SFxTK Basic Speedrun Guide

I think that's gonna include a brief Kazuya guide and some information related to the speedrun.

[big]Arcade Mode[/b] consists of 

* 6 Normal Fights
* After these, you're gonna fight M.Bison/Juri or Jin/Xiaoyu
* Final Boss - Akuma or Ogre.


Pandora'd characters and Final boss are chosen depending on the **first** character you chose. T chars will get SF boss and vice versa.
 
So, let's start from some crucial things i'd like to explain before i go to the next section.

*1st one* - [big]Switch = reset.[/big] It forces you into a huge timeloss, since you have to fight again against a character that could be even stronger than the first one. Notable examples are Hugo, Marduk, Kuma, Sagat
*2nd one* - You [big]have[/big] to pick a character with high combo-potential midscreen, that deals a lot of damage meterless. So, Kazuya is still the best option game provides. Second character doesn't matter, but i'd say get Ogre. It's all Ogre now.
*3rd one* - You can't lose a match, [big]but you can get hit[/big]. Losing a match = timeloss that can't be saved at all, so - reset. If you got hit by the Launcher, look at the first point.
*4th one* - **[big]Save your meter for the next match, if you can finish your current one without using it[/big]**. The exceptions are the characters with huge-invul reversals/grabs.

I think that's all.

Timer starts after you started the charaction select. So, i think some bare timings need to be written here.
Character select: ~7 seconds.
Cutscene - 7.5-10 seconds
1-6 Fights - Around 5:30-6:30, depending on character.
M.Bison / Jin - 6:40-7:10.
Akuma / Ogre - 7:30 - 8:30.
Stop the timer after you killed the last boss.

So, basically, the perfect run consists of getting a good rng of the enemies, without whiffing(missing/getting blocked) your moves and that's actually difficult, [big] ESPECIALLY [/big] on Hardest Difficulty, so start with ez/med.

Therefore, here's a tierlist of CPU characters. 
Three tiers. Reset, 50/50, Free.
(i'm not listing 2nd character, because you're gonna reset anyways if they switch)
Explanation comes later.

** Reset **

*  Hwoarang
*  Ryu
*  King
*  Balrog
*  Guile

** 50/50 **

*  Heihachi
*  Lars
*  Guy
*  Julia

** Free **

*  Yoshimitsu
*  Sakura
*  Asuka
*  Brian
*  Chun-Li
*  Rolento
*  Dhalsim


Reset-tier characters well... for some reason they are coded __A LOT__ BETTER than others, so they ARE fighting back after you somehow got them off guard. Using ex.DP moves, dp-invuls and other crap like perfect/precise attacks. Every fight against them is most likely reset, and ** you don't want to see any of those characters against you **

50/50's are 50/50's. Sometimes they can play like insane, sometimes they just stand afk and not even blocking any hits.

Free ones are not a problem, since most of their hits are slow / you jump over them, that's the list of the enemies you want to see to get perfect run.

[center]Therefore, i'd present you a quick Kazuya-speedrun guide.[/center]
Because, why not, that guy is a perfect character for speedrunning this game.
[big][Terminology is here (clickable)](http://sonichurricane.com/articles/sfnotation.html)[/big] 
(i might not recorded some of the combos, but that's not really needed i think, since most of them are just a variation with  same starting sequence)

Basic combos:
Midscreen:
j.HK -> st(cr).HP -> qcb.LP -> cr.MP xx cr.MK xx Mist Step -> Dragon Uppercut to Middle Kick (422) https://giant.gfycat.com/DeadlyFalseKakapo.gif
j.HK -> st(cr).HP -> qcb.LP -> cr.MP xx cr.MK xx qcf.LP (DGF) (400) https://giant.gfycat.com/ShoddyInconsequentialDwarfmongoose.gif
j.HK -> st(cr).HP xx Mist Step -> Rising Uppercut xx st.HP xx qcf.LP(DGF) (381)
cr.MP xx cr.MP xx cr.MK -> qcb.MP (259) https://giant.gfycat.com/EnergeticElectricArkshell.gif

Corner:
j.HK -> st.(cr)HP -> qcb.LP -> cr.HP xx Mist Step -> Rising Uppercut -> cr.HP xx qcb.LP -> qcf.lp(DGF) (484) (https://giant.gfycat.com/CheapRecentBandicoot.gif
j.HK -> st.(cr)HP -> qcb.LP -> cr.HP xx qcb.LP -> cr.HP xx qcf.lp(DGF) (472)

If you watched any of my speedruns you might notice what i'm not using anything that's not on this list, or, im using some variations with st.hp xx EX.Devastator (qcb.HP) ender, so you might try to experiment with these combos.

Avoid using super arts, since you won't even have meter to do them anyways, and using them cost a lot of time, and that's crucial.

I guess that's it. 
That's the "basic" guide how to speedrun this game, and i think this games dead anyway so writing how to manipulate AI to do specific moves is unnecessary.

You can ask me on Steam/Discord/Youtube/Twitch w/e if you need some info about it, im active 80% of the time.

[small]Meka out[/small].

Starting moves for every character on Hardest difficulty.

Akuma - Hold Back before you gain controls, briefly go back and then j.HK. Doing this will trigger Akuma's fireball trigger, giving you a free hit. While Akuma is in hard knockdown mash as much as possible inside st.LP or any other hit 
(backdashes are amazing for this one), and repeat. Chances of getting DP'D are pretty small.

Bison - Hold both Jump and Forward buttons, execute j.HK. Never blocks it.

Dhalsim - Hold both Jump and Forward buttons, execute j.HK. Never blocks it.

Asuka - Hold Forward. Release it really close to the match start. If Asuka goes forward, make crossup with J.MK, proceed normally after. If she starts to crouch - j.HK with counterhit.

Lars - Hold Backwards, then j.HK. After knocking him down **DON'T MOVE, THAT'S IMPORTANT**. Make a neutral empty jump when Lars is about to wake up. By doing so, he will whiff his DP move, and therefore you will be able to hit him once more.

Zangief - j.HK, since theres no good setups for this fight. Just pray he's not gonna block and 360 you.
King - Hold Forward. Use forward Jump, ** but do not press anything else **, because King is going to use his armor move, and you're gonna block it. Proceed normally after this.

Guile - For some reason, if you briefly tap Down and jump from it, Guile will not use his Blast Kick. Therefore, Hold Backwards, tap Down and then j.HK. After getting a combo, make another j.HK, if blocked - use qcb.HP.

Chun Li - j.HK above her Hikoken, and drop a HUGE combo.
Rolento - Same as above.

Guy - Block his roll, sweep him down, do a backdash into j.HK.

Julia - Hold Backwards, until she will dash to you. Sweep her down or counter it with st.HP into a big damage. Repeat, or risk more with j.HK on wakeup.

Yoshimitsu - Pray he's not going to teleport at the beginning of the match. Hold Forward, then jump. If he's not doing anything, you press HK. If he's going to teleport, use MK. Both of these should hit him. Continue with a combo.

Ryu/Balrog - Complete RNG. They both can either do nothing, or spam their DP'S like insane, without giving a chance to hit them even once.

Name	Autor
SFxTK Basic Speedrun Guide	Mekarazium 8 years ago
Starting moves for every character on Hardest difficulty.	Mekarazium 8 years ago