Street Fighter IV/Gouken

Introduction

Gouken is a balanced character with tools to shut down many common character types, including charge & shotokan characters. He is best played by someone who can consistently predict his opponent's next move based on their prior patterns. Lacking any non-EX specials with fast startup or invincibility frames, he has a weak game when waking up, and his worst matchups are against characters with many safe or armor-breaking moves like Dictator and Boxer. His combos are fricking stupendous, and can sometimes halve an opponent's life with just a single EX bar. Also, he's old. Like older than the hills.

Move Analysis

Combos

Any combo beginning with s.FP or c.FP can be started with a jumpin FP or deep MK.

BnB's (Bread 'n Butter Combos)

1. FP, EX DP+P, QCF+P
   • Works against all characters
   • QCF+MP is easier to time than QCF+FP
2. FP, EX DP+P, dash forward, QCB+HK
   • High damage
   • Whiffs against small characters (Dhalsim, El Fuerte)

Street Fighter IV

Strategy

Matchups

Frame Data

Street Fighter IV

							Frames	Frames	Frames of	Frames of	Super Meter	Cancel	Ability
Move Name	Damage	Stun	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	On Block	On Hit	Block Stun	Hit Stun	Gain	Chain	Special	Super	Notes
Close LP	30	50	4	2	9	14	0	+3	10	13	20	O	O	O	-
Close MP	75	100	5	2	11	17	+1	+4	13	16	40	X	O	O	-
Close HP	105	200	8	2	15	25	0	+4	16	20	60	X	O	O	-
Close LK	35	50	5	2	9	15	0	+3	10	13	20	X	X	X	-
Close MK	70	100	5	2	13	19	-1	+2	13	16	40	X	O	O	-
Close HK	40*70	125*75	4	2*3	??	30	-3	+2	??	??	60*20	X	X	O	1st hit cancellable
Far LP	30	50	5	2	9	15	0	+3	10	13	20	O	O	O	-
Far MP	80	100	5	2	11	17	+1	+4	13	16	40	X	X	O	-
Far HP	125	200	8	2	17	25	0	+4	18	22	60	X	X	X	-
Far LK	40	50	6	2	9	16	0	+3	10	13	20	O	X	X	-
Far MK	80	100	7	2	13	21	-1	+2	13	16	40	X	X	X	-
Far HK	110	200	8	2	21	30	-5	-2	17	20	60	X	X	X	-
crouch LP	30	50	4	2	9	14	0	+3	10	13	20	O	O	O	-
crouch MP	70	100	5	2	14	20	-2	+1	13	16	40	X	O	O	Low attack
crouch HP	100[70]	200[150]	6	4	22	31	-8	-4	17	21	60	X	O	O	-
crouch LK	40	50	6	4	9	18	-2	+1	10	13	20	X	O	O	Low attack
crouch MK	70	100	4	3	16	22	-5	-2	13	16	40	X	O	O	-
crouch HK	100	100	6	3	18	26	-3	D	17	-	60	X	X	X	Low attack, cannot fast recover
Jump up LP	50	50	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-
Jump up MP	85	100	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	-	-	-	-
Jump up HP	105	200	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	-	-	-	-
Jump up LK	40	50	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-
Jump up MK	80	100	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	-	-	-	-
Jump up HK	100	200	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	-	-	-	-
Jump forward LP	50	50	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-
Jump forward MP	50*30	50*50	4	2*2	-	-	-	-	-	-	40*20	-	-	-	(translate), 2nd hit pursuit property
Jump forward HP	100	200	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	-	-	-	-
Jump forward LK	40	50	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-
Jump forward MK	70	100	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	-	-	-	-
Jump forward HK	100	200	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	-	-	-	-
f+MP Overhead	80	100	19	2	17	37	-5	0	13	18	40	X	X	X	Mid attack
Dive Kick	60	100	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	-	-	-	Mid attack
Focus Attack LVL 1	65	100	21	2	35	57	-21	-21	15	15	20	-	-	-	-
Focus attack LVL 2	85	150	18+11	2	35	65	-15	D	21	-	40	-	-	-	-
Focus attack LVL 3	150	200	65	2	35	101	D	D	-	-	60	-	-	-	-
Forward Throw	70*70	150	3	2	20	24	-	D	-	-	40	-	-	-	Throw range 0.9
Back throw	0	0	5	2	20	24	-	D	-	-	40	-	-	-	(translate), Throw range 0.9
Gohadoken LP	70	100	17	-		41	+2	+6			10/20	X	X	O	-
Gohadoken LP charge	60*60	100*50	17	-		41	+2	+6			10/10*10	X	X	O	-
Gohadoken MP	70	100	17	-		41	+2	+6			10/20	X	X	O	-
Gohadoken MP charge	60*60	100*50	17	-		41	+2	+6			10/10*10	X	X	O	-
Gohadoken HP	70	100	17	-		41	+2	+6			10/20	X	X	O	-
Gohadoken HP charge	60*60	100*50	17	-		41	+2	+6			10/10*10	X	X	O	-
Gohadoken EX	70*70	100*100	17	-		55	-12	-8			0/0	X	X	O	-
Gohadoken EX charge	60x2*60x2	(100*50)*(100*50)	17	-		55	-12	-8			0/0	X	X	O	-
Rush Punch LP	120	200	16	4	28	47	-6	D	25		10/20	X	X	O	4~13f invincible
Rush Punch MP	130	200	17	4	33	53	-6	D	30		10/20	X	X	O	5~19f invincible
Rush Punch HP	140	200	20	4	38	61	-6	D	35		10/20	X	X	O	8~27f invincible
Rush Punch EX	100*60	100*50	17	4*4		72	-5	D			0/0	X	X	O	2~25f invincible, 2nd hit juggles, Armor break, 1~2 hit cancellable
Hurricane Kick LK	60*20*40	100*25*25	7	2x3		97	-70	D			10/20*10*10	X	X	O	(translate), Pursuit property, 1st hit cancellable
Hurricane Kick MK	65*20x2*50	100*25x3	10	2x4		113	-83	D			10/20*10x3	X	X	O	(translate), Pursuit property, 1st hit cancellable
Hurricane Kick HK	70*20x3*55	100*20x3*40	13	2x5		135	-102	D			10/20*10x4	X	X	O	(translate), Pursuit property, 1st hit cancellable
Hurricane Kick EX	80*10x6*60	100*10x6*40	7	2x8		124	-97	D			0/0	X	X	O	(translate), Pursuit property, 1st hit cancellable
Hurricane Kick LK(air)	100	200	6	2x3		-	-	-			10/30	-	-	-	-
Hurricane Kick MK(air)	110	200	6	2x5		-	-	-			10/30	-	-	-	-
Hurricane Kick HK(air)	120	200	6	2x7		-	-	-			10/30	-	-	-	-
Hurricane Kick EX(air)	140	200	6	2x7		-	-	-			0/0	-	-	-	(translate)
Demon Flip	0	0	-	-		-	-	-			30	-	-	-	-
Demon Flip EX	0	0	-	-		-	-	-			0/0	-	-	-	1~25f invincible, flies toward opponent
Demon Flip Slide	100	200	43	11		73	-13	D			-/30	-	-	-	(translate), Low attack
Demon Flip Focus	0	0	4	Until ground		-	-	-			-/30	-	-	-	(translate)
Demon Flip Kick	80	100	12	Until ground		-	-	-			-/20				Forces stand
Demon Flip Throw	150	200	3	2		-	D	D			-/20*10	-	-	-	Throw range Light=1.15, Medium=1.25, Hard=1.35, EX=1.5
Counter P	180	150	1	14	18	32	-	-			10/35	X	X	O	(translate)
Counter K	180	150	1	14	18	32	-	-			10/35	X	X	O	(translate)
Counter EX	150	150	1	14	18	32	-	-			0/0	X	X	O	(translate)
Kinjite Shoryuken	85*40x5*60	0	11	3*2*3*3*2*3*4		90	-89	-			0/0	-	-	-	1~12f invincible, Pursuit property, Armor break
Shin Shoryuken	128*195*195	0	11	2*3*3*2*3*3*2*4		124	-123	-			0/0	-	-	-	1~11f invincible, Pursuit property, Armor break
							Frames	Frames	Frames of	Frames of	Super Meter	Cancel	Ability
Move Name	Damage	Stun	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	On Block	On Hit	Block Stun	Hit Stun	Gain	Chain	Special	Super	Notes