Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike/Dudley/2021/Introduction

Introduction

Dudley is an English gentleman boxer who despises dirty fighting and seeks opponents who offer a good, clean match. He is never seen without his beloved blue boxing gloves even while driving, drinking tea, and reading the newpaper. His first appearance was Street Fighter III: New Generation.

Dudley is a quick, strong, high-precision character with various juggles, strong mixups and lockdown capability, as well as multiple different anti-airs. As a king of rushdown, his main problem is his difficulty dealing with strong offense himself.

Super Arts

SA1: Rocket Uppercut

One of Dudley's two best supers, requires more meter in exchange for more damage. Deals 52 damage to a standing Ken. Favored by specific players, or for specific matchups (gives additional range on the dart shot super link vs Makoto and twins, can be used for burst damage vs characters with low health or who are hard to hit). Opponents can fall out when it's used as a juggle ender midscreen, make sure not to hit them when they're too close or too high up. For example play, Fujiwara is a strong player who nearly always plays SA1.

SA2: Rolling Thunder

Deals 58 damage to standing Ken. Can be mashed for extra hits, up to 8 total. It's the least popular option as it doesnt combo after juggles, doesn't combo after dart shot (6HK), and only has 1 large stock. Can be used in a similar manner to Ken's SA3.

SA3: Corkscrew Blow

Most popular SA with it's 3 stocks and smaller bar so supers are gained quickly. Damage is worse than the other SA options, however it is lightning fast and very easy to use in conversions. If you're in doubt, just pick this SA as the only notable downside is the lower damage

Strengths

Weaknesses

Great mobility with his ducking move, incredibly fast and low jump arc, and solid dashes One of the best overheads in the game, unreactable, hits crouchers, can combo into super art 3 Great damage and many juggle combos allow for versitility and threatening offense Awesome high-low mixups, great pressure, many reset opportunities, tick throwing and throw baiting - his mixup game is terrifying. Many great anti airs

No reliable poke to hit crouchers in front of him limiting his options when wanting playing footsies and controlling space, as well as vs. defensive characters like chun Fat hitbox, often making him victim of unique, damaging combos, as well as easier to poke in neutral Several of his mixup options are more limited or unavailable if the opponent is not cornered