Super Street Fighter IV AE/Ken

Ken

Ken trained alongside Ryu under the tutelage of Gouken and, after the two had gone separate paths, blazed a path of success in America. Not only did he become the American Street Fighter champ, he also was the successor to his father's business empire. Ken also managed to find true love in his wife Eliza, with whom they are now expecting their first child. However, the lure of battle never leaves Ken, and he has once again entered the world of Street Fighting and, most importantly to Ken, may soon have the chance to face off against his former training brother and true rival Ryu in the ultimate battle.

In a nutshell

Ken is the polar opposite of Ryu. While Ryu focuses on controlling the battle from a distance, Ken is more oriented to those who want a more "in-your-face" style of Shoto. Throughout the years of the series, Ken has evolved into a hard-hitting, fast character with an excellent mixup game. He is one of the few characters who have the ability to kara-throw, making him even deadlier when he's not quite in the range you think he can catch you. His greatest strenght, however, is also his greatest weakness. If one is not careful, the risks players end up taking with Ken can end with horrible consequences, and the loss of a lot of health. For those who want an easy-to-use character with plenty of explosive, offensive potential, Ken may be for you.

Players to Watch

Momochi, Chris, Michael-tan

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Inazuma Kick

+

Forward Step Kick

+

Thunder Kick

+

(hold to feint)

Target Combo

close

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Shoulder Throw

or + +

Hell Wheel

+ +

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Hadoken

+

Shoryuken

+

Tatsumaki Senpukyaku

+

Airborne Tatsumaki Senpukyaku

(in air) +

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Shoryureppa

qcf +

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Shinryuken

qcf +

Guren Senpukyaku

qcf +

AE ver. 2012 Changes

Target Combo

Expanded hitbox for second hit downward to facilitate connecting with crouching targets. Increased startup of near standing medium punch from 8F to 20F to allow a delay when canceling into a Target Combo.

EX Shoryuken

Changed damage from 70 + 30 + 30 + 50 (180 total) to 80 + 30 + 30 + 60 (200 total).

Crouching Heavy Kick

Total frame count unchanged, but startup altered from 7F to 8F.

Far Standing Heavy Kick

Changed startup from 12F to 11F. Shortened attack recovery by 4F, giving a +1F advantage on a hit and a -3F (dis)advantage when blocked.

Thunder Kick

Overall length of feint move changed from 27F to 24F.

AE Changes

• Less recovery time on Crouching Medium Punch. He can now combo Crouching Medium Punch into Crouching Medium Kick.
• Improved the hit box for Crouching Light Punch.
• Target Combo hit box (Medium Punch into Hard Punch) improved.
• Light Punch Shoryuken has 2 extra frames of recovery, but now does 120 damage. It did 100 damage in SSF4.
• EX Fireball can juggle twice in the air, so now you can get full juggle off a Light Punch Shoryuken into EX Fireball.
• EX Air Hurricane Kick can now be blocked high or low. Used to be that it had to be blocked high.
• Is considered to be mid-air right after the invincibility frames of his backdash 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	5	+4	+7
Close	HL	60	100	40	sp/su	6	3	18	-7	-2
Close	HL	90	150	60	sp/su	6	3	19	-4	+1	Forces Stand
Close	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	6	2	7	+2	+5
Close	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	8	3	12	-1	+7	Forces Stand
Close	HL	110	200	60	sp/su	8	3	21	-6	-2
Far	HL	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	2	5	+4	+7
Far	HL	70	100	40	su	7	5	5	+4	+7
Far	HL	100	200	60	-	11	3	16	-1	+3
Far	HL	40	50	20	-	4	3	7	+1	+4
Far	HL	80	100	40	-	7	3	13	-2	+1
Far	HL	130	200	60	-	11	3	18	-3	+1
crouch	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	3	3	6	+2	+5
crouch	HL	60	100	40	sp/su	5	5	8	+1	+4
crouch	HL	100	200	60	sp/su	5	5	22	-9	-4	Forces Stand
crouch	L	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	3	4	7	0	+3
crouch	L	60	100	40	sp/su	4	2	16	-4	-1
crouch	L	100	100	60	-	8	3	21	-6	-	Hard Knockdown
Jump up	H	50	50	20	-	7	9	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	5	4	-	-	-
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	7	4	-	-	-
Jump up	H	40	50	20	-	7	10	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	6	7	-	-	-
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	6	2	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	40	50	20	-	7	8	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	70	100	40	-	5	6	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	5	4	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	50	50	20	-	5	7	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	80	100	40	-	6	4	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	5	7	-	-	-
+	H	80	100	40	-	15	2	17	-5	-2
+	HL	60	100	40	-	11	5	11	-2	+1
+	H	120	150	60	-	21	2	20	-4	-1	Feint lasts 24f
Target Combo 1	HL	70	50	30	sp/su	6	3	24	-9	-4	Forces Stand
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	60	100	20	-	10+12	2	42	-28	-28
Focus Attack LVL 2	HL	90	150	40	-	18+12	2	42	-22	-
Focus Attack LVL 3	-	150	200	60	-	68	2	42	-	-
Forward Throw	0.92	120	80	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard Knockdown
Back Throw	0.92	130	80	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard Knockdown
Hadoken	HL	60	100	10/20	su	14	-	Total 47	-7	-3	17~18f cancellable
Hadoken	HL	50*40	50*50	-250/0	su	14	-	Total 43	0	+3	17~18f cancellable, can juggle
Shoryuken	HL	120[80]	100	30/40	su	3	11	18+8	-20	-	1~2f Invincible, 3~5f unthrowable, 3~13 lower body invincibility, 6f~ airborne, [] refers to active frames 4~11
Shoryuken	HL	90*60	125*75	30/30*16	su	4	3*11	25+14	-29	-	1~6f Invincible, 7~17f lower body invincibility, 8f~ airborne, (additional juggle notes)
Shoryuken	HL	70*40*30	100*50*50	30/30*10*10	su	3	2*2*12	30+9	-30	-	1~4f Invincible, 5~6f unthrowable, 5~18f lower body invincibility, 7f~ airborne, 1st hit floats airborne opponent, floats opponent on counter-hit through 2nd hit, (additional juggle notes)
Shoryuken	HL	80*30*30*60	100*25*25*80	-250/0	su	4	2*2*2*8	45+9	-41	-	1~9f Invincible, 10~17f lower body invincibility, 8f~ airborne, (additional juggle notes)
Hurricane Kick	HL	60*50*50	70*50*50	20/20*10*10	su	6	1(4)2(6)2	11+6	-6	-2	7~20f lower body projectile invincibility, 7f~ airborne, armor break, 1st hit forces stand, remaining hits cannot hit crouching, (additional notes)
Hurricane Kick	HL	60*30x3	50*40x3	20/20*10x3	su	6	2(5)2(5)1(5)2(5)2	14+9	-4	0	8~41f lower body projectile invincibility, 8f~ airborne, armor break, 1st hit forces stand, remaining hits cannot hit crouching, (additional notes)
Hurricane Kick	HL	60*30x4	50*40x4	20/20*10x4	su	6	2(6)1(5)1(5)1(5)1(5)1(5)2(4)2	12+12	-5	-1	9~51f lower body projectile invincibility, 9f~ airborne, armor break, 1st hit forces stand, remaining hits cannot hit crouching, (additional notes)
Hurricane Kick	HL	50*40x4	50x5	-250/0	su	6	2(4)1(3)1(4)1(3)1(4)1(4)1(3)1	9+14	-3	+1	8~39f lower body projectile invincibility, 8f~ airborne, armor break, 1st hit forces stand, remaining hits cannot hit crouching, (additional notes)
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	50	50	10/30	-	8	[2(6)2](6)[(2(5)2]	10	-	-	can juggle, (additional notes)
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	60	50	10/30	-	7	[1(4)1](4)[1(4)1](4)1	10	-	-	can juggle, (additional notes)
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	70	50	10/30	-	7	[1(2)1](3)1(6)[1(3)1](2)1	10	-	-	can juggle, (additional notes)
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	40	50	-250/0	-	6	[1(2)1](2)[1(2)1](2)[1(2)1](1)2	-	-	-	can juggle, (additional notes)
Super Combo	HL	40x3*50*100x2	0	-1000/0	-	1+1	2*1*8(20)1*3*7	31+12	-29	-	1~2f Invincible, 3f projectile invincible, 5~24f 37f~ airborne, Jab startup is 1+1, (additional notes)
Ultra Combo 1	HL	60*30x9[500]	0	0/0	-	0+10	2*2*5x7*1	32+50	-94	-	1~11f Invincible, 12~13f unthrowable, 13f~ airborne, [] refers to animation, (additional notes)
Ultra Combo 2	HL	75*17x9*23*225	0	0/0	-	0+7	2(5)93	8+42	-40	-	1~8f Invincible, 9f~end of active frames lower body immune to strikes & full body projectile invincibility, 7f~ airborne, (additional notes)
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes