CHEF · Neon Stick Fight fighter

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How often CHEF gets picked, how often it wins, and its best and worst matchups, against the CPU and against other players. The numbers load from the game's server; they aren't available right now.

STATS

Measured against TEMP, the baseline (the tick on each bar).

HEALTH100

out of 100same as TEMP

WALK0.82x

walking speed-18% vs TEMP

BACK WALK0.72x

stepping back-28% vs TEMP

RUN0.86x

running speed-14% vs TEMP

JUMP0.90x

jump height-10% vs TEMP

DASH0.90x

every glide and lunge-10% vs TEMP

WEIGHT1.12x

heavier flies less far+12% vs TEMP

STAMINA BAR1.00x

size of the attack budgetsame as TEMP

STAMINA REGEN0.88x

how fast stamina refills-12% vs TEMP

DAMAGE0.90x

every hit he lands-10% vs TEMP

BODY

SIZE: 1.08xthe whole rig
HEIGHT: 1.07xhead to feet
ARMS: 1.00xshoulder to fist
LEGS: 1.02xhip to foot
LIMBS: 0.99xthickness (hitbox and hurtbox)
LEAN: 3°leans in

REACH, ROOT TO FIST OR FOOT

JAB: 92 pxTEMP 88 px
CROSS: 123 pxTEMP 116 px
SNAP KICK: 94 pxTEMP 92 px
ROUNDHOUSE: 94 pxTEMP 92 px

MECHANICS

ARMORCLEAVER absorbs 1 hit from the press until recovery and takes 50% of its damage. Throws still beat it.

Drops the shared SKY SPIKE string.

UNIQUE MOVES

Frames are at 60 fps, from the animation's own timing. Damage is before CHEF's 0.90x damage stat. On block is about right, before any string follow-up. Tap or hover a move to replay it.

CLEAVER

← 2

Armored overhead chop, hits crouchers

DAMAGE: 13
HEIGHT: OVERHEAD
STARTUP: 17f
ACTIVE: 7f
RECOVERY: 17f
ON BLOCK: -16
STAMINA: 26
REACH: 104 px

knockdown
armor: 1 hit at 50% damage
glides 13 px

FLAMBÉ

← 1

Short upward flick, launches

DAMAGE: 11
HEIGHT: MID
STARTUP: 9f
ACTIVE: 7f
RECOVERY: 14f
ON BLOCK: -12
STAMINA: 24
REACH: 67 px

launch
glides 28 px

EIGHTY-SIX

1, 1, 4ends EIGHTY-SIX

String, push kick to the wall

DAMAGE: 15
HEIGHT: MID
STARTUP: 7f
ACTIVE: 7f
RECOVERY: 17f
ON BLOCK: -10
STAMINA: 30
REACH: 94 px

ender
knockdown
wall splat

STRATEGY

How to beat CHEF's own moves. Here → is toward CHEF and ← is away, 1 2 3 4 are your buttons, and ↘ is down and toward. Every tip was scripted against the move in the game, with a TEMP doing the answering, and kept only if it worked.

CLEAVER

← 2

Don't hit into it. It has armor: your strike lands, the cleaver comes down anyway, and you're the one on the floor.
Stand-block it. It's an overhead, so crouching loses. Then punish with the cross (2) or →2.
Within arm's reach, a throw (1+3) goes through the armor. From farther out it only trades.
→ parries it.

FLAMBÉ

← 1

Stand-block it. It's a mid that launches, and crouching puts you in the air.
Blocked, he's open: jab (1), snap kick (3) or →2.
A low jab (↓1) thrown the moment he starts gets there first.
→ parries it.

EIGHTY-SIX

1, 1, 4JAB › JAB › EIGHTY-SIXED

Stand-block all three, then punish. The push kick leaves him open for the cross (2) or →2.
After you block the first jab, a low kick (↓3) goes under the second one and hits first.
Crouch from the start and the first jab goes over your head. The string stops there, and a low kick (↓3) punishes.

CHEF still has most of the strings every fighter shares. How to beat those is on TEMP's page.

CELEBRATION

Win the match and CHEF breaks into this under the WINS banner.

PERFECT

Win a round without taking a hit and CHEF ends it with PANCAKE FLIP: the beaten body goes into the camera, hits the glass and squeaks down it.

PANCAKE FLIP

A pancake flip: the body on the spatula hand, a dip and a flip up at the camera (it turns over on the way); then the chef's kiss.

stamped on the glass: ORDER UP

STRINGS AND ENDERS

Press in rhythm: each press goes in during the last hit's recovery. Damage is for the whole string landing on TEMP, with combo decay. Stamina is the bar it spends, out of 100.

INPUT	STRING	HITS	PAYOFF	DMG	STAMINA
1, 1, 4	EIGHTY-SIXUNIQUE	JAB › JAB › EIGHTY-SIXED	knockdown, wall splat	24	64
1, 1, 2	ONE-TWO	JAB › JAB › CROSS	—	20	55
1, 1, 2, 4	FLASH ROUNDHOUSE	JAB › JAB › CROSS › FLASH ROUNDHOUSE	knockdown	33	85
1, 1, 1	TRIPLE JAB	JAB › JAB › JAB	—	16	51
1, 2, 4	ONE-TWO KICK	JAB › CROSS › ROUNDHOUSE	knockdown	29	60
1, 2, 3	UPTOWN	JAB › CROSS › UPTOWN	—	23	60
1, 2, 3, 4	NEON TORNADO	JAB › CROSS › UPTOWN › NEON TORNADO	launch	33	90
2, 3	CROSS SNAP	CROSS › SNAP KICK	—	15	43
2, 1, 4	SPIN HEEL	CROSS › JAB › SPIN HEEL	knockdown, wall splat	28	68
3, 3, 4	CRESCENT	SNAP KICK › SNAP KICK › CRESCENT	knockdown	27	74
↓1, ↓1, ↓3	LOW RUSH	LOW JAB › LOW JAB › LOW KICK	low	14	48
↓3, ↓3, 4	GROUND RUSH	LOW KICK › LOW KICK › RUSH KNEE	knockdown	23	66
↓1, release ↓ 3	RISE AND SHINE	LOW JAB › RISING KICK	—	14	37

SHARED BASICS

Every fighter has these.

→ is toward the other fighter. Reach is on CHEF's body.

INPUT	MOVE	DMG	HEIGHT	STARTUP	ON BLOCK	STAMINA	REACH	PROPERTIES
1	JAB	6	high	7	-16	17	92
2	CROSS	10	high	14	-18	21	123
3	SNAP KICK	7	mid	7	-9	22	94
4	ROUNDHOUSE	16	high	14	-18	22	94	knockdown
→ 1	BODY BLOW	9	mid	4	-7	19	93
→ 2	LUNGE CROSS	11	mid	11	-18	22	143
→→ 1	BULLET JABout of a dash or a run; the fast way in, bounced out and punished if blocked	7	high	7	-21	19	107	glides 51 px
→→ 2	COMET CROSSout of a dash or a run	16	mid	11	-14	30	175	ender, knockdown, wall splat
→→ 3	SKID KICKout of a dash or a run; blocked low it has no blockstun at all	8	low	9	-26	20	96	glides 62 px
→→ 4	RUNNING BOOTout of a dash or a run; slow out and very slow back	13	mid	10	-22	24	103	knockdown, glides 73 px
→ 4	OVERHEAD KICK	13	mid	14	-7	22	92
← 4	SPIN KICKnear a wall: Wall Spin	15	high	11	-9	22	95	knockdown
↓1	LOW JAB	5	low	4	-10	15	89	ducks highs
↓2	UPPERCUT	9	mid	9	-6	24	68	launch
↓3	LOW KICK	6	low	5	-15	18	90	ducks highs
↓4	SWEEP	9	low	11	-21	22	97	knockdown, ducks highs
release ↓, 1	RISING JABthe quick one out of a crouch, and a mid	7	mid	6	-10	17	93
release ↓, 2	RISING UPPERCUT	11	mid	9	-4	24	68	launch
release ↓, 3	RISING KICKthe second hit of ↓1, release ↓, 3	11	mid	7	-12	22	94
release ↓, 4	RISING KNEE	12	mid	4	-3	24	62	launch
1+3	THROWor 2+4; near a wall: Wall Slam	8	throw	2	—	22	100	throw, knockdown
1 in air	JUMP JAB	6	overhead	2	-1	12	88
2 in air	JUMP CROSS	9	overhead	5	-1	15	102
3 in air	FLYING KICK	10	overhead	3	-2	16	89
4 in air	AIR ROUNDHOUSE	13	overhead	5	-1	18	88	knockdown
↓4 in air	DIVE KICK	11	overhead	4	-5	16	68
↓4 over them	STOMPthe other fighter on the floor in front of you; ↓3 there is the low kick	9	low	10	—	18	91	glides 26 px
1 on the floor	WAKE KICKor 3, while knocked down; can't be hit until it swings; 17 to 24 frames minus on block	8	mid	9	—	12	—	knockdown
2 on the floor	WAKE SWEEPor 4, or ↓ and any button, while knocked down; can't be hit until it swings; 17 to 24 frames minus on block	7	low	11	—	12	—	knockdown

Also shared, with no button of their own: parry, a tap toward the other fighter just before a hit lands (↘ for a low), which costs nothing and leaves the striker reeling; getting up, where ↑ stands, ← or → rolls, and a button is a wake-up strike; and air recovery, a button at the right moment while juggled that lands you on your feet (right at the start of the window, with a jab).