Virtua Fighter 5 REVO · v1.10 · Region: South America
VERTEX
Elo rating
Overall, and on each character played 10+ times1518 #1,888 of 3,686 on the Elo list →
- Kage1497454 matches
Lau1531227 matches
Brad1532146 matches
Vanessa152371 matches
Jacky150846 matches
Lei Fei149926 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
| Kage | 31 | 2,022 | 1,040 | 982 | 51.4% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lau | 31 | 1,194 | 640 | 554 | 53.6% |
| Brad | 31 | 849 | 480 | 369 | 56.5% |
| Vanessa | 31 | 541 | 317 | 224 | 58.6% |
| Jacky | 27 | 233 | 152 | 81 | 65.2% |
| Lei Fei | 28 | 195 | 127 | 68 | 65.1% |
| El Blaze | 25 | 84 | 65 | 19 | 77.4% |
| Akira | 26 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 60.5% |
| Taka | 26 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 86.4% |
These are the totals VF5 keeps for each character, read from the newest replay stored for it. They cover the player's whole ranked career and take no period.
Inputs per second
3,214 of 3,933 rounds counted7.6 inputs a second (458 a minute) this season. Faster than 63% of the 4,069 regulars with enough rounds counted to compare.
By character played
| Kage | 7.4 | 442 | 1,554 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lau | 8.1 | 483 | 760 |
| Brad | 7.8 | 471 | 415 |
| Vanessa | 7.5 | 452 | 183 |
| Jacky | 7.9 | 472 | 147 |
| Lei Fei | 7.6 | 456 | 97 |
| El Blaze | 7.9 | 474 | 29 |
| Akira | 7.9 | 475 | 23 |
| Taka | 6.4 | 384 | 6 |
By opponent's character
| Akira | 7.8 | 465 | 405 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf | 7.5 | 450 | 426 |
| Jacky | 7.9 | 474 | 290 |
| Jeffry | 7.7 | 460 | 236 |
| Pai | 7.8 | 466 | 239 |
| Goh | 7.7 | 461 | 175 |
| Shun | 7.5 | 448 | 213 |
| Sarah | 7.7 | 461 | 169 |
| Vanessa | 7.5 | 449 | 113 |
| Lau | 7.8 | 466 | 139 |
| Aoi | 7.3 | 441 | 122 |
| Kage | 7.6 | 456 | 108 |
| Brad | 7.7 | 463 | 147 |
| Jean | 7.4 | 442 | 104 |
| El Blaze | 7.5 | 448 | 88 |
| Lion | 7.7 | 464 | 67 |
| Eileen | 7.5 | 453 | 55 |
| Lei Fei | 7.5 | 451 | 52 |
| Taka | 7.5 | 449 | 49 |
| Dural | 7.4 | 444 | 17 |
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 | 128 | 65 | 63 | 50.8% | -0.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf | 119 | 62 | 57 | 52.1% | +0.5 |
| Jacky | 91 | 50 | 41 | 55.0% | +5.6 |
| Jeffry | 82 | 37 | 45 | 45.1% | -5.1 |
| Pai | 73 | 40 | 33 | 54.8% | +5.3 |
| Goh | 63 | 33 | 30 | 52.4% | -0.1 |
| Shun | 56 | 33 | 23 | 58.9% | +6.3 |
| Sarah | 45 | 19 | 26 | 42.2% | -11.6 |
| Vanessa | 44 | 34 | 10 | 77.3% | +24.3 |
| Lau | 42 | 18 | 24 | 42.9% | -7.1 |
| Aoi | 41 | 22 | 19 | 53.7% | -3.7 |
| Kage | 39 | 23 | 16 | 59.0% | +4.0 |
| Brad | 38 | 18 | 20 | 47.4% | -5.5 |
| Jean | 27 | 10 | 17 | 37.0% | -9.9 |
| El Blaze | 23 | 11 | 12 | 47.8% | -7.8 |
| Lion | 21 | 10 | 11 | 47.6% | -3.3 |
| Eileen | 17 | 8 | 9 | 47.1% | -9.2 |
| Lei Fei | 17 | 5 | 12 | 29.4% | -23.6 |
| Taka | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57.1% | +1.8 |
| Dural | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | +52.0 |
0 of 13 rows differ from what this player's level and their opponents' ranks predict, once the test allows for asking 13 questions at once; about 0.7 would by chance alone.
A matchup row is the particular people played on that character, not the character in general: one strong regular moves it as much as the matchup does.
By ring shape
| Half Fence | 117 | 54 | 63 | 46.1% | -6.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakable Full Fence | 112 | 47 | 65 | 42.0% | -12.1 |
| Low Fence | 111 | 69 | 42 | 62.2% | +11.5 |
| Breakable Half Fence | 108 | 63 | 45 | 58.3% | +6.0 |
| Single Wall | 104 | 51 | 53 | 49.0% | -2.1 |
| Rectangle | 103 | 50 | 53 | 48.5% | -2.7 |
| Open | 92 | 48 | 44 | 52.2% | -1.5 |
| Full Fence | 77 | 38 | 39 | 49.4% | -0.7 |
| Octagon | 77 | 46 | 31 | 59.7% | +9.2 |
| Full Fence and Open | 34 | 15 | 19 | 44.1% | -4.3 |
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 | 594 | 50.2% | 51.7% | -1.5 |
| No walls | 307 | 54.7% | 52.1% | +2.6 |
Walls against open: -4.2 points (95% range -11.2 to +2.9), p 0.251 — 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
| ER_higante (Rank 29) | 15 | 6 | 9 | 40.0% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 龍仙人【鬼手仏心】 (Rank 28) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70.0% |
| mini0501 (Rank 27) | 9 | 7 | 2 | 77.8% |
| poteto (Rank 33) | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.0% |
| 肉彦さん☆彡 (Rank 31) | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22.2% |
| chileung18 (Rank 31) | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.5% |
| legend0219 (Rank 31) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50.0% |
| カプリッチョ (Rank 27) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 87.5% |
| CELIS (Rank 30) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% |
| Pesso (Rank 31) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| elbowcommand (Rank 29) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| headup11 (Rank 30) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| jinjin (Rank 30) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71.4% |
| midori6127 (Rank 29) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% |
| orz (Rank 31) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100.0% |
| さいたま梅澤/T.Umezawa (Rank 31) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| たか (Rank 30) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| トマト牛乳♪ (Rank 30) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| リーウ (Rank 31) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% |
| Agnes_bell (Rank 30) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% |
| Archer (Rank 26) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% |
| HIGE (Rank 30) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% |
| buenosuzonde865 (Rank 27) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% |
| striker0123 (Rank 30) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% |
| ニャン＝カス (Rank 32) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% |
Most played opponents, most recent first
| ER_higante (Rank 29) | 2026/10/12 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 40.0% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mini0501 (Rank 27) | 2026/10/12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 77.8% |
| legend0219 (Rank 31) | 2026/10/12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50.0% |
| orz (Rank 31) | 2026/10/12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100.0% |
| CELIS (Rank 30) | 2026/10/11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% |
| Pesso (Rank 31) | 2026/10/11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| midori6127 (Rank 29) | 2026/10/05 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% |
| 肉彦さん☆彡 (Rank 31) | 2026/09/24 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22.2% |
| poteto (Rank 33) | 2026/08/18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.0% |
| ニャン＝カス (Rank 32) | 2026/08/17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% |
| jinjin (Rank 30) | 2026/07/26 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71.4% |
| カプリッチョ (Rank 27) | 2026/07/26 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 87.5% |
| 龍仙人【鬼手仏心】 (Rank 28) | 2026/07/26 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70.0% |
| headup11 (Rank 30) | 2026/07/22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| striker0123 (Rank 30) | 2026/07/22 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% |
| たか (Rank 30) | 2026/07/21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| トマト牛乳♪ (Rank 30) | 2026/07/21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| HIGE (Rank 30) | 2026/07/20 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% |
| Agnes_bell (Rank 30) | 2026/07/02 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% |
| chileung18 (Rank 31) | 2026/06/30 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.5% |
| buenosuzonde865 (Rank 27) | 2026/06/21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% |
| さいたま梅澤/T.Umezawa (Rank 31) | 2026/06/14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| Archer (Rank 26) | 2026/06/09 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% |
| elbowcommand (Rank 29) | 2026/06/08 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| リーウ (Rank 31) | 2026/05/18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% |
Round openings
Every character
| backdash into evade up | 317 | 8.9% |
|---|---|---|
| forward dash into evade up | 115 | 3.2% |
| backdash into evade down | 89 | 2.5% |
| backdash into Gen'you4K+G | 79 | 2.2% |
| forward movement into SandangekiPPP | 70 | 2.0% |
| guardG | 67 | 1.9% |
| forward dash into guardG | 62 | 1.8% |
| Rakuyou Senpudan8P+K | 59 | 1.7% |
| Ryu'eikyaku66K | 59 | 1.7% |
| Jakenshou214P+K | 42 | 1.2% |
| forward movement into ResshouPP | 41 | 1.2% |
| backdash into Stop Kick4K | 40 | 1.1% |
| backdash into Rasen4P | 39 | 1.1% |
| forward movement into RenshouPP | 37 | 1.0% |
| forward movement into punchP | 35 | 1.0% |
788 further openings account for the other 2,390 rounds.
Counted from 884 of the 977 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.
Kage
- Career
- 1,040–982 · 51.4%
- This season
- 454 matches · 52.0%
- Peak rank
- 31
First hit in 49.4% of 1,732 rounds. Won 54.6% of the rounds they struck first, 46.7% of the rounds they were struck first.
Significant Tells
- Against Aoi: waits first in 19.7% of rounds, against 6.4% against everyone else.
| backdash into evade up | 127 | 7.3% |
|---|---|---|
| backdash into Gen'you4K+G | 79 | 4.5% |
| forward movement into SandangekiPPP | 70 | 4.0% |
| Rakuyou Senpudan8P+K | 59 | 3.4% |
| Ryu'eikyaku66K | 59 | 3.4% |
| forward dash into evade up | 45 | 2.6% |
| Jakenshou214P+K | 42 | 2.4% |
| forward movement into ResshouPP | 41 | 2.3% |
| backdash into evade down | 40 | 2.3% |
| backdash into Rasen4P | 39 | 2.2% |
| guardG | 36 | 2.1% |
| Rasen4P | 33 | 1.9% |
| backdash into Kodachinuki4K | 30 | 1.7% |
| backdash into Furikakato OtoshiK+G | 27 | 1.5% |
| Hiji'uchi6P | 24 | 1.4% |
297 further openings account for the other 999 rounds.
Counted from 430 of the 454 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf | 18–13 · 58% | 9–7 · 56% | too few to test |
| Akira | 12–13 · 48% | 6–7 · 46% | too few to test |
| Pai | 12–11 · 52% | 7–6 · 54% | too few to test |
| Jacky | 14–8 · 64% | 9–3 · 75% | too few to test |
| Shun | 11–10 · 52% | 3–4 · 43% | too few to test |
| Goh | 10–9 · 53% | 4–5 · 44% | too few to test |
| Jeffry | 5–6 · 45% | 6–9 · 40% | too few to test |
| Sarah | 6–5 · 55% | 4–7 · 36% | too few to test |
| Vanessa | 8–2 · 80% | 11–3 · 79% | too few to test |
| Brad | 7–10 · 41% | 0–3 · 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.
24 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.
Lau
- Career
- 640–554 · 53.6%
- This season
- 227 matches · 51.5%
- Peak rank
- 31
First hit in 46.1% of 774 rounds. Won 56.0% of the rounds they struck first, 48.0% of the rounds they were struck first.
Significant Tells
No reliable tells for this character.
| backdash into evade up | 105 | 13.5% |
|---|---|---|
| forward movement into RenshouPP | 37 | 4.7% |
| forward dash into evade up | 36 | 4.6% |
| backdash into Kensou4P | 28 | 3.6% |
| backdash into evade down | 24 | 3.1% |
| Koryu Tenshinkyaku6K+G | 21 | 2.7% |
| Tenshin EngekishouP+K | 15 | 1.9% |
| crouch into down-back kick1K | 14 | 1.8% |
| guardG | 14 | 1.8% |
| backdash into Sako Soushou4P+K | 13 | 1.7% |
| crouch into Chisoutai2K+G | 11 | 1.4% |
| forward dash into guardG | 11 | 1.4% |
| Rouko Tankai6P+K into Rouko Shukkai6P+KP | 10 | 1.3% |
| Souko Sensou66P+K into punchP | 10 | 1.3% |
| backdash into Fukko Kensou1P | 10 | 1.3% |
186 further openings account for the other 421 rounds.
Counted from 198 of the 227 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akira | 9–5 · 64% | 8–6 · 57% | too few to test |
| Wolf | 6–8 · 43% | 4–6 · 40% | too few to test |
| Jacky | 7–8 · 47% | 2–1 · 67% | too few to test |
Walls: every fence, rectangle and octagon stage. No walls: open, low fence and single-wall stages. Snow Mountain and Training Room are left out.
29 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.
Brad
- Career
- 480–369 · 56.5%
- This season
- 146 matches · 52.7%
- Peak rank
- 31
First hit in 49.0% of 500 rounds. Won 53.1% of the rounds they struck first, 51.0% of the rounds they were struck first.
Significant Tells
No reliable tells for this character.
| backdash into evade up | 45 | 8.9% |
|---|---|---|
| backdash into Stop Kick4K | 40 | 7.9% |
| forward movement into Jab StraightPP | 26 | 5.1% |
| forward dash into evade up | 21 | 4.1% |
| forward dash into guardG | 21 | 4.1% |
| backdash into Sway Back4P+K+G | 12 | 2.4% |
| backward movement into Sawk Klab6P+K | 12 | 2.4% |
| backdash into evade down | 11 | 2.2% |
| guardG | 11 | 2.2% |
| Ga MuayP+K+G | 8 | 1.6% |
| Jackal Straight46P+K | 8 | 1.6% |
| backdash into Turn Savate44K | 8 | 1.6% |
| Kao Loy6K+G | 7 | 1.4% |
| crouch into Jaguar Tail2K+G | 7 | 1.4% |
| forward dash into Sharp Shoot1P | 7 | 1.4% |
153 further openings account for the other 263 rounds.
Counted from 131 of the 146 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.
By stage type
Record against each character on walled and open stages, as Brad
| Opponent | Walls | No walls | Walls vs open, rank-adjusted, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akira | 7–10 · 41% | 5–3 · 62% | too few to test |
| Jeffry | 4–9 · 31% | 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.
15 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.
Vanessa
- Career
- 317–224 · 58.6%
- This season
- 71 matches · 53.5%
- Peak rank
- 31
First hit in 23.4% of 231 rounds. Won 61.1% of the rounds they struck first, 51.4% of the rounds they were struck first.
Significant Tells
Too few rounds to test opener patterns.
| Defensive Style: backdash into evade up | 26 | 11.3% |
|---|---|---|
| Offensive Style: backdash into evade up | 12 | 5.2% |
| Defensive Style: forward dash into evade up | 9 | 3.9% |
| Defensive Style: forward movement into punchP | 6 | 2.6% |
| Defensive Style: kick into Switch Left SlicerKK | 6 | 2.6% |
| Offensive Style: forward movement into punchP | 6 | 2.6% |
| Defensive Style: Shadow Slicer into kickK | 5 | 2.2% |
| Offensive Style: Bunker Buster | 5 | 2.2% |
| Offensive Style: guard | 5 | 2.2% |
| Defensive Style: backdash into Heel Kick6K+G | 4 | 1.7% |
| Defensive Style: backdash into Sliding Low Kick1K+G | 4 | 1.7% |
| Defensive Style: forward movement into Jab~BodyPP | 4 | 1.7% |
| Offensive Style: Landing Knee Kick into Hunting Kick66KK | 4 | 1.7% |
| Offensive Style: Long Barrel Blow | 4 | 1.7% |
| Offensive Style: forward dash into evade up | 4 | 1.7% |
94 further openings account for the other 127 rounds.
Counted from 59 of the 71 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.
Jacky
- Career
- 152–81 · 65.2%
- This season
- 46 matches · 58.7%
- Peak rank
- 27
First hit in 46.4% of 153 rounds. Won 63.4% of the rounds they struck first, 45.1% of the rounds they were struck first.
Significant Tells
Too few rounds to test opener patterns.
| backdash into evade up | 21 | 13.7% |
|---|---|---|
| backdash into evade down | 10 | 6.5% |
| forward dash into evade up | 8 | 5.2% |
| forward movement into Jab Double StraightPPP | 7 | 4.6% |
| guardG into evade down | 5 | 3.3% |
| crouch dash back | 4 | 2.6% |
| guardG | 4 | 2.6% |
| High Angle Upper Kick6K | 3 | 2.0% |
| Slide Shuffle (Deflect)4P+K+G | 3 | 2.0% |
| Spinning Kick Turn44K | 3 | 2.0% |
| Spinning Kick Turn44K into Standing Knee Kick4K | 3 | 2.0% |
| forward dash into guardG | 3 | 2.0% |
| forward movement into punchP | 3 | 2.0% |
| no input | 3 | 2.0% |
| backdash into Side Hook Turn44P | 2 | 1.3% |
63 further openings account for the other 71 rounds.
Counted from 36 of the 46 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.
Lei Fei
- Career
- 127–68 · 65.1%
- This season
- 26 matches · 38.5%
- Peak rank
- 28
Significant Tells
Too few rounds to test opener patterns.
| backdash into evade up | 13 | 14.3% |
|---|---|---|
| SokutankyakuK+G into Shishi DaichoukouK+GP | 5 | 5.5% |
| backward movement | 4 | 4.4% |
| forward dash into evade up | 4 | 4.4% |
| offensive move | 4 | 4.4% |
| backdash into Kyuho Soufuken46P+K | 3 | 3.3% |
| backward movement into Souryu Shukkai43P+K | 3 | 3.3% |
| forward dash into guardG | 3 | 3.3% |
| forward movement into punchP | 3 | 3.3% |
| offensive move into evade down | 3 | 3.3% |
| Souryu Shukkai43P+K | 2 | 2.2% |
| Zaban Hekishou66P+K | 2 | 2.2% |
| backdash into Kyo Shiki4P+K+G | 2 | 2.2% |
| backward movement into Katoken3P+K | 2 | 2.2% |
| crouch dash back into Kakushu Suigeki6P | 2 | 2.2% |
33 further openings account for the other 36 rounds.
Counted from 23 of the 26 matches played. The rest were not pulled for openings.
El Blaze
- Career
- 65–19 · 77.4%
- This season
- 7 matches · 42.9%
- Peak rank
- 25
Significant Tells
Too few rounds to test opener patterns.
| backdash into evade up | 6 | 20.7% |
|---|---|---|
| backdash into evade down | 3 | 10.3% |
| Backfire4P+K+G | 2 | 6.9% |
| Low Drop Kick1K+G | 2 | 6.9% |
| Back Knuckle4P into Shadow Spin Kick4PK | 1 | 3.5% |
| Shadow Spear6K into forward dash | 1 | 3.5% |
| Tornado Spin (Deflect)P+K+G into Poison MistP+K+GP+K | 1 | 3.5% |
| Zero G Flight7P+K+G | 1 | 3.5% |
| backdash into Demon Dance9P+K | 1 | 3.5% |
| backdash into Low Drop Kick1K+G | 1 | 3.5% |
| backdash into Quick HookPP | 1 | 3.5% |
| backdash into Rolling Low Knuckle1P | 1 | 3.5% |
| backdash into Shadow Spin Kick4PK | 1 | 3.5% |
| crouch | 1 | 3.5% |
| evade up into throwP+G | 1 | 3.5% |
5 further openings account for the other 5 rounds.
Not counted here: Akira, Taka. 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 (45 here; about 2.2 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: 1 of 16 tests hold up
- Lau: 0 of 15 tests hold up
- Brad: 0 of 14 tests hold up
- Vanessa: not tested (too few rounds)
- Jacky: not tested (too few rounds)
- Lei Fei: not tested (too few rounds)
- El Blaze: not tested (too few rounds)