Marvel VS Capcom: Infinite/Ryu

Ryu

The protagonist and iconic Shotokan karateka of the Street Fighter series, the series that would itself eventually lead to the creation of the Marvel-based Capcom fighting games, returns in his latest crossover game appearance. His diligent training and never-ending journey for strength have granted him a few new tricks up his sleeve this time, too. With no other 'shotos' around to step on his toes, perhaps this will be his chance to truly shine?

In a nutshell
In Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, Ryu is a well-rounded character with the staple fundamental fighting game tools that form the basis of the genre, as ever. He has the ability to zone with his classic Hadouken and new Sen Hadouken beam, he can approach and extend combos with his Tatsumaki Senpukyaku (now sporting two separate modes in the air), he can make just about any combo lead to the corner with his Jodan Sokuto Geri (aka "Donkey Kick"), and for characters with vertically-oriented combo options, with this game's new tagging mechanics, his invincible Shoryuken can even lead to combos on a tag!

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Character Vitals

CHARACTER DATA

Health:

10,000

Double Jump:

No

Air Dash:

No

Air Dash/Jump count:

0

Misc Movement:

-

Move List

Unique Trait

Dark Hadou: Suppressing the Dark Hadou only lasts so long; once Ryu reaches below 30% health, it's unleashed, granting his level 3 increased damage and a slightly altered animation.

Normals

Standing Light Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	300	Mid	5f	3f	7f	+1	+3
	Can chain into itself and crouching light punch repeatedly.

Standing Heavy Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	Mid	11	3	21	0	-4
	-

Standing Light Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Mid	8	2	21	-5	-7
	-

Standing Heavy Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	Mid	12	6	17	+1	-3
	-

Crouching Light Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	300	Mid	5	2	14	-5	-3
	Can chain into itself and standing light punch repeatedly.

Crouching Heavy Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	Mid	10	5	21	+24f	-6	Launch
	Do NOT end a blockstring with this.

Crouching Light Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Low	8	4	15	-1	-4
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Crouching Heavy Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	Low	10	4	33	+41	-18	Knockdown
	-

Jumping Light Punch j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	300	High	5	10	5	n/a	n/a
	-

Jumping Heavy Punch j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	High	9	5	17	n/a	n/a
	-

Jumping Light Kick j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	High	7	7	17	n/a	n/a
	Can cross up, though jumping heavy kick is better-suited for this purpose.

Jumping Heavy Kick j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	High	8	6	17	n/a	n/a	Ground Bounce & Hard Knockdown (vs. airborne only)
	Can cross up.

Seiken Tsuki ->	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Mid	5	1(5)6	16	-4	-6
	A straight-punching command normal that can only be used after connecting a standing or crouching light punch. Does not have enough hitstun to combo into Jodan.

Hiza Geri or->	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Mid	5
	Ryu's classic close standing medium kick from Street Fighter 4 and earlier that can only be used after his standing light punch, crouching light punch, or standing light kick. Has enough hitstun to combo into Jodan.

Collarbone Breaker	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	2x300 (600)	High	24	4(0)4	20	0	-4
	Can only be cancelled into Tag, Hypers, and Infinity Stone Storm. Without any of these follow-ups, it leads to nothing, not even further offensive momentum; not only are you 0 on hit, but it also pushes back far enough away if the animation completes without interruption that you aren't even in range for your light attacks to connect (or throws either, by extension).

Aerial Hiza Geri j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	High	8	11	7	n/a	n/a
	Can cross up, though jumping heavy kick is better-suited for this purpose. The low blockstun can be used for tick throw (either normal throw or Mind Stone surge) set-ups, though.

Sukui Tsuki j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	2x250 (475)	High	10	8	11	n/a	n/a
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Aerial Mawashi Geri j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	High	8	6	17	n/a	n/a
	-

Misc

Throw or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	1000	Throw	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Additional damage scales by 50%

Air Throw or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	1000	Throw	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Additional damage scales by 50%

Tag	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500		6	8	44	+33	+28
	Hit/Block adv is dependent on when you your tag-in

Specials

Hadoken or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		1000	Mid	7	Projectile	42	-14 point blank	-18 point blank
		1000	Mid	11	Projectile	43	-15 point blank	-19 point blank
	Ryu throws a blue fireball. Light hadoken is slow, Heavy hadoken is fast. Can be reflected by perfect advancing guard. Gains significantly more hitstun on a counter hit vs. an airborne opponent, and if they touch the ground during that hitstun, they enter a brief soft knockdown state.

Sen Hadoken hold	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	5x125(599) to 9x250(1975)	Mid	30-ish to 93	21	24	+8	-7
	Ryu throws out a normal version of his beam super that can't be reflected. Charge can be held much longer than is necessary, but doing so doesn't increase the damage. Damage falls off at distance. Can be dash cancelled with a forward, forward input after holding it for a while. As a counter hit, from long range, it causes a brief hard knockdown vs. a grounded opponent that gives you just enough time to hit confirm into Shinku Hadouken.

Shoryuken or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		1000	Mid	4	14	34	2	-28	Invincible reversal
		1500	Mid	5	22	57	-14	-55	Invincible reversal
	Ryu does a rising uppercut coated in blue Hadou energy that acts as an invulnerable reversal. Risky. You can follow up with a down-angled air Shinku Hadoken to make you safe vs. grounded blocking opponents, plus a tag out opportunity for one meter. You can also tag out on hit in order to combo off of it. You can superjump forward to combo off the L shoryu from anywhere, but H shoryu will require specialized high-reaching options (such as X's Rising Fire), and even then only in the corner, as it sends opponents both very high up vertically as well as very far horizontally. Though this latter trait is a boon for it as a defensive tool, as it allows you to reset the situation.

Jodan Sokuto Geri or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		1000	Mid	17	12	22	35	-14	Wall Bounce, Soft Knockdown
		1000	Mid	20	12	34	69	-26	Wall Bounce, Hard Knockdown
	The L version blows them away at a low height, the H version at a tall height. This will result in them going over your head and behind you when you use the H version vs. a cornered opponent. Generally, if you are in or near the corner, the L version is the best to use, else further away you should use H.

Tatsumaki Senpukyaku or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		200, 800 (1000 total)	Mid						Hard Knockdown
		1,160 (3 hits of 400 damage each)	Mid						Soft Knockdown
	The first hit of the L version only occurs at extreme close range. Early in a combo, it's possible to dash up and OTG to continue a combo after the knockdown from the L version. The H version can be used vs. a blocking opponent combined with a tag out to induce a small lockdown situation.

Aerial Tatsumaki Senpukyaku (Forward) j. or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
			Mid						Hard Knockdown
			Mid
	Unlike in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Ryu can now perform air actions after recovering. Though, by the time you recover, you would have to have started it from the apex of a super jump, and you won't have long to act.

Aerial Tatsumaki Senpukyaku (Down) j. or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		1100	Mid						Hard Knockdown
		400 x 3 hits	Mid
	The L version is capable of crossing up grounded opponents, though it's very narrow and difficult to do, and generally not worth going for. It can also be tough to hit grounded small characters with this even standing, but big characters can be hit by it easily. The H version pops grounded opponents up into the air a small distance.

Hypers

Shinku Hadoken	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	28 ~ 32 hits (1547 ~ 3400)	Mid	13	66/67 (ground/air)	47/67 (ground/air)			, Hard Knockdown
	Damage falls off over distance, just like Sen Hadouken. Can hold up while on the ground to aim it upwards, can hold down while in the air to aim it downwards. The downwards version in the air propels Ryu higher in the air over the course of the animation. 3400 damage is only possible against a cornered opponent, as mid-screen (or utilizing the up/down versions), the opponent is pushed further away from you, inducing damage fall-off.

Shinku Tatsumaki Senpukyaku	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	18 hits (3644 damage)	Mid	12	109	31	54	-23	Invuln frames 1-12, Hard Knockdown
	Invulnerability only lasts until the flash. Extremely unsafe on block. The knockdown is fairly lengthy, allowing easy tagging for OTG pick ups from your partner.

Shin Shoryuken	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	4 hits (5440, 6490 when Dark Hadou unleashed)	Mid	16	41	41	49/43 (regular vs. Dark Hadou)	-39	Invuln frames 1-24, Hard Knockdown
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