Street Fighter Alpha 3/Sodom

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Introduction

Sodom. An American born kabuki fighter who has been obsessed with Japanese Culture since he was a child. Sodom considers himself Japanese to the core, even though his true lineage precludes it. Attempting to make a name for himself he joins the Mad Gear Gang and starts shooting up the ranks. He eventually meets his match in a guy fighter of ninja decent called Guy and is ultimately beaten.

Pros Cons
  • Maybe the most oppressive ground game in A3 next to Dhalsim
  • Slide is ridiculously safe with a silly hurtbox
  • b. FP has a ton of range and is incredibly difficult to whiff punish
  • Racks up a lot of guard damage very quickly
  • b. MP is a short range but very high priority normal that can be used to buffer fierce scrapes
  • Lots of great anti-air options
  • Good air grab that does full damage on tech
  • Gets great oki off successful slides
  • Jump jab is high priority and difficult to anti-air
  • Has a unique hop command grab that can be decent for catching more passive players
  • Daikyo burning is one of the most damaging punishes in the game with amazing corner carry
  • Strike invincible tengu glitch gives him a pseudo-reversal in certain situations
  • Backroll allows him to escape many pressure and oki setups after being knocked down
  • The single longest activate range in the entire game. Can whiff punish just about anything with activates. Don't ever throw a fireball at him if you're not Charlie.
  • Has a mid-screen V-ISM guard crush string that forces alpha counters
  • Has untechable infinite setups off all his customs
  • Big damage off successful crouch cancel juggles thanks to scrapes
  • Wake-up hop grab can be used to partially escape cross-ups
  • Scrapes have much worse frame data on block compared to A2 and should be used sparingly
  • No meterless reversal option in a lot of situations
  • Very tall/fat hurtbox, making him susceptible to a lot of standing combos and guard crush pressure. Can be difficult to get out of pressure without threat of activate.
  • Normals are awkward and take some getting used to
  • Moves that hop over lows can blow up his slide
  • No DP option-selects means he has to be more careful about when he activates
  • His counter is awful, and so is his fake tengu. Both overlap with his slide input, which can occasionally end up killing you.
  • Command grab strings are very risky against V-ISM characters. Use carefully.
  • Must be cognizant of spacing and distance to the corner when doing custom combos due to him having to side switch or immediately transition to CCs once he hits the corner
  • Infinite requires very tight crouch cancel execution and a re-activation string at 50%
  • Setup window for untechable infinite only has a few frames for error and can result in big punishes if you screw it up



Color Options

X-Ism A-Ism V-Ism
Sfa3 Sodom pxism.png Sfa3 Sodom kxism.png Sfa3 Sodom paism.png Sfa3 Sodom kaism.png Sfa3 Sodom pvism.png Sfa3 Sodom kvism.png
Punch Kick Punch Kick Punch Kick
Sodom
SFA3 Sodom Art.png
Character Data

Moves List

Ground Normals

  • Standing Jab:
Damage 7 Sfa3 Sodom jab.png
Stun 2
Chain Cancel No
Special Cancel Yes
Super Cancel Yes
Meter on whiff/hit 0/1
Frame Count 6/6/9
Block Stun -1
Hit Stun/Counter Hit 0/+5
  • Close Standing Strong:
Damage 13 Sfa3 Sodom strong1.png
Stun 4
Chain Cancel No
Special Cancel Yes
Super Cancel Yes
Meter on whiff/hit 1/3(A)/4(X,V)
Frame Count 6/5/12
Block Stun +2
Hit Stun/Counter Hit +3/+7
  • Far Standing Strong:
Damage 13 Sfa3 Sodom strong2.png
Stun 4
Chain Cancel No
Special Cancel Yes
Super Cancel Yes
Meter on whiff/hit 1/3(A)/4(X,V)
Frame Count 8/4/13
Block Stun +2
Hit Stun/Counter Hit +3/+7
  • Close Standing Fierce:
Damage 17 Sfa3 Sodom fierce1.png
Stun 8
Chain Cancel No
Special Cancel No
Super Cancel No
Meter on whiff/hit 1/4(A)6(X,V)
Frame Count 15/4/13
Block Stun +6
Hit Stun/Counter Hit +7/launch
  • Far Standing Fierce:
Damage 18 Sfa3 Sodom fierce2.png
Stun 8
Chain Cancel No
Special Cancel No
Super Cancel No
Meter on whiff/hit 1/4(A)/6(X,V)
Frame Count 18/4/11
Block Stun +8
Hit Stun/Counter Hit +9/launch
  • Standing Short:
Damage 6 Sfa3 Sodom short.png
Stun 2
Chain Cancel No
Special Cancel Yes
Super Cancel Yes
Meter on whiff/hit 0/1
Frame Count 3/4/9
Block Stun +1
Hit Stun/Counter Hit +2/+7
  • Standing Forward:
Damage 12 Sfa3 Sodom forward.png
Stun 4
Chain Cancel No
Special Cancel Yes
Super Cancel Yes
Meter on whiff/hit 1/3(A)4(X,V)
Frame Count 7/4/13
Block Stun +2
Hit Stun/Counter Hit 3/+7
  • Standing Roundhouse:
Damage 17 Sfa3 Sodom roundhouse.png
Stun 8
Chain Cancel No
Special Cancel No
Super Cancel No
Meter on whiff/hit 1/4(A)6(X,V)
Frame Count 11/5/25
Block Stun -8
Hit Stun/Counter Hit -7/launch
  • Crouching Jab:
Damage 7 Sfa3 Sodom crjab.png
Stun 2
Chain Cancel No
Special Cancel Yes
Super Cancel Yes
Meter on whiff/hit 0/1
Frame Count 4/4/8
Block Stun +2
Hit Stun/Counter Hit +3/+8
  • Crouching Strong:
Damage 12 Sfa3 Sodom crstrong.png
Stun 4
Chain Cancel No
Chain Cancel No
Chain Cancel No
Meter on whiff/hit 1/3(A)4(X,V)
Frame Count (A,V) 9/4/17
Frame Count (X) 8/6/17
Block Stun -2(Z,V) -4(X)
Hit Stun/Counter Hit -1/+3(A,V) -3/+1(X)
  • Crouching Fierce:
Damage 13,15 Sfa3 Sodom crfierce1.png Sfa3 Sodom crfierce2.png
Stun 8
Chain Cancel No
Special Cancel Yes
Super Cancel Yes
Meter on whiff/hit 1/4(A)6(X,V)
Frame Count 7/2/32
Block Stun -11
Hit Stun/Counter Hit -10/Launch
  • Crouching Short:
Damage 6 Sfa3 Sodom crshort.png
Stun 2
Chain Cancel No
Special Cancel Yes
Super Cancel Yes
Meter on whiff/hit 0/1
Frame Count 4/6/7
Block Stun +1
Hit Stun/Counter Hit +2/+7
  • Crouching Forward:
Damage 11 Sfa3 Sodom crforward.png
Stun 4
Chain Cancel No
Special Cancel No
Super Cancel Yes
Meter on whiff/hit 1/3(A)4(X,V)
Frame Count 9/6/14
Block Stun -1
Hit Stun/Counter Hit 0/+4
  • Crouching Roundhouse:
Damage 15,13 Sfa3 Sodom crroundhouse1.png Sfa3 Sodom crroundhouse2.png
Stun 8
Chain Cancel No
Special Cancel No
Super Cancel No
Meter on whiff/hit 1/4(A)6(X,V)
Frame Count 9/13/21
Block Stun -11
Hit Stun/Counter Hit -/-

Air Normals

  • Neutral Jump jab:
Damage 7 Sfa3 Sodom njjab.png
Stun 1
Meter on whiff/hit 1/0
Frame Count 8/10/12
  • Diagonal Jump jab:
Damage 7 Sfa3 Sodom fjjab.png
Stun 1
Meter on whiff/hit 1/0
Frame Count 8/10/12
  • Neutral Jump Strong:
Damage 12 Sfa3 Sodom njstrong.png
Stun 4
Meter on whiff/hit 1/3(A)6(XV)
Frame Count 8/6/11
  • Diagonal Jump Strong:
Damage 12 Sfa3 Sodom fjstrong.png
Stun 4
Meter on whiff/hit 1/3(A)6(XV)
Frame Count 8/6/11
  • Neutral Jump Fierce:
Damage 17 Sfa3 Sodom njfierce.png
Stun 8
Meter on whiff/hit 1/4(A)6(XV)
Frame Count 8/4/21
  • Diagonal Jump Fierce:
Damage 17 Sfa3 Sodom fjfierce.png
Stun 8
Meter on whiff/hit 1/4(A)6(XV)
Frame Count 6/2/21
  • Neutral Jump Short:
Damage 6 Sfa3 Sodom njshort.png
Stun 2
Meter on whiff/hit 0/1
Frame Count 5/10/9
  • Diagonal Jump Short:
Damage 5,7 Sfa3 Sodom fjstrong1.png Sfa3 Sodom fjshort2.png
Stun 2
Meter on whiff/hit 0/1
Frame Count 5/10/9
  • Neutral Jump Forward:
Damage 11 Sfa3 Sodom njforward.png
Stun 4
Meter on whiff/hit 1/3(A)4(XV)
Frame Count 6/8/9
  • Diagonal Jump Forward:
Damage 11 Sfa3 Sodom fjforward.png
Stun 4
Meter on whiff/hit 1/3(A)4(XV)
Frame Count 6/8/9
  • Neutral/Diagonal Jump Roundhouse:
Damage 16 Sfa3 Sodom njroundhouse.png
Stun 8
Meter on whiff/hit 1/4(A)6(XV)
Frame Count 6/4/11

Special Moves

Jigoku Scrape Qcf.png+P.png

  • Jab Version
Damage 11 Sfa3 Sodom JS 1.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 2.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 3.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 4.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 5.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 6.png
Stun 8
Meter on whiff 4(A)7(XV)
Meter on Hit 3(A)4(XV)
Block Stun -11
Hit Stun/Counter Hit -6/-
Frame Count 14 4 26
  • Strong Version
Damage 12 Sfa3 Sodom JS 7.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 8.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 9.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 10.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 11.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 6.png
Stun 8
Meter on whiff 4(A)7(XV)
Meter on Hit 3(A)4(XV)
Block Stun -14
Hit Stun/Counter Hit -9/-
Frame Count 14 6 27
  • Fierce Version
Damage 13,11 Sfa3 Sodom JS 12.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 13.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 14.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 15.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 16.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 17.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 6.png
Stun 8,4
Meter on whiff 4(A)7(XV)
Meter on Hit 3(A)4(XV)
Block Stun -16
Hit Stun -
Frame Count 14 6 29

Sodom will slide forward, swinging his jitte/katana. The strength of the punch button used determines the angle of the attack.

Butsumetsu Buster 360.png + P.png

  • Startup
Sfa3 Sodom bb 4.png Sfa3 Sodom bb 5.png Sfa3 Sodom bb 6.png
Frame Count 25
  • Active:
Jab Strong Fierce Jab Strong Fierce
Damage 20 23 26 Sfa3 Sodom bb 1.png Sfa3 Sodom bb 2.png Sfa3 Sodom bb 3.png
Stun 0
Meter on whiff 3(A)4(XV)
Meter on hit 10(A)16(XV)
Frame Count 1
  • Recovery
Sfa3 Sodom bb 7.png Sfa3 Sodom bb 8.png Sfa3 Sodom bb 9.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 6.png
Frame Count 32

Sodom lunges forward, grabs the opponent, jumps up, then slams them to the ground. The strength of the punch button determines the height and damage. Jab version has the most reach. Fierce the least.

Daikyou Burning 360.png+K.png

Short Forward Roundhouse
Damage 16+4x4 16+4x4+3 16+4x5 Sfa3 Sodom Db 1.png Sfa3 Sodom Db 2.png Sfa3 Sodom Db.gif Sfa3 Sodom Db 9.png Sfa3 Sodom Db 10.png Sfa3 Sodom Db 11.png Sfa3 Sodom JS 6.png
Stun 0
Meter on whiff 6(A)9(XV)
Meter on Hit 3(A)4(XV)
Block Stun -36 -50 -64
Hit Stun/Counter Hit -
Frame Count (Short) 17 27 23
Frame Count (Forward) 17 35 29
Frame Count (Roundhouse) 17 43 35

Sodom runs forward, both weapons held in front of him. If he makes contact he will pin the opponent with the weapons, dragging them on the ground. After awhile they will catch fire, at which point Sodom releases them. Kick button strength used determines damage, how long Sodom runs and number of hits.

Shirraha Catch Dp.png+K.png

Short Forward Roundhouse
Damage 18 19 20 Sfa3 Sodom SC 1.png Sfa3 Sodom SC 2.png Sfa3 Sodom SC 3.png Sfa3 Sodom SC 4.png Sfa3 Sodom SC 5.png Sfa3 Sodom SC 6.png
Stun 0
Meter on whiff 3(A)4(XV)
Meter on Hit 4(A)6(XV)
Frame Count (Short) 6 24 34
Frame Count (Forward) 7 26 40
Frame Count (Roundhouse) 8 28 46

This counter is very specific as it only works on overheads, avoid using this move.

Tengu Walking Bdbd.PNG + K.png

  • Recovery Version
Damage 4x3 Sfa3 Sodom TW 1.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 2.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 3.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 4.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 5.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 6.png
Stun 2x3
Meter on whiff 4(A)7(XV)
Meter on hit 1x3
Block Stun -1
Hit Stun/Counter Hit 0/-
Frame Count 15 22 4
Sfa3 Sodom TW 7.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 8.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 9.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 5A.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 5.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 6.png
Frame Count 8 4 8 3
Sfa3 Sodom TW 10.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 11.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 12.png
Frame Count 20

Done just before landing after getting knocked down or air reset.

  • Reversal Version
  • Short Version
Damage 4x2 Sfa3 Sodom TW 1a.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 3.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 4.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 5.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 6.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 7.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 8.png
Stun 2x1
Meter on whiff 4(A)7(XV)
Meter on hit 1x2
Block Stun -11
Hit Stun/Counter Hit -12/-
Frame Count 23 4 8
Sfa3 Sodom TW 9.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 5A.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 10.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 11.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 12.png
Frame Count 4 21
  • Forward Version
Damage 4x3 Sfa3 Sodom TW 1a.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 3.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 4.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 5.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 6.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 7.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 8.png
Stun 2x3
Meter on whiff 4(A)7(XV)
Meter on hit 1x3
Block Stun -7
Hit Stun/Counter Hit -6/-
Frame Count 23 4 8
Sfa3 Sodom TW 9.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 5A.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 5.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 6.png
Frame Count 4 8 4
Sfa3 Sodom TW 7.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 10.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 11.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 12.png
Frame Count 21
  • Roundhouse Version
Damage 4x4 Sfa3 Sodom TW 1a.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 3.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 4.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 5.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 6.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 7.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 8.png
Stun 2x4
Meter on whiff 4(A)7(XV)
Meter on hit 1x3
Block Stun -3
Hit Stun/Counter Hit -2/-
Frame Count 23 4 8
Sfa3 Sodom TW 9.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 5A.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 5.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 6.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 7.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 8.png
Frame Count 4 8 4 8
Sfa3 Sodom TW 9.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 5A.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 10.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 11.png Sfa3 Sodom TW 12.png
Frame Count 4 21

Reversal only move, unlike the other version there is no invulnerability at the start, button strength determines how many times it hits, slightly faster but the short and forward versions are unsafe only the roundhouse version is safe and it shares the same hit/hurt boxes.

Yagura Reverse

  • Back, Down, Down-Back + Kick
    • Basically a standing Tengu Walking, pretty good priority but has limited uses.

Kouten Okiagari

  • (When knocked over)Forward, Down-Forward, Down + Punch
    • Sodom rolls up into a ball, rolling away from his attacker. Good defensive alternative to the standard recovery roll that everyone in Alpha 3 has.

Super Combos

Ten Chuu Satsu

  • 720 + Punch
    • Sodom grabs the opponent with both of his weapons and proceeds to devastate them with several slam moves.
      • A-ism Level 1 (jab) - After the grab, you do a small BB followed by a fierce-looking BB.
      • A-ism Level 2 (strong) - After the grab, you do a small BB, then leap up into the air where you pause for a few moments, finally coming down with full force to the ground for massive damage.
      • A-ism Level 3 (fierce) - This begins looking like Level 2; you do a small BB, jump up, stall, and slam the opponent hard to the ground, but then you proceed to drag them in a DB move. Big Damage

Meido no Miyage

  • Double Quarter Circle Forward + Punch
    • Sodom lashes forward with his weapon of choice in a superized version of his Jigoku Scrape manuever.
      • A-ism Level 1 (jab) - Three quick uppward slashes, similar to the jab and strong Jigoku Scrapes, hitting three times with juggling ability. Excellent anti-air, useful for ending combos. Relatively safe on block.
      • A-ism Level 2 (strong) - A series of four quick forward-moving slashes that go a long distance, each hitting multiple times, the last an overhead slash similar to the fierce Jigoku Scrape for varying hit amounts.
      • A-ism Level 3 (fierce) - All of the hits of a Level 2, followed by a leap in the air with a very strong arcing swipe similar in style to a jumping fierce.
      • X-ism - Simply a Level 3 version of the move.


~Move Descriptions taken from Joseph Parise's Sodom FAQ.

The Basics

Which Ism?

A-Ism

Gains a great level 1 super, but loses too many good normals and is missing his god tier customs.

V-Ism

V-ISM is what takes Sodom from mid tier to top tier. Having access to some of the best customs in the game with the longest activation range changes his threat in neutral significantly. Also gains access to b. FP and b. MP, which are amazing normals.

X-Ism

His Sais are replaced by Katanas that accentuate some of his pokes. Gets a dope X-ISM exclusive BGM, but never really worth running over A or V Sodom.

Combos

A-ISM combos

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V-ISM combos

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Advanced Strategy

Match-ups

Notable Players

Japan

Asaba (V-Sodom)

Cantona (A-Sodom)

Chappi (A-Sodom)

Chikyuu (V-Sodom)

Crusher / Krusher (V-Sodom)

Kichi-Kichi (V-Sodom)

Kuni (V-Sodom)

Kurassha (V-Sodom)

Liquid Metal (V-Sodom)

Mukai (A/V-Sodom)

Sassa (V-Sodom)

Tomoo Taguchi (V-Sodom)

Totsuka (V-Sodom)

VER (V-Sodom)

Versus (V-Sodom)

Yamako (V-Sodom)

North America

Alex Navarro / MiamiX-Alex (V-Sodom)

AMikelyStory (V-Sodom)

Eddie Lee (V-Sodom)

Kyokuji (V-Sodom)

Europe

xpapis (V-Sodom)

Asia

m0nk3y (V-Sodom)

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