Heat

Heat is a resource granted to all characters at the start of each round which can be activated by either using a Heat Burst or a Heat Engager. During Heat, all attacks deal chip damage, and some attacks gain extra properties at the cost of consuming some of the heat gauge.

Heat Burst

Done by inputting 2+3 or the Heat macro button without yet activating Heat in the round. It is a large, fast, tracking mid strike that has the armor of a powercrush while also having armor breaking properties.

Unlike other Heat moves that tend to be highly character specific, Heat Bursts are all i16, +1 on block and +2 on hit, with only a minor range difference between characters.

Heat Bursts consume a small amount of Heat on activation, giving you less of the bar to work with than a Heat Engager, and also do not grant back recoverable health. They can also be canceled by inputting a backdash (b,b) during the animation, leaving you in some recovery that is punishable at closer ranges.

Heat Engager

Done by landing specific attacks that are unique to each character. A Heat Engager can be anything from a poke to a punisher to a powercrush, and a character's available Engagers can help to define their playstyle.

Heat Engagers are always +17 on hit and put opponents into a forced guard state. Attacks can also still wallsplat and balcony break if the move has such properties, even after Heat is triggered, allowing for potential follow-ups into Heat Smash or Heat Dash.

• Heat Smash (H.2+3) — Powerful attack that consumes the entire heat gauge.
• Heat Dash (H.F) — Dash cancel off of a strike, affecting the recovery for both players. Consumes the entire heat gauge. Throws that heat engage cannot be heat dashed from. Framedata varies on hit, but on block it's always +5g +18w.

Heat Smash start up speed

i10: Jack-8

i12: Zafina

i13: Jun, Kuma

i14: Law

i15: Azucena, Jin, Dragunov, Panda, Leroy, Xiaoyu

i16: Asuka, Bryan, Leo, Nina, Shaheen, Steve

i17: King, Hwoarang

i18: Claudio, Kazuya, Lars, Paul, Yoshimitsu, Devil Jin, Raven

i20: Alisa, Feng, Lee, Victor

i21: Reina

i23: Lili

Low Heat Smashes

Claudio: -14

Jun (Genjutsu): -14

Kazuya: -14

Lee: -15

Leo (KNK): -13

Paul: -12

Reina (Heaven's Wrath): -17

Victor: -15

Zafina (Scarecrow): -14

Shaheen (Stealth Step): -14

Lili BT: -8 (recovers BT)

Credit to @Foxhoundfl for compiling the following information:

Character	Startup Frames	Hit Level	Tip Range	Damage	Frames on Block	Stance Transition	Forced Stance	Properties
Jack	i10	H,M,M	2.6	52	-9			Balcony Break
Zafina	i12	H, SM	2.4	51	+3			Balcony Break
Jun	i13	M	3.2	50	-6			Balcony Break
Kuma	i13	M,M	3.1	51	+10g			Balcony Break
Law	i14	Mid	2.7	50	+11	DSS	Forced	Balcony Break
Azucena	i15	M,H,M	2.6	53	+6	LIB	Forced	Balcony Break
Dragunov	i15	M,M,M	2.7	50	+6			Balcony Break
Jin	i15	M,H,M	3.1	57	+3	FC	Choice
Jin 2+3,4	i15	M,H,M	3.1	48	+9			Balcony Break
Leroy	i15	M	2.8	41	+6	HRM	Forced	Balcony Break
Panda	i15	M,M	2.5	44	+7	ROL +6, HBS +11g	Choice	Floor Break
Xiaoyu	i15	M	2.6	50	+5	BT +9	Choice	Balcony Break
Xiaoyu (BT)	i15	M	2.1	51	+4	HYP +19g	Choice	Leaves Opponent Standing
Bryan	i16	All Mid	2.1	44	+9			Floor Break
Asuka	i16	All Mid	2.9	50	+10g			Floor Break
Steve	i16	All Mid	2.7	45	+8	LNH	Forced	Floor Break
Leo	i16	M,M,H	2.6	50	+8	FC +16g	Choice	Balcony Break
Lili (BT)	i16	L,M,M,M	2.4	39	-8	BT	Forced	Homing
Nina	i16	M,H,H,H,H,M	3	52	+5	FC +7	Choice	Floor Break
Shaheen	i16	M,M	2.7	50	+6	SNK	Forced	Forces Crouch
Steve (PAB)	i16	All Mid	2.5	45	+8	LNH	Forced	Floor Break
Hwoarang	i17	M,M,H	2.6	51	+11g	RFS	Forced	Balcony Break
King	i17	M,M	3.3	64	+12g	JGR	Forced	Floor Break
Lars	i18	M,M	3.1	50	+8	DEN +9	Choice	Floor Break
Kazuya	i18	L,M,M,M	2.5	43	-14			Floor Break
Claudio	i18	L,M	2	40	-14			Balcony Break
Paul	i18	L,M,M	Point Blank	40	-12			Balcony Break
Raven	i18	All Mid	3.1	55	+14g	SZN	Forced	Balcony Break
Reina (WRA)	i18	L,M,M	2.5	40	-17			Floor Break
Yoshi	i18	M,M,M,M	2.8	51	+4	DGF +10g	Choice	Balcony Break
Devil Jin	i18-28f	M,H	4.5	52	+11g	CRO	Forced	Balcony Break
Zafina (SCR)	i19	L,M	2.5	30+Combo	-14			Launches
Alisa	i20	All Mid	3.4	50	+8	BOT +10g	Choice	Balcony Break
Devil Jin (CRO)	i20	H (!)	Point Blank	39				Unblockable
Feng	i20	All Mid	3.4	48	+7	STC +12g	Choice	Balcony Break
Jun (GEN)	i20	L,M	2.5	42	-14			Balcony Break
Lee	i20	L,M	2.5	37	-15			Balcony Break
Leo (KNK)	i20	L,M,M	Point Blank	35	-13			Balcony Break
Victor	i20	L,M	2.3	39	-15			Balcony Break
Shaheen (SNK)	i20	L,M,M	Point Blank	40	-14			Balcony Break
Reina	i21	M,M	3.5	50	+8	WRA	Forced	Balcony Break
Lili	i23	H,H,M,M	3.1	55	+9	BT	Forced	Homing