Super Street Fighter IV AE/Ryu

Ryu

Ryu only has one goal in life: to perfect his skills and become the ultimate martial artist. A fairly aloof warrior, Ryu continually travels the globe in search of stronger and stronger opponents to help him achieve this goal. After defeating Sagat for the World Champion Street Fighter title, he was considered by most to be the most powerful fighter in the world. And yet, Ryu's true potential may still remain untapped, and only a glimpse of it was seen in his climactic battle with Shadaloo's leader, M. Bison. Only time will tell if Ryu can avoid being swallowed up by the dangerous power of the Satsui no Hado...

In a nutshell

Ryu epitomizes the saying of "A minute to learn, a lifetime to master" the most of any Street Fighter character. Ryu has all the basic tools you need: great normals, a projectile, an effect anti-air, FADC combos, etc. But as a result, he has very few gimmicks and shenanigans. You can get by playing Ryu with a solid understanding of his basic strategy, but learning Ryu at the highlest level requires very solid mind games and very solid fundamentals.

Players to Watch

Daigo, Alex Valle, Laugh, Air, John Choi, XsK Samurai

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Collarbone Breaker

+

Solar Plexus Strike

+

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Shoulder Throw

or + +

Somersault Throw

+ +

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Hadoken

+

Shoryuken

+

Tatsumaki Senpukyaku

+

Airborne Tatsumaki Senpukyaku

(in air) +

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Shinku Hadoken

qcf +

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Metsu hadoken

qcf +

Metsu Shoryuken

qcf +

AE ver. 2012 Changes

Metsu Shoryuken

Extended hitbox upward in 3rd active frame.

Hadoken

Changed light/medium/heavy version damage from 60 to 70. Chip damage is the same as SSFIV AE, at 15. Changed follow-up restrictions when a counter-hit is landed with the EX version so that follow-up is possible with any move.

Airborne Tatsumaki Senpukyaku

Adjusted timing of trajectory break-point to be 3F behind the previous point when initiated with an angled forward jump.

Solar Plexus Strike

Changed damage from 40 + 50 (90 total) to 40 + 60 (100 total).

Near Standing Heavy Kick

Equalized normal hit and counter-hit frame advantage.

Heavy Shoryuken

Made this a 1-hit move. Set damage in 1st and 2nd active frames to 160, and in 3rd to 14th active frames to 60. Made from start to 4th frame totally invincible. Made mid-air follow-up impossible. Removed possibility for EX Focus Attack and super canceling.

Crouching Medium Kick

Hit detection extended from 3F to 5F.

AE Changes

• Far version Standing MP is now special cancelable.
• Near version Standing MK damage increased.
• Near version Standing HK now has more frame advantage. They mentioned it's possible to link Close Standing HK into Shoryuken.
• Less active frames on Crouching MK.
• F + HP damage decreased.
• Jump arc changed on his diagonal jump Tatsu. They say it's harder to run away with the Tatsu, but also says that its cross-up will be more ambiguous when jumping in.
• Did something about EX air tatsu whiffing the last few kicks on hit.

Frame Data

	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes
Close	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	3	3	6	+2	+5
Close	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	3	3	21	-3	+3
Close	HL	100[80]	200[150]	60	sp/su	5	7	26	-15	-10	Forces stand, [] refers to active frames 3~5f
Close	HL	30	50	20	-	5	5	7	-1	+2
Close	HL	80	100	40	sp/su	3	5	16	-7	-2
Close	HL	40*70	125*75	60*20	su*-	8	8(2)4	15	-1	+4
Far	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	3	6	+2	+5
Far	HL	80	100	40	sp/su	5	4	14	-4	-1
Far	HL	120	200	60	-	8	3	15	0	+4
Far	HL	40	50	20	-	5	6	6	-1	+2
Far	HL	80	100	40	-	8	2	17	-5	-2
Far	HL	110	200	60	-	9	4	20	-6	-2
crouch	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	3	2	7	+2	+5
crouch	HL	60	100	40	sp/su	4	4	8	+2	+5
crouch	HL	90	200	60	sp/su	4	8	28	-18	-13	Forces stand
crouch	L	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	3	9	-1	+2
crouch	L	60	100	40	sp/su	5	5	12	-3	0
crouch	L	90	100	60	-	5	4	28	-14	-	Untechable knockdown
Jump up	H	50	50	20	-	10	7	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of startup frames
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	5	5	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of active frames
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	6	5	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of startup frames
Jump up	H	40	50	20	-	5	9	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of startup frames
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	6	10	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of startup frames
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	4	4	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of startup frames
Jump forward	H	50	50	20	-	4	7	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of startup frames
Jump forward	H	50*30	50*50	40*20	-	7	3*4	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of startup frames, [1st air hit] floats opponent, [2nd air hit] knock down and can juggle
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	6	5	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of startup frames
Jump forward	H	40	50	20	-	4	8	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of startup frames
Jump forward	H	70	100	40	-	6	6	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of startup frames
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	7	7	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of startup frames
Overhead +	H	30*50	50*50	40*20	-	17	1(1)2	14	-2	+3	Only +1 hit advantage on crouching opponents
+	HL	40*60	50*50	60*20	[sp/su]	17	2*2	18	0	+4	[] refers to last 3 recovery frames
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	60	100	20	-	10+11	2	35	-21	-21
Focus Attack LVL 2	HL	80	150	40	-	18+11	2	35	-15	-
Focus Attack LVL 3	-	140	200	60	-	65	2	35	-	-
Forward Throw	0.9	130	140	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Untechable knockdown
Back Throw	0.9	130	120	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Untechable knockdown
Hadoken	HL	70	100	10/20	su	13	-	Total 45	-6	-2	[air hit] knock down, 16~17f focus cancellable
Hadoken	HL	50*50	50*50	-250/0	su	12	-	Total 40	+1	-	knock down, can juggle, [counterhit] floats opponent, 15~16f focus cancellable
Shoryuken	HL	100[70]	200[100]	30/40	su	3	14	14 + After landing 10	-17	-	1~2f Invincible, 3~4f unthrowable, 3~16f lower body invincibility, 4f~ airborne, knock down, [] refers to active frames 3~14f
Shoryuken	HL	80*50	150*50	20/20*20	su*-	3	2*12	25 + After landing 18	-34	-	1~5f Invincible, 6~16f lower body invincibility, 5f~ airborne, knock down, [2nd hit] can juggle
Shoryuken	HL	160[60]	200[50]	20/40[20]	-	3	14	28 + After landing 18	-37	-	1~4f Invincible, 3~4f unthrowable, 5~16f lower body invincibility, 3f~ airborne, knock down, [] refers to active frames 3~14f
Shoryuken	HL	80*60	100*100	-250/0	su	3	2*12	30 + After landing 18	-39	-	1~16f Invincible, 6f~ airborne, knock down, [2nd hit] can juggle
Hurricane Kick	HL	100	200	30/30	-	11	2(6)2	12 + After landing 5	-6	-	7~20f lower body immune to projectiles, 7f~ airborne, knock down, armor break, cannot hit crouching opponents, [2nd hit] aimed backwards
Hurricane Kick	HL	110	200	30/30	-	12	2(6)2(6)2(6)2(6)2	18 + After landing 3	-2	-	7~45f lower body immune to projectiles, 7f~ airborne, knock down, armor break, cannot hit crouching opponents, [2nd hit, 4th hit] aimed backwards
Hurricane Kick	HL	120	200	30/30	-	12	2(6)2(6)2(6)2(6)2	18 + After landing 3	-2	-	7~45f lower body immune to projectiles, 7f~ airborne, knock down, armor break, cannot hit crouching opponents, [2nd hit, 4th hit] aimed backwards
Hurricane Kick	HL	30x4*40	40x5	-250/0	-	11	1(3)1(3)1(3)1(3)1	18 + After landing 3	-1	-	6~27f lower body immune to projectiles, 6f~ airborne, [1st-4th hit] forces stand, [air hit, 5th hit] knock down, armor break, can juggle, [2nd, 4th hit] aimed backwards
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	70	100	10/40	-	9	2(6)2(6)2	After landing 10	-	-	knock down, [2nd, 4th hit] aimed backwards
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	80	100	10/40	-	9	2(6)2(6)2	After landing 10	-	-	knock down, [2nd, 4th hit] aimed backwards
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	90	100	10/40	-	9	2(6)2(6)2	After landing 10	-	-	knock down, [2nd, 4th hit] aimed backwards
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	40x5	50x5	-250/0	-	7	1(3)1(3)1(3)1(3)1	After landing 4	-	-	knock down, can juggle, [2nd, 4th hit] aimed backwards
Super Combo	HL	50x4*100	0	-1000/0	-	1+2	-	Total 52	+11	-	1f Invincible, [1st-4th air hit] untechable knockdown, [5th hit] untechable knockdown, can juggle
Ultra Combo 1	HL	42x7*75	0	0/0	-	0+11	-	Total 120	-25	-	1~9f Invincible, [1st-7th air hit] or [8th hit] untechable knockdown, can juggle
Ultra Combo 2	HL	270*38x4*50x3[270*233]	0	0/0	-	0+8	3*3x7	43+ After landing 41	-84	-	1~10f Invincible, 11~31f lower body invincibility, 11f~ airborne, untechable knockdown, [2nd hit] (translate) can juggle, armor break, 1st hit goes into animation, [] refers to animation, guard advantage assumes 2nd hit
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes