SvC Chaos: SNK Vs Capcom/Balrog

Overview

Combos

Matchups

Strategy

Misc.

マイク・バイソン, Mike Bison (aka Boxer)
Category	Normal
Playstyle	Footsies rushdown
Difficulty	Easy/Average
Max Mode Needed?	Up to you
Tier Placement	Non-Threat (D)
Standing Hitbox	?
Crouching Hitbox	Tall
Defense Modifier	223
Wall Jump	No

Introduction

Balrog, also known as Boxer to avoid international confusion, is an American boxer based on the likeness of the famous boxer Mike Tyson, who in Japan is known as M. Bison. While a charge character, he's a footsies based rushdown character who, in games like Super Turbo, has proven that he's a force to be a reckoned with, and other games, like Champion Edition, to be a total pushover. And unfortunately for Balrog, he's a pushover here. There's worse characters, sure, but if the likes of Dan can pose a threat against him, then it's safe to say he's packing several problems - most notably, playing the patient footsies game in a game where strong movement and zoning are all but absent. Still, if you put in the work, he can get some results and has something to offer; he definitely isn't any less fun, at least.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Faster than average dash: A small but somewhat noticeable difference, Balrog's forward dash travels slightly faster and ends sooner than other characters' dashes to make closing the gap a little more comfortable. Good jumps: Balrog is a ground focused character who ironically has good jumps to work with. It doesn't alleviate his other problems with fighting in the air, but lets him move pretty comfortably, and has access to a long-distance super jump. Decent pokes and footsies: Balrog's normals come out fast, recover quickly, and let him chain a few lights together. Though he doesn't have a wide variety of them, he always has access to quick buttons and a solid poke in st.C, making it harder to GCFS these normals. In matchups where he's not forced to deal with defensive walls and/or zoners, he plays the grounded game decently well. Decent charge moves: Balrog's charge attacks give him opportunities to punish from further away and decently fast if he has the window to do so, with a fairly long horizontal hitbox. It also helps him close the distance when he needs to. His supers serve as strong combo enders and punishers, as well. Anti-air that can juggle the opponent: Balrog's down-up K charge is not only a good anti-air, but allows him to hit the opponent into a juggle where he can follow up with another attack, notably his supers, making his anti-air game more rewarding than other characters. TAP can dodge some moves: Balrog's TAP has some startup invulnerability, allowing him to punish some attacks and projectiles if timed right. It's unreliable, however, and only lasts so many frames before the rest of his startup leaves him vulnerable. Reliable Exceed: While not an amazing exceed, let alone being locked behind a charge motion, Balrog's exceed is a fast punish tool and hits hard, plus he can confirm into it if need be. In the event he needs to turn the round in his favor, it gets the job done pretty well. He's invincible on startup, too.

Stubby normals: Though they're fast, his normals are also stubby and require him getting fairly close to land them, despite being more rushdown focused. This is further compounded by his inability to get in easily depending on the matchup. Add onto this that his lows aren't good in that he can't cancel them without max mode, besides already being stubby, and can't chain them together unlike his cr.A, and you have a set of normals which can work but are too stubby and don't give him any good mixups. Zero zoning tools: Balrog needs to get in to be any sort of threat at all, being a footsies rushdown character. But in a game where zoners are strong and good movement is a big advantage, Balrog being tied to the ground and closing the distance the old but honest way keeps him from putting up much of a fight. Non-existent air game: Balrog's air normals are total garbage. Stubby hitboxes, active for only a couple frames at best, and functionally suck as both air-to-airs and jump-ins, you're only using them because they're better than nothing. Not to mention, timing them for a jump-in combo is harder to do when jump-in combos require deep hits. Low meterless damage: Balrog's main comboable normal is cr.C, where his only option is to cancel into special or super. He can combo with cl.C and cl.D, but this involves holding back, which he has to be careful to not accidentally reposition himself. His pokes by themselves don't do a lot of damage, but his specials aren't much better either. For him to unlock his best damage, he needs to meter dump, especially when his best damage is locked behind max mode. But because he relies on cr.C, you also have to pick which set of specials to charge for, too. Max mode combos are also difficult: Balrog's max mode combos require the player to start charging immediately after the last input registers a special move due to the lack of room for Balrog to charge up - at most just over 30 frames. Doing max mode combos with Balrog has some leeway, like plinking two buttons in order to activate two charge motion specials in quick succession. It's not enough, however, when the next special move still requires the player to hold forwards also. Balrog effectively needs precise charge timings in order to not drop his combos, and they're fast attacks. Exceed has short reach and limited comboability: A great punish tool, but there's few combos Balrog can do to combo into exceed. Not to mention, the range is pretty stubby and with few active hitbox frames, requiring Balrog be closer up in order to ensure it lands. Characters with ground control are a nightmare to deal with: If Balrog is up against characters who hold their ground a lot better than he can, he's pretty much defenseless and often forced to jump in. But because his jump normals also suck, he's essentially a moving target and can easily be anti-aired. Is a charge character in a game that is anti-charge characters: Charge characters are forced to use BC input for front step, which is a steep cost of meter to give up for a punish, unless they buffer super with dash input. Even with the benefit of 30F charge times, they're too committal in a game full of movement and punishes. In some MUs, having time to charge at all is a problem. Not to mention, the NeoGeo port's charge input bug limiting their options.

SVC Chaos: SNK VS Capcom Frame Data Glossary
Damage	How much damage the attack does. This takes into account no defense modifiers, so the damage assumes a 0% damage modifier, or in other words the average defense modifier of 223 against characters like Kyo and Ryu. Note: Damage is a little inconsistent. Example: Geese cl.A deals 5 damage. Against Zero, sometimes it does 5 pixels of damage to his life bar, other times it does 4 pixels. Against Ryu, cl.A does 4 pixels of damage, other times it does 3 pixels of damage. This info comes from the Enterbrain Mook, but most likely this is the cause of damage modifiers skewing the damage slightly, thus making it a bit inconsistent. Damage values listed are pulled from the SVC Chaos Enterbrain Mook, save Athena, Red Arremer, Serious Mr. Karate and Shin Akuma. It is listed because it's an official source for this info, just keep in mind damage is not 1-to-1 due to varying health values and screwy ways the game calculates damage anyways. There will be a question mark next to the four mentioned characters because it's only a guess as to what the actual damage values are (until health and damage are better understood), since they were never gathered in the Mook. Unfortunately, when doing attacks, the numbers dealt in damage do not match up with the mook. As an example, Geese's cl.C does 16 damage according to the mook, but against characters like Zero, it only does 14-15 damage, and very rarely it does 16 damage. Against Ryu, it does 12-13 damage at most. But against Orochi Iori, it also does 14-15 damage, and very rarely it does 16 damage. The mook does not explain how the numbers are obtained either, or against who they're tested against, if anyone. In other words, how these numbers were obtained if not through data mining is a mystery in itself, but it can be best assumed it was against 255 defense modifier characters, and at the max damage possible. Lastly, moves like Geese cl.D, though it says 10x2 for the damage, which is true, damage scaling reduces total damage on the second hit. Max Mode also reduces damage dealt by roughly half at most.
Counter Damage	How much damage the attack does on a counter hit, or when it connects with an opponent while they're performing an attack. Counter damage values listed are pulled from the SVC Chaos Enterbrain Mook, save Athena, Red Arremer, Serious Mr. Karate and Shin Akuma.
Guard	Where the attack hits, and thus where it must be blocked. Mids can be blocked standing and crouching Overheads must be blocked standing Lows must be blocked crouching Unblockable cannot be blocked Throws break through block up-close
Guard Crush	How much guard meter damage the attack does to the green Guard Gauge.
Stun	How many points of stun the attack adds to the opponent's invisible Stun Gauge.
Meter	How much meter is gained for performing/landing the attack. Special moves earn meter both when activated and when they connect with the opponent, whether it hits them or they block it.
Cancel	The type of cancel the attack can perform. Any - All cancel types work Ch - Chain cancel; it can chain into other attacks (mostly just lights) Self - Can chain only into itself Cmd - Command cancel; can cancel into command normals Sp - Special cancel; can cancel into special moves, and almost always this means super cancels are possible too Su - Super cancel; can cancel into super moves Free - Free cancel; can be cancelled in Max Mode by other special moves or super moves Written only for special moves as all normals can be Free Cancelled, so writing it in for every move would be redundant X - Cannot be cancelled, either outside of Max Mode or that it cannot be cancelled at all
Startup	How many frames it takes before the move becomes 'active' or has a hitbox. The SVC Chaos wiki uses classic startup notation, which does not include the first active frame. A move with 3 startup becomes active on frame 4. Super and Exceed startup will calculate both the frames before and after the super flash animation as such: X+Y, with X being the startup frames before the flash animation and Y being the startup frames after the flash animation. The startup will not take into account the frames of the flash animation itself where time freezes and the opponent player cannot act. Super flashes last 28 frames, whereas Exceed flashes last 27 frames. Because there is currently no way to view throw boxes, it is assumed that throws/command grabs are at most 0-1 frames of startup. Truthfully, we don't actually know though.
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 a comma. (Example: 3, 4 - The attack has its first hitbox for 3 frames, then the second hitbox for 4 frames) If there is a gap between sets of active frames, the gap is denoted by a number in parentheses. (Example: 3, (2), 4 - The attack is active for 3 frames, then is not active for the next two frames, followed by being active again for 4 frames.) Throw boxes are not visible either through dipswitches or the hitbox viewer so it's only a guess how active throws and command grabs are, but it's probably one active frame at most. This also applies to hitbox images - they will still show the push and hurtboxes of characters but outside of that, unfortunately there is no way to depict the throw boxes at the moment.
Recovery	How many frames it takes for a move to finish after it's been active.
Total	The total number of frames the attack lasts on screen for. This adds up the startup, active, and recovery frames into one number.
Hit/Block Adv	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. SKD refers to a soft knockdown, or a knockdown you can tech roll out of. HKD refers to a hard knockdown, one that you cannot tech roll out of. All frame advantages assume Ryu as the opponent. If there are variable wakeup times, it is currently unknown info. Also assume that on soft knockdowns, the frame advantage is when the opponent does not tech roll. If needed, a second frame advantage will be added next to it for when they do tech roll. Frame advantages of projectiles assumes the opponent is point blank range. Any farther and this obviously changes and/or doesn't matter. Block advantage assumes no use of Guard Cancel Front Step. For one, it obviously decreases the attacker's frame advantage significantly. When the defender uses GCFS is also a variable factor so you cannot provide a hard answer as to what the frame advantage is after GCFS, as well as how soon they cancel GCFS into an attack. Generally speaking, just assume the block advantage minus the active frames of GCFS (18 frames), and that's a rough estimate of the frame advantage when GCFS is performed. Do keep in mind that GCFS technically has a slight delay when the dash is performed even if you register the input as early as possible. This doesn't really matter in most cases, since the attacker will automatically be quite minus after most attacks. It would only matter in situations where the attacker can punish GCFS attempts like with throws or multi-hit attacks, but even then, that's because the attacker canceled the blocked attack into another attack that the frame advantage of the blocked attack after GCFS no longer matters in that situation. All that matters, then, is the attack is cancelable at all.
Invulnerability	Indicates whether there's any frames of invulnerability during the attack.

Move List

Normal Moves

Close Normals

cl/st.A

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	4	2	5	11	+5	+3	-
Just a simple punch that can chain into itself, other Light Attacks, and can be normal canceled. Whiffs on small crouching chars.

cl/st.B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	4	4	8	16	+0	-2	-
A cancelable punch that cannot chain into any Light Attack, but won't whiff on small crouching chars.

cl.C

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	5	1, 8	9	23	+2	+0	-
Move for combos, but most of Boxer's combos will be while crouching, probably.

cl.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	6	4	10	20	+6	+4	-
Can be used like the cl.C.

Far Normals

st.C

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	8	5	14	27	+1	-1	-
A great attack for poking. Very fast, won't whiff on low crouching chars(Although it can look like), but cannot be normal canceled.

st.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	5	2	26	-	-8	-10	-
Another poke. Very fast too, and Boxer will walk a little forward while performing this move, but very slow recovery leaves him potentially punishable on hit. Not too good range, either. Cannot be normal canceled.

Crouch Normals

cr.A

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	4	2	5	11	+5	+3	-
Like the s.A, but won't whiff on small crouching chars(Obviously). You can use this on combos instead of the standing one.

cr.B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	7	2	5	14	+5	+3	-
A punch that hits low. Strangely enough, this move cannot be normal canceled, and cannot chain into the other Light Attacks.

cr.C

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	6	1, 7	17	31	-5	-7	-
Anti-air. Good to use when you're charging down-back, and your opponent wants to do a jump attack on you, or on some punish combos. Can be normal canceled too.

cr.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	11	4	6	21	SKD	+8	-
A punch that hits low and knocks down. Only that. Cannot be normal canceled too, and it lacks reach.

Jumping Normals

(n)j.A/B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-
Neutral/Diagonal Jumping Attack Just a simple punch, very uselesst too, Boxer has better options(I can't even say that the other options are good).

(n)j.C

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-
Neutral/Diagonal Jumping Attack Just a jump attack with good damage. Boxer doesn't need to jump that much, so this move is nearly useless for him.

(n)j.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	nj= 6 ; dj= 5	nj= 2 ; dj= 3	-	-	-	-	-
Neutral/Diagonal Jumping Attack On Boxer's jumping normals, this is the only one that can crossup the opponent. Nothing special.

Throws

Throw

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
24	24	Throw	0	0	0	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Throw

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
24	24	Throw	0	0	0	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Guard Cancel Blowback
on Block

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
0	0	Mid	0	0	0	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Special Moves

Important note: All of Boxer's Special Moves can be max canceled, leading to some good, but hard to do - due to the charge - loops, and some of them can be super canceled in Max Mode.

Buffalo Head
[d]~u P

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
[d]~u A	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
[d]~u C	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
One of Boxer's classic anti-airs. It has some invincibility frames on the startup, which makes it a good move to use, but isn't good on combos(Due to the startup).

Wild Smash
[d]~u K

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
[d]~u B	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
[d]~u D	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boxer will do a punch aiming up. The B won't do anything special, but the D version will juggle your opponent if it hits, and this is the version that you will use on combos/anti-airs, but watch out, because Boxer will move forward during the move(On each version), which can make the anti-air fail.

Dash Straight
[b]~f P

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
[b]~f A	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
[b]~f C	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Another classic move! Boxer will dash, and do a punch after a little time(This is determined by the button pressed). Good to use on combos too. There is a good trick that you can use with move buffering to make Boxer dash more forward. First, charge back/down-back. Now, do a dash, and press P, Boxer will do the special move after the dash, making him move more forward! This can be used with other characters with charge moves too, and this works with Boxer's other charge moves too! You'll need this strategy in his game. The move can whiff on some crouching chars too.

Dash Upper
[b]~f K

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
[b]~f B	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
[b]~f D	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
It can be a classic move, and it's like the move above, but Boxer will do an uppercut after the dash. It will whiff on small crouching chars.

Dash Ground Straight
[b]~df P

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
[b]~df A	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
[b]~df C	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boxer will do the dash again, but he will do a punch that hits low, and knocks down after the dash. Good to use as a surprising move, and only that.

Dash Ground Upper
[b]~df K

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
[b]~df B	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
[b]~df D	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Like the Dash Upper above, but won't whiff on small crouching chars, and will knock your opponent down.

Turn Around Punch
Hold AC/BD for at least 2 seconds, release

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
Level 1	9	15	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
Level 2	12	18	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
Level 3	15	21	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
Level 4	18	24	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
Level 5	21	27	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
Level 6	24	30	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
Level 7	28	34	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
Level 8	36	42	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
Level 9	42	48	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
Level 10	48	54	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
This is the move! You probably know how it works, just hold two punch/kick buttons, and after some time, release them. The longer you charge, more damage it will do. It can be max canceled into supers too, and while you're charging the two buttons, you can charge back/down-back too, it's not that hard to do. While Boxer is in the "Turn-around" animation, he will dodge mid, and low-hitting moves(Including projectiles).

Super Moves

Crazy Buffalo
[b]~fbf P

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
36x5	45	Mid	2x5	0	0	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boxer will do a series of punches, finishing with a "NO ESCAPE!" punch. It's said that Boxer has good combos involving this super if the last hit whiffs, but I'm not sure about that. Press/Hold K - The punches will turn into uppercuts, but do it only if you think that it's cool, because it won't add damage, or something like that. The last hit won't be changed while you're pressing a kick button.

Gigaton Blow
[b]~fbf K

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
32x9	40	Mid	0	0	0	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boxer will do a straight punch that can do up to 9 hits. You can juggle your opponent on the corner after this move. I think Boxer has a damaging combo with this super involved too... And I think it's the same mentioned in the other Super.

Exceed

Ultimate Smash
Charge ~

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
136	142	Mid	36	0	0	X	1+13	2, 2	18	36	SKD	-4	1F-14F (Full invul during startup)
Boxer will dash a little forward and then he will do a punch. This move is his most damaging, and will cause a hard knockdown on the opponent. Problems with the input? You can try to Charge df, HCB, uf+KK, it should be easier for you.

Strategy

Basic Strategy

Boxer's Gameplan

Balrog isn't a jumper, just know that(Jump only if your opponent is stunned/in a punishable state). Just know your best anti-airs(Like the cr.C, and the Charge d, u moves) and you'll be fine. If you need to punish, do it with any damaging combo below. For his combos, they aren't that hard, and Boxer can do good damage when he needs. Only that. Good luck in your matches.

Advanced Strategy

A little help for that combo

Oh, you tried to land that damaging combo with two supers on the corner, but only have one level? Don't worry! You still can do something after the Super! We'll do what we call a "reset". "What is this?" Well, after most of the Supers, your opponent would be knocked down, right? But and for the moves with juggle properties, what would you do? Watch your opponent fall down? Of course, no. I'll just try to add damage, because it's a combo, you can't waste any opportunity. So let's just add a normal after the Super on the corner, it would be like this:

[Jump Attack] cr.C(While charging b/db), (After the Charge) u+D(While charging b/db), (After the Charge) f, b, f+K(Early), (If on the corner) s.C(For damage) or cr.A(If you want a faster move)

After the normal hits, your opponent will have a hit animation, and will land, but standing! That's where the mind games will begin. You have three options now(Or even more, you can create yours):

• You can jump and do any air normal for an overhead attack, and after that, you can land almost any combo after it(Note: You're on the corner, you can't crossup, obviously);
• You can do an empty jump(A jump without any jumping normal), and after you land, do a combo starting with a low or a low move itself(Can be dangerous depending of the character);
• You can just do a low move/combo on the ground without jumping(Yeah, Boxer lacks a ground overhead).

Combos

SVC Chaos: SNK VS Capcom Quick Combo Notation Guide

cl. = close normal st. = standing/far normal cr. = crouching normal f.; etc. = forward direction (NOT far) X = any button CH = counter hit , = Used to separate attacks in the combo / = Separates different options for the combo (mainly different starters or enders that are possible) Unless otherwise stated (such as it's a link or you need to delay the attack), assume this is a chain/cancel. Example: cr.B, cr.A, dp A ; cr.B chains into cr.A, then cr.A cancels into dp A [b]~f = Indicates to charge back (or downback), then press forwards for the given special move ( ) = Parentheses used to indicate the attack(s) within the parentheses are optional to add to the combo (C) = Indicates a free cancel, aka a cancel only possible in Max Mode (SC) = Indicates a super cancel via free canceling in Max Mode (1) = Used to indicate how many hits of the attack should connect (or less than) before continuing with the combo Example: cl.C(1), hcb P means that only one hit of cl.C should be performed before moving on to do hcb P, not more than one hit [ ] = Used to distinguish combo loops or combo starters/etc. in case a certain attack is only possible after specific options xN = Repeat the given loop for as many times as either possible or as many times as you wish May change to numpad notation much later down the road.

BnB Combos

BnB Combos

Combo	Position	Damage	Stun	Difficulty	Notes
(j.X,) cr.C. [b]~f P	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Good combo to begin. The best finishers for it are probably the df+P/K, because they will do a knockdown, and won't whiff on some crouching chars.
(j.X,) cr.C. [b]~f K	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
(j.X,) cr.C. [b]~df P	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
(j.X,) cr.C. [b]~df K	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
(j.X,) cr.C, [d]~u D, [b]~f P	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Variaton of the first one, but with a little more damage. Nothing very special with this combo.
(j.X,) cr.C, [d]~u D, [b]~f K	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
(j.X crossup,) cr.B, cr.A, any super	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Just Boxer showing what he can do using his hands with a low starter. You can do the combo with some Special Moves too, but the Supers are just more damaging. Well... I said that the cr.B can't chain into other Light Attacks, and that's true. That above, is actually a link(Chain isn't the same thing as a link). I'll put another example of a link below.
(j.X crossup,) cl.D, st.D, any super	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	That's it, another link. It's possible too, I can assume. Like the combo above, this can work with some Special Moves too. Move buffering with a dash can help you with this combo.
(j.X,) cr.C, [d]~u D, (early) [b]~fbf K, (corner) [b]~fbf P	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	One of Boxer's most damaging combos! More than one bar of health in damage terms and two damaging Special Moves on only one combo! The sad part is that you'll need to have two levels in your meter. But don't worry with that! If you don't know what to do in Max Mode, you can use this combo, because you won't lose your two levels, and you'll be happy with the damage! Button hold recommended for doing this combo to ensure everything comes out as early as possible.
(j.X,) cr./cl.C, Exceed	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Another damaging combo, but used mostly for punish situations, or while your opponent is stunned. It has almost the same damage as the combo above, and you won't lose meter. Don't worry if you think that "It's so hard", because you have a shortcut for the Exceed.

Max Mode Combos

Max Mode Combos

Combo	Position	Damage	Stun	Difficulty	Notes
[(C)[b]~f A ~ (C)D]x3	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	That's the loop. Click here if you want to see it. Very difficult to do as it barely gives Balrog enough time to charge in-between each attack, but the reward is well worth the execution requirements.
[(C)[b]~f A ~ (C)D]x3, [d]~u D, [b]~fbf K, [b]~fbf P	Corner to Corner	TBA	TBA	TBA	A variation of the above combo that Balrog can do even if you're on the opposite end of the stage. Even better if he just enters Max Mode as he's starting the combo as this ensures he has enough meter to do the most damage and still have one bar of meter left over.
[(C)[b]~f A ~ (C)D]x3, [d]~u D, reset	Corner to Corner	TBA	TBA	TBA
[AC/BD], any super	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Easy, and can be damaging(The damage is random due to the TAP). Use it on punish situations, or if you want, to counter certain projecties(The ones with bad startup/recovery). It doesn't work with the Exceed too.