Street Fighter 6/Lily/Introduction

Introduction

A descendant of the Thunderfoot tribe, Lily speaks with the spirits of nature, trusting in their guidance as she travels the globe. Don't judge a book by its cover—her small stature conceals truly titanic power.

Lily is the protégé of series veteran T.Hawk, and as such, plays a lot like him, even sharing many of his normals. She is a poke-focused grappler who prods opponents and looks for an opening to exploit with her gap-closing Condor Dive and Condor Spire. When she gets that opening, she sticks to the opponent like glue and forces them to guess with her command grab.

What sets Lily apart from T.Hawk, however, is her unique Windclad mechanic. With this, Lily uses her Condor Wind special to power up her other strike specials, giving them extra damage, frame advantage, and combo potential. Building up one or multiple Windclad stocks and landing one good hit can quickly swing a round in Lily’s favor, putting the opponent in sticky situations where they have to commit to risky options or face an endless loop of mixups and punishment.

Lily has her struggles in neutral, as her tools to get up close are reliant on her getting a Windclad stock, which not every opponent will allow. Her walkspeed is below average, making her play more like a heavyweight character despite her small size. She makes up for all of this with her great pokes that lead into her strike-throw mix, tick throws, anti-airs, spacing traps, and—most importantly—her fearsome Mexican Typhoon command grab.

Don’t let her small stature and cheery demeanor fool you—Lily is a high-risk, high-return character who devastates health bars with both strikes and throws. Though she may struggle in neutral against some characters, all Lily needs is one good opening and a Windclad stock to ride a tailwind of momentum straight to victory. If you enjoy the thrill of a vortex character but also like playing with good pokes, then be sure to give Lily a try!

Pick if you like:	Avoid if you dislike:
Large pokes and reliable anti-airs for playing an effective keepout game A long-ranged command grab that enables a powerful strike/throw mixup Advancing attacks that lead directly into pressure with the right setup	Juggling an extra resource that can be difficult to build in certain matchups Relying on sluggish movement when left without resources Utilizing a simple, straightforward gameplan with few gimmicks

Classic & Modern Versions Comparison

List of differences with Modern Lily

Missing Normals	Standing Medium Kick (5MK) Jumping Light Punch (j.LP) Jumping Medium Kick (j.MK) Jumping Heavy Punch (j.HP)
Missing Command Normals	Ridge Thrust (3HP)
Shortcut-Only Specials	None
Miscellaneous Changes	Standing Light Punch (5LP) is only available as a chained normal, replacing (5LK). Crouching Light Kick (2LK) is only available as the starter for L Auto Combo. The above means neither (5LK) or (2LK) can be chained into. H Auto Combo performs Medium Condor Wind (214MP) as the second hit, which is subject to some quirks. It can be held like the regular version by holding M during the startup. Inputting H during the startup causes it to cancel into SA3 on hit no matter how long it is held for.