Introduction

Ryu is similar to his older versions but he has a twist. With a special input, he can transform into a "Ken" or "Akuma" mode.

Pros	Cons
Relatively good normals Nice Hyper Combos for zoning and rushdown Easy to play Can change mode at any moment Huge amount of tools to work with Invincible DP He's still training Can switch to other styles to shake things up.	Same normals are also very stubby Very reliant on meter compared to any other game Low meterless damage, so you need to spend it for damage... ...And yet changing modes costs meter Few long ranged tools, aside from Akuma Mode Being in one mode will shut Ryu out from tools in the other two modes His best combos require practice

Move List

Ground Normals

s.LP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

s.MP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

s.HP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

s.LK

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

s.MK

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
Ryu Mode	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Ken Mode	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Akuma Mode	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

s.HK

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
Ryu Mode	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Ken Mode	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Akuma Mode	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

c.LP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

c.MP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

c.HP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

c.LK

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

c.MK

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

c.HK

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Air Normals

j.LP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

j.MP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

j.HP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

j.LK

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

jMK

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
Ryu Mode	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Air
Ken Mode	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Air
Akuma Mode	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Air

j.HK

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Universal Command Normals

j8MK

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

j8HK

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground

Mode Switch

Mode Switch
HCB + P

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground super
LP Version switches to Ryu Mode. MP Version switches to Ken Mode. HP Version switches to Akuma mode.

RYU Movelist

Command Normals

Sakotsu Wari
6MP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Ryu does a lunging overhead that does two hits.

Senpuu Kyaku
6MK

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Ryu hops forward as he does a spin kick.

Special Moves

Hadouken
QCF + P

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air
Ryu throws a large projectile forwards from his palms.

Shoryuken
DP + P

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air
Ryu leaps up into the air a bit forward as he does a rising fist.

Tatsumaki Senpuu-Kyaku
QCB + K

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air
Ryu spins around with one leg forward as he slightly goes forward in that position.

Hyper Combos

Shinkuu-Hadouken
QCF + PP; Mash any button

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air super
Ryu unleashes a giant projectile wave from his palms.

Shinkuu Tatsumaki Senpuu-Kyaku
QCF + KK

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground super
Ryu does an extended version of his Tatsumaki Senpuu-Kyaku on the same spot.

Shin-Shoryuken
DP + PP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground super
Introduced in MvC, Ryu does an extended version of his Shoryuken that does great damage but has extremely short range.

KEN Movelist

Command Normals

Inazuma Kakato Wari
6MK

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Ryu does a vertical split kick on startup that acts as an overhead.

Special Moves

Hadouken
QCF + P

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air
Ryu throws a large projectile forwards from his palms. When doing in the air, Ryu does Ken's version as it goes down like Akuma's instead of forwards like Ryu's.

Shoryuken
DP + P

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air
Ryu leaps up into the air a bit forward as he does a rising fist. All versions engulfs his fist in flames.

Tatsumaki Senpuu-Kyaku
QCB + K

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air
Ryu spins around with one leg forward in a vertical angle as he slightly goes forward in that position and ends with an Overhead Kick after.

Hyper Combos

Shoryu-Reppa
QCF + PP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground super
Ryu does two LP Shoryukens and finishes it off with an HP Shoryuken as all of them are in flames.

Shinryu-Ken
QCF + KK; Mash any button

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground super
Ryu does a Shoryuken from the same spot that has a lot of verticality.

Shippu-Jinrai-Kyaku
QCB + KK

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground super
First introduced in MSHvSF, Ryu does a barrage of kick normals engulfed in flames then finishes it off with a Tatsumaki Senpuu-Kyaku.

AKUMA Movelist

Command Normals

Zugai Hassatsu

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Ryu does a slow chop that serves as an overhead.

Senpuu Kyaku

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Ryu hops forward as he does a spin kick.

Special Moves

Gou-Hadouken
QCF + P

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Ryu throws out a fireball from his palms.

Zankuu-Hadouken
QCF + P

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Air
Ryu throws a Gou-Hadouken downwards in the air.

Gou Shoryuken
DP + P

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground
Ryu goes forward and does a rising fist attack with his fist surrounded in a purple-like flame.

Tatsumaki Zankuu-Kyaku
QCB + K

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air
Ryu spins around with one leg forward surrounded in a lightning wave as he spins around forward.

Ashura-Senkuu

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Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground/air
Ryu does a teleport dash from far or near parts of the screen.

Tenma Kuujin Kyaku
QCF + K

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Air
Ryu does a diving kick from the air that does multiple hits.

Hyper Combos

Messatsu-Gouhadou
QCB + PP; Mash any button

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground super
Ryu unleashes a giant projectile wave from his palms.

Messatsu-Goushoryu
QCF + PP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground super
Ryu does two LP Gou-Shoryukens and finishes it off with an HP Gou-Shoryuken with all of them surrounded in purple-like flames.

Tenma-Gou-Zankuu
Air QCF + PP

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Air super
Ryu does an extended version of his Zankuu-Hadouken.

Shun-Goku-Satsu

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Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Meter Gain	Property
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ground super
Ryu slightly dashes forward and when it connects, he grabs the opponent as the screen goes dark with explosions as they drop down to the ground right after.

Strategy

Basic Tips

Launchers: c.HP

Magic Series:

Ground Magic Series: Weakest to Strongest
Jump Magic Series: Weakest to Strongest
Super Jump Magic Series: Hunter Series

AC Finisher:

MK
HP
HK
Ryu's Hadoken
Ken's Shoryuken
Ryu's Tatsumaki-Senpuukyaku

Advanced

Team Setups

Combos

Universals

Combo	Damage	Notes
c.LK, c.MK, HP Hadouken
d.s.LK, s.MK, s.HK
d.c.LK, c.HP, sj.LP, sj.LK, sj.MP, sj.MK, Tatsumaki Senpuu/Zankuu Kyaku

Ryu Mode

Combo	Damage	Notes
s.LK, s.HP, Shinkuu Hadouken
d.c.LK, d.c.HP, j.LP, j.LK, j.MP, Shinkuu Hadouken
d.c.LK, c.MK, c.HK, Shinkuu Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku
c.LK, c.HP, Shin Shoryuken
Jump-in, Shin Shoryuken

Ken Mode

Combo	Damage	Notes
c.LK, c.MK, Shoryureppa
c.LK, c.MK, Shipuujinrai Kyaku
c.LK, c.HP, Shinryuken
j.LK, j.MK, c.LK, c.MK, Shouryuu Reppa
d.c.LK, c.HP, sj.LP, sj.LK, sj.MP, Shouryuken
d.c.LK, c.HP, sj.LP, sj.LK, sj.MP, sj.MK, Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku, Shouryuken

Akuma Mode

Combo	Damage	Notes
s.LK, s.HP, Messatsu Gou Hadou
c.LK, c.HP, j.LP, j.LK, j.MP, j.LK, Tenma Gou Zankuu
Jump-in, Tenma Gou Zankuu
c.LK, c.MK, Messatsu Gou Shoryuu
HK Tatsumaki Zankuu Kyaku, c.LK, HK Tatsumaki Zankuu Kyaku

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