Super Street Fighter IV AE/Sakura

Sakura

On a chance encounter seeing a Street Fighting match involving Ryu in Japan, Sakura immediately became enamored with the world of Street Fighting. Not only becoming infatuated with Ryu, Sakura also took to learning Street Fighting skills herself, trying to mimic all of Ryu's signature moves. Her goal to meet Ryu and become his student was only half met, as Ryu rejected a role as teacher. However, Sakura continues to push forward in her fighting skills, determined one day to maybe do battle with Ryu himself.

In a nutshell

While many characters in Street Fighter require dexterity to use, Sakura is unique in that the execution must also be spot on. Sakura is not a character who gets many opportunities during a Round, but the ones she gets can lead to a huge combo that leads to a mix-up which leads to another huge combo which leads to a dizzy which leads to a win. So it's very important to not drop any of your combos. Execution is a must with Sakura, but can reward you with a sequence that can take an opponent from full health to no health just like that.

Players to Watch

HumanBomb, ChrisG, Uryo, Gannon

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Flower Kick

+

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Sailor Shot

or + +

Choba Throw

+ +

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Hadoken

+

Hold to charge;

Shouoken

+

Shunpukyaku

+

Airborne Shunpukyaku

(in air) +

Sakura Otoshi

+

Can press up to three times for three attacks;

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Haru Ichiban

qcb +

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Haruy Ranman

qcb +

Shinku Hadoken

qcf +

Shinku Tengyo Hadoken

qcf +

AE ver. 2012 Changes

EX Hadoken

Changed level 1 damage from 40 + 60 (100 total) to 60 + 60 (120 total). Changed level 2 damage from 50 + 70 (120 total) to 60 + 70 (130 total).

EX Shunpukyaku

Fixed issue whereby opponent could be passed through when hit in standing position after certain combos.

Sakura Otoshi

Increased command input difficulty, and made release-triggering impossible.

AE Changes

• Close Medium Punch has less recovery.
• Crouching Medium Punch and Kick can combo from a hit confirm.
• Far Standing Medium Punch can be Canceled, just like Ryu.
• Vulnerable hitbox on far Standing Medium Kick reduced, making it harder to hit her out of it.
• Air Arcing Hurricane Kick can get more airborne hits.
• Recovery time on her fireball reduced.
• Other various adjustments on making hitboxes bigger, damage, and recovery done to make her stronger.

Combos

crouch crouch crouch ShunpukyakuShinku Hadoken

Frame Data

	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes
Close	HL	25	50	20	ch/sp/su	3	2	5	+4	+7
Close	HL	65	100	40	sp/su	4	2	9	+3	+6
Close	HL	90[80]	120[100]	60	sp/su	3	4	20	-6	-1	Force stand, [] refers to active frames 3~4
Close	HL	25	50	20	sp/su	3	2	8	+1	+4
Close	HL	60	100	40	sp/su	4	3	15	-4	-1
Close	HL	120[100]	200	60	su	6	3	21	-6	-1	Forces stand, [] refers to damage at foot
Far	HL	25	50	20	ch/sp/su	3	2	5	+4	+7
Far	HL	75	100	40	su	7	3	12	-1	+2
Far	HL	110	200	60	-	8	3	17	-2	+2
Far	HL	30	50	20	sp/su	3	2	8	+1	+4
Far	HL	75	100	40	-	9	2	12	0	+3
Far	HL	110	200	60	-	10	3	15	0	+4
crouch	HL	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	3	2	6	+3	+6
crouch	HL	65	80	40	sp/su	5	3	11	0	+3
crouch	HL	90[80]	120[100]	60	sp/su	4	5	23	-10	-5	Forces stand, [] refers to active frames 3~5
crouch	L	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	3	3	8	0	+3
crouch	L	60	100	40	sp/su	5	4	13	-3	0
crouch	L	90	150	60	-	7	3	22	-7	-	Hard knockdown
Jump up	H	50	50	20	-	3	7	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	4	6	-	-	-
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	5	5	-	-	-
Jump up	H	30	50	20	-	4	5	-	-	-
Jump up	H	70	100	40	-	5	8	-	-	-
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	6	6	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	50	50	20	-	3	7	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	80	100	40	-	4	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	5	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	30	50	20	-	4	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	70	100	40	-	5	4	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	6	5	-	-	-
Flower Kick	H	80	100	40	-	16	2	15	-3	+2	+0 on hit vs crouching opponents
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	-	130	200	60	-	65	2	35	-	-
Forward Throw	0.90	120	120	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard knockdown
Back Throw	0.90	135	140	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard knockdown
Hadoken (Lv1)	HL	60[40*60]	75	10/20	su	15	71	Total 48	-7	-3	Fireball 14f from button release, (something about canceling)
Hadoken (Lv2)	HL	80[50*70]	100	10/20	su	13+14	71	Total 56~	-3	+1	Fireball 14f from button release, (something about canceling), charge 13~21f
Hadoken (Lv3)	HL	120[60*80]	150	10/20	su	39	44	Total 64	+1	+5	Fireball 14f from button release, (something about canceling), charge 22f
Hadoken (Lv1)	HL	60*60	50*50	-250/0	su	15	-	Total 48	-4	-	Pursuit property, fireball 14f from button release, (something about canceling)
Hadoken (Lv2)	HL	60*70	60*60	-250/0	su	13+14	-	Total 60~	-4	-	Pursuit property, fireball 14f from button release, (something about canceling), charge 13~21f
Hadoken (Lv3)	HL	60*80	75*75	-250/0	su	39	-	Total 72	-4	-	Pursuit property, fireball 14f from button release, (something about canceling), charge 22f~
Shooken	HL	90*15	50*50	30/10x2	su*-	6	2*4	18 + After landing 11	-12	-	8f~ airborne
Shooken	HL	90*15x3	50*35x3	30/10x4	su*su*su*-	7	2x3*8	22 + After landing 11	-20	-	13f~ airborne, 4th hit pursuit property
Shooken	HL	80*15x5	50*30x5	30/10x6	su(x3)*-(x3)	12	2x5*10	20 + After landing 11	-20	-	18f~ airborne, 4th-6th hit pursuit property
Shooken	HL	45*15+45*15x5	40*20*40*20x5	-250/0	su(x5)*-(x3)	12	2*4(19)2x5*9	22+11	-20	-	1~13f Invincible, 14~23f and 43f~ airborne, 6th-8th hit pursuit property
Shunpukyaku	HL	60	100	10/15	-	16	6	After landing 15	0	+4	10~21f legs projectile invincible, 10~21 airborne, armor break
Shunpukyaku	HL	60*60	50*50	20/20*20	-	17	3(8)6	After landing 18	-3	+1	11~33f legs projectile invincible, 11~33 airborne, armor break
Shunpukyaku	HL	60x3	50x3	20/15x3	-	12	3(6)3(7)2	After landing 21	-2	+2	7~32f legs projectile invincible, 7~32 airborne, armor break
Shunpukyaku	HL	30x3*35	50*30x3	-250/0	-*-*-*su	12	3(6)3(7)2(12)3	After landing 14	+4	-	7~32f legs projectile invincible, 7~41 airborne, armor break, 4th hit floats opponent
Shunpukyaku (air)	HL	50	50	10/40	-	8	3(9)3	After landing 7	-	-
Shunpukyaku (air)	HL	70	50	-250/0	-	8	3{(9)3}xN	After landing 7	-	-	Active frames repeat until grounded
Sakura Otoshi	HL	-	-	20/-	-	-	-	After landing 36	-	-	1f~until landing lower body projectile invincible, 7f~ airborne, 15f~until landing can cancel into follow up, Total duration LP: 74f, MP: 76f, HP: 78f
Sakura Otoshi	HL	-	-	-250/-	-	-	-	Total 77	-	-	7f~ airborne, 15f~until landing can cancel into follow up, 36f landing recovery, tracks opponent
Sakura Otoshi (Attack)	HL	50*50*60	70*70*100	0/15x3	-	14+4	3	After landing 16		-	Untechable limited juggle knockdown, pursuit property, repeats up to 3x
Sakura Otoshi (Attack)	HL	60x3	100x3	0/0	-	14+4	3	After landing 16		-	Untechable limited juggle knockdown, pursuit property, repeats up to 3x
Super Combo	Lx6*HL	45x6*80	0	-1000/0	-	1+6	{2(5)}x5*x(13)4	24	-7	-	1~12f Invincible, 7th hit Untechable limited juggle knockdown
Ultra Combo 1	Lx2*HL	75*75*68*233	0	0/0	-	0+11	2(7)2(11)2	47	-28	-	1~11f Invincible, 1st-2nd hit forces stand, Hard knockdown, armor break, 3rd hit goes into animation
Ultra Combo 2	HL	56x4*105	0	0/0	-	0+12	-	Total 96	-27	-	1~10f Invincible, Untechable limited juggle knockdown, pursuit property
Ultra Combo 2 (high)	HL	56x4*105	0	0/0	-	0+8	-	Total 92	-27	-	1~7f Invincible, Untechable limited juggle knockdown, pursuit property
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes