Street Fighter 1 MR/Gen

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Gen

Gen is an old man, and one of the most powerful martial artists in history. Known as "The Devil of Hong Kong", he was feared and respected worldwide for his skill in Chinese martial arts and medicine. He is often cruel, threatening violent acts even on those he cares for, but he isn't entirely heartless. He is a close friend of Chun-Li's deceased father Dorai, and cares for Chun deeply.

Gen is one of the two dedicated charge characters in SF1MR. In comparison to Birdie's style of bullying you with his headbutts, Gen is much more patient, using his low profile Roll ([4]6P) to punish fireballs and errant pokes or chip out opponents with repeated blockstrings. His Upkick ([2]8K) is a classic Flash Kick, a great anti-air and reversal, and he has Crane Attack (214P) to deal chargeless chip or punish without charge. He also has great buttons to play neutral and punish, namely his 2B and 2D which are stellar low pokes and convert into his specials and supers for stellar damage.

Gen is also in possession of a great super, Zanei (236236P). While it is a bit slow, it combos from many of Gen's best moves like 2D or Roll, and has incredible juggle potential. When done as an anti-air, Gen can even pick up after it for massive damage, though this can be hard to time. Generally, Gen's biggest weakness is his mixless nature, reliance on the opponent making a mistake, and low damage overall. Gen struggles to clear 200 damage without specific scenarios in a game where most characters easy combos do 250.

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Pros

Cons

Neutral: With great anti-airs, pokes, and a safe on block low profile special with Roll, Gen can play a fairly dominant neutral even without a fireball Anti-Zoning: Roll beats a lot of fireballs, and Zanei or a close range Upkick will beat all of them, giving Gen versatile ways to punish bad zoning Zanei: While it is a bit slow, Zanei is incredibly combo friendly and travels forward fast, making it quite versatile Defense: Upkick is a stellar reversal, allowing Gen to escape in many situations others have to respect

Low Damage: Even with meter, Gen has lower than average damage, forcing him to take more risks Mixless: Gen is one of many characters with no mixup potential, leaving him reliant on landing a Roll for a looping blockstring and chip Slow Taunt: While not the slowest, Gen's 50 frame taunt leaves him struggling to safely taunt after a knockdown

Profile

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Stats and Vitals

• Attack Rating = 100
• Armor Rating = 100
• Forward Walk Speed = 2.4
• Backward Walk Speed = -2.3
• Taunt = 50f

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Movelist

Special Moves

214A/C - Crane Attack: Chargeless Ender

[4]6A/C - Gen Roll: Combo Ender/Punish Tool

[2]8B/D - Upkick: Anti-Air/Reversal

Supers

236236P - Zanei: Combo Ender/Punish Super

214214P - Super Crane: Reversal Super

Unique Attacks

N/A

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Normals

Standing Normals

Stand Light Punch 5A	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 27 Mid 2 3 3 GA/SP/SU +7 +2 A far-reaching panic mash and pressure option. Gen steps forward for this 5A, making this button great for a quick option to poke with, and it has good hitstun for typical jabwalk combos.

Stand Light Kick 5B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 27 Mid 4 5 4 GA/SP/SU +2 -3 A situational poke that doesn't extend Gen's lateral hurtbox. It's an alright poke in a vacuum, but compared to Gen's other buttons, he would rather use other tools for turtling.

Stand Heavy Punch 5C

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 97 Mid 13 10 11 N/A +5 -7 A slow but damaging and high-pushback hit that reaches very far. This is the farthest reaching poke of Gen's normals, but it can be crouched and its quite slow making it prone to getting stuffed. It's damage makes it a situationally good punish option with the ability to link 5A point blank, or any other normal in the corner.

Stand Heavy Kick 5D	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 87 Mid 6 9 7 N/A -1 0 Air unblockable A rare poke for Gen. It has the exact same length as 5B with longer duration, but has better overall frame advantage, and can situationally antiair very far jumps.

Crouching Normals

Crouch Light Punch 2A	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 23 Mid 2 3 2 GA +6 +4 A standard panic mash/pressure option and charge-building normal. In punish scenarios, you can cancel to 2D or Crane Attack (214P) for no charge, or into Roll ([4]6P) with enough charge time.

Crouch Light Kick 2B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 23 Low 2 4 2 GA/SP/SU +8 -2 A very quick low for most of Gen's combos. This button is great poke/jab material and is the fastest 2B alongside Lee. It has good frame advantage, but it's mainly to be into itself or to end into Roll ([4]6P) with charge time, although jabwalks will sacrifice charge.

Crouch Heavy Punch 2C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 62 Mid 6 8 6 SP/SU +8 +9 A chunky hit with massive frame advanatage for punish combo filler and charge combos. You can link it into itself or 2B into Roll ([4]6P) for Gen's higher damage combos. It doesn't see much use as a poke despite it's great blockstun because of it's startup and low range, however.

Crouch Heavy Kick 2D He may be old but he can still get down He may be old but he can still get down

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 78 Low 5 10 7 SP/SU KD -1 Air unblockable An all-around great move for Gen, this does many things a turtling button should do. It makes for great poke potential with its great horizontal range and cancellability into Roll, it's a very excellent antiair due to it being air unblockable and goes above Gen's hurtbox, and can actually pick up a j.C/j.D followup. It doesn't only make for a great chargeless combo ender after repeated jabs, it also combos into Zanei (236236P) both grounded and on antiair connect.

Jumping Normals

Jump Light Punch/Kick j.A/j.B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 27 High 2 Until Landing 2 N/A Varies Varies A quick and active air-to-air button with a sweeping hitbox. It has great horizontal range with an angle to catch many jump arcs.

Jump Heavy Punch/Kick j.C/j.D	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 70 High 2 8 2 N/A Varies Varies Gen's primary air-to-ground jump in normal. It has great range and good hitstun, and even makes for a really good IOH for characters constantly low blocking Gen's infinite blockstring.

Taunt

Taunt A+B You know he had to do it to em You know he had to do it to em	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block - - 1 - 50 - - - Taunt builds 1 bar of meter instantly, regardless of if Gen is hit out of it or not, hence the 1 frame startup. Gen has a slow taunt sadly, but he can set it up fairly safely after a Roll to still get a bar, though this negates any offense he could have gotten instead.

Special Attacks

Gen Roll [4]6A/C

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block A 95 Mid 1 34 2 N/A KD +7 C 95 Mid 5 34 2 N/A KD +7 Evasive low profile during active frames A big part of Gen's anti-fireball game in neutral, and a great tool in confirms and pressure. It low profiles through most fireballs and punishes on reaction, as well as through some occasional pokes. In your confirms, you gain it once you have charge, and successfully landing it gives you a juggle into j.C/j.D or Zanei (236236P). This also is a huge part of Gen's infinite blockstring due to its massive frame advantage on block, a simple rep would be 2B > [4]6C.

Upkicks [2]8B/D

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block B/D 40,40 Mid 2 18 25 N/A KD -20 Frames 1 through 14 Invulnerable; Air Unblockable A core part of Gen's defense. This is a great air unblockable antiair and reversal with good range, on ground connect point blank it gets two hits, while in most other situations only one (being the Air HKD hitbox) will connect. Very situationally although Gen needs to be pretty close with down charge, it can also be a viable anti-fireball tool.

Crane Attack 214A/C

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block A/C 20,20,20,20,20,15 Mid 10 5(5)25 10 N/A KD +4 Small active frame gap, hitboxes perfectly follow arms meaning there are several that are placed behind Gen Gen's special that doesn't need charge and is safe on block, though it's benefits stop there. It's very prone to whiffing or dropping hits in combos, and it only gets one hit that causes spinout on antiair. It doesn't see much use in Gen's gameplan and is very obscure on how it's supposed to be used.

Supers

Zan'ei 236236P

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 60,140 Mid 16 5 45 N/A KD -46 Super doesn't freeze the screen until frame 4 One of Gen's best moves and one of the best utility supers, it phases past fireballs, works in many of Gen's combos, and antiairs with good reward. It being a fireball answer that is both invuln and doesn't need charge makes this Gen's most ideal fireball punish, and it travels far very quickly. It work's after many normal sequences, after 2D, or after Roll, many of these cause a juggle state which allow Gen to pick up a j.C/j.D, and on a really good connect on antiair, 2D into more Zaneis. The thing holding back Zanei is Gen's access to it, as his taunt is poor at gaining meter, it has slower startup than most supers meaning you need better reaction time for fireball punishes, and it's horribly unsafe on block unlike other supers that are + enough to stay safe or give infinite blockstrings.

Super Crane 214214P

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25 Mid 6 3(3)18(3)3(3)18 6 N/A KD +10 Frames 1 through 18 invulnerable Gen's main reversal super. It has a lot of the issues that Crane Attack (214P) has with range, combos, and antiairs, but it does much better damage compared to Upkick ([2]8K) as a reversal, and is safe on block, + at that to cause an infinite blockstring. This super is very niche, but it does have it's place, although meter is generally better spent on Zanei.

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