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==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
Ken is the quintessential aggressive [[shoto]], possessing solid mixups, a powerful if fragile fireball game, and the ability to efficiently approach his opponent. He easily sets up | Ken is the quintessential aggressive [[shoto]], possessing solid mixups, a powerful if fragile fireball game, and the ability to efficiently approach his opponent. He easily sets up powerful safe attacks, and in particular, his notorious Ax Kick is one of the game's most reliable and high damage methods of confirming power boosts, often ending games in checkmates. | ||
The tradeoff is that Ken's defensive tools are tepid, his obliterating safe attacks all require setup, and like all Street Fighter characters, he demands careful positional play and resource management. One too many failed mixups, poorly considered boosts, or steps into the wrong range will lead into an aggressive opponent outpressuring him and destroying his ability to find gauge and damage. | The tradeoff is that Ken's defensive tools are tepid, his obliterating safe attacks all require setup, and like all Street Fighter characters, he demands careful positional play and resource management. One too many failed mixups, poorly considered boosts, or steps into the wrong range will lead into an aggressive opponent outpressuring him and destroying his ability to find gauge and damage. | ||
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|description=As an action, you may Close 1 and draw a card.. | |description=As an action, you may Close 1 and draw a card.. | ||
* This is an | * This is an efficient approach tool. It also helps mitigate the risk of getting stranded at a bad range that playing Cross or boosting Backstep would otherwise present. | ||
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=====Ax Kick / Ki Charge===== | =====Ax Kick / Ki Charge===== | ||
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Before: Close 1. | Before: Close 1. | ||
* This is almost always played at range 2 as a critical attack. | * This is almost always played at range 2 as a critical attack. | ||
* On its own, this is on curve and therefore relatively safe against unguarded attacks | * Ken's kit is built around using this attack to confirm power bonuses. On its own, at range 2 and critical, this trades very poorly against slows, but is on curve and therefore relatively safe against unguarded attacks. With a power boost, it becomes a completely different beast. At +1 power, it stuns focus, and at +2 power it also stuns sweep, meaning it crushes every non-EX normal. With True Master boosted, Ax Kick cleanly beats every EX normal except EX sweep, making it one of the most safe attacks in the game. | ||
* If you have both copies in hand, it's usually better to use the two copies separately to confirm boosts, rather than playing them EX. | * If you have both copies in hand, it's usually better to use the two copies separately to confirm boosts, rather than playing them EX. | ||
* Ax Kick's repositioning means it leads naturally into Shinryuken. | |||
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=====Hadoken / Overpower===== | =====Hadoken / Overpower===== | ||
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After: If you hit, you may return this card to the top of your Deck. If you do, add the top card of your discard pile to your gauge. | After: If you hit, you may return this card to the top of your Deck. If you do, add the top card of your discard pile to your gauge. | ||
* Recurring Hadoken (and usually playing it with wild swings) is powerful, but gauge negative if your discard pile is empty, which limits the value you can get from this in the first few turns. Once you have your first gauge from another source, spending it to make Hadoken is cost efficient enough to turn recursion into a serious threat, one which will force even many zoners to close in on you. | * Recurring Hadoken (and usually playing it with wild swings) is powerful, but gauge negative if your discard pile is empty, which limits the value you can get from this in the first few turns. Once you have your first gauge from another source, spending it to make Hadoken critical is cost efficient enough to turn recursion into a serious threat, one which will force even many zoners to close in on you. | ||
* Landing a range 2 Cross, especially a defensive cross, and going into Hadoken recursion is an easy source of value. Don't get greedy - when things start to feel risky, let Hadoken go to gauge, or just draw it for later use. | * Landing a range 2 Cross, especially a defensive cross, and going into Hadoken recursion is an easy source of value. Don't get greedy - when things start to feel risky, let Hadoken go to gauge, or just draw it for later use. | ||
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NOW: Strike. | NOW: Strike. | ||
* While +1 Power is often a weak stat boost, the speed and low commitment of | * While +1 Power is often a weak stat boost, the speed and low commitment of Overpower makes it an easy way to push attacks past breakpoints. In particular, Sweep is unsafe against a strike from Overpower, since your own Sweep will stun it. | ||
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=====Knee Bash / Custom Combo===== | =====Knee Bash / Custom Combo===== | ||
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|forcecost=- | |forcecost=- | ||
|framedata=PLACEHOLDER | |framedata=PLACEHOLDER | ||
|description= +0 | |description= +0-1 Range if you initiated this Strike. | ||
Critical, Before: Close 2. | Critical, Before: Close 2. | ||
* A usually mediocre slow, despite its occasionally juicy positional benefits. | * A usually mediocre slow, despite its occasionally juicy positional benefits. | ||
* Critical Knee Bash beats a defensive range 2 Cross. | |||
* Without stat increases, critical Knee Bash and Grasp are Ken's only defensive answers to range 1 cross. | |||
* A critical attack at range 4-5 presents a move/don't move mixup between Hadoken and Knee Bash. The mixup is significantly improved at range 5, where Knee Bash punishes an attempt to gap close with EX Dive and does not lose to Focus. | * A critical attack at range 4-5 presents a move/don't move mixup between Hadoken and Knee Bash. The mixup is significantly improved at range 5, where Knee Bash punishes an attempt to gap close with EX Dive and does not lose to Focus. | ||
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Hit: Gain Advantage (you take the next turn, regardless of who initiated the Strike). | Hit: Gain Advantage (you take the next turn, regardless of who initiated the Strike). | ||
* Since Knee Bash is a below average attack, playing this boost is usually | * Since Knee Bash is a below average attack, playing this boost is usually better than preparing. | ||
* Ideally, Custom Combo comes out when the opponent is low on cards and unlikely to strike into you. If the turn does come back to you with this boost out, you have a strong incentive to confirm it with something safe rather than go for a risky mixup. | |||
* You may be tempted to create the ultimate reward bomb by loading this onto a powerful attack you already have set up, but be cognizant of the risk that Scramble, Reading, Parry, etc. will show up to expose your greed. | |||
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=====Shoryuken / Burning Passion===== | |||
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|version=Shoryuken | |||
|range=1 | |||
|power=4 | |||
|speed=5 | |||
|armor=0 | |||
|guard=4 | |||
|gaugecost=- | |||
|forcecost=- | |||
|framedata=PLACEHOLDER | |||
|description=+2 Speed if you initiated this Strike. | |||
Critical, Before: Close 1. | |||
* Offensive critical Shoryuken is the safest way to confirm Custom Combo at range 2. The low base power means Shoryuken struggles to hit breakpoints, so it is not the preferred method of confirming power boosts, although sometimes you will do it anyway. | |||
* A critical attack at range 2 with a boost that needs confirming on board creates a credible fast/slow mixup with Shoryuken and Tatsumaki, although the Tatsumaki side is too risky to go with often. | |||
* When your hand is stocked, Shoryuken is a high tempo way to move from range 2 to range 1, threatening Shinryuken. | |||
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|version=Burning Passion | |||
|boosttype=Continuous | |||
|gaugecost=0 | |||
|forcecost=0 | |||
|cancellable=No | |||
|description=+1 Speed. | |||
NOW: Draw a card. | |||
* While Shoryuken is situational, Burning Passion is almost always good. Reliably and efficiently confirms range 3 Dive, makes Hadoken safe against EX Dive, makes Shinryuken safe against Grasp, makes Ax Kick safe against EX Cross, and so on. | |||
* A strong neutral play, since it increases your hand size and creates pressure at the same time. | |||
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=====Tatsumaki / Senpukyaku===== | |||
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|version=Tatsumaki | |||
|range=1-2 | |||
|power=5 | |||
|speed=3 | |||
|armor=0 | |||
|guard=0 | |||
|gaugecost=- | |||
|forcecost=- | |||
|framedata=PLACEHOLDER | |||
|description=BEFORE: Advance 2. | |||
HIT: If you moved past the opponent during this strike, Ignore Guard. | |||
* Without boosts, this is typically a slightly worse Spike at range 2, nearly unplayable at range 3, and a worse Dive at range 4. | |||
* Much more threatening at range 1, where the normal midspeeds are relatively weak. | |||
* Can be played critical at range 2 with a boost that needs confirming on board to create a risky fast/slow mixup with Shoryuken. | |||
* Slow enough to be difficult to confirm with speed boosts. However, Defend makes this a mostly safe offensive option at range 2. | |||
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|version=Senpukyaku | |||
|boosttype=Continuous | |||
|gaugecost=0 | |||
|forcecost=0 | |||
|cancellable=No | |||
|description=+1 Speed. | |||
NOW: Strike. | |||
* | * Has all the uses of Burning Passion, except Senpukyaku ends neutral rather than extending it. | ||
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==Ultras== | ==Ultras== | ||
===== | =====Guren Senpukyaku / True Master===== | ||
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|version=Heavy Mob Cemetery | |version=Heavy Mob Cemetery | ||
|range=1 | |range=1-2 | ||
|power=5 | |power=5 | ||
|speed= | |speed=4 | ||
|armor=0 | |armor=0 | ||
|guard= | |guard=4 | ||
|gaugecost=3 | |gaugecost=3 | ||
|forcecost=- | |forcecost=- | ||
|framedata=PLACEHOLDER | |framedata=PLACEHOLDER | ||
|description=BEFORE: If you | |description=BEFORE: Advance 2. If you did not move past the opponent during this movement, +3 Power. | ||
* Even with the condition met, 3 gauge is a steep cost for this effect. | |||
* It is significantly easier to get the power bonus against a cornered opponent, especially at range 1, where this forms a mixup with Shinryuken and no longer performs poorly against Assault. | |||
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|version= | |version=True Master | ||
|boosttype=Continuous | |boosttype=Continuous | ||
|gaugecost=0 | |gaugecost=0 | ||
|forcecost= | |forcecost=1 | ||
|cancellable= | |cancellable=No | ||
|description= | |description=+2 Power and +2 Speed. | ||
* | * Ken's most valuable and most frequently played boost by a wide margin. Immediately turns Ax Kick into a death train, allowing it to beat even offensive EX Cross, but also pairs well with Hadoken, Dive, Spike, Sweep, Shinryuken and the other copy of Guren Senpukyaku. | ||
* You can expect the opponent to search for and hold on to discard boost effects in advance of True Master coming down. Keeping the threat of this boost live can help protect your Fierces and Lights, and opens the opponent up to Parry and Reading. | |||
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===== | =====Shinryuken / Rushdown Style===== | ||
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|version= | |version=Shinryuken | ||
|range=1 | |range=1 | ||
|power= | |power=7 | ||
|speed= | |speed=6 | ||
|armor=0 | |armor=0 | ||
|guard=0 | |guard=0 | ||
|gaugecost= | |gaugecost=4 | ||
|forcecost=- | |forcecost=- | ||
|framedata=PLACEHOLDER | |framedata=PLACEHOLDER | ||
|description= | |description=+4 Power if you initiated this Strike. | ||
* | * Crushing, easy to land, and extremely expensive. | ||
* Ken's range 1 game consists almost entirely of this attack's existence, meaning that as long as this card is not an active threat, the opponent can lessen your short range pressure by closing to range 1. Conversely, getting this threat live and keeping it live is important to shutting down characters with strong footsies or a strong preference for range 1. | |||
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|version= | |version=Rushdown Style | ||
|boosttype= | |boosttype=Instantaneous | ||
|gaugecost=0 | |gaugecost=0 | ||
|forcecost= | |forcecost=1 | ||
|cancellable= | |cancellable=No | ||
|description= | |description=Close 3, then Strike. | ||
* | * Not cheap, but this is higher tempo out of strike movement than Street Fighter characters usually get. | ||
* Even against a zoner, this boost is not necessarily valuable enough to justify keeping Shinryuken in your opening hand. | |||
* Becomes more useful as the opponent's deck thins and specific ranges become more clearly important to skip past. | |||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== |
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Story
Ken Masters is the deuteragonist from the Street Fighter series of fighting games alongside with his best friend Ryu, having made appearances in all major incarnations of the main series. Together, the two childhood friends seek to hone their martial arts skills and protect those they care about.
Gameplay
Ken is the quintessential aggressive shoto, possessing solid mixups, a powerful if fragile fireball game, and the ability to efficiently approach his opponent. He easily sets up powerful safe attacks, and in particular, his notorious Ax Kick is one of the game's most reliable and high damage methods of confirming power boosts, often ending games in checkmates.
The tradeoff is that Ken's defensive tools are tepid, his obliterating safe attacks all require setup, and like all Street Fighter characters, he demands careful positional play and resource management. One too many failed mixups, poorly considered boosts, or steps into the wrong range will lead into an aggressive opponent outpressuring him and destroying his ability to find gauge and damage.
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Normals
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