Street Fighter 1 MR/Ken
Ken is Ryu's best friend and training partner. Heir to the Master's family, Ken comes from a lot of wealth and power. He was rowdy and energetic throughout his youth, and loved to get into fights. To ensure his son didn't become too much of a hassle, his father sent him to train with an old friend named Gouken. There, he met Ryu, and the two became rivals as they learned to master the arts of shotokan karate. Ken joins the Street Fighter tournament for the same reason as Ryu, hoping to fight highly skilled opponents from around the world.
Ken is the second in the duo that the community commonly calls "shotos". In the original Street Fighter 1, Ken was simply a player 2 alt with no differences to Ryu. SF1MR adds minor differences, usually just small frame data changes. While Ryu has more frame advantage to take care of his lack of mix with substantial pressure options, Ken trades that out for a faster fireball and DP game, giving him effectively better zoning than Ryu.
In comparison to Ryu, Ken is generally faster but lacks the same frame advantage. His Shoryuken (6236P) is incredible, being active on the first frame and going incredibly high. These make amazing reversals and defensive tools, but still maintain the same high risk. His Tatsumaki Senpukyaku (214K) is faster overall, and allows for some stronger corner combos, alongside only being 0 on block unlike Ryu's -3 version. Ken's Hadouken (236P) fireball is a frame faster, but unfortunately is also a frame slower on recovery, and lacks the same frame advantage that Ryu has from his.
The two have a large difference in their supers. Ken has Shoryureppa (236236P), an easy to confirm combo ending super, and Shinryuken (236236K), a stellar anti-air/reversal super with some amazing combo potential in the corner with Ken's Shinryuken loops. Overall, Ken has better anti-airs and more potential damage, plus better defense. However, he lacks Ryu's stable zoning, powerful super, and better frame advantage.
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Stats and Vitals
- Attack Rating = 100
- Armor Rating = 100
- Forward Walk Speed = 2.5
- Backward Walk Speed = -2.3
- Taunt = 30f
Movelist
- Special Moves
- 236A/C - Hadouken: Zoning/Blockstring Ender
- 214B/D - Tatsumaki Senpukyaku: Combo Ender/Extender
- 6236A/C - Shoryuken: Anti-air/Reversal
- Supers
- 236236P - Shoryureppa: Extremely high damage combo ender
- 236236K - Shinryuken: Reversal, anti-air, and corner combo super
- Unique Attacks
- nj.B, nj.D
Normals
Standing Normals
Stand Light Punch
5A |
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Stand Light Kick
5B |
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Stand Heavy Punch
5C |
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Stand Heavy Kick
5D |
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Crouching Normals
Crouch Light Punch
2A |
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Crouch Light Kick
2B |
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Crouch Heavy Punch
2C |
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Crouch Heavy Kick
2D |
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Jumping Normals
Jump Light Punch
j.A |
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Jump Light Kick
j.B |
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Jump Heavy Punch
j.C |
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Jump Heavy Kick
j.D |
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Taunt
Taunt
A+B |
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Unique Attacks
Neutral Jump Light Kick
nj.B |
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Neutral Jump Heavy Kick
nj.D |
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Special Attacks
Hadouken
236A/C |
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Shoryuken
6236A/C |
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Tatsumaki Senpukyaku
214B/D |
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Supers
Shoryureppa
236236P |
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Shinryuken
236236K |
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Arcade Ending