Body size

The body size of a character refers to the size and position of their hurtboxes, primarily while being juggled.

Many combos don't work on all characters, and it can be useful to refer to broad categories of body sizes to avoid having to test a combo on every character and comprehensively list and remember all the ones it does and doesn't work on. However, using categories is never robust: a combo that works on smalls is not guaranteed to work on everyone else, and there's always differences between body sizes within a category. The only way to be sure of which characters a combo works on is to test against them all.

Categories

The broadest category is “male” and “female”. However, there are almost no combos that work on all males and no females (many combos work on big females but not small males), so using this category alone is usually insufficient. Leo is considered female in this context.

	Unique	Fahkumram, Ganryu, Kuma
Male	Heavy	Jack-7, Gigas, Marduk
	Big	Armor King, Bryan, Bob, Dragunov, Eddy, Feng, Geese, Heihachi, King, Miguel, Negan, Paul, Shaheen, Steve
	Normal	Claudio, Devil Jin, Hwoarang, Jin, Kazuya, Lars, Law, Noctis
	Small	Akuma, Lee, Lei, Leroy, Yoshimitsu
Female	Big	Katarina, Leo, Lidia, Lili, Nina, Master Raven
	Normal	Alisa, Anna, Asuka, Josie, Julia, Kazumi, Zafina
	Small	Eliza, Kunimitsu, Lucky Chloe, Xiaoyu

It's possible there are combos that work on Kuma but not Panda, but none are currently known.

Heavy characters, as well as Kuma, are notable for hitting the ground faster after a launcher or spike, and for having shorter legs.

Combos tested against all characters

This table is helpful for deciding what category to put a particular body size in, and for demonstrating that the categories are not robust. It should not include combos that work against everything.

Character
Alisa	❌	❌	✅	✅
Asuka	❌	❌	✅	✅
Bob	✅	✅	✅	❌
Bryan	✅	✅	✅	❌
Claudio	✅	❌	✅	✅
Devil Jin	✅	❌	✅	✅
Dragunov	✅	✅	✅	❌
Eddy	✅	✅	✅	❌
Feng	✅	✅	✅	❌
Gigas	❌	❌	❌	❌
Heihachi	✅	✅	✅	❌
Hwoarang	✅	❌	✅	✅
Jack-7	❌	❌	❌	❌
Jin	✅	❌	✅	✅
Josie	❌	❌	✅	✅
Katarina	✅	❌	✅	✅
Kazumi	❌	❌	✅	✅
Kazuya	✅	❌	✅	✅
King	✅	✅	✅	❌
Kuma	❌	❌	❌	✅
Lars	✅	❌	✅	✅
Law	✅	❌	✅	✅
Lee	❌	❌	✅	✅
Leo	✅	❌	✅	✅
Lili	✅	❌	✅	✅
Lucky Chloe	❌	❌	✅	✅
Master Raven	✅	✅	✅	❌
Miguel	✅	✅	✅	❌
Nina	✅	❌	✅	✅
Paul	✅	✅	✅	❌
Shaheen	✅	✅	✅	❌
Steve	✅	✅	✅	❌
Xiaoyu	❌	❌	✅	✅
Yoshimitsu	❌	❌	✅	✅
Akuma	❌	❌	✅	✅
Eliza	❌	❌	✅	✅
Geese	✅	✅	✅	❌
Noctis	✅	❌	✅	✅
Anna	❌	❌	✅	✅
Lei	❌	❌	✅	✅
Marduk	❌	❌	❌	❌
Armor King	✅	✅	✅	❌
Julia	❌	❌	✅	✅
Negan	✅	✅	✅	❌
Zafina	❌	❌	✅	✅
Ganryu	❌	❌	✅	✅
Leroy	❌	❌	✅	✅
Fahkumram	✅	✅	✅	❌
Kunimitsu	❌	❌	✅	✅
Lidia	✅	❌	✅	✅