Super Street Fighter IV AE/Rufus

Rufus

Despite his appearances, Rufus's speed and mastery of his self-taught martial arts have managed to help Rufus make a name for himself in the Street Fighting circuit. Though he has yet to truly prove himself, Rufus has declared himself America's best warrior. However, he knows the only way to truly prove this is a match with Ken Masters, the true champion of America's Street Fighting circuit. But, as he is willing to tell anyone (in many, many, many, many words), there is no way he will lose that fight.

In a nutshell

The epitome of the Dive Kick character, Rufus's strength lies almost entirely in his Dive Kick game. Also aiding in Rufus's strategy is his myriad of ways to combo his Ultra I for big damage and big comebacks. Rufus is perhaps one of the easiest characters to pick up in the game, but it turns out at the highest levels RUfus may be one of the trickiest characters to use. Defeating opponents is not simple with his weak set of Normal Moves, but if you can get into your opponent's head properly with his Dive Kick mix-up game and extremely powerful EX Messiah Kick, you can go very far with Rufus.

Players to Watch

Justin Wong, Ricky Ortiz, Brentt, Andreas

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Vulture Kick

+

Glory Kick

+

Fragrance Palm

+

Falcon Kick

(in air) +

Target Combo

(near opponent)

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Head Bazooka

or + +

Hand Machinegun

+ +

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Messiah Kick

+

   High Attack

Perform after Messiah Kick;

   Low Attack

Perform after Messiah Kick;

   Mid Attack

Perform after Messiah Kick;

Galactic Tornado

+

Only for and versions, or controls distance;

Snake Strike

+

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Spectacle Romance

qcf +

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Space Opera Symphony

qcf +

Big Bang Typhoon

qcb +

AE ver. 2012 Changes

Big Bang Typhoon

Adjusted number of hits against airborne opponents to a maximum of 10.

Messiah Kick

Made light derivation combo on a medium hit.

Target Combo

Expanded second hit’s hitbox downward to facilitate connecting with Blanka, etc. when crouching.

EX Galactic Tornado

Increased opponent’s stun by 7F when hit by the suction part of the move. Gives attacker a possible +8F advantage when completing EX Focus→Dash in shortest possible time.

AE Changes

• Anti-air Ultra 2 does not give you the full hits.
• EX Messiah does less damage.
• Is considered to be mid-air right after the invincibility frames of his backdash ends.

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	ch/sp/su	4	2	7	+2	+5
Close	HL	80	100	40	sp/su	5	2	10	+2	+5
Close	HL	100	200	60	sp/su	6	2	23	-7	-2	Forces stand
Close	HL	30	50	20	-	4	2	6	+3	+6
Close	HL	30*50	50*50	40*20	sp/su*-	7	2(4)3	11	0	+3
Close	HL	110	200	60	su	8	2	21	-5	0	Forces stand
Far	HL	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	5	2	5	+4	+7
Far	HL	90	100	40	-	7	2	12	0	+3
Far	HL	120	200	60	-	9	3	16	0	+4	Frame advantage based on 2nd active frame
Far	HL	40	50	20	-	6	2	7	+2	+5
Far	HL	70	100	40	-	10	1	17	-4	-1
Far	HL	90	150	60	-	17	2	14	+2	-	1~13f lower body strike and projectile invincible, floats opponent
crouch	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	2	8	+1	+4
crouch	HL	80	100	40	sp/su	7	3	10	+1	+4
crouch	HL	100	200	60	-	14	2	30	-14	-10
crouch	L	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	2	9	0	+3
crouch	L	70	100	40	sp/su	6	1	16	-3	0
crouch	L	110	200	60	-	12	2	22	-6	-	Hard knockdown
Jump up	H	50	50	20	-	5	7	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	6	5	-	-	-
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	5	7	-	-	-
Jump up	H	50	50	20	-	5	6	-	-	-
Jump up	H	90	100	40	-	4	6	-	-	-
Jump up	H	110	200	60	-	6	4	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	50	50	20	-	6	6	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	80	100	40	-	6	9	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	7	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	50	50	20	-	6	7	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	80	100	40	-	7	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	50*40	50*100	60*20	-	7	3(4)3	-	-	-	[1st air hit] floats opponent, [2nd air hit] limited juggle knockdown & pursuit property
+	L	60	50	40	-	21	2	16	-4	-1	7~20f lower body strike and projectile invincible, 7~23f airborne
+	H	50	50	40	-	21	2	12	0	+3
+	HL	100	150	60	-	19	5	18	-5	-
+(air)	HL	70	100	40	-	11	Until ground	-	+7	-	pursuit property, guard advantage based on earliest jump
Target Combo 1	HL	70	100	30	-	8	2	21	-5	-
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	80	100	20	-	10+11	2	35	-21	-21
Focus Attack LVL 2	HL	100	150	40	-	18+11	2	35	-15	-
Focus Attack LVL 3	-	160	200	60	-	58	2	35	-	-
Forward Throw	0.90	150	120	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard knockdown, Opponent recovers 74F after you recover
Back Throw	0.90	130	160	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard knockdown, Opponent recovers 36F after you recover
Messiah Kick	HL	80	100	20/30	-	24	2	8 + After landing 20	-9	-5	10f~ airborne, after landing 3f~ can cancel into followup
Messiah Kick	HL	80	100	20/30	-	26	2	11 + After landing 20	-12	-8	10f~ airborne, after landing 3f~ can cancel into followup
Messiah Kick	HL	80	100	20/30	-	35	2	5 + After landing 20	-6	-2	10f~ airborne, after landing 3f~ can cancel into followup
Messiah Kick	HL	15x4*20	10x4*50	-250/0	-	11	3(1)2(1)2(1)2(8)2	6+27	-14	-10	1~16f Invincible, 11f~ airborne, after landing 2~17f can cancel into followup
Messiah Kick followup	HL	60	100	20/30	su	12	4	14 + After landing 21	-18	-	1~11f Invincible, 14f~ airborne, armor break, pursuit property
Messiah Kick followup	L	80	100	20/30	-	19	2	19	0	-	Hard knockdown
Messiah Kick followup	H	90	150	20/30	-	26	5	After landing 17	-1	-	9f~ airborne, hard knockdown
Tornado Galaxy	HL	40*50	50*50	20/10*20	su*-	10	8(6)2	20	-1	-	armor break, 1st hit pursuit property, projectile hitbox
Tornado Galaxy	HL	50*20*40	50x3	20/10*10*20	su*-*-	14	10*11(5)2	20	-1	-	armor break, 1st hit pursuit property, projectile hitbox, can move forward during rotation
Tornado Galaxy	HL	50*20*50	50x3	20/10*10*20	su*-*-	15	10*11(5)2	20	-1	-	armor break, 1st hit pursuit property, projectile hitbox, can move forward during rotation
Tornado Galaxy	HL	0*130	0*100	-250/0	su*-	11	19(3)1	22	-2	-	1st hit vacuum effect, 2nd hit pursuit property, armor break, projectile hitbox, 13~14f cancellable, 1st hit cannot hit airborne opponents and cannot be countered
Snake Strike	HL	40x5	40x5	20/16x7	-	8	1(3)1(3)1(4)1(3)1	1+17	+2	+6	1f~ airborne, pursuit property
Snake Strike	HL	40x7	40x7	20/16x7	-	7	1(3)1(2)2(3)1(3)1(3)1(3)2	2+17	0	+4	1f~ airborne, pursuit property
Snake Strike	HL	40x7	40x7	20/16x7	-	6	1(3)1(2)1(3)2(2)1(3)1(3)1	4+17	-1	+3	1f~ airborne, pursuit property
Snake Strike	HL	30x7	30x7	-250/0	-	7	1(1)2(1)1(2)2(1)1(2)1(2)1	15+17	-	-	1~10f Invincible, 1f~ airborne, pursuit property
Super Combo	HL	100*80*150	0	-1000/0	-	1+6	1(14)1	29	-9	-	1~5f Invincible, 1st-2nd hit forces stand, 3rd hit untechable knockdown, 2nd-3rd hit armor breaks, 3rd hit triggers on a successful 2nd hit and starts in 104f, Opponent recovers 79 frames after you recover
Super Combo	HL	100*80*150	0	-1000/0	-	1+13	2(14)1	29	-9	-	1~6f Invincible, 1st-2nd hit forces stand, 3rd hit untechable knockdown, 2nd-3rd hit armor breaks, 3rd hit triggers on a successful 2nd hit and starts in 104f, Opponent recovers 79 frames after you recover
Super Combo	HL	100*80*150	0	-1000/0	-	1+15	3(14)1	29	-9	-	1f Invincible, 1st-2nd hit forces stand, 3rd hit untechable knockdown, 2nd-3rd hit armor breaks, 3rd hit triggers on a successful 2nd hit and starts in 104f, Opponent recovers 79 frames after you recover
Ultra Combo 1	HL	30*30*38x7*134	0	0/0	-	0+9	3(6)3(10)3(22)3(17)2(6)3(9)3(2)3(14)2	32	-13	-	1~9f Invincible, Untechable limited juggle knockdown, 9th hit armor breaks, pursuit property, 9th hit triggers 10th hit, opponent recovers 88F after you fully recover
Ultra Combo 2	HL	47*373	0	0/0	-	0+11	88	87	-74	-	1~12f Invincible, 13~98f projectile invincible, untechable limited juggle knockdown, armor break, forward hitbox locks opponent/does 0 damage/does not lock airborne opponents/cannot be countered
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes