Street Fighter X Tekken/Raven

Raven

Ideal Team Position: Either

While one would think having a projectile as good as Raven’s would mean he’s strictly a zoner, this is just one facet of the ninja’s attack plan. While his projectiles are strong, especially if he can use them in the air to create a ceiling that forces the opponent to stay on the ground, Raven excels at close range combat thanks to an excellent set of close-range buttons ideal for hit confirms and low profiling enemy attacks. His meterless damage output is well above average if he is able to use his cr.HP CADC’d into combo enders, and even the cr.HP CADC’d into itself is very difficult to punish on block which means Raven can continue pressuring the opponent up close. Even if you decide to play him as a traditional zoner, Raven is very dangerous in fireball wars thanks to his ability to teleport and counter if an opponent throws a projectile back at him. His teleport is also very useful in chasing down raw tags from any distance, ensuring that he is always on the offensive. With all of these options at his disposal, Raven’s primary failing is shifting momentum if he finds himself on the defensive: his main reversal costs meter and is not safe on block, nor can it be tagged from. His Alpha Counter comes out slow and sometimes won’t hit in full even if he lands a successful hit, and while his teleport is fast, it does not take him very far and can be chased down easily if he telegraphs it. However, his versatility allows him to be played in either position, so place him on your team as you see fit. Raven has a strong rushdown game coupled with a decent zoning tool. With Raven's projectile he can set up situations to mix up his opponent with Haze giving him opportunities to use his high damaging combos.

Strengths

Weaknesses

+high damage output +cr.mk low profiles many standing attacks and can be comboed from +cr.MK can trip jumping approaches into a full combo +multiple ways to achieve juggle state meterless (qcb+P or a CADC’d cr.HP) +a CADC’d cr.HP is not particularly disdvantageous on block, allowing Raven to either confirm to a full juggle combo or continue pressure +normal attacks have decent priority and hitboxes for either close or mid-range combat +Very strong in fireball wars thanks to being able to teleport next to an opponent for a full combo punish as well as throw fireballs himself +a boosted far s.HP has significant pushback and is difficult to punish for many characters

-Lacking a reliable reversal as his EX Teleport Divekick is not safe on block nor can it be tagged from to make it safe -Difficulty retreating if he is low on health and it’s his obvious best course of action -High-low game off of Target combo is very risky as both the overhead and low options are unsafe on block, and both options can be fuzzy guarded thus negating its use as a true mixup. -Alpha Counter is slow and can be blocked easily, and recovery is too long to tag freely into his partner if he is low on health.

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 Hard Punch

(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

+

Jump Light Punch

/ / +

Jump Medium Punch

/ / +

Jump Hard Punch

/ / +

Jump Light Kick

/ / +

Jump Medium Kick

/ / +

crossup

Jump Hard Kick

/ / +

vs airborne

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Stormbringer

+ or

vs airborne

Skull Smasher

+

on 2nd hit
vs airborne

Skull Smasher Feint

+

on 2nd hit
on 2nd hit
vs airborne

Skull Smasher Feint Low

+

on
2nd hit
vs airborne

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Orbiting Moon

or + +

Dark Matter

+ +

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Crossed Ninja Stars

+

on
vs airborne

Haze

+ or

teleport

Alter Ego

+

/ + hit
/ + hit
/ + hits mid
+

Wind Cross

+
press on hit or block
for additional attacks

on final hit

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Doppelganger

+

Frame Data (Updated for v2013)

Move	Command	Hit	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel	JP	JC	JS	"Notes
"
Far\Close LP		H	30	3	2	7	+8	+2	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	-
Far MP		H	60	9	4	14	+3	-1	SM,EX,SA,CA	2	1	1	-
Far HP **LC		H	90	15	3	27	-5	-10	-	3	1	1	Crumple on standing counter hit
Far\Close LK		H	30	6	4	11	+2	-2	-	1	1	1	-
Far\Close MK		H	60	7	5	14	+2	-2	-	2	1	1	Head and above strike invulnerability frames 1-6
Far HK		H	90	13	4	21	+1	-5	-	3	1	1	Forces standing, Kicking leg crushes airborne attacks frames 13-16
Close MP		H	60	5	3	13	+5	+1	SM,EX,SA,CA	2	1	1	-
Close HP		H	90	6	3	24	-2	-7	SM,EX,SA,CA	3	1	1	-
Close HK		H	50x2	10	2(8)1	16	+6	0	-	3,3	1,1	1	Forces standing, Knockdown on airborne opponent
Crouch LP		H	30	4	3	6	+8	+4	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	-
Crouch MP		H	60	6	5	15	+1	-3	SM,EX,SA,CA	2	1	1	-
Crouch HP		L	90	8	2	30	float	-12	SM,EX,SA,CA	3	2	0	-
Crouch LK		L	30	4	3	11	+3	-1	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	1	-
Crouch MK		L	60	7	5	17	-1	-5	SM,EX,SA,CA	2	1	1	Throw invulnerability frames 3-20
Crouch HK		L	90	8	3	30	hard knockdown	-13	-	3	1	-	-
Jump LP		M	40	5	5	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump MP		M	70	5	4	until ground+4	+16	+5	-	2	1	1	-
Jump HP		M	100	9	4	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3	1	1	-
Jump LK		M	40	6	9	until ground+4	+12	+4	-	1	1	1	-
Jump MK		M	70	6	10	until ground+4	+16	+5	-	2	1	1	-
Jump HK		M	100	12	3	until ground+4	+20	+8	-	3	1	1	Ground bounce on airborne opponent
Launcher **LC		H	100	13	2	54	switch	-34	-	3	-	-	Crushes crouching attacks frames 1-14, Launches opponent while switching characters
Cross Cancel		H	120	18	8	30	hard knockdown	-16	-	-	-	-	Invulnerability frames 1-19, Resembles HK Alter Ego
Orbiting Moon	LP+LK	throw	130	5	2	20	hard knockdown	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dark Matter	b+LP+LK	throw	130	5	2	20	hard knockdown	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	f+MK	H	60	13	2	16	+3	-3	-	3	1	0	Airborne frames 7-22, Knockdown on airborne opponent
Stormbringer	f+MK > MK or HK	H	60	16	3	19	-1	-5	-	3	1	0	Stagger (+34) on standing counter hit, Knockdown on airborne opponent
-	b+MK	H	50	6	4	19	+2	-8	-	1	1	0	-
Skull Smasher	b+MK > LK	H	70	12	2	17	+2	-4	SM,EX,SA,CA	1	1	0	Knockdown on airborne opponent
Skull Smasher Feint	b+MK > MK	M	50	21	3	24	ground bounce	-5	-	1	1	0	Doesn't combo
Skull Smasher Feint Low	b+MK > HK	L	110	29	6	16	hard knockdown	-4	-	1	1	0	Doesn't combo
Crossed Ninja Stars LP	qcf+LP	H	60	22	-	20	+10	+7	-	3	1	0	Knockdown on airborne opponent
Crossed Ninja Stars MP	qcf+MP	H	60	18	-	26	+4	+1	-	3	1	0	Knockdown on airborne opponent
Crossed Ninja Stars HP	qcf+HP	H	60	15	-	30	0	-3	-	3	1	0	Knockdown on airborne opponent
Crossed Ninja Stars EX	qcf+PP	H	100	15	-	22	float	+8	-	3,3	0,1	0	-
Crossed Ninja Stars (air)	qcf+P (neutral or foward jump)	H	60	14	-	until ground+4	+22	+19	-	3	1	0	Knockdown on airborne opponent
Crossed Ninja Stars EX (air)	qcf+PP (air)	H	60	14	-	until ground+4	knockdown	+27	-	3,3	0,1	0	-
Haze (forward)	f,d,df+PPP or KKK	-	-	-	-	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	Invulnerability frames 1-30
Haze (backward)	b,d,db+PPP or KKK	-	-	-	-	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	Invulnerability frames 1-30
Alter Ego LK	qcf+LK	L	130	21	10	24	knockdown	-10	-	3	1	0	-
Alter Ego MK	qcf+MK	M	120	27	6	30	knockdown	-14	-	3	1	0	Lower body projectile invulnerability frames 27-34
Alter Ego HK	qcf+HK	H	100,50	20	8	26	knockdown	-12	-	6,6	2,2	0	-
Alter Ego EX (LK version)	qcf+LK+MK	L	110	17	10	23	knockdown	-11	-	3	1	0	Projectile invulnerability frames 1-26
Alter Ego EX (MK version)	qcf+LK+HK	M	90	23	6	29	knockdown	-13	-	3	1	0	Invulnerability frames 1-22, Lower body projectile invulnerability frames 23-30, Airborne frames 12-31
Alter Ego EX (HK version)	qcf+MK+HK	H	50x2	20	8	30	wall bounce	-16	-	4,4	1,1	0	-
Wind Cross **LC	qcb+P	H	30x4/120	17	6	35	float	-11	-	3,1,1,1	1,0,0,0	0	Chargeable: 51F for EX Version and 100F for Super Art, Projectile invulnerability frames 11-18, Last 4 active frames do 120 damage, but cannot cancel into 2nd hit follow-up
Wind Cross 2nd hit	P during Wind Cross	H	120	17	2	53	knockdown	-39	-	3	1	0	-
Wind Cross EX	qcb+PP	H	50,50	7	6	34	knockdown	-14	-	1,1	1,1	0	Chargeable: 51F for Super Art, Invulnerability frames 1-6
Wind Cross EX 2nd hit	P during EX Wind Cross	H	100	12	2	59	knockdown	-43	-	1	1	0	-
Doppleganger	qcb+PPP	H	330	7	6	26	hard knockdown	-8	-	3	1	0	55 frames cinematic freeze before attack begins, Invulnerability frames 1-8
Cross Art	qcf+MP+MK	H	150+	8	2	45	-	-30	-	3	-	-	64 frames cinematic freeze before attack begins, Invulnerability frames 1-9

Boost Chain Frame Data

Move	Hit	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel	"Notes
"
Far MP	H	42	9	4	18	-1	-5	EX,SA,CA	-
Far HP **LC	H	63	15	3	32	-10	-15	-	Crumple on standing counter hit
Far\Close MK **LC	H	42	7	5	21	-5	-9	-	Head and above strike invulnerability frames 1-6
Far HK **LC	H	63	13	4	34	-12	-18	-	Forces standing, Float on airborne opponent, Kicking leg crushes airborne attacks frames 13-16
Close MP	H	42	5	3	18	0	-4	EX,SA,CA	-
Close HP	H	63	6	3	30	-8	-13	EX,SA,CA	-
Close HK **LC	H	35x2	10	2(8)1	33	-11	-17	-	Forces standing, Knockdown on airborne opponent
Crouch MP **LC	H	42	6	5	22	-6	-10	EX,SA,CA	-
Crouch HP **LC	L	63	8	2	38	float	-20	EX,SA,CA	-
Crouch MK **LC	L	42	7	5	22	-6	-10	EX,SA,CA	Throw invulnerability frames 3-20
Crouch HK **LC	L	63	8	3	37	hard knockdown	-20	-	-

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

N/A

Unique Attacks

N/A

Normal Throws

N/A

Special Moves

N/A

Super Combos

N/A

Advanced Strategy

N/A

Combos

Bread and Butters

• cl.HK, cr.MP xx qcb+P, cr.LK, cr.HP xx CADC, cl.HP xx qcf+HK(436)

(0bar, medium)

Hit Confirm Combos

• st.LP, st.LP, cr.MP xx qcb+P, cl.MP, cr.HP xx CADC, cl.HP xx qcf+HK (354)

(0bar, midscreen, medium)

• cr.LK, st.LP, cr.HP xx qcb+P(delay), cr.HP xx CADC, cl.HP xx qcf+HK (375)

(0bar, midscreen, hard)

Post-launch Combos

• cl.MP, cr.HP xx CADC, cl.HP, xx qcf+HK

Works from all tags and launchers, may have to hold forward on cl.MP (0bar, easy)

• qcb+P, cr.HP xx CADC, cl.HP, xx qcf+HK

Works tagged from all groundbounce moves, certain air moves and from Vega's launcher (0bar, height-specific, character-specific, medium)

Advanced Combos

• cl.HK, cr.MP xx qcb+P, cl.MP, cr.HP xx CADC, cl.HP xx qcf+HK(457)

(0bar, midscreen, hard)

• cr.HP xx qcb+P(delay), cr.HP xx CADC, cl.HP xx qcf+HK (435)

(0bar, midscreen, medium)

• qcf+PP, cl.MP, cr.HP xx CADC, cl.HP xx qcf+HK (385)

(1bar, easy)

• qcf+PP, st.HK, cr.HP xx CADC, cl.HP xx qcf+HK (415)

(1bar, easy)

• qcf+PP, qcb+P, cr.HP xx CADC, cl.HP xx qcf+HK (445)

(1bar, midscreen, easy)

Combos Into Supers

• N/A