Leet-type Characters

L-type characters, also known as Leet Characters, are a unique category of instakill characters. They are named after their use of the L33t language in their displayname (or name), and they stand out due to their use of unique techniques to defeat enemies, diverging from traditional instakill codes.

History

The concept of Leet Characters began around 2010–2011, with the author drab. He introduced the very first of this type: L_Reimu.

Early versions of L_Reimu utilized various techniques, such as turning off parameters like stcommon, st0 to st9 (and more) or using DtC sctrls using commands like %nShiftF4, %nF1 + %nF5, and more.

As time went on, L-Reimu was enhanced with increasingly aggressive instakill methods, most of which cheap characters still use to this day:

• - Direct Death
• - Parent Forgery
• - CNS Corruption (which serves the same purpose as Root Deleter/CNS Obliteration.)

Character Style

In order to make a Leet character, you have to respect these conditions:

• - The character needs to have only one static grayscaled sprite, with no animations.
• - The character may remain fixed at the center of the stage or in their original character position. They cannot be controlled.

Making Leet characters easily distinguishable due to their simple style.

Most known Leet characters are based on Touhou edits, there are a few exceptions to this, though.

As mentioned earlier, these characters use original techniques to defeat enemies, and of course, sometimes combined with techniques already used by other enemies.

Current Leet Characters

Sprite	Description
	L_Reimu, by drab: Different versions use different techniques, such as player deletion, parent forgery, judgement tampering, alive impersonation, and loading a DLL by using DtCs.
	L_Suwako, by Halkaze: Uses Process Hollowing and Anti-Debugging.
	L_Youmu, by PL: Advanced anti-hook and Engine modification.
	L_Tomoko, by S_Sak: Based on the anime Watamote's protagonist, uses external processes and Anti-Debugging. Supports 1.1b too.
	L_Rumia, by minase: Intercepts WinMUGEN's character loading, suspends threads, fixes the engine's image data and uses Anti-Debugging. (Still in WIP.)
	L_Kogasa, by Take: Proof of concept character for the LogStack exploit. Really unstable, but bypasses all current forms of sealing techniques.
No Image.	L-Nue, by SL: ? (Still in WIP.)