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Overview

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Introduction

Dhalsim is a Yoga Master from India, possessing the ability to stretch his limbs and spit fire. though generally a pacifist, he will fight to help his village, or to defeat great evil when he encounters it.

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Gameplay

Though unpopular, many consider Dhalsim to be one of the best point characters in MvC2. His great air dash, teleports, and long limbs make him a menace in neutral for many characters, and his rushdown can be quite effective with the corner or the right assists.

On paper, Dhalsim has the tools to win almost any matchup, though his low health, assist dependency, and high execution requirements often mean it's much easier said than done.

Dhalsim has a diverse toolkit which allows him to keep up with the strongest characters in the game. He can be quite capable as both a rushdown or runaway character, provided one's execution is up to snuff.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Flexable playstyle: Dhalsim's toolkit allows him to play both rushdown and zoning playstyles effectively, adjusting which to focus on depending on character or player matchup. Great mobility: Dhalsim is tied with magneto for fastest air dash in the game. This, combined with his dash that low-crushes, above average flight, and teleports that reset his air actions give him an ability to navigate the screen very effectively. His run away and stall potential is rivaled only by Storm. Long reach: Dhalsim's long limbs are great for poking or walling out the opponent both on the ground and in the air. Long, flashy Combos: Dhalsim's access to air dashes, good jump normals, and a solo FSD relaunches mean that even by himself, Dhalsim can often score lots of hits with a good launcher, or end his combos with an unblockable super reset for big damage. On top of this, his divekicks force him into normal jump mode, meaning he can extend with assists after a super jump for better damage or easy super confirms. Unblockable setups: Dhalsim's yoga strike super does not cause a guard frame, which enables unblockable DHCs for characters like Iron man, even from full screen.

Low life: Dhalsim takes 13% bonus damage, the same defense modifier as Psylocke, meaning that he can't afford to take stray hits in neutral. Executionally demanding: Getting the most mileage out of Dhalsim requires precise execution in both neutral and combos; a poorly timed drill or super will often mean death for Sim. Not a team player: Dhalsim's assist dependency, mediocre DHCs, and lackluster assists of his own mean that teams generally have to be constructed around Dhalsim being your point. He's also generally a sitting duck if he's your last character left.

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Character Summary

Special Moves

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Yoga Fire

• +

Yoga Flame

• +

Yoga Blast

• +

Yoga Smash

• +

Yoga Teleport

• /+/

Flight Mode

• +

Hyper Combos (Example)

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Yoga Inferno

• + Steer with directional inputs

Yoga Strike

• +

Assist Types (Example)

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Type α - Projectile Type

• Assist: Yoga Fire
• Counter: Yoga Fire
• Combination: Yoga Inferno

Type β - Ground Type

• Assist: Yoga Flame
• Counter: Yoga Flame
• Combination: Yoga Inferno

Type γ - Anti-air Type

• Assist: Yoga Blast
• Counter: Yoga Blast
• Combination: Yoga Inferno

Moves List

Assists

Anti-air

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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Yoha Fire	Yoga Inferno
Standard fireball assist.

Projectile

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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Yoga Flame	Yoga Inferno
Yoga flame as an assist.

Expansion

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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Yoga Blast	Yoga Inferno
Yoga Blast as an assist.

Normal Moves

-When grounded, Dhalsim has the Hunter type Magic Series, meaning they can follow the > > > > > cancel tree.

Far Ground Normals

Light Punch
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Medium Punch
5 after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Pretty useless.

Heavy Punch
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Makes a shoryureppa combo more damaging but you will have to use d. lk, standing hp on a crouching opponent since adding a mk will cause S. HP to whiff.

Light Kick
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
His fastest far reaching normal, barring priority again I would have to say this is one of his better normals the ability to hit any crouching opponent and it’s good range make it very abuseable especially since it should combo into down + MK at a little less than max range.

Medium Kick
5 after a , , or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Hits twice , easy to combo off of hits so high you would’ve liked that you could use it instead of s. lp against starting match jumpers.

Heavy Kick
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
His farthest reaching normal outside of foward + HK think of it as Psylocke’s standing HP except much slower but will hit crouching opponents. Overall i never use this move , ever.

Crouching Light Punch
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
A all purpose rush in attack when your goal is not to apply pressure to a blocking opponent but instead trying to beat out their light attacks (which isn’t a good idea against most rush in top tiers, personally i have not experimented with this move).

Crouching Medium Punch
2 after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Nice range easy to combo into but does not hit low, which makes it second to d+MK.

Crouching Heavy Punch
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
His main launcher , below average horizontal range nice vertical range and priority but slow to come out, always use df+HP version if you feel suicidal and want to beat out a jump in.

Crouching Light Kick
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
His fastest low hitting move and important tool in his pressure, you never know when you may hit a opponent low.

Crouching Medium Kick
2 after a , , or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
The far reaching shoto d+MK this move is vital to ken’s mixups , has nice reach and will usually combo into hadoken xxx shoryureppa (more on this later since the shoryureppa doesn’t do enough on it’s own) and ALWAYS combo into shoryureppa.

Crouching Heavy Kick
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
The “Shoto Sweep” and the worst version too, coming out the slowest of all the shotos (losing to ryu’s by 1 frame) but still useful if you can make juggle off of it, namely off of psylocke sweep xxx snapout can be useful.

Close Ground Normals

Light Punch
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Medium Punch
5 after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Pretty useless.

Heavy Punch
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Makes a shoryureppa combo more damaging but you will have to use d. lk, standing hp on a crouching opponent since adding a mk will cause S. HP to whiff.

Light Kick
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
His fastest far reaching normal, barring priority again I would have to say this is one of his better normals the ability to hit any crouching opponent and it’s good range make it very abuseable especially since it should combo into down + MK at a little less than max range.

Medium Kick
5 after a , , or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Hits twice , easy to combo off of hits so high you would’ve liked that you could use it instead of s. lp against starting match jumpers.

Heavy Kick
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
His farthest reaching normal outside of foward + HK think of it as Psylocke’s standing HP except much slower but will hit crouching opponents. Overall i never use this move , ever.

Crouching Light Punch
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
A all purpose rush in attack when your goal is not to apply pressure to a blocking opponent but instead trying to beat out their light attacks (which isn’t a good idea against most rush in top tiers, personally i have not experimented with this move).

Crouching Medium Punch
2 after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Nice range easy to combo into but does not hit low, which makes it second to d+MK.

Crouching Heavy Punch
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
His main launcher , below average horizontal range nice vertical range and priority but slow to come out, always use df+HP version if you feel suicidal and want to beat out a jump in.

Crouching Light Kick
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
His fastest low hitting move and important tool in his pressure, you never know when you may hit a opponent low.

Crouching Medium Kick
2 after a , , or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
The far reaching shoto d+MK this move is vital to ken’s mixups , has nice reach and will usually combo into hadoken xxx shoryureppa (more on this later since the shoryureppa doesn’t do enough on it’s own) and ALWAYS combo into shoryureppa.

Crouching Heavy Kick
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
The “Shoto Sweep” and the worst version too, coming out the slowest of all the shotos (losing to ryu’s by 1 frame) but still useful if you can make juggle off of it, namely off of psylocke sweep xxx snapout can be useful.

Far Air Normals

-When in the Normal Jump state, Dhalsim has the Hunter type Magic Series, meaning they can follow the > > > > > cancel tree.

Air Light Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Bad range, doesn’t compare to J. LK at all.

Air Medium Punch
after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Rivals j. lk as one of the better air normals despite being a “Middle” move. You can wait the longest time to cancel your last attack into this, this move is the reason why you can do his jumping infinite nice damage and range too i suppose but really it’s the long long window to combo into it that makes it useful especially in infinites.

Air Heavy Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Used in the air as pressure and a way to get around by cancelling into a hurricane kick this move has it’s uses. 2nd most hit stun of his air fierces.

Air Light Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
The greatest j. normal he has. it hits behind him, comboes into j. mk which also hits behind him nice range stays out there for ever and because of how the hit box is so low you can use the instant over head method with this move (more on that later).

Air Medium Kick
after a j., j., or j. connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Has cross up capabilities like j. lk, hard to land it as a cross up though but don’t count it out it’s still very good.

Air Heavy Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Fastest air fierce he has also has the least stun. But it also pushes the enemy the least back which makes it the best choice to use in sentinal standing infinites (even though the timing is stricter you get more hits and more hits means a better chance to get them to the corner and finish the infinite)

Close Air Normals

Air Light Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Bad range, doesn’t compare to J. LK at all.

Air Medium Punch
after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Rivals j. lk as one of the better air normals despite being a “Middle” move. You can wait the longest time to cancel your last attack into this, this move is the reason why you can do his jumping infinite nice damage and range too i suppose but really it’s the long long window to combo into it that makes it useful especially in infinites.

Air Heavy Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Used in the air as pressure and a way to get around by cancelling into a hurricane kick this move has it’s uses. 2nd most hit stun of his air fierces.

Air Light Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
The greatest j. normal he has. it hits behind him, comboes into j. mk which also hits behind him nice range stays out there for ever and because of how the hit box is so low you can use the instant over head method with this move (more on that later).

Air Medium Kick
after a j., j., or j. connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Has cross up capabilities like j. lk, hard to land it as a cross up though but don’t count it out it’s still very good.

Air Heavy Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Fastest air fierce he has also has the least stun. But it also pushes the enemy the least back which makes it the best choice to use in sentinal standing infinites (even though the timing is stricter you get more hits and more hits means a better chance to get them to the corner and finish the infinite)

Command Normals

Drill Headbutt
j.+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-
Only available during magic series chains. This move is only used for the infinite, strict window to cancel it off of anything so use with discretion.

Drill Kick
j.+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-
The slowest of his air fierces but with the most stun, you should definitely consider ending a corner infinite on sentinel with this so you can land and combo into shoryu reppa xx hail. it has nice horizontal range so it may be a good candidate to use against sentinel but then again so may j. HK.

Universal Mechanics

Universal Launcher (Punch)
3

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Launcher (high)	-	-	-	-
It’s the same as D+HP except 1 frame is shaved off.

Throw (Punch)
6 // 4 near opponent

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Ken rolls and tosses his opponent, carrying them to the other end of the screen.

Throw (Kick)
6 // 4 near opponent

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Knee Bash throw. Mashable.

Air Throw (Punch)
j.6 // j.4 near airborne opponent

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
The roll throws the opponent down when done in the air.

Raw Tag
+ // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Snap Back
+ A1 / A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Ken's HK.

Special Moves

Hadouken
+

Ground	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Ken fires a slow fireball. Useable in a grounded combo only from up close, otherwise will uncombo.
Air	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Ken fires a slow fireball in the air. Causes flying screen. Slows air momentum, allowing stalling in the air.

Shoryuken
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Fully invincible uppercut on the way up. HP version can be cancelled into super if you input the super before he leaves the ground.

Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku
+

Ground	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Ken does 5 hits of his spinning kick. is just off the ground, goes at a 45 degree angle.
Air	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Ken does his spinning kicks in the air. does more hits; follows your jump trajectory. Doing j xx tatsu makes for a difficult to contest air string, especially for big characters. When done in an air combo, it will do huge damage on each hit. Also an integral part of his infinite.

Command Roll
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Ken rolls forward, he can cross up opponents this way. Combined with his dash he can mix up opponents, especially when used in conjunction with an assist.

Hyper Combos

Shoryureppa
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Instant start up, invincible for the first uppercut was made to be really easy to combo into, you can dhc AFTER the last hit.

Shinryuken
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Instant start up, invincible all the way up, can avoid a whole hail storm, great reversal if you miss dhc you’ll have alot of time to while your opponent can’t really do anything. Mashable with attack buttons.

Shippu Jinrai Kyaku
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Invincible on start invincible and early in the super (the first kick maybe second kick) it’s very good and doesn’t leave you as open as shoryu reppa/shinryuken. Mashable with kick buttons.

Colors

First row: , , . Second row: , , .