Steve — character information

On the numbers, Steve is a counter-hit character (22 moves launch on counter hit) and stance-based (8 stances: ALB, DCK, EXD, FLK, LNH, LWV, PAB, RWV), with 1 further axis also in the roster's top fifth. Everything else about them sits inside the roster's normal range.

• Neutral throws417th of 41

  Throws they can start from neutral, excluding the side and back throws every character shares. More throws means your standing break is more of a guess.

  Steve: 4 throws from neutral — 17th of 41. The roster median is 4.

• Plus on block9.5%31st of 41

  How much of the movelist is genuinely their turn after you block it. Guardable moves and spacing-dependent ranges are excluded, because neither is free pressure.

  Steve: 9.5% of the movelist is plus on block — 31st of 41. The roster median is 11%.

• Lows9.5%36th of 41

  How much of the movelist is low-family — low-parryable and low-crushable. Includes special lows, which you CAN block standing, so a big number is not by itself a reason to crouch.

  Steve: 9.5% of the movelist is lows — 36th of 41. The roster median is 13.8%.

• CH launchers222nd of 41

  Moves that launch on counter hit. Against a high number, pressing your turn back is how you lose the round rather than how you win it.

  Steve: 22 moves launch on counter hit — 2nd of 41. The roster median is 12.

• Stances81st of 41

  Stances that real moves come out of, excluding the positions inside a chain throw. Each one is a separate movelist you have to know.

  Steve: 8 stances: ALB, DCK, EXD, FLK, LNH, LWV, PAB, RWV — 1st of 41. The roster median is 2.

• Homing137th of 41

  Homing STRIKES — moves that realign and catch a sidestep. Homing throws are counted separately, because they say something different.

  Steve: 1 homing strike — 37th of 41. The roster median is 3.

• Wall / balcony15.8%41st of 41

  How much of the movelist breaks a balcony or crushes a wall. This is what being cornered actually costs against them.

  Steve: 15.8% of the movelist carries a balcony break or wall crush — 41st of 41. The roster median is 24.8%.

• Floor breakers221st of 41

  Strikes that break a breakable floor. On stages that have one, these are what they are looking for. Floor-breaking THROWS are counted separately — 61 of the roster’s 273 are throws, and a grab that drops you through the floor is a different thing to watch for than a button that does.

  Steve: 2 strikes break the floor — 21st of 41. The roster median is 2.

• Side switches217th of 41

  Moves that swap positions on hit. This is how a cornered opponent gets out, so a high number means the corner you won is temporary.

  Steve: 2 moves switch sides on hit — 17th of 41. The roster median is 2.

• Chip damage8.9%38th of 41

  How much of the movelist damages you through a block. Blocking is still right, but a long blocked string is not free.

  Steve: 8.9% do chip damage on block — 38th of 41. The roster median is 14.5%.

• Power crushes313th of 41

  Moves that absorb a high or mid and keep coming. Trading loses; lows, throws and not pressing all beat them.

  Steve: 3 power crushes — 13th of 41. The roster median is 3.

• Fast mids136th of 41

  Mids that come out in 13 frames or fewer — what answers your jab and what starts their turn from nothing.

  Steve: 1 mid at i13 or faster — 36th of 41. The roster median is 2.

• Parries / sabaki215th of 41

  Parries, sabaki and reversals: moves that take the turn back on a read. Counted from the parry window on the move where wavu publishes one, and from its description where it does not.

  Steve: 2 parries or sabaki — 15th of 41. The roster median is 2.

• Launchable lows13.3%40th of 41

  How many of their lows hand you a launch when blocked. High means you can stand and take the low; low means blocking it correctly buys you almost nothing.

  Steve: 13.3% of their lows are -15 or worse — 40th of 41. The roster median is 37.5%.

• Launchable mids/highs7.2%33rd of 41

  How many of their mids and highs hand you a launch when blocked. Not only mids: 28% of this population is highs, which you can duck instead — so a high number here is not by itself a reason to stand and block. High means blocking and waiting is a plan; low means you have to make the turn yourself.

  Steve: 7.2% of their highs and mids are -15 or worse — 33rd of 41. The roster median is 10.9%.

• Turn-keeping pokes27.9%38th of 41

  How many of their pokes are +5 or better on hit and safe on block. +5 rather than merely plus, because that is the margin that beats a 10-frame jab — at plain +1 the figure is roughly half again as large and means much less. High means that after eating one poke you are still on defence and pressing back is a gamble.

  Steve: 27.9% of their pokes stay plus on hit and safe on block — 38th of 41. The roster median is 35.5%.

• Duckable highs24.7%12th of 41

  How much of the movelist ducking answers outright. High means ducking on a read deletes a lot and buys a whiff punish.

  Steve: 24.7% of the movelist is highs — 12th of 41. The roster median is 21.3%.

• Low crushes5.1%41st of 41

  How much of the movelist jumps over lows. Your own low pokes are a losing button against a high number.

  Steve: 5.1% of the movelist jumps over lows — 41st of 41. The roster median is 12.8%.

• High crushes10.1%19th of 41

  How much of the movelist ducks under highs. Your jab strings and standing kicks are a liability against a high number.

  Steve: 10.1% of the movelist ducks under highs — 19th of 41. The roster median is 9.7%.

• Safe evasions19%41st of 41

  How many of their evasive moves are still safe once you read and block them. High means reading their evasion wins you position but no damage.

  Steve: 19% of their evasive moves are still safe when blocked — 41st of 41. The roster median is 45.5%.

• Fast plus on block2.5%12th of 41

  Moves that are plus on block AND come out in 15 frames or fewer — plus frames fast enough to use as pressure rather than as a reset. Worth knowing that roster-wide most fast plus moves are highs, so ducking is often the answer.

  Steve: 2.5% of the movelist is plus on block at i15 or faster — 12th of 41. The roster median is 2%.

• Safe poke damage155th of 41

  What a single free poke costs, averaged over the ones you cannot punish. High means a passive round is a lost round.

  Steve: their average safe poke does 15 damage — 5th of 41. The roster median is 13.2.

• Follow-ups per move0.7612th of 41

  Follow-ups per standalone move. High means most of what you block is mid-string, so your defence is delay-and-interrupt rather than punish windows.

  Steve: 0.76 follow-ups per standalone move — 12th of 41. The roster median is 0.61.

Shading shows where Steve sits in the roster on that category, darkest for first. It is a position, not a verdict: first of 41 in launchable lows is a weakness. Open any box for what the category means. Bold marks the roster’s top fifth — Steve reaches it on 3 of 23.

Jailing is unrecorded on 72% of Steve’s string continuations, so a string missing from the last list was probably never checked.

The movelist below has every stance move on it and nothing saying how to reach one. These are the moves that get Steve there. A transition is not always free — wavu writes the condition in prose, and it can be on hit only, on block only, automatic, or need a follow-up input, so check the move’s own row before you count on it.

9 of 9 stances in Steve’s movelist have a documented way in.

Steve has 4 throws that can start from neutral.

Default break: 2. It covers 3 of 4 breakable throws (75%).