Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike/Hugo/2021

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Introduction

Hugo (or Andore as he was called in his initial debut as an enemy in the beat-em-up series Final Fight) is an ex-member of the Mad Gear Gang. His old gang now fallen, Hugo is determined to become the number one wrestler in the world, with his former gang member and long-time friend Poison as his manager. Hugo was first introduced to the Street Fighter series in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact

Hugo is 3rd Strike's most straightforward grappler, moreso than Alex, and as such, requires exceptional patience to play. He can do an impressive amount of damage with only a few moves (theoretically capable of KOing Chun-Li with only 4 uses of his main command grab, the Moonsault Press), but his slow move speed and lack of ranged punish options makes getting his turn especially difficult. Hugo is also the largest character in 3rd Strike, meaning he has a big set of hurtboxes, and combined with his unsafe pokes makes him a sitting duck to a lot of hit-confirms.

Super Arts

SA1: Gigas Breaker

Gigas Breaker is great because it forces the opponent to play Hugo's game, lest they instantly lose half their health. Can be setup in a variety of ways including an SJ cancel A.K.A Tachi/standing gigas. It can also be buffered in a dash, but is mostly used in a situation where a parry or block can lead to fat ass damage. Drawbacks include a lack of combo-ability and loss of some EX potential. Hayao is arguably the best known SAI player, also notable is Eriho.

• Does incredible damage.
• Instant startup, beats many moves.
• Usually takes close to or an entire round to fill the meter
• If missed, Hugo is screwed.
• Create unique dynamics in matches.
• Free setups after, on opponent's wakeup.
• Always be buffering 360 motions into your normals, jumps and other moves. This allows you to execute a second 360 on reaction, and thus Gigas on demand, without jumping.

SA2: Megaton Press

Megaton Press isn't used much, but can be used a lot like Gief's Aerial Russian Slam. It has very low priority and is hard to land versus an aware opponent. It can be used to counter characters who want to be in the air a lot, like Oro and Ibuki and force them to play a ground game. It can also be used after an ultra throw, and in the corner after ultra throw and a clap. Does decent damage and allows for EX uses, most people pass it up to have either the power of Gigas or the flexibility of Hammer Mountain.

• Excellent damage if hit raw
• If missed, Hugo is screwed.
• Zero priority; loses to all jump-ins
• Particularly affected by damage scaling

SA3: Hammer Mountain

Hammer Mountain is Hugo's most flexible SA. It deals decent damage, can be used on wakeup or to charge through poke strings and as a whiff punisher. Deals excellent stun damage. Can be comboed from claps, c.lks, j.hk, bodysplash, c.lk and allows for EX usage. It is one of two ways Hugo can deal big damage with a combo (the other is claps into EX clothesline). The best known SAIII player is YSB. Hammer mountain is the best choice if you want to player more hit-confirm based play-style, as opposed to the reactive style of Gigas.

• Good damage output.
• Has running/cancel gimmick, which is useful for longer range confirms.
• Invincibility on startup, making it a true reversal.
• Lots of moves that confirm into it
• Tends to drop out if Hugo isn't right in the opponent's face.
• Easily baitable and death on block or whiff.
• Cheeky overhead

Strengths

Weaknesses

Highest unbuffed health in the game, and with taunts that can increase it further, which leads to a long match in which the opponent makes more mistakes Longest range light attacks in the game, and many pokes with very far reach. His pressure moves also reach fairly far Excellent damage output and can take the round off of 2 to 3 right guesses. Claps allow for tight and extremely versatile pressure and mix-ups, especially if it manages to knockdown. very threatening with super, sa1 allows for tight and scary punishes, while sa3 is easily confirmable, corner carries well and has great range.

A third of his normals are nearly useless, leaving him with a bit of a limited toolset. Slow pokes, making it difficult to whiff punish a lot of characters on reaction. No consistent anti-airs No true reversal outside of super, making it very hard for him to escape pressure if he starts a round on the back foot Huge, tall hurtbox allows for unique combos and setups against him, and make certain moves that are trivial against other characters incredibly threatening for him. Awful mobility, struggles to get in to start his pressure and his slow, floaty jump arc leaves him very vulnerable to anti airs. Some characters have all the tools to easily and safely stay away from him.

Character Colors

Hugo #3S_HU
Vitals
Life Points	1385
Stun Points	72
Super Art Stock/Size
SA1	1/128
SA2	2/112
SA3	2/88
Ground Movement
Forward Dash duration/distance	22 (80px)
Back Dash duration/distance	22 (69px)
Jumping
Back Jump duration	42(6+33+3)
Neutral Jump duration	44(6+35+3)
Forward Jump duration	43(6+34+3)
Back Super Jump duration	50(8+39+3)
Neutral Super Jump duration	49(8+38+3)
Forward Super Jump duration	50(8+39+3)
Wake up
Wake up duration	69
Quick rise duration	54

3S Frame Data Glossary
Active	How many frames a move remains active (can hurt opponents) for. Consecutive sets of active frames on a multi-hit move are separated by an asterisk (ex: 3*5). If there is a gap between sets of active frames, the gap is denoted by a number in parentheses (ex: 2(4)2)
Attack	Attack level is L for low attacks (must be blocked crouching), H is for High attacks (which can be blocked high or low) and M for overhead (must be blocked standing). T is for throw attacks (which cannot be blocked).
Cancel options	Available cancel options. "ch": Chain cancel (into itself or another light attack), refer to description for options. "self": Self-only chain cancel. Much more restrictive than a standard chain cancel. "tc": Target combo, refer to description for options. Successive attacks in a target combo may warrant their own move entry. "dash": Grounded dashes. "sj": Super jump. "sp": Special move. "su": Super Art.
Damage	Attack damage on hit in life points. Notation may denote multi-hit or "sweet spot" damage values on certain frames.
Hit/Block	These are frame advantage values when the attack hits or is blocked. If the number is positive, then the move will end before the defender can act again. If the number is negative, the defender will be able to act before the attacker and maybe even punish. D refers to knockdown on hit. "Cr. Hit" is an additional frame advantage value denoting if the advantage on hit changes when the defender is being hit while crouching.
Kara Range	Almost all normal attacks can be canceled into a special or a multi-button command within three frames of startup. During that time, some attacks will shift position forward or backward and affect the reach of the special or command accordingly. This is denoted in pixels of range. There are a handful of moves in the game that can be kara-canceled after this initial window and will be denoted as a late kara-cancel.
Link	A combo that is performed by inputting the second move after the first move has completely recovered (as opposed to cancelling the first move's animation). In 3S, the final frame of a move's hitstun allows a character to block a normal or special move, as well as some projectile supers. Therefore, an attack's frame advantage must be 2 frames greater than the followup move's startup in order to link. Ex: a +6 normal can link into a 4f normal/special, or a 5f super.
Parry	This field will show a value of A if the attack can be parried standing or crouching, H if it must be parried standing or L if it must be parried crouching.
Recovery	How many frames it takes for a move to finish after it's been active.
Startup	How many frames it takes before the move becomes 'active' or has a hitbox. 3S uses classic startup notation, which does not include the first active frame. A move with 3 startup becomes active on frame 4.
Stun	Amount of stun added to the opponent's stun bar on hit.
Throw range	Range in pixels from the center of the character to the center of the opponent which allows a grab to connect.

Frame Data

Standing Normals

5LP

Stand LP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	4	8	-1	-1
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
6	5	-	A	-1
Cancel options: self

5MP

Stand MP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
10	7	12	-	1
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
21	13	-	H	-5
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 12, Block: 8. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 3, Block: 0.

5HP

Stand HP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
16	7	15	-1	1
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
30	21	-	H	-3
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

5LK

Stand LK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	4	9	1	1
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
8	3	-	A	1
Cancel options: sp su

5MK

Stand MK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
9	6	23	1	3
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
19	13	-	H	-4
8 kara range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 13, Block: 7. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 3, Block: 0.

5HK

Stand HK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
21	8	28	-2	3
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
26	19	-	H	-18
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

Command Normals

6HP

Hammer Hook
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
14	4	33	4	4
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
28	21	-	H	-14
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

Crouching Normals

2LP

Crouch LP
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	3	8	-1	-1
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
5	3	-	A	-1
Cancel options: self sp su

2MP

Crouch MP
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
7	5	12	-1	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
16	3	-	A	-2
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 12, Block: 8. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 3, Block: 0.

2HP

Crouch HP
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
13	10	37	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
19	13	-	A	-29
6 kara range Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

2LK

Crouch LK
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
3	3	7	2	2
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
7	3	-	L	2
Cancel options: sp su

2MK

Crouch MK
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
8	5	17	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
17	3	-	L	-5
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 12, Block: 8. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 3, Block: 0.

2HK

Crouch HK
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
11	23	35	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
30	13	-	A	-43 ~ -18
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

Jumping Normals

j.LP

Jump LP
/+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	11	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
7	9	-	H	-

j.MP

Jump MP
/+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
7	8	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
17	13	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 12, Block: 8. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 3, Block: 0.

j.HP

Jump HP
/+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
12	5	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
26	17	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

j.LK

Jump LK
/+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	16	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
10	7	-	H	-

j.MK

Jump MK
/+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
6	7	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
17	11	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 12, Block: 8. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 3, Block: 0.

j.HK

Jump HK
/+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
12	7	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
23	15	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

2HP (air)

Body Press
+ (air)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
9	-	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
17	17	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.

Throws

LPLK (mash)

Neck Hanging Three
+ (mash)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
2	1	21	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
21	27	-	-	-
32 throw range If the opponent is in the corner, Hugo can combo s.LP or cr.MP, depending on the character.

4/6LPK

Body Slam
/++

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
2	1	21	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
28	12	-	-	-
32 throw range

Universal Overhead

MPMK

Knee Attack
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
15	10	5	0 ~ +8	1 ~ +9
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
7	3	-	H	-5 ~ +2

Taunts

HPHK

Intimidation
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
-	-	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
-	-	-	-	-
Unheld taunt - Increases damage for the next hit/combo (not throw) by 18.8% (maximum 1 taunt). Also increases defense for the rest of the round by 6.3% per taunt (maximum 4 taunts, 25% bonus) Held taunt - Increases damage for the next hit/combo/throw by 25%. One taunt is the maximum.

STHPHK

Intimidation + Poison Taunt
++(Start)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
-	-	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
-	-	-	-	-
If this taunt is used, no bonus effect is applied

Special Moves

623K

Shootdown Backbreaker
+

//

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	5	9	30	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	32	14	-	-	-
34 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	17	10	25	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	32	14	-	-	-
39 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	12	12	29	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	32	14	-	-	-
30 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.

4268P

Moonsault Press
+

//

LP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	2	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	42	18	-	-	-
44 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.
MP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	2	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	45	18	-	-	-
38 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.
HP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	2	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	49	18	-	-	-
32 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.

4268K

Meat Squasher
+

//

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	21 ~ 24	2	30	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	28	13	-	-	-
Very hard to connect, but if doing well, Hugo takes the opponent and puts them cornered in a side of the screen, and here's when Hugo can take advantage of the match. It doesn't do a lot of damage, but setups the opponent for you. Use the LK version inmediately after a Body Press or when enemy likes to crouch in the middle of the screen, after a succesful parry from an air attack, or during a parry on a ground attack. In those cases you can also do a Moonsault Press for the punish, but depend of your mixup game, the desicion is yours to decide which attack you want to do, corner the enemy or punish him with a Moonsault. During the frames Hugo is running towards in this move, he cannot be throwed by regular throws, but he can be throw during the startup before running. 32 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	31 ~ 52	2	33	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	28	13	-	-	-
32 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	44 ~ 67	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	28	13	-	-	-
32 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 31, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 8, Block: ---.

63214+P

Giant Palm Bomber
+

//

hitbox infographic

LP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	17	2	9	13	15
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	19	15	-	H	11
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 22, Block: 12. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.
MP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	19	2	7	18	20
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	22	17	-	H	16
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 22, Block: 12. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.
HP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	22	2	6	21	23
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	24	19	-	H	19
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 22, Block: 12. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.
EX	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	22	3	10	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	36	12	-	H	10
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: -40, Hit: -40, Block: -40. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 0, Block: 0.

236K

Monster Lariat
+

//

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	11	5	21 ~ 25	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	26	11	-	H	-8
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 12. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	15	5	23 ~ 27	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	28	13	-	H	-10
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 12. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	24	5	24 ~ 28	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	30	15	-	H	-11
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 12. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
EX	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	6	6	31 ~ 35	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	24	13	-	H	-22
Self meter gain: Whiff: -40, Hit: -40, Block: -40. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 0, Block: 0.

63214K

Ultra Throw
+

//

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	7	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	12	7	-	-	-
23 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 20, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: ---.
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	7	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	12	7	-	-	-
23 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 20, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: ---.
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	7	2	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	12	7	-	-	-
23 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 20, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: ---.

Super Arts

42684268P

Gigas Breaker
+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
1+0	2	36	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
102	18	-	-	-
55 throw range 1f of startup happens before the super flash, making it impossible to escape by jumping on reaction If final hit will inflict fatal damage and timer hits 00 near the peak of the final leap, game time-out will be disabled

236236K (SA2)

Megaton Press
+ (SA2)

//

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	3	12	30	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	75	27	-	-	-
51 throw range
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	5	16	34	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	75	27	-	-	-
51 throw range
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	6	20	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	75	27	-	-	-
51 throw range

236236P (SA3)

Hammer Frenzy
+ (SA3)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	18	47	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
64	24	-	A	-29