Xiaoyu overview & gameplay guide

Character specification

Xiaoyu icon
Xiaoyu Confirmed

Evasiveness

Combo Damage

Mobility

Wall Carry

Throw game

Difficulty

MEDIUM

Overview

Ling is an okizeme monster. Although okizeme has been nerfed in Tekken 7, she still retains that aspect of her character. She has a strong poking game with tons of poke lows for various situations including hugely + hit, a ranged CH launcher and a heavy hitting low in her stance. Her stance Art Of Phoenix (AOP) allows her to evade a lot of moves and offense from your opponent reducing their moveset by a lot depending on the character. AOP also gives her access to a very strong mixup situation with decent damage. She's a character for lab monsters. Her small hitbox along with her evasive stance can make her extremely hard to approach especially with her main mid poke going under highs. She has a very strong Rage Drive from Backturned stance that acts as a low launcher making her mixup game scarier than before. She does however have poor reach on her jabs as her limbs are short; meaning she can struggle to punish certain moves.

Recommended if you like

  • Playing around with setups and experimenting
  • To freestyle with all the stance options Ling provides
  • A very mobile character

Pros

  • Strong poking game
  • One of if not the best oki in T7 especially off throws.
  • Ignores a lot of the opponents offense.
  • A very easy and fast whiff punisher with huge range in df2,1 and standing 3
  • Strong CH game, upclose and from range.
  • The best Rage Drive in the game

Cons

  • Small range on some of her pokes especially jabs.
  • Can struggle to punish certain moves.

Moveset

Xiaoyu special moves

Icons Legend Description
backLP + RP

b 1+2

Rage Art
BTDownLKRP + RK

BT d 3 3+4

Rage Drive
AOP

AOP

Art Of Phoenix
RDS

RDS

Rain Dance Stance
HYP

HYP

Hypnotist Walk

Latest combos

All Combos for Xiaoyu

Guide video