Super Street Fighter IV AE/Blanka

Blanka

Stranded in the Brazilian rain forests when his plane went down, Jimmy was forced to survive alone in the jungles and that's how he became the beast known as Blanka. After finally deciding to see the world, he entered in the Street Fighting tournament and was thus reunited with his mother. He also managed to meet and befriend Dan Hibiki and, despite Blanka being the one who saved Dan's life, now Dan treats Blanka as his #1 pupil. Blanka doesn't mind as he feels happy to finally have a close friend in Dan.

In a nutshell

Blanka is a tricky character who, despite being a charge character, has deadly mixup potential. His playstyle is wild and unpredictable, from sneaky cross-up Rolling Attacks to constantly switching sides on the enemy with the Beast Hop. Even his Ultras are unpredictable, with the first having to be blocked high and then low, to the other being able to hit either airborne or grounded foes. Blanka, however, has a very luck-based wakeup game which, should he guess incorrectly, can he furiously punished for. In addition, he is very charge reliant and the second he loses his charge the only thing he can hope to save him is his Electricity. If you prefer to annoy your opponents with mindgames, mixups, and unpredictability, Blanka might be for you.

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Rock Crusher

(near opponent) f or b + mp

Rock Crusher Overhead

(near opponent) f or b + mp (hold down button)

high

Amazon River Run

df + hp

low

Coward Crouch

d + 3p

Continue holding d to crouch longer

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Wild Fang

f or n + lp + lk

throw

Jungle Wheel

b + lp + lk

throw

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Rolling Attack

b (charge) f + p

ex armorbreak

Backstep Ball

b (charge) f + k

ex version can be controlled with b or f ; ex

Vertical Roll

d (charge) u + k

ex

Electric Thunder

press p repeatedly

Requires 5 punch button presses; ex

Surprise Forward

f + 3k

Can pass through opponent; Cannot be used as a Reversal

Surprise Back

b + 3k

Cannot be used as a Reversal

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Ground Shave Roll

b (charge) f b f + p

Hold p to change timing of dash

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Lightning Cannonball

b (charge) f b f + 3p

Hold 3p to change timing of dash

Shout of Earth (anti-air)

db (charge) df db u + 3p

If first hit misses, hold 3p to delay final hit

Should of Earth (anti-ground)

db (charge) df db u + 3k

AE ver. 2012 Changes

Rolling Attack

Changed damage from 100 to 110 for light, 110 to 120 for medium, 120 to 130 for heavy, and 110 to 120 for EX version. Made opponent get knocked down when hit connects within 2F of heavy or EX version’s active period. Made follow-up possible when hit connects within 2F of EX version’s active period.

Rock Crusher

Lengthened hit stun by 3F on a max. focus hit, giving the attacker a possible +5F advantage on a hit. Shortened hitback distance on a hit and on a block.

Jungle Wheel

Extended total frame count of Blanka’s move by 1F on a hit.

EX Vertical Roll

Made opponent get knocked down on a hit, and made landing point closer to opponent when blocked. Lengthened landing stun on a block by 5F from 7F to 12F.

AE Changes

• Rock Crusher has less recovery.
• Beast Slide has less active frames, as a result the whole animation time is shorter. Also, his hittable box during the recovery of this move has been increased.
• His Forward Hop has more grounded frames of animation during start up, making him easier to grab out of it.
• The hittable box of his Beast Roll has been widened in size while rolling around, and the distance traveled after having it blocked has been altered.
  Medium Punch and Hard Punch distances were reduced.
• EX Backstep Ball forward distance has been reduced a little, so it's harder to escape from the corner.
• EX Electricity has much faster start up now.

Frame Data

	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes
Close	HL	30	50	20	sp/su	4	2	10	-1	+2
Close	HL	80	100	40	su	6	2	10	+2	+5
Close	HL	110[90]	200[150]	60	su	7	4	22	-7	-1	Forces stand
Close	HL	40	50	20	sp/su	4	3	10	-2	+1
Close	HL	40*40	50*50	40*20	su	5	2(3)2	12	0	+3
Close	HL	100[80]	200[150]	60	su	7	6	19	-6	-1
Far	HL	30	50	20	sp/su	3	2	9	0	+3
Far	HL	80	100	40	su	7	4	9	+1	+4
Far	HL	120	200	60	-	7	6	20	-6	-1
Far	HL	30	50	20	su	5	2	12	-3	0
Far	HL	90	100	40	su	5	2	19	-7	-4
Far	HL	100[80]	200[150]	60	-	3	6	23	-10	-5
crouch	HL	30	50	20	sp/su	4	2	9	0	+3
crouch	HL	90	100	40	su	7	4	15	-5	-2
crouch	HL	100	200	60	su	8	4	25	-10	-4
crouch	L	30	50	20	sp/su	4	3	7	+1	+4
crouch	L	70	100	40	sp/su	5	2	11	+1	+4
crouch	L	90	150	60	-	6	5	21	-7	-	cannot fast recover, opponent gets up 48F after recovery if hit on first active frame
Jump up	H	40	50	20	-	5	7	-	-	-
Jump up	H	70	100	40	-	6	3	-	-	-
Jump up	H	120	200	60	-	4	3	-	-	-
Jump up	H	40	50	20	-	4	3	-	-	-
Jump up	H	60	100	40	-	5	5	-	-	-
Jump up	H	120	200	60	-	7	7	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	40	50	20	-	5	7	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	70	100	40	-	6	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	90	200	60	-	5	4	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	40	50	20	-	5	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	60	100	40	-	5	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	110	200	60	-	7	6	-	-	-
or +(close)	HL	50*40	50*50	40*20	sp/su	7	2(1)5	11	-2	+3
Overhead	H	50*40	50*50	40*20	-	25	2(1)4	11	-1	+4	+2 on hit vs. crouching characters
+	L	100	200	60	-	10	16	16	-11	-	cannot fast recover
+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-
+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	-	-
+	-	-	-	-	sp/su	-	-	-	53	-
+ (???)	-	-	-	-	sp/su	-	-	90	-	-
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	60	100	20	-	20	2	38	-24	-24
Focus attack LVL 2	HL	90	150	40	-	17+11	2	38	-18	-
Focus attack LVL 3	-	150	200	60	-	63	2	39	-	-
Forward Throw	0.93	130	140	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Cannot fast recover. Opponent gets up 81f after throw recovers
Back throw	0.93	120	120	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Cannot fast recover. Opponent gets up 54f after throw recovers
Rolling Attack	HL	100	100	30/30	su	6	18	4+2	-24	-15	Armor break, charge 55f
Rolling Attack	HL	110	150	30/30	su	6	33	4+2	-24	-15	Armor break, charge 55f
Rolling Attack	HL	120	200	30/30	su	6	33	4+3	-24	-15	Armor break, charge 55f
Rolling Attack	HL	110	150	-250/0	su	6	33	4+3	-24	-15	Projectile invincible until end of active frames, Armor break, charge 55f
Backstep Rolling	HL	110	200	30/40	-	28	25	6	-	-	charge 55f
Backstep Rolling	HL	120	200	30/40	-	28	29	6	-	-	charge 55f
Backstep Rolling	HL	130	200	30/40	-	28	33	6	-	-	charge 55f
Backstep Rolling	HL	120	200	-250/0	-	28	33	6	-	-	1~22f invincible, 23~27f cannot be thrown, charge 55f
Anti Air Rolling	HL	100	200	30/30	-	4	18	40+5	-21	-17	charge 55f
Anti Air Rolling	HL	110	200	30/30	-	4	15	42+10	-21	-17	charge 55f
Anti Air Rolling	HL	120	200	30/30	-	4	12	46+4	-21	-17	charge 55f
Anti Air Rolling	HL	120	200	-250/0	-	4	18	47+10	-21	-17	1~5f invincible, charge 55f
Electricity	HL	120	200	20/20	su	5	{4(4)}x3*4	9	+5	-
Electricity	HL	130	200	20/20	su	7	{2(2)}x7*2	9	+8	-
Electricity	HL	140	200	20/20	su	10	{1(1)}x16*2	9	+10	-
Electricity	HL	150	200	-250/0	su	5	{1(1)}x16*2	11	+8	-
Super Combo	HL	100x5	0	-1000/0	-	1+4	16*1x14	12	-32	-	1~5f invincible, Pursuit property, charge 55f
Ultra Combo 1	L*H*H*HLx4	0*120*125x3	0	0/0	-	0+4	2(20)26*1x20	17	-41	-	1~27f invincible, Pursuit property, charge 55f
Ultra Combo 2	L	120x2*90x3	0	0/0	-	0+12	2(7)2(33)90	31	-57	-	1~10f invincible
Ultra Combo 2	-	30*195[470]	0	0/0	-	0+7	55(10)6	80	-	-
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes