LAWYER · Neon Stick Fight fighter

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How often LAWYER 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

WALK0.98x

walking speed-2% vs TEMP

BACK WALK0.98x

stepping back-2% vs TEMP

RUN0.98x

running speed-2% vs TEMP

JUMP1.00x

jump heightsame as TEMP

DASH1.00x

every glide and lungesame as TEMP

WEIGHT1.00x

heavier flies less farsame as TEMP

STAMINA BAR1.00x

size of the attack budgetsame as TEMP

STAMINA REGEN1.05x

how fast stamina refills+5% vs TEMP

DAMAGE1.00x

every hit he landssame as TEMP

BODY

SIZE: 1.00xthe whole rig
HEIGHT: 0.99xhead to feet
ARMS: 1.00xshoulder to fist
LEGS: 1.00xhip to foot
LIMBS: 0.97xthickness (hitbox and hurtbox)
LEAN: 2°leans in

REACH, ROOT TO FIST OR FOOT

JAB: 88 pxsame as TEMP
CROSS: 117 pxTEMP 116 px
SNAP KICK: 92 pxsame as TEMP
ROUNDHOUSE: 91 pxTEMP 92 px

MECHANICS

THROW COUNTEROBJECTION! catches a throw or a command grab and answers with SUSTAINED. Any strike beats it.
COMMAND GRABSUSTAINED can't be broken or blocked. It whiffs on a croucher like any throw.
CPU STYLEGrappler: throws up close and hunts the wall.

UNIQUE MOVES

Frames are at 60 fps, from the animation's own timing. Damage is before LAWYER's 1.00x damage stat. On block is about right, before any string follow-up. Tap or hover a move to replay it.

OBJECTION!

← 1

Catches a throw or grab and throws him

DAMAGE: —
HEIGHT: —
STARTUP: —
ACTIVE: —
RECOVERY: 23f
ON BLOCK: —
STAMINA: 14
REACH: —

catches throws

SUSTAINED

← 1when OBJECTION catches a grab

Throw, command grab, can't be broken, knockdown

DAMAGE: 12
HEIGHT: THROW
STARTUP: 1f
ACTIVE: 14f
RECOVERY: 17f
ON BLOCK: —
STAMINA: 0
GRAB RANGE: —

command grab
can't be broken
knockdown

CROSS-EXAMINATION

→ 1

Quick mid, plus on block: then throw or mid

DAMAGE: 5
HEIGHT: MID
STARTUP: 3f
ACTIVE: 4f
RECOVERY: 7f
ON BLOCK: +3
STAMINA: 14
REACH: 88 px

steps in on block
glides 18 px

CLOSING ARGUMENT

2, 3, 2ends CLOSING ARGUMENT

String, briefcase swing, wall splat

DAMAGE: 15
HEIGHT: MID
STARTUP: 9f
ACTIVE: 7f
RECOVERY: 13f
ON BLOCK: -6
STAMINA: 30
REACH: 103 px

ender
knockdown
wall splat

STRATEGY

How to beat LAWYER's own moves. Here → is toward LAWYER 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.

OBJECTION!

← 1

It only catches throws. Any strike beats it: he stands there with his hand up for over half a second, so hit him. The cross (2) or →2 has all the time it needs.
Don't throw him while the hand is up. He catches it and throws you instead, and that throw can't be broken.

CROSS-EXAMINATION

→ 1

Stand-block it. It's a quick mid, and after you block it he still moves first, so a jab back loses.
What comes next is a throw or a kick. Press throw (1+3) as you come out of the block. That breaks his throw, and you have about a third of a second to do it. Pressed promptly, it also grabs him out of the snap kick or the overhead.
Crouching is wrong twice. Cross-Examination hits a croucher, and there's no time to duck the throw behind it.
→ parries it, but only as a guess. It lands almost as soon as he presses.

CLOSING ARGUMENT

2, 3, 2CROSS › SNAP KICK › CLOSING ARGUMENT

Stand-block the opening cross. It pushes you back far enough that the kick behind it falls short, and the string dies there.
Then punish the missed kick with your own cross (2) or →2.
Crouching from the start works too. The cross is a high and goes over your head.

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

CELEBRATION

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

PERFECT

Win a round without taking a hit and LAWYER ends it with CASE CLOSED: the beaten body goes into the camera, hits the glass and squeaks down it.

CASE CLOSED

Up by the collar in the pointing hand, the briefcase wound back, and a full swing of it that sends the body at the camera; then the point and the lapel tug.

stamped on the glass: CASE CLOSED

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
2, 3, 2	CLOSING ARGUMENTUNIQUE	CROSS › SNAP KICK › CLOSING ARGUMENT	knockdown, wall splat	32	73
1, 1, 2	ONE-TWO	JAB › JAB › CROSS	—	22	55
1, 1, 2, 4	FLASH ROUNDHOUSE	JAB › JAB › CROSS › FLASH ROUNDHOUSE	knockdown	36	85
1, 1, 1	TRIPLE JAB	JAB › JAB › JAB	—	18	51
1, 2, 4	ONE-TWO KICK	JAB › CROSS › ROUNDHOUSE	knockdown	32	60
1, 2, 3	UPTOWN	JAB › CROSS › UPTOWN	—	26	60
1, 2, 3, 4	NEON TORNADO	JAB › CROSS › UPTOWN › NEON TORNADO	launch	37	90
2, 3	CROSS SNAP	CROSS › SNAP KICK	—	17	43
2, 1, 4	SPIN HEEL	CROSS › JAB › SPIN HEEL	knockdown, wall splat	31	68
3, 3, 4	CRESCENT	SNAP KICK › SNAP KICK › CRESCENT	knockdown	30	74
↓1, ↓1, ↓3	LOW RUSH	LOW JAB › LOW JAB › LOW KICK	low	16	48
↓3, ↓3, 4	GROUND RUSH	LOW KICK › LOW KICK › RUSH KNEE	knockdown	26	66
↓2, 1, 2, 4	SKY SPIKE	UPPERCUT › JAB › CROSS › SKY SPIKE	knockdown, ground bounce	35	92
↓1, release ↓ 3	RISE AND SHINE	LOW JAB › RISING KICK	—	16	37

SHARED BASICS

Every fighter has these. Struck through: replaced by a unique move.

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

INPUT	MOVE	DMG	HEIGHT	STARTUP	ON BLOCK	STAMINA	REACH	PROPERTIES
1	JAB	6	high	7	-16	17	88
2	CROSS	10	high	14	-18	21	117
3	SNAP KICK	7	mid	7	-9	22	92
4	ROUNDHOUSE	16	high	14	-18	22	91	knockdown
→ 1	BODY BLOWreplaced by CROSS EXAM	9	mid	4	-7	19	89
→ 2	LUNGE CROSS	11	mid	11	-18	22	135
→→ 1	BULLET JABout of a dash or a run; the fast way in, bounced out and punished if blocked	7	high	7	-21	19	101	glides 57 px
→→ 2	COMET CROSSout of a dash or a run	16	mid	11	-14	30	165	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	93	glides 69 px
→→ 4	RUNNING BOOTout of a dash or a run; slow out and very slow back	13	mid	10	-22	24	99	knockdown, glides 82 px
→ 4	OVERHEAD KICK	13	mid	14	-7	22	89
← 4	SPIN KICKnear a wall: Wall Spin	15	high	11	-9	22	92	knockdown
↓1	LOW JAB	5	low	4	-10	15	84	ducks highs
↓2	UPPERCUT	9	mid	9	-6	24	65	launch
↓3	LOW KICK	6	low	5	-15	18	87	ducks highs
↓4	SWEEP	9	low	11	-21	22	94	knockdown, ducks highs
release ↓, 1	RISING JABthe quick one out of a crouch, and a mid	7	mid	6	-10	17	89
release ↓, 2	RISING UPPERCUT	11	mid	9	-4	24	65	launch
release ↓, 3	RISING KICKthe second hit of ↓1, release ↓, 3	11	mid	7	-12	22	91
release ↓, 4	RISING KNEE	12	mid	4	-3	24	60	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	84
2 in air	JUMP CROSS	9	overhead	5	-1	15	98
3 in air	FLYING KICK	10	overhead	3	-2	16	87
4 in air	AIR ROUNDHOUSE	13	overhead	5	-1	18	85	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	89	glides 29 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).