CHUN LI first impressions

[Ylna]

I feel quite disappointed about Chun Li's gameplay. There seems to miss something I liked in SFV and SFIV. I think some of her hits are not very good. The stand HK is disappointing, the multiple heels are not pleasant, it's hard to play super in classic mode.... The KK and Spining bird kick EX FX are not beautiful.

Valmaster, a great player of Chunli (SFIV and late SFV) tweeted his disappointment too and played Kimberly during recent tournament instead of Chun Li.

What is going with Chun Li ? She seems deliberately understated

[Ylna]

No thoughts about it ?
It's seems to be a taboo. I notice SF specialists seems to ignore this, except Valmaster.

[OnionSama]

There is probably something different about her

TBH I didn't play SF5 that much(50hr). Barely a FG player here. But I really don't remember enjoying Chun in SF5, she really wasn't my character. in SF6 I really like her and I think she is my main now

Which is a good thing for me but kinda indicates she prolly got changed quite a bit and now people who don't like her(me) might start liking her while her old fans might not be as big of a fan of her new style.

[Aegix Drakan]

I like her style a LOT and wish I could be good with her, but... Those charge inputs and tricky combos hurt to use. XD

I could spend months learning her and getting halfway okay with her...Or I could stick with Luke and Marisa who play so much more smoothly.

[Ahriman]

She has a high skill ceiling and it hasn't even been a week, you need to give it some time

[Sandy]

I like her new DP and different mix ups. I especially like her forward hard punch (when she flies over the opponent on their opposite side) and her stance moves.

But her fireballs suck. They not as good as Guille's so it makes no sense to make them work in a similar manner (charged).

[Sandy]

I barely played her though.

[Nearlydead]

She's very difficult due to her new stance. They want you to use the stance all the time. She can cancel almost all of her normals into her stance, making some moves a lot safer and even creating blockstrings/combos and frametraps, even from poke range.
Stance also makes it so your charge specials aren't charge inputs anymore.

Imo it takes way more effort to be efficient with Chun than most characters. Nontheless, I am sticking with her for now.

[OnionSama]

all these comments about how hard she is making me second guess my decision to main her. I kinda guessed she wasn't the most newcomer friendly but oof.

[Sandy]

If you play on modern Chun Li is the most restricted character by far.
Half of her kit is gone.
Including her entire stance.

[OnionSama]

Originally posted by Shimro:

If you play on modern Chun Li is the most restricted character by far.
Half of her kit is gone.
Including her entire stance.

I am using classic. I tried Modern but ... I'm actually playing on Keyboard
Never been much of a console gamer so I'm not comfortable with controllers
I feel like Modern was meant for controllers cuz it felt kinda off when I tried on Keyboard

[Ylna]

Thanks for your answers.

Originally posted by Ahriman:

She has a high skill ceiling and it hasn't even been a week, you need to give it some time

Originally posted by Nearlydead:

She's very difficult due to her new stance. They want you to use the stance all the time. She can cancel almost all of her normals into her stance, making some moves a lot safer and even creating blockstrings/combos and frametraps, even from poke range.
Stance also makes it so your charge specials aren't charge inputs anymore.

Imo it takes way more effort to be efficient with Chun than most characters. Nontheless, I am sticking with her for now.

I will give another tries with her, and more practicing the Drive gameplay which is very interesting.

[Basharria]

She was my main in IV and V, but the new stance she has adds a lot of complication to her playstyle for (IMO) not a lot of gain. The new stance is nifty but it feels like more work for the same result. She's a victim of them adding back in a lot of new stuff, but in Chun's case it doesn't actually add new options as much as it makes a lot of her optimal stuff harder to pull off and more annoying input-wise.

[Ylna]

I come back to rectify what I wrote. After some practicing, Chun Li looks like far better.

Her gameplay is now more Kung Fu axed. That's what is different and destabilizing. With a dominant for the kick (except grat HP and aerial Kikosho) : the stand HK move forward Chun Li, the forward HK is nice, great Tenshu kick (a kind of kick shoryuken) ; crouch medium kick to open combo...
Her aerial game seems also great and I like by the way the spinning bird kick EX FX.
The driving rush open new interessant hits.

After cold sweat, I will keep her and don't care if she looks not so trong as blanka or marisa.
JP seems really interessant too.