Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike/Sean/2021

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Introduction

Sean is a young, prideful amateur martial artist from Brazil. He idolizes Ken, eventually becoming Ken's student and seeking to prove his worth as a fighter. Sean first appears in Street Fighter III: New Generation.

Sean is perhaps the most efficient definition of an underrated character in the history of fighting games. In the 2nd version of Street Fighter III, 2nd Impact, he was pretty much totally broken, doing tons of damage off of his lengthy combo strings. In response to this, Capcom did the responsible thing and made him an original character, as opposed to a black Ken in a yellow gi.

Well, they did it a little too well.

Other than being extremely hard to use and situational because of his hit-box placement and frame advantage (Dragon Smash's hit-box is located over his head), 3s makes Sean much more of a defensive counter character. When you play as him you have to understand that he does have a lot of good points, such as his MP-HK target combo, Cl.HK/Shoto normals, EX Tornado, and his supers. He trades pretty well if used properly with the right SA's against the right match-ups. He also has an assortment of AAs to choose from.

Super Arts

SA1: Hadou Burst

- More Hit-Confirms
- Situational Closer/Punisher
- Anti-Air
- More than 50% damage potential
- 50% stun potential
- Consumes 1-hit projectiles
- Small Meter Length
- Fast travel speed
- Easy to Parry
- Slightly long recovery
  - Game-plan: 4 Close Roundhouses can fill up a bar of Hadou Burst and you have 5 EX's in total. From a long range, the go-to confirm is Cr.MK. Up close, you have either Cl.HK, Cl.HP, Cr.MP or Cr.LK x2. After a parry, you have 3 choices: Cr.MP, Cr.MK and Cr.HP. Cr.HP is good against moves with long reach that recovers late and does great damage, Cr.MK is the standard, and Cr.MP is faster than the other 2 but you need to be within range. This super, like his others can link of a UOH. Parry -> Hadou Burst vs. certain "Parry-Bait Supers" near the corner can potentially deal near 50% if you have 2 stocks. To properly Anti-Air into this super, it has to be done off Cl.MP since that button doesn't reset the juggle counter like the other cancel-able ones. Be looking for opportunities to punish with this move, especially against crouching attacks. Sean can do a lot of "dash-back" set-ups with this super. The max damage output of this super can rival the max damage output of Ken's SA3.

SA1 breakdown

SA2: Shoryu Cannon

- More than 50% damage potential
- Corner Juggles
- True Anti-Air
- Situational Closer/Punisher
- High invincibility
- Grants a free Mix-up afterwards
- Goes through projectiles
- Bad recovery and range
  - Game-plan: 6 Close Roundhouses fill up a bar and its 4 EX's in total. Cr.LK x 2 or Cl.HK are the go-to confirms for this super. It's main usage is as an Anti-air but still has to be timed correctly or many of the hits will whiff. Cl.HK x SA2 is the primary Anti-air, and should be one of the few things to go for when a super is stocked. This can punish moves that leave opponents too close on block (overheads, Sean tornado, Remy CBK's, etc). The strongest combo with a single stock of Shoryu Cannon (with the corner Cl.HK reset) is equal to Chun's strongest combo with Hoyokusen. With 2, it can deal from 70% to 80%. Beats a lot of Parry-baits with the exception of itself, Hyper Tornado, and a few other supers. It can link off of a UOH but only as a Meaty up close. It doesn't have much range so the main goal should be to always be close to the opponent. S.C. has 10 frames of invincibility and some of the highest priority in the game with the exception of a few supers.
  - Sean has 3 moves that can link into Shoryu Cannon: Standing Short, Standing Forward, and the Overhead Wheel Kicks. Standing Forward has to be done on Meaty up close (against Crouchers) for it to work. Same with the Wheel Kick but its a Yun/Yang only link.

SA2 breakdown Part 1 and Part 2

SA3: Hyper Tornado

- True Punisher
- More than 50% damage potential
- Higher invincibility
- Travels through projectiles
- Great range
- 50% stun potential
- Large Meter
- Bad capacity for EX
  - Game-plan: The Punisher. Meter building is very important for this super. It takes 7 Close Roundhouses to fill it and you only get 3 EX's. It starts up in 3 frames (like Ken's Shippu) which allows him to punish a lot of things in the game once stocked. H.T has the same confirms as Hadou Burst (minus the ones with Dragon Smash) and can almost cover the same amount of range. The go-to confirms are Cr.LK x 2, Cr.MK/MP, and Cl.HK. Hyper Tornado has very high invincibility, even higher than Shoryu Cannon which means it blows up Parry-Baits more reliably (except against itself and a few supers), and it can travel through projectiles too but the projectile has to be far from the opponent or you risk wasting the super. Like his other supers, H.T can be linked off of a UOH too. The maximum damage potential of this super is just shy of Hugo's Gigas by a few pixels.

SA3 breakdown

Strengths

Weaknesses

Tricky moves that can be annoying for unexperienced opponent to understand
Good Health and stun for a defensive style character
Still has some decent pokes and anti airs, inherently as a shoto
Deals higher than average damage per single hit
Good forward and back dash
Good selection of supers
Has the most powerful cancel-able normal in the game (Cl.HK)
Has the strongest back throw of the shotos
Has more cancel frames on some of his normals than the other shotos
Relatively serviceable throw game

Underwhelming combo ability, hard to guarantee a knockdown or good damage
Worst DP in the game
Requires deep understanding of the game's mechanics (more so than other characters)
Linear and predictable offensive presence, limited tech and few tools
Many moves are unsafe or - on block
No reliable reversal without meter (depends on the match-up)
Over-reliance on parries
Specials leave him crouching on recovery
Some of his normals start-up/recover slower and/or do less damage than the other shotos
Has a bit of trouble building meter (there are ways around this)
Less advantage on Jump-ins than the other shotos

Sean #3S_SE

Vitals
Life Points	1120
Stun Points	64
Super Art Stock/Size
SA1	3/72
SA2	2/96
SA3	1/120
Ground Movement
Forward Dash duration/distance	13 (17) (112px)
Back Dash duration/distance	15 (54px)
Jumping
Back Jump duration	41(4+36+1)
Neutral Jump duration	37(4+32+1)
Forward Jump duration	38(4+33+1)
Back Super Jump duration	52(7+44+1)
Neutral Super Jump duration	52(7+44+1)
Forward Super Jump duration	52(7+44+1)
Wake up
Wake up duration	77
Quick rise duration	50

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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

Stand LP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
3	2	5	5	5
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
3	3	-	A	5
Cancel options: self sp su

5MP (cl)

Close MP

(cl)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	5	10	1	2
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
16	9	-	H	-
Cancel options: sp su Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

5MP (far)

Far MP

(far)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	4	13	1	2
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
14	11	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

5HP (cl)

Close HP

(cl)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	5	15	-2	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
21	13	-	H	-4
Cancel options: sp su Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 19, Block: 10. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

5HP (far)

Far HP

(far)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
9	4	19	-5	-3
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
21	10	-	H	-7
12 kara range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

5LK

Stand LK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	4	7	2	2
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
5	3	-	A	2

5MK

Stand MK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
6	4	15	-1	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
16	5	-	A	-2
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

5HK (cl)

Close HK

(cl)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	5	10	4	6
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
25	11	-	H	2
Cancel options: sp su Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 19, Block: 10. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

5HK (far)

Far HK

(far)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
7	4	26	-7	-5
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
21	11	-	H	-9
8 kara range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

Command Normals

6HP

Sean Pachiki

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
21	7	25	-4	-2
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
22	13	-	H	-6
14 kara range Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 18, Block: 8. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

6HK

Rolling Sobat

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
15	5	18	D	D
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
16	9	-	H	-5
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

Crouching Normals

2LP

Crouch LP

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	3	5	3	3
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
3	3	-	A	3
Cancel options: self sp su

2MP

Crouch MP

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	4	7	4	5
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
14	7	-	A	3
Cancel options: sp su Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

2HP

Crouch HP

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
7	5	17	-7	-5
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
21	13	-	A	-9
Cancel options: sp su Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 19, Block: 10. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

2LK

Crouch LK

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	3	7	1	1
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
3	3	-	L	1
Cancel options: self sp su

2MK

Crouch MK

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
7	5	17	-2	-2
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
15	3	-	L	-4
Cancel options: sp su 13 kara range Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

2HK

Crouch HK

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
8	5	26	KND	KND
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
21	3	-	L	-16
13 kara range Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 19, Block: 10. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

Jumping Normals

8LP

Jump LP (Neutral)

+

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

j.LP

Jump LP

+

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

8MP

Jump MP (Neutral)

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
6	5	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
16	11	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

j.MP

Jump MP

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	5	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
16	9	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

8HP

Jump HP (Neutral)

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
7	3	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
23	15	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 19, Block: 10. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

j.HP

Jump HP

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
6	4	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
23	13	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 19, Block: 10. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

8LK

Jump LK (Neutral)

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	19	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
8	7	-	H	-

j.LK

Jump LK

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
4	10	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
8	5	-	H	-

8MK

Jump MK (Neutral)

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	6	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
16	9	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

j.MK

Jump MK

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
5	6	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
16	9	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

8HK

Jump HK (Neutral)

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
7	5	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
23	13	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 19, Block: 10. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

j.HK

Jump HK

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
6	4	-	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
19	13	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 19, Block: 10. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.

Target Combos

Throws

LPLK

Seoi Nage

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
2	1	21	KND	KND
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
21	10	-	-	-
20 throw range

4LPLK

Tomoe Nage

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
2	1	21	KND	KND
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
24	4	-	-	-
20 throw range

Universal Overhead

MPMK

Straight Hit

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
15	8	7	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
7	3	-	H	-

Taunt

HPHK

Ball Throw

+

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
31	-	19	-	-
Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
1	-	-	H	-
Self meter gain: Whiff: 4, Hit: 11, Block: 7. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.

Special Moves

214P

Sean Roll

+

/

LP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	2	19	7	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	-	-	-	-	-

MP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	2	29	7	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	-	-	-	-	-

HP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	2	43	7	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	-	-	-	-	-

236K

Ryuubi Kyaku

+

/

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	25	8	15	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	21	19	-	H	-3
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 15. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	25	8	15	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	21	19	-	H	-3
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 15. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	25	8	15	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	21	19	-	H	-3
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 15. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 6, Block: 0.
EX	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	25	8	15	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	32	19	-	H	-1
Self meter gain: Whiff: -40, Hit: -40, Block: -40. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 0, Block: 0.

214K

Tornado Kick

+

/

LK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	11	4	21	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	16	9	-	H	-7
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 19, Block: 13. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
MK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	14	8	21	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	24	13	-	H	-6
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 20, Block: 14. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
HK	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	16	13	21	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	26	17	-	H	-6
Self meter gain: Whiff: 3, Hit: 21, Block: 15. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 4, Block: 0.
EX	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	9	11	17	-	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	28	21	-	H	-3
Self meter gain: Whiff: -40, Hit: -40, Block: -40. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 0, Block: 0.

41236P

Sean Tackle

+

/

LP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	18	2	28	KND	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	30	16	-	L	-14
34 throw range
MP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	22	2	28	KND	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	30	16	-	L	-14
34 throw range
HP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	26	2	28	KND	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	30	16	-	L	-14
34 throw range
EX	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	28	2	28	KND	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	40	28	-	L	-14
34 throw range Self meter gain: Whiff: -40, Hit: -40, Block: -40. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 0, Block: 0.

623P

Dragon Smash

+

/

LP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	5	6	36	KND	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	23	11	-	A	-24
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.
MP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	7	6	36	KND	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	23	11	-	A	-24
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.
HP	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	9	9	42	KND	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	23	11	-	A	-34
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: 2, Hit: 11, Block: 6. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 2, Block: 0.
EX	Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit	Cr. Hit
	8	12	42	KND	-
	Damage	Stun	Guard	Parry	Block
	31	17	-	A	-37
Cancel options: su Self meter gain: Whiff: -40, Hit: -40, Block: -40. Opponent meter gain: Whiff: 0, Hit: 0, Block: 0.