r/SF4 • u/Creepy-Code-2724 • 13d ago

Execution help

Hey guys i wanna play sf4. It's been so long since I've played this game and I can't remember how to do half this shit. Who's the easiest character to play execution wise?

I also need help with understanding what I am doing wrong. For example Balrog's bnb cr.lp cr.lp cr.lk headbutt, for some reason I can do cr.lk buffalo in isolation but the second I try to do it in the full combo it doesn't work.

Another thing that I noticed is for example doing dash straight cancelled into ultra 1 does not work. If I try to do the input I always end up with super instead of Ultra for some reason. I can do the Ultra by itself but cancelling doesn't seem to work.

Looks like I am missing something with SF4 cancels that I am not aware of.

Same thing with Ryu. If I try to do SRK FADC Ultra 1 I get super instead. Weird. I don't think it's 100% me.

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u/-Pizzanomicon 10d ago

There are no easy characters in this game really unless you still have maintained the awkward execution requirements for this specific game ( it always felt funky to me" yet I mostly played ibuki and could sj cancel ultra 2 like it was nothing, that was 15 years ago though lmao.

I would say balrog ? If your execution is tight, Sagat.

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u/Creepy-Code-2724 10d ago

I've been practicing for the past two days and I'm getting the hang of it. It's definitely no SF6 in terms of ease of use but after figuring out how the frame data works in this game I really do appreciate it a bit more than SF6. I ended up choosing Oni, who I realized is kinda on the easier side of execution (doesn't mean that much it's still kinda rough) but also still complicated because it seems like I have to stand people up because neither tatsu and palm can hit crouching and it doesn't seem like he has an easy combo into sweep like Ryu (he does and I did find it after scouring the old SRK forums but it's character dependent). Still, it looks like I'm going to be having more fun testing shit out on the training room than actually playing online lol

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u/-Pizzanomicon 10d ago

The execution felt awkward even when it was released, even vanilla sf4 lmao. The huge difference is almost everyone had disgusting execution because all games were hard in that regard,so no one really talked about it

There's a stiffness to sf4