Relix said:
I am not fucking kidding when I tell you guys Chun is not a bad matchup for Balrog. See...
+She can Ultra him if she blocks a Headbutt.
+Standing Fierce Punch or Standing Strong Punch or Forward Fierce Punch will cut any aerial attack he has.
+Forward Fierce Punch beats his charge punch.
+ Hassan Shou works great. Most Balrogs will charge their Headbutt which is down. This makes it perfect for Chun's fast overhead. It also has more priority.. watch out for the EX version though.
+ If he charges at you with a punch you can Ultra.
+ Her Ultra beats his cleanly if you wait a few frames after his is initiated.
-Chun's health can drop like a rock if you are not careful.
You probably need to play better Rogs becaaaause..
- Ultra versus Headbutt is incredibly risky. Instead, Chun should hang on to the Ultra, bait out a dash punch (which is typically not hard) and blow right through it. It's the only time she can even come close to controlling the match.
- Her only good anti-air option (aside from st.rh snipes) against Rog is standing fp and even then, only at the right distance. His j.rh can still beat it most of the time. Cr. mp is another good option for Chun since j.rh tends to whiff it, but if they see it coming they can jump in deep and it's a free combo.
- The only time this works is on reaction from mid-full screen. Otherwise, Rog wises up and starts throwing out EX's or you eat something nasty for free.
- Hassan Shou mix-ups ARE great, until Rog blocks one and then jab jab short get paid time. You can't depend on it in this match-up, especially since EX Headbutt will destroy it on reaction.
- Since I covered Ultra up top, you left out that you can block certain dashes and Super them right back for damage ... but then that's all your meter. Doh.
- Actually, any Ultra can beat any other Ultra head-to-head. Whoever does theirs second will always win.
- Also, df.rh to bait headbutts is incredibly useful in this match, but only if you're 100% sure it's going to work. Then again, I've seen EX Headbutts beat that too.
Seriously though, I play NorCal's toughest Rogs (Crackfiend, ILLiterate) all the time with Chun-Li. It's one of her toughest match-ups along with Rufus and Akuma, if not her worst. Chun has very few answers for anything he does. You best bet is to zone for as long as possible and look for EX Dash's for free throw, but he's going to get you in the corner eventually and then you're done.
Once Rog has Chun in the corner, she's got nothing. Any good player knows to watch for EX SBK, so they'll stay just outside of that. Rog's walking speed makes for easy throw mix-ups, leaving you to deal with stuttering jabs. If you whiff, you get comboed, if you time it wrong, you get thrown, if you tech, you're back to square one.
Sadly, the only thing she can do is either attempt to out jab him into EX Legs or look for the EX Overhead, throw and then gtfo.
It's a really,
really stupid match. I wish Japan had Rog players so we could see what the Japanese Chunspirations do against him because until then, I'm out of ideas. I've played literally thousands of Chun-Li versus Rog matches and it never seems to improve.
Edit: I forgot to mention that it's an incredibly demoralizing match since really, you only need to make one tiny, typically insignificant mistake against Rog to lose about 40% of your health. You can play the match perfectly, have him on the ropes only to get whiff one attack, get hit by a jab and next thing you know you've lost 40% of your health and you're flying from one side of the level to another and into the corner where the only thing you can do is bite the pillow and pray for a jab to connect.
