Street Fighter X Tekken/Rufus

Rufus

Ideal Team Position: Point

Many of Rufus’ strengths from the Street Fighter IV series remain intact in Street Fighter x Tekken with names like Brenttiscool, JB, Ricki Ortiz, and Homeless Dragon enjoying great success with him in tournament play. His divekick, though not as overpowering as it once was, is still his preferred way of starting offense, possessing enough hitstun and blockstun to allow Rufus to apply pressure to the opponent. What makes Rufus’ toolkit particularly intimidating in his ability to tag in an opponent safely from a variety of situations. Ending combos with a tag cancelled Snake Strike can lead to big damage and a full juggle for an incoming partner. A blockstring ended with Galactic Tornado can allow his partner to enter the field of battle safely. His best reversal, the EX Messiah Kick, can be easily tagged into on block or on hit so that his partner can ensure his safe retreat off the field of battle. This can be particularly strong if the opponent had to fight to put Rufus on the defensive, only to watch that momentum disappear with the time continuing to run out. Rufus also possesses the ability to close gaps of distance quickly thanks to a long jump and his df+mk, along with a respectable forward dash, walkspeed, and his divekick. Since his primary strength is his ability to set up his partner (and Rufus’ toolset allow him to have synergy with almost every character in the game), it is recommended that you place Rufus in the point position when putting him on your team.

Strengths

Weaknesses

+Divekick is still a very useful tool to maintain offense despite the nerf +Plenty of fast links for combos and confirms +EX Messiah Kick is an excellent reversal to safe tag partner to begin a tag-in combo off of reversal +Strong whiff punishment +Can punish blocked boost combos that some characters have difficulty or cannot punish +Excellent tag synergy with large number of the cast thanks to several options to safe-tag such as Galactic Tornado, EX Messiah Kick, and LP Snake Strike on rare occasions (+4 on block, +7 on hit)

-weak against crossups -Floaty jump can make him easy to anti-air -Overly reliant on meter for best options for damage -Divekick is vulnerable to air-to-airs if used too overzealously, especially thanks to the combo system -Divekick can be blocked low

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)

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Close Medium Punch

(near opponent)

Close Hard Punch

(near opponent)

Close Light Kick

(near opponent)

Close Medium Kick

(near opponent)

1st hit

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

/ +

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Vulture Kick

+

vs airborne

Glory Kick

+

Fragrance Palm

+

Falcon Kick

air +

vs airborne
crossup

Target Combo

(close)
+

on 2nd hit

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Head Bazooka

or + +

Hand Machinegun

+ +

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Messiah Kick

+

vs airborne

   High Attack

Messiah Kick

   Low Attack

Messiah Kick

   Mid Attack

Messiah Kick

Snake Strike

+

vs airborne

Galactic Tornado

+
and version can be
steered with or

on final hit
on

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Big Bang Typhoon

+

Frame Data (updated for v2013)

Move	Command	Hit	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel	JP	JC	JS	"Notes
"
Far LP		H	30	6	2	9	+6	+2	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Far MP		H	60	7	2	15	+4	0	-	2	1	1	-
Far HP		H	90	9	4	17	+4	-1	-	3	1	1	-
Far LK		H	30	6	2	12	+3	-1	-	1	1	1	-
Far MK		H	60	10	2	18	+1	-3	-	2	1	1	-
Far HK		H	90	17	2	17	float	+1	-	1	1	1	-
Close LP		H	30	4	3	9	+5	+1	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Close MP		H	60	5	2	14	+5	+1	SM,EX,SA,CA	2	1	1	-
Close HP		H	90	6	4	21	+1	-5	SM,EX,SA,CA	3	1	1	Forces standing
Close LK		H	30	4	2	8	+7	+3	-	1	1	1	-
Close MK		H	60	7	2(4)3	14	+4	0	1st hit:SM,EX,SA,CA	2,2	1,1	1	-
Close HK		H	90	8	2	25	-1	-7	-	3	1	1	Forces standing
Crouch LP		H	30	4	2	11	+4	0	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Crouch MP		H	60	7	3	15	+3	-1	SM,EX,SA,CA	2	1	1	-
Crouch HP		H	90	14	2	34	-11	-16	-	3	1	1	Crumples on standing counter hit
Crouch LK		L	30	4	2	12	+3	-1	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Crouch MK		L	60	6	1	19	+1	-3	SM,EX,SA,CA	2	1	1	-
Crouch HK		L	90	12	2	25	hard knockdown	-7	-	3	1	-	-
Jump Up LP		M	40	6	7	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump Up MP		M	70	6	5	until ground+4	+16	+5	-	2	1	1	-
Jump Up HP		M	100	5	4	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3	1	1	-
Jump Up LK		M	40	5	6	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump Up MK		M	70	4	6	until ground+4	+16	+5	-	2	1	1	-
Jump Up HK		M	100	6	4	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal LP		M	40	6	6	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal MP		M	70	6	7	until ground+4	+16	+5	-	2	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal HP		M	100	8	5	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal LK		M	40	6	7	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal MK		M	70	7	5	until ground+4	+16	+5	-	2	1	1	-
Jump Diagonal HK		M	50,50	7	3(4)3	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3,3	1,1	1	Knockdown on airborne opponent
Launcher **LC		H	100	13	2	54	switch	-34	-	3	-	-	Crushes crouching attacks frames 1-12, Launches opponent while switching characters
Cross Cancel		H	30,60	10	8(6)2	19	hard knockdown	0	-	-	-	-	Invulnerability frames 1-10, Resembles LP Galatic Tornado
Head Bazooka	LP+LK	throw	130	5	2	20	hard knockdown	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hand Machinegun	b+LP+LK	throw	130	5	2	20	hard knockdown	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vulture Kick	f+MK	M	80	21	2	14	+1	-5	-	2	1	1	Knockdown on airborne opponent, Airborne frames 10-24, Lower body invulnerability frames 10-20
Glory Kick	df+MK	L	70	21	2	12	+3	-1	-	2	1	1	-
Fragrance Palm **LC	f+HP	H	80	13	5	20	float	-8	SM,EX,SA,CA	2	1	1	-
Falcon Kick	df+MK (air)	H	60	13	until ground	4	+10	+2	-	2	1	1	-
Target Combo	LK > f+HK	H	30,60	12	2	21	float	-6	-	3	1	0	-
Galactic Tornado LP **LC	qcf+LP	H	30,50	11	8(6)2	21	knockdown	-2	-	3,3	3,3	0	Chargeable: 51F for EX Version and 100F for Super Art, Hits count as projectiles, Absorbs one projectile hit
Galactic Tornado MP	qcf+MP	H	20x2,40	15	21(5)2	22	knockdown	-1	-	3,3,3	3,3,3	0	Chargeable: 51F for EX Version and 100F for Super Art, Hits count as projectiles, Absorbs one projectile hit
Galactic Tornado HP	qcf+HP	H	20x2,50	16	21(5)2	22	knockdown	-2	-	3,3,3	3,3,3	0	Chargeable: 51F for EX Version and 100F for Super Art, Hits count as projectiles, Absorbs one projectile hit
Galactic Tornado EX	qcf+PP	H	0,80	13	19(4)1	17	wall bounce	-1	-	3,3	3,3	0	Chargeable: 51F for Super Art, Absorbs one projectile hit, 1st hit pulls opponent toward Rufus
Snake Strike LP	f,d,df+LP	H	40x4	9	1(3)1(3)1(4)1(3)1	18	+7	+4	-	3,3,3,3,4,4,4	1,1,1,1,1,1,1	0	Airborne frames 1-27
Snake Strike MP	f,d,df+MP	H	40x5	8	1(3)1(2)2(3)1(3)1(3)1(3)2	20	+5	+2	-	3,3,3,3,4,4,4	1,1,1,1,1,1,1	0	Airborne frames 1-35
Snake Strike HP	f,d,df+HP	H	40x5	7	1(3)1(2)1(3)2(2)1(3)1(3)1	37	+4	+1	-	3,3,3,3,4,4,4	1,1,1,1,1,1,1	0	Airborne frames 1-34
Snake Strike EX	f,d,df+EX	H	30x7	8	1(1)2(1)1(2)2(1)1(2)1(2)1	28	-	-	-	4,5,6,7,8,9,10	1,1,1,1,1,1,1	0	Invulnerability frames 1-11, Airborne frames 1-40, Whiffs on grounded opponent
Messiah Kick LK	qcf+LK	H	90	25	2	31	-3	-6	-	3	3	0	Lower body invulnerability frames 1-34, Airborne frames 11-34
Messiah Kick MK	qcf+MK	H	100	27	2	25	-5	-9	-	3	3	0	Lower body invulnerability frames 1-39, Airborne frames 11-39
Messiah Kick HK	qcf+HK	H	120	36	2	44	0	-3	-	3	3	0	Lower body invulnerability frames 1-42, Airborne frames 11-42
Messiah Kick EX **LC	qcf+KK	H	20x5	12	3(1)2(1)2(1)2(8)2	34	-10	-13	-	3,1,1,1,1	3,0,0,0,0	0	Invulnerability frames 1-17, Airborne frames 11-39
Messiah Kick High Attack **LC	LK after Messiah Kick	H	80	13	4	19	knockdown	-17	-	6	4	0	Invulnerability frames 1-12
Messiah Kick Low Attack	MK after Messiah Kick	L	100	20	2	16	hard knockdown	-1	-	6	4	0	Stumble on crouching countehit
Messiah Kick Mid Attack	HK after Messiah Kick	M	100	24	6	16	hard knockdown	-5	-	6	4	0	Airborne frames 10-29
Big Bang Typhoon	qcf+PPP	H	320	9	-	87	hard knockdown	-73	-	3	1	-	72 frames cinematic freeze before attack begins, Invulnerability frames 1-19
Cross Art **LC	qcf+MP+MK	H	150+	9	2	51	switch	-30	-	3	-	-	62 frames cinematic freeze before attack begins, Invulnerability frames 1-9 & frames 46-51

Boost Chain Frame Data

Move	Hit	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel	"Notes
"
Far LP	H	30	6	2	9	+6	+2	-	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Far MP	H	42	7	2	25	-6	-10	-	-
Far HP	H	63	9	4	30	-9	-14	-	-
Far LK	H	30	6	2	12	+3	-1	-	-
Far MK	H	42	10	2	26	-7	-11	-	-
Far HK	H	63	17	2	33	float	-15	-	-
Close LP	H	30	4	3	9	+5	+1	-	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Close MP	H	42	5	2	19	0	-4	EX,SA,CA	-
Close HP	H	63	6	4	31	-9	-15	EX,SA,CA	Forces standing
Close LK	H	30	4	2	8	+7	+3	-	-
Close MK	H	42	7	2(4)3	25	-7	-11	1st hit:EX,SA,CA	-
Close HK	H	63	8	2	32	-8	-14	-	-
Crouch LP	H	30	4	2	11	+4	0	-	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Crouch MP	H	42	7	3	20	-2	-6	EX,SA,CA	-
Crouch HP	H	63	14	2	43	-20	-25	-	Crumples on standing counter hit
Crouch LK	L	30	4	2	12	+3	-1	-	Rapid fire cancelable into light normal moves
Crouch MK	L	42	6	1	24	-4	-8	EX,SA,CA	-
Crouch HK	L	63	12	2	34	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 qcf+LK>LK (244)

(0bar, easy)

• cl.HP xx qcf+PP, st.HK, st.HK, cl.HP xx qcf+MK (409)

(1bar, midscreen, hard)

• cl.HP xx qcf+HP>f, cl.LK/st.LK>f+HK, f+HP xx qcf+HK>MK (394)

(0bar, corner, easy)

• cl.HP xx qcf+PP, f+HP, f+HP, f+HP xx qcf+MK>MK (428)

(1bar, corner, medium)

Hit Confirm Combos

• cl.LK>f+HK, st.LK>f+HK, df+MK, cl.HP xx CADC (243)

(0bar, close, hard)

Post-launch Combos

• cl.HP xx dp+HP

(0bar, easy)

• cl.LK>f+HK, f+HP xx qcf+HK>MK/LK

(0bar, corner, easy)

Advanced Combos

• cl.HP xx qcf+PP, st.HK, st.HK, cl.HP xx qcf+MK (409)

(1bar, hard)

• cl.HP xx qcf+PP, f+HP, f+HP, f+HP xx qcf+MK>MK (428)

(1bar, medium)

Combos Into Supers

• N/A