Street Fighter IV Remix/Ryu

Overview Combos Matchups Strategy

Introduction

Ryu has mastered the art of the hadou, but not the art of using a computer. His iMac is filled to the brim with viruses, so now he's out to find someone who can do PC support for free.

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Ryu is the unmistakable protagonist of the Street Fighter series. As a protagonist should be, Ryu is effective in most situations, and very easy to learn. In the Street Fighter games, Ryu is known for his straightforward gameplan involving smart usage of his 236P Hadouken and 623P Shoryuken special moves to create a powerful zoning game. Remix adds two new fireballs, 214P Close Range Fireball and 236K Arced Fireball, on top of allowing Ryu to use both his normal and arced fireballs in the air. This gives him a much more variable zoning game to match up with the powerful movement and anti-fireball tools in Remix. These are all complimented by Shoryuken, which is a powerful anti-air and reversal that can be extremely hard to manuever around.

Ryu isn't lacking in offense either. His 214K Tatsumaki Senpukyaku specials are strong in combos, but the heavy version is notably a massive +5, allowing him to reset pressure over and over again. He sports a comboable throw from both his forward and back throws, and can compliment his strong lows with his 4HK overhead. All of these options lead into a damaging combo and a knockdown where Ryu can set up a left/right mixup, and either land a hit for another combo into death or get great pressure on block.

Ryu's dominant midrange game is somewhat diminished by his own kit however, as he lacks the strong reward off of most hits that other characters can get. His primary poke, 2MK, can't be converted to anything besides a heavy Hadouken in most ranges, making him reliant on meter or CC to secure damage from it.

Ryu is a strong and reliable pick who can put in work even against some of the strongest characters in the game. He's also one of the best beginner characters in Remix, and exemplifies how Remix changes characters while keeping their original gameplans intact enough to let dedicated players learn them. If you want solid shoto gameplay, or just aren't sure who to pick, Ryu is more than worth a try.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Zoner: Ryu has two different sets of fireballs, and both can also be used in the air, allowing for a ton of variety in fireball zoning. His DP compliments these, and his two fireball supers let him turn stray fireballs into damage. Well Rounded: While his zoning is a notable strength, Ryu has great buttons to play midrange, and belligerent tools for offense like his plus on block buttons, plus on block combo starting overhead, and 214HK. He also has simple and damaging combos, making his punishes just as scary as any Remix character. Simplicity: With an extremely straightforward kit and simple execution, Ryu is easy to pick up and play without needing much time in training mode.

Poor Meterless Conversions: While he has good pokes, they don't lead into that much at max range without spending meter, and his overhead options are slow and require some setup. Predictable: Ryu's moves being so simple lead to a predictability when fighting him. Ryu has to keep his options varied, which can be hard for a character who lacks much in terms of gimmicks.

Ryu
Character Data
Health	1000
Chains	L>M>H
Walkspeed	1.7 (Average)
Forward Dash Duration	13 frames
Forward Dash Distance	1.1 (Shortest)
Backdash Duration	18 frames
Backdash Invuln	0 frames
Unique Movement	No Unique Movement

Normals

5LP

Standing Light Punch
5LP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
30/38	Mid	CMD, SP	0	60	0	+3	-1
Regular mashable light punch. Has a weird range where it can whiff at certain distances currently, so it's best done point-blank.

5MP

Standing Medium Punch
5MP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
60/78	Mid	CMD, SP	0	60	0	0	-4
Standard medium punch, far version has good range. Enjoy.

5HP

Standing Heavy Punch
5HP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
80/100	Mid	CMD, SP	0	60	0	+6	+3
A slower heavy punch.

5LK

Standing Light Kick
5LK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
30/38	Mid	CMD, SP	0	60	0	-4	-7
Probably his best standing light normal. Good range, and lets you chain into standing MK or HK from pretty far out.

5MK

Standing Medium Kick
5MK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
70/88	Mid	CMD, SP	0	60	0	+1	-3
Forward-moving normal with decent range.

5HK

Standing Heavy Kick
5HK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
90/100	Mid	CMD, SP	0	60	0	-6	-9
A slow far-range normal that's good for anti-airs at a distance. Also a great move out of chains, and cancels to his command normals.

2LP

Crouching Light Punch
2LP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
30/38	Mid	CMD, SP	0	60	0	0	-3
Mashable short-range crouching light punch.

2MP

Crouching Medium Punch
2MP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
60/75	Mid	CMD, SP	0	60	0	+3	-1
Standard good range crouching medium.

2HP

Crouching Heavy Punch
2HP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
90/112	Mid	CMD, SP	0	60	0	-5	-8
Forces standing on crouchers. Decent anti-air, Good in the beginning of juggle combos or after a Charge Cancel due to it juggling upwards.

2LK

Crouching Light Kick
2LK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
40/60	Low	CMD, SP	0	60	0	-2	-5
The crouching light button you should be pressing the most. longer-range than cr.LP, more damage, is an actual low, and chains into itself for easy confirms (but less damage on combos).

2MK

Crouching Medium Kick
2MK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
70/88	Low	CMD, SP	0	60	0	-4	-8
Ryu's classic Cr.MK, but with a much longer hitbox. Doesn't combo into much except fireballs at max range, however.

2HK

Crouching Heavy Kick
2HK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
100/113	Low	CMD, SP	0	60	0	KD	-12
Ryu's sweep can be cancelled into from chains, is special cancellable, and is a hard knockdown letting him set up okizeme pretty fast.

j.LP

Jumping Light Punch
j.LP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
30/40	High	CMD, SP	0	60	0	+80	-80
Regular jumping light punch that resets and is special-cancellable.

j.MP

Jumping Medium Punch
j.MP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
30x2/38x2	High	CMD, SP	0	60	0	+80	-80
Ryu's classic air-to-air jumping normal, that can now be cancelled into his air specials. Great combo tool even without cancelling.

j.HP

Jumping Heavy Punch
j.HP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
90/100	High	CMD, SP	0	60	0	+80	-80
A good jump-in tool.

j.LK

Jumping Light Kick
j.LK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
40/50	High	CMD, SP	0	60	0	+80	-80
Regular jumping light kick that resets and is special-cancellable.

j.MK

Jumping Medium Kick
j.MK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
70/88	High	CMD, SP	0	60	0	+80	-80
Lower damage than j.HK, but also hits directly underneath for earlier crossups.

j.HK

Jumping Heavy Kick
j.HK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
100/125	High	CMD, SP	0	60	0	+80	-80
A damaging jump-in button with good range.

Command Normals

4HP

Back Heavy Punch
4HP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
80/100	Mid	SP	0	60	0	-3	-6
An anti-air command normal that also doubles as a juggle tool. Launches an airborne opponent higher than other normals.

4HK

Overhead
4HK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
80/100	High	SP	0	60	0	KD	+2
A slow overhead kick that causes bounce on hit, leading to big combos.

Special Moves

236P

Hadouken
236P

LP/MP/HP Projectiles

EX Projectile

LP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
MP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
HP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
EX	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5 x2	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
LP: Slow projectile, lets you follow behind it for pressure. MP: Medium speed projectile HP: Fast projectile EX: Shoots across the screen very quickly. Hits twice. Ryu's fireball on a basic level works similarly as in his other appearances, but the slower LP fireball, and faster HP and EX fireballs on top of the faster movement in Remix expands his threatening zoning game considerably.

j.236P

Aerial Hadouken
j.236P

LP/MP/HP Projectile

EX Projectile

LP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
MP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
HP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
EX	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5 x2	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
LP: Slow downwards projectile MP: Medium speed downwards projectile HP: Fast downwards projectile EX: Shoots across the screen very quickly. Hits twice. The air fireballs have about the same speed as his grounded ones, but with a downwards trajectory. Also they're in the air.

623P

Shoryuken
623P

LP/MP/HP

EX

LP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	100/125/25 70/88/15	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
MP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	80/100/20 50/62/12	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
HP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	100/125/25 50/62/12	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
EX	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	40/80/20 15/25/5 x7	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
LP: Close range DP MP: Medium range DP HP: Medium-Long range DP note: LP/MP/HP first hit counts as a projectile hitbox, and crushes projectiles. EX: Hits up to 8 times going up. Ryu's classic Dragon Punch. They mostly work the same as always, but the ability to charge cancel allows them to instantly convert into big combos, and the EX version leads to great okizeme on top of juggle combos.

214K

Tatsumaki Senpukyaku
214K
214K~4K
214~4K~4K

214K~4K/214~4K~4K

EX

LK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/70/15	Mid	SC	0	60	0	KD	-5
MK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/70/15	Mid	SC	0	60	0	KD	0
HK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/70/15	Mid	SC	0	60	0	KD	+5
EX	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	25/35/7x4 20/30/10	Mid	SC	0	60	0	KD	0
4K	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	30/70/10	Mid	SC	0	60	0	KD	?
LK: Fastest startup, slowest recovery. MK: Medium startup, medium recovery. HK: Slowest startup, fastest recovery. EX: 5-hit stationary EX tatsumaki. No followups. Followups: LK: Travels upwards. MK: Travels up-forwards. HK: Travels forwards. The Ground Tatsumaki Senpukyaku is a rekka special where the followups move Ryu into the air, or straight forward. The first hit does the most damage, and can lead into ground combos. All versions can cancel into air supers/air charge cancel. It can also be used to alter your movement during pressure, or to avoid projectiles.

j.214K

Aerial Tatsumaki Senpukyaku
j.214K

LP/MP/HP

EX

LK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	70/88/17	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
MK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	70/88/17	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
HK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	70/88/17	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
EX	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	25/35/10x4 40/50/10	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
LP: Fastest spin. MP: Medium spin. HP: Slowest spin. EX: Multi-hit Stationary Tatsumaki. While Ryu's ground tatsus are rekkas, his jumping tatsus are more traditional, but slightly boosted. He's better at crossing people up with his neat spinning kicks than ever, and is able to cancel into Charge Cancels and Supers.

236K

Arc Hadouken
236K

LK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
MK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5	-	-	0	60	0	+80	-80
HK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5	-	-	0	60	0	+80	-80
EX	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5	-	-	0	60	0	+80	-80
LP: shallow short-distance arc MP: medium distance arc HP: far distance arc EX: shoots out all 3 versions of the arc hadoken at once Ryu decides to just start kicking his fireballs like a football, and thus creates a great zoning tool that covers a lot of jump-in angles.

j.236K

Aerial Arc Hadouken
j.236K

LK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
MK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
HK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
EX	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	60/75/5 (x3)	Mid	SC	0	60	0	+80	-80
LK: Projectile shoots downwards at a tight angle. MK: Projectile shoots downwards at an angle. HK: Projectile shoots downwards at a wide angle. EX: shoots out all 3 versions of the arc hadoken at once, but downwards. Ryu thinks football should be enjoyed in the air as well, and kicks fireballs down at you.

214P

Close-Range Hadouken
214P

LP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	80/90/10	Mid	SC	0	60	0	KD	-9
MP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	90/100/15	Mid	SC	0	60	0	KD	-4
EX	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	100/120/20	Mid	SC	0	60	0	KD	-2
LP: Fastest startup, slowest recovery. MP: Medium startup, medium recovery. HP: Slowest startup, fastest recovery. EX: Fast startup and recovery, can dashcancel on hit. Previously known as the Shakunetsu Hadoken, this special has limited range, but is a nice damaging move that works well as a blockstring ender.

Supers

236PPP

Shinku Hadouken
236PPP

Hold LP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	35/45/10 x6	Mid	CC, 623PPP	0	60	0	+80	-80
Hold MP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	35/45/10 x6	Mid	CC, 623PPP	0	60	0	+80	-80
Hold HP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	35/45/10 x6	Mid	CC, 623PPP	0	60	0	+80	-80
Hold LP: Slow fireball Hold MP: Medium speed fireball Hold HP: Fast fireball Ryu's super fireball can be cancelled out of pretty much everything, and lets him do the same things he can do with his regular fireballs, but far more effectively. Considering how much meter characters in remix can build, he pretty much always has access to this. Also, as a nice bonus, he can cancel into METS Dragon Punch as an ender for some extra damage up close.

j236PPP

Aerial Shinku Hadouken
j.236PPP

hold LP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	35/45/10x6	Mid	CC	0	60	0	+80	-80
hold MP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	35/45/10x6	Mid	CC	0	60	0	+80	-80
hold HP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	35/45/10x6	Mid	CC	0	60	0	+80	-80
Hold LP: Slow fireball Hold MP: Medium speed fireball Hold HP: Fast fireball Same as the ground version, but obviously cannot be cancelled to METS Dragon Punch, and can be tiger-knee'd for faster recovery.

214PPP

Mets Hadouken
214PPP

U1

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
55/75/20 x6	Mid	-	0	60	0	KD	-80
METS Hadouken shoots out 6 fireballs in a row that are a nightmare to deal with as the defender.

j.214PPP

Aerial Mets Hadouken
j214PPP

U1

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
55/75/20 x6	Mid	-	0	60	0	KD	-80
METS Hadouken shoots out 6 fireballs in a row that are a nightmare to deal with as the defender, this time in the air. Ryu starts falling as soon as the first fireball is out, and can create a nice spread of fireballs on the screen.

623PPP

Mets Dragon Punch
623PPP

U2

Full hit:	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	On first hit: 0/0/80 30,150,120	Mid	-	0	60	0	+80	-80
On Whiff:	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
	32/40/6x4 43/47/8x3	Mid	-	0	60	0	+80	-80
The classic METS Dragon Punch we all know and love serves mostly as an ender, but still does a decent chunk of damage with the full hit animation.

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Street Fighter IV Remix is a mod of Street Fighter IV developed by MiriamBurgers and Anotak.