Chun-Li

Chun-Li
Series
Final Smash	Hoyokusen\Kikosho
Appearances	Super Smash Bros. Crusade
Tier	D (46)

General

Chun-Li (チュンリー) is a character in the Street Fighter series. She is the first female playable character to appear in a 1-on-1 fighting game. Introduced in Street Fighter II, Chun-Li was the only female character in the game, (as well as one of the youngest fighters to appear in Street Fighter II) and while not as physically powerful as the other characters, she was by far the quickest. Her most famous attack is the Hyakuretsukyaku (Hundred Rending Leg, commonly known as the Lightning Kick), where she repeatedly kicks her opponent from a tilted standing position with incredible speed. There has been talk of her not being in v0.8, but the discussion was brought to a close, and she will remain in the game.

Attributes

Chun Li has some pretty decent range on many of her attacks because of her legs, so landing hits usually isnt an issue with her. The Kikoken (her version of Ryu's Hadouken) also has an EX version when you hold Left/Right before it's released. Her Dair is unique and is mostly used as an aerial poker or a set up to combos. Her Uspecial has good distance vertical and horizontally, and her Sspecial has great distance vertically. Her Dspecial is a great suprise move that has priority over many other moves, so it's good to use in a jam. All of these moves also have EX versions.

However, Chun Li does have flaws. Certain moves can leave her wide open, and she has a fairly large hitbox. Her overall recovery is very predictable, making Gimping easier than it may look. Her moves are also somewhat weak, so you'll have to land more successful hits with her somewhat akward moves to be able to get a KO, which is especially difficult with her strange Smash Attacks.

Overall, Chun Li is a glass cannon. Chun Li has advantages and disadvantages against some characters but she is considered to be a more balanced character than Ryu in some occasions.

Ryu, Evil Ryu , and Chun-Li share the unique ability to cancel some of their normal moves into Special attacks. For example, when Chun-Li connects with the her Up Tilt, she can directly cancel it into a Tenshou Kyaku for a combo. This allows her to "confirm" damage from attacks that normally would not cause much damage on their own.

Chun-Li's Normal Moves

Combo

• Chun-li performs the Lightning Kick, which can be extended by pressing and holding the attack button. If canceled into, it becomes an EX Lightning Kick which deals only 5 hits and knocks the target away.

Side Tilt

• Chun-Li does a strong,left-handed punch. 10%

Up Tilt

• Chun-Li turns and does an upwards thrusting kick.

Down Tilt

• Chun-Li crouches and kicks fowards while perched on one hand. Has great horizontal range.

Nair

• Chun-Li performs a split and kicks on both of herself in the air.

Fair

• Chun-Li does the lightning kick in the air. If canceled into, becomes an EX Lightning Kick and pauses Chun-Li's movement in the air.

Bair

• Chun-Li turns and kicks behind herself in the air.

Up Air

• Chun-Li does a back-flip kick above herself.

Dair

• Chun-Li kicks downward. If it hits an enemy, Chun-Li will bounce upward a little, creating a foot-stool effect.

Side Smash

• Chun-Li performs strong spin high kick. Somewhat slow on startup, but very powerful.

Up Smash

• Chun-Li leans forward, then performs a backflip kick. Slow, but highly potent.

Down Smash

• Chun-Li performs a Tensei Ranka, an attack where Chun-Li does several front flips and then axe-kicks downward, landing on the ground in a split. It hits several times before launching foes upwards at an angle.

Forward Throw

• Chun-Li flips over the enemy, landing on the other side. This move has no launch power, similar to Snake's Down Throw.

Back Throw

• Chun-Li punches the enemy, moves past them, and then kicks them away.

Up Throw

• Chun-Li throws the enemy upwards and gives a flip kick. 8%

Down Throw

• Chun-Li does a low kick, making the enemy fall onto the ground.

Dash Attack

• Chun-Li does jumping side kick.

Ledge attack

• Chun-Li gets up from the ledge in a kneeling position, then punches forward.

Chun-Li's Special Moves

Type	Name	Description
Neutral Special	Kikoken	Chun-Li fires a small fire ball that does small damage and knock back.
Side Special	Spinning Bird Kick	Chun-Li does an upside down helicopter kick. The normal version of this move moves Chun-Li forward. The EX version makes Chun-Li stay still.
Up Special	Tenshou Kyaku	Chun-Li spins and kicks diagonally. This move will move Chun-Li diagonally. The EX version lets Chun-Li rise even higher.
Down Special	Focus Attack	While the attack button is held, Chun-Li assumes a stance and charges energy. While charging, she can absorb exactly one hit using Super Armor. When the button is released, she attacks with a twin-palm strike. If mostly or fully charged, it stuns enemies, leading to easy combo follow-ups. It can be canceled while charging by dashing.
Final Smash	Hoyoko Sen/Kikosho	Chun-Li has two Final Smashes, which can be chosen at the character select screen. One of them is the Hoyoko Sen, where she first does a jab like kick, then the lightning kick, and finally kicks the enemy upward. The second one is Kikosho,where Chun-Li creates a large energy orb around herself, exploding enemies in the energy orb.

Notable Appearances

• Street Fighter 2 (1991)
• Super Street Fighter IV (2010)
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom (2012)
• Street Fighter V (2016)