Street Fighter 6/Chun-Li/Introduction

Introduction

A former high-kicking ICPO agent, Chun-Li looks after Li-Fen, a victim of the Black Moon Incident. With Shadaloo sundered, she now runs Kung Fu classes and has become a well-loved member of the local community.

Chun-Li is a tried and true footsies character, with great emphasis on having many options to control space and punish her opponents in neutral. She has a little bit of everything when it comes to her general tools, but for the most part they're tailored toward hit confirms and punishes. The limited range on her special moves (even her fireball) demanding very sharp knowledge of spacing along with the overwhelming amount of options she has can make her quite daunting to pick up, but ultimately rewarding to master. While her gameplan revolves around her strong neutral, she also manages to have fairly formidable pressure in the form of her new Serenity Stream stance cancels. If you want a character that can do a lot in the right hands and thrives on punishing opponents' habits, Chun-Li is a great pick.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Incredible Grounded Neutral: Chun Li is equipped with an excellent spread of long-reaching normals; with the standouts being 4/6MP, 2MK, and 5HP. She gets a ton of milage out of these pokes on Punish Counter, making playing pre-emptive against her very scary. She also has Kikoken, a solid projectile that she can use as an extended poke or walk behind to establish offense. Ground Mobility: Chun's backward walk speed is the highest in the game, with her forward walk also being among the highest. This compliments her strong ground normals and gives her a very strong footsies game. Rewarding Punishes: Thanks to her new Serenity Stream stance and Punish Counters, Chun gets fantastic damage off of all kinds of whiff punishes, with or without resources. Multi-Faceted: While other characters may sacrifice versatility for their pros, Chun Li does not. She has many tools for all kinds of situations, and it's only up to the player to figure out when and how to use them all.

No Throw Loop: Chun Li is one of the only characters with a forward throw that leaves her too far to properly perform okizeme or throw loop, even in the corner. Restrictive Knockdowns: getting a knockdown with Chun Li requires resources or a high amount of situational awareness. She needs down charge for her most reliable combo ender (Spinning Bird Kick), and without it she needs to be close enough for 22K to connect or to spend resources on 236KK or a super.