Edmonton, England? Haha cool
Playing around with numbers. If you’ve seen this thread in the main section, I submitted a bunch of info, but I have a lot of random numbers after testing:
Most Damaging under certain criteria (exact number of bars used)
Corner combos used, and character specific combos used.
No lv3 Focus attack as a starter.
0 bars, no ultra: 346 - Falcon Kick, st.HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, LP Galactic Tornado
0 bars, w/ ultra: 623 - Falcon Kick, st.HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, Space Opera Symphony
1 bar, no ultra: 370 - (air-to-air) j.HK, EX Snake Strike /or/ Anti-air far st.HK, EX Snake Strike
1 bar, w/ ultra:
720 - (air-to-air) j.HK, EX Snake Strike, Space Opera Symphony
/or/
720 - Anti-air far st.HK, EX Snake Strike, Space Opera Symphony
2 bar, no ultra: 256 - far st.HK, LK Messiah Kick (+) LK Followup, FADC, MP Snake Strike
2 bar, w/ ultra: 545 - far st.HK, LK Messiah Kick (+) LK Followup, FADC, Space Opera Symphony
3 bar, no ultra: 378 - Falcon Kick, cr.MP, EX Messiah Kick (+) LK followup, FADC, MP Snake Strike
3 bar, w/ ultra: 574 - EX Messiah Kick (+) LK Followup, FADC, Space Opera Symphony
4 bars, no ultra: 549 - Falcon Kick, st.HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, Spectacle Romance
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0 bar combos
346 - Falcon Kick, HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, LP Galactic Tornado (most dmg for no bars w/o ultra)
336 - Falcon Kick, LK <link> HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, LP Galactic Tornado
623 - Falcon Kick, HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, Space Opera Symphony (most dmg for no bars w/ ultra)
570 - Falcon Kick, LK <link> HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, Space Opera Symphony
HP xx Tornado > Linked LK, HP xx Tornado? Still no good. 
318 - Falcon Kick, HP xx HP Tornado
312 - Falcon Kick, LK <link> HP xx HP Tornado
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1 bar combos
370 - (air-to-air) j.HK, EX Snake Strike or Far HK, EX Snake Strike (most dmg for one bar)
364 - (air-to-air) j.HK, j.HK, EX Snake Strike (lol?)
also
720 - (air-to-air) j.HK, EX Snake Strike, Space Opera Symphony (most dmg for one bar, w/ ultra)
720 - Anti-air far st.HK, EX Snake Strike, Space Opera Symphony (most dmg for one bar, w/ ultra)
370 - Anti-air far st.HK, EX Snake Strike (most dmg for one bar)
other interesting things concerning double j.HK
140 - j.HK (1 hit) to j.HK (2 hits) (this one can go into Snake Strike)
130 - j.HK (2 hits) to j.HK (1 hit) (cannot followup?)
more double j.HK failure
720 - (air-to-air) j.HK, EX Snake Strike, Space Opera Symphony (most dmg for one bar, w/ ultra)
667 - (air-to-air) j.HK, j.HK, EX Snake Strike, Space Opera Symphony
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2 bar combos
Weird combo lol
234 - far st.HK, LK Messiah Kick (+) LK Followup
*Messiah Kick won’t hit if in a corner, but LK followup only hits in corner. Too situational. But may be useful?
*
can FADC to other attacks, not worth it though lol
256 - far st.HK, LK Messiah Kick (+) LK Followup, FADC, MP Snake Strike (most dmg for 2 bar use w/o ultra)
545 - far st.HK, LK Messiah Kick (+) LK Followup, FADC, Space Opera Symphony (most dmg for 2 bar use w/ ultra)
524 - LK/HK Messiah Kick (+) LK Followup, FADC, Space Opera Symphony
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3 bar combos
574 - EX Messiah (+) LK, FADC, Space Opera Symphony (most dmg for 3 bars w/ Ultra)
569 - Divekick, cr. MP xx EX Messiah Kick (+) LK followup, FADC, Space Opera Symphony
565 - cr. MP xx EX Messiah (+) LK, FADC, Space Opera Symphony
378 - Falcon Kick, cr.MP xx EX Messiah Kick (+) LK followup, FADC, MP Snake Strike (most dmg for 3 bars w/o Ultra)
Which attack to use before EX Messiah?
254 - st. HP xx EX Messiah (+) LK followup
254 - cr. MP xx EX Messiah (+) LK followup
244 - cr. MK xx EX Messiah (+) LK followup
224 - cr. LP xx EX Messiah (+) LK followup
214 - cr. LK xx EX Messiah (+) LK followup
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4 bar combos (if you even wanna bother lol)
Double j.HK failing again…
420 - j.HK, Spectacle Romance
404 - j.HK, j.HK, Spectacle Romance
Other combos into Spectacle Romance
549 - Falcon Kick, st.HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, Spectacle Romance (most dmg for 4 bars w/o ultra)
454 - far st.HK, Fragrance Palm, Spectacle Romance
453 - Falcon Kick, st.HP xx HP Galactic Tornado xx Spectacle Romance
430 - Fragrance Palm, Spectacle Romance
423 - Falcon Kick, Target Combo, Spectacle Romance
420 - far st.HK, Spectacle Romance
405 - Falcon Kick, LK <link> LK>HK, Spectacle Romance
I dunno, makes me think, I don’t think links are rewarding enough if you use them in any combo string at all? Also, lol j.HK x2 ftl. 
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For j.HK J.HK Ex Snake Strike, are all the hits of EX Snakestrike connecting?
If so I guess those 2 extra hits make it do a little less damage, like Fuerte’s infinite. Kinda
Yar, every lovely little glowy punch and kick of EX Snake Strike or it’s no go. I also made sure every hit of SOS connects too. Such a pain in the butt. It’s like Hard Trials 2.0, but with extremely specific goals, lol.
The only thing I find weird is that only certain combos will net me all three hits of MP Snake Strike? Is it a timing thing? A lot of the times I get 2 (for the most damaging ones), but I get 3 if I switch it up (but it ends up being a weaker overall combo).
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Played around with the level 3 FA. It’s really good when you do some basic combos, but the more complex your combo is, it really dumbs down the damage.
0/0
417 - lv3 FA, Falcon Kick, st.HP, HP Galactic Tornado, LP Galactic Tornado
409 - lv3 FA, Falcon Kick, st.LK <link> st.HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, LP Galactic Tornado
346 - Falcon Kick, HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, LP Galactic Tornado
336 - Falcon Kick, st.LK <link> st.HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, LP Galactic Tornado
376 - lv3 FA, st.HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, LP Galactic Tornado
370 - lv3 FA, st.LK <link> st.HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, LP Galactic Tornado
292 - st.HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, LP Galactic Tornado
286 - st.LK <link> st.HP xx Galactic Tornado, LP Galactic Tornado
0/U
623 - Falcon Kick, st.HP, HP Galactic Tornado, Space Opera Symphony
604 - lv3 FA, st. HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, Space Opera Symphony
599 - lv3 FA, Falcon Kick, st.HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, Space Opera Symphony
570 - Falcon Kick, st.LK <link> st.HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, Space Opera Symphony
560 - lv3 FA, dashback, far st. HK, Fragrance Palm, Space Opera Symhpony
551 - lv3 FA, Falcon Kick, st.LK <link> st.HP xx HP Galactic Tornado, Space Opera Symphony
1/X
Can’t combo into any of the listed combos from lv3 FA (anti air/air-to-air combos)
2/X
Also cannot combo lv3 FA into far st.HK, except in corner, where LK Messiah Kick whiffs.
3/0
442 - lv3 FA, Falcon Kick, cr.MP xx EX Messiah Kick (+) LK followup, FADC, MP Snake Strike
392 - lv3 FA, EX Messiah Kick (+) LK followup, FADC, MP Snake Strike
378 - Falcon Kick, cr.MP xx EX Messiah Kick (+) LK followup, FADC, MP Snake Strike
274 - EX Messiah Kick (+) LK followup, FADC, MP Snake Strike
3/U
578 - lv3 FA, EX Messiah Kick (+) LK Followup, FADC, Space Opera Symphony
574 - EX Messiah Kick (+) LK Followup, FADC, Space Opera Symphony
569 - Divekick, cr. MP xx EX Messiah Kick (+) LK followup, FADC, Space Opera Symphony
565 - cr. MP, EX Messiah (+) LK, FADC, Space Opera Symphony
553 - lv3 FA, cr. MP xx EX Messiah Kick (+) LK followup, FADC, Space Opera Symphony
544 - lv3 FA, Divekick, cr. MP xx EX Messiah Kick (+) LK followup, FADC, Space Opera Symphony
4/0
563 - lv3 FA, Falcon Kick, st.HP, HP Galactic Tornado, Spectacle Romance
549 - Falcon Kick, st.HP, HP Galactic Tornado, Spectacle Romance
500 - lv3 FA, dashback, far st.HK, Fragrance Palm, Spectacle Romance
454 - far st.HK, Fragrance Palm, Spectacle Romance
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j.hp does 10 more than a falcon kick.
Sorry for asking this, I know its been answered but I’m feeling lazy and don’t feel like searching…
what is the fireball absorption on Tornado, I’ve had some absorb the fireball, blow right threw for a hit while others I just take the hit. I can’t figure out when and why it will absorb.
So far as I know, it absorbs sonic booms, kikokens, hadokens, air hadokens and low tiger shots. It gets beat by high tigers and ex moves. I went through an Akuma red fierball yesterday, which was probably the jab version.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong.
it only absorbs while you are spinning. not at the start or end of the tornado. and only absorbs 1 hit.
That helps, thanks. I also wonder if the lag online short hands you sometimes…
WTF, no effin way, I didn’t think it went through red fireballs. I thought it absorbed the first hit like it does an EX ball, and then you got hit… Also, it will only go through air fireballs if it is under your head/shoulders. It won’t aborb one that comes from the top down on your head while tornadoing. Can someone confirm that it doesn’t eat high tiger shots? I thought it did, but I usually duck under those, so I’m not sure.
I want to add that I HAVE had a single HP Tornado absorb a fireball that hit me as soon as the spinning motion started, and then as I spin towards the shoto, have it absorb the second one they decided to spam immediately after, right before I smack them in the face with my fat hands.
HP Tornado can go through two hits. I covered this earlier, and it’s in the first post of this thread under the EX Galactic Tornado section (the part I contributed). 
The only thing HP Galactic Tornado won’t go through is EX High Tiger shot, at all.
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Ahhhh, I see now. (Had been a while since I checked first post!)
It took me a while to realize that the 2nd absorption MUST occur during the end of the tornado where he is sticking his palm out. Even against Akuma in training mode, when I knew he was going to throw a double red fireball, it was very hard to time properly. You’d have to be pretty damn slick to pull that off consistently in a real match expecially against quick EX balls. Seems like on top of perfect timing, you’d also have to be the very perfect distance away or they’d easily nail you before you were done spinning… Good to know though.
Apology accepted, jcer.
lol j/k
I think more than anything, this just means that if you’re fighting Akuma tornadoing through fireballs, you have an outside chance of nailing him through a red one.
I’ve had a non-ex HP tornado absorb a EX ryu fireball once. I don’t know the timing, just happened. I can usually get it to absorb one pretty easily.
yeah I absorbed an akuma red fireball with an HP tornado last night and I was like woah; dunno if it was some wacky lag or what
btw the nullification properties of the tornadoes are listed in the first post
So yesterday, after about 20 matches of winning in a row with Rufus against my brother (who isn’t very good, but oh well), I decide to used one hand (on a Dualshock 3, lol) and actually stuffed my right hand behind my back. I won a bunch of times lol.
Here’s a stupid mini-guide to playing Rufus with one hand on a pad (for the lolz, if you wanna show off to some local scrub how awesome you are with Rufus XD).
Buttons needed: D-pad/Analog stick of choice, L1(PPP) and L2(KKK)
Moveset:
HP/EX Galactic Tornado - d,df,f L1
HK/EX Messiah Kick (+) HK Followup (lol…) - d,df,f L2, L2
HP/EX Snake Strike - f,d,df L1
Spectacle Romance - d,df,f,d,df,f L1
Focus Attack Cancel - L1/L2 in the middle of an attack
Fragrance Palm - f L1
Glory Kick - df L2
Vulture Kick - f L2
Falcon Kick - df L2 while in air
Basic Combos still available:
Divekick, st.HP xx HP Tornado, (Space Opera Symphony)
j.HK, EX Snake Strike, (Space Opera Symhpony)
st.HP/cr.MP/cr.LP./cr.LK xx EX Messiah Kick (+) HK followup
j.HK, Space Opera Symphony
j.HK, Spectacle Romance
I should go build myself a 2 button stick.
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Since when can you FC a Falcon Kick lol or Glory Kick in the middle of the attack?
edit:
^^^ Ohhh my bad read it wrong just clocked it was for the PSN.
You can FC out of HP/HK, EX Tornado…
Anyhoo, strangely related…
Anyone have a match with someone who Focus Attacks a lot?
I just did, but I managed to armor break him nearly every single time with lots of LP Tornados, Predicted HK Messiah > LK Followup. (trying to FA my jump-ins?)
Also, anyone catch Jwong’s [divekick, cr. LP x4 xx EX Tornado] in round 2 vs Mike Ross? That was some pretty wild shit right there.
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Any Dictator strats?