Super Street Fighter IV AE/Gouken

Gouken

Being one of Goutetsu's two students, alongside his brother Gouki, Gouken realized the dangerous nature of the art of Ansatsuken (the Assassin's Fist) and was determined to pass its teachings along... but only after removing its "killing intent" called Satsui no Hado. However, Gouki, now known as Akuma, became consumed by the Satsui no Hado and challenged Gouken to a death match, during which he killed Gouken. However, Gouken had mastered a secret technique that allowed him to separate his soul from his body, so while Akuma managed to destroy Gouken's body, his spirit remained. After the spirit had rebuilt Gouken's body, Gouken returned to not only face Akuma once again, but to ensure that his students, Ryu and Ken, continue to avoid the Satsui no Hado.

In a nutshell

Gouken is a tricky character. His gameplan is never obvious and, while he has a huge set of different tools at his disposal, knowing what to do with them can be extremely tricky. Using Gouken really requires a high level of adapting to your opponent and countering what it is they want to do. Gouken's damage output is extremely high, and some combos in the corner can easily lead to resets and dizzies, which pretty much spells the end for your opponent that Round.

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Sakotsukudaki

f + mp

high

Tenmakujinkyaku

(at top of jump arc) d + mk

high

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Raikotokyaku

f or n + lp + lk

throw

Amaoroshi

b + lp + lk

throw

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Gohadoken

qcf + p

Hold p to charge; ex

Senkugoshoha

dp + p

ex armorbreak

Tatsumaki Gorasen

qcb + k

ex armorbreak

Airborne Tatsumaki Gorasen

(in air) qcb + k

ex version can be controlled with b or f ; ex

Hyakkishu

dp + k

   Hyakki Gozan

No input after performing Hyakkishu

low

   Hyakki Goheki

p

Perform after Hyakkishu

   Hyakki Gojin

k

Perform after Hyakkishu

   Hyakki Gosai

lp + lk

Perform after Hyakkishu; throw

Kongoshin

rdp + p

Counters only against certain attacks; LP counters low, MP for mids, HP for Upper body attacks; ex version counters any height; Counter attack is unblockable; ex armorbreak

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Forbidden Shoryuken

qcf qcf + p

armorbreak

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Shin Shoryuken

qcf qcf + 3p

armorbreak

Denjin Hadoken

qcf qcf + 3k

Hold 3k to charge up to 5 levels; Causes stun damage even on block

AE Changes

• Close Standing Medium Punch and Close Standing Hard Kick have more frame advantage.
• Close Standing Medium Kick has 3 frame start up start-up, so it'll be easier to compete against some of the other fighters.
• Neutral Jump Hard Punch and diagonal Jump Hard Kick have pursuit properties, and will slam opponents into the ground.
• Ranges on his normal moves haven't changed.
• Back grab has been changed to deal gray damage, so the combo damage from the grab has been decreased.
• In specials, Light Punch Running Palm (Senkugoshoha) has been drastically changed, so it will connect from weak attacks (Light Punch/Light Kick), and EX Hurricane Kick locks opponent, making it easier to combo and has armor break properties.
• Recovery of the Demon Flip Focus has been significantly decreased, making it easier to utilize.
• Kongo (Counter) is changed as well. To be precise, it can only be activated now by using Punch buttons and the strength of the Punch changes where it sets up a counter hit at. Light for low attacks, Medium for middle attacks, and Hard for upper body attacks.
• During backdash, Gouken is now considered airborne right after invincibility ends.

Frame Data

	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes
Close	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	2	9	0	+3
Close	HL	65	100	40	sp/su	5	2	11	+4	+7
Close	HL	100	200	60	sp/su	8	2	16	0	+4
Close	HL	35	50	20	-	5	2	9	0	+3
Close	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	3	2	13	-1	+2
Close	HL	40*70	125*75	60*20	su	4	2(4)3	15	0	+5	+4 Hit advantage on crouching opponents
Far	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	5	2	9	0	+3
Far	HL	80	100	40	su	5	2	11	+1	+4
Far	HL	120	200	60	-	8	3	15	0	+4
Far	HL	40	50	20	ch	6	2	9	0	+3
Far	HL	75	100	40	-	7	2	13	-1	+2
Far	HL	110	200	60	-	8	2	19	-3	0
crouch	HL	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	2	9	0	+3
crouch	L	70	100	40	sp/su	5	2	14	-2	+1
crouch	HL	80	200	60	sp/su	6	4	22	-8	-4
crouch	L	40	50	20	sp/su	5	4	9	-2	+1
crouch	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	4	3	16	-5	-2
crouch	L	100	100	60	-	6	3	18	-3	-	Untechable knockdown
Jump up	H	50	50	20	-	5	6	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of active frames
Jump up	H	85	100	40	-	5	4	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of active frames
Jump up	H	105	200	60	-	6	4	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of active frames
Jump up	H	40	50	20	-	6	7	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of active frames
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	6	3	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of active frames
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	7	3	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of active frames
Jump forward	H	50	50	20	-	5	5	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of active frames
Jump forward	H	50*30	50*50	40*20	-	4	2*2	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of active frames, 1st hit floats on air hit, 2nd hit knockdown on air hit , can juggle
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	5	3	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of active frames
Jump forward	H	40	50	20	-	7	8	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of startup frames
Jump forward	H	70	100	40	-	7	4	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of startup frames
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	8	3	-	-	-	Legs projectile invincible until end of active frames air to air forces slam effect, knockdown on air hit
+ Overhead	H	80	100	40	-	17	2	15	-3	+2	[Ground hit] Forces stand
Dive Kick	H	60	100	40	-	12	until ground	-	-	-
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	65	100	20	-	21	2	35	-21	-21	1~10f or Until after releasing button has armor, [air hit] knocks down, dash or backdash cancellable from 5~11f or on hit or block, charge time 17~49f, attack active 12f after button release
Focus attack LVL 2	HL	85	150	40	-	17+12	2	35	-15	-	1f~ button release armored, [Ground hit] crumples opponent, [air hit] floats opponent, dash or backdash cancellable from 5f~ or on hit or block, charge time 17~49f, attack active 12f after button release
Focus attack LVL 3	-	150	200	60	-	65	2	35	-	-	1~64 armored, armor break, [Ground hit] Crumples opponent, [air hit] floats opponent, dash and backdash cancellable 5~50f or on hit or block, charge 50f
Forward Throw	0.91	140	150	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Untechable knockdown
Back throw	0.90	1	0	40	-	5	2	24	-	-	Float for 21f, untechable knockdown, throw damage is recoverable
Gohadoken	HL	55	50	10/20	su	17[8]	-	41[32]	+2	+6	[Air hit] floats opponent, 20~21f [11~12f] focus cancellable, hold down the button to charge, [] refers to after button is released
Gohadoken charge	HL	55*55	50*50	10/10*10	su	68	-	93	+9	+13	[Air hit] floats opponent, 71-72f focus cancellable
Gohadoken	HL	60*60	80*80	-250/0	su	17[8]	-	55[46]	+4	-	[1st air hit] floats opponent, [2nd hit] floats opponent, 2nd fireball active on 33f [24f], 20-36f [11-27f] focus cancellable, hold down button to charge, [ ] refers to after button release
Gohadoken charge	HL	60x4	80x4	-250/0	su	68	-	107	+13	-	[1st, 2nd air hit] floats opponent, [3rd, 4th hit] floats opponent, 2nd fireball active on 86f, 71-89f focus cancellable
Rush Punch	HL	90	150	10/20	su	9	4	21	-4	-	knocks down, Armor Break
Rush Punch	HL	130	200	10/20	su	27[17]	4	23	-6	-	5~19f [5~9f] Invincible, knocks down, Armor Break, startup is distant dependent, [] refers to fastest startup
Rush Punch	HL	140	200	10/20	su	35[20]	4	23	-6	-	8~27f [8~12f] Invincible, knocksdown, Armor Break, startup is distant dependent, [] refers to fastest startup
Rush Punch	HL	90*60	100*50	-250/0	su	32[17]	4(11)4	22	-5	-	5~24f [5~9f] Invincible, [1st Grounded hit] forces stand, [air hit] knocks down, [2nd hit] floats opponent, Armor break, can juggle (pursuit property), startup is distant dependent, [] refers to fastest startup
Hurricane Kick	HL	60*20*40	100*25*25	10/20*10*10	su	7	2(8)2(10)2	41+26	-70	-	9f~ airborne, [1st hit] floats opponent, [2nd, 3rd hit] knocks down, can juggle (pursuit property)
Hurricane Kick	HL	65*20x2*50	100*25x3	10/20*10x3	su	10	2(8)2(8)2(10)2	44+26	-83	-	12f~ airborne, [1st hit] floats opponent, [2nd-4th hit] knocks down, can juggle (pursuit property)
Hurricane Kick	HL	70*20x3*55	100*20x3*40	10/20*10x4	su	13	2(8)2(7)2(8)2(11)2	53+26	-102	-	15f~ airborne, [1st hit] floats opponent, [2nd-5th hit] knocks down, can juggle (pursuit property)
Hurricane Kick	HL	80*10x6*60	100*10x6*40	-250/0	su	7	2(8)2(2)2(2)2(2)2(2)2(2)2(5)2	53+26	-97	-	1~8f Invincible, 9f~ airborne, [1st hit] floats opponent, [2nd-8th hit] knocks down, can juggle (pursuit property), 1st hit locks opponent
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	100	200	10/30	-	6	2(4)2(3)2	After landing 20	-	-	knocks down, When jumping backwards, will travel backwards
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	110	200	10/30	-	6	2(4)2(3)2(4)2(3)2	After landing 20	-	-	knocks down, When jumping backwards, will travel backwards
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	120	200	10/30	-	6	2(4)2(3)2(4)2(3)2(4)2(3)2	After landing 20	-	-	knocks down, When jumping backwards, will travel backwards
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	140	200	-250/0	-	6	2(4)2(3)2(4)2(3)2(4)2(3)2	20	-	-	knocks down, Can control movement left or right
Demon Flip	-	-	-	30/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5~39f airborne, 27~37f can activate parry/kick/throw, Demon flip slide activates on frame 40. EX tracks opponent.
Demon Flip	-	-	-	0/0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Demon Flip Slide	L	100	200	0/30	-	39+4	11	20	-13	-	Untechable Knockdown
Demon Flip Focus	-	-	-	-	-	4	Until ground	After landing 6	-	-	4f~until landing has armor
Demon Flip Kick	HL	80	100	0/20	-	12	Until ground	After landing 4	-	-	Forces stand on grounded opponent
Demon Flip Throw	1.17	150	200	0/30	-	3	2	After landing 12	-	-	Untechable knockdown
Counter	-	-	-	10/-	su	1	14	18	-	-	Frames 1~14 counter is active / LP: low, MP: mid, HP: high, EX: whole body. Incurs grey damage on a successful counter.
Counter activated	-	150	150	0/25	su	12	10	43	-	-	7~21f, floats opponent, Armor Break
Super Combo	HL	85*40x5*60	0	-1000/0	-	1+10	3*2*3*3*2*3*3	30+31	-57	-	1~12f Invincible, 13f~ airborne, untechable knockdown, armor break, [2nd-7th hit] can juggle, lock opponent upon first level hit, block disadvantage refers to 2nd hit
Ultra Combo 1	HL	135*40x5*90 [503]	0	0/0	-	0+11	2*3*3*2*3*3*2*4	42+51	-88	-	1~12f Invincible, 13f~ airborne, untechable knockdown, armor break, [3rd-8th hit] can juggle, 1st hit goes into animation, block disadvantage refers to 2nd hit, [] refers to animation
Ultra Combo 2 (Lv1)	HL	60x3*75	100x4	0/0	-	0+13	-	Total 73	-9	-	1~12f strike invincible, [1st-3rd air hit] or [4th hit] floats opponent and untechable knockdown, does 50x4 stun on block, fireball active 14f after button release
Ultra Combo 2 (Lv2)	HL	60x4*75	100x5	0/0	-	3+14	-	Total 74	+1	-	1~3f Invincible, [1st-4th air hit] or [5th hit] floats opponent and untechable knockdown, does 50x5 stun on block, charge 3~17f, fireball active 14f after button release
Ultra Combo 2 (Lv3)	HL	60x5*75	100x6	0/0	-	18+14	-	Total 89	+11	-	1~3f Invincible, [1st-5th air hit] or [6th hit] floats opponent and untechable knockdown, does 50x6 stun on block, charge 18~32f, fireball active 14f after button release
Ultra Combo 2 (Lv4)	HL	60x6*75	100x7	0/0	-	33+14	-	Total 104	+21	-	1~3f Invincible, [1st-6th air hit] or [7th hit] floats opponent and untechable knockdown, does 50x7 stun on block, charge 33~47f, fireball active 14f after button release
Ultra Combo 2 (Lv5)	HL	60x7*75	100x8	0/0	-	0+65	-	Total 118	+31	-	1~3f Invincible, [1st-3rd air hit] or [4th hit] floats opponent and untechable knockdown, does 50x8 stun on block, charge 48f~
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes

Notes:

Gouken's NOTES section is a quick translation of the Japanese AE guide. Someone please translate these rough NOTES into a more readable english/sf4 terminology.