You have to play him like a dishonest fraud now
get in there and medium punch people
works 60% of the time every time
also do sweep v trigger shoryuken xx ca
ez pz ultra diamond
I think every Ryu has went through this, I battled continually with it for the first 4-5 months, try to zone only get blown up by ham shit or go ham like everybody else - do better.
My theory/experience so far is that playing Ryu is a case by case, character by character type style. Some you can zone, some your wasting your time trying to zone. Some you can partially zoneā¦until meter is introduced.
The best Iāve played style wise ( and how I think heās played) is that you sort of play this weird āpauseā type game , with large portions of nothing but waiting on your opponent doing something then reacting to that - not even fireballs because most characters are just trying to either expose your lack of mid ranged buttons or expose your fireball. So you sort of become like this reactionary type zoner instead of a pro active type zoner thatās controlling ( thinking about Nash or Guile).
Iām not sure if Iām getting my point across there but his style is like a mash between turtle and counter attack.
I play Ryu on a occasion when I need a break from Alex. My reactions are trash so I canāt see myself playing Ryu that way. I find it difficult to be very proactive with how short his buttons are. My ranges are always off with him and it fucks me up. Iām seriously lost when it comes to Ryu.