Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All Stars/Ryu

Overview

Combos

Matchups

Strategy

Misc.

Introduction

It's Ryu as you remember him from such classics as Street Fighter, Shadowverse, Monster Hunter, Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, and Street Fighter: The Movie The Game.

Ryu is a good all-around character who pairs well with almost anyone and takes excellent advantage of the game's mechanics. He has strong solo damage, and his DP means he never has to take any pressure when knocked down due to baroque. One of the only times he was gifted with an air dash, he also has a strong rushdown game in TvC, and can be very hard to contest.

Gameplay

Strengths	Weaknesses
j.C is slightly oppressive Insane combo game, probably the strongest of any VS. Solid tools for giants Assist works perfectly for anyone Strong tick throw Wakeup DP is viable and safe	Kind of hard to open people up at times A lot of scrambling Decent pokes but can't really pressure

Moves List

Normal Moves

Normal Moves

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
5A	6	2	16	-	800	-	A standard standing jab, comes out fast, rapid fire means you can use it to stabilize juggle combos, it can also be used to anti-air in some situations.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
2A	6	3	15	-	720	Low	A standard low-hitting crouching kick. Hits low, pretty fast, can combo out of it into whatever.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
5B	8	3	24	-	1440	-	Combo filler.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
2B	9	3	23	-	1360	Low	Ryu's standard cr.MK, good for poking and converting combos at difficult ranges.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
6B	21	1(3)2	27	-	2184	Overhead	2-hit overhead, special cancellable on both hits. Combos into light donkey kick for a conversion, along with other specials.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
5C	15	2	18	-	2480	-	Too slow to be much good outside of combos, but excess hit stun on juggle makes advanced loops possible.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
2C	12	2	29	-	2400	Low	Ryu's sweep. Hits low, knocks down, can cancel into 6C.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
6C	16	3	26	-	2160	-	Special cancellable, important in combos, allowing follow-up after cancelling out of 2C.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
3C	9	6	29	-	2400	Launcher	Ryu's launcher. His air combos are awkward, so it may not see frequent use.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
j.A	5	9	-	-	960	Overhead	Ryu's j.LK, a knee that angles downward with fast startup and high priority. Useful for IAD pressure.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
j.B	9	1(2)5	-	-	2028	Overhead	Hits twice, used for mixups but mainly a good juggling tool.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
j.C	11	9	-	-	2560	Overhead	High-priority move once active, makes Ryu's IAD game very threatening. Knocks down for forced back roll setups.

Universal Mechanics

Universal Mechanics

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
VAR starter	11	9	-	-	1760	-	Same animation as j.C.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Crossover Counter	21	-	-	-	2160	-	Same animation as Shoryuken, has a lot of invuln, easy to combo off into normal bnbs.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Assist (Hadouken)	42	-	-	-	1760	Projectile no Autocorrect	Fireball assist is helpful to many characters, long hitstun makes it easy to extend combos. Good for controlling ground space.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Forward Throw	-	-	-	-	5200	Throw	It's a throw, use it as a reversal.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Back Throw	-	-	-	-	5200	Throw	It's a throw, use it as a reversal.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Air Forward Throw	-	-	-	-	6000	Throw	It's a throw, use it as a reversal.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Air Back Throw	-	-	-	-	6000	Throw	It's a throw, use it as a reversal.

Special Moves

Special Moves

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Hadouken 236X	17/21/24	-	47/46/47	-	2400/2800/3200	Projectile	Strength determines speed of the fireball. Baroque canceling can be used to turn the fireball into a shield for approach.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Hadouken (air) j.236X	16/19/22	-	-	-	2400/2800/3200	Projectile	Same as the ground version, but used in the air.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Shoryuken 623X	6/6/6	-	-	-	2400/4501/6036	Invuln on f1-5/f1-9/f1-12	Invul DP. Baroque during the first active frames and press 5A to get a full combo off a reversal.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Tatsumaki Senpukyaku 214X	15/18/20	-	-	-	2870/4474/6183	-	Used in combos, the long animation buys time for assists to catch the opponent.

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Jodan Sokuto Geri 421X	14/17/20	-	-	-	2320/2480/2640	-	Causes wall bounce. The light version is easier to combo, but the heavy version makes pickups easier.

Super Moves

Super Moves

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Shinkuu Hadouken 236XX	3+5 / (Air) 3+ 7	-	-	-	8887	-	Marvel style Shinkuu Hadouken. It's not fast so throwing it out raw is usually bad as everyone can super jump out of the way. Good for Crossover combinations. It does have one drawback in which the hits are fixed, so if someone is getting hit by Shinkuu and calls out a partner or they are able to counter with a projectile (like zombie), it'll become unsafe on hit. * Usable in air

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Shinkuu Tatsumaki Senpukyaku 214XX	17+12	-	-	-	12535	-	Does more damage than Shinkuu Hadouken, but only if the enemy is grounded, otherwise half the hits will whiff and do basically no damage. It is invincible on startup, good for catching newer players not looking but you can baroque right out of it. It's uses are...very limited

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Shin Shoryuken 623XX	3+3	-	-	-	16560	-	It's shin sho, Invulnerable on startup so you can kinda yolo through blockstrings and get a damaging punish.If you aren't using it point blank it turns into a multihitting shoryu, which still kinda hurts, but not as much as the animation. In the corner Use medium tatsu into 2A for a follow-up. Midscreen you can A Hadouken and then dash for a follow up