾏｿ (Rank 44)	47	13	34	27.7%
ikkyusaaan (Rank 40)	45	33	12	73.3%
ミニマム (Rank 41)	45	29	16	64.4%
『Nεnji』.β (Rank 42)	42	30	12	71.4%
じゃこビ (Rank 41)	41	26	15	63.4%
村長～災禍の中心～ (Rank 39)	40	29	11	72.5%
Tokkovanessa_VF (Rank 42)	39	20	19	51.3%
VIPism『稲庭飯』 (Rank 43)	39	19	20	48.7%
Aki (Rank 42)	38	22	16	57.9%
つがさん (Rank 40)	38	28	10	73.7%

Most played opponents, most recent first


しょべるん (Rank 39)	2026/10/18	74	42	32	56.8%
たつや (Rank 41)	2026/10/18	108	53	55	49.1%
VIPism『稲庭飯』 (Rank 43)	2026/10/17	39	19	20	48.7%
めがじぇね (Rank 43)	2026/10/16	56	22	34	39.3%
ス～パ～オヤツマ～ン (Rank 42)	2026/10/16	56	25	31	44.6%
愛蒔らぶり (Rank 41)	2026/10/16	80	55	25	68.8%
じゃんぬ (Rank 43)	2026/10/16	89	17	72	19.1%
ゆ～やん３ (Rank 41)	2026/10/16	50	32	18	64.0%
つがさん (Rank 40)	2026/10/16	38	28	10	73.7%
lesser-pram7 (Rank 41)	2026/10/16	78	49	29	62.8%
ikkyusaaan (Rank 40)	2026/10/15	45	33	12	73.3%
『Nεnji』.β (Rank 42)	2026/10/13	42	30	12	71.4%
Aki (Rank 42)	2026/10/13	38	22	16	57.9%
じゃこビ (Rank 41)	2026/10/13	41	26	15	63.4%
okinawa_39 (Rank 42)	2026/10/12	50	28	22	56.0%
ミニマム (Rank 41)	2026/10/12	45	29	16	64.4%
『ρε』.α (Rank 41)	2026/10/12	63	30	33	47.6%
村長～災禍の中心～ (Rank 39)	2026/10/11	40	29	11	72.5%
マハリータまるこ (Rank 40)	2026/10/10	92	64	28	69.6%
ﾗｰﾒｿﾏｿ (Rank 44)	2026/10/09	47	13	34	27.7%
shenron0321 (Rank 43)	2026/10/07	78	46	32	59.0%
藪からＢＯＹ (Rank 42)	2026/10/03	101	48	53	47.5%
かめやま (Rank 42)	2026/09/24	58	30	28	51.7%
Tokkovanessa_VF (Rank 42)	2026/09/23	39	20	19	51.3%
cyomiko (Rank 41)	2026/08/17	58	34	24	58.6%

Round openings

Every character


backdash into evade up	1,416	7.8%
evade up into forward dash	563	3.1%
Fukko Kensou1P	451	2.5%
guardG into throw escape	388	2.1%
backdash into guardG	365	2.0%
backdash into Kensou4P	358	2.0%
Hagakure-ryu In Raijingeki46P+K	305	1.7%
throw escape	304	1.7%
crouch dash back into guardG	285	1.6%
Souchuken	279	1.5%
crouch dash back into Shakashou3P	279	1.5%
forward dash into evade up	279	1.5%
evade down into crouch dash forward	275	1.5%
backdash into Furikakato OtoshiK+G	274	1.5%
Ko'en Senshi66K+G	272	1.5%

1,256 further openings account for the other 12,142 rounds.

Counted from 4,536 of the 5,186 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Lau

Career: 11,195–7,557 · 59.7%
This season: 2,564 matches · 64.0%
Peak rank: 44

First hit in 41.6% of 8,239 rounds. Won 60.5% of the rounds they struck first, 56.4% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: waits first in 9.0% of rounds, against 5.9% in their other rounds.
Against Jacky: backs off first in 54.8% of rounds, against 37.6% against everyone else.
On Low Fence stages: backs off first in 47.5% of rounds, against 38.5% on the other stages.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 50.3% of rounds, against 30.4% after anything else.
After losing a round: moves in first in 9.8% of rounds, against 6.7% after winning one.
Against a Shun on 1+ drinks: backs off first in 53.7% of rounds, against 27.2% against a Shun on other counts.
After being hit first in the round before: evades first in 22.9% of rounds, against 18.5% after landing the first hit.
In round 2: opens with “crouch dash back into 3P Shakashou” in 4.1% of rounds, against 3.1% in their other rounds.
Against El Blaze: opens with “crouch dash back into 3P Shakashou” in 18.4% of rounds, against 2.8% against everyone else.
On Rectangle stages: opens with “backdash into 4P Kensou” in 8.9% of rounds, against 3.8% on the other stages.
After opening the round before with “evade up into forward dash”: opens with “evade up into forward dash” in 17.7% of rounds, against 2.8% after anything else.
Against a Shun on no drinks: opens with “evade up into forward dash” in 19.1% of rounds, against 1.1% against a Shun on other counts.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade up	732	8.8%
Fukko Kensou1P	451	5.4%
backdash into Kensou4P	358	4.3%
crouch dash back into Shakashou3P	279	3.4%
evade up into forward dash	273	3.3%
Ko'en Senshi66K+G	272	3.3%
evade down into Sako Soushou4P+K	241	2.9%
Souchuken2P	234	2.8%
backdash into Sako Soushou4P+K	223	2.7%
Kosoushou46P	221	2.7%
backdash into Senchutai3K	214	2.6%
forward dash into Sako Soushou4P+K	201	2.4%
backdash into guardG	200	2.4%
throw escape	192	2.3%
guardG into throw escape	189	2.3%

329 further openings account for the other 4,018 rounds.

Counted from 2,057 of the 2,564 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Jacky	88–52 · 63%	27–25 · 52%	+12.4
Kage	66–35 · 65%	30–24 · 56%	+10.0
Akira	68–41 · 62%	24–20 · 55%	+5.5
Lion	54–36 · 60%	37–16 · 70%	-10.7
Vanessa	62–28 · 69%	33–10 · 77%	-9.8
Pai	50–37 · 57%	14–12 · 54%	too few to test
Aoi	42–17 · 71%	28–11 · 72%	too few to test
Lau	41–37 · 53%	21–5 · 81%	too few to test
Goh	42–23 · 65%	18–12 · 60%	too few to test
Eileen	46–23 · 67%	7–4 · 64%	too few to test
Brad	40–17 · 70%	14–8 · 64%	too few to test
Wolf	39–16 · 71%	17–11 · 61%	too few to test
Shun	33–15 · 69%	20–9 · 69%	too few to test
El Blaze	30–16 · 65%	15–8 · 65%	too few to test
Jeffry	25–14 · 64%	18–8 · 69%	too few to test
Lei Fei	22–11 · 67%	19–4 · 83%	too few to test
Taka	21–21 · 50%	11–6 · 65%	too few to test
Jean	22–7 · 76%	18–6 · 75%	too few to test
Sarah	10–2 · 83%	8–0 · 100%	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.

507 of this character's decided matches could not be matched to the round-openings pull, which is what says the character was played, and are left out of this table.

How is this tested?

Kage

Career: 1,574–1,224 · 56.2%
This season: 683 matches · 57.5%
Peak rank: 43

First hit in 49.1% of 2,722 rounds. Won 53.6% of the rounds they struck first, 54.8% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: waits first in 8.9% of rounds, against 5.1% in their other rounds.
Against Brad: waits first in 15.0% of rounds, against 4.9% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 51.7% of rounds, against 37.1% after anything else.
Against a Shun on 1+ drinks: backs off first in 61.7% of rounds, against 30.1% against a Shun on other counts.
In round 4 or later: opens with “backdash into K+G Furikakato Otoshi” in 12.9% of rounds, against 9.0% in their other rounds.
Against Wolf: opens with “46P+K Hagakure-ryu In Raijingeki” in 27.1% of rounds, against 10.7% against everyone else.
On Full Fence and Open stages: opens with “backdash into 4K+G Gen'you” in 8.3% of rounds, against 3.6% on the other stages.
After losing a round: opens with “46P+K Hagakure-ryu In Raijingeki” in 14.5% of rounds, against 8.7% after winning one.
When behind: opens with “46P+K Hagakure-ryu In Raijingeki” in 13.8% of rounds, against 10.2% when ahead or level.

How is this tested?


Hagakure-ryu In Raijingeki46P+K	305	11.1%
backdash into Furikakato OtoshiK+G	274	10.0%
backdash into evade up	210	7.7%
backdash into Gen'you4K+G	110	4.0%
crouch dash forward into Fusenjin3P	107	3.9%
Jizuridan2P	96	3.5%
backdash into Hagakure-ryu In Raijingeki46P+K	72	2.6%
guardG into throw escape	64	2.3%
evade up into forward dash	56	2.0%
Fusenjin3P	55	2.0%
backdash into Kodachinuki4K	54	2.0%
crouch dash back into guardG	52	1.9%
backdash into guardG	49	1.8%
backdash into Ura Tsumujigeri44K	48	1.8%
forward dash into evade up	48	1.8%

199 further openings account for the other 1,142 rounds.

Counted from 677 of the 683 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Brad	33–10 · 77%	13–13 · 50%	too few to test
Lau	16–18 · 47%	5–5 · 50%	too few to test
Akira	16–14 · 53%	10–6 · 62%	too few to test
Sarah	25–8 · 76%	4–8 · 33%	too few to test
Jacky	16–15 · 52%	4–4 · 50%	too few to test
Shun	14–11 · 56%	11–4 · 73%	too few to test
Taka	17–5 · 77%	9–6 · 60%	too few to test
Lion	13–13 · 50%	5–3 · 62%	too few to test
Kage	11–8 · 58%	5–4 · 56%	too few to test
Pai	12–11 · 52%	6–5 · 55%	too few to test
Jeffry	13–12 · 52%	5–1 · 83%	too few to test
El Blaze	4–11 · 27%	5–11 · 31%	too few to test
Eileen	7–7 · 50%	8–5 · 62%	too few to test
Aoi	12–0 · 100%	6–3 · 67%	too few to test
Vanessa	6–4 · 60%	6–4 · 60%	too few to test
Goh	7–4 · 64%	2–2 · 50%	too few to test

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

6 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?

Taka

Career: 988–725 · 57.7%
This season: 512 matches · 56.0%
Peak rank: 43

First hit in 46.8% of 1,975 rounds. Won 59.4% of the rounds they struck first, 49.9% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 4 or later: moves in first in 14.1% of rounds, against 9.0% in their other rounds.
Against Brad: waits first in 16.8% of rounds, against 4.9% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 31.2% of rounds, against 14.0% after anything else.
In round 3: opens with “2P Shita Harite” in 13.1% of rounds, against 8.0% in their other rounds.
Against Shun: opens with “evade up into forward dash” in 13.7% of rounds, against 3.3% against everyone else.
After opening the round before with “evade up into forward dash”: opens with “evade up into forward dash” in 16.9% of rounds, against 3.9% after anything else.
After winning a round: opens with “66P Morotezuki” in 9.3% of rounds, against 4.4% after losing one.
When ahead: opens with “33P Zangeki” in 14.8% of rounds, against 8.9% when level or behind.

How is this tested?


Zangeki33P	200	10.0%
Shita Harite2P	186	9.3%
Morotezuki66P	160	8.0%
backdash into evade up	122	6.1%
evade up into forward dash	84	4.2%
forward dash into throwP+G	74	3.7%
evade down into Kumoyaburi4P+K	58	2.9%
crouch dash back into guardG	48	2.4%
Morotezuki66P into Tsuppari 3PPP	47	2.4%
evade up into Kumoyaburi4P+K	47	2.4%
guardG	42	2.1%
forward dash into evade up	35	1.8%
kickK	35	1.8%
backdash into Aka'oni MidaremageP+K	32	1.6%
evade down into forward dash	32	1.6%

161 further openings account for the other 794 rounds.

Counted from 507 of the 512 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Shun	20–6 · 77%	12–7 · 63%	too few to test
Goh	18–13 · 58%	3–5 · 38%	too few to test
Jacky	11–3 · 79%	11–5 · 69%	too few to test
Brad	13–12 · 52%	4–4 · 50%	too few to test
Akira	11–11 · 50%	4–2 · 67%	too few to test
Lion	15–10 · 60%	3–2 · 60%	too few to test
Eileen	5–12 · 29%	5–6 · 45%	too few to test
El Blaze	10–7 · 59%	5–5 · 50%	too few to test
Jeffry	11–5 · 69%	4–2 · 67%	too few to test
Kage	10–12 · 45%	3–2 · 60%	too few to test
Lei Fei	7–4 · 64%	6–4 · 60%	too few to test
Sarah	9–9 · 50%	2–1 · 67%	too few to test
Vanessa	7–7 · 50%	4–0 · 100%	too few to test
Jean	9–7 · 56%	0–6 · 0%	too few to test
Lau	7–3 · 70%	4–7 · 36%	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.

5 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?

Shun

Career: 721–484 · 59.8%
This season: 329 matches · 60.2%
Peak rank: 43

First hit in 55.4% of 1,250 rounds. Won 55.9% of the rounds they struck first, 54.3% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 4 or later: backs off first in 33.4% of rounds, against 21.6% in their other rounds.
Against Brad: waits first in 24.3% of rounds, against 3.8% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by waiting: waits first in 15.1% of rounds, against 3.2% after anything else.
On no drinks: backs off first in 30.3% of rounds, against 21.8% on other drink counts.
In round 1: opens with “3P Gyou'in Haishu” in 25.5% of rounds, against 8.6% in their other rounds.
Against Jacky: opens with “2P Fukuchougeki” in 26.3% of rounds, against 14.5% against everyone else.
After opening the round before with “3P Gyou'in Haishu”: opens with “3P Gyou'in Haishu” in 16.1% of rounds, against 7.3% after anything else.
After losing a round: opens with “3P Gyou'in Haishu” in 16.1% of rounds, against 2.2% after winning one.
When behind: opens with “3P Gyou'in Haishu” in 17.4% of rounds, against 3.7% when ahead or level.
On 1–4 drinks: opens with “3P Gyou'in Haishu” in 20.3% of rounds, against 7.7% on other drink counts.

How is this tested?


Fukuchougeki2P	199	15.8%
Gyou'in Haishu3P	163	12.9%
Getsuga Gakushu46P	87	6.9%
backward movement into Kasen Chugeki6P	61	4.8%
backdash into evade up	51	4.0%
evade up into forward dash	39	3.1%
Ryubikyaku8K+G	37	2.9%
backdash into Kasen Gyou'in6P+K+G	29	2.3%
Getsuga Gakushu46P into forward dash	26	2.1%
guardG into throw escape	25	2.0%
Fukuchougeki2P into backdash	23	1.8%
backdash into Gyou'in Haishu3P	22	1.7%
backdash into Shoushi Outeki1P+K	21	1.7%
Haisenchu1P	20	1.6%
backdash into Getsuga Gakushu46P	18	1.4%

157 further openings account for the other 441 rounds.

Counted from 321 of the 329 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
Aoi	13–4 · 76%	13–4 · 76%	too few to test
Jacky	9–12 · 43%	8–6 · 57%	too few to test
Lau	15–7 · 68%	7–3 · 70%	too few to test
Akira	9–7 · 56%	4–1 · 80%	too few to test
Shun	7–4 · 64%	7–7 · 50%	too few to test
Kage	9–3 · 75%	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.

8 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?

Jean

Career: 587–396 · 59.7%
This season: 269 matches · 59.9%
Peak rank: 42

First hit in 45.0% of 1,087 rounds. Won 57.1% of the rounds they struck first, 54.2% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Against Jacky: backs off first in 40.3% of rounds, against 22.8% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by moving in: moves in first in 24.0% of rounds, against 6.5% after anything else.
In round 3: opens with “9K+G Kou'un Nidan Hizageri” in 9.8% of rounds, against 6.0% in their other rounds.
Against Kage: opens with “2P Shitamaeken” in 18.6% of rounds, against 3.5% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


punchP into kickK	213	19.5%
Kou'un Nidan Hizageri9K+G	76	7.0%
Gyaku Seikenzuki66P	73	6.7%
backdash into evade up	70	6.4%
Shitamaeken2P	58	5.3%
backdash into Nozuchi1P+K	36	3.3%
backdash into Chudan Mawashigeri3K	34	3.1%
evade up into forward dash	33	3.0%
evade down into Gyaku Seikenzuki66P	32	2.9%
backdash into Doumawashi Kaitengeri46K+G	26	2.4%
Tate'enpi33P into Tate'enpi~Tenkai Hizageri33PK	22	2.0%
punchP into Maeken~Joudan MawashigeriPK	20	1.8%
evade down into Tate'enpi~Tenkai Hizageri33PK	19	1.7%
backdash into Kake'uchi~Maekeri'age46PK	18	1.6%
forward dash into evade up	17	1.6%

125 further openings account for the other 346 rounds.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Kage	16–7 · 70%	5–4 · 56%	too few to test
Shun	13–3 · 81%	3–8 · 27%	too few to test
Lau	7–9 · 44%	3–1 · 75%	too few to test
Akira	7–6 · 54%	4–3 · 57%	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?

Pai

Career: 615–434 · 58.6%
This season: 226 matches · 59.7%
Peak rank: 42

First hit in 47.5% of 787 rounds. Won 55.4% of the rounds they struck first, 54.5% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Against Kage: backs off first in 61.4% of rounds, against 33.5% against everyone else.
After opening the round before by evading: evades first in 29.3% of rounds, against 12.3% after anything else.
In round 1: opens with “backdash into evade up” in 15.5% of rounds, against 9.4% in their other rounds.

How is this tested?


Tenshin Oushoushou46P+K	91	11.6%
backdash into evade up	86	10.9%
Souchuken2P	45	5.7%
backdash into Tenshin Oushoushou46P+K	35	4.5%
crouch dash forward into Souanshou3P+K	29	3.7%
backdash into Ensei Toukyaku46K	23	2.9%
guardG into throw escape	23	2.9%
Enbu Renkyaku6K+G	20	2.5%
evade down into Souanshou3P+K	19	2.4%
evade up into forward dash	18	2.3%
crouch dash back into Ensei Soushouheki4P	17	2.2%
backdash into guardG	16	2.0%
forward dash into Enshi Soushou66P	16	2.0%
forward dash into evade up	16	2.0%
evade down into crouch dash forward	14	1.8%

134 further openings account for the other 319 rounds.

Counted from 193 of the 226 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

By stage type

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

Opponent	Walls	No walls	Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts
Shun	10–6 · 62%	6–4 · 60%	too few to test
Kage	10–6 · 62%	2–2 · 50%	too few to test
Pai	9–7 · 56%	2–2 · 50%	too few to test

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

33 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: 241–183 · 56.8%
This season: 172 matches · 51.7%
Peak rank: 38

First hit in 41.7% of 702 rounds. Won 48.8% of the rounds they struck first, 52.1% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Against Brad: backs off first in 55.3% of rounds, against 33.8% against everyone else.
Against Wolf: opens with “63214P Screw Hook into 63214PP Screw Lariat” in 19.5% of rounds, against 4.5% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


Low Hammer2P	50	7.1%
Arrow Knuckle3P	48	6.8%
Screw Hook63214P into Screw Lariat63214PP	38	5.4%
backdash into evade up	37	5.3%
backdash into guardG	32	4.5%
crouch dash back into guardG	32	4.5%
backdash into Heavy Middle Kick3K+G	30	4.3%
backdash into Elbow Butt4P	24	3.4%
Screw Hook63214P	23	3.3%
forward movement into Elbow Butt4P	23	3.3%
guardG into throw escape	22	3.1%
Comet Hook1P into Knuckle Part1PP	16	2.3%
Screw Hook63214P into punchP	16	2.3%
evade up into forward dash	16	2.3%
guardG	16	2.3%

109 further openings account for the other 280 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
Lau	7–6 · 54%	8–2 · 80%	too few to test
Jacky	8–6 · 57%	0–2 · 0%	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: 319–218 · 59.4%
This season: 107 matches · 58.9%
Peak rank: 42

First hit in 45.4% of 423 rounds. Won 57.8% of the rounds they struck first, 53.2% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

After opening the round before by backing off: backs off first in 48.3% of rounds, against 36.8% after anything else.

How is this tested?


backdash into evade up	40	9.3%
Dash Hammer Kick66K	33	7.7%
Dash Hammer Kick66K into kickK	30	7.0%
backward movement into backdash	22	5.1%
backward movement into guardG	17	4.0%
Low Spin Kick1K+G	15	3.5%
Squat Straight2P	15	3.5%
guardG into throw escape	12	2.8%
backward movement into Slant Back Knuckle1P	11	2.6%
evade up into forward dash	11	2.6%
Slide Shuffle (Deflect)4P+K+G into crouch dash forward	10	2.3%
backdash into Beat KnuckleP+K	10	2.3%
backdash into Beat & Back KnuckleP+KP	9	2.1%
backward movement into Middle Smash6P	8	1.9%
backward movement into throw escape	8	1.9%

92 further openings account for the other 178 rounds.

Lion

Career: 273–155 · 63.8%
This season: 93 matches · 58.1%
Peak rank: 42

First hit in 49.4% of 350 rounds. Won 63.6% of the rounds they struck first, 48.6% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

In round 1: backs off first in 42.4% of rounds, against 27.2% in their other rounds.
Against Aoi: moves in first in 31.3% of rounds, against 15.4% against everyone else.

How is this tested?


Katousui2P	40	11.3%
crouch dash forward into Sen'inshou3P	33	9.3%
backdash into evade up	30	8.5%
backdash into Sentai4K	22	6.2%
backdash into Tanhikyaku46K	19	5.4%
Juchou Senshou8P+K	17	4.8%
punchP into kickK	16	4.5%
Ukoushin46P+K	11	3.1%
guardG into throw escape	10	2.8%
forward dash into evade up	9	2.5%
backdash into guardG	7	2.0%
evade down into Sen'inshou3P	7	2.0%
evade down into crouch dash forward	6	1.7%
evade up into forward dash	6	1.7%
backdash into Koushutai44K	5	1.4%

80 further openings account for the other 115 rounds.

Counted from 92 of the 93 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Goh

Career: 249–139 · 64.2%
This season: 80 matches · 67.5%
Peak rank: 41

First hit in 49.0% of 200 rounds. Won 63.3% of the rounds they struck first, 50.0% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into Karura4P+K	50	24.9%
Karura4P+K	17	8.5%
backdash into evade up	15	7.5%
evade up into forward dash	15	7.5%
Sune'uchi2P	8	4.0%
backdash into guardG	8	4.0%
Soukyu46P	7	3.5%
evade up into Karura4P+K	6	3.0%
forward dash into evade up	5	2.5%
guardG into throw escape	5	2.5%
evade up into throw escape	4	2.0%
backdash into throwP+G	3	1.5%
crouch dash back into guardG	3	1.5%
evade down into Karura4P+K	3	1.5%
evade down into throw escape	3	1.5%

39 further openings account for the other 49 rounds.

Counted from 49 of the 80 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Akira

Career: 367–276 · 57.1%
This season: 62 matches · 59.7%
Peak rank: 39

First hit in 47.3% of 112 rounds. Won 60.4% of the rounds they struck first, 62.7% of the rounds they were struck first.

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


Senzankou66P+K into throwP+G	33	29.5%
forward dash into Jouho Touken6P	22	19.6%
backdash into Jouho Touken6P	10	8.9%
backdash into evade up	8	7.1%
backdash into guardG	8	7.1%
Rimon Chouchu66P	6	5.4%
evade down into Jouho Touken6P	3	2.7%
forward dash into punchP	2	1.8%
guardG into throw escape	2	1.8%
Housui2P	1	0.9%
Housui2P into backdash	1	0.9%
Rimon Chouchu66P into backdash	1	0.9%
Rimon Chouchu66P into forward dash	1	0.9%
backdash into throw escape	1	0.9%
crouch dash back into Fujinkyaku2K+G	1	0.9%

12 further openings account for the other 12 rounds.

Counted from 28 of the 62 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Brad

Career: 157–71 · 68.9%
This season: 19 matches · 63.2%
Peak rank: 39

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


Ducking6P+K+G into Crush Knee KickK+G	20	27.4%
Middle Spin Kick66K	10	13.7%
backdash into evade up	8	11.0%
evade up into forward dash	4	5.5%
Middle Spin Kick66K into kickK	2	2.7%
Sit Jab2P	2	2.7%
backdash into Stop Kick4K	2	2.7%
evade down into crouch dash forward	2	2.7%
Dtee Sawk Dtrohng4P+K	1	1.4%
Ducking6P+K+G into Sting BlowP+K	1	1.4%
Rapid Double JabP+K	1	1.4%
Sharp Shoot1P	1	1.4%
Sway Back4P+K+G into crouch dash forward	1	1.4%
backdash into Jab StraightPP	1	1.4%
backdash into Middle Spin Kick66K	1	1.4%

16 further openings account for the other 16 rounds.

Counted from 18 of the 19 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

El Blaze

Career: 55–21 · 72.4%
This season: 38 matches · 73.7%
Peak rank: 36

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into Volcano Upper4P+K	10	16.7%
Volcano Upper4P+K	7	11.7%
backdash into Shadow Spin Kick4PK	3	5.0%
backdash into evade up	3	5.0%
evade up into forward dash	3	5.0%
Demon Dance9P+K into Demon's Tail9P+KK	2	3.3%
Rolling Low Knuckle1P	2	3.3%
backdash	2	3.3%
backdash into Demon's Tail9P+KK	2	3.3%
backdash into backward movement	2	3.3%
backdash into guardG	2	3.3%
backward movement into backdash	2	3.3%
Back Knuckle4P into Shadow Spin Kick4PK	1	1.7%
ElbowP+K	1	1.7%
Shadow Strike6P into Shadow Fang6PK	1	1.7%

17 further openings account for the other 17 rounds.

Counted from 14 of the 38 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.

Lei Fei

Career: 8–4 · 66.7%
This season: 10 matches · 80.0%
Peak rank: 33

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into Kaisei Tento1P+K	6	14.6%
backdash into Souhikyaku9K+G	4	9.8%
crouch dash back into guardG	4	9.8%
backdash into guardG	3	7.3%
evade up into forward dash	3	7.3%
guardG into throw escape	3	7.3%
Souhikyaku9K+G	2	4.9%
crouch dash back into Kaisei Tento1P+K	2	4.9%
evade down into forward dash	2	4.9%
Fukusoushou2P	1	2.4%
Kochouheki (Deflect)236P+K into Sayu ShoukenPP	1	2.4%
Rigoutai6K	1	2.4%
Souryu Shukkai43P+K	1	2.4%
Toushou66P	1	2.4%
backdash into Rigoutai6K	1	2.4%

6 further openings account for the other 6 rounds.

Jeffry

Career: 21–18 · 53.9%
This season: 9 matches · 33.3%
Peak rank: 34

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into Toe Kick2K	7	18.4%
Overblow Shoulder66P+K	5	13.2%
Dash Elbow66P	3	7.9%
Toe Kick2K	3	7.9%
backdash into Double Hammer Down43P	3	7.9%
backdash into guardG	2	5.3%
Double Hammer Down43P	1	2.6%
Low Knuckle2P	1	2.6%
Overblow Shoulder66P+K into throwP+G	1	2.6%
backdash into Elbow Butt6P	1	2.6%
backdash into Middle Hell Stab6P+K	1	2.6%
backdash into Tsunami Beat3K+G	1	2.6%
backdash into evade up	1	2.6%
backdash into punchP	1	2.6%
crouch dash back into throwP+G	1	2.6%

6 further openings account for the other 6 rounds.

Aoi

Career: 2–4 · 33.3%
This season: 7 matches · 28.6%
Peak rank: 33

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


Koromoguruma66P	5	20.8%
Sou'unha66K	2	8.3%
backdash into Maegeri3K	2	8.3%
Ryoushi43P	1	4.2%
Sou'unha66K into kickK	1	4.2%
Sou'unha66K into punchP	1	4.2%
back punch+kick+guard4P+K+G	1	4.2%
backdash into Kasane'ate46P	1	4.2%
backdash into Kumogeri6KK	1	4.2%
backdash into Ryoushi43P	1	4.2%
backdash into evade up	1	4.2%
backdash into forward dash	1	4.2%
crouch dash forward into Sodeshinken33P+K	1	4.2%
evade up into forward dash	1	4.2%
forward dash into Chudan Hiji'ate6P	1	4.2%

3 further openings account for the other 3 rounds.

Vanessa

Career: 1–1 · 50.0%
This season: 3 matches · 33.3%
Peak rank: 33

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


Defensive Style: Defensive Elbow (Deflect)	1	7.7%
Defensive Style: Sit Jab	1	7.7%
Defensive Style: Sit Jab into backdash	1	7.7%
Defensive Style: Sit Jab into forward dash	1	7.7%
Defensive Style: backdash into Parrying Combination46KP	1	7.7%
Defensive Style: backdash into evade up	1	7.7%
Defensive Style: backdash into throw escape	1	7.7%
Defensive Style: backward movement into evade up	1	7.7%
Defensive Style: evade down into crouch dash forward	1	7.7%
Offensive Style: Leg Guard Crush	1	7.7%
Offensive Style: evade down into Landing Knee Kick66K	1	7.7%
Offensive Style: evade down into crouch dash forward	1	7.7%
Offensive Style: guard	1	7.7%

Eileen

Career: 1–1 · 50.0%
This season: 3 matches · 33.3%
Peak rank: 33

Significant Tells

Too few rounds to test opener patterns.

How is this tested?


backdash into Enkou Kenka46P	1	10.0%
backdash into evade up	1	10.0%
crouch dash back into Taisei Honsou214P	1	10.0%
crouch dash forward into Enkou Toutou3P+K	1	10.0%
evade down into Hikou Bokushoku9P	1	10.0%
evade down into forward dash	1	10.0%
forward dash into evade up	1	10.0%
guardG	1	10.0%
guardG into throw escape	1	10.0%
throw escape	1	10.0%

How these are tested

A tell is a habit in how this player starts a round: something they do clearly more often in one situation than in the others — backing off more in round 2, say, or opening with one move more against one character. Each situation is compared with how they actually opened their rounds, and a tell is listed only if it is too strong to be a fluke even after allowing for how many situations were checked on this page. Anything weaker is left out, so a character with no tells listed may still have habits, just none the data can show for certain.

An opener is filed by what the player did first: attack (a named move or any button), move in (forward dash, forward movement or crouch dash forward), wait (guard, crouch or no input), back off (backdash, crouch dash back or backward movement) or evade. Each is also tested as the exact opener: the character's five most used, and the rest together.
Up to ten things known before a round starts are tested against the opener: which round it is, the opponent's character, the ring shape, how the player opened the round before and how the opponent did, whether they won or lost the round before, who landed the first hit of the round before, whether they go into it ahead, level or behind, and -- where a Shun is playing -- the drink points he starts it on: the player's own if they are Shun, the opponent's if they face one. Each is a chi-square test, divided by how much more alike the rounds of one match are than separate rounds would be, and never made more generous by it. Checked by shuffling the data so that nothing is there: the tests then find something no more often than chance allows.
Round results and drink points come from each match's round record, matched to its openers by the two players and the date. A match whose record is missing, lacks rounds the openers have, or does not add up to the match's result sits out of those four tests only. These four are compared only between rounds of the same number -- the score and the drinks follow from which round it is (every match starts level and on no drinks), so a pattern that is only “the first round is different” is not counted as one of theirs. Drawn rounds count toward neither side of the score, and the round after one has no previous result. Drink points are grouped as on the Shun report (none, 1–4, 5–9 and so on), with neighbouring groups joined where they are thin.
A character is tested with at least 300 rounds from 30 matches. Rare cases are pooled before testing, and a pattern is only named where it holds up after correcting for every test on this page (144 here; about 7.2 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

Lau: 12 of 18 tests hold up
Kage: 9 of 18 tests hold up
Taka: 8 of 18 tests hold up
Shun: 10 of 17 tests hold up
Jean: 4 of 15 tests hold up
Pai: 3 of 15 tests hold up
Wolf: 2 of 15 tests hold up
Jacky: 1 of 14 tests hold up
Lion: 2 of 14 tests hold up
Goh: not tested (too few rounds)
Akira: not tested (too few rounds)
Brad: not tested (too few rounds)
El Blaze: not tested (too few rounds)
Lei Fei: not tested (too few rounds)
Jeffry: not tested (too few rounds)
Aoi: not tested (too few rounds)
Vanessa: not tested (too few rounds)
Eileen: not tested (too few rounds)