Samurai Shodown/Wu-Ruixiang

Wu-Ruxiang
呉瑞香, Wú-Ruìxiāng

Introduction

Ruixiang’s most defining features are without a doubt her ground traps, which make her a character for lab monsters who like to find crazy setups and stylish juggles, although she can also be played as a more traditional projectile zoner.

While her normals are surprisingly stubby and quite laggy, she has arguably the best projectile game out of the entire cast, with high, medium and low fireballs that become active very early in their animation. Her shield counter can also reflect projectiles, in addition to being a strong anti-aggression tool. Ruixiang’s WFT is fast and covers a huge area, making it risky for the opponent to challenge her zoning.

Her defense isn’t spotless though as she somewhat struggles with anti-airs and her damage is way below average without setups. Her slow movement and floaty jump also make it hard for her to position herself properly.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Very strong projectile game Nasty setups Decent anti-aggression tools	Short reach on her normals Low damage on her own Slow movement

Data

• Damage Taken: 110%
• Rage Duration: 22 seconds

Gameplan

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Normal Moves

Far Slashes

5A

5A	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 40 Mid 7 - - -3 -5 Yes - Yes - A quick swat with the pan. Cancellable, but no real combo potential.

5B

5B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 60+20 Mid 14 - - -8 -12 Yes - Yes - 2-Hit medium slash with okay range (little less than half screen). Can be cancelled after the 1st hit, but not after the 2nd.

5C

5C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 240 Mid 22 - - +5 -28 No - Yes (disarm) - Kind of a baby hard slash with slow startup, short range and no special cancelling. Be ready to recoil cancel if you do go for this.

2A

2A	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 40 Mid 8 - - -4 -5 Yes - Yes -

2B

2B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 100 Mid 10 - - -6 -12 No - Yes - On the ground this one has only a few pixels more reach than 2A and no cancels, but it could be used to catch badly spaced jump-ins.

2C

2C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 160 Low 24 - - - -15 No - No - This is her farthest-reaching low. Startup is slow, but it knocks down. although pretty minus pushback makes this okay

Near Slashes

n.5A

n.5A	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 30 Mid 7 - - +3 -5 Yes - No - "Talk-to-the-hand" smack.

n.5B

n.5B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 80 Mid 10 - - +3 -12 Yes - Yes - Quick shield bash that combos into any 214S and WFT.

n.5C

n.5C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 200 Mid 23 - - +5 -28 No - Yes (disarm) - Another slow-ish hard slash.

n.2A

n.2A	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 30 Mid 7 - - +3 0 Yes - No - Just the crouching version of n.5A, still hits mid as well.

n.2B

n.2B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 80 Mid 10 - - +2 -12 Yes - Yes - Another pretty quick upwards shield bash with anti-air potential.

n.2C

n.2C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 180 Mid 19 - - +7 -28 No - Yes (disarm) - More damage than far 2C but no knockdown. Also hits mid instead of low.

Kicks

5D

5D 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 50 Mid 8 - - -5 -8 no - - -

6D

6D 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed - Low 13 - - +2 -1 no - - -

2D

2D 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 20 Low 7 - - -3 -6 no - - -

3D

3D 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 70 Low 15 - - - -26 no - - -

Dash Normals

66A

66A 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 30 Mid 9 - - -5 -43 Yes - - -

66B

66B 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 80+20 Mid 14 - - -3 -36 No - - -

66C

66C 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 150 Mid 16 - - - -15 no - - -

66D

66D 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 60 Low 9 - - - -36 no - - -

Air Normals

j.A

j.A 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 30 - - - - - - - - - -

j.B

j.B 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 100 - - - - - - - - - -

j.C

j.C 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 140 - - - - - - - - - -

j.D

j.D 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed - - - - - - - - - - -

Unarmed Normals

u.5S

u.5S 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 50 - - - - - - - - - Yes

u.2S

u.2S 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed - - - - - - - - - - Yes

ju.S

ju.S 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 50 - - - - - - - - - Yes

u.66S

u.66S 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 50 - - - - - - - - - Yes

Universal Mechanics

Guard Break

Guard Break (Throw) 4/5/6C+D 175x250px Neutral Throw 175x250px Forward Throw 175x250px Back Throw	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - Universal throw. Can be followed up with an attack. Back - - - - - - - - - - - Universal throw. Can be followed up with an attack. Forward - - - - - - - - - - - Universal throw. Can be followed up with an attack.

Surprise Attack

Surprise Attack (Overhead) 5B+C 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 60 - - - - - - - - - - Universal overhead.

Dodge

Dodge 5A+B 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed - - - - - - - - - - - Universal dodge.

Counter / Blade Catch

Counter / Blade Catch 236A+B 175x250px Counter 175x250px Blade Catch

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed Armed - - - - - - - - - - - Universal counter. Allows you to follow up with a guaranteed attack of your own. The follow up depends on the strength of the attack you counter. If you counter a heavy slash, your opponent will be disarmed. Disarmed - - - - - - - - - - - Universal counter. While disarmed, your counter will disarm and knock away your opponent regardless of slash level used.

Rage Explosion

Rage Explosion 5A+B+C 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed 0 - - - - - - - - - - Unblockable pushback attack.

Lightning Blade

Lightning Blade (Issen) 5A+B+C during Rage Explosion 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed - - - - - - - - - - - Has projectile invulnerability and anti-airs. Damage scales up beased on reamaining health.

Special Moves

Black Tortoise Torrent

Black Tortoise Torrent 236S 175x250px Black Tortoise Torrent

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed Light 60 Low 36 - - - -20 - - - No Low projectile. This projectile is actually a low and has to be crouch blocked Medium 60 Mid 36 - - - -37 - - - - Normal projectile, faster than the others but more unsafe as well Heavy 60 Mid 36 - - - -20 - - - - Only will hit earthquake standing. Everyone else this is if you know they will jump

Vermilion Bird Blaze

Vermilion Bird Blaze 214S 175x250px Vermilion Bird Blaze	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed Light 25*3 Mid 15 - - - -46 - - - No Medium 25*5 Mid 20 - - - -50 - - - No Heavy 20*8 (RAGE:22*12) Mid 23 - - - -50 - - - No All versions deal more damage while in rage.

White Tiger Fangs

White Tiger Fangs 623S 175x250px White Tiger Fangs	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed All 20*5 Low - - - - +7 - - - No Wu's trap. Light sets close, Medium sets mid, Heavy sets far.

Azure Dragon Thunderstrike

Azure Dragon Thunderstrike 22S 175x250px Azure Dragon Thunderstrike	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed Light 100 - 21 - - - -25 - - - No Medium 140 - 28 - - - -31 - - - No Heavy 180 - 35 - - - -27 - - - No

Kirin Earthen Rampage

Kirin Earthen Rampage 421K 175x250px Kirin Earthen Rampage	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed - - 12 - - - - - - - No Counter that reflects projectiles and will counter attack if the attack hitting the shield is a mid or high.

Supers

Weapon Flipping Technique

Nine-Headed Dragon Strike 236B+C 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed - - - - - - - - - - - Available only during Max Rage or Rage Explosion. Disarms on hit.

Super Special Move

Primordial Chaos of the Yellow Dragon 641236C+D 175x250px	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Weapon Clash Deflectable Unarmed - - - - - - - - - - - Available only once per match.

Combos

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Videos

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Colors

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External Links

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