Street Fighter Alpha 3/Chun-Li

Introduction

While not as good as her Street Fighter Alpha 2 incarnation, Chun Li is a formidable character in SFA3, while great priority on most of her moves. She's primarily regarded as an "easy mode" character. She's easy to pick up, isn't too technical, and will easily dominate at the low to medium skill levels of this game. However, as you get upwards in play level, especially against Zangief, Shotos, and Vism in general, Chun starts to struggle.

What she lost from SFA2:

- C.MK is not bufferable anymore. This is a huge detriment to her game.

- Her Kikouken has terrible recovery. Which, combined with #1, was her main strategy in Alpha 2.

- Axe Kick is much Slower. You can't really hit a good opponent with this anymore.

-Upkicks seem to be worse.

What she gained in SFA3

1. Jump Short of Doom. Ambigious J.LK with a cross up hitbox the size of montana.

2. Xism Spinning Bird Kick and Palm Thrust.

3. Far Stand Roundhouse (S.HK) (sakura like)

Chun can be played in any ism, and is one of the rare characters in A3 that her Vism isn't considered her #1 choice. I mostly use Chun in Xism, however, I do not think it is her best.

1 Aism: Access to Air Blocking, Alpha Counters, and Lvl 1 Supers are the only reasons Aism is better than X. It generally makes Aism handle Vism characters better. Lvl 1 Puffball super is great anti air, and Lvl 1 Senretsu makes a safe anti poke super. Overall, Aism has the slowest walk speed, and does moderate damage on normals. Her specials are generally worthless.

2 Xism- Loses Air Block, Alpha Counter, And Lvl 1 Supers. Also loses Axe Kick, Fireball, and the ability to do a non reversal upkick. Generally faster than Aism, and does buff damage on all normals. Simple Crouch Cancels off air counter hits can lead to 50-70% damage. Gains the Spinning Bird Kick and Air Spinning Bird Kick, which are suprisingly useful (have someone airblock the SBK... hilarious). Palm thrust special is actually better than Kikouken, since it knocks down, does great damage, and can hit after jab, jab, short.

3 Vism- Loses Supers, does very low damage on normals. Gains move selection ability (i.e. can do B+Fierce for close fierce... which is nice) Very Fast walk speed. Her customs are very hard. Even her *easy* one is the fireball rave, but it's half circles instead of quarter circles. With her great cross up and her heel stomp, her unblockable setups are very nice, and can lead to infinite. Which is what V-Chun is all about. If you can't get the Walk Cancel, then get the CC stomp infinites... I wouldn't really recommend playing V-Chun.

-Renegade

Moves List

Normal Moves

Stand Jab

Chun's Stand Jab

Stand Jab is VERY important to Chun Li. It enables her to charge her B&B combo

Aism (Stand Jabx 2, Stand Short XX Kick Super)

Xism only (Stand Jab x 2, Stand Short XX Palm Thrust)

After a cross-up, sometimes it's nessesary to do Stand Jab x 3, Stand short for the extra charge time.

However, Stand Jab whiffs certain characters crouching. Couple of wrinkles here though, certain characters will get hit in their crouching REEL animation (say after a jump short). Also Xism hits more characters than Aism.

Characters who cannot duck it are susceptable to stand jab harrasment techniques. Walking jabs, jab then throw, etc. Use your imagination.

These Characters CANNOT duck Stand Jab (Aism or Xism) hit or block

Blanka, Zangief, Sagat, Dhalsim, Sodom, Adon, Cody (can dodge in V), E. Honda, Birdie, Bison, Balrog

These Characters Cannot Duck after a hit in Aism

Akuma Charlie

These Characters Cannot Duck Xism jabs Block/hit

Rolento Dan (sometimes 2nd jab whiffs on hit, maybe reel animation?) Akuma

Cannot Duck Xism jabs After a hit

Charlie Ryu Rose (inconsistant)

St. Jab Completely whiffs

Ken Guy Karin Vega Sakura Gen Cammy/Dolls

Crouch Forward

Super Combos

Kikosho (Aism) QCF x 2+ Punch

The puffball

Chun's Super Fireball. It's primary purpose is still the same, it's a great anti air at level 1 w/o having to charge.

Upkick Super (Aism) Charge Down 2 Secs= DB,DF,DB,U + Kick

Another anti air super, this one however is less practical due to a more difficult motion and charge time. However, if the motion isn't a problem for you (hint charge db, then do a 270 from forward to up), you can perform some elite setups with this super in tech flip situations. Some easy ones are

-After a counter hit AA C.HK. -After A Senretsu Kyaku in the corner (will hit teched or not if timed right) -After air to air Counter hit

Senretsu- Kyaku (Xism/ Aism) Charge Back, F,B,F+ Kick

Chun's main combo super and anti poke super. Safe at all levels, and can actually lead to devastating follow-ups in the corner depending on X or Aim.

VISM COMBOS

Anti air: (VC1) c.RH, whiff SK, shadow hits, j.FK, CC infinite

midscreen unblockable: (VC1) crossup j.SK, c.SK, d-u+SK, whiff SK, shadow hits, j.FK, CC infinite

corner: (VC1) [hcf+P]xN

-Xenozip

Advanced Strategy

Crouch Canceling

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Vism CC infinite

• • • CC infinite** by Xenozip

You can CC infinite with j.RH or vertical j.RH. Both her j.RH's pop the opponent up far enough if they hit twice that you can use another attack (like j.FP) to keep them at the height you want. I would recommend [j.RH, j.FP, j.FP]xN, or whatever variation you're comfortable with. You just need to get the hang of j.HK.

Headstomping in the corner forces Chun away from the corner, which is probably why you can only get one headstomp off. The repeated headstomps only works midscreen. However, there is a way for both Player 1 Chun and Player 2 Chun to loop headstomps for an infinite CC.

For Player 2 Chun it's a simple matter of crossing up in the corner with j.SK, then stomping across the screen to the other side and repeating the process.

For Player 1 Chun it's a little harder. But, it's possible to jump toward the corner, then immediately wall jump out of the corner and hit with j.SK as soon as you leave the wall. Because Chun is facing out of the corner, the j.SK pushes the opponent out of the corner as well, and you can loop more headstomps.

An example of the Player 1 headstomp infinite is like : [j.FP]x2, j.RH, jump toward corner, wallbounce -> j.SK, CC [j.d+FK]xN, late j.FP as you're landing, repeat.

The more accurately you time the stomps, the more hits you can get. It's also dependant on your position relative to your opponent's body. But, it's a whole lot easier to just stomp a few times, since if you stomp a whole bunch of a lot then you're going to get really high in the air, which makes landing more hits difficult..

I'll try to get Chun finished next so that you guys can see what I'm talking about. -Xenozip

Match-ups

Vs Zangief

06-18-2003, 05:28 AM	

by Apoc

I'm just gonna toss in shit here and there as yall pick her up.

One problem seems to be her lack of AA against Gief.

I will list them and they are ALL reliable when used properly.

Crouching RH(duh)

Walk under standing fierce(it may trade, but then as you walk forward, Gief is landing on a free RH whether he flips or not{exclucing a jump in Vism})

Walk into him and st. jab(this is great for setting up her dizzying crouch cancels)

Far standing fierce(Use low forward to keep him at THAT distance. If he jumps from around her low forward range the fierce hits clean 100%)

Flipping Neck Breaker(used to dodge the jump in and change momentum)

St. Forward(timed so he runs into the full extension)

St.Strong(it's a frickin' shield against cross-ups in general when used properly)

St.Rh(to hit him on the way up)

Airthrow(hello?)

Rising kick(reversal only in X=weak)

Rising kick or puffball super.

VC

Heheh. These are all the reliable ones off the top of my head although I'm sure there are more situation specific ones.

Apoc.

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