RYU Guide & Overview

Best range / preferred gameplan

Work around Hadoken and standing medium kick range, keeping enough attention free for jumps. Once a grounded hit connects, decide whether the opponent is close enough to the corner to justify a carry route. At close range, use the knockdown you actually earned rather than restarting with another speculative approach.

Key tools to learn first

Beginner practice order

1. Build the ground-and-air decision

   Record an opponent walking forward and another jumping. Alternate Hadoken or a ground poke with an anti-air response.

2. Learn a small-hit conversion

   Take the light-attack route into Shoryuken from the combo guide. Then learn its Tatsumaki alternative and compare the resulting positions.

3. Add one corner sequence

   Reproduce one listed corner knockdown and practice its strike, throw and backward-walk choices before learning a longer damage route.

Common mistakes

• Charging Denjin whenever there is space without checking whether the opponent can close that space.
• Choosing the highest-damage finisher while overlooking a corner-carry opportunity or the next wake-up situation.

What to learn first

Start with a reliable light-attack conversion, then practise cancel Drive Rush from crouching MK. Keep separate practice routes for situations with and without Denjin Charge.

Turn the route into a match decision

Midscreen, check how far the route carries. In the corner, check the throw, strike, and shimmy situation after it. Choose an ender for the next situation, not damage alone.