Super Street Fighter IV AE/Ken

Ken

Ken trained alongside Ryu under the tutelage of Gouken and, after the two had gone separate paths, blazed a path of success in America. Not only did he become the American Street Fighter champ, he also was the successor to his father's business empire. Ken also managed to find true love in his wife Eliza, with whom they are now expecting their first child. However, the lure of battle never leaves Ken, and he has once again entered the world of Street Fighting and, most importantly to Ken, may soon have the chance to face off against his former training brother and true rival Ryu in the ultimate battle.

In a nutshell

Ken has always been known as the flashier Ryu, and it still holds true here. While he contains a lot of the same fundamentals as Ryu, his character design leaves some flaws open in exchange for a more aggressively oriented play style, trying to remain in the opponent's face more than Ryu and taking advantage of his stronger offense. Ken definitely puts himself at risk more often, but it pays off if you play it right.

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Inazuma Kick

b + mk

high

Forward Step Kick

f + mk

Thunder Kick

f + hk

(hold hk to feint)

Target Combo

close mp --- hp

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Shoulder Throw

f or n + lp + lk

throw

Hell Wheel

b + lp + lk

throw

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Hadoken

qcf + p

ex

Shoryuken

dp + p

ex

Tatsumaki Senpukyaku

qcb + k

ex armorbreak

Airborne Tatsumaki Senpukyaku

(in air) qcb + k

high ex

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Shoryureppa

qcf qcf + p

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Shinryuken

qcf qcf + 3p

armorbreak

Guren Senpukyaku

qcf qcf + 3k

armorbreak

AE Changes

• Less recovery time on Crouching Medium Punch. He can now combo Crouching Medium Punch into Crouching Medium Kick.
• Improved the hit box for Crouching Light Punch.
• Target Combo hit box (Medium Punch into Hard Punch) also had its hitbox improved.
• Light Punch Shoryuken has 2 extra frames of recovery, but now does 120 damage. It did 100 damage in SSF4.
• EX Fireball can juggle twice in the air, so now you can get full juggle off a Light Punch Shoryuken into EX Fireball.
• EX Air Hurricane Kick can now be blocked high or low. Used to be that it had to be blocked high.
• Is considered to be mid-air right after the invincibility frames of his backdash end.

Frame Data

	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes
Close	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	2	5	+4	+7
Close	HL	60	100	40	sp/su	6	3	18	-7	-2
Close	HL	90	150	60	sp/su	6	3	19	-4	+1
Close	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	6	2	7	+2	+5
Close	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	8	3	12	-1	+7
Close	HL	110	200	60	sp/su	8	3	21	-6	-2
Far	HL	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	2	5	+4	+7
Far	HL	70	100	40	su	7	5	5	+4	+7
Far	HL	100	200	60	-	11	3	16	-1	+3
Far	HL	40	50	20	-	4	3	7	+1	+4
Far	HL	80	100	40	-	7	3	13	-2	+1
Far	HL	130	200	60	-	12	3	21	-6	-2
crouch	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	3	3	6	+2	+5
crouch	HL	60	100	40	sp/su	5	5	8	+1	+4
crouch	HL	100	200	60	sp/su	5	5	22	-9	-4
crouch	L	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	3	4	7	0	+3
crouch	L	60	100	40	sp/su	4	2	16	-4	-1
crouch	L	100	100	60	-	7	3	22	-7	-
Jump up	H	50	50	20	-	7	9	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	5	4	-	-	-
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	7	4	-	-	-
Jump up	H	40	50	20	-	7	10	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	6	7	-	-	-
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	6	2	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	40	50	20	-	7	8	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	70	100	40	-	5	6	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	5	4	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	50	50	20	-	5	7	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	80	100	40	-	6	4	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	5	7	-	-	-
+	H	80	100	40	-	15	2	17	-5	-2
+	HL	60	100	40	-	11	5	11	-2	+1
+	H	120	150	60	-	21	2	20	-4	-1
Target Combo 1	HL	70	50	30	sp/su	6	3	24	-9	-4
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	60	100	20	-	22	2	42	-28	-28
Focus attack LVL 2	HL	90	150	40	-	17+13	2	42	-22	-
Focus attack LVL 3	-	150	200	60	-	68	2	42	-	-
Forward Throw	0.92	120	80	40	-	3	2	20	-	-
Back throw	0.92	130	80	40	-	3	2	20	-	-
Hadoken	HL	60	100	10/20	su	14	-	47	-7	-3
Hadoken	HL	50*40	50*50	-250/0	su	14	-	43	0	+3
Shoryuken	HL	120[80]	100	30/40	su	3	11	18+8	-20	-
Shoryuken	HL	90*60	125*75	30/30*16	su	4	3*11	25+14	-29	-
Shoryuken	HL	70*40*30	100*50*50	30/30*10*10	su	3	2*2*12	30+9	-30	-
Shoryuken	HL	70*30*30*50	100*25*25*80	-250/0	su	4	2*2*2*6	45+9	-41	-
Hurricane Kick	HL	60*50*50	70*50*50	20/20*10*10	su	6	1(4)2(6)2	11+6	-6	-2
Hurricane Kick	HL	60*30x3	50*40x3	20/20*10x3	su	6	2(5)2(5)1(5)2(5)2	14+9	-4	0
Hurricane Kick	HL	60*30x4	50*40x4	20/20*10x4	su	6	2(6)1(5)1(5)1(5)1(5)1(5)2(4)2	12+12	-5	-1
Hurricane Kick	HL	50*40x4	50x5	-250/0	su	6	2(4)1(3)1(4)1(3)1(4)1(4)1(3)1	9+14	-3	+1
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	50	50	10/30	-	8	2x4	10	-	-
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	60	50	10/30	-	7	1x5	10	-	-
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	70	50	10/30	-	7	1x5	10	-	-
Hurricane Kick (air)	H	40	50	-250/0	-	6	1x6*2	-	-	-
Super Combo	HL	40x3*50*100x2	0	-1000/0	-	1+1	2*1*8(20)1*3*7	31+12	-29	-
Ultra Combo 1	HL	60*30x9[500]	0	0/0	-	0+10	2*2*5x7*1	32+50	-94	-
Ultra Combo 2	HL	75*17x9*23*225	0	0/0	-	0+7	2(5)93	8+42	-40	-
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes