Marvel vs Capcom 2/Ryu

Ryu

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Combos

Matchups

Strategy

Resources

Introduction

Ryu, the original world warrior, enters the ring in Marvel vs. Capcom 2 in search of new opponents to face. If you're here browsing this wiki, chances are he looks familiar. If he doesn't, that's okay too, because his simplicity makes him well suited to learning how to play the game. He's got a kit of normals that lack range, but make up for it by being quick and doing decent damage. His special moves are also quite good. First, Hadoken is a quick projectile which can be used on the ground or in the air. Shoryuken is the original dragon punch, a jumping uppercut that makes Ryu briefly invincible, at the cost of high ending lag. Lastly, he has the Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku, a spinning kick that moves him forward, extending combos and allowing him to dodge some attacks. He can also do it in the air, in which case it'll knock down opponents it hits hard. These three moves are also what he has available as assists, so he can also be used to support another character with decent results. All of this being said, he does have weaknesses which prevent him from being much better than a lower-mid tier. He does good damage, but he also has to invest meter for the best results with that insane level 3. Ken and Akuma play pretty similarly to him, but they can do comparable damage for less meter with both of their Hurricane Kicks. He also lacks air mobility. He can stall his descent with his Hadokens, but he doesn't have an air dash or a double jump to deal with some of the ridiculous stuff the top tiers can do. Finally, while he does a lot of things decently, he also gets outclassed by some of the more powerful characters in this game. Overall, while he's nowhere near the top of the tier list, he's also easy enough to use that he can work on just about any team if you wish.

Gameplay

Ryu is one of the OGs of the Street Fighter cast, and he's got some good to great moves at his disposal. While he's usable on almost any team due to his simplicity, he also is outclassed by many of the other characters in this game.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Great Beam super- Shinkuu Hadoken works on both ground and air. Hits both assist and point characters and is mashable as a bonus. Invincible AAA - Shoryuken is one of the few fully invincible anti-air Hadoken spam- big, fat hitbox. Ryu can fill the screen with them by putting multiple out with tiger knee fireballs Normal defense- not really a pro but Ken, Dan, and Akuma all have worse defense. Good wavedash- he's got very quick dashes which are easy to cancel with a crouch, so he can cover ground quickly Big damage lvl 3- Shin Shoryuken looks cool if you can get the full version

Hadoken is no beam - a single hit fireball is going to lose to most zoning options Damage is low on average - Ryu needs assists or meters to reliably get damage Low range on his normals- they're shoto normals, so they're pretty stubby. Mobility is subpar- he moves quickly on the ground, but he doesn't have any real aerial mobility options, which isn't a good thing in this game. He can stall in the air with any of his Hadokens, but that's really about it He's an ordinary guy - he's playable, sure, but the other shotos offer more.

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Character Summary

Special Moves

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Hadoken (Air OK)

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Shoryuken

• +

Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku (Air OK)

• +

Hyper Combos

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Shinkuu Hadoken (beam, Air OK, mashable)

• ++

Shin Shoryuken (Dragon punch super)

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Shinkuu Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku (hurricane kick super)

• ++

Assist Types

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Type α - Anti-air Type

• Assist: Shoryuken
• Counter: Shoryuken
• Combination: Shinkuu Hadoken

Type β - Projectile Type

• Assist: Fireball
• Counter: Fireball
• Combination: Shinkuu Hadoken

Type γ - Expansion Type

• Assist: Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku
• Counter: Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku
• Combination: Shinkuu Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku

Moves List

Normal Moves

Ground Normals

Light Punch
s.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	3	3	8	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-
your standard light punch pretty quick, nice move up close

Medium Punch
s.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	5	6	16	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-
standard medium punch with a decent hitbox

Heavy Punch
s.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	8	3	16	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Special, Super	-	-	-

Light Kick
s.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	3	2	12	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Medium Kick
s.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7 + 4 (11)	8	10	24	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super Jump, Super	-	-	-

Heavy Kick
s.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	8	8	18	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Super Jump, Special, Super	-	-	-

Crouching Light Punch
cr.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	3	3	9	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Medium Punch
cr.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	6	4	10	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Heavy Punch
cr.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
11	9	5	21	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Light Kick
cr.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	4	2	8	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Medium Kick
cr.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	6	3	13	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Heavy Kick
cr.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	9	4	33	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Normals

Air Light Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	4	10	5	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Medium Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	9	11	0	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Heavy Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	5	8	2	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Light Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	7	10	0	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Medium Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	9	7	9	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Heavy Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	7	6	8	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Command Normals

Collarbone Breaker (Sakotsu Wari)
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
6 + 6 (12)	19	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-

Jumping 8MK
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-

Universal Mechanics

Universal Launcher (Punch)
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	9	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Launcher (high)	-	-	-	-
Every character has at least one of the two, sometimes both.

Throw (Punch)
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Every character has at least one of the two, sometimes both.

Throw (Kick)
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Every character has at least one of the two, sometimes both.

Variable Attack (raw tag)
+ // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	19	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Special Moves

Hadoken
+

ground version hitbox

air version hitbox

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
14 (ground) / 15 (air)	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Projectile	Super	-	-	-
Ryu's signature move. A projectile which can be done on the ground or in the air, with slightly different hitboxes in each case. It does slightly more damage if you hit with the air version. The strength of punch used controls the speed of the projectile, but under normal circumstances, you can only have one active on the screen at a time. This limitation is removed if you do this move out of a super jump, so you can do it with a Tiger Knee input (that is, + ) to throw as many as you can input in the air. The air version also slows down Ryu's fall, so you can stall a bit with it if you do it out of a super jump.

Shoryuken
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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
20 (both versions)	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Ryu does a jumping uppercut. It's invincible at the start, meaning you can use it as a reversal. The move leaves you open for a long time if you miss or it gets blocked, so be sure it'll hit before you use it. Both the and versions of this move do the same damage, but differ in how high Ryu jumps when he does the move. The version of the move is slightly safer if the opponent is on the ground with you, but the version can catch an airborne opponent. Both versions are good for ending combos without spending meter.

Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
16	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Hyper Combos

Shinku Hadoken
+ +

hitbox near his hands looks like this

beam hitbox looks like this- sprites change, but hitbox doesn't

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Shinku Tatsumaki Senpu Kyaku
+ +

constant, giant hitbox that pulls them in

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Shin Shoryuken
+ +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
todo: images

Variable Assists

Assist Type
A1 // A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Variable Assist move. Variable Counter is X. Variable Combination super is Y.

Assist Type
A1 // A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Variable Assist move. Variable Counter is X. Variable Combination super is Y.

Assist Type
A1 // A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Variable Assist move. Variable Counter is X. Variable Combination super is Y.

Other

Colors

First row: , , A1. Second row: , , A2.