Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike/Q/2021

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Introduction

Not much is known about the mysterious being known as "Q". He's been reported to be in completely different places at the same times based on various eyewitness accounts. He has been spotted in every country around the world. Some believe that he may be linked to various disasters. Newcomer to the SF Roster in 3rd Strike.

Perhaps the most popular of the low tiers, Q is a fairly simplistic brute-force brawler with good power, range and many useful normals, but he is also fairly slow, meaning every move must be deliberate. Additionally, he has the highest potential stamina in the game if the player finds safe times to taunt, making him very difficult to kill at that point.

Super Arts

SAI (Critical Combo Attack)

SA1 is usually the best choice. As the only option of Q's SAs with 2 bars he has more meter to stock and spend. Critical Combo Attack has good range and invulnerability as well as being easy to combo into. Punishes blocked shoto sweeps and fantastic at catching projectile attempts. Rounds out Q's kit very well.

SAII: (Deadly Double Combination)

SA2 is also easy to combo into and great damage, and allowing followups afterwards for even more damage. The fastest startup of Q's SAs, with the capability of linking off of Q's Overhead Dash Punch. Has the disadvantage of only being 1 bar compared to the 2 bars of SA1.

SAIII: (Total Destruction)

SA3 is a rather gimmicky super as it has very high startup for being a grab. Not much use aside from flexing on your opponent.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Can setup the best Defense in the game, with 3 of his quick, somewhat safe taunts.
Punch rushes allow him to control footsies decently, and can mixup unready opponent with high-low options.
Very high damage output with meter, great Super Arts.
Medium range pokes with good recovery and damage.
Great command grab allowing him to gain a solidly good offensive presence.
Can avoid all throws shortly after crouching and not pressing anything after, essentially invalidating many of the casts' pressure when blocks low.

Nearly all his normals don't cancel into specials or supers, his heavy attacks are very unsafe.
Slow mobility and limited offensive mixups.
Struggles in a lot of matchup, especially ones against defensive or pressure-heavy characters.
Tall, thin hurtbox making him an easy crossup and large juggle combos target.

Q #3S_Q

Vitals
Life Points	1200 Taunt 1: 1400 Taunt 2: 1705 Taunt 3: 2050
Stun Points	72
Super Art Stock/Size
SA1	2/96
SA2	1/120
SA3	1/106
Ground Movement
Forward Dash duration/distance	19 (81px)
Back Dash duration/distance	23 (86px)
Jumping
Back Jump duration	42(6+34+2)
Neutral Jump duration	42(6+34+2)
Forward Jump duration	42(6+34+2)
Back Super Jump duration	48(7+39+2)
Neutral Super Jump duration	48(7+39+2)
Forward Super Jump duration	49(7+40+2)
Wake up
Wake up duration	72 (36 + 36)
Quick rise duration	46 (16 + 30)

3S Frame Data Glossary
Active	How many frames a move remains active (can hurt opponents) for. Consecutive sets of active frames on a multi-hit move are separated by an asterisk (ex: 3*5). If there is a gap between sets of active frames, the gap is denoted by a number in parentheses (ex: 2(4)2)
Attack	Attack level is L for low attacks (must be blocked crouching), H is for High attacks (which can be blocked high or low) and M for overhead (must be blocked standing). T is for throw attacks (which cannot be blocked).
Cancel options	Available cancel options. "ch": Chain cancel (into itself or another light attack), refer to description for options. "self": Self-only chain cancel. Much more restrictive than a standard chain cancel. "tc": Target combo, refer to description for options. Successive attacks in a target combo may warrant their own move entry. "dash": Grounded dashes. "sj": Super jump. "sp": Special move. "su": Super Art.
Damage	Attack damage on hit in life points. Notation may denote multi-hit or "sweet spot" damage values on certain frames.
Hit/Block	These are frame advantage values when the attack hits or is blocked. If the number is positive, then the move will end before the defender can act again. If the number is negative, the defender will be able to act before the attacker and maybe even punish. D refers to knockdown on hit. "Cr. Hit" is an additional frame advantage value denoting if the advantage on hit changes when the defender is being hit while crouching.
Kara Range	Almost all normal attacks can be canceled into a special or a multi-button command within three frames of startup. During that time, some attacks will shift position forward or backward and affect the reach of the special or command accordingly. This is denoted in pixels of range. There are a handful of moves in the game that can be kara-canceled after this initial window and will be denoted as a late kara-cancel.
Link	A combo that is performed by inputting the second move after the first move has completely recovered (as opposed to cancelling the first move's animation). In 3S, the final frame of a move's hitstun allows a character to block a normal or special move, as well as some projectile supers. Therefore, an attack's frame advantage must be 2 frames greater than the followup move's startup in order to link. Ex: a +6 normal can link into a 4f normal/special, or a 5f super.
Parry	This field will show a value of A if the attack can be parried standing or crouching, H if it must be parried standing or L if it must be parried crouching.
Recovery	How many frames it takes for a move to finish after it's been active.
Startup	How many frames it takes before the move becomes 'active' or has a hitbox. 3S uses classic startup notation, which does not include the first active frame. A move with 3 startup becomes active on frame 4.
Stun	Amount of stun added to the opponent's stun bar on hit.
Throw range	Range in pixels from the center of the character to the center of the opponent which allows a grab to connect.

Frame Data

Standing Normals

5LP (cl)

Close LP

(cl)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	4	6	2	2
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
6	3	-	A	2
Cancel options: self sp su

5LP (far)

Far LP

(far)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
6	4	4	4	4
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
5	3	-	A	4
Cancel options: self 1 kara range

5MP

Stand MP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
12	5	19	-	2
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
16	9	-	H	-2
25 kara range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 10, Block: 5. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

5HP

Stand HP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
18	16	23	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
23	15	-	H	-23
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 9. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

5LK

Stand LK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	4	8	2	2
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
7	3	-	A	2
Cancel options: self

5MK (cl)

Close MK

close

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
7	2	18	-	2
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
17	3	-	H	-2
Cancel options: sp su Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 10, Block: 5. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

5MK (far)

Far MK

(far)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
8	5	14	1	3
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
19	7	-	H	-1
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 10, Block: 5. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

5HK

Stand HK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
20	5	28	-10	-8
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
26	9	-	H	-12
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 9. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

Command Normals

4MP

Upwards Head Strike

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
8	4	18	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
17	13	-	H	-2
36 kara range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 10, Block: 5. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

4HP

Double-Armed Advance

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
13	11	15	1	3
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
21	15	-	H	-1
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 9. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

4HK

Inversion Head Kick

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
11	7	35	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
24	3	-	A	-26
Cancel options: sp su Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 9. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

Crouching Normals

2LP

Crouch LP

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	4	4	4	4
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
3	3	-	A	4

2MP

Crouch MP

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
8	5	13	-1	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
16	9	-	A	-2
14 kara range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 10, Block: 5. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

2HP

Crouch HP

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
14	1	20	-1	1
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
21	5	-	L	-3
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 9. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

2LK

Crouch LK

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
6	5	8	-2	-2
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
3	3	-	L	-2
Cancel options: self

2MK

Crouch MK

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
7	3	14	-2	-1
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
14	3	-	L	-3
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 10, Block: 5. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

2HK

Crouch HK

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
12	8	33	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
23	3	-	L	-25
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 9. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

Jumping Normals

8LP

Jump LP (Neutral)

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
3	-	-	+2 to +7	+7
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
7	7	-	H	+2 to +7

j.LP

Jump LP

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
2	-	-	-8 to +7	+3 to +7
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
7	7	-	H	-8 to +7

j.MP

Jump MP

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
7	6	-	+5 to +10	+9 to +10
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
17	11	-	H	+5 to +10
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 10, Block: 5. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

j.HP

Jump HP

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
10	8	-	0 to +13	+9 to +13
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
23	15	-	H	0 to +13
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 9. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

j.LK

Jump LK

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	-	-	-8 to +7	0 to +7
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
7	7	-	H	-8 to +7

j.MK

Jump MK

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
9	8	-	-5 to +10	+6 to +10
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
16	9	-	H	-5 to +10
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 10, Block: 5. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

j.HK

Jump HK

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
17	3	-	+3 to +13	+7 to +13
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
25	13	-	H	+3 to +13
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 9. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

Throws

LPLK

Grab and Knee Smash

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
2	1	21	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
19	16	-	-	-
24 throw range

4/6LPK

Depraved Impact

/

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
2	1	21	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
24	12	-	-	-
24 throw range

Universal Overhead

MPMK

Leap Attack

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
15	10	5	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
7	3	-	H	-

Taunt

HPHK

Intimidation (Assumed)

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
21	1	62	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
-	-	-	-	-
Stacks up to 3 times (lasts per round) Health(1200 initially) increases to 1400 with 1 taunt, 1705 with 2 taunts, 2050 with 3 taunts. First taunt each round gives Q 10% faster stun recovery, following taunts don't give extra stun recovery though 3 taunts gives him about 40% damage decrease Max taunts makes Q the best defense in the game (normally he takes the second-least damage)

Special Moves

46P (hold)

Dashing Head Attack
hold

,

+

Standard

Held

LP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	13/24(hold	3	-/23	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	21/17	11/9	-	H	-2/-10
holding makes the special an overhead but drastically increases startup and becomes much more punishable
MP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	15/28 (hold)	3	16/24	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	24/20	13/9	-	H	-2/-11
holding makes the special an overhead but drastically increases startup and becomes much more punishable
HP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	19/32(hold)	4/3	16/25	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	27/23	15/9	-	H	-3/-12
holding makes the special an overhead but drastically increases startup and becomes much more punishable
EX	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	14	3	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	28	9	-	H	-21
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: -40, Hit: -40, Block: -40. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 0, Block: 0.

2nd value of each dataset is for held

46K

Dashing Leg Attack
hold

,

+

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	25	2	29	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	19	3	-	L	-13
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 17, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	28	2	30	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	22	3	-	L	-14
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 17, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	31	2	31	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	24	3	-	L	-15
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 17, Block: 11. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
EX	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	26	4	34	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	29	7	-	L	-18
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: -40, Hit: -40, Block: -40. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 0, Block: 0.

214P

High Speed Barrage

+

LP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	9	3	26	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	24	7	-	H	-6
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 20, Block: 14. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
MP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	8	4	28	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	24	11	-	H	-9
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 20, Block: 14. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
HP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	9	3	28	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	24	11	-	H	-8
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 20, Block: 14. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
EX	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	6	11	36	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	40	24	-	H	-23
Self meter gain: Whiff: -40, Hit: -40, Block: -40. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 0, Block: 0.

63214K

Capture and Deadly Blow

+

,

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	12	2	42	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	19	10	-	-	-
44 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 20, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: ---.
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	13	2	44	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	21	10	-	-	-
46 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 21, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: ---.
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	14	2	46	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	23	10	-	-	-
48 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 23, Block: ---. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: ---.

Super Arts

236236P (SA1)

Critical Combo Attack

+

(SA1)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
6	16	31	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
62	14	-	H	-19

236236P (SA2)

Deadly Double Combination

+

(SA2)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
2	1	65	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
80	20	-	A	-25

236236P (SA3)

Total Destruction

+

(SA3)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
19	-	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
-	-	-	-	-

SA3 > 236P

Total Destruction: Blow
SA3 >

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
12	1	39	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
62	24	-	A	-17
Q moves and attacks forward, blowing up on contact. Can't be canceled into from anything except close . With good timing, can be combo'd from medium C&DB > overhead Dash Punch > Blow in the corner. Bonus style points to end a round with this.