Chun-li overview & gameplay guide

Chun-Li is the second guest character from Street Fighter to grace City of the Wolves. Though she sports her Street Fighter 6 look, this version of Chun-Li plays most like her infamous 3rd Strike version (albeit balanced better), while borrowing many different things from each past version of the character.

Like in 3rd Strike, Chun-Li is very well-rounded, but focuses on strong neutral control and footsies rather than raw aggression. She loves to fight in the mid-range, whittling away the opponent with her very strong normal attacks, both super- and special-cancellable. When the opponent opens themselves up, Chun-Li can use her great normals or her DP to turn one small mistake by her opponent into a ton of damage. Generous frame advantage on some normals really let her freestyle combos, using multiple links or REV Accel — however she wants to rack up her high damage, while also sporting a suite of powerful moves for mix-up potential, like a comboable overhead, low, or a Brake into a throw.

The biggest downside to Chun-Li in this game is that she lacks strong tools for hyper-aggression or zoning. Her only special moves that aren’t punishable on block are her REV fireball and REV legs, (when you Brake it). Not to mention, like Ken and Tizoc, Chun-Li cannot cancel her forward dash into a move, which strips away a layer of offense that the vast majority of the cast has access to. Of course, you can use REV Accel to push an offense, or turtle behind a fireball-DP neutral like a zoner, but Chun-Li really shines when she gets to play a proactive neutral game and out-space her adversary.

If the neutral game, overwhelming your opponent with tons of tools and confirming your way to victory sounds like your kind of character, you will definitely want to put the time into playing Chun-Li. Or if you want… just play her for kicks. Literally.