Super Street Fighter IV AE/Abel

Abel

Abel has no recollection of his past. All he knows is that, his father figure from when he awoke with his memory loss, told him to stay away from Shadaloo and from S.I.N. When his father figure died in an accident, Abel had nothing standing in his way from finding out the truth. Now he is on a quest to discover what part he has with Shadaloo and S.I.N. Little does he know that he was actually an early rejected "model" as a replacement body for M. Bison, created in the Living Incubator project. Meant to be disposed of, Abel only managed to survive thanks to Charlie Nash. If Abel discovers the truth, one wonders how he will cope with learning what his true purpose was.

In a nutshell

Abel's changes in Arcade Edition are, sadly, not of the beneficial kind. Once the pinnacle of high-damage mixup, Abel's damage in roughly all areas has been severely decreased, espcially with his Tornado Throw and Ultras. His c.HP now has a different hitbox, making it harder to hit confirm into Falling Sky or Soulless. Finally, his roll is now much less invulnerable than before. Now Abel can be hit as soon as the animation ends. While his mixup is still very potent, Abel players must now work a little harder to bring their opponents down this time.

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Forward Kick

f + mk

Can be canceled into Forward Dash

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Drop Throw

f or n + lp + lk

throw

Pincer Throw

b + lp + lk

throw

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Change of Direction

qcf + p

ex version gains armor; ex

   Second Mid

f + p

Perform after Change of Direction; high

   Second Low

f + k

Perform after Change of Direction; low

      Finish Mid

f + p

Perform after Second Mid or Second Low; high

      Finish Low

f + k

Perform after Second Mid or Second Low; low

Wheel Kick

qcb + k

ex armorbreak

Marseilles Roll

qcf + k

ex

Falling Sky

dp + p

ex

Tornado Throw

hcb + p

throw ex

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Heartless

qcf qcf + p

armorbreak

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Soulless

qcf qcf + 3p

armorbreak

Breathless

qcf qcf + 3k

Hold 3k to delay; Cancel with p during delay; throw

AE Changes

• 2nd hit of Abel's Crouching Hard Punch has a smaller hitbox, both upward and downward.
• Tornado Throw damage reduced.
• Roll lost some of its hit invincibility at the end of it, making it easier to punish.
• Ultra 1 had a 10% damage reduction. Ultra 1's new damage would range from 309-450.
• Ultra 2 10% damage reduction, slower startup, super armor gets removed when Abel starts to run forward and there's a longer recovery time when you cancel out of it. New damage totals for Ultra 2 should range from 295-440.

Frame Data

	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes
Close	HL	25*15	30*20	20*20	ch/sp/su*su	4	3(8)3	11	-3	0
Close	HL	50*30	50*50	40*20	sp/su*su	5	3(8)2	14	-2	+4
Close	HL	80*30	100*100	60*20	sp/su*su	4	3(8)2	20	-4	0
Close	HL	30	50	20	-	5	2	9	0	+3
Close	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	7	2	16	-4	-1
Close	HL[H]	100[30]	150[50]	60[20]	-	6	6	16	-4	0
Far	HL	30	50	20	ch/su	5	2	6	+3	+6
Far	HL	80	100	40	su	5	6	11	-3	0
Far	HL	130	200	60	-	12	3	17	-2	+2
Far	HL	40	50	20	-	5	3	8	0	+3
Far	HL	80	100	40	-	8	3	15	-4	-1
Far	HL	100	200	60	-	14	2	19	-3	+1
crouch	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	5	2	6	+3	+6
crouch	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	7	3	10	+1	+4
crouch	HL	70*40	100*50	60*20	sp/su	8	2*2	22	-6	-
crouch	L	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	5	3	7	+1	+4
crouch	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	8	5	13	-4	-1
crouch	L	100	200	60	sp/su	11	3	25	-10	-
Jump up	H	50	50	20	-	5	4	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	5	6	-	-	-
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	5	4	-	-	-
Jump up	H	50	50	20	-	5	8	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	4	6	-	-	-
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	5	4	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	50	50	20	-	5	8	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	80	100	40	-	5	10	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	5	8	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	50	50	20	-	4	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	70	100	40	-	5	6	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	110	200	60	-	5	5	-	-	-
+	HL	80	100	40	???	7	2	16	0	+3
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	60	100	20	-	21	2	35	-21	-21
Focus attack LVL 2	HL	80	150	40	-	17+13	2	35	-15	-
Focus attack LVL 3	-	140	200	60	-	65	2	35	-	-
Forward Throw	0.91	130	140	40	-	3	2	20	-	-
Back throw	0.91	130	140	40	-	3	2	20	-	-
Change of Direction	HL	30	50	20/30	su	14	3	25	-3	+2
Change of Direction	HL	35	50	20/30	su	16	3	25	-3	+2
Change of Direction	HL	40	50	20/30	su	17	3	25	-3	+2
Change of Direction	HL	40	50	-250/0	su	16	3	25	-3	+2
Second Middle	H	40	50	10/20	-	15	4	28	-9	-4
Second Low	L	50	50	20/30	su	22	4	24	-5	-1
Middle Finish	H	100	50	10/30	-	10	2	44	-35	-
Finish Low	L	150	100	30/30	-	22	2	53	-44	-
Kick Wheel	H	120	200	30/40	-	20	7	2+19	-10	-5
Kick Wheel	H	140	200	30/40	-	24	7	2+20	-11	-6
Kick Wheel	H	160	200	30/40	-	27	7	1+22	-12	-7
Kick Wheel	H	60*120	100*100	-250/0	--	17	7*3	2+19	-6	0
Rolling Marseille	-	-	-	20/-	-	-	-	27	-	-
Rolling Marseille	-	-	-	20/-	-	-	-	30	-	-
Rolling Marseille	-	-	-	20/-	-	-	-	32	-	-
Rolling Marseille	-	-	-	-250/-	-	-	-	32	-	-
Sky Fall	-	0*140	100	30/0*100	-	5	2	31	-	-
Sky Fall	-	0*150	150	30/0*100	-	6	4	31	-	-
Sky Fall	-	0*160	200	30/0*100	-	9	6	31	-	-
Sky Fall	-	0*160	150	-250/0	-	6	2	31	-	-
Tornado Throw	1.33	150	100	30/80	-	5	2	51	-	-
Tornado Throw	1.13	170	150	30/80	-	5	2	45	-	-
Tornado Throw	0.93	190	200	30/80	-	5	2	39	-	-
Tornado Throw	1.27	190	150	-250/0	-	5	2	54	-	-
Super Combo	HL	0*335	0	-1000/0	-	1+5	2	41	-32	-
Ultra Combo 1	HL	45*416	0	0/0	-	1+13	2	46	-30	-
Ultra Combo 2	2.92	431	0	0/0	-	1+7	6	51	-	-
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes