Street Fighter V/Lucia/Combos

General legend
Abbreviation	Meaning
A,B	Link X into Y. This is done by pressing X, then Y after the recovery frames of X.
A xx B	Cancel A into B. During A's animation, press B to cancel.
A > B	Alternate notation indicating chains or target combos, cancelling A into B.
(N)	Multi-hit move hits only N times. Omitted if all hits are used.
xN	Normal that chains into itself pressed N times
[X]	Hold down X
]X[	Release X
X~Y	X then Y done in quick succession
X/Y	X or Y
Fastfall	Cancelling an air normal into another move to change momentum and land early. The 2nd move is land cancelled during startup.
Kara	Quickly cancelling a move into another move before it becomes active. This is done for positioning or to access airborne specials from grounded attacks.
OTG	Following move hits off the ground
CH	Counter hit
CC	Crush Counter
CA	Critical Art
GB	Guard Break
VS(1/2)	V-Skill 1 or 2. Input with MP+MK
VT(1/2)	V-Trigger 1 or 2. Input with HP+HK. Combos may either activate V-Trigger or use attack on the same input when Trigger is active.
j.	Prefix an attack command with j. to indicate it must be performed in the air. "nj." means neutral jump only.
jc	Jump cancel
dl	Delay
jf	Just Frame (special move with precise button timing, e.g. Karin's Tenko)
TK	Tiger knee (doing an air move the moment a jump sends you airborne, typically by inputting a special move motion followed by jump+button.)
whiff / (w)	Indicates that the move must not hit the opponent.
(move)	Indicates that the move is optional in a sequence.
236
214
623
421
41236
63214
[4]6	(hold),
[2]8	(hold),
360
720



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7	8	9
4	5	6
1	2	3

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up-back	up	up-forward
back	neutral	forward
down-back	down	down-forward

Light Confirms

Notation	Damage	Stun	Notes
2LP, 2LP xx 623MK	145	253	3f starter confirm
2LK, 2LP xx 623MK	135	253	4f low starter confirm
5LP, 5LP xx 5LK xx 5MK xx 5HK	153	301	easy target combo confirm

Confirms

Notation	Damage	Stun	Meter Cost	Notes
5MP, 2HP xx 236P xx P, 2LP xx MK 623	256	438	0	0 Bar
5MP, 2HP xx 236P xx K	225	355	0	0 Bar
5MP, 2HP xx 214K, VS1	219	385	0	0 Bar
5MP, 2MP xx 236P xx K	207	310	0	0 Bar
5MP, 2MP xx 236P xx VS1	191	310	0	0 Bar
5MP, 2MK xx 236P xx K	207	310	0	0 Bar
5MP, 2MK xx 623HK	191	310	0	0 Bar
5MP, 2MK xx 214LK	143	270	0	0 Bar
5MP, 2HP xx 236PP xx P, 236P xx K	275	436	1	1 Bar
5MP, 2HP xx 236PP xx P, 214K, VS1	269	461	1	1 Bar
5MP, 2HP xx 214KK, 623MK	246	436	1	1 Bar
5MP, 2MP xx 236PP xx P, 236P xx K	257	391	1	1 Bar
5MP, 2MP xx 236PP xx P, 236HK, VS1	251	416	1	1 Bar
5MP, 2MK xx 214KK, 623MK	228	391	1	1 Bar
5MP, 2MK xx 236PP, P, 214HK, VS1	251	416	1	1 Bar
5MP, 2HP xx 236PP xx P, 214KK, 623HK	298	505	2	2 Bar
5MP, 2HP xx 236PP xx P, 236PP xx K	289	471	2	2 Bar
5MP, 2MP xx 236PP xx P, 214KK, 623HK	280	460	2	2 Bar
5MP, 2MP xx 236PP xx P, 236PP xx K	271	426	2	2 Bar
5MP, 2HP xx 236P xx VS1 xx CA	447	355	3	3 Bar
5MP, 2MP xx VS1 xx CA	357	222	3	3 Bar
5MP, 2MK xx VS1 xx CA	357	222	3	3 Bar

Punishes

Notation	Damage	Stun	Notes
2LP, 2LP xx 623MK	145	253	3f punish
5LP xx 5LK xx 5MK xx 5HK	139	263	4f punish
5MP, 2HP xx 236LP xx P, 2LP xx 623MK	256	438	5f punish
2HP xx 236LP xx P, 2LP xx 623MK	234	383	7f punish
5HP xx 236LP xx P, 2LP xx 623MK	244	383	8f punish
nj.HK, 5HP xx 236LP xx P, 2LP xx 623MK	323	518	Neutral jump punish. Use against Kage/Akuma/Sakura/Ken EX DP

CC punishes

Notation	Damage	Stun	Meter Cost	Notes
5HK CC, 5HP xx 236LP xx P, 2LP xx 623MK	294	473	0	13f CC punish

VTrigger 1 Activation Combo

Notation	Damage	Stun	Meter Cost	Notes
5MP, 2HP xx 236PP xx VS1 xx VT1, 5HP xx 214HK, 236K xx MK, 236P xx K	309	491	1	VT1 Activation Combo. Uses 2.5 charges
5HK xx VT1, 5HP xx 214HK, 236K xx MK, 236P xx K	296	450	0	VT1 Activation Combo. Uses 2.5 charges

VT1 Combo

Notation	Damage	Stun	Notes
5MP, 2MK xx 214K, VS1	208	356	VT1 Combo. Uses 1 charge
5MP, 2MK xx 214K, 623K	271	426	VT1 Combo. Uses 2 charges.
5MP, 2HP xx 214K, 236K xx MK, 236P xx K	337	524	VT1 Combo. Uses 2.5 charges.
5MP, 2MK xx 214K, 623K	271	426	VT1 Combo, Uses 2 charges

VTrigger 2 Activation Combo

Notation	Damage	Stun	Meter Cost	Notes
5MP, 2HP xx 236LP xx P, 2LP xx VS1 xx VT2, 5MP xx VS1 xx HPHK xx 214HK, 623MK	261	457	0	VT2 Activation Combo. Uses 1 charge.

VT2 Combo

Notation	Damage	Stun	Meter Cost	Notes
5MP, 2HP xx VS1 xx HPHK xx 214HK, 623MK	313	520	0	VT2 Combo. uses 1 Charge
5MP, 2HP xx HPHK xx 236P xx VS1 xx CA	457	420	3	VT2 Combo. uses 1 Charge
5MP, 2MP xx HPHK xx 214HK, 623HK	297	475	0	VT2 Combo. uses 1 Charge

Combo Theory

Lucia has a lot of odd combo routes, and certain restrictions to consider. Overall, I think the limitations of her combo routes into CA mean you should be fairly willing to just spend EX on combos, even where the damage increase isn't always spectacular.

One important thing to consider when practicing combos with Lucia is her run special moves. When cancelled to from her heavy punches, her run punches can be delayed to increase the corner carry of her combos. Both of her heavy punches have 25 frames of hitstun, and her run punches are 13+7f and 9+7f respectively, so each of them can be delayed slightly, with much more delay available on EX. These sorts of mid-combo delays can considerably change her reward for landing hits--see this example, where a small mid-combo walk and two delayed cancels on her running specials allow her to carry the opponent corner-to-corner.

Numbers in brackets indicate the [damage + stun] values of the combo. (Parentheticals) are for extra notes about the combo.

Note the difference in frame advantage afterward--you can tell the run kick was delayed, as the opponent was lower in the air when they were hit, making her +3 rather than +4 at the end of the sequence.

5LP xx 236PP~VS1 [171 + 246](1 bar, CH only)

Why is this weird combo that only connects on counter hit and can't be hit confirmed good? Consider the following:

EX run VS1 can be cancelled to VT1, leading to a throw mixup if blocked and an extension on CH.
If they mash throw between hits, EX run VS1 wins.
If they mash a 4f light between hits, EX run VS1 trades favorably, and you can link 5HP.

After the trade, you have various combo options:

5HP xx 236P~P, 2LP xx 623MK [275+398]
5HP xx 236PP~P, 236P~K [294+396](1 bar, extra corner carry)

Overall, it's a decent way of starting offense vs characters with weak defense when you have resources to burn, if your opponent has shown a tendency to mash on defense.

5LK VTC (blocked), CH 5MP, 5HP xx 214K, 236K~K, delay 236PP~VS1, 236PP~VS1, 623K [486 + 698](2 bars, full VT, corner only)

The main really difficult combo you'll be practicing. It comes with a hefty price, but it's an absurd damage cashout and one of the biggest threats she has from VT1 against a cornered opponent. The issue with this combo is it requires the first EX run VS1 to be manually timed. Cancel to the VS1 too early, and the first hit will whiff, forcing you to end the combo with DP early for much less damage. Cancelling too late leaves the opponent too low, again preventing you from picking up the juggle to the second EX run VS1. Since the latter loses less damage, it's overall better to err on the side of being slightly late, but ideally you want to just hit your combos.