Character Bio: The Oriental Flower, Litchi Faye-Ling

by Cloud on Jul.08, 2009, under Games

Like Syker before, Zero (in all of his laziness) asked me to put together a character bio for Litchi, because I’m the only person here at Visionary Nexus that actually plays as her. Not that I mind, I love me some Litchi.

Look at those big juicy litchis... I'm having a hard time making good punchlines after making two posts in a row.

Height: 170 cm

Weight: 58 kg

Birthday: July 7 (happy late birthday, Litchi)

Blood Type: AB

Race: Human

Hobbies: Mahjong

Values: Her hair, Lao Jiu

Likes: Japanese sake

Dislikes: Indecisive people

Tier Listing: Dunno. B?

Theme Songs: Oriental Flower, and Weak Executioner (vs. Arakune)

Seiyuu: Chiaki Takahashi

English VA: Lauren Landa

Litchi is a renowned and loved doctor living in Orient Town of Kagutsuchi, and is also admired because of her breasts. She has her very own clinic there as well as an assistant named Lin Hua. She used to belong to Sector Seven, working with Tager and Han until Han became Arakune. After that incident, she defends the townspeople from Arakune while simultaneously trying to find any sort of way to restore him back to his former self, even if it means killing him. She is loved by the Kaka clan that live beneath Kagutsuchi since she gives them free food and teaches them things. She also seems to respect Bang, but is completely unaware of his feelings for her. She can be kind and loving, but can also be a mean drunk.

Playing as Litchi is quite the experience, because she’s definitely not the easiest to pick up out of the cast in BlazBlue. I mean, there’s a reason I’m the only person who ever plays as her here at Visionary Nexus. Litchi’s main focus is her ability to change her style of fighting by using her Drive button to either equip or unequip her Mattenbou staff.

Playing as Litchi means knowing how to take advantage of both her styles, as well as being able to control her and her Mattenbou staff in unison in order to deal more damage, and get higher combos. It doesn’t sound terribly easy, and it definitely isn’t, as I still haven’t gotten the hold of using her to her full potential yet, but once you’ve got a nice feel for her going, I think it’s quite the rewarding experience. With Litchi, it’s imperative that you take advantage of her ability to attack quite a distance away from herself with her staff. She can throw the staff from mid-air, as well as have it attack others when calling it back. When it’s equipped, the staff gives her melee attacks quite a bit of range, and you’ll have to use that to your advantage to keep enemies away, because Litchi can find herself in a world of hurt if caught by a strong offender.

However, Litchi isn’t completely defenseless in a staffless melee situation. She has quite a lot of physical attacks to get her out of situations, with good priority and great damage output, like her Three Dragons combo. Knowing when to use these moves and when to go back to using your staff is the key to fighting as Litchi.

One of your best friends while playing as Litchi will be Tsubame Gaeshi, or “throw your staff into the air at faggots charging at you”. Basically, Litchi will throw her flaming staff into the air vertically, and it’ll come down and do a second hit. This is great for throwing off people who are charging Litchi, or if you’re trying to hit that annoying ass Arakune who won’t get the hell down. I hate to say it, but you’ll probably be using this move as much as you hit D, because it’s just so useful in so many situations and can really turn the tide of a match into your favor if you link it in with some combos, like the Three Dragons. I’d advise not missing with though (quality advice. “MISSING IS BAD”), because if it fails to hit your opponent, Litchi will be left open and will be without her staff, since Tsubame Gaeshi is a move that takes it away from her, so you’ll need to make sure you hit shit with it.

Litchi is great at dealing damage if you know how to work with her, but I also recommend putting on a defensive game because she can find herself in a whole lot of trouble if she’s caught in a powerful combo.

With all of that said, Litchi is a character that requires work and lots of concentration to pull off effectively. However, her unique playstyle definitely makes playing as her a fun and enjoyable experience, even if you suck. I would at least give her a try out, and try and see if you can use her moves effectively, because there needs to be more Litchi players. =(

That’s all I have to say for this Boobie Lady.

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