Street Fighter IV/Sakura

Introduction

Notation

• F - Forward - Tilt stick forward/towards the opponent. (X-axis)
• B - Backward/Back - Tilt stick backward/away from the opponent. (X-axis)
• U - Up - Tilt stick upwards. (Y-axis)
• D - Down - Tilt stick downwards. (Y-axis)
• QCF - D, DF, F - Quarter circle forward/Hadouken/Fireball - Tilt stick downwards, then to downwards and forward, then forward.
• QCB - D, DB, B - Quarter circle backward - Tilt stick downwards, then to downwards and backward, then backward.
• HCF - Half circle forward - Tilt stick backwards, then to downwards and backward, then to downward, then to downwards and forward, then forward.
• HCB - Half circle backward - Tilt stick forwards, then to downwards and forward, then to downward, then to downwards and backward, then backward.
• DP - F, D, DF - Dragon punch - Tilt stick forwards, then to downward, then to downward and forward. In SFIV, there is a "shortcut" for this motion: DF, neutral, DF.
• 360 - Full circle - Complete a full rotation of the stick.
• 720 - Complete a 720 degree rotation of the stick.
• Charge - Hold a tilt - Hold the stick in either B or D (Depending) then move to F or U respectively.

X-axis functions can be used interchangeably with Y-axis functions and vice versa. X-axis functions cannot be used in conjunction with another X-axis function and vice versa.

Six Button Notation

• Jab - weak punch (also called LP or WP)
• Strong - medium punch (also called MP)
• Fierce - fierce punch (also called HP or FP)
• P - any punch
• PPP or 3P - all three punches simultaneously

• Short - weak kick (also called LK or WK)
• Forward - medium kick (also called MK)
• Roundhouse (RH) - fierce kick (also called HK)
• K = any kick
• KKK or 3K - all three kicks simultaneously

Connectors

• ~ Immediately after, e.g "Strong~Fierce" means press Fierce IMMEDIATELY after Strong, f~f means to double tap forward (dash).
• , Link
• xx Cancel

State Modifiers

• st. - The following move should be performed in the standing position (neutral in the Y-axis). i.e. st.Fierce, perform a Fierce whilst standing.
• cr. - The following move should be performed in the crouched position (held down in the Y-axis). i.e. cr.Fierce, perform a Fierce whilst crouching.
• j. - The following move should be performed in the "in the air" position (After having held up in the Y-axis). i.e. j.Fierce, perform a Fierce whilst in the air.

Miscellaneous Notation

• Claw = American Vega = Japanese Balrog
• Boxer = American Balrog = Japanese Bison
• Dictator (Dic) = American Bison = Japanese Vega

Not everyone plays on the American version, and some character names are different in the Japanese version, so to avoid confusion, we should not use the names Vega, Bison, or Balrog.

Move Analysis

Combos

Notation:

• xx = Cancel
• , = Link
• s. = Standing
• cr. = Crouching
• FAx1 = Focus Attack level 1 (tap MP + MK)
• If a normal move is not designated s. or cr. it can be either
• If a special move’s strength is not designated any can be used
• Green = Requires 1 EX Bar
• Blue = Super Combo; Requires Full EX Gauge
• Red = Ultra Combo; Calculated Damage was with full revenge Gauge

(The number preceding the combo notation is the damage it inflicts)

Poke Strings

70 cr.LP xx cr.LP xx cr.LP, cr.LK
77 cr.LP xx cr. LP xx cr.LP, s.LK
88 cr.LK, cr.LP, cr.MK
91 s.LP xx s.LP xx s.LP, s.LK
92 cr.LK, cr.LP, cr.MP
98 cr.LP xx cr.LP xx cr.LP, cr.MK
100 s.LK, s.LK, s.LK, s.LK
102 cr.LP xx cr.LP xx cr.LP, cr.MP
110 s.LP xx s.LP, s.MP
117 s.LK, s.LK, s.LP, cr.MK
121 s.LK, s.LK, s.LP, cr.MP
123 s.LP xx s.LP xx s.LP, s.MP
128 s.LK, s.LK, s.LP, s.MP

Combos

(can be preceded with jump-in, cross-up, or FA/SA of choice)

120 L Shouoken, M Shouken
125 MP xx Hadoken
138 s.LP, cr.MP xx Hadoken
144 s.LP xx s.LP, cr.MP xx Hadoken
148 s.HP xx FAx1
160 s.HP xx Hadoken
165 MP xx EX Hadoken
166 MP xx Hadoken xx FAx1
168 s.HK xx FAx1
170 s.LP, cr. MP xx EX Hadoken
172 s.LP xx s.LP, cr.MP xx EX Hadoken
173 s.LP, s.HP xx Hadoken
174 s.LP, cr.MP xx Hadoken xx FAx1
174 s.LP xx s.LP, cr.MP xx Hadoken xx FAx1 (not a typo)
200 s.HP xx EX Hadoken
202 s.HP xx Hadoken xx FAx1
205 s.LP, cr.HP xx EX Hadoken
209 s.LP, s.HP xx Hadoken xx FAx1
220 MP xx H Shouoken
255 HP xx H Shouoken
265 MP xx EX Shouken
281 cr.MK xx EX Shunpu, Sakura Otoshi x 3
300 HP xx EX Shouoken
321 HP xx EX Shunpu, Sakura Otoshi x 3
351 s.HP xx L Shunpu, cr.HP xx H Shouoken
357 cr.MK xx L Shunpu, cr.HP xx EX Shunpu, Otoshi x 3
380 Haru Ichiban
384 s.HP xx L Shunpu, cr.HP xx EX Shouoken
397 s.HP xx L Shunpu, cr.HP xx EX Shunpu, Otoshi x 3
402 s.HP xx L Shunpu, cr.HP xx L Shunpu xx s.LK xx EX Shunpu, Otoshix3
435 Haru Ranman
480 s.HP xx Haru Ichiban
481 s.HP xx L Shunpu, cr.HP xx L Shunpu, s.LK xx EX Shunpu, Dash, Haru Ranman
500 s.HK xx Haru Ichiban
502 HP xx EX Shunpu, Dash, Haru Ranman
511 s.HP xx H Shouken xx Haru Ichiban
524 s.HP xx L Shunpu, cr.HP xx EX Shunpu, Dash, Haru Ranman

Frame Data

							Frames	Frames	Frames of	Frames of	Super Meter	Cancel	Ability
Move Name	Damage	Stun	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	On Block	On Hit	Block Stun	Hit Stun	Gain	Chain	Special	Super	Notes
Close LP	25	50	3	2	5	9	+4	+7	10	13	20	O	O	O	-
Close MP	65	100	4	2	12	17	0	+3	13	16	40	X	O	O	-
Close HP	100[80]	120[100]	3	4	20	26	-6	-1	17	22	60	X	O	O	Forces Stand
Close LK	25	50	3	2	8	12	+1	+4	10	13	20	O	O	O	-
Close MK	60	100	4	3	15	21	-4	-1	13	16	40	X	O	O	-
Close HK	120[100]	200	6	3	21	29	-6	-1	17	22	60	X	X	O	Forces Stand
Far LP	25	50	3	2	5	9	+4	+7	10	13	20	O	O	O	-
Far MP	75	100	7	3	12	21	-1	+2	13	16	40	X	X	O	-
Far HP	110	200	8	3	18	28	-2	+2	18	22	60	X	X	X	-
Far LK	30	50	3	2	8	12	+1	+4	10	13	20	O	O	O	-
Far MK	75	100	9	2	12	22	0	+3	13	16	40	X	X	X	-
Far HK	110	200	10	3	16	28	-1	+3	17	21	60	X	X	X	-
c.LP	20	50	3	2	6	10	+3	+6	10	13	20	O	O	O	-
crouch MP	65	80	5	3	11	18	0	+3	13	16	40	X	O	O	-
crouch HP	100[80]	120[100]	4	4	24	31	-10	-5	17	22	60	X	O	O	Forces Stand
crouch LK	20	50	3	3	8	13	0	+3	10	13	20	O	O	O	Low Attack
crouch MK	60	100	5	4	13	21	-3	0	13	16	40	X	O	O	Low Attack
crouch HK	90	150	7	3	22	31	-7	D	17	-	60	X	X	X	Low Attack, Cannot tech
Jump up LP	50	50	3	7	-	-	-	-		-	20	-	-	-	-
Jump up MP	80	100	4	6	-	-	-	-		-	40	-	-	-	-
Jump up HP	100	200	5	5	-	-	-	-		-	60	-	-	-	-
Jump up LK	30	50	4	5	-	-	-	-		-	20	-	-	-	-
Jump up MK	70	100	6	8	-	-	-	-		-	40	-	-	-	-
Jump up HK	100	200	8	6	-	-	-	-		-	60	-	-	-	-
Jump forward LP	50	50	4	7	-	-	-	-		-	20	-	-	-	-
Jump forward MP	80	100	4	5	-	-	-	-		-	40	-	-	-	-
Jump forward HP	100	200	5	5	-	-	-	-		-	60	-	-	-	-
Jump forward LK	30	50	4	5	-	-	-	-			20	-	-	-	-
Jump forward MK	70	100	5	4	-	-	-	-		-	40	-	-	-	-
Jump forward HK	100	200	6	5	-	-	-	-		-	60	-	-	-	-
Flower Kick	80	100	16	2	15	32	-3	+2	13	18	40	X	X	X	Mid attack
Focus Attack LVL 1	60	100	21	2	35	57	-21	-21	15	15	20	-	-	-	-
Focus attack LVL 2	80	150	18+11	2	35	65	-15	D	21	-	40	-	-	-	-
Focus attack LVL 3	130	200	65	2	35	101	D	D	-	-	60	-	-	-	-
Forward Throw	120	120	3	2	20	24	-	D	-	-	40	-	-	-	Throw range 0.8
Back throw	135	140	3	2	20	24	-	D	-	-	40	-	-	-	Throw range 0.8
Hadoken	60	75	15	71	49	49	-8	-4			10/20	X	X	O	-
Hadoken (Hold)	80	100	13+13	71	62	62	-8	-4			10/20	X	X	O	-
Hadoken (MAX)	120	150	38	44	74	74	-8	-4			10/20	X	X	O	-
Hadoken EX	40*60	50*50	15	-	49	49	-5	D			0/0	X	X	O	Pursuit property
Hadoken EX (MAX)	60*80	75*75	38	-	74	74	-5	D			0/0	X	X	O	Pursuit property
Shooken LP	90*15	50*50	6	6	??	40	-12	D			30/10*10	X	X	O	1st hit cancellable
Shooken MP	90*15x3	50*35x3	7	14	??	53	-20	D			30/10x4	X	X	O	Pursuit property, 1st~3rd hit cancellable
Shooken HP	80*15x5	50*30x5	12	20	??	62	-20	D			30/10x6	X	X	O	Pursuit property, 1st~3rd hit cancellable
Shooken EX	55*15+55*15x5	50*30*50*30x5	12	6*19	??	87	-20	D			0/0	X	X	O	1~13f invincible, 1*3~5 hit cancellable
Shunpukyaku LK	60	100	16	6	??	36	0	+4			20/15	X	X	X	10~21f (translate), Armor break
Shunpukyaku MK	60*60	50*50	17	3*6	??	51	-3	+1			20/20*20	X	X	X	11~33f (translate), Armor break
Shunpukyaku HK	60x3	50x3	12	3*3*2	??	53	-2	+2			20/15x3	X	X	X	7~32f (translate), Pursuit property, Armor break
Shunpukyaku EX	30x3*35	50x4	12	3*3*2*3	??	61	+4	D			0/0	X	X	O	7~32f (translate), 4th hit (translate), Pursuit property, Armor break, 4th hit cancellable
Shunpukyaku (air)	50	50	8	33	-	-	-	D			10/40	-	-	-	-
Shunpukyaku EX (air)	80xn	50xn	8	3	-	-	-	D			0/0	-	-	-	-
Sakura Otoshi (in air)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			20	-	-	-	(translate)
Sakura Otoshi	60*60*48	100*100*80	4	3	-	-	-	D			20/15x3	-	-	-	Pursuit property, 3rd hit cannot fast recover
EX Sakura Otoshi (in air)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			0/0	-	-	-	Flies toward opponent
EX Sakura Otoshi	60*60*48	100*100*80	4	3	-	-	-	D			0/0	-	-	-	Pursuit property, 3rd hit cannot fast recover
Haru Ichiban	50x6*80	-	7	2x6*4	??	83	-7	D			0/0	-	-	-	1~13f invincible, 1~6 hit Low attack
Haru Ranmaru	75x4*135	-	11	2x3	??	80	-28	D			0/0	-	-	-	1~11f invincible, Armor break 1~2 hit Low attack
							Frames	Frames	Frames of	Frames of	Super Meter	Cancel	Ability
Move Name	Damage	Stun	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	On Block	On Hit	Block Stun	Hit Stun	Gain	Chain	Special	Super	Notes

The 1 frame discrepancy you see between Startup+Active+Recovery and Total is because when it says a move has 4 frames startup, it really has 3 frames startup and hits on frame 4. It was written this way so you don't have to do any math to figure out what frame a move first hits on.

Street Fighter IV