Lei stances

Snake

Snake is Lei's poking stance that's focused mostly on mixing the opponent up. Its has ways to set up Dragon, Tiger and panther. The forward and backward movement in this stance is about even speed. While Lei is moving in either direction gives him some high evasion in the middle of the walk animation. This is the easiest stance for Lei to access both in general and for actual useable situations even while fighting a high level opponent with a ton of match up knowledge.

Dragon

Dragon is Lei's pressure stance. Since it has strong CH moves and good frame situations, as far as Lei goes. It is also one of 2 stances to have its own throw. The movement in this stance has a better forward movement than backward. Either direction will give Lei some degree of high evasion during the middle of the animation. Dragon is the 2nd more assessable for usable situations vs a knowledgeable opponent. Dragon has moves that go into Tiger, Panther and Crane.

Panther

Panther is one of his raw 50/50 stances. Its not the most rewarding when compared to tiger, but its makes up for that in a few ways. Its forward movement is super strong but its backward movement is poor. Its also considered high crushing until Lei does moves. While holding forward, lei will auto low parry lows. It is also very strong at hitting grounded opponents. While in rage your 50/50 from panther becomes quite powerful because you gain an unseeable low launcher.

Tiger

Tiger is Lei's most rewarding 50/50 stance. Its movement is has a stronger backwards step than forward. While holding forward, Lei will auto parry high and mid punches and kicks. Tiger is the harder to apply vs a knowledgable opponent than panther but it can catch anyone off guard. Thanks to the backwards movement and the insane range to tiger 4, its much better at baiting out and whiff punishing attacks. The Tiger rage drive is what you'll be using as your max damage rage wall combo.