Street Fighter Alpha/Dan

Introduction

+Meterless damage Is extremely high on a good opening

+Still has alot of the best Shoto normals Granted they all have stun nerfs

-Roll punish is One of if not the worst in the game

-Has a very hard time getting in

-Shoryu Is Easily the Worst But it atleast has a small ammount of iframes unlike a2 where it has none

-Due to his joke character nerfed design to his stun values he has the hardest time stunning Anyone in the game with the only exception being his kouryuken super

How to Unlock

(Arcade) Press and hold start(At the Press start screen where it displays the number of credits), move to the random box and enter either of the following

-Color 1: enter LP, LK, MK, HK, HP, MP

-Color 2: enter HP, HK, MK, LK, LP, MP

Moves List

Any Normal not on the page is copied from Akuma,Just assume they have the same properties/Startup/hitboxes for the most part Just with most moves doing 1 or 2 stun instead of regular values.

Its also Worth noting that dan cannot rapid fire his cr.lk Or his St.lp But he can still Rapid cr.lp.

Normal Moves

cr.

Damage	Stun	Startup	Active	Frame Adv	Meter	Block	Properties
7	1	2	-	+2	-
Think of it as basically what it looks like. A ghetto version of your crouch MK. Its range is slightly shorter then the crouch MK, but its speed is slightly faster.

dj.

Damage	Stun	Startup	Active	Frame Adv	Meter	Block	Properties
10	1	4	-	-	-		-
Comes out very quick, stays out very long, and has good priority. Chances are you will be using this a lot. Its speed is great enough that you can use it as a ghetto hop kick of sorts. Sensing a low attack or even a mid range attack (Again, its priority is quite good) and then immediately jumping + LK. Of course the problem.... is landing.

st.

Damage	Stun	Startup	Active	Frame Adv	Meter	Block	Properties
12-14	2	5	-	+1	-
A quick punch to the gut. It stuffs mid attacks pretty reliably. But of course, the range is almost non existent.

st.

Damage	Stun	Startup	Active	Frame Adv	Meter	Block	Properties
11	2	6	-	-6	-		-
A mid ranged poke, note that its priority and speed in this game are not great competitively. So its better to stick with it in general to discourage jumping as a random poke to harass the opponent. Just letting them know it's there

dj.

Damage	Stun	Startup	Active	Frame Adv	Meter	Block	Properties
-	2	5	-	-	-		-
Surprisingly Dan might have the best hitbox for a crossup in the game which is a good thing because he needs it desperately for combos into dankyaku.

st.

Damage	Stun	Startup	Active	Frame Adv	Meter	Block	Properties
11-18,5-8	4,4	11	-	+6	-		-
Hits for a long time. A good meaty attack. Decent priority when the move actually starts to hit. Unfortunately it is slow.

Crouch HK (Sweep): A sweep that hits VERY far away. This will push them to the corner very fast, while making it quite obvious if they are going to roll. Of course the bad things, Dan does not punish rolls very hard in general. So in most circumstances, you are forced to..... Just sweep again.

Crouch HP: Like the crouching HP of all shotos in Alpha 1. It has a terrible amount of priority in this game.

Throws

Seoi Nage
b/f+[MP/HP]

Alpha Counter

Crouch Strong Kick
block b,db,d+K

Special Moves

Gadouken

Version	Damage	Stun	Startup	Active	Frame Adv	Meter	Block	Properties
+	14-24	1	8	-	-10	-
Can be punished on hit for doing it too close by supers etc just like alpha 2 which sucks But This generally Only happens in the corner since it has good pushback
+	14-24	1	8	-	-11	-
+	14-24	1	8	-	-12	-

Dankukyaku

All 3 versions use the exact same hitbox for all hits its just that they Hit lower to the ground for mk/hk

Version	Damage	Stun	Startup	Active	Frame Adv	Meter	Block	Properties
+	12-15	2	20	-	-9 -2(chun)	-		-
Strangely Light Dan kick has varying data on block But only against chun probably because of it hitting deeper due to her hurtbox Also this move wont hit crouchers at all.
+	12-17,8-13	2,2	12	-	-20	-		-
Second hit is duckable ala many multi hit moves which means despite being the fastest dankyaku its also the most unsafe.
+	12-17,8-13,8-13	2,2,2	17	-	-3	-		-
A very Good move in general and the reason to actually pick dan This is a super high damage Triple hit dan kick And all the hits are very low to the ground making it actually jail on block and pretty safe alot of the time.

Kouryuken

Version	Damage	Stun	Startup	Active	Frame Adv	Meter	Block	Properties
+	22-25	6	2	-	-9 to -17 depending on how close it is blocked	-
Works identical To ryus Shoryu Except that only the very first hit has iframes because haha joke character
+	24-28	6	2	-	-18 to -25 depending on how close it is blocked	-
+	24-28	6	2	-	-26 to -35 depending on how close it is blocked	-

Super Moves

Shinku Gadouken

• Double Quarter Circle Forward, Punch

Hissho Buriken

• Double Quarter Circle Back, Kick

Koryu Rekka

• Double Quarter Circle Forward, Kick

Combos

Jump LK, Koryuken

Jump HP/HK, 2+HK Dan is most likely gonna have a hard time landing a deep jump in straight out. And he does chain well, so you will probably have to stick with basics on many occasions.

Standing Kick, 2+HK Probably your most realistic damaging roll punish, sadly.

Lvl.1 Hissoh Buraiken, Lvl.2 Koryu Rekka Not terribly realistic. But if you hit a level 1, and a bit more damage will kill, AND you have the meter. It's there.

Something~ 2+HP, QCB+HK Dan's great equalizer. Jump in attack, 2+HP, or a cross up, to 2+LP, 2+HP, this combo hurts a lot. The only other "normal" combo that does more is Ken comboing something to hard punch DP. This combo is a good bet to realistically do 40%-50% depending oh what you start with every time. You can also tack on a DP super in the corner. However it is roll-able. And unlike other shotos Dan's DP super does NOT catch rolls. It also does not have the extreme random factor that Ken's DP combos have. But it is still very powerful.

The Basics

Although not as weak as other incarnations of his characters, dans orginal form does have some drawbacks.

-Very limited chain combo wise. -Comparatively weak DP.(Granted realistically when done deep it will beat everything. But compared to other anti airs in the game, it can not be done lackadaisically) -Combos do not bait rolls well, nor does he punish rolls well. A bad combination.

However Dan possesses arguably the second most powerful "regular" combo in the game. Knowing this, Dan can try and get by with the thought of even though knowingly being a low tier character Dan potentially punishes much harder then almost every other character in the game. Dan can try and play slow and steady trying to work his way in, playing safe and looking for opportunities to combo into hurricane kick. The problem with this is, dan has a hard time forcing himself on the opponent. Whats worse, many times by the time you finally have worked your way the opponent has built a bar to alpha counter you back across the screen. Whatever the case, theres a good chance if you want to win with dan, your going to need to look for ways of landing this combo. Some normal ways would be. Dans cross up has a lot of hang time like charlies in this game, so after a easy ambiguous cross up. You can also choose to alpha counter very early as dans alpha counter is very quick to negate push back, and then use that to get in faster then normal to punish with a 2+lp, 2+hp, hurricane kick. You can also punish rolls with with a stand lk, then go into it. Unfortunately for dan, many of his combos do not set up for roll punishing easily. Whats worse, this must be done very close to the opponent, and its very easy to miss. So in more cases then not you are forced to punish with something small.

With dan you may be forced to use a good amount of 50/50 in general. Although hurricane kick is safe mid screen. But if you start using it in the corner you will not be able to jump a throw. So basically you must make the opponent wary of random dp/super to beat the throw. And allow you to get away with some freebies. You may also find your self falling into this sort of though after jump lks, which you will probably be using a lot to try and get in randomly. After the lk your usually safe, to a fast attack, but not the throw. Again this where the thought of you punish them much harder then they punish you might come into play. Leaning more to the side of DP. Even if the dp is punished. Chances are again, there sweep after being pushed back from the dp will not hurt as bad as once you finally hit them with a duck hp to hurricane kick.

Stun Differences

St.lp 3>1

Dj.Lp 3>1

Nj.Lp 3>1

Cr.MP 6>2

Nj.Mp 6>2

Dj.Mp 6>2

St.Hp 8>4

Cr.Hp 8>4

Nj.Hp 8>4

Dj.Hp 6>4

St.Lk 3>1

Nj.Lk 3>1

Dj Lk 3>1

Cr.Mk 1>2!!

Nj.Mk 6>2

Dj.Mk 6>2

Cr.Hk 8>4

Nj.Hk 8>4

Dj.HK 6>4

Match-ups