Fatal Fury Special/Jubei Yamada

Introduction

Pros	Cons
Smallest character in the game Extremely fast moves Can be played in a variety of ways	Small amount of damage per move Poor range on normals Small amount of dizzy points

Move List

Standing/Taunting	Crouching	Jumping
		Descending hurtbox. 51F duration.

Close Standing Normals

c5A

c5A

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
6	2	Mid	3	4	4	10	+8	+9	Cancel
Extremely fast and advantageous.

c5B

c5B

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
8	2	Mid	4	7	5	15	+4	+5	Cancel

c5C

c5C

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
14	4	Mid	8	8	12	27	+4	+3	Cancel

c5D

c5D

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
16	4	Mid	8	11	8	26	+5	+4	Cancel

Far Standing Normals

f5A

f5A

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
5	2	Mid	3	4	4	10	+8	+9	Cancel
Extremely fast and advantageous.

f5B

f5B

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
6	2	Mid	4	7	5	15	+4	+5	Cancel

f5C

f5C

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
12	4	Mid	8	8	12	27	+3	+2	/
Same as close version but cannot be cancelled.

f5D

f5D

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
14	4	Mid	8	11	9	27	+3	+2	/
Same as close version but cannot be cancelled.

Crouching Normals

2A

2A

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
5	2	Mid	4	4	5	12	+7	+8	Cancel
Extremely fast and advantageous.

2B

2B

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
6	2	Low	5	7	6	17	+3	+4	Cancel
Has an extremely low profile which makes it an effective anti-air. Will often hit meaty as an anti-air, allowing it to be linked out of for deadly combos. Can be whiffed repeatedly to dodge some projectiles like Mai's fans or Jubei's crackers while keeping charge. Frame 1 Low Profile Recovery

2C

2C

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
12	4	Mid	6	8	10	23	+6	+5	Cancel

2D

2D

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
14	4	Low	7	15	17	38	KD	-10	/
Moves Jubei forward while letting him maintain charge. Has an extremely low profile which makes it an effective anti-air. Can slide under most projectiles but has long recovery. Frame 1 Low Profile

Air Normals

jA

jA

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
6	2	Overhead	5	∞	-	-	-	-	-

jB

jB

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
8	2	Overhead	5	∞	-	-	-	-	-

jC

jC

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
14	4	Overhead	6	17	-	-	-	-	-

jD

jD

Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
Neutral Jump	16	4	Overhead	6	17	-	-	-	-	-
Diagonal Jump	16	4	Overhead	7	17	-	-	-	-	-
Crosses up.

System Normals

Blowback Attack

Blowback Attack
C+D

Front Lane

Back Lane

Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
Front Lane	22	5	Mid	9	8	19	35	KD	-8	Cancel, Lane Shift
Back Lane	22	5	Mid	16	10	8	33	KD	+1	Cancel, Lane Shift

Lane Attack

Lane Attack
A/B/C/D from opposite lane

Front Lane

Back Lane

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
18	0	Overhead	9	-	4	-	-	-	/
A/B will do a straight and fast lane attack while C/D will do a slower high angle lane attack. Jubei has the same lane attack for punch and kick buttons.

Dodge Attack

Dodge Attack
6A during proximity guard

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
11	5	Mid	10	11	11	31	Air Reset (+18)	-3	Cancel, Upper-Body Invuln 1-20F
Excellent anti-air. Startup Recovery

Throws

C Throw

Ippon Seoi
close 4/6C

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
26	3	Throw	1	1	/	-	KD	/	/
Swaps sides.

3C Throw

Tawara Nage
close 3C

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
28	3	Throw	1	1	/	-	KD	/	/
Above average damage. Swaps sides.

9C Throw

Kumo Koroshi
close 9C

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
24~48 (4 x 6~12)	3	Throw	1	1	/	-	KD	/	/
Hold throw. Opponent can mash to reduce hits. Jubei's most damaging normal throw on average as it requires very fast reactions and mashing to reduce to 6 hits. Swaps sides.

6D Throw

Benkei Nakashi
close 6D

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
8~32 (4 x 2~8)	0	Throw	1	1	/	-	KD	/	/
Hold throw. Opponent can mash to reduce hits. On average this is Jubei's least damaging throw as the long delay between hits makes mashing out of it easy. Swaps sides only if the opponent doesn't mash out.

4D Throw

Tomoe Nage
close 4D

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
26	3	Throw	1	1	/	-	KD	/	/
Swaps sides.

Air Throw

Izuna Otoshi
close j2D

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
26	3	Throw	1	1	/	-	KD	/	/
Air throws are always good to have, but Jubei generally doesn't like to jump. Like other air throws it can catch backdashes.

Special Moves

Senbe Shuriken ([4]6P)

Senbe Shuriken
[4]6A/C

Jubei throws a rice cracker. Very good projectile.

Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
A	7 (1)	3	Mid	7	-	24	-	+9	+6	/
Projectile travels slower.
C	14 (3)	6	Mid	10	-	29	-	+12	+5	/
Projectile travels faster. Jubei's best special to combo into.

Nihon Seoi Dash ([4]6K)

Nihon Seoi Dash
[4]6B/D

B

D

Running throw that swaps sides on hit.

Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
B	16	3	Throw	12	9	15	35	KD (+2)	/	/
Travels about half of the screen. Can be whiffed for fast repositioning.
D	22	6	Throw	14	21	15	39	KD (-1)	/	/
Travels almost the full screen.

Ooizuna Otoshi ([2]8P)

Ooizuna Otoshi
[2]8A/C

Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
A/C	21	3	Throw	1	1	/	/	-	/	/
Looks very cool but has lower damage than other throws and an awkward input.

Neko Jarashi (63214C)

Neko Jarashi
63214C

Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
A/C	25	3	Throw	1	1	/	/	-	/	/
Unlike Jubei's other throws, this has far range, is easily bufferable and has good corner carry. Ignoring a small loss in damage, this throw does it all.

Desperation Move

Dynamite Izuna Otoshi ([1]23B+C)

Dynamite Izuna Otoshi
When health is flashing
[1]23B+C

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
48	4	Throw	1	1	/	/	-	/	/
Farther range than other throws, tied with 63214C.

Combos

• (jX/meaty 2B) 5A/2A 5A 2C [4]6C - Will dizzy Andy, Billy, Cheng, Duck King, Joe (with 2B/jump in), Jubei, Kim (with 2B/jump in), Laurence (with jC/D), Mai, Terry and Tung.
• (Corner) jD 2B [4]6C 5A 2C [4]6C - Will dizzy the whole cast. Can redizzy for a touch-of-death against Andy, Billy, Cheng, Duck King, Joe, Jubei, Kim, Mai, Terry and Tung. Back up about half screen for the redizzy vs small characters like Mai and Tung to avoid cornering yourself after jD.

• Back Plane Corner Tick Combo - Jump B, crouch A, crouch A, C+D cancel into Desperation throw
• Close A x 1-4 > cr.C > Senbei Shuriken (C)
• cr.A x 1 - 3 > cr.C > Senbei Shuriken (C)
• (in the corner) Senbei Shuriken (C) > B > A > Senbei Shuriken (A) > A x 2 > Senbei Shuriken (A)

Strategies

To avoid an accidental [4]6A when trying to use a dodge attack, input it as 6AC instead of 6A.

From Trieu over on SNK-Capcom:

"Not really a glitch, but definitely hard to get out of. You basically throw a cookie at your opponent in the corner and do the special grab move, which is forward, half circle back, then straight forward again and press the C button.

So it's from the middle, to 3 o'clock, half circle to 9 o'clock, back to 3 o'clock and press C button, then throw cookie, then do it again. This only works if the opponent keeps blocking, because if the opponent gets hit, the "glitch" doesn't work."

Advanced Strategy

• I played a lot of Fatal Fury Special these past few days and came across a lot of weird and interesting things with Jubei. I find that using him for cross ups and then doing crouching 'B' or 'A' and following up with either a Senbei-Shuriken or Nihon-Seoi Dash makes it very easy for a lot of other player to get caught in trap. The Senbei-Shuriken I would recommend doing instead of the Nihon-Seoi Dash seeing as you can keep adding more hits even after you throw the *heh* Cookie.

• Neko-Jarashi *HCB+C up close* is a cool command throw for just doing a fair amount of damage. It's like a Zangief's piledriver but it's esier to get results with it.

• The Ooizuna-Otoshi I only really use for stunned oppoents due to it being a charge down/up move which needs to be done very close. I find that Jubei's abilites make him an excellent turtle fighter but he CAN be offensive if you desire to go that route. A varity of jumping D's can be used to do similar combos overall and just make anyone facing Jubie have a bad day.

• I don't know if Jubei is really considered top tier but, I think he is up there. The game is just too damn easy to win with using him. I think I'll see what else I can do with him seeing as I think he might have some other things I haven't tried yet. Either way, I hope what i said is worth the read. I don't consider myself an awesome player but, I stil love this game enough to play it.

Credit to BonusKun

• When he goes into the SDM Mode. A simple Jump Attack (light kick), down light kick, CD Attack, buffered into SDM is a combo. It is unblockable. Either the opponent eats the light kick + CD attack which kicks him to the other plane or take the SDM.

Credit to Zakyn

• The short charge time of the 'Cookie Cutter' projectile combined with his uber AA low.D sweep attack can zone very effectively (only a handfull of air attacks in the game can beat his slide). Once your mobility is limited, he can start mixing up between Cookies and the 'Nihon Seoi' dashing grab, then working in ticks like the one you already mentioned.

• • The best Jubei grab tactic I've yet seen is one Middlekick does. He cancels (short)B Nihon Seoi dash off a low.C so that it just whiffs, then goes straight into the UF + C 'Choke Hold'. Many people dont know abt it, but the Choke Hold is as powerfull as a Super! This technique works much like Boxer's whiffed Dashupper into throw in the SF2 games.

• Due to the sweep, you cannot jump against Jubei, fortunately in FFS many characters have ground attacks that can beat sweep attacks clean (like Terry's CD, Cheng's standing D, Mai's Flame Fandango etc), these will also beat the dash grab, really enabling you to stand your ground, where you can then start to bring your characters own strengths into the match. Some characters will then be able to outfireball Jubei, forcing him to jump or can win on snuff/hit-trades with longrange attacks. Some even have moves that can go under the Cookie Cutter like Joe and Tung's low.D.

Credit to Crayfish