Drunk Jackie strategy

Just a quick summary of what I learned during my speedruns with Drunk Jackie. Most of my time was spent in Standard difficulty, I don't know if any of this will apply in Top Difficult %.

First, look up how combos work on each character, especially the Butt Loop infinite. This will work on everyone except the Drunk Jackie mirror, and is a bit hard on Thorsten, M. Lion, and Five Animal Fists Jackie (aka Dragonball Jackie):

https://wiki.gbl.gg/w/Jackie_Chan_in_Fists_of_Fire/Drunken_Fist_Jackie

Since the Boss Versions of characters are allowed, select Drunk Jackie with start + attack to get that important extra juggle. Try to use the Butt Loop whenever possible because it kills quickly, but if they jump at you, anti-air with cr.HP, dash up cr.HP > close HK, dash up cr.HP > close HK, and then hit them with f.HK overhead right as they land. This will prevent them from throwing you, and give you frame advantage on hit or block. You can also throw a LP Jug at their landing point, since it does good chip damage and some characters like to jump any time the jug is on screen.

If you combo into d,u + P near the corner, use your normal juggle ender (usually st.LK > close HK > cr.HP), then dash up and juggle with cr.HP > close HK. This will stun most characters from any starter. After a stun, get point blank and do cr.HK > cr.HP xx HCB HP. They will usually die before the special move comes out, but this should be a quick consistent kill no matter what.

When their health is getting low, you can chip out with HCB+HP since it does a ton of chip and they usually just take it. Don't try to use this attack meaty on their wakeup though, or they will often throw you. Do it from a safe blockstring.

The characters that seem to be the hardest if encountered in later rounds are Thorsten, M. Lion, and Kim-Maree. It might be worth resetting until one of them is your Stage 1 opponent.

Character Specific notes:

Lau: Rarely a problem, but the infinite can drop out if you start with too much pushback. Might be worth ending in cr.LP xx d,u LP after a couple reps just to guarantee the stun.

Yeung: Depending on when you fight her, she can act wildly different. Sometimes she will jump a lot, so just AA her and be aware that she is really floaty. If she keeps sliding at you, dash up and mash cr.LK a few times and hitconfirm into Infinite on stand or cr.HP xx d,u HP on crouch, and get the easy stun combo. If she uses the hopping overhead move, dash and stand block quickly until you get close enough to dash past the move. If you try to use the OTG Infinite against Yeung that is listed in the Wiki, note that the usual route doesn't work properly for Hyper Drunk Jackie, and it's also a really slow way to kill, so just use the OTG bug to reset her instead.

Thorsten: Often the run killer. He will safely jump over jug throw and I don't think it's possible to anti-air him in time. He will sweep if you even think of dashing in, and he will anti-air your jumps pretty consistently. The only way I could beat him quickly was to dash up and block his sweep (or a similar ranged poke), then dash up and do a quick cr.LP xx d,u LP. It's incredibly risky but he usually will hit something slow enough that he will get hit. If you are close to the corner, you can pick up good damage from juggles here.

Drunk Jackie mirror (including Final Stage): very hard to open up normally, but he tends to jump if you sit at the right range. Just let him hang himself. He might also dash up and throw you, so be careful because this wastes a lot of time. The infinite doesn't work against him and it's hard to hitconfirm in general here, so you can't play conventionally.

Five Animal Fists (Dragonball) Jackie: He will constantly jump at you so just anti-air him optimally. Unfortunately he will sometimes just slowly walk back for ages before doing it, so you can usually dash up and start applying pressure to get him started. Be ready to anti-air even if he jumps over you.

Baguazhang (Admiral) Jackie: He literally does nothing every time I've played him, just dash up and do the infinite. Sometimes he will jump back and throw an air fireball, quickly dash under it and anti-air. Very rarely he will also do a random Palm Dash attack if you dash, so watch out for that too.

Sam: Kind of like Lau, doesn't do much. Will occasionally jump or do a random divekick, so be ready to punish those. Otherwise, he usually gets opened up easily into the infinite.

Kim-Maree: If you get her early, dash up cr.LK into the infinite is easy. Later on she will block a lot more, and she will throw you every time you even think about getting within range. Her jump is fast so don't throw jug at a range where she might hit you. Also she may back up and do HP Running Lariat, be sure not to stand up or it will hit. You can stuff it on reaction with cr.LKs, but if it runs past you it's usually hard to punish. She may also taunt you if she lands a knockdown, which can open her up for the kill. 

M. Lion: Lion is hard to stun and hard to juggle fully if not all the way cornered, and he can occasionally do random jumps and slides that make him unpredictable. A well spaced Far HK will often force him to block, then you can follow up with cr.LK > cr.HP and confirm into either d,u HP on hit or jug on block, and repeat with another Far HK. It's a bit slow if he keeps blocking, but it's a relatively safe way to pressure his wide hurtbox.

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