Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike/Hugo

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Introduction

Hugo (or Andore as he was called in his initial debut as an enemy in the beat-em-up series Final Fight) is an ex-member of the Mad Gear Gang. His old gang now fallen, Hugo is determined to become the number one wrestler in the world, with his former gang member and long-time friend Poison as his manager. Hugo was first introduced to the Street Fighter series in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact

Hugo is 3rd Strike's most straightforward grappler, moreso than Alex, and as such, requires exceptional patience to play. His impressive damage output puts a lot of mental overhead on the opponent and enables him to take games in only a few interactions if he can lock them down, but his slow move speed, committal buttons and unconventional-to-bad anti airs mean he often gets overwhelmed. Hugo is also the largest character in 3rd Strike, meaning he has a big set of hurtboxes, and combined with his unsafe pokes makes him exploitable in neutral and severely vulnerable against moves that aren't very strong versus other characters.

Super Arts

SA1: Gigas Breaker

Recommended

Gigas Breaker is great because it forces the opponent to play Hugo's game, lest they instantly lose half their health. Can be setup in a variety of ways including an SJ cancel/Tachi gigas. It can also be buffered in a dash, but is mostly used in a situation where a parry or block can lead to fat ass damage. Drawbacks include a lack of combo-ability and loss of some EX potential. Hayao is arguably the best known SAI player, also notable is Eriho.

• Does incredible damage.
• Instant startup, beats many moves.
• Puts a lot of mental overhead on the opponent.
• Usually takes close to or an entire round to fill the meter
• If missed, Hugo is screwed.
• Always be buffering 360 motions into your normals, jumps and other moves. This allows you to execute a second 360 on reaction, and thus Gigas on demand, without jumping.

SA2: Megaton Press

Not Recommended

Hugo's version of Aerial Russian Slam, being similarly useless. It has very low priority and is hard to land versus an aware opponent. It can be used to counter characters who want to be in the air a lot and force them to play a ground game. Can be comboed into in place of backbreaker. Most people pass it up to have either the power of Gigas or the flexibility of Hammer Mountain.

• Excellent damage if hit raw
• Gives Hugo a decent amount of EX to play with
• Zero invulnerability; gets stuffed by most jump-ins if used on reaction
• Particularly affected by damage scaling

SA3: Hammer Mountain

Recommended

Hammer Mountain is Hugo's most flexible SA. It deals decent damage and stun, can be used on wakeup or to charge through poke strings and as a whiff punisher. Easily confirmable from claps and jumping normals and allows for EX usage. The best known SAIII player is YSB. Hammer mountain is the best choice if you want to play a more hit-confirm based play-style, as opposed to the reactive style of Gigas.

• Good damage output.
• Has running/cancel gimmick, which is useful for longer range confirms.
• Ample invincibility on startup
• Great corner with a potent knockdown Hugo can capitalize on
• Lots of moves that confirm into it
• Occasional consistency issues
• Easily baitable and death on block or whiff.
• Cheeky overhead

Strengths

Weaknesses

Highest unbuffed health in the game, and with taunts that can increase it further, which leads to a long match in which the opponent makes more mistakes Longest range light attacks in the game, and many pokes with very far reach. His pressure moves also reach fairly far Excellent damage output and can take the round off of 2 to 3 right guesses. Claps allow for tight and extremely versatile pressure and mix-ups. Very threatening with super, SA1 allows for tight and scary punishes, while SA3 is easily confirmable, corner carries well and has great range.

Limited pool of normals to choose from, most notably no consistent anti airs. Slow pokes, making it difficult to whiff punish a lot of characters on reaction. No true reversal outside of super, making it very hard for him to escape pressure if he starts a round on the back foot Huge, tall hurtbox allows for unique combos and setups against him, and make certain moves that are trivial against other characters incredibly threatening for him. Awful mobility, struggles to get in to start his pressure and his slow, floaty jump arc leaves him very vulnerable to anti airs. Some characters have all the tools to easily and safely stay away from him.

Character Colors

Hugo #3S_HU
Vitals
Life Points	1385
Stun Points	72
Super Art Stock/Size
SA1	1/128
SA2	2/112
SA3	2/88
Ground Movement
Forward Dash duration/distance	22 (80px)
Back Dash duration/distance	22 (69px)
Jumping
Back Jump duration	42(6+33+3)
Neutral Jump duration	44(6+35+3)
Forward Jump duration	43(6+34+3)
Back Super Jump duration	50(8+39+3)
Neutral Super Jump duration	49(8+38+3)
Forward Super Jump duration	50(8+39+3)
Wake up
Wake up duration	69
Quick rise duration	54

3S Frame Data Glossary
Active	How many frames a move remains active (can hurt opponents) for. Consecutive sets of active frames on a multi-hit move are separated by an asterisk (ex: 3*5). If there is a gap between sets of active frames, the gap is denoted by a number in parentheses (ex: 2(4)2)
Attack	Attack level is L for low attacks (must be blocked crouching), H is for High attacks (which can be blocked high or low) and M for overhead (must be blocked standing). T is for throw attacks (which cannot be blocked).
Cancel options	Available cancel options. "ch": Chain cancel (into itself or another light attack), refer to description for options. "self": Self-only chain cancel. Much more restrictive than a standard chain cancel. "tc": Target combo, refer to description for options. Successive attacks in a target combo may warrant their own move entry. "dash": Grounded dashes. "sj": Super jump. "sp": Special move. "su": Super Art.
Damage	Attack damage on hit in life points. Notation may denote multi-hit or "sweet spot" damage values on certain frames.
Hit/Block	These are frame advantage values when the attack hits or is blocked. If the number is positive, then the move will end before the defender can act again. If the number is negative, the defender will be able to act before the attacker and maybe even punish. D refers to knockdown on hit. "Cr. Hit" is an additional frame advantage value denoting if the advantage on hit changes when the defender is being hit while crouching.
Kara Range	Almost all normal attacks can be canceled into a special or a multi-button command within three frames of startup. During that time, some attacks will shift position forward or backward and affect the reach of the special or command accordingly. This is denoted in pixels of range. There are a handful of moves in the game that can be kara-canceled after this initial window and will be denoted as a late kara-cancel.
Link	A combo that is performed by inputting the second move after the first move has completely recovered (as opposed to cancelling the first move's animation). In 3S, the final frame of a move's hitstun allows a character to block a normal or special move, as well as some projectile supers. Therefore, an attack's frame advantage must be 2 frames greater than the followup move's startup in order to link. Ex: a +6 normal can link into a 4f normal/special, or a 5f super.
Parry	This field will show a value of A if the attack can be parried standing or crouching, H if it must be parried standing or L if it must be parried crouching.
Recovery	How many frames it takes for a move to finish after it's been active.
Startup	How many frames it takes before the move becomes 'active' or has a hitbox. 3S uses classic startup notation, which does not include the first active frame. A move with 3 startup becomes active on frame 4.
Stun	Amount of stun added to the opponent's stun bar on hit.
Throw range	Range in pixels from the center of the character to the center of the opponent which allows a grab to connect.

Frame Data

Standing Normals

5LP

Stand LP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	4	8	-1	-1
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
6	5	-	A	-1
Cancel options: self

5MP

Stand MP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
10	7	12	-	1
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
21	13	-	H	-5
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 12, Block: 8. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 3, Block: 0.

5HP

Stand HP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
16	7	15	-1	1
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
30	21	-	H	-3
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

5LK

Stand LK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	4	9	1	1
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
8	3	-	A	1
Cancel options: sp su

5MK

Stand MK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
9	6	23	1	3
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
19	13	-	H	-4
8 kara range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 13, Block: 7. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 3, Block: 0.

5HK

Stand HK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
21	8	28	-2	3
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
26	19	-	H	-18
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

Command Normals

6HP

Hammer Hook
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
14	4	33	4	4
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
28	21	-	H	-14
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

Crouching Normals

2LP

Crouch LP
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	3	8	-1	-1
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
5	3	-	A	-1
Cancel options: self sp su

2MP

Crouch MP
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
7	5	12	-1	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
16	3	-	A	-2
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 12, Block: 8. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 3, Block: 0.

2HP

Crouch HP
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
13	10	37	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
19	13	-	A	-29
6 kara range Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

2LK

Crouch LK
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
3	3	7	2	2
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
7	3	-	L	2
Cancel options: sp su

2MK

Crouch MK
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
8	5	17	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
17	3	-	L	-5
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 12, Block: 8. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 3, Block: 0.

2HK

Crouch HK
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
11	23	35	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
30	13	-	A	-43 ~ -18
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

Jumping Normals

j.LP

Jump LP
/+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	11	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
7	9	-	H	-

j.MP

Jump MP
/+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
7	8	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
17	13	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 12, Block: 8. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 3, Block: 0.

j.HP

Jump HP
/+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
12	5	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
26	17	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

j.LK

Jump LK
/+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	16	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
10	7	-	H	-

j.MK

Jump MK
/+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
6	7	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
17	11	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 12, Block: 8. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 3, Block: 0.

j.HK

Jump HK
/+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
12	7	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
23	15	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

2HP (air)

Body Press
+ (air)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
9	-	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
17	17	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

Throws

LPLK (mash)

Neck Hanging Three
+ (mash)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
2	1	21	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
21	27	-	-	-
32 throw range Juggles into 5LP/2LP/2MP/EX lariat in the corner

4/6LPK

Body Slam
/++

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
2	1	21	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
28	12	-	-	-
32 throw range

Universal Overhead

MPMK

Knee Attack
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
15	10	5	0 ~ +8	1 ~ +9
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
7	3	-	H	-5 ~ +2
Can be kara'd with 5MK

Taunts

HPHK

Intimidation
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
-	-	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
-	-	-	-	-
Increases damage for the next hit/combo (not throw) by 18.8% (maximum 1 taunt). Increases defense for the rest of the round by 6.3% per taunt (maximum 4 taunts, 25% bonus) When held increases damage for the next hit/combo/throw by 25%. One taunt is the maximum.

STHPHK

Intimidation + Poison Taunt
++(Start)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
-	-	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
-	-	-	-	-
If this taunt is used, no bonus effect is applied

Special Moves

623K

Shootdown Backbreaker
+

//

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	5	9	30	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	32	14	-	-	-
34 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	17	10	25	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	32	14	-	-	-
39 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	12	12	29	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	32	14	-	-	-
30 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.

4268P

Moonsault Press
+

//

LP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	2	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	42	18	-	-	-
44 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.
MP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	2	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	45	18	-	-	-
38 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.
HP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	2	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	49	18	-	-	-
32 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.

4268K

Meat Squasher
+

//

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	21 ~ 24	2	30	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	28	13	-	-	-
32 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	31 ~ 52	2	33	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	28	13	-	-	-
32 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	44 ~ 67	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	28	13	-	-	-
32 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.

214P

Giant Palm Bomber
+

//

hitbox infographic

LP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	17	2	9	13	15
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	19	15	-	H	11
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 22, Block: 12. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.
MP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	19	2	7	18	20
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	22	17	-	H	16
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 22, Block: 12. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.
HP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	22	2	6	21	23
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	24	19	-	H	19
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 22, Block: 12. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.
EX	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	22	3	10	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	36	12	-	H	10
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: -40, Hit: -40, Block: -40. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 0, Block: 0.

236K

Monster Lariat
+

//

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	11	5	21 ~ 25	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	26	11	-	H	-8
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 12. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	15	5	23 ~ 27	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	28	13	-	H	-10
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 12. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	24	5	24 ~ 28	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	30	15	-	H	-11
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 12. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
EX	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	6	6	31 ~ 35	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	24	13	-	H	-22
Self meter gain: Whiff: -40, Hit: -40, Block: -40. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 0, Block: 0.

63214K

Ultra Throw
+

//

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	7	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	12	7	-	-	-
23 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 20, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: ---.
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	7	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	12	7	-	-	-
23 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 20, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: ---.
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	7	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	12	7	-	-	-
23 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 20, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: ---.

Super Arts

4268426P

Gigas Breaker
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
0	2	36	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
102	18	-	-	-
55 throw range 50% chance to catch the opponent if they jump on frame of activation If final hit will inflict fatal damage and timer hits 00 near the peak of the final leap, game time-out will be disabled

236236K (SA2)

Megaton Press
+ (SA2)

//

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	3	12	30	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	75	27	-	-	-
51 throw range
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	5	16	34	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	75	27	-	-	-
51 throw range
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	6	20	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	75	27	-	-	-
51 throw range

236236P (SA3)

Hammer Frenzy
+ (SA3)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	18	47	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
64	24	-	A	-29