Special Moves

*Important note: When you attempt to do these moves sometimes you have to do them in reverse when you are facing a different direction. Example my move list explains how to do the moves while you are facing the right but actually on the left side of the battle screen. But in reality if you switched sides and jump to the right your character's direction will then face left and you have to do moves in a different way such as Ryu's Fireball move... when you're on the right side of the screen facing left, you'll want to press down, down left, left + any punch button instead of down, down right, right + any punch button. I know it's confusing but if you play Street Fighter II enough you'll understand what I'm saying. 'special thanks to shadowkin111 on 6/27/08 for making me realize to put up the important note about when you're facing different directions you have to do the moves in reverse!' *

Now... we all know those hard, difficult moves to use with certain buttons you need to push, but the fact remains a lot of times you just don't have the TIME IN A BATTLE to concentrate on trying to pull off a huge move that may miss... one that your opponent already is prepared to do, like Guile's Sonic Boom beating Bison's Psycho Crusher. The objective is to master these certain moves, and so, here are how you execute some of the moves. Moves will be separated by the character. Also note Ken and Ryu's moves are the same. I ALSO RECOMMEND A LOT OF TRAINING BE DONE WITH THESE MOVES, as in if you can play with your friends, have training sessions of rounds where one person blocks while another tries the move repeatingly.

Key commands of move usage, learn and remember them well!: *and remember to read the important note on top of this page*

U = Up

D = Down

L = Left

R = Right

UL = Up + Left

UR = Up + Right

DL = Down + Left

DR = Down + Right

~RYU~

Tap D, DR, R + any punch button, as Ryu will release a blue fire ball.

Tap R, D, DR and any punch button as Ryu will leap into the air with a hugely powerful uppercut.

Tap D, DL, L + a kick button and Ryu will spin through the air with a very strong/pummeling kick.

~KEN~

Tap D, DR, R + any punch button, as Ken will release a blue fire ball.

Tap R, D, DR and any punch button as Ken will leap into the air with a hugely powerful uppercut.

Tap D, DL, L + a kick button and Ken will spin through the air with a very strong/pummeling kick.

~E. HONDA~

Tap a light punch button repeatingly as Honda will begin to unleash a huge amount of slaps. Realize one difference from Chun Li's Lightning Kick,... though slowly, Honda can MOVE while using this move!!

Hold L for a whole two seconds then right after press R and any punch button as Honda will fly across the screen with a strong head butt. I also recommend using this head butt move then combining it with a hand slap since it's Honda's fastest move.

~CHUN LI~

Simply tap a light kick button as Chun will begin to unleash a series of dangerous kicks, a very popular and well known move... almost as popular as the Fire Ball from Ryu/Ken.

  Hold down D for a whole 2 seconds then immediately press U and any kick button and Chun Li will glide across the screen with a strong kick attack, very easy to do, and a good move to combo with Lightning Kick.

~BLANKA~

Simply tap any punch button as Blanka will begin to glow and become electric. The only real way to easily beat this move is to give Blanka a hard sweep, but I recommend using Electricity with wisdom and cunning. Example, when you see your opponent above you about to land right at you, use electricity then. Creative eh? More like common sense.

Hold L for two seconds then immediately press R and any punch button as Blanka will fly across the screen with a strong strike.

~ZANGIEF~

Tap any two punch buttons all at once and Zangief will spin around with the powerful "Clothesline" move.

Press the D-Pad in the clockwise direction very speedily then press a punch button. Zangief will grab his opponent... leap into the air as we've all seen several times before, and come crashing down to with the almighty Pile Driver, which nearly depletes half of an enemy's vitality.

~GUILE~

Hold back L for 2 seconds then tap R once then any punch button and Guile will release Sonic Boom!

Hold D for 2 seconds, then jump and use any kick command to execute the deadly Spin Kick! 

~DHALSIM~

Tap D, DR, R and a punch button and Dhalsim will unleash a ball of fire.

Press L, DL, D, DR, R and a punch button and Dhalsim will shoot out a cloud of flame.

~BALROG~

Hold down all of the three punch or kick buttons for a period of time and it will charge up Balrog's punching power, but he will still be able to move, then whenever you want, unleash a huge straight punch at your enemy. Pending on the height of the number will determine it's damage.

Hold L for two seconds then immediately press R and any punch button as Balrog will quickly rush across the screen with a damaging punch. Very useful to stop annoying fast enemies.

Hold L for two seconds then after press R and any kick button as Balrog will quickly rush across the screen with a damaging uppercut. The two dash moves are very valuable to use them over and over to stun and beat the crap out of an opponent.

~VEGA~

Hold L for about two seconds then immediately press R and any punch button as Vega will thrust frontwards with a nice roll and strike an opponent with his claw. Good intimidation move.

Hold D for two seconds then immediately press U and any kick button AND when Vega dives down press any punch button and he will open his fists up to perform a strong claw attack.

  Hold D for a whole two seconds then right after tap U + any kick button AND when Vega dives down move the D-Pad towards your opponent and hit any punch button, as Vega will grab them and smash them into the ground. Vega's moves can be tricky, but if you try hard enough, you can learn them.

~SAGAT~

  Press D, DR, R and a punch button as Sagat will launch a red beam.

  Press D, DR, R and any kick button and Sagat will perform the Tiger Shot at a lower elevation, which is makes Tiger Shot in general very versatile.

Tap R, D, DR and a punch button as Sagat will jump into the air with a strong uppercut. Almost identical to Ryu/Ken's Dragon Punch, but it lets him jump nearly off the screen so he's in safety, until he lands back down with his slow speed.

Press D, R, UR and any kick button as Sagat will do a quick knee attack. I find this move kind of useless at times.

~BISON~

Hold L for two whole seconds then press R and a punch button as Bison will fly across the entire screen, on fire, igniting anything he hits, but a Fireball/Sonic Boom can stop him.

Hold L for a whole two seconds then immediately press R and any kick button and Bison will quickly jump towards his opponent with two strong kicks. Good defensive move.

Hold D for a period of two seconds then press U + any kick button as Bison will fly towards his opponent's head and attempt to smash it. After he lands on their head and jumps up however, press ANY punch button to combo it with a punch. Amazing move.

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