Street Fighter 1 MR/Ryu

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Ryu

Ryu is the ever wandering warrior who practices Shotokan karate. He comes to the scene in SF1 looking to beat all of the best fighters around the world, and is the protagonist and only playable character in the original SF1. He travels to defeat the champions of multiple countries before fighting Sagat, the strongest of them all. After defeating Sagat, Ryu walked into the distance, eager for his next fight.

Ryu is likely the most familiar character to his other appearances in SF1MR. Just like always, Ryu tosses his signature Hadouken (236P) fireballs to zone the opponent out, and knocks them out of the air with various powerful anti-airs. This gameplay is turned up to 10 in SF1MR, mostly since Hadoukens are much more powerful than usual, dealing a ton of damage and recovering very fast. Ryu has simple and useful gatlings as well, and while his offense is comparatively weak due to being mixless and lacking an infinite blockstring, he still easily ends in + frames with a 2D to Hadouken cancel. This is in stark contrast to his shoto counterpart Ken, who in this game doesn't have the same frame advantage on his Hadokens, and as a big twist from typical SF titles, this makes Ryu better offensively. His damage is only average, but his combos are very stable in exchange, and he has some decent combo variety as well. He also has Shinku Hadouken (236236P), an amazing zoning and anti-zoning tool that is very combo friendly.

He has a few things holding him back from being totally dominant, however. While his combos are stable, they lack massive damage output without specific situations. He often finds himself punishing by just doing a 2B > 2D gatling for a safe taunt. He's also mixless, and lacks the infinite blockstrings of other mixless characters, forcing him to rely on neutral and smart defense to win. Notably, his Tatsu (214K) is near useless in both neutral and combos, limiting his potential damage even harder.

If you want a solid, stable zoner with a great super and some good pokes, Ryu is perfect.

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Pros

Cons

Zoning: Hadoukens are fast and recover even faster, and Ryu has great anti-airs with 5D and Shoryuken, making approaching difficult Simple: His gameplan is straightforward, and you have to learn very few character specific things to win Normals: Ryu has solid pokes, anti-airs, and punish normals all around, like 2B, 2C, 2D, 5D, and both of his neutral jump normals Shinku Hadouken: Shinku Hadouken is a massive damage multihit fireball that blows through other zoning attempts

Mixless: Throws are not a universal concept in SF1MR, and Ryu lacks an overhead or a crossup. This forces him to rely on chip to make realistic comebacks, making it so getting the life lead is necessary to win Low Damage: While his average damage is good, he lacks the insane peaks of better characters, leaving his punishes to be lower than usual Outclassed: Ryu is strong, but others are just much stronger, and this leaves Ryu "honest" to a degree

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Stats and Vitals

• Attack Rating = 100
• Armor Rating = 100
• Forward Walk Speed = 2.5
• Taunt = 30f

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Movelist

Special Moves

236A/C - Hadouken: Fireball

214B/D - Tatsumaki Senpukyaku: Tatsu

6236A/C - Shoryuken: Uppercut/DP

Supers

236236P - Shinku Hadouken: Extremely high damage and easy to confirm combo ender and anti-zoning tool

214214K - Shinku Tatsumaki: Reversal super and corner combo super

Unique Attacks

nj.B, nj.D

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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 +8 0 Mashing panic button Ryu's 5A is a fairly standard jab for linking and panic situations, but is usually outshined by 2A, which has better links and better cancels overall.
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Stand Light Kick 5B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 27 Mid 4 4 5 GA/SP/SU +2 -3 Looks like an anti-air but whiffs any airborne opponent Somewhat useful to evade low pokes, but not much purpose otherwise.
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Stand Heavy Punch 5C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 97 Mid 15 12 8 N/A +6 -6 Highest damage normal, links to 2A Ryu winds up and hits the opponent with a big punch. Too slow to be worth much, the startup is so long that 5A > 5C won't combo even as a cancel. It does do quite a lot of damage if it does hit however.
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Stand Heavy Kick 5D	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 87 Mid 13 7 8 N/A 0 +1 Air unblockable Ryu kicks at a similar angle to 5B, but slower with more power. High startup makes it difficult to use as a reaction anti-air, but on a read it isn't bad, especially for jumps from far away. Similar to Ryu's 5A > 5C, 5B > 5D does not combo.
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Crouching Normals

Crouch Light Punch 2A	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 23 Mid 3 3 3 GA +5 +3 Main normal for linking and pressure One of Ryu's main normals for linking, as it cancels into 2C, which is the main normal Ryu wants to land. Can be useful for mashing and pressure, but 2B is faster and hits low.
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Crouch Light Kick 2B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 23 Low 2 4 2 GA/SP/SU +7 -2 Confirm for 2D and low poke A classic low poke. Useful as a link after 2C and a cancel after 2A 2A to ensure that a 2D ender will connect. 2B > 2D is almost always possible and is Ryu's main combo route. On it's own, 2B is an alright button to stuff approaches and occasionally poke with.
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Crouch Heavy Punch 2C

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 62 Mid 6 6 6 SP/SU +10 +11 Only cancel that combos to Tatsu (214K) Ryu's main normal to cancel into grounded specials, usually Tatsu. Since Tatsu is so inconsistent on most characters, you'll usually use this as a high damage link tool. Similar to 2B > 2D, if a 2C connects you can almost always link 2D for a big damage combo using only 2 normals. You can even link 2C into itself for high damage punishes like 2C, 2C, 2D.

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Crouch Heavy Kick 2D

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 78 Low 5 8 10 SP/SU KD -2 Long reach, safe, and confirms into Shinku Hadouken (236236P) The budget combo ender and poke. Since it cancels to fireball on block, it's pretty safe to poke around with, and unlike what you may be used to with sweeps in a majority of SF games, it's safe and very fast on its own. It can be linked or cancelled into fairly easily from most of Ryu's routes, making it a much more consistent combo ender, something he lacks in his specials. Unlike other characters, Ryu's only juggle from a cancelled 2D is Shinku Hadouken, and it can drop hits at longer ranges.

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Jumping Normals

Jump Light Punch j.A	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 27 High 2 Till Landing 0 N/A Varies Varies Very active and hits near his head. Ryu sticks out a fist that has a lingering hitbox till he lands. Can be an air interrupt, but not much else.
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Jump Light Kick j.B

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 24 High 3 Till Landing 0 N/A Varies Varies Very active and hits below him, good for safejumps. Ryu sticks out his leg and lets the hitbox linger for the full jump like j.A. More useful as a jump-in, especially since the long active frames can catch a lot of bad anti-airs. Jumping on top of a knocked down opponent with this can actually make a surprising mixup, or even a safejump depending on the character.

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Jump Heavy Punch j.C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 70 High 2 9 0 N/A Varies Varies High damage air-to-air. Ryu punches out in front of him. Fairly high damage, but the hitbox is pretty high up, so you'll mostly stick to j.D as a heavy jump-in. Can snipe people air-to-air however.
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Jump Heavy Kick j.D	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 70 High 3 11 0 N/A Varies Varies Long and low hitbox with good damage. The main jump-in normal to use in most situations. Great forward range, fast startup, lots of active frames, and high damage and hitstun make it a very consistent normal.
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Taunt

Taunt A+B

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block - - 1 - 30 - - - Taunt builds 1 bar of meter instantly, regardless of if Ryu is hit out of it or not, hence the 1 frame startup. Ryu's taunt is fairly fast, allowing him to use it relatively safely in neutral or after any knockdown without giving up much space. Taunting smartly is important, as Ryu loves having constant Shinku Hadouken.

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Unique Attacks

Neutral Jump Light Kick nj.B

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 90 High 3 10 0 N/A Varies Varies Sweeping hitbox to catch multiple angles. A great neutral jump air-to-air with very high damage. Outside of air-to-air however, it doesn't have much use, as nj.D covers the high damage neutral jump starter role much better. However, in midscreen, it has less pushback than nj.D, allowing for higher damage followups.

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Neutral Jump Heavy Kick nj.D

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 90 High 4 7 0 N/A Varies Varies Very high hitstun and pushback, comparable to a j.CD from the KOF series. A spinning kick with massive hitstun and pushback. In the corner, this can connect and still allow for a 2C, 2C, 2D, making for a massive damage starter. It can also be a good air-to-air, but nj.B is a bit better thanks to the faster startup and higher active frames. In midscreen, pushback with this can be a bit too strong to get much more than a 2D after.

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Special Attacks

Hadouken 236A/C

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block A 65 Mid 7 Traveling 32 N/A 0 +1 C 75 Mid 7 Traveling 32 N/A 0 +1 A version is slow but weak, C version is fast and strong Ryu's iconic Hadouken. Useful zoning tools, especially in conjunction with his uppercut, as they take up much of the screen. SF1MR has a lot of anti-zoning tools however, and these come with shockingly hefty recovery, so use with caution. These are also Ryu's preferred way to deal chip, as Ryu is a mixless character, forcing him to rely on chip to make certain comebacks.

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Shoryuken 6236A/C

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block A 80 Mid 4 15 23 N/A KD -17 C 80 Mid 4 18 30 N/A KD -27 Air unblockable, Frames 1 through 12 are fully invincible for both versions Ryu leaps into the air with an uppercut. The peanut butter to Hadouken's jelly, as it will eat through any attempt at beating a Hadouken, namely jumps but also some anti-fireball specials and supers too. They come with one major caveat, in that both versions have a second hit that is required to connect for a knockdown. It's possible and quite common for only the first hit to connect, leaving Ryu very unsafe even on hit, making them weak as reversals.

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Tatsumaki Senpukyaku 214B/D

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block B 40,30 Mid 18 5(10)5 18 N/A KD -3 D 40,40,40,30 Mid 18 5(10)5(10)5(10)5 18 N/A KD -3 Off the ground frame 4 Ryu spins through the air with multiple kicks. Much more awkward than the Tatsu he has in other games, mostly because of the ridiculous height he rises to. Tatsus whiff on everyone except Sagat crouching, and a shocking amount of characters standing and reeling animations. Additionally, they only combo from 2C. All of this put together make them very situational and hard to use in combos. The additional height does help get over things like fireballs, but they're quite slow, so this isn't entirely useful.

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Supers

Shinku Hadouken 236236P

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 180 Mid 6 Traveling 27 N/A -5 -5 Air unblockable, anywhere juggle, frames 1 through 18 are invincible Ryu shoots out a powerful Hadouken with multiple hits. Great all-purpose super for reversals, combos, anti-air, anti-zoning, and chip damage. Since Ryu's taunt builds meter and is very fast, you can almost always have one of these stored. This means counter zoning Ryu is fairly hard, as he can taunt and get a Shinku Hadouken to blow through your attempt.

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Shinku Tatsumaki Senpukyaku 214214K

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Cancels Adv on Hit Adv on Block 40,40,40,40,40,40,40,30 Mid 16 7(4)7(4)7(4)7(4)7(4)7(4)7(4)7 14 N/A KD 0 Air unblockable, anywhere juggle, frames 1 through 18 are invincible A super version of Ryu's tatsu. In comparison to Shinku Hadouken, this is a much more situational super. It does quite a bit more damage, but the low range and long startup makes it hard to fit into Ryu's usual combos. Unlike normal Tatsus, it hits much more consistently on small characters.

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