Modern Control Combos
| Combo | Position | Damage | Difficulty | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A[L ~ L] | Anywhere | 1200 | Assisted | Your only option for Donkey Kick off a light. Great for checking Drive Rush. Don't spam it otherwise - light Donkey Kick is -11 OB and you won't be anywhere near safe. |
| 2L ~ 2L ~ 5L > 623H 2L ~ 2L ~ 5L > 6S |
Anywhere | 1690 1494 |
V. Easy | Your basic light confirm. Unlike Classic, Modern Ryu cannot confirm this string into Donkey Kick. Modern Ryu can focus entirely on confirming distance to the opponent and cancel into Shoryuken early without buffering. |
| 2L ~ 2L ~ 2L > 4S | Anywhere | 1214 | V. Easy | Hooray! You get medium tatsu from your crouching light punch! |
| 5L ~ 2L > 4S | Anywhere | 1146 | V. Easy | Hooray! You get confirmable corner carry from your 4f move! |
| 2M > 4S/2S | Anywhere | 1076/1204 | V. Easy | Though 2M combos to almost all of your specials on normal hit, focus mainly on these two. Donkey Kick is safer and leaves you open to pop a Denjin charge. Tatsu has great corner carry. |
| A[H ~ H] > 4S/623H A[H ~ H] > 4S/6S |
Anywhere | 1784/2260 1784/2064 |
Easy V. Easy |
Heavy Shoryuken is your highest damage meterless A[H] combo. Tatsu gives you corner carry and oki. You can start buffering the 623H motion immediately by holding forward for easy full damage. |
| 5M, A[M] > 4S/2S/623H 5M, A[M] > 4S/2S/6S |
Anywhere | 1776/1904/2320 1776/1904/2096 |
Easy | A consistent combo that can be optimized for damage, corner carry, or a mostly safe Denjin charge. Since Modern Ryu does not have Short Uppercut (4HP), this is his best meterless combo without a jump-in. |
| A[H ~ H, L ~ L] | Anywhere | 2090 | Easy | Thanks to Modern controls, you only have to do one link for this combo (and it still does full damage!). Light Donkey Kick gives you space to pop Denjin. |
| A[H ~ H, L] > 4S | Anywhere | 1922 | Easy | This Medium Tatsu ender does more damage compared to A[H ~ H] > 4S. However, the oki is worse midscreen as you can only dash forward or jab if they back rise. |
| Combo | Position | Damage | Difficulty | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDR, A[M], 5M > 4S/2S/623H PDR, A[M], 5M > 4S/2S/6S |
Anywhere | 1776/1904/2320 1776/1904/2096 |
Medium | This is a core part of your Drive Rush strike mixup, 2M being the other. A[M] can be replaced with 5M to get +11 on hit (enough to link into 5H) at the cost of being -1 on block. |
| Any Medium/Heavy Starter > 214XX > 214214M A[M ~ M ~ M] |
Anywhere | 2900-3660 3460 |
Medium Assisted |
Your basic route into level 2 - you can charge Shin Hasho to the first level. The Assist combo version starts with Classic's 2MP and does more damage than any shortcut combo. |
| Any Medium/Heavy Starter > A[2S], 623H Any Medium/Heavy Starter > A[2S], 6S |
Midscreen | 1852-2420 1684-2224 |
Medium Easy |
Midscreen combo extension. Replace Shoryuken with level 1 for more damage. Cancel Shoryuken to level 3 for even more. |
| 5M, A[M] > A[2S], 623H 5M, A[M] > A[2S], 6S |
Midscreen | 2552 2384 |
Medium Easy |
Two-hit version of the above that does more damage than any single hit as a starter. Using the shortcut input easily lets Ryu walk forward a bit and land a good Shoryuken. |
| Starter > A[2S] > 214214M | Midscreen | 2940-3540 | Medium | Another route into level 2 that allows for full charge. Do not use with shortcut Lv2 as the damage is always less than the OD Hasho route (especially the Assist combo). |
| Starter > A[4S], PDR, 5M > 214M, 623H Starter > A[4S], PDR, 5M > 214M, 6S |
Corner | 2490-3194 2378-3040 |
Medium | Your basic OD+DR extension for extra damage in the corner. Can also be ended in Lv1/Lv3 super after the OD Tatsu instead of doing the more complex DRC version. |
| 5H > DRC > 5H > DRC > 5H > 623H > 236236H 5H > DRC > 5H > DRC > 5H > 6S > 2HS |
Anywhere | 4850 4682 |
Easy | Simple meter dump into Lv3 that works anywhere on the screen. 2HS will do the same damage as 236236H as it cannot go below 50% scaling. |
| 5H > DRC > 5H, A[M] > DRC > 5H, A[M] > 623H > 236236H 5H > DRC > 5H, A[M] > DRC > 5H, A[M] > 6S > 2HS |
Anywhere | 5254 5142 |
Medium | Improved version of the above that requires timing a link twice. If you landed a Drive Rush 5H as your starter, you can link another A[M] for a hair more damage. |
| 2H > 214X, [6]23H 2H > 214X, [6]S |
Anywhere | 2720 2496 |
V. Hard Easy |
Extremely hard to do midscreen with motion Shoryuken as it requires a microwalk. But you're on Modern - just hold forward and press Special slightly late. Drive-free 2500! |
| 2H > 214X, PDR, 5H > 623H 2H > 214X, PDR, 5H > 6S |
Anywhere | 2970 2802 |
Medium | Spends one bar to extend and improve the above. No microwalk, phew! Shoryuken should not be cancelled into Lv3 - it will always whiff. Dropping 623H input still allows 5H ~ 5H, so this is a good combo to practice DP motions. |
| 2H > 214X, PDR, 5H > 4S | Anywhere | 2567 | Medium | Modern Ryu's best oki corner carry without meter dumping. |
| 2H > 214X, PDR, 2H > A[2S], Extension | Midscreen | 2520-5108 2520-4996 |
Medium | You can replace Shoryuken with any midscreen combo extension (see above). Alternatively, dash/jump forward for a sideswitch. |
| 2H > 214X, PDR, 2H > A[2S], 3H | Midscreen | 2898 | Hard | Faux safejump (leaves you anywhere from +39 to +41). Will still trap most invincible reversals. |
| (5M, A[M])/2H > 214X, PDR, 2H > 214M, 623H (5M, A[M])/2H > 214X, PDR, 2H > 214M, 6S |
Corner | 3308/3330 3196/3176 |
Hard | Denjin Hasho replaces OD Tatsu for this corner combo, saving two bars and opening better routes. The medium starter does a hair more damage than the heavy when using shortcut Shoryuken. |
| 2H > 214XX, 5H > DRC > 5H, A[M] > DRC > 5H, A[M] > 623H > 236236H 2H > 214XX, 5H > DRC > 5H, A[M] > DRC > 5H, A[M] > 6S > 2HS |
Anywhere | 5708 5638 |
Medium | Denjin-enhanced meter dump. |
| 2H > 214XX, 5H > DRC > 2H > 214H, PDR, 2H > 2S > 236236H 2H > 214XX, 5H > DRC > 2H > 214H, PDR, 2H > 2S > 2HS |
Anywhere | 5553 5553 |
Hard | Juggle combo that will not put Ryu in Burnout if he has all 6 Drive bars. |
| 2H > 214XX, 5H > DRC > 2H > 214H, PDR, 2H > 214M, 623H > 236236H 2H > 214XX, 5H > DRC > 2H > 214H, PDR, 2H > 214M, 6S > 2HS |
Corner | 5878 5808 |
Hard | Corner-optimized version of the above. |
Punish Combos
| Combo | Position | Damage | Difficulty | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A[H ~ H] > 623H/236236L A[H ~ H] > 6S/5HS |
Anywhere | 2420/2840 2224/2560 |
Easy V. Easy |
Modern Ryu's best drive-free punish combo without a link. |
| 5M, 5H > 623H 5M, 5H > 6S |
Anywhere | 2640 2416 |
Easy | Easy punish that works anywhere on screen and costs no meter. |
| 5H, 5M > 623H/236236L 5H, 5M > 6S/5HS |
Anywhere | 2680/3160 2456/2840 |
Medium / Hard Easy |
Swaps the heavy and medium inputs. The link window is smaller, but the cancel window is larger. |