Azucena

Azucena
Heat	Libertador Revolución can be used. (f+3+4), (3,2,F) Nuevo Libertador can be used. (b+2,F), (b+1,1,2,F), (LIB.1,2,F) Allows the use of the powered up version of Libertador (f+3+4)
Heat Smash	Mid, i15~16, +6
Heat Engagers	f+4,4 f+1+2 b+3 LIB.2 d+1+3 d+2+4
Stances	LIB (Libertador) – f+3+4 BT (Backturn) – b+3+4
Fastest
Launch	i15 – df+2 (standing) i15 – ws2 (crouching)
CH launch	i15 – 1+2 (high) i17 – df+3 (mid, standing) i13 – ws1 (mid, crouching) i14 – BT.1+2 (mid) i15 – LIB.4,1 (mid, high)
Wall splat	i10 – 1,2 (standing)
Archetypal moves
Sabaki	uf+1 (high & mid punches)
Mid check	df+1 (Standing) ws1 (Crouching) ws4 (Crouching)
Slash kick	wr3,2
Generic moves
Remapped	d+1 → db+1 d+2 → db+2
Missing	(none)
External links
Lore	Azucena Ortiz
Twitter	#T8_Azucena
Discord	Azucena's Coffee House

Azucena, the Peruvian coffee queen, is a simple, stance-oriented mixup character who thrives off of entering her Libertador (LIB) and Backturned (BT) stances to bully her opponents. Both stances have a diverse set of mixup options, frame traps and pressure tools that allow Azucena to cash out her stance entries in a variety of ways. She can also toy with her opponent using the stances' auto parries and built-in movement options to dance circles around them.

Heat makes it much easier for Azucena to enter stance and enforce her mixups, and also makes her stance game deadlier.

Azucena has sub-par neutral, with weak pokes and pressure tools, and can struggle to setup her stance mixups. She must rely on conditioning her opponent with string extension threats or outplaying the opponent to earn respect. She must also layer her mixups to avoid playing "casino Tekken".

Strengths

• Simple inputs and easily understood gameplan
• Strong and versatile standing punishment (e.g., 1,2, df+1,4, f+1+2)
• Plenty of wall splatting moves (e.g., 1,2, f+1+2, f+4,4 etc.)
• Has a high, power crush Heat engager (f+1+2)

Weaknesses

• Weak pokes and pressure tools
• Sub-par crouching punishment
• Whiff punishment is fairly committal