"The answer lies in the heart of battle." Ryu Video Thread

new uploads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0QR_NcLagM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZXxKWuLGoA

Something I came across today while at work. Merry Christmas I guess…

Why does he mash jab full screen vs Abel?

I assume as a way to buffer some inputs and test what Abel will do from that distance.

Couple more games of Daigo playing Ryu in 1.04:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-2XX1fmv1Lk&feature=player_detailpage#t=1418 (at 23:38 if it doesn’t load there).

And here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=n-TfAXNky34&feature=player_detailpage#t=3311 (55:11 if it doesn’t load there).

Nice idea using cl.MP to challenge frame traps after blocking the step kicks, bit of a gamble when facing EX TT but you see what happens when it works at the end of the abel match there, CH you can land plenty of moves and it gives you plenty of time to react

ryu meaty enojy on fei long works on gouken dudley cody and abel

Wow. What was that that Poongko did at the end? Was it just EX QB, or something else, it appears he used two bars . . . I don’t know El Fuerte at all. And if it was just EX QB was Ryu’s Hadoken FADC done too close to El Fuerte in order to recover and block? Or was it just a good read on Poongko’s part?

EX QB punish. Most moves that go through fireballs punish without much effort…

I got hit by that move but some strong Elf players in Taito Station arcade. Managed to play against some of the legends.

Some guy had 27 wins in a row with Elf, it just showed me I didnt know the Elf match up at all. But I didnt do too bad against the pros.

Back to Ryu its sad there’s soo many moves that go through fireballs in SF4 you have Focus attacks, red focus, ultras, sliding normals and some EX moves.

They aren’t the zoning tool they once were.

Do you know why it used two bars? I kept re watching it to see if there was something I was missing but it looks like a basic EX move, except it uses two bars.

P1 is Ryu he FADCs the fireball P2 is Elf he uses 1 EX only for EX QB.

Jesus Christ! I was looking at the wrong side . . . thanks for pointing that out. Maybe now I can get a decent night’s sleep.



Here’s some of my matches.
EDIT: Second match stutters, using my third match instead.


Why is this matchup so hard :frowning:


I think I’ve got Fuerte tho