Street Fighter 6/Ryu/Matchups

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Additionally, no match up chart is going to be perfect. A matchup that is seen to be advantageous by the community might not work for you or vice versa.

The favorability of a MU is divided between Ranked data and theoretical community ideas.

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A.K.I.

Ryu vs. A.K.I. (49.33%/Even)

She seems intimidating, but once you get past the initial strangeness it's pretty even:

IMPORTANT NOTE: Poison does do some damage (420 for the full duration), but it's purpose is to extend combos so don't go full marsupial because it's on you.

Quick Summary

A.K.I. is great at snowballing from small hits with her great meterless oki and Toxic Blossom, her unique combo extender on poisoned opponents, leading to huge burst damage. Though her bizarre hit and run playstyle can be disconcerting when you start playing competent A.K.I.s, it's not too bad once you get used to it. She's primarily going to rely on her strong grounded game and unique approach/disengagement tools to try and smother you. Pay attention to the A.K.I.'s habits when at full screen so you don't explode from a slide Dive. 5HP is still the god button but make sure that you are using lower hitting pokes such as 2MP and 2MK to cover her various low profile options that let her either escape or punish you with a combo. She can also punish fireballs in a few ways, but having Denjin stocked makes her have to guess if they will work on reaction.

Neutral

Her pokes are strong but often don't cancel:
- 5MK controls the midrange well with a solid hitbox and long range
- 2MK and 6HK are +1 and +2 on block respectively and greatly benefit from Drive Rush, 6HK crushes lows so be careful checking with lows
- 236LP goes MILES, poisons on hit, and knocks down on Punish Counter and Toxic Blossom, it does beat one hit of fireballs but is a subpar for that purpose
Be aware her approach options too:
- Coward Crouch Dive is an effective anti-fireball tool, she has to commit to Coward Crouch early in order for it to punish making it slightly predictive
- 214KK is a great surprise approach tool that is +2 on block and can be used on reaction to fireballs hard to anti air, you can't DI it by ducking the first few hits like the meterless ones
- Her bubble (214LP) is a very slow fireball in both speed and frame data making it great to Drive Rush behind but vulnerable to jump ins unless she spends an extra 2 bricks on 236KK

Akuma

Ryu vs. Akuma (49.85%)

No Data

Blanka

Ryu vs. Blanka (47.29%)

No Data

Cammy

Ryu vs. Cammy (47.94%)

No Data

Chun-Li

Ryu vs. Chun-Li (46.57%)

Serenity Stream stance will low-profile the following moves:

5LP, 5HP, j.MP, 236P (all), 214LK, 214HK (1st hit), SA1

Dee Jay

Ryu vs. DeeJay (46.46%)

No Data

Dhalsim

Ryu vs. Dhalsim (46.89%)

No Data

Ed

Ryu vs. Ed (45.05%)

No Data

E.Honda

Ryu vs. E.Honda (48.19%)

No Data

Guile

Ryu vs. Guile (45.40%)

No Data

Jamie

Ryu vs. Jamie (46.29%)

No Data

JP

Ryu vs. JP (44.62%)

OD Amnesia Bombs:

After blocking/parrying the first bomb, instant j.MP/j.MK makes the second bomb whiff
Be careful if JP is nearby, as he can hit you during your prejump frames for a combo