Introduction
After settling into married life for a couple of years, Ken entered the third Street Fighter tournament. He's a US Martial Artist who trains to keep up with his old friend / rival, Ryu.
As one of the most famous fighting game characters ever, and apparently the more popular of the original shotos, Ken needs little introduction. He is one of the best characters in the game, with very high meterless damage potential, one of the best anti-airs in the game with EX DP, and one of the best supers with SA3.
Super Arts
SAI (Shoryu-Reppa)
This would probably be his super of choice if SA3 didn't exist. Has good close-range hit confirms, 2 stocks, good damage, and significant invulnerability frames. It is lacking in hit confirms from Ken's long range pokes.
SAII: (Shinryu-Ken)
Not a very popular super, as it has very pronounced flaws and strengths. It is a fairly good anti-air (since you can mash unpredictably, and thus mess up the opponent's air-parry timings), and does the most damage out of his supers by a good amount. On the flip side, it has terrible range, even more terrible recovery, and doesn't have as many good hit-confirms and cancels as his other two supers. Probably his least used super.
SAIII: (Shippu-Jinrai-Kyaku)
The universal choice for good reason. 3 stocks means you have loopable okizeme in addition to plenty of EX meter for fireballs, uppercuts, and air tatsus. Has an absurd number of hit confirms -- it links or cancels from just about everything. Extremely fast startup and far range on the first hit lets Ken punish many moves that are usually considered safe, as well as making it one of the best whiff punish tools in the game. It is his lowest damage super, but it's still respectable for a 3 bar super with short meters, and the numerous positives outweigh this one small negative.
Pros & Cons
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