Street Fighter 6/E.Honda

E. Honda
Vitals
Life Points	10500
Ground Movement
Forward Walk Speed	0.045
Backward Walk Speed	0.025
Forward Dash Speed	19
Backward Dash Speed	23
Forward Dash Distance	1.058
Backward Dash Distance	0.601
Drive Rush Min. Distance (Throw)	0.213
Drive Rush Min. Distance (Block)	1.769
Drive Rush Max Distance	3.375
Jumping
Jump Speed	4+38+3
Jump Apex	2.115
Forward Jump Distance	1.90
Backward Jump Distance	1.52
Throws
Throw Range	0.9
Throw Hurtbox	0.43

Introduction

A sumo wrestler looking to bring the sport worldwide, E. Honda has the skills of a yokozuna, but his constant globetrotting has prevented his promotion. Also an expert chef renowned for mouthwatering chanko stew.

Edmond Honda is a powerful and aggressive rushdown character with a speciality in long-range advancing offense. Honda's entire gameplan revolves around his signature sumo moves, burying opponents under a barrage of slaps, headbutts and ground slams until he's the only one left standing.

Honda's core move is Sumo Headbutt, a forward-moving special that just about does it all. If blocked normally, headbutt is safe and deals significant damage to the opponent's drive gauge. On hit, headbutt deals 1000+ damage and knocks down, leading to strong setplay. At close ranges, the headbutt is fast to start up and is difficult to react to or punish. Headbutt is also an anti-air, and OD headbutt has armor frames and works as a reversal. Opponents therefore can't carelessly approach Honda, as successful headbutts will get them slammed backwards. If opponents choose to block, they will burn out due to drive gauge damage, allowing Honda to begin nearly endless pressure against them. This forces opponents to take action and make risky guesses, and Honda capitalizes by forcing these interactions.

Outside of headbutt, Honda also has a great set of brawling tools. In close range, Honda has strong normals and target combos. Standing medium punch (5MP) is +1 on block and leads to tricky offensive sequences. At far range, Honda can poke with crouching medium punch (2MP) and Harai Kick (6HK). Oicho Throw (a damage-dealing command grab) and Sumo Smash (a combo finisher and anti-air that is plus on block) round out Honda's offense. Once he's gotten the hit, Honda is capable of dealing exceptional damage thanks to the mighty Hundred-Hand Slap, an incredible combo starter/filler/ender that is safe on block. Allowing Honda to stay still at fullscreen will let him apply Sumo Spirit, a buff that makes successful conversions with Hundred-Hand Slap hurt even more. All of this can make Honda very difficult to deal with once he's gotten close.

While Honda's offense is nothing short of devastating, it does have one major weakness: commitment. Unlike a lot of characters, Honda is all-in or all-out. He has poor movement speed, meaning his footsies can be somewhat lacking. He lacks a throw loop, and Oicho Throw resets him back to neutral on landing it. While Honda has great pokes, his Medium normals are notably either stubbier or slower than the majority of the cast, and he lacks a low to cancel into Drive Rush for demonstrating neutral control. Thus, Honda relies quite a bit on headbutt to get the job done in many matchups. That said, headbutt is a fantastic move that compliments Honda's gameplan well, so smart Honda players have to learn when to go ham and when to back off and be patient. Honda rewards both styles well, as any sumo should. If you love getting up close and personal and live for the feeling of landing a good headbutt or hand slap, there's no better Rikishi to show you the ropes than E. Honda.

Pick if you like:	Avoid if you dislike:
Having a special move that you can genuinely center your gameplan around and which pretty much the entire cast is afraid of A fast, aggressive kit based on getting in and pressuring the opponent safely Big damage for making solid reads coupled with excellent Drive Bar damage in blockstrings Lots of options for continuing offense, even while on the back foot	Not having a Throw Loop, which really hurts your pressure Relying heavily on your special moves to control neutral, many of which need charge Having an all-in or all-out playstyle with very high committment Being extremely weak against Perfect Parry

Classic & Modern Versions Comparison

List of differences with Modern E. Honda
Missing Normals	Standing Light Kick (5LK) Standing Medium Kick (5MK) Jumping Light Punch (j.LP) Jumping Medium Kick (j.MK) Jumping Heavy Kick (j.HK)
Missing Command Normals	Power Stomp (3HK) Can still be performed in Toko Shizume (5M~3M) Target Combo
Shortcut-Only Specials	Oicho Throw (2S) Heavy/OD Only
Assist Combos	A[L~L~L]: 2LK ~ 2LP ~ L Hundred Hands A[M~M~M~M]: 2MP ~ OD Sumo Dash ~ Teppo Slap 1 ~ SA2 No SA2: 2MP ~ OD Sumo Dash ~ Teppo Slap 1 ~ Teppo Slap 2 On Block: stops at Teppo Slap 2 (manually stop at Teppo Slap 1 for frame advantage) Burnout: 2MP ~ L Hundred Hands A[H~H~H~H~H]: 5HK (2 hits) ~ OD Hundred Hands ~ 2LP ~ M Headbutt ~ SA3 Burnout: 5HK (2 hits) ~ H Hundred Hands ~ SA3 On Block: stops at OD/H Hundred Hands; 5HK cancels on 1st hit vs. crouch block
Miscellaneous Changes	N/A

Normals

Standing Normals

5LP

Standing Light Punch

5LP

5LP

Standing Light Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	3	10	Sp SA TC	300	LH	+4	-1

5MP

Standing Medium Punch

5MP

5MP

Standing Medium Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
10	4	13	Sp SA TC	700	LH	+6	+1

5HP

Standing Heavy Punch

5HP

5HP

Standing Heavy Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
8(9)	7	20	Sp SA	900	LH	+1(+4)	-6(-3)

5LK

Standing Light Kick

5LK

5LK

Standing Light Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
4	2	9	Sp SA	300	LH	+5	-1

5MK

Standing Medium Kick

5MK

5MK

Standing Medium Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
10	4	16	-	700	LH	+4	-3

5HK

Standing Heavy Kick

5HK

5HK

Standing Heavy Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
8	2(1)4	22	Sp SA	400x2	LH	-1	-5(-11)

Crouching Normals

2LP

Crouching Light Punch

2LP

2LP

Crouching Light Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
4	3	10	Chn Sp SA	300	LH	+4	-1

2MP

Crouching Medium Punch

2MP

2MP

Crouching Medium Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
8	4	16	Sp SA	600	LH	+3	-3

2HP

Crouching Heavy Punch

2HP

2HP

Crouching Heavy Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
11	4	17(19)	-	800	LH	+3(+5)	-3(-1)

2LK

Crouching Light Kick

2LK

2LK

Crouching Light Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	2	9	Chn	200	L	+3	-3

2MK

Crouching Medium Kick

2MK

2MK

Crouching Medium Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
9	3	17	-	500	L	+6	-2

2HK

Crouching Heavy Kick

2HK

2HK

Dohyo Sweep

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
11	3(6)5	14	-	900	L	HKD +30(+39)	-10(-1)

Jumping Normals

j.LP

Jumping Light Punch

j.LK

j.LP

Jumping Light Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	6	3 land	-	300	H	+3(+9)	-1(+5)

j.MP

Jumping Medium Punch

j.MP

j.MP

Jumping Medium Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
6	8	3 land	-	700	H	+5(+11)	+1(+7)

j.HP

Jumping Heavy Punch

j.HP

j.HP

Jumping Heavy Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
9	4	3 land	-	800	H	+9(+15)	+5(+11)

j.LK

Jumping Light Kick

j.LK

j.LK

Jumping Light Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
6	6	3 land	-	300	H	+5(+10)	+1(+6)

j.MK

Jumping Medium Kick

j.MK

j.MK

Jumping Medium Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
9	6	3 land	-	700	H	+8(+13)	+4(+9)

j.HK

Jumping Heavy Kick

j.HK

j.HK

Jumping Heavy Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
10	8	3 land	-	800	H	+8(+15)	+4(+11)

Command Normals

Target Combos

Universal Mechanics

Throws

Forward Throw (LPLK)

Throw

LPLK

Saba Ori

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	3	23	-	1200 (2040)	T	KD +17	-

Back Throw (4LPLK)

Back Throw

4LPLK

Tawara Throw

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	3	23	-	1200 (2040)	T	KD +24	-

Drive Moves

Drive Impact (HPHK)

Drive Impact

HPHK

Sumo Crunch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
26	2	35	-	800	LH	KD +35 / Wall Splat KD +65	-3 / Wall Splat HKD +72

See Drive Impact.

Drive Reversal (6HPHK)

Drive Reversal

6HPHK

Raiden-Ho (Block)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
20	3	26(31)	-	500 recoverable	LH	KD +23	-6

Armor Break; See Drive Reversal.

Drive Parry (MPMK)

Drive Parry

MPMK

Drive Parry

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
1	12 or until released	33(1)(11)	-	-	-	-	-

See Drive Parry. Perfect Parrying has only 1F of recovery and disables the opponent from canceling their attack. Perfect Parrying projectiles puts you into fixed 11 frames of recovery.