I got frustrated with this thread and all its broken links, and too much information. I am going to try to break this character down to something more basic and concise, and chronicle what I have learned over the next 90 days of playing him over XBL. Hopefully beginning Rufus players and SF players in general can learn from this exp.
Legend:
DC = Divekick followup combo (in Air df. mk)
GT =Galactic Tornado
FA =Focus Attack
FADC =Focus Attack Dash Cancel
{} =optional
cr. =crouch
st. =stand
df. =crouch diagonally forward
jfwd. =jump foward
jn. =jump neutral
List of Common Terms/Accronyms:
Combos:
Normal Combos:
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cr. lk, cr. lp, st. lp, st. lp, st. mp
cr. lk, cr. lk, st. hp XX GT (DC) ----> BNB off a divekick, very important to learn
cr.lk, st. hp XX GT (DC) ------> BNB off a divekick, very important to learn
cr. lp, cr. lp XX Ex GT
Ultra 1 Combos:
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cr. mk XX Ex GT XX FADC XX st. lk XX st. hk, Ultra
Messiah, lk XX FADC XX Ultra
cr. lk, cr. lk, cst. hp XX GT (DC) ----> corner only
cr.lk, cst. hp XX GT, Ultra (DC)----> corner only
Punish Combos
General
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cst. hp XX GT
st. lk XX st. hk, Ultra 1
Character Specific:
vs Blocked Shoto HP SRK
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DiveKick, st. lk, cst. hp XX GT
DiveKick, cst. hp XX GT
NB: Certain Shotos you can charge an FA and get a crumple, followed by a divekick combo.
On Playing D:
Anti Airs and Their Optimum Ranges against all Cast:
NB: This for grounded anti-airing only. Also I dived the stage into 6 zones (0-5)
NB: 0 being the closest and 5 the furthest
vs Ryu
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Common Ryu jump in Normals hk, fp, mk, lk
For jump forward mk,hk,lk in zone 1 where your feet touches Ryu’s feet, walk forward. Do NOT try to Normal Anti Air.
You can Normal Anti Air efficiently about 25% distance from the beginning of Zone 1.
There is a point in zone 1 where Ryu’s jmpf fp will not hit, option select bait, beaware.
st. fp
–zone 3: jmpf hk, mk, fp
–zone 2: jmpf hk, mk,
cr. mp
–zone 3: jmpf hk, mk, lk
–zone 2: jmpf hk, mk, lk, fp
–zone 1: jmpf fp,
vs Ken
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Common Ken jump in normals lk, fp, hk, mk
For jmpf mk in zone 1, just block, dash, or roll away. Be wary of option selects.
For range 0 just walk forward.
st. fp
–zone 3: jmpf hk, mk, fp
–zone 2: jmpf hk, mk, fp
–zone 1: jmpf fp, hk, lk
cr. mp
–zone 3: jmpf hk, mk, lk, fp
–zone 2: jmpf hk, mk, lk, fp
vs E. Honda
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Honda Common jump ins I have seen: hk, hp, mp
Zone 2 jump in HK is very dangerous if you decide to use st. fp, stick with cr. mp
st. fp
–zone 3: jmpf fp, mp, hk, mk
–zone 2: jmpf fp, mp(chk distance and time accordingly), hk(be very very careful, timing needs to be very precise), mk
–zone 1: jmpf fp, mp, hk, mk
cr. mp
–zone 3: jmpf fp, mp, hk, mk
–zone 2: jmpf fp, mp, hk, mk
–zone 1: jmpf mp
Whiff Punishing Against All Cast
cr. hk
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Rufus’ main tool to punish whiffs.
Startup: 12 frames
Blk. Adv. : -6 frames(push back)
Slow but has excellent range.
fst. mk
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Secondary tool: fst. mk.
Startup: 10
Blk. Adv: -4(push back)
Slow but has excellent range.
Understanding Their Safe Jump Against Me
Creating Offense
Generic Safe Jump on All Characters from fThrow
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st. hp
jfwd. hp
NB: only works mid screen
Safe Jump Against C. Viper, Adon, Cammy, Chun Li, Yun, Honda, Ibuki(exc. EX)
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dashf
step back
jfwd. hp
Miscellaneous Data
Dash Data
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Rufus’ walk speed is the same as Ryu’s.
Rufus fDash => 20 frames
Rufus bDash => 27 frames
Focus Attack Level 1 Adv. => -4 (always back dash or ex messiah)
Focus Attack Level 2 Adv. => +2
Move Explanation
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