Fatal Fury Special/Ryo Sakazaki

Introduction

Fight against Ryo Sakazaki (MVS & AES)
To fight Ryo Sakazaki, you must defeat all 15 opponents in arcade mode with a 2-0 record. If you lose a round, you can continue progressing by having a second player join in before the match ends and defeating that second player. Switching between the first and second player is allowed as long as the continuing player gets a 2-0 record against the losing player. After defeating Wolfgang Krauser under these conditions, Ryo Sakazaki will challenge you in a dream match.

Play as Ryo Sakazaki (AES only)
To play as Ryo Sakazaki, you must first reach him and defeat him. Then, wait at the title screen until a demonstration starts and input the following code after the word "FIGHT!" appears: ↑ ← ↓ → ↑ A ↑ → ↓ ← ↑ C. You will then hear Ryo shout "Ora! Ora!". Press START and select P1 VS P2 mode, and Ryo will appear right next to Krauser on the character select screen. Ryo is NOT playable in the MVS (arcade) version of the game. As the biggest Fatal Fury Special competitions are played on the arcade version, Ryo is also not playable in tournaments.

Move List

Standing/Walking	Crouching	Crawling	Jumping	Taunting
			Ryo is upper-body invincible during his prejump and landing frames. 50F (4+43+3) duration.

Close Standing Normals

c5A

c5A
肘打ち

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
8	2	Mid	6	6	7	18	+3	+4	Kara Cancel

c5B

c5B
Low Kick/ローキック

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
10	2	Mid	8	6	6	19	+4	+5	Kara Cancel

c5C

c5C
Body Blow/ボディブロー

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
18	4	Mid	10	8	7	24	+8	+7	Kara Cancel

c5D

c5D
右上段後ろ上段回し蹴り

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
20	4	Mid	24	11	19	53	-6	-7	Kara Cancel

Far Standing Normals

f5A

f5A
左正拳突き

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
6	2	Mid	3	3	3	8	+10	+11	Kara Cancel

f5B

f5B
左上段横蹴り

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
8	2	Mid	7	6	11	23	-1	0	Kara Cancel

f5C

f5C
右正拳突き

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
16	4	Mid	7	8	14	28	+1	0	/

f5D

f5D
左上段後ろ回し蹴り

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
18	4	Mid	18	9	12	38	+2	+1	/

Crouching Normals

2A

2A
かがみパンチ

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
6	2	Mid	4	5	4	12	+7	+8	Kara Cancel

2B

2B
かがみ足払い

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
8	2	Low	5	6	6	16	+4	+5	Kara Cancel

2C

2C
伸び上がりアッパー

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
16	4	Mid	6	11	11	27	+2	+1	Kara Cancel

2D

2D
かがみ回し蹴り

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
18	4	Low	12	7	20	38	KD	-4	Kara Cancel

Jumping Normals

Note: Ryo is upper-body invincible during the landing frames of all of his jumping normals.

jA

jA
跳び肘打ち

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
8	2	Overhead	6	∞	/	/	-	-	-

jB

jB

Diagonal Jump

Neutral Jump

Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
Diagonal Jump 跳び横下段蹴り	10	2	Overhead	6	∞	/	/	-	-	-
Neutral Jump 跳び中段蹴り	10	2	Overhead	6	∞	/	/	-	-	-

jC

jC
跳び下段正拳

Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
Diagonal Jump	18	4	Overhead	6	20	/	/	-	-	-
Neutral Jump	18	4	Overhead	6	17	/	/	-	-	-

jD

jD

Diagonal Jump

Neutral Jump

Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
Diagonal Jump 跳び横下段蹴り	16	4	Overhead	9	22	/	/	-	-	-
Neutral Jump 跳び中段蹴り	16	4	Overhead	6	17	/	/	-	-	-

Universal Mechanics

Lane Blast (CD)

Lane Blast
C+D

Front Lane

Back Lane

Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
Front Lane 中段回し蹴り	22	5	Mid	12	9	20	40	KD	-10	Cancel, Lane Shift
Back Lane 中段後ろ回し蹴り	22	5	Mid	14	6	17	36	KD	-4	Cancel, Lane Shift

Lane Attack

Lane Attack
跳び蹴り
A/B/C/D from opposite lane

Front Lane

Back Lane

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  Ryo is upper-body invincible during recovery

Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
A/B	20	2	Overhead	9	-	4	-	-	-	/
A straight and fast lane attack.
C/D	20	4	Overhead	9	-	4	-	-	-	/
A slower high angle lane attack.

Dodge Attack

Dodge Attack
避け後ろ蹴り
6A during proximity guard

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
11	5	Mid	12	11	13	35	Air Reset	-5	Cancel, Upper-Body Invuln 1-22F
Startup Recovery

Throws

Tomoe Nage (4/6C)

Tomoe Nage
close 4/6C

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

Special Moves

Ko-Oh Ken (236P)

Ko-Oh Ken
236A/C

Both versions have the fastest recovery of any non-charge fireball in the game.

Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
A	16 (4)	3	Mid	20	-	21	40	+20	+9	-
C	22 (5)	6	Mid	20	-	21	40	+20	+9	-

Hien Shippu Kyaku (16K)

Hien Shippu Kyaku
16B/D

Both versions are completely worthless as offensive attacks as they are slow and the two hits don't combo together, allowing Ryo to be punished on hit. The second hit is a true blockstring on block, however, so it can do decent chip damage and let Ryo steal his turn back after an unsafe normal.

• Can be used to advance forward after a knockdown or dizzy.

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Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
B	12 (3)	3	Mid	21	24	12	56 (whiff)	-	-	Upper-Body Invuln 45-56F
2nd hit	12 (3)	3	Mid	8	5	11	23	Air Reset	+3	Upper-Body Invuln 31-33F
D	19 (4)	6	Mid	24	32	16	71 (whiff)	-	-	Upper-Body Invuln 56-71F
2nd hit	19 (4)	6	Mid	10	6	10	25	KD	+7	Upper-Body Invuln 24-26F

Kohou (623P)

Kohou
623A/C

• Both versions are reliable anti-airs.
• Neither version knocks down, leaving Ryo punishable on hit against grounded opponents.

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Version	Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
A	10x4 (2x4)	3x4	Low, Mid, Mid, Mid	7	3+5+5+15	17	51	-16※	-11※	Invincible 1-14F, Upper-Body Invuln 49-51F
Can be punished on hit. ※Advantage values are from the 3rd hit.
C	17x4 (4x4)	6x4	Low, Mid, Mid, Mid	8	4+5+6+18	20	60	-15※	-17※	Invincible 1-16F, Upper-Body Invuln 58-60F
Can instantly stun all characters but Big Bear and Krauser if 3 hits connect. Although it has fantastic stun output, Ryo can still be punished on hit if not done from the extremely close range where it is capable of dizzying. The 3rd hit can also whiff against some crouching characters. This limits its versatility as a reversal or combo tool. ※Hit advantage is from the 3rd hit, block advantage is from the 4th hit.

Zanretsuken (Mash C)

Zanretsuken
Mash C

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
8x7 (2x7)	3x7	Mid	10	3 (2) 3 (2) 3 (2) 3 (2) 3 (2) 3 (8) 3	12	60	+3※	-23※	-
Difficult to input, has short range, and none of the hits combo into each other, allowing Ryo to be punished on hit. All hits before the last one have no pushback on hit. ※Hit advantage is from the final hit, block advantage is from blocking at point blank. 1-9F 10-12F 13-14F 15-17F 18-19F 20-22F 23-24F 25-27F 28-29F 30-32F 33-34F 35-37F 38-39F 40-45F 46-48F 49-50F 51-60F

Haoh Shoukou Ken (641236C)

Haoh Shoukou Ken
641236C

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
30 (7)	3	Mid	49	-	28	76	+13	+2	-
Big fireball. Very slow and easy to avoid, and doesn't do much more damage than a normal fireball, so there is little reason to use this in neutral. If Ryo happens to dizzy his opponent in the corner, this can be done point blank and will outdamage a jump-in or lane attack, won't push Ryo back and is plus enough to link out of.

Desperation Move

Ryuuko Ranbu (21416BD)

Ryuuko Ranbu
When health is flashing
21416B+D

Damage	Stun	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Property
48	4	Unblockable	24	40	3	66	KD	/	Upper-Body Invuln 21-23F, 64-66F
Ryo rushes across the entire screen and unleashes a series of strikes if he comes in contact with the opponent. Is considered a throw, but can hit both grounded and airborne opponents and will hit throw-invincible reversals. However, it whiff against lane-switching opponents and still respects the 17F of wakeup throw invincibility. Can be jumped over or interrupted if used in neutral. Air throwing Ryo out of this move can softlock or crash the game. 21-23F 64-66F

Strategy

Matchups