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TarkanX · 05-07-2002, 04:23 PM

Actually

Ryu: power
Ken: speed

Ken is flashy, and Ryu is focused. Ryu has a better round house, and axe kick, but Ken is still better in game play overall(but Ryu is still my fav. SF character).

The disadvantage of Ken, like you said is he's defenseless after a combo, like if he does a fire shoryuken, and only the last combo hits with the opponent on the ground, the opponent will still be standing, as with Ryu, his one combo shoryuken isn't flashy, it's focused, so you don't have to worry about watching out for them when they are going to trip you when your coming down, or something..... Ryu's Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku is safer than Kens, it hits the opponent all the way back, but Kens flashiness gets in the way of that.

Ken has an anti-turtling(hitting someone while they're ducking) in alpha 3 in which Ryu doesn't, which is an advantage for Ken.

05-07-2002, 04:23 PM	#10
TarkanX Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 3,043 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	Actually Ryu: power Ken: speed Ken is flashy, and Ryu is focused. Ryu has a better round house, and axe kick, but Ken is still better in game play overall(but Ryu is still my fav. SF character). The disadvantage of Ken, like you said is he's defenseless after a combo, like if he does a fire shoryuken, and only the last combo hits with the opponent on the ground, the opponent will still be standing, as with Ryu, his one combo shoryuken isn't flashy, it's focused, so you don't have to worry about watching out for them when they are going to trip you when your coming down, or something..... Ryu's Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku is safer than Kens, it hits the opponent all the way back, but Kens flashiness gets in the way of that. Ken has an anti-turtling(hitting someone while they're ducking) in alpha 3 in which Ryu doesn't, which is an advantage for Ken.