Ultra Street Fighter IV/Controls and Notation

Motion Notation

The following is a list of common input notations and how they are performed. All inputs assume the player is facing right (P1 Side).

• QCF (Quarter Circle Forward) / 236 /  :
  • Down, Down/Towards, Towards ()

• QCB (Quarter Circle Back) / 214 /  :
  • Down, Down/Back, Back ()

• DP (Dragon Punch) / 623 /  :
  • Towards, Down, Down/Towards ()

• RDP (Reverse Dragon Punch) / 421 /  :
  • Back, Down, Down/Back ()

• HCF (Half Circle Forward) / 41236 / :
  • Back, Down/Back, Down, Down/Towards, Towards ()

• HCB (Half Circle Back) / 63214 /  :
  • Towards, Down/Towards, Down, Down/Back, Back ()

• 360 (360 Degree Motion) /  :
  • Rotate the joystick in a full circle in any direction
  • As a shortcut, Half Circle (forward or back) + one additional upward direction counts as a 360

Six Button Notation

Notation

- LP - Light Punch / Jab	- LK - Light Kick / Short
- MP - Medium Punch / Strong	- MK - Medium Kick / Forward
- HP - Heavy Punch / Fierce	- HK - Heavy Kick / Roundhouse
- P - Any Punch	- K - Any Kick
- PP - Any 2 Punches	- KK - Any 2 Kicks
- PPP - All 3 Punches	- KKK - All 3 Kicks

State Modifiers

• st. - "Standing" - move should be used while standing
  • In numpad notation, "5" represents a neutral standing state (5HK)
• cl. - "Close" - indicates a standing proximity normal that must be used at close range (e.g. cl.MP)
• far. - "Far" - indicates a standing proximity normal that must be used at farther ranges (e.g. far.MK)
  • Often times, far proximity normals are simply referred to with "st." prefix (e.g. cl.LP / st.LP)
• cr. - "Crouching" - move should be used while holding down (e.g. cr.HK)
  • In numpad notation, "2" represents a crouch state (2HK)
• j. - "Jumping" - move should be used while in the air (e.g. j.HK)
  • Numpad notation usually keeps this indicator rather than using "8HK" or "9HK"
• EX / - EX Special Move - inputting a move with 2 punches or 2 kicks uses a more powerful version of the move that consumes 1 bar of Super meter
  • Seth's EX Tanden Engine (and several moves in Omega SF4) consumes 2 bars, and some moves do not have an EX version (Zangief Double Lariat, Ibuki Command Dash)
  • The 2 buttons must be pressed with in 1 frame of each other (or using a 3P/3K macro) for the EX move to work.

Combo Connectors

• + : Indicates that 2 actions should be performed at the same time
  • e.g. + hit simultaneously
• , or > : Indicates the next part of a sequence
  • "," is usually used to indicate a link while ">" indicates a chain/target combo, but this notation is not universally followed
  • e.g. LP > MP > HP (Ibuki's Target Combo 4 chain)
  • e.g. cr.MP, cr.MK ( linked into )
• xx : Indicates that the first action should be cancelled into the second.
  • e.g. cr.MK xx Hadouken
  • e.g. Hadouken xx Super
  • e.g. Shoryuken xx FADC
• ~ : Indicates that the first action should be immediately followed by the second action (usually 1 frame apart)
  • e.g. st.HP ~ Throw (input for some kara throws)
  • The plinking technique uses this notation