Super Street Fighter IV AE/Cody

Cody

Lauded as a hero in the rescuing of Mayor Mike Haggar's daughter Jessica from the Mad Gear Gang in Metro City, it was expected for Cody to live a promising future as Jessica was also his girlfriend. However, the lure of combat from battling Mad Gear never left his blood and Cody turned to a life of constant fighting out of boredom! Eventually, his penchant for picking random brawls landed him in jail, and his relationship with Jessica was permanently ruined. But from time to time, Cody escapes prison almost at will and returns to the life of fighting, now taking to the Street Fighting circuit to find opponents.

In a nutshell

Cody is a good, all-around character who is similar to Ryu in this regard, and only this regard. Despite being easy to learn, Cody's true strengths lie in one of the most advanced aspects in all of Street Fighter - frame traps. Cody is, for lack of a better word, a demon when it comes to frame traps. The moment he gains momentum in a match, he can and will keep you under constant pressure, waiting for that one opportunity to tick throw or punish should your guard be broken down. Because of this, however, Cody's defense is one of the worst in the game. He has very few options for when he ends up getting pressured himself. Despite this, if you want a solid character who plays different from the norm, give Cody a try.

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Pick up Knife

d + 3p (when standing over knife)

Knife Attack

(while holding knife) p

Causes chip damage

Stomach Blow

f + mp

Crack Kick

f + hk

Jaw Crusher

b + mp

Hammer Hook

f + hp

high

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Prisoner Throw

f or n + lp + lk

throw

Bad Stomp

b + lp + lk

throw

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Bad Stone

qcf + p

Not possible when holding knife; Hold p to delay toss and increase damage; ex cannot be charged; ex

Criminal Upper

qcb + p

ex

Ruffian Kick

qcf + k

Use hk for upwards kick; Use mk for stragiht kick; Use lk for ground kick that hits low; ex armorbreak

Zonk Knuckle

p (charge and release)

ex armorbreak

Knife Throw

(while holding knife) qcf + p

Bad Spray

(as you hit the ground from a knockdown) u + p

Fake Bad Stone

d + hp + hk

When holding knife, becomes Fake Knife Throw.

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Dead End Irony

qcf qcf + k

First hit mimics Ruffian Kick; Use hk for initial upwards kick; Use mk for initial stragiht kick; Use lk for initial ground kick that hits low

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Final Destruction

qcf qcf + 3k

armorbreak

Last Dread Dust

qcb qcb + 3p

AE ver. 2012 Changes

Advance

Increased speed when moving forward.

Retreat

Increased speed of retreat.

Hammer Hook (Stick Forward + Heavy Punch)

Increased hit and block stun by 2F. This gives the attacker a +3F advantage on a hit against a standing opponent, a -1F (dis)advantage against a crouching opponent, and a -4F (dis)advantage when blocked. Enabled execution even when holding a knife.

Standing Light Punch (With Knife)

Lengthened hit stun, giving the attacker a possible +6F advantage on a hit.

Standing Medium Punch (With Knife)

Changed from a 1-hit to a 2-hit attack. No change to action or damage.

Standing Heavy Punch (With Knife)

Lengthened hit stun, giving the attacker a possible +3F advantage on a hit.

Crouching Medium Punch (With Knife)

Shrunk hurtbox on attacking arm.Also set hitbox active period to 4F. No change to overall frame count.

Crouching Heavy Punch (With Knife)

Startup changed from 9F to 7F. Changes total frame count from 24F to 22F.

Jumping Light Punch (With Knife)

Increased length of hit detection.

Jumping Medium Punch (With Knife)

Expanded hitbox up and down.

Pick up Knife

Made transition to block possible during move.

Bad Spray

Changed from a 1-hit to a 2-hit attack. No change to overall damage.Also made second hit super-cancelable.

EX Zonk Knuckle

Increased forward knockdown distance somewhat.

Ruffian Kick

Expanded medium kick’s hitbox forward slightly.

Angled Jumping Medium Punch

Expanded hitbox up and down.

AE Changes

• Crouching Light Kick now has a 3 frame start up. Frame advantage on hit is still the same. Should be a better low poke, with reach, now.
• F + Hard Kick has more ability to juggle after connecting it. Until now, on a grounded opponent, the first hits of EX Criminal Upper didn't connect, but now they will. This new combo ability makes this move a great deal deadlier as a long range punish, and as such your opponents will be forced to respect it a lot more. A popular followup from this kick in AE is the MK Ruffian Kick, as it not only tacks on over 100% of the damage but also leaves you in a nice position to start some pressure. The timing can be a little bit tricky but only really if you're trying to get it on reaction. If the f.HK is a guaranteed hit then you should be pretty much 100% successful with this followup after some training [in any case, Cody isn't that unsafe if he misses the link and whiffs the Ruffian, so it's always worth going for - if not for the damage then at least for the unscaled meter gain!].
• The range at which Cody can pick up the knife has been increased.

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	3	5	+3	+6	10f~ cancellable by Knife Pickup
Close	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	6	3	8	+4	+7
Close	HL	100	200	60	sp/su	8	4	13	+1	+6	Forces stand
Close	HL	30	50	20	-	4	4	6	+1	+4
Close	HL	90	100	40	sp/su	6	4	14	-4	-1
Close	HL	110	200	60	su	8	6	17	-5	-1
Far	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	3	2	6	+3	+6	8f~ cancellable by Knife Pickup
Far	HL	90	100	40	-	7	3	11	0	+3
Far	HL	120	200	60	-	8	4	17	-3	+1
Far	HL	40	50	20	-	5	4	8	-1	+2
Far	HL	70	100	40	-	8	5	9	0	+3
Far	HL	110	200	60	-	10	5	15	-2	+2
Crouch	HL	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	4	5	+2	+6	10f~ cancellable by Knife Pickup
Crouch	HL	60	100	40	sp/su	5	3	10	+1	+4
Crouch	HL	100	200	60	sp/su	7	3	16	-1	+4	Forces stand
Crouch	L	20	50	20	sp/su	3	4	8	-1	+2
Crouch	L	70	100	40	-	7	7	13	-6	-3
Crouch	L	100	100	60	-	7	3	24	-9	-	Hard knockdown
Jump Up	H	50	50	20	-	4	8	-	-	-
Jump Up	H	80	100	40	-	6	7	-	-	-
Jump Up	H	120	200	60	-	8	8	-	-	-	[Air hit] Limited juggle knockdown
Jump Up	H	40	50	20	-	5	8	-	-	-
Jump Up	H	80	100	40	-	7	7	-	-	-
Jump Up	H	100	200	60	-	8	3	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	50	50	20	-	4	8	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	80	100	60	-	9	3	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	100	200	60	-	11	6	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	40	50	20	-	5	8	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	70	100	40	-	7	7	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	90	200	60	-	9	11	-	-	-
Fake Knife Throw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Total 32	-	-
Knife Pickup	-	-	-	-	ch/sp/su	-	-	Total 27	-	-	Can cancel into block, knife picked up on 12f, 15f~ cancellable by chained light attacks/Criminal Upper/(Fake) Knife Throw/Super
Knife Throw	HL	70	100	10/20	-	26	-	Total 45	+7	-
Knife Standing	HL	40	50	20	ch	4	3	6	+2	+6
Knife Standing	HL	40*40	100	40	su	6	2*2	10	0	+3
Knife Standing	HL	120	200	60	su	8	3	17	-2	+3
Knife Crouching	HL	40	50	20	ch	3	4	7	0	+3
Knife Crouching	HL	80	100	40	su	7	4	12	-2	+1
Knife Crouching	HL	120	200	60	su	7	4	12	+2	+7	Forces stand
Knife Jumping	H	50	50	20	-	4	10	-	-	-
Knife Jumping	H	80	100	40	-	7	3	-	-	-
Knife Jumping	H	120	200	60	-	8	6	-	-	-
Bad Spray	HL	30*30	100	0/40	-*su	25	6*6	29	-20	-	Projectile hitbox, does 13x2 stun on block, (translate)
Stomach Blow +	HL	60	100	40	-	8	3	12	+1	+6	pursuit property, cannot perform with knife
Crack Kick +	HL	110	200	60	-	14	3	12	+1	-	4~16f strike and projectile invincible, 17~24f feet strike and projectile invincible, pursuit property, cannot hit crouching opponents
Jaw Crusher +	HL	80	100	40	-	6	4	13	-1	+5	cannot perform with knife, cannot hit crouching opopnents
Hammer Hook +	L	40*60	50*50	60*20	-	18	1*3	21	-4	+3	Only -1 on hit vs crouching opponents
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	60	100	20	-	10+11	2	35	-21	-21
Focus Attack LVL 2	HL	80	150	40	-	18+11	2	35	-15	-
Focus Attack LVL 3	-	140	200	60	-	64	2	35	-	-
Forward Throw	0.98	130	140	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard knockdown
Back Throw	0.98	130	120	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard knockdown
Fake Bad Stone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Total 32	-	-
Bad Stone	HL	50	150	10/20	su	29	16	Total 44	+4	+8	Charging increases damage and stun (+10 per hit), cannot perform with knife
Bad Stone	HL	50	150	10/20	su	29	20	Total 46	+2	+6	Charging increases damage and stun (+10 per hit), cannot perform with knife
Bad Stone	HL	50	150	10/20	su	29	27	Total 48	0	+4	Charging increases damage and stun (+10 per hit), cannot perform with knife
Bad Stone	HL	70*50	100*100	-250/0	su	24	24	Total 40	+8	+15	Pursuit property, cannot perform with knife
Criminal Upper	HL	80*20x3	70*30x3	20/5x4	su*-x3	13	2(1)14	22	-5	-	1st hit forces stand, pursuit property, projectile hitbox
Criminal Upper	HL	70*20x4	70*30x4	20/10*5x4	su*-x4	13	2(1)20	23	-8	-	1st hit forces stand, pursuit property, projectile hitbox
Criminal Upper	HL	60*20x5	70*30x5	20/10*2x5	su*-x5	13	2(1)18	28	-10	-	1st hit forces stand, pursuit property, projectile hitbox
Criminal Upper	HL	60*20x6	50x30*6	-250/0	su*-x6	7	2(1)12	30	-11	-	1~4f Invincible, 5~9f unthrowable, 1st hit forces stand, pursuit property, projectile hitbox
Ruffian Kick	L	120	150	20/40	-	15	8	20	-7	-	2~10f airborne, hard knockdown, armor break
Ruffian Kick	HL	130	100	20/40	-	11	4	25	-8	-	2~7f airborne, armor break, pursuit property
Ruffian Kick	HL	100	100	20/40	su	7	13	27	-19	-	armor break, pursuit property, cannot hit crouching opponents
Ruffian Kick	L	130	150	-250/0	-	11	7	25	-11	-	2~7f airborne, 11~17f lower body projectile invincible, 11~20f upper body strike and projectile invincible, [grounded hit] hard knockdown, [air hit] untechable limited juggle knockdown, armor break, pursuit property
Zonk Knuckle (Lv1)	HL	130	200	40/40	-	16	3	26	-8	-	1~11f upper body strike and projectile invincible, armor break, pursuit property, charge 60f
Zonk Knuckle (Lv2)	HL	140	200	40/40	-	17	3	26	-8	-	1~14f upper body strike and projectile invincible, armor break, pursuit property, charge 90f
Zonk Knuckle (Lv3)	HL	150	200	40/40	-	18	3	26	-8	-	1~17f upper body strike and projectile invincible, armor break, pursuit property, charge 120f
Zonk Knuckle	HL	90*70	150*100	-250/0	su*-	16	1*2	26	-7	-	1~16f Invincible, armor break, pursuit property, charge 60f
Super Combo	L*HLx6	60*45x5*65	0	-1000/0	-	1+11	9(14)3(12)3(19)7(17)6(22)3(14)7	30	-16	-	1~19f Invincible, untechable limited juggle knockdown, pursuit property
Super Combo	HL	60*45x5*65	0	-1000/0	-	1+7	9(14)3(12)3(19)7(17)6(22)3(14)7	30	-16	-	1~8f Invincible, untechable limited juggle knockdown, pursuit property
Super Combo	HL	60*45x5*65	0	-1000/0	-	1+7	6(2)4(11)4(18)6(17)6(22)3(14)8	29	-16	-	1~12f Invincible, untechable limited juggle knockdown, pursuit property, 1st hit cannot hit crouching opponents
Ultra Combo 1	HL	83x385	0	0/0	-	0+13	2	50	-31	-	1~14f Invincible, hard knockdown, armor break, pursuit property, 1st hit goes into animation
Ultra Combo 2	HL	23x7*45x5*120	0	0/0	-	0+7	2x7(24)2(12)2(14)2(12)2(22)2	47	-28	-	1~14f Invincible, hard knockdown, 1st-7th hit projectile hitbox and pursuit property, 12th hit goes into animation
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes