Super Street Fighter IV AE/Seth

Seth

Seth is actually one of many bodies produced by the Living Incubator program, but was giving the assignment of overseeing the S.I.N. corporation by M. Bison. Seth developed the Tanden Engine, which allowed Seth to instantly mimic the fighting techniques of opponents he has fought. Ever ambitious, Seth decided to rebel against Shadaloo and took S.I.N. for himself. He has no intention of stopping there, however, and plans to defeat Shadaloo's leader, M. Bison, and take over everything M. Bison has created utilizing the ultimate weapon he has created within S.I.N.: the device known as BLECE.

In a nutshell

A "glass cannon" in every sense of the word. Seth is a character who has a variety of tools at his disposal for just about everything you can think of. His speed is incredible, he can deal loads of damage in seconds with extremely lengthy and hard-hitting combos, and his moves all have great priority. The price he pays for all of these perks, unfortunately, is the worst defense in the game. With the lowest health out of the entire cast, and his only reliable wakeup reversal being his Shoryuken, Seth must be played very carefully, because making one false move will cost you the round 99% of the time. Once mastered, however, the risky maneuvers one takes with Seth will eventually seem more rewarding than not.

Players to Watch

Poongko, OnlineTony, Dashio, Problem X

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Yosokyaku

(in air)

+

Can be performed three times in a sequence;

Tenmakujinkyaku

(at top of jump arc)

+

Wall Jump

(in air, near wall)

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Genocide Shot

or

+

Death Throw

+

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Sonic Boom

+

Shoryuken

+

Can be performed three times in sequence

Hyakuretsukyaku

+

Tanden Engine

+

version consumes two blocks of Super Combo Gauge

only during

Spinning Piledriver

+

Yoga Teleport

or

+

or

+

will appear next to opponent in back

+

will appear next to opponent in front

versions are identical and will go as far backwards as the screen allows

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Tanden Storm

qcf +

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Tanden Stream

qcf +

Tanden Typhoon

qcb +

AE ver. 2012 Changes

Jumping Heavy Punch

Changed hitbox active time from 2F to 4F.

Forward Jumping Medium Kick

Made foot region invincible to projectiles from end of active period to landing.

Shoryuken

Shortened block stun by 2F on second normal Shoryuken hit, leaving the attacker with a -3F (dis)advantage on EX Focus→Dash. No change to first hit’s block stun.

Tanden Stream

Made Seth become totally invincible at a certain point in the attack. Made fully hit when combo launched from crouching heavy punch. Changed damage from 380 to 340.

AE Changes

His Toward Jumping Hard Punch's number of active frames is doubled, so it's easier to hit with now.
Far Standing Medium Kick's active frames were lengthened a little, and his hittable box when he extends his leg horizontally was reduced, so it will function better as a poking tool.
Close Standing Medium Punch's startup is faster and the total duration of the move is reduced as a result, plus frame advantage on hit was increased, so it got significantly buffed.
Crouching Hard Punch's start up is slightly faster.
Crouching Medium Kick has slightly more active frames.
Neutral Jumping and Jumping Away Hard Punch (Stretchy Arms) now is his Jump Toward Hard Punch animation. The jumping stretchy arms attack has been removed.
His Dive Kick's hitstun and blockstun were decreased, so it's slightly harder to use the move as an offense tool.
All three Head Stomp moves had their active frames reduced, and the timing to hit all three of them was changed.
Sonic Boom's recovery was reduced by 1 frame, and EX Sonic Boom's recovery is reduced by 3 frames. Now regular attacks into his regular or EX Sonic Boom, Focus Attack Dash Cancel and a follow up combo are pretty powerful.
His Spin Kicks (Hyakuretsukyaku) deal more damage and less stun.
Super's invincibility window was lengthened, and "the pursuit priority is increased" (connect more hits against airborne opponents).
Ultra 2's recovery was shortened. Full invincibility was changed to 12 frames, and after that Seth is only invincible to projectiles until the end of active frames.
Ultra 1 deals more damage, but has a longer recovery time.
Stamina increased to 800, stun increased to 900.

The Basics

Combos

Strategy

Matchups

Frame Data

	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes
Close	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	2	5	+4	+7
Close	HL	75	100	40	sp/su	5	2	10	+2	+5
Close	HL	90[80]	200[150]	60	sp/su	4	5	20	-7	-2	Forces stand, [] refers to active frames 3~5f
Close	HL	35	50	20	-	4	2	6	+3	+6
Close	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	7	2	12	0	+3
Close	HL	40*70	125*75	60*20	su*-	7	2*2	16	0	+5	Only +4 hit advantage vs crouching opponents
Far	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	5	2	5	+4	+7
Far	HL	60	100	40	su	6	2	13	-1	+2
Far	HL	80	200	60	-	13	3	30	-15	-11
Far	HL	40	50	20	-	4	2	8	+1	+4
Far	HL	60	100	40	-	8	3	12	-1	+2
Far	HL	90	200	60	-	10	3	18	-3	+1
Crouch	HL	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	2	6	+3	+6
Crouch	HL	50	100	40	sp/su	5	2	11	-1	+3
Crouch	HL	60*30	100*100	60*20	sp/su	10	2(2)2	19	-3	-	1st hit forces stand, 2nd hit floats opponent
Crouch	L	20	50	20	ch/sp/su	5	2	8	+1	+4
Crouch	L	50	100	40	sp/su	7	3	14	-5	-1
Crouch	L	80	100	60	-	8	2	25	-9	-	Hard knockdown
Jump Up	H	50	50	20	-	5	5	-	-	-
Jump Up	H	80	100	40	-	6	4	-	-	-
Jump Up	H	80	200	60	-	4	4	-	-	-
Jump Up	H	45	50	20	-	5	6	-	-	-
Jump Up	H	80	100	40	-	6	9	-	-	-	Can be maneuvered, Until end of startup and 11f~until landing legs projectile invincible
Jump Up	H	100	200	60	-	7	4	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	50	50	20	-	4	10	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	50*30	50*50	40*20	-	4	2*3	-	-	-	1st hit floats opponent, [2nd air hit] limited juggle, pursuit property
Jump Forward	H	80	200	60	-	4	4	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	45	50	20	-	6	8	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	70	100	40	-	6	5	-	-	-
Jump Forward	H	90	200	60	-	6	8	-	-	-
Head Stomp (1)	H	50	50	40	-	3	3	After landing 7	-	-	Pursuit property
Head Stomp (2)	H	30	50	40	-	4	3	After landing 7	-	-	Pursuit property
Head Stomp (3)	H	35	50	40	-	5	3	After landing 7	-	-	Pursuit property
Dive Kick	H	60	100	60	-	12	Until ground	-	-	-	Pursuit property
Triangle Jump	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Can perform until 27f of jump
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	65	100	20	-	10+11	2	35	-21	-21
Focus Attack LVL 2	HL	85	150	40	-	18+11	2	35	-15	-
Focus Attack LVL 3	-	150	200	60	-	65	2	35	-	-
Forward Throw	0.9	130	150	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard knockdown
Back Throw	0.9	130	150	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard knockdown
Sonic Boom (all)	HL	60	50	10/20	su	14	-	Total 47	-5	-1	17~18f cancellable
Sonic Boom	HL	45*45	50*50	-250/0	su	14	-	Total 58	-3	+1	30~31f cancellable, 2nd hit starts on 27f
Shoryuken	HL	80*60	100*50	30/40*10	su*su	5	2*16	11+13	-21	-	1~22f lower body strike and projectile invincible, 1~7f unthrowable, 8f~ airborne
Shoryuken	HL	90*60	100*50	30/40*10	su*su	5	2*16	21+13	-31	-	1~7f Invincible, 8~22f lower body strike and projectile invincible, 8f~ airborne
Shoryuken	HL	100*80	100*50	30/40*10	su*su	5	2*16	24+13	-34	-	1~7f Invincible, 8~22f lower body strike and projectile invincible, 8f~ airborne
Shoryuken	HL	100*50	100*50	-250/0	su*su	5	2*16	26+13	-34	-	1~22f invincible, 8f~ airborne,
Shoryuken (2nd)	HL	40	25	0/10	-	4	8	After landing 13	-	-	Pursuit property, EX version does not gain meter
Shoryuken (3rd)	HL	10[20x5]	10[10x5]	0/10[0]	-	4	20[4x5]	After landing 13	-	-	Pursuit property, [] refers to EX version
Hyakuretsu	HL	10*110	0*100	20/10*35	-	12	2	36	-24	-	Armor break, 1st hit goes into animation
Hyakuretsu	HL	10*120	0*150	20/10*35	-	14	2	36	-24	-	Armor break, 1st hit goes into animation
Hyakuretsu	HL	20*130	0*200	20/10*35	-	16	2	36	-24	-	Armor break, 1st hit goes into animation
Hyakuretsu	HL	20*100	0*250	-250/0	-	16	2	36	-24	-	1~15f strike and projectile invincible, armor break, 1st hit goes into animation
Tanden Engine	2.50	0	0	10/1	-	21	24	25	+19	+23	21~68f projectile invincible, vacuum effect, forces stand, cannot be countered, acts as a throw
Tanden Engine	3.50	0	0	10/1	-	24	25	25	+19	+23	24~72f projectile invincible, vacuum effect, forces stand, cannot be countered, acts as a throw
Tanden Engine	4.50	0	0	10/1	-	26	25	25	+19	+23	26~74f projectile invincible, vacuum effect, forces stand, cannot be countered, acts as a throw
Tanden Engine	HL	0	0	-500/0	-	23	24	25	+19	+23	23~70f projectile invincible, vacuum effect, forces stand, armor break, cannot be countered, pursuit property
Spinning Pile Driver	1.18	130	200	30/80	-	3	2	49	-	-	Hard knockdown
Spinning Pile Driver	1.08	140	200	30/80	-	3	2	53	-	-	Hard knockdown
Spinning Pile Driver	0.98	150	200	30/80	-	3	2	56	-	-	Hard knockdown
Spinning Pile Driver	1.13	170	200	-250/0	-	3	2	49	-	-	1~4f strike and projectile invincible, Hard knockdown
Yoga Teleport	-	0	0	-	-	-	-	48	-	-	1~31f invincible, teleport complete on 19f
Super Combo	HL	10x20*120	0	-1000/0	-	1+5	80	81	-45	-	1~6f Invincible, Untechable limited juggle knockdown, low hitbox is a strike hitbox, vacuum effect, high hitbox is projectile hitbox, pursuit property, (something about the finish on hit/guard can juggle)
Super Combo	HL	10x20*120	0	-1000/0	-	1+10	80	81	-45	-	1f Invincible, Untechable limited juggle knockdown, low hitbox is a strike hitbox, vacuum effect, high hitbox is projectile hitbox, pursuit property, (something about the finish on hit/guard can juggle)
Super Combo	HL	10x20*120	0	-1000/0	-	1+15	80	81	-45	-	1f Invincible, Untechable limited juggle knockdown, low hitbox is a strike hitbox, vacuum effect, high hitbox is projectile hitbox, pursuit property, (something about the finish on hit/guard can juggle)
Ultra Combo 1	HL	340	0	0/0	-	0+10	-	Total 66	-25	-	1~12f Invincible, Invincible on hit, Untechable limited juggle knockdown, armor break, strike hitbox
Ultra Combo 2	HL	024x1360	0	0/0	-	0+10	80	104	-89	-	1~11f Invincible, 12~89f projectile invincible, Untechable limited juggle knockdown, armor break, low hitbox is a strike hitbox, vacuum effect, high hitbox is projectile hitbox, can juggle
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes

Notes