Street Fighter X Tekken/Sakura

Sakura

Ideal Team Position: Anchor

While her techniques imitate the trademark attacks of Shotos, you should not look at her as one. Her Hadoken is used not for zoning, but for pressure, as throwing her short-range, chargeable Hadoken gives her a wall of ki that she can use to protect herself while walking forward. Her DP is mostly used as a combo extender or for a safe tag option as he does not have the reversal utility that other DPs have. She is also in possession of strong lockdown ability thanks to her aerial Tatsu that starts quickly and has a large hitbox to ensure that she almost always gets a hit if she’s in the proper range. Adding to her aerial assault is the Sakura Otoshi, which is +5 on block and causes a ground bounce on counterhit, forcing the opponent to think carefully about trying to counter the initial animation. Her grounded LK Tatsu is can be oppressive if spaced correctly, and can be linked into normals for additional damage. Her main weakness is that in order to use all of these tools, she has to approach the opponent, and that can be difficult for her thanks to her own lack of defensive options to keep an opponent from doing the same. As such, it’s best to have her as an anchor character where the gap has already been cleared by her partner so she can tag in and begin her plethora of frame traps and offensive pressure.

Strengths

Weaknesses

+HP DP has a long block stun allowing for safe tag cancels +Aerial Tatsu can act as a quasi-dive kick for further offense. Additionally, it comes out quickly and can win as an air-to-air, giving Sakura more combo opportunities. It is also +13 on block. +Close normals execute quickly, allowing her to take advantage of her frame advantageous moves to press offense + j.MP has high priority and causes a juggle state on regular hit, too for combos. Great air to air normal. +Far HK has great range and is a good tool to beat crouching medium kicks +the P followup to Sakura Otoshi (dp+K) can be +5 on block, and causes ground bounce on hit. +Long range on EX DP

-Lacking on defense as her best anti-air, cr.HP, can be crossed up easily -Fireball has almost no zoning capabilities -Has trouble keeping opponents out -Main reversal, her EX DP, has a 12-frame startup and is easy to make whiff thanks to a very low hitbox. -Lacks reliable offensive tools, relying primarily on jabs

Normal Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Standing Light Punch

Standing Medium Punch

Standing Hard Punch

Standing Light Kick

Standing Medium Kick

Standing Hard Kick

Standing (close) Light Punch

Standing (close) Medium Punch

Standing (close) Hard Punch

Forces Standing

Standing (close) Light Kick

Standing (close) Medium Kick

Standing (close) Hard Kick

Causes Float on non airborne opponent

Crouching Light Punch

+

Crouching Medium Punch

+

Crouching Hard Punch

+

Forces Standing

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

/ +

on ariborne

Angled Jump Hard Punch

/ / +

Angled Jump Light Kick

/ +

Angled Jump Medium Kick

/ +

Angled Jump Hard Kick

/ +

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Flower Kick

+ MK

Knockdown on airborne

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Sailor Shot

or + +

Choba Throw

+ +

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Hadoken

+

on hit
can be charged to Lvl 3

Shouoken

+

Full Body Invul. 1-13f

Shunpukyaku

+

on airborne
Also possible ariborne

Sakura Otoshi

+

Button determines arc and distance
Tracks
Can do 3 follow-up attacks
on grounded opponent

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Haru Ranman

+

Full Body Invul. 1-7f

Frame Data (Updated for v2013)

Move	Command	Hit	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel	JP	JC	JS	"Notes
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Far LP		H	30	3	2	9	+6	+2	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Far MP		H	60	7	3	15	+3	-1	-	2	1	1	-
Far HP		H	90	8	3	21	+1	-4	SM,EX,SA,CA	3	1	1	-
Far LK		H	30	4	2	11	+4	0	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	-
Far MK		H	60	9	2	16	+3	-1	-	2	1	1	-
Far HK		H	90	10	3	18	+4	-1	-	3	1	1	-
Close LP		H	30	3	2	9	+6	0	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Close MP **LC		H	60	4	2	14	+4	+1	SM,EX,SA,CA	2	1	1	-
Close HP		H	90	3	4	23	-1	-7	SM,EX,SA,CA	3	1	1	Forces standing
Close LK **LC		H	30	4	2	12	+3	-1	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	-
Close MK		H	60	4	3	19	-1	-5	SM,EX,SA,CA	2	1	1	-
Close HK		H	90	6	3	18	float	-1	-	2	2	1	Does not float on airborne opponent
Crouch LP		H	30	3	2	9	+6	+2	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Crouch MP **LC		H	60	5	3	19	-1	-5	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	-
Crouch HP		H	90	4	5	20	-2	-5	SM,EX,SA,CA	3	1	1	Forces standing
Crouch LK		L	30	3	3	10	+4	0	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Crouch MK		L	60	5	4	17	0	-4	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	-
Crouch HK		L	90	7	3	24	hard knockdown	-7	-	1	1	-	-
Jump Up LP		M	40	3	7	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump Up MP		M	70	4	6	until ground+4	+16	+5	-	2	1	1	-
Jump Up HP		M	100	5	5	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3	1	1	-
Jump Up LK		M	40	4	5	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump Up MK		M	70	5	8	until ground+4	+16	+5	-	2	1	1	-
Jump Up HK		M	100	6	6	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal LP		M	40	7	7	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal MP		M	70	4	5	until ground+4	+16	+5	SM,EX	2	1	1	Knockdown on airborne opponent
Jump Diagonal HP		M	100	5	5	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal LK		M	40	4	5	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal MK		M	70	5	4	until ground+4	+16	+5	-	2	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal HK		M	100	6	5	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3	1	1	-
Launcher **LC	HP+HK	H	100	13	2	54	switch	-34	-	3	-	-	Crushes crouching attacks 1-14, Launches opponent while switching characters
Cross Cancel	f+HP+HK (while blocking)	H	40,70	6	2,4	18+11	hard knockdown	-	-	-	-	-	Invulnerability frames 1-6, Resembles LP Shouoken
Sailor Shot	LP+LK	throw	130	5	2	20	hard knockdown	-	-	-	-	-	-
Choba Throw	b+LP+LK	throw	130	5	2	20	hard knockdown	-	-	-	-	-	-
Flower Kick	f+MK	M	70	15	2	19	0	-4	-	2	1	1	Knockdown on airborne opponent
Hadouken	qcf+P	H	50	16-26	-	26	-3	-7	-	3	4	0	-
Hadouken Lvl 2	qcf+P (hold for 13-21 frames)	H	70	27-35	-	26	+4	-1	-	3	4	0	-
Hadouken Lvl 3	qcf+P (hold for 22 frames)	H	90	40	-	24	+6	+1	-	3	4	0	-
Hadouken EX	qcf+PP	H	50,50	16-26	-	26	knockdown	0	-	3,3	0,1	0	-
Hadouken EX Lvl 2	qcf+PP (hold for 13-21 frames)	H	60,60	27-35	-	26	knockdown	0	-	3,3	0,1	0	-
Hadouken EX Lvl 3	qcf+PP (hold for 22 frames)	H	70,75	40	-	27	knockdown	-1	-	3,3	0,1	0	-
Shouoken LP	f,d,df+LP	H	40,10	6	2,4	18+11	knockdown	-11	-	3,3	1,3	0	-
Shouoken MP	f,d,df+MP	H	60,10x3	7	2,2,2,8	22+11	knockdown	-19	-	4,4,4,4	1,1,1,4	0	-
Shouoken HP	f,d,df+HP	H	60,20x2,10x3	12	2,2,2,2,2,10	18+11	knockdown	-17	-	6,6,6,6,6,6	1,1,1,1,1,6	0	-
Shouoken EX	f,d,df+PP	H	10,20x2,10x5	12	2,4(19)2,2,2,2,2,10	18+11	knockdown	-17	-	1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1	0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0	0	Invulnerability frames 1-13
Shunpukyaku LK	qcb+LK	H	40	22	6	15	+4	-4	-	3	1	0	Chargeable: 51F for EX Version and 100F for Super Art, Knockdown on airborne opponent
Shunpukyaku MK	qcb+MK	H	30x2	17	3(8)6	18	knockdown	-2	-	4,5	1,1	0	Chargeable: 51F for EX Version and 100F for Super Art
Shunpukyaku HK	qcb+HK	H	30x3	12	3(6)3(6)4	21	knockdown	-3	-	4,5,6	1,1,1	0	Chargeable: 51F for EX Version and 100F for Super Art
Shunpukyaku EX	qcb+KK	H	20x3,30	13	3(6)3(6)4(12)3	14	float	+5	-	4,5,6,0	1,1,1,0	0	Chargeable: 51F for Super Art
Shunpukyaku (Air) **LC	qcb+K (air)	H	45x2	9	3(8)3	until ground+8	knockdown	+13	-	3	1	0	-
Shunpukyaku EX (Air)	qcb+KK (air)	H	30x5	9	3(3)2(3)3(3)2(3)3	until ground+4	knockdown	-22	-	4,5,6,7,4	1,1,1,1,1	0	-
Sakura Otoshi	f,d,df+K	M	-	16	-	-	-	-	P	-	-	-	Button strength determines jump arc and distance
Sakura Otoshi EX	f,d,df+KK	M	-	16	-	-	-	-	P	-	-	-	Tracks opponent
P Follow-Up (vs grounded)	P during Sakura Otoshi	H	60	4	3	-	ground bounce	+5	-	4	1	0	-
P Follow-Up (vs airborne)	P during Sakura Otoshi, Up to 3 times	-	40,20,70	4	3	-	knockdown x2,hard knockdown	-	-	4	1	0	-
P Follow-Up EX (vs grounded)	P during EX Sakura Otoshi	M	60	4	3	-	ground bounce	+5	-	4	1	0	-
P Follow-Up EX (vs airborne)	P during EX Sakura Otoshi, Up to 3 times	-	50,50,100	4	3	-	knockdown x2,hard knockdown	-	-	4	1	0	-
Haru Ranman **LC	qcb+KKK	L,L,H	30,30,270	6	4(6)4(10)4	31	hard knockdown	-13	-	4,4,4	1,1,4	-	65 frames cinematic freeze before attack begins, Invulnerability frames 1-7
Cross Art **LC	qcf+MP+MK	H	150+	12	2	46	switch	-26	-	3	-	-	63 frames cinematic freeze before attack begins, Invulnerability frames 1-13

Boost Chain Frame Data

Move	Hit	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel	"Notes
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Far LP	H	30	3	2	9	+6	+2	-	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Far MP	H	42	7	3	20	-2	-6	-	-
Far HP **LC	H	63	8	3	31	-9	-14	EX,SA,CA	-
Far LK	H	30	4	2	11	+4	0	-	-
Far MK	H	42	9	2	21	-2	-6	-	-
Far HK	H	63	10	3	27	-5	-10	-	-
Close LP	H	30	3	2	9	+6	0	-	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Close MP **LC	H	42	4	2	22	-4	-7	EX,SA,CA	-
Close HP **LC	H	63	3	4	33	-11	-17	EX,SA,CA	Forces standing
Close LK **LC	H	30	3	2	12	+3	-1	-	-
Close MK	H	42	4	3	24	-6	-10	EX,SA,CA	-
Close HK	H	63	6	3	27	-4	-10	-	Does not float on airborne opponent
Crouch LP	H	30	3	2	9	+6	+2	-	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Crouch MP **LC	H	42	5	3	24	-6	-10	EX,SA,CA	-
Crouch HP	H	63	4	5	29	-11	-14	EX,SA,CA	Forces standing
Crouch LK	L	30	3	3	10	+4	0	-	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Crouch MK	L	42	5	4	22	-5	-9	EX,SA,CA	-
Crouch HK	L	63	7	3	33	hard knockdown	-16	-	-

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

N/A

Unique Attacks

N/A

Normal Throws

N/A

Special Moves

N/A

Super Combos

N/A

The Basics

N/A

Advanced Strategy

N/A

Combos

Bread and Butters

• cl.HP xx qcb+LK, cl.HP xx qcb+LK, cr.LK xx dp+HP (313)

(0bar, midscreen, medium)

• cl.HP xx qcb+LK, cl.HP xx dp+LP, cl.HP xx qcb+MK, cr.HP xx dp+HP (387)

(0bar, corner, medium)

• cl.HP xx qcb+LK, cl.HP xx qcb+KK, j.HK, cl.HP xx dp+HK>P, cl.HP xx dp+HP (433)

(1bar, medium)

Hit Confirm Combos

• cr.LK, cr.LP, cr.MK xx dp+HP (199)

(0bar, hitconfirm, medium)

Post-Launch Combos

• cl.HP xx dp+HK>P, cl.HP xx dp+HP

(0bar, medium)

• cl.HP xx dp+HK>P>(delay) P, dp+LP, dp+MP

(0bar, easy)

• cl.MP, cl.HP xx qcb+LK, cr.HP xx dp+HP

(0bar, corner, easy)

Advanced Combos

• cl.HP xx qcb+LK, cl.HP xx qcb+KK, j.HK, cl.HP xx dp+HK>P, cl.HP xx dp+HP (433)

(1bar, medium)

Combos from LP Shououken

• dp+LP, cl.MP, cl.HP xx qcb+LK, cr.HP xx dp+HP

(0bar, corner, easy)

• dp+LP, cl.HP xx qcb+MK, cr.HP xx dp+HP

(0bar, corner, medium)

Combos Into Supers

• N/A

Frame Data

zUkUu's Frame Data Guide for Sakura