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Sean's Character Select Portrait

Sean's Neutral Stance

Introduction

Sean is a one of the most underrated characters in 3S.In 2I he was too easy to play with doing large amounts of damage on his lengthy combo strings.Capcom did the responsible thing and made a original character and not just a ken clone in a yellow karate gi.Well they did it a little too well.Other than being extremely hard to use and situational because of his hitbox placement and frame advantage(Dragon Smash's hitbox is located over his head.So most of the priority is centered over his head.Not in front of him.) On 3S he's more of a defensive counter character. When you play with sean you have to understand he does have alot of good points(like mp,tornado does 50% stun on everyone and SA2 and SA3 are unblockable.)He trades pretty well and if used properly on the right SA's agianst certain match-ups.(SA3 against chun SA2 against makoto).He has an assortment of AAs.(way too many in my opinion) -cr FP -st RH(steep jump in) -DS(over or near over sean's head only) -Tornado(steep jump in) -Axekick(mid-far jump in.Do not kick into them. axekick with the apropriate range for their jump in) -f+FP

Strategy

Chippiness

Sean can deal alot of damage to your Stun meter in small "chips" at a time.You see since he can't combo very well he needs to hit you more over the duration of the match to break even.He's not ranked very high because "chippy"(High/mid damage:low combo ability)character in tournaments fall apart because professional players will not give you a chance to hit them many times and they don't make many mistakes.So try to find ways to chip until you have meter then use your SAs to deal large damage to break even.

Parrying with Sean

You need to parry and parry well to use sean.Jump into/out of parry dash in/dash back into parry.Parry makes Sean a good character. If you do not use it he will suck. A lot of his moves are extremely situational/impractical/strange hitbox placement.

Moves List

Normal Moves

Throws

Command Normals

Target Combos

Special Moves

Super Arts

Move Analysis

Combos

Standing close HP, Dragon Smash (HP)

Crouching MK, Tornado (MK)

Standing close HP, EX Dragon Smash

Crouching MK, EX Tornado

Crouching LK, Crouching LP, Crouching LK, Hadou-Burst

Crouching MK, Hadou-Burst

Standing close HK, link Hadou-Burst

UOH, link Hadou-Burst

Standing close HP, Dragon Smash (HP), xx, Hadou-Burst

Crouching LK, Crouching LP, Crouching LK, Hyper-Tornado

Crouching MK, Hyper Tornado

Standing close HK, link Hyper Tornado

UOH, link Hyper Tornado

Standing close MP,HK

Frame Data

Normals

Throws

Command Normals

Special Moves

Super Arts

Additional Frame Data

Strategies

Overview

Basics

Super Art Selection

Kara-Techniques

Zoning

Mixups

Additional Notes

Personal Action: Stun Damage up (Only if Taunt connects), max 3 per round.

Match-ups

Serious Advantage Match-ups

Sean has no match-ups where he is at a serious advantage

Advantage Match-ups

Sean has no match-ups where he is at an advantage

Fair Match-ups

Remy
Sean

Disadvantage Match-ups

Yang
Akuma
Urien
Ryu
Oro
Ibuki
Elena
Necro
Alex
Hugo
Twelve
Q

Serious Disadvantage Match-ups

Yun
Chun-Li
Ken
Makoto
Dudley

Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike

General		Notation \| Game Mechanics \| Tiers \| Strategy
The Characters		Akuma \| Alex \| Chun-Li \| Dudley \| Elena \| Gill (Console) \| Hugo \| Ibuki \| Ken \| Makoto \| Necro \| Oro \| Q \| Remy \| Ryu \| Sean \| Twelve \| Urien \| Yang \| Yun

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 [[Image:Sean3s-stance.gif |frame|right|Sean's Neutral Stance]]
 ==Introduction==
-Sean is one of the most immensely underrated characters in SF3.  Everything about him is said to suck, but in the right hands, he can be as formidable as anyone else.  His basics are weak but he has more than a few tricks up his sleeves.  Sean's advantage isn't in combo potential, but in his overwhelming speed, variety, and many ways of seamlessly transitioning between low hits, overheads, stop hits, and throws.  He is rarely if ever seen in high level competitive play, or at all for that matter.  If you choose to play Sean, chances are your opponent will both underestimate you and be unfamiliar with his potential.  While not a combo machine, he is fast, versatile, and rewarding character for players who prefer mind games.
+Sean is a one of the most underrated characters in 3S.In 2I he was too easy to play with doing large amounts of damage on his lengthy combo strings.Capcom did the responsible thing and made a original character and not just a ken clone in a yellow karate gi.Well they did it a little too well.Other than being extremely hard to use and situational because of his hitbox placement and frame advantage(Dragon Smash's hitbox is located over his head.So most of the priority is centered over his head.Not in front of him.) On 3S he's more of a defensive counter character. When you play with sean you have to understand he does have alot of good points(like mp,tornado does 50% stun on everyone and SA2 and SA3 are unblockable.)He trades pretty well and if used properly on the right SA's agianst certain match-ups.(SA3 against chun SA2 against makoto).He has an assortment of AAs.(way too many in my opinion)
+-cr FP
+-st RH(steep jump in)
+-DS(over or near over sean's head only)
+-Tornado(steep jump in)
+-Axekick(mid-far jump in.Do not kick into them. axekick with the apropriate range for their jump in)
+-f+FP
+=Strategy=
+Chippiness
+Sean can deal alot of damage to your Stun meter in small "chips" at a time.You see since he can't combo very well he needs to hit you more over the duration of the match to break even.He's not ranked very high because "chippy"(High/mid damage:low combo ability)character in tournaments fall apart because professional players will not give you a chance to hit them many times and they don't make many mistakes.So try to find ways to chip until you have meter then use your SAs to deal large damage to break even.
+Parrying with Sean
+You '''need''' to parry and parry well to use sean.Jump into/out of parry dash in/dash back into parry.Parry makes Sean a good character. If you do not use it he '''will''' suck.
+A lot of his moves are extremely situational/impractical/strange hitbox placement.
 ==Moves List==