001. STREET FIGHTER 4 - KEN - INTRO & STRATEGY

NORMAL MOVES | SPECIAL MOVES | COMBOS | MATCH UP NOTES & VIDEOS

OVERVIEW

• Played most effectively from close range, mixing up pokes, cross ups and combos with the threat of his kara-throw.

• One of the few characters in Street Fighter 4 with a useful kara-throw.

• Somewhat difficult to land his full Ultra within a combo due to the fact that it will only fully connect out of a FADC'd Dragon Punch on counter hit.
• His stepkick is a very useful tool to get in.

RESOURCES

1UP.COM MY CHEATS KEN SUPER GUIDE

SHORYUKEN.COM KEN FORUM

SHORYUKEN.COM KEN FRAME DATA

TUTORIAL VIDEOS

Ken Masters Tutorial by NayanSpirit

002. STREET FIGHTER 4 - KEN - NORMAL MOVES

JAB (LIGHT) PUNCH

STRONG (MEDIUM) PUNCH

FIERCE (HARD) PUNCH

SHORT (LIGHT) KICK

FORWARD (MEDIUM) KICK

ROUNDHOUSE (HARD) KICK

COMMAND NORMALS

OVERHEAD KICK

BACK + MEDIUM KICK

STEPPING OVERHEAD KICK

TOWARDS + ROUNDHOUSE KICK

• You can fake this move by holding roundhouse.

STEP FORWARD KICK

TOWARDS + MEDIUM KICK

• Can combo into crouching medium kick on counter hit.

CHAIN COMBO

STRONG PUNCH, FIERCE PUNCH

• Ken carries over his target combo from Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. It is performed the same way by pressing strong punch then fierce punch.
• Can be canceled into numerous moves such as jab and fierce Shoryuken.
• It is not as reliable as it is in 3rd Strike in that it will sometimes miss on crouching opponents.

003. STREET FIGHTER 4 - KEN - SPECIAL MOVES

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HADOUKEN (FIREBALL)

QUARTER CIRCLE FORWARD + PUNCH

• EX Version is two hits but does not knock down.

SHORYUKEN (DRAGON PUNCH)

FORWARD, DOWN, DOWN FORWARD + PUNCH

• Medium Punch version is best used for anti-air.
• EX Version has a ton of invicibilty and deals a lot of damage.

TATSUMAKI SENPUUKYAKU (HURRICANE KICK)

QUARTER CIRCLE BACK + KICK

• Can be done in air.
• EX Version useful in combos and can also be followed up with an Ultra.

SUPER MOVE

SHORYU-REPPA

QUARTER CIRCLE FORWARD X2 + PUNCH

ULTRA

SHINRYUUKEN

QUARTER CIRCLE FORWARD X2 + THREE PUNCHES

004. STREET FIGHTER 4 - KEN - COMBOS

MASTER GUIDE COMBOS

• c.lk, c.lp, hp shoryu cancel to super, ultra (supercancel after 1st hit)
• c.lk, c.lp, hp shoryu 2nd hit fadc to ultra or mp shoryu to ultra
• c.mk cancel to lp hadouken, fadc, cr.hp, hk tatsu or ex shoryu
• j.hk, cs.hk cancel to hp shoryu or ex shoryu or hp super to ultra
• focus attack (opponent collapse), dash, close standing hk, cancel to ex shoryu or ultra
• anti air lp/mp/hp shoryu, (can only be 1 hit if its multi hit shoryu), mp shoryu or ex shoryu or mp super
• hp shoryu (1st hit must be counter hit), fadc, ultra

005. STREET FIGHTER 4 - KEN - MATCH UPS

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