Marvel vs Capcom 2/Ryu

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Introduction

Ryu, the original world warrior, enters the ring in Marvel vs. Capcom 2 in search of new opponents to face. If you're here browsing this wiki, chances are he looks familiar. If he doesn't, that's okay as well, because his simplicity makes him well suited to learning how to play the game. He's got a kit of normals that lack range, but make up for it by being quick and doing decent damage. His special moves are also quite good. First, Hadoken is a quick projectile which does good damage on hit. Itcan be used in midair to stop an airborne opponent. Shoryuken is the original dragon punch, a jumping uppercut that makes Ryu briefly invincible, at the cost of high ending lag. Lastly, he has the Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku, a spinning kick that moves him forward, extending combos and allowing him to dodge some attacks. He can also do it in the air, in which case it'll knock down opponents it hits hard.

Gameplay

Ryu is one of the OGs of the Street Fighter cast, and he's got great special moves and normals, with great damage potential in his level 3 super as well. However, his normals lack range, and his air mobility is also below average, meaning he has a rough time against people like Sentinel and Storm.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Insane damage potential- his normals are average in this regard, but his Hurricane Kick is abusable in the corner, and his level 3 does 87 damage if you hit with the grounded hitbox. For comparison, that's about how much a glitched Juggernaut Headcrush does Hadoken is very good- it's very big compared to some games, giving it a good hitbox. It can also be used to stop aerial approaches if you throw it while jumping Great supers- aside from the damage of his level 3, he has a beam super which can be done in the air and a Hurricane Kick super with an enormous hitbox Best defense of the shotos in this game- he takes normal damage, whereas Ken, Dan, and Akuma all take more than normal Good wavedash- he's got quick dashes that

Low range on his normals- they're shoto normals, so they're pretty stubby. They are fast, though Mobility is only OK- he moves quickly on the ground, but he doesn't have any real aerial mobility options

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Character Summary

Special Moves (Example)

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Fireball (Air OK)

• +

Dragon Punch

• +

Hurricane Kick (Air OK)

• +

Hyper Combos (Example)

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Shinkuu Hadoken (beam, mashable)

• ++

Shin Shoryuken (Dragon punch super)

• ++

Shin Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku (hurricane kick super)

• ++

Assist Types (Example)

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Type α - Expansion Type

• Assist: Hurricane Kick
• Counter: Hurricane Kick
• Combination: Hurricane Kick Super

Type β - Projectile Type

• Assist: Fireball
• Counter: Fireball
• Combination: Beam Super

Type γ - Anti-air Type

• Assist: Dragon Punch
• Counter: Dragon Punch
• Combination: Dragon Punch Super

Moves List

Normal Moves

Ground Normals

Light Punch
s.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	4	2	7	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-

Medium Punch
s.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	6	11	11	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-
standard medium punch with a decent hitbox

Heavy Punch
s.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	8	3	13	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Special, Super	-	-	-

Light Kick
s.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	4	1	10	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Medium Kick
s.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	8	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Heavy Kick
s.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	9	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Light Punch
cr.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	4	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Medium Punch
cr.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	7	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Heavy Punch
cr.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	9	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Light Kick
cr.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	5	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Medium Kick
cr.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	8	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Heavy Kick
cr.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	9	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Normals

Air Light Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	5	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Medium Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	9	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Heavy Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	8	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Light Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	7	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Medium Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	9	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Heavy Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	7	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Command Normals

Collarbone Breaker (Sakotsu Wari)
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	19	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-

Universal Mechanics

Universal Launcher (Punch)
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	9	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Launcher (high)	-	-	-	-
Every character has at least one of the two, sometimes both.

Throw (Punch)
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Every character has at least one of the two, sometimes both.

Throw (Kick)
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Every character has at least one of the two, sometimes both.

Variable Attack (raw tag)
+ // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	19	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Special Moves

Special Move Name
Motion + Button Icon

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Hyper Combos

Shinku Hadoken
+ +

hitbox near his hands looks like this

beam hitbox looks like this- sprites change, but hitbox doesn't

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Shinku Tatsumaki Senpu Kyaku
+ +

constant, giant hitbox that pulls them in

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Shin Shoryuken
+ +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
todo: images

Variable Assists

Assist Type
A1 // A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Variable Assist move. Variable Counter is X. Variable Combination super is Y.

Assist Type
A1 // A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Variable Assist move. Variable Counter is X. Variable Combination super is Y.

Assist Type
A1 // A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Variable Assist move. Variable Counter is X. Variable Combination super is Y.

Other

Colors

First row: , , A1. Second row: , , A2.