Street Fighter X Tekken/Marduk

Marduk

Ideal Team Position: Anchor

A more traditional grappler than his storyline partner King, Craig Marduk’s throw game is very strong as his standing jab has very little pushback and great frame advantage, forcing opponents to commit to a reversal or neutral jump on a moment’s notice or get planted by Marduk’s Northern Lights Suplex. Marduk has an assortment of great buttons that can pester opponents in neutral, and if he has meter to burn he can EX CADC certain moves to quickly dash into the opponent’s face while still in excellent position to bait a reversal or use his command throw. His combo ability is not too bad either, using his Gator Slam (dp+p) as a lethal juggle ender and wall game setup depending on what side of the screen he is on. Furthermore, his LP Gator Slam has a massive hitbox and Air Crush properties, allowing him to snatch opponents out of the air for big damage and a hard knockdown. CADCing cr.HP in particular can be very intimidating against opponents without a strong reversal to keep him from pressuring them into another throw. You should use Marduk as an anchor character as his large hitbox makes him vulnerable to crossups and he is very slow, necessitating a partner that can clear the gap in his stead. Furthermore, once Marduk is in he has very limited options to bring his partner back if he’s in trouble, which means Marduk is going to be expected to finish the match once he’s tagged in.

Strengths

Weaknesses

+High damage output +Long limbs to pester opponents in footsies, although he doesn’t have notable boost combo ability with these limbs +LP and EX Gator Slams have complete air crush invulnerability and large hitboxes to grab opponents out of the air +Fastest command grab in the game +Tick Throw game is exceptionally strong thanks to his jabs not having much pushback. +Most of his combo enders leave the opponent in a position where they are vulnerable to more grappler pressure +b+mp has a point of armor and long hitstun, and can be linked into his Northern Lights Suplex (hcb+P) for more damage +Launching property of cr.HP gives Marduk access to CADC juggles +j.HP has a very low hitbox which combined with his low jump arc makes it difficult to anti-air +Fast super jump +j.HK instant overhead that causes a ground bounce

-Strings have limited uses despite their quantity -Very slow walkspeed and mobility -Overhead is slow and has limited range -Vulnerable to cross-ups -Limited block strings -Lack of options to tag partners in safely

Moves

Normal Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Standing Light Punch

Standing Medium Punch

Standing Hard Punch

Standing Light Kick

Standing Medium Kick

Standing Hard Kick

Close Light Punch

(near opponent)

Close Medium Punch

(near opponent)

Close Hard Punch

(near opponent)

Close Light Kick

(near opponent)

Close Medium Kick

(near opponent)

Close Hard Kick

(near opponent)

Crouching Light Punch

+

Crouching Medium Punch

+

Crouching Hard Punch

+

Crouching Light Kick

+

Crouching Medium Kick

+

Crouching Hard Kick

+

Neutral Jump Light Punch

+

Neutral Jump Medium Punch

+

Neutral Jump Hard Punch

+

Neutral Jump Light Kick

+

Neutral Jump Medium Kick

+

Neutral Jump Hard Kick

+

Angled Jump Light Punch

/ +

Angled Jump Medium Punch

/ +

Angled Jump Hard Punch

/ +

Angled Jump Light Kick

/ +

Angled Jump Medium Kick

/ +

crossup

Angled Jump Hard Kick

/ +

crossup

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Revolving Trap Kick

(far) or

Jab Body Combo

(far) +

vs airborne on 2nd hit

Left Right Combo

(far)

vs airborne on 2nd hit

Left Right to Gut Check

(far)
+

vs airborne on
2nd and 3rd hit
on 4th hit

Left Right to
Power Elbow Combo

(far)
+ or

vs airborne on
2nd and 3rd hit

Quick Elbow Combo

(far) or

on 2nd hit
vs airborne on 2nd hit

Catapult Tackle Combo

(far)
+ +

2nd hit causes "floaty"
juggle/reset vs airborne

Craig Rush

(far)
+
+ +

vs airborne on
2nd and 3rd hit
4th hit causes floaty
juggle/reset vs airborne

Mongolian Chop

+

vs airborne

Spinning Backfist

+

Wake Up Hammer

(when lying facedown)

Wake Up Sweep

(when lying facedown)
+

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Knee Breaker

or + +

Around the World

+ +

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Gator Slam

+

vs airborne

Northern Lights Suplex

+

throw

Double Leg Takedown

+

on
can catch airborne

   Mount Mongolian Chop

Double Leg Takedown on hit

not available on

   Hercules' Hammer

Double Leg Takedown on hit

not available on

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Mount Rush

+

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

N/A

Unique Attacks

• In Marduk's chain combos, there are several instances of a {{ + + }} , on an airborne opponent, this will cause them to have a floaty reset, but in a juggle combo, it will actually cause them to fall in a floaty state while retaining juggle potential. Bear this in mind when experimenting with combos.

Normal Throws

N/A

Special Moves

N/A

Super Combos

N/A

The Basics

N/A

Advanced Strategy

N/A

Combos

Bread and Butters

• cr.HP xx CADC, cl.MP, cl.MP xx dp+HP (352)

(0bar, medium)

• b+MP, hcb+HP (280)

(0bar, armored, medium)

Post-launch Combos

• cr.HP xx CADC, cl.MP, cl.MP xx dp+HP

(0bar, medium)

Hit Confirm Combos

• cr.LP, cr.LP, cr.MP xx hcb+K>K (253)

(0bar, medium)

• cl.MP, cr.MP xx hcb+K>K (276)

(0bar, medium)

• st.MP>d+HP, xx hcb+K>K (246)

(0bar, easy)

Advanced Combos

• f+PP, cl.MP, cl.MP, cr.MP xx hcb+K>K (373)

(0bar, overhead, medium)

• f+PP, cl.MP, cl.MP, cr.MP~cl.HP xx hcb+KK, cr.MP xx dp+HP(469)

(1bar, overhead, medium)

• j.HK, nj.HP, cl.HP xx dp+HP

(0bar, overhead, easy)

Combos Into Supers

• N/A