Street Fighter X Tekken/Rolento

Rolento

Ideal Team Position: Point

Rolento excels in neutral, where he can pester the opponent with knives and long ranged pokes. He's notorious for being a monster in neutral, and being an even bigger monster once he knocks you down even once. His j.d+mk is a nasty mixup tool that Rolento gets great mileage off of, even if his opponent guesses right and blocks. His pressure is nothing short of relentless, as he can stay from far away and constantly throw knives, or he can use his several mixup options to stay in or bait a reversal. He does have a bit of trouble if he gets knocked down himself thanks to his poor reversal and low health, but this issue is hardly a problem when Rolento controls the entire match. Rolento is a strong neutral character based around long ranged pokes and tricky movement to keep the opponent out while letting himself get in, making him a good pick as a point character.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Great normals for poking and picking up long ranged combos. Lengthy combos with great corner carry allow him to easily burn time while pushing the opponent's disadvantage. Pogo stick (j.d+mk) is a great mixup tool that can be used after almost all of his knockdowns. Great movement options with pogo stick, Delta Escape, and Delta Attack allow him to approach many scenarios in various different ways and always remain ambiguous during pressure. Pariot Circle (qcf+p) is a safe tag cancel on block and leads to a combo on hit. St.mp is a one button anti-air that will beat most jump-ins clean.

Very low solo damage output. His only reversal, EX Patriot Circle, is incredibly slow at 18 frame startup. Low health at 930.

Moves

Normal Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Standing Light Punch

lp

speccancel

Standing Medium Punch

mp

Standing Hard Punch

hp

Standing Light Kick

lk

Standing Medium Kick

mk

speccancel

Standing Hard Kick

hk

Close Hard Punch

(near opponent) hp

speccancel

Crouching Light Punch

d + lp

speccancel

Crouching Medium Punch

d + mp

Crouching Hard Punch

d + hp

Crouching Light Kick

d + lk

low
speccancel

Crouching Medium Kick

d + mk

low
speccancel

Crouching Hard Kick

d + hk

low
hardknockdown

Jump Light Punch

ub / u / uf + lp

high

Jump Medium Punch

ub / u / uf + mp

high
crossup

Jump Hard Punch

ub / u / uf + hp

high
crossup

Jump Light Kick

ub / u / uf + lk

high

Jump Medium Kick

ub / u / uf + mk

high
crossup

Jump Hard Kick

ub / u / uf + hk

high
crossup

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Trick Rod

f + mk

Spike Rod

air d + mk

Trick Landing

3k on landing

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Colonel Carrier

f or n + lp + lk

throw

Deadly Package

b + lp + lk

throw

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Stinger

dp + k --- p

ex
knockdown on ex

Mekong Delta Attack

3p ---
p while landing

ex

Mekong Delta Air Raid

qcb + p --- p

ex
high

Mekong Delta Escape

qcb + k --- p or k

ex

Patriot Circle

qcf + p
can be repeated
2 additional times

ex chrg
knockdown on 3rd hit of 3rd chain
ex gains invincibility
ex cannot be repeated

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Patriot Sweeper

qcf + 3p

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

N/A

Unique Attacks

N/A

Normal Throws

N/A

Special Moves

N/A

Super Combos

N/A

The Basics

N/A

Advanced Strategy

N/A

Combos

Bread and Butters

• N/A

Hit Confirm Combos

• N/A

Advanced Combos

• N/A

Combos Into Supers

• N/A

v2013 Changes

• Vitality - Reduced from 1000 to 930
• Far LP - Hit box reduced
• Far LP - Hurt box reduced
• Far MK - 6 frames added to Boost combo (on hit -8, on block -12) / Push back on block for boost combos reduced
• Far HP - 6 frames added to Boost combo (on hit -15, on block -19) / Push back on block for boost combos reduced
• Far HK - 10 frames added to Boost combo (on hit -13, on block -17) / Push back on block for boost combos reduced
• cr. MP - 5 frames added to Boost combo (on hit -3, on block -8) / Push back on block for boost combos reduced
• cr. MK - 5 frames added to Boost combo (on hit -9, on block -13) / Push back on block for boost combos reduced
• cr. HP - 10 frames added to Boost combo (on hit -13, on block -17) / Push back on block for boost combos reduced
• Jump MK - Hitbox reduced
• Patriot Circle - First attack frames increased by 4 (on hit, -1, on block -5)
• Stinger - Hitbox increased
• Stinger - Push back on block reduced
• Far standing LP: hitbox has been reduced.

Special move meter gain

• Stinger (jump): whiff 15->5
• Stinger (knife): whiff 15->5, on hit 40->15
• Mekong Delta Attack (attack): whiff 15->10, on hit 40->30
• Mekong Delta Air Raid (attack): whiff 15->10, on hit 40->30
• Mekong Delta Escape (jump): whiff 10->5
• Patriot Circle 1st attack: whiff 10->0, on hit 6 x 4(24)->8 x 4(32)
• Patriot Circle 2nd attack: on hit 6 x 4(24)->5 x 4(20)
• Patriot Circle 3rd attack: on hit 6 x 3(18)->8 x 3(24)