Street Fighter Alpha 3/Birdie

Overview Combos Matchups Strategy

Introduction

Not content with working with Shadaloo as a mere goon anymore, Birdie now plans to seek out his superior M. Bison so he can overthrow him! To do this, he will need to find something called the "Psycho Drive".

Pros	Cons
Has a decent set of long-range normals on the ground s. FP is one of the best preemptive anti-airs in the game Great jump-ins, particularly j. LK and splash Good air to airs Decent command grabs that recover fairly quickly on whiff. Can choose whether to throw them forward or backwards Bull horn (TAP) forces the opponent to play differently and can make them second guess themselves Bull horn is a very rewarding early anti-air Whiffed grabs recover fast and are good for building meter Late whiffed air grab makes him land faster and can be used to bait activates on occasion You can charge up to 4 bull horns at once and release them individually by letting go of only one button Final TAPs can be charged in only 13 seconds and do insane damage/stun Great, reliable customs with good damage and potential infinite setups	Large hurtbox makes him susceptible to jab pressure Bull head is incredibly unsafe and is an awful move outside of combos Bull horns are unsafe on block if done too close without enough charge Bull horn invincibility is not as good as it was in A2. Reactive anti-air is awful. c. FP gets beat by most jump-ins and late bull horn can be option-selected (f. RH is a decent close-range anti-air on V-ISM) Gets bullied hard by a lot of characters due to his large size and poor mobility/anti-air Characters with strong lows can practically ignore his bull horn, since it has very limited low invincibility

Birdie
Character Data

Introduction

Moves List

Ground Normals

• Close/Far Standing Jab:

Damage	7
Stun	2
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	Yes
Meter on whiff/hit	0/1
Frame Count	4/4/12
Block Stun	-2
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-1/+4

• Close/Far Standing Strong:

Damage	14
Stun	4
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	Yes
Meter on whiff/hit	1/3 (XV 4)
Frame Count	6/6/19
Block Stun	-6
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-5/-1

• Close Standing Fierce:

Damage	11+7
Stun	4x2
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	No
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	1/1x2 (XV 3x2)
Frame Count	14/4,2/27
Block Stun	-6
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-5/-

• Far Standing Fierce:

Damage	10+6
Stun	4x2
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	No
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	1/1x2 (XV 3x2)
Frame Count	12/3,4/25
Block Stun	-6
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-5/-

• Close/Far Standing Short:

Damage	6
Stun	2
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	Yes
Meter on whiff/hit	0/1
Frame Count	5/4/15
Block Stun	-5
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-4/+1

• Close/Far Standing Forward:

Damage	13
Stun	4
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	No
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	1/3 (XV 4)
Frame Count	9/5/16
Block Stun	-2
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-1/+3

• Close/Far Standing Roundhouse:

Damage	17
Stun	8
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	No
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	1/4 (XV 6)
Frame Count	8/4/18
Block Stun	-
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	+1/+2

• Crouching Jab:

Damage	6
Stun	2
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	Yes
Meter on whiff/hit	0/1
Frame Count	4/4/10
Block Stun	0
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	+1/+6

• Crouching Strong:

Damage	13
Stun	4
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	Yes
Meter on whiff/hit	0/1
Frame Count	5/4/15
Block Stun	0
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	+1/+5

• Crouching Fierce:

Damage	10+7
Stun	4x2
Chain Cancel	No (V Yes)
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	No (V Yes)
Meter on whiff/hit	1/1x2 (XV 3x2)
Frame Count	6/1,1,1/30
Block Stun	-8
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-7/-

• Crouching Short:

Damage	6
Stun	2
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	Yes
Meter on whiff/hit	0/1
Frame Count	4/4/13
Block Stun	-3
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-2/+3

• Crouching Forward:

Damage	12
Stun	4
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	No
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	1/3 (XV 4)
Frame Count	9/2/22
Block Stun	-5
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-4/0

• Crouching Roundhouse/Sweep:

Damage	16
Stun	8
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	No
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	1/4 (XV 6)
Frame Count	10/6/23
Block Stun	-6
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-/-

Air Normals

• Neutral Jump Jab:

Damage	7
Stun	2
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	No
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	0/1
Frame Count	3/10/11

• Diagonal Jump Jab:

Damage	7
Stun	2
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	No
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	0/1
Frame Count	5/10/11

Command Moves

Bull Drop(X, A, and V-Ism)

• Forward + HK

Bad Hammer(X-Ism)

• Close Standing HP,the hold Up

Body Slam(X, A, and V-Ism)

• (In Air)Down + HP

Throws

Bull Spike

• Forward or Back + Any 2 Punches Buttons

Bad Throw

• Forward or Back + Any 2 Kicks Buttons

Bad Scrap

• (In Air)Forward or Back + Any 2 Punch Buttons

Special Moves

Bull Head(X, A, and V-Ism)

• Charge Back, Forward + Punch

Bull Horn(X, A, and V-Ism)

• Hold all three Punch or Kick buttons, then release
  • The longer you hold,the more damage it does

Murderer Chain(X, A, and V-Ism)

• 360 Motion + Punch

Bandit Chain(X, A, and V-Ism)

• 360 Motion + Kick

Super Combos

The Birdie(X and A-Ism)

• Charge Back, Forward, Back, Forward + Punch

Bull Revenger(A-Ism)

• Double Quarter Circle Forward + Punch or Kick

The Basics

Which Ism?

V-Ism

Your Main Option

Easy V-Blockstrings and V-Cycles

X-Ism

Slept on, super leads to stun ending in massive damage

Match-ups

Discussion

• SRK Birdie thread