Street Fighter X Tekken/Balrog

Balrog

Ideal Team Position: Point

Balrog is pretty bad. He doesn't get benefitted by the system mechanics as much as other characters do. His charge times are long, his juggle points are all over the place, and his pressure is underwhelming. Thankfully, it's not all doom and gloom with the crazy buffalo. His buttons are strong at midrange and are mostly safe, even during boost combos. His great walk speed makes it incredibly easy for him to get in his primary poking range. His damage is good once he finally gets started, it's just that getting started takes more work compared to most characters. Balrog's strong neutral makes him good as a point character, so he can set up a plan of attack for his partner once he gains momentum.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Great walk speed to help him stay at a viable range for poking. Great damage output and corner carry. Powerful and safe pokes, notably his far st.hp causes a on hit, which can lead to a TAP (hold or 3k, release) combo for about 400 damage. Mostly safe boost combos thanks to the frame data and pushback of his normals. Meterless launcher in the form of Buffalo Headbutt (charge d, u+p).

Longer charge times compared to every other charge character can make it difficult for him to pick up combos in neutral. Blockstrings and combos that leave the opponent standing rarely leave him in a position to reliably continue pressure. His only counters to zoning are TAP, which is slow, and EX Dash Straight (charge b, f+p) which requires meter. Dash Swing Blow, (charge b, hold + p) his only overhead, is slow and unsafe.

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)

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

/ +

Angled Jump Hard Kick

/ +

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Head Bomber

or + +

Lever Break

+ +

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Dash Low Straight

(charge) +

on

Dash Low Smash

(charge) +

on
on ex

Dash Swing Blow

(charge) + (hold)

vs airborne
on
on

Buffalo Head

(charge) +

Turn Punch

or (Charge)

vs airborne

Dash Straight

(charge) +

vs airborne
on

Dash Upper

(charge) +

vs airborne
on

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Crazy Buffalo

(charge) + or

Frame Data

Move Name	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. On Guard	Adv. On Hit	Notes
	30	5	2	10	+1	+5
	60	5	2	10	0	+4
	90	9	4	20	-4	+1
	30	4	2	9	+2	+6
	60	9	3	12	+2	+6
	90	8	2	19	-1	+4
Close	30	4	2	9	+2	+6
Close	60	6	4	11	+2	+6
Close	90	5	5	15	0	+6
Close	30	3	2	8	+3	+7
Close	60	5	4	12	+1	+5
Close	90	7	2	15	+3	+9
Crouch	30	4	2	9	+2	+6
Crouch	60	7	4	11	+2	+6
Crouch	90	7	5	20	-5	-2
Crouch	30	4	2	10	+1	+5
Crouch	60	8	2	11	+4	+8
Crouch	90	8	2	25	-10	hard knockdown
Neutral Jump	40	5	2	until ground+4f	+4	+12
Neutral Jump	70	5	4	until ground+4f	+5	+16
Neutral Jump	100	5	9	until ground+4f	+8	+20
Neutral Jump	40	5	3	until ground+4f	+4	+12
Neutral Jump	70	6	2	until ground+4f	+5	+16
Neutral Jump	100	5	2	until ground+4f	+8	+20
Angled Jump	40	5	3	until ground+4f	+4	+12
Angled Jump	70	7	3	until ground+4f	+5	+16
Angled Jump	100	7	7	until ground+4f	+8	+20
Angled Jump	40	5	6	until ground+4f	+4	+12
Angled Jump	70	7	2	until ground+4f	+5	+16
Angled Jump	100	8	6	until ground+4f	+8	+20
+
Launcher	100	13	2	54	-34	switch
Cross Cancel	130	10	11	23	-12	hard knockdown
Head Bomber	130	5	2	20	-	hard knockdown
Level Break	130	5	2	20	-	hard knockdown
Dash Low Straight	100	13-23	8	20	-11	hard knockdown
Dash Low Straight	110	14-30	8	20	-11	hard knockdown
Dash Low Straight	120	14-43	8	20	-11	hard knockdown
Dash Low Straight EX	140	14-41	8	16	-7	hard knockdown
Dash Low Smash	100	13-22	8	20	-6	knockdown
Dash Low Smash	100	14-29	8	20	-6	knockdown
Dash Low Smash	100	14-42	8	20	-6	knockdown
Dash Low Smash EX	100	14-41	8	16	-7	wall bounce
Dash Swing Blow	100	23-32	5	21	-9	+10
Dash Swing Blow	100	24-39	5	21	-9	+10
Dash Swing Blow	100	24-52	5	21	-9	+10
Dash Swing Blow EX	130	24-51	5	21	-6	ground bounce
Buffalo Head	100	9	11	24	-13	float
Buffalo Head	90	11	11	24	-13	float
Buffalo Head	80	13	11	24	-13	float
Buffalo Head EX	100	13	11	24	-13	float
Dash Straight	100	4-15	7	16	-4	-2
Dash Straight	110	7-24	5	18	-3	+1
Dash Straight	120	7-37	4	19	-6	+1
Dash Straight EX	140	8-35	5	16	-3	+4
Dash Upper	70	5-15	4	19	-1	0
Dash Upper	70	7-23	4	20	-4	+1
Dash Upper	70	7-36	4	21	-7	+1
Dash Upper EX	140	8-35	4	17	-3	+5
Turn Punch Lv1	100	31	7	14	-4	0
Turn Punch Lv2	120	31	7	16	-4	-2
Turn Punch Lv3	150	31	8	18	-9	-5
Turn Punch Lv4	200	31	9	21	-13	-9
Turn Punch Lv5	250	31	10	22	-15	-11
Turn Punch Lv6	280	31	11	24	-18	-14
Turn Punch Lv7	360	31	12	26	-21	-17
Turn Punch Lv8	400	31	12	26	-21	-17
Turn Punch Lv9	450	31	13	29	-25	-21
Turn Punch Lv10	500	31	16	36	-35	-31
Crazy Buffalo	60x4,80	18(hold K=15)	6(8)5(6)6(7)5(17)3	31	-14	hard knockdown
Crazy Buffalo	60x4,80	18(hold K=20)	6(8)5(6)6(7)5(17)3	31	-14	hard knockdown
Cross Art (First half)	150+	9	2	39	-20	switch

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

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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

• N/A

Hit Confirm Combos

• N/A

Advanced Combos

• N/A

Combos Into Supers

• N/A