Xiaoyu: Difference between revisions

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Xiaoyu

Heat	{{{heat}}}
Heat Smash	{{{heatSmash}}}
Heat Engagers	{{{heatEngagers}}}
Stances	AOP (Phoenix) – d+1+2 HYP (Hypnotist) – db+1+2 RDS/BT (Rain Dance/Backturn) – b+3+4
Fastest
Launch	{{{launch}}}
CH launch	{{{chLaunch}}}
Wall splat	{{{splat}}}
Archetypal moves
Mid check	{{{midCheck}}}
Generic moves
Remapped	(none)
Missing	(none)
External links
Lore	Ling Xiaoyu
Twitter	#T8_Xiaoyu
Discord	Ling Xiaoyu

This page is for Tekken 8. For Tekken 7, see Xiaoyu (Tekken 7).

Xiaoyu is...

Strengths

Queen of Evasion: Phoenix stance shrinks Xiaoyu's hurtbox down to almost comical levels, allowing her to slip under highs and even some mids. Her other stance Hypnotist automatically walks left to bait responses in pressure, while d3+4 and u3+4 act as enhanced sidesteps. Effective Xiaoyu players can slip through just about anything.
Godlike Okizeme: Xiaoyu's evasive stances beat a lot of wakeup options inherently, while giving her devastating reward on hit. Her small frame and fast jump also allows her to tech chase and set up crossup situations.
Powerful Mixups: Xiaoyu is blessed with an armada of strong lows and excellent mids. She has several solid standing lows, a snake edge, consistent mixups out of her stances, and multiple launching highs of various speeds.
Heat: Xiaoyu's damage potential skyrockets in Heat, as she gains access to not only new moves in Hypnotist, but also two enhanced strings that both deal excellent damage and act as a natural 50/50.

Weaknesses

Range: Xiaoyu is tiny, and thus needs to play very compact. She can be effectively walled out by characters with longer limbs, like Bryan or Dragunov.

Mashing

importance

★★★★★

value

★★★★★

dexterity

★☆☆☆☆

rhythm

★★☆☆☆

Blocking

importance

☆☆☆☆☆

value

☆☆☆☆☆

dexterity

★★★★★

rhythm

★★★★★

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-* Some of the highest damage output
+* '''Queen of Evasion''': Phoenix stance shrinks Xiaoyu's hurtbox down to almost comical levels, allowing her to slip under highs and even some mids. Her other stance Hypnotist automatically walks left to bait responses in pressure, while d3+4 and u3+4 act as enhanced sidesteps. Effective Xiaoyu players can slip through just about anything.
-* Amazing okizeme
+* '''Godlike Okizeme''': Xiaoyu's evasive stances beat a lot of wakeup options inherently, while giving her devastating reward on hit. Her small frame and fast jump also allows her to tech chase and set up crossup situations.
-* AOP allows her to nullify a lot of pressure/situations
+* '''Powerful Mixups''': Xiaoyu is blessed with an armada of strong lows and excellent mids. She has several solid standing lows, a snake edge, consistent mixups out of her stances, and multiple launching highs of various speeds.
-* Amazing mixups with HYP stances
+* '''Heat''': Xiaoyu's damage potential skyrockets in Heat, as she gains access to not only new moves in Hypnotist, but also two enhanced strings that both deal excellent damage and act as a natural 50/50.
-* Arguably the best usage of Heat in the game
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-* Range is a bit limited
+* '''Range''': Xiaoyu is tiny, and thus needs to play very compact. She can be effectively walled out by characters with longer limbs, like Bryan or Dragunov.
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