Super Street Fighter IV AE/Makoto

Makoto

Growing up respecting and loving her father's Rindoukan karate dojo, Makoto did everything she could to emulate her father. However, upon his passing, no one was left to continue the school (her brother had no interest in the school) and it eventually closed down. Figuring she was the only hope to rebuild the respected school, she literally used her own hands to bring the school back to life with her carpentry skills and has now entered the Street Fighting circuit to see if she can garner potential students after seeing her success in battles, thus continuing to spread her father's teachings.

In a nutshell

Makoto is a character who seems like she has the proper mix-ups built into her moves, but Makoto is not straight-forward at all. Learning to win with Makoto takes a ton of creativity and unpredictability, and although it appears her main goals are to land her Karakusa, oftentimes she has to make you respect all her other moves first before the Karakusa can even be a threat. Her awkward Dash and extremely slow walk speed can make for a very difficult character to learn, making it very hard to control your distances from the opponent. She's definitely a very awkward character to play, but when your mix-ups and mind games are working, she also can end up being one of the most fun and satisfying characters to play.

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Yamase

f + hp --- hp

First hit can whiff and still be chained

Target Combo 1

lk --- mk

First hit can whiff and still be chained

Target Combo 2

f + mk --- hk

First hit can whiff and still be chained

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Head Butt

f or n + lp + lk

throw

Triple Threat

b + lp + lk

throw

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Fukiage

dp + p

ex

Hayate

qcf + p

Hold p to delay attack and increase damage; Press k during delay to cancel; ex version cannot be delayed or canceled; ex

Oroshi

qcb + p

high ex armorbreak

Karakusa

hcb + k

ex version gains armor; throw ex

Tsurugi

(during vertical or forward jump) qcb + k

ex version hits high ; ex

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Tanden Renki

qcf qcf + p

Boosts strength temporarily

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Seichusan Godanzuki

qcf qcf + 3p

armorbreak

Abare Tosanami

qcf qcf + 3k

Hold different kick buttons before reaching wall to change attack angle

AE Changes

• Crouching Light Kick has more range.
• Standing Light Kick is Kara Cancelable during its start up animation. The Kara Karakusa is possible again.
• Crouching Hard Punch has slightly more active frames.
• F + Light Punch has a 3 frame startup (formerly 4 frames).
• EX Hayate now breaks armor and has a slightly faster start up.
• Opponent can no longer do a quick get up after a Hard Punch or EX Oroshi. It's more useful now in resets and wake up situations.
• Fukiage, when Makoto's arm is fully extended, the hittable box from her chest up has been almost completely removed. Downward attack box has been extended as well. It still can't hit grounded opponents, though. The start up for all versions has been improved so it's more useful.
• EX Tsurugi is now like Cammy's EX Cannon Strike, in that it can be done very low to the ground.
• Ultra 1 damage distribution has been changed.
• Ultra 2 has a faster startup time making it easier to counter Fireballs with.
• Makoto's stamina is now 1,000.
• Forward and back dash are faster. New FADC combos possible now because of faster dash.

Frame Data

	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes
Stand	HL	30	50	20	sp/su	4	4	5	+2	+5
Stand	HL	60	100	40	sp/su	5	7	7	+2	+5
Stand	HL	80	200	60	sp/su	6	3	24	-9	-5
Stand	HL	40	50	20	sp/su	5	3	8	0	+3
Stand	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	6	4	12	-2	+1
Stand	HL	100	250	60	su	8	8	12	-2	+2
+	HL	30	50	20	sp/su	3	4	7	0	+3
+	HL	90	100	40	su	7	6	8	0	+3
+	HL	90	200	60	-	13	8	18	-8	-4
+	HL	40	50	20	-	7	3	12	-4	-1
+	HL	90	100	40	-	15	3	16	-1	+2
+	L	110	200	60	-	19	3	23	-8	-
crouch	HL	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	4	6	+1	+4
crouch	HL	60	100	40	sp/su	7	6	9	-1	+2
crouch	L	90	100	60	-	7	3	24	-9	-
crouch	L	30	50	20	sp/su	4	4	7	0	+3
crouch	HL	70	100	40	-	7	6	8	0	+3
crouch	HL	90	100	60	-	9	4	17	-3	+1
Jump up	H	50	50	20	-	4	9	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	5	6	-	-	-
Jump up	H	100	250	60	-	8	2	-	-	-
Jump up	H	40	50	20	-	4	9	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	7	10	-	-	-
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	7	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	50	50	20	--	4	9	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	80	100	40	-	5	6	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	6	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	40	50	40	-	4	9	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	80	100	40	-	7	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	9	5	-	-	-
Yamase (+ > )	HL	50*80	50*100	20*20	-	7	3(3)5	18	-5	-1
>	HL	50	100	40	-	2	4	14	-4	-1
+ >	HL	100	200	60	-	8	7	14	-3	+1
Focus Attack LVL1	HL	60	100	20	-	21	2	35	-21	-21
Focus Attack LVL2	HL	80	150	40	-	17+12	2	35	-15	-
Focus Attack LVL3	-	140	200	60	-	64	2	35	-	-
Forward Throw	0.90	100	200	40	-	3	2	20	-	+1
Back Throw	0.90	130	120	40	-	3	2	20	-	-
Fukiage	HL	100	160	30/40	su	8	8	31	-	-
Fukiage	HL	100	160	30/40	su	10	8	32	-	-
Fukiage	HL	100	160	30/40	su	13	8	32	-	-
Fukiage	HL	140	200	-250/0	su	10	8	32	-	-
Hayate (Lv1)	HL	90	120	20/40	su	8	5	23	-8	0
Hayate (Lv2)	HL	105	135	20/40	su	4+8	5	23	-7	+1
Hayate (Lv3)	HL	120	150	20/40	su	24+8	5	23	-6	+2
Hayate (Lv4)	HL	135	165	20/40	su	44+8	5	23	-5	-
Hayate (Lv5)	HL	150	180	20/40	su	64+8	5	23	-4	-
Hayate (Lv1)	HL	100	120	20/40	su	15	5	21	-7	+1
Hayate (Lv2)	HL	115	135	20/40	su	4+15	5	21	-6	+2
Hayate (Lv3)	HL	130	150	20/40	su	24+15	5	21	-5	+3
Hayate (Lv4)	HL	145	165	20/40	su	44+15	5	21	-4	-
Hayate (Lv5)	HL	160	180	20/40	su	64+15	5	21	-3	-
Hayate (Lv1)	HL	110	120	20/40	su	20	5	19	-6	+2
Hayate (Lv2)	HL	125	135	20/40	su	4+20	5	19	-5	+3
Hayate (Lv3)	HL	140	150	20/40	su	24+20	5	19	-4	+4
Hayate (Lv4)	HL	155	165	20/40	su	44+20	5	19	-3	-
Hayate (Lv5)	HL	170	180	20/40	su	64+20	5	19	-2	-
Hayate	HL	120	150	-250/0	su	13	6	16	-4	-
Hayate Cancel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Oroshi	H	90	200	30/30	su	22	6	16	-4	+4
Oroshi	H	100	200	30/30	su	23	6	15	-5	+5
Oroshi	H	150	200	30/30	su	24	6	14	-5	-
Oroshi	H	120	200	-250/0	su	18	6	19	-4	-
Karakusa	???	40	80	20/40	-	???	2	47	-	+12
Karakusa	0.98	60	120	-250/0	-	5	2	47	-	+12
Tsurugi	HL	90	120	10/40	-	11	4	11	-	-
Tsurugi	HL	100	140	10/40	-	13	4	11	-	-
Tsurugi	HL	150	200	10/40	-	15	4	11	-	-
Tsurugi	H	60*100	100*120	-250/0	-	15	1*4	11	-	-
Super Combo	HL	-	-	-1000/0	-	1+0	720	11	-	-
Ultra Combo 1	HL	75*405	0	0/0	-	0+6	3	47	-29	-
Ultra Combo 2	HL	105*75*60*150[60*45*45*60]	0	0/0	???	???	???	26	-28	-
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes