Super Street Fighter IV AE/Seth

Seth

Seth is actually one of many bodies produced by the Living Incubator program, but was giving the assignment of overseeing the S.I.N. corporation by M. Bison. Seth developed the Tanden Engine, which allowed Seth to instantly mimic the fighting techniques of opponents he has fought. Ever ambitious, Seth decided to rebel against Shadaloo and took S.I.N. for himself. He has no intention of stopping there, however, and plans to defeat Shadaloo's leader, M. Bison, and take over everything M. Bison has created utilizing the ultimate weapon he has created within S.I.N.: the device known as BLECE.

In a nutshell

Before the advent of Arcade Edition, Seth was once a jack-of-all trades glass cannon. He had weak defenses, but also had extremely powerful tools for just about everything under the sun: rushdown, zoning, you name it. Arcade Edition, however, has shifted the metagame towards aggressive playstyles. For this reason, Seth has been given numerous changes to work better in this environment. The most notable change being the increase of his health and stun. Changes aside, Seth is still very much the same as before. Seth's overall playstyle is similar to Akuma in that he has a very strong mixup and wakeup game which is very technical, requiring a lot of time and practice to master.

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Yosokyaku

(in air) d + mk

Can be performed three times in a sequence; high

Tenmakujinkyaku

(at top of jump arc) d + hk

high

Wall Jump

(in air, near wall) uf

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Genocide Shot

f or n + lp + lk

throw

Death Throw

b + lp + lk

throw

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Sonic Boom

qcf + p

ex

Shoryuken

dp + p

Can be performed three times in sequence; ex

Hyakuretsukyaku

qcb + k

ex armorbreak

Tanden Engine

qcb + p

ex version consumes two blocks of Super Combo Gauge; armorbreak only during ex; ex

Spinning Piledriver

360 + p

Yoga Teleport

dp or rdp + 3p or 3k

dp + 3p will appear next to opponent in back. dp + 3k will appear next to opponent in front. rdp versions are identical and will go as far backwards as the screen allows

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Tanden Storm

qcf qcf + p

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Tanden Stream

qcf qcf + 3p

armorbreak

Tanden Typhoon

qcb qcb + 3p

armorbreak

AE Changes

• His Toward Jumping Hard Punch's number of active frames is doubled, so it's easier to hit with now.
• Far Standing Medium Kick's active frames were lengthened a little, and his hittable box when he extends his leg horizontally was reduced, so it will function better as a poking tool.
• Close Standing Medium Punch's startup is faster and the total duration of the move is reduced as a result, plus frame advantage on hit was increased, so it got significantly buffed.
• Crouching Hard Punch's start up is slightly faster.
• Crouching Medium Kick has slightly more active frames.
• Neutral Jumping and Jumping Away Hard Punch (Stretchy Arms) now is his Jump Toward Hard Punch animation. The jumping stretchy arms attack has been removed.
• His Dive Kick's hitstun and blockstun were decreased, so it's slightly harder to use the move as an offense tool.
• All three Head Stomp moves had their active frames reduced, and the timing to hit all three of them was changed.
• Sonic Boom's recovery was reduced by 1 frame, and EX Sonic Boom's recovery is reduced by 3 frames. Now regular attacks into his regular or EX Sonic Boom, Focus Attack Dash Cancel and a follow up combo are pretty powerful.
• His Spin Kicks (Hyakuretsukyaku) deal more damage and less stun.
• Super's invincibility window was lengthened, and "the pursuit priority is increased" (connect more hits against airborne opponents).
• Ultra 2's recovery was shortened. Full invincibility was changed to 12 frames, and after that Seth is only invincible to projectiles until the end of active frames.
• Ultra 1 deals more damage, but has a longer recovery time.
• Stamina increased to 800, stun increased to 900.

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	75	100	40	sp/su	5	2	10	+2	+5
Close	HL	90[80]	200[150]	60	sp/su	4	5	20	-7	-2
Close	HL	35	50	20	-	4	2	6	+3	+6
Close	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	7	2	12	0	+3
Close	HL	40*70	125*75	60*20	su	7	2*2	16	0	+5	1st hit cancellable
Far	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	5	2	5	+4	+7
Far	HL	60	100	40	su	6	2	13	-1	+2
Far	HL	80	200	60	-	13	3	30	-15	-11
Far	HL	40	50	20	-	4	2	8	+1	+4
Far	HL	60	100	40	-	8	3	12	-1	+2
Far	HL	90	200	60	-	10	3	18	-3	+1
crouch	HL	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	2	6	+3	+6
crouch	HL	50	100	40	sp/su	5	2	11	-1	+3
crouch	HL	60*30	100*100	60*20	sp/su	10	2(2)2	19	-3	-	1st hit forces stand, launcher
crouch	L	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	5	2	8	+1	+4
crouch	L	50	100	40	sp/su	7	3	14	-5	-1
crouch	L	80	100	60	-	8	2	25	-9	-
Jump up	H	50	50	20	-	5	5	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	6	4	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	200	60	-	4	2	-	-	-
Jump up	H	45	50	20	-	5	6	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	6	9	-	-	-	Can be maneuvered
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	7	4	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	50	50	20	-	4	10	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	50*30	50*50	40*20	-	4	2*3	-	-	-	Pursuit property
Jump forward	H	80	200	60	-	4	4	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	45	50	20	-	6	8	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	70	100	40	-	6	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	90	200	60	-	6	8	-	-	-
Head Stomp (1)	H	50	50	40	-	3	3	7	-	-	Pursuit property
Head Stomp (2)	H	30	50	40	-	4	3	7	-	-	Pursuit property
Head Stomp (3)	H	35	50	40	-	5	3	7	-	-	Pursuit property
Dive Kick	H	60	100	60	-	12	Until ground	-	-	-	Pursuit property
Triangle Jump	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	65	100	20	-	21	2	35	-21	-21
Focus attack LVL 2	HL	85	150	40	-	17+12	2	35	-15	-
Focus attack LVL 3	-	150	200	60	-	65	2	35	-	-
Forward Throw	0.9	130	150	40	-	3	2	20	-	-
Back throw	0.9	130	150	40	-	3	2	20	-	-
Sonic Boom (all)	HL	60	50	10/20	su	14	-	47	-5	-1
Sonic Boom	HL	45*45	50*50	-250/0	su	14	-	58	-3	+1
Shoryuken	HL	80*60	100*50	30/40*10*10	su	5	2*16	11+13	-19	-	1~7f cannot be thrown, 1st hit cancellable
Shoryuken	HL	90*60	100*50	30/40*10*10	su	5	2*16	21+13	-29	-	1~7f invincible, 1st hit cancellable
Shoryuken	HL	100*80	100*50	30/40*10*10	su	5	2*16	24+13	-32	-	1~7f invincible
Shoryuken	HL	100*50	100*50	-250/0	su	5	2*16	26+13	-34	-	1~22f invincible
Shoryuken (2nd)	HL	40	25	0/10	-	4	8	13	-	-
Shoryuken (3rd)	HL	10[20x5]	10[10x5]	0/10[0]	-	4	20[4x5]	13	-	-
Hyakuretsu	HL	10*110	0*100	20/10*35	-	12	2	36	-24	-	Armor break
Hyakuretsu	HL	10*120	0*150	20/10*35	-	14	2	36	-24	-	Armor break
Hyakuretsu	HL	20*130	0*200	20/10*35	-	16	2	36	-24	-	Armor break
Hyakuretsu	HL	20*100	0*250	-250/0	-	16	2	36	-24	-	1~15f (?) invincible, Armor break
Tanden Engine	2.50	0	0	10/1	-	21	24	25	+19	+23	Throw properties
Tanden Engine	3.50	0	0	10/1	-	24	25	25	+19	+23	Throw properties
Tanden Engine	4.50	0	0	10/1	-	26	25	25	+19	+23	Throw properties
Tanden Engine	HL	0	0	-500/0	-	23	24	25	+19	+23	Strike properties
Spinning Pile Driver	???	130	200	30/80	-	3	2	49	-	-
Spinning Pile Driver	1.13	170	200	-250/0	-	3	2	49	-	-	1~4f strike invincible
Yoga Teleport	-	0	0	-	-	-	-	48	-	-	1~32f invincible
Super Combo	HL	10x20*120	0	-1000/0	-	1+5	80	81	-45	-
Ultra Combo 1	HL	380	0	0/0	-	1+10	-	66	-25	-	1~? invincible
Ultra Combo 2	HL	0*24x13*60	0	0/0	-	1+10	80	104	-89	-	1~12 invincible
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes