EL FUERTE - MOVES COMBOS & STRATEGY
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EL FUERTE
CHARACTER INTRO
El Fuerte is one of the newer characters who like most of the other new comers to Street Fighter 4 relies heavily on mix ups to do damage. Your primary goal should be to knockdown your opponent so you can mix up between his Tostada Press, Slide and numerous throws as they wake up.
His Run special move initiates most of these attacks and gives him many options when on the offensive even outside of wake up mix ups. This same Run move can be canceled, stopping el Furte in his tracks which is not only good for baiting opponents, but also leads to a difficult to perform loop combo that can dizzy his opponent (Run, cancel the Run, Hard Punch, repeat).
He does take a lot of damage when hit so be careful when running around the screen trying to score a knockdown. With that being said, once his Revenge Meter is stocked up and he has an Ultra, he will be able to dictate the match since it can punish players who jump or throw fireballs from almost full screen.
FULL EL FUERTE STRATEGY GUIDE AT 1UP.COM MYCHEATS
COMMAND NORMALS
WALL JUMP
NEAR WALL, UP-BACK
- MP after Wall Jump: Tostada Press
- HP after Wall Jump: Fajita Buster
SHOWER KICK
TOWARDS + MEDIUM KICK
SPECIAL MOVES
RUN (FORWARD) 
QUARTER CIRCLE FORWARD + PUNCH
Once you initiate the run you have many options. All distances on aerial attacks can be controlled with back or towards on the joystick.
- STOP: LP
- TOSTADA PRESS: MP (Overhead, Crosses up on wake up)
- FAJITA BUSTER: HP (Throw)
- BACK STEP: LK
- GORDITA SOBAT: MK
- CARAMALE SLIDING: HK (Low sliding attack)
RUN (BACKWARD)
QUARTER CIRCLE BACK + PUNCH
Once you initiate the run you have many options. All distances on aerial attacks can be controlled with back or towards on the joystick.
- STOP: LP
- TOSTADA PRESS: MP (Overhead, Crosses up on wake up)
- PROPELLER TORTILLA: HP (Throw, can be ducked)
- PICADILLO JUMP: K
QUESADILLA BOMB
HOLD ANY KICK
- Can be charged up to 3 levels.
- Armor Breaking move.
GUACAMOLE LEG THROW
FORWARD, DOWN, DOWN-FROWARD + KICK
SUPER
EL FUERTE DYNAMITE:
QUARTER CIRCLE FORWARD X2 + KICK
ULTRA
EL FUERTE FLYING GIGA BUSTER
QUARTER CIRCLE FORWARD X2 + THREE KICKS
- Distance can be controlled with back or toward on the joystick.
MEDIA
LIL' SHOTO STRATEGY RAP
9 Comments
Reader Comments (9)
Oh ive seen a good fuerte player.... his mixups are incredible due to his amazing speed with his running ability and an unlimited string of standing light punches. the best way to compare him is to maki from capcom vs snk 2 along with his anti air GUACAMOLE LEG THROW which also stops Dragon Punches in their place he is definetely a technical character and one that should be worried about.
I think it should be added to El Fuerte that you can change how far (or near) his diving attacks will reach by holding back or towards on the stick. This also works on his Ultra as well.
Yeah I agree, this post is very old at this point and I've learned alot about Fuerte since then. I should be making updates to this guide shortly. :)
Thanks for the tip Delition , i didnt know that!!!!
"PROPELLER TORTILLA: HP (Throw, can be ducked)"
that's incorrect. it can't be ducked. FAJITA BUSTER can be ducked to avoid it, PROPELLER TORTILLA will work on ducking opponent.
Thanks DFYB
im a fairly new player and ive been playing as el fuerte. and offensively i can do everything i need to do to win a match but as you guys stated earlier is how squishy and suseptiable to damage he was and my defense is lacking any advice?
How to use him is simple, mass tostada on a zangief should show you the power of el fuerte
when you fight a counter hero like goukenjust use fajita buster if he dare counter tostada
you can slide under balls and no one will try to jump on you if you use the guacamole evry time you want to conect the player !
the ultimate is nice to use if the player is at mide distance or when he try to jump on you
if you use massive super moves to go forward or backward you'll have soon your super combo
nevers use el fuerte against blanka zangief bison and vega ... a good ryu will crush you all time
to be use carfully but the most funny player to use
First you Run-a
Then you stop-a
And then you standing fierce all day.