I seriously want to hear justin’s opinion on rufus, what other american sf player knows him best? and lol at all the haters saying rufus is easy mode… yeah oK…
rufus will be a threat in ssf4 he still got his ultra set-up, as long they didn’t his dive kick he’s fine
I agree with this. Nerfing Sagat and Ryu is actually the best buff a Rufus player could ask for. But honestly the deeper I got into Rufus the more I appreciate the challenge of these two matchups.
SS had to be nerfed.
If EX messiah indeed lost invulnerability frames, I’m wondering if I will still be able to sail through fireballs. For example, depending on how many frames are gone you might get clipped by the tail end of the fireball, hence removing this awesome part of Rufus’ game. That would actually really suck. I’d have preferred a simple damage reduction on the move (which is also rumored). We’ll see in a month!
I’m seriously adding this in.
Rufus and Viper are perfect imo. They don’t need any changes or alterations.
He needs a better way to deal with fireballs…seriously, I wont ask for better footsies because honestly, that would be way too broken for a rushdown character like him (and even Yun didnt have that) take a look at sagat matchup, he owns you in close range cuz his pokes are faster/better than yours, mid range stHK beats you, long range, tiger shots, fwd HK and kara TU/TK also beats you. He at least needs to deal with the proyectiles.
So his ex-messiah kick STILL builds meter. I wonder what the rationale for leaving that in was…
My money is on OVERSIGHT
My money is on all ex… hell, all SPECIAL moves building meter, and making Rufus an exception would be… I dunno, retarded?
Rufus does less damage in general in ssfIV, for example HP xx HP tornado does 220 damage in super
Ex snake and EX messiah damage are noticeable toned down.
As a rufus player myself, I agree with the nerfs. However ultras doing less damage across the board will hurt him more than other characters.
Rufus will still have a hard time getting in against shotos but sagat/ryu samage nerfs and dps being more weak are the best thing that could happen to him.
Well, he is easy mode tbh, but that isnt a bad thing by any means 
So Sharin is Rufus’ health still the same? Seeing that a lot of people were whining about his health being too much.
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Holy crap. At 2:58 they said j. roundhouse > EX Snake strike still does the same amount of damage…
I also caught when whoever (Marn?) said that. I’m not sure if it’s the truth though. Can anyone confirm? I also thought I heard someone say they couldn’t fix it.
Edit: It looks like it was toned down a bit actually after seeing it in the 1 UP stream.
This thread should be changed to “Rufus changes you didnt get!” Dude is the same as vanilla it seems :lol:
Does ultra 2 go through projectiles?
IMO it’s pretty evident the character didn’t need much changing. Rather it’s better to just change the characters around him.
I say make only LP GT safe(on block). Not all of them.
i think Rufus is going to be top tier in SSF4. i don’t think they change the Ex snake damage that much if any nerf at all.
from all video that posted on youtube, there no evident to suggest that there any damage nerf to Ex snake.
Am no.
It will be probably the same.
When i’m thinking T.Hawk’s Condor Dive in block Rufus can punish it with c.HP.
Also because of the nature of T.Hawk’s moves to jump most of the times to get in or to perform a Condor Dive Rufus can hit him with Air strong kicks for an Ultra combo.
But most of Rufus gameplay tactics against Zangief will be similar to T.Hawk’s.
So the part to avoid T.Hawk and Zangief will be probalby the same.
I was wondering if anyone has seen the video that Rufus uses EX Snake strike after Air double strong kicks?
Have you see any damage change?Because if it has it’s pretty much the same.
The nerf is very small.So i guess Rufus doesn’t get to much nerf after all.
From the ArcadiaGamers podcast:
Was Rufus even high tier before…?
Yes he was.
He had tough matches against zoners with good reversals (Sagat, Ryu), but he RAPED against a lot of mid and pretty much all of low tier.
I would say mid-high, when you play against not-that-good opponents. I can at leats see Sagat, Ryu, Gouki, Gief, Boxer and probably Viper and dic above him Mago used to rank him…C tier(and the funny part in the statement was that the guy said “he’s still high tier” although he probably played 15 minutes with Rufus and obviously couldn’t estimate all the 34 match ups in the game.)
Anyway, he’s fun to play and was a little bit overpowered. Hope the nerfs aren’t too huge, though.