Game:

Street Fighter IV (2008)

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Tutorial

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Rolento

Preferred ultras: U1 generally, U2/UCW for great anti fireball and long range whiff punish
Entry level difficulty: 4/10
Advanced difficulty: 6/10

Anti airs:

Standing medium punch
neutral jump jab
close heavy punch
jump back LK
super
both ultras
cr.mk (low profile)

Anti focus:

Standing heavy punch (both hits only)
Crouching medium punch
crouch medium kick cancelled to virtually any special move
jumping medium punch
ultra 2

Anti fireball:

u2
flip, roll
qcb PP. follow up
ex stinger, dash u1
ex stinger ex rekka u1
stinger over a fireball

Invincibility/Reversals:

flip
qcb PP
U1/U2
EX stinger (fireballs only)
qcb PP (fireballs only)

Punishing combos:

punish fei rekka with low jab, ex rekka, stand roundhouse
punish e.ryu f+MK, ex tatsu with cr. HP
sweep t.hawk dive
crumple forward dash st.hk, cr.mk, full rekka
crumple backdash, stinger, sweep
low forward rekka an oni whiffing jab DP
jump over poison fireball, cl.hp, full rekka
block shoryuken st.hk, cr.mk, ex rekka, st. hk
stand fierce EX knife, rekka x3
cl.HP rekka rekka fadc close HK, crouch MK rekka x3
cl.HK cr.mk EX stinger EX rekka u1 (496 damage)
st.hk cr.mk, x2 rekka, red focus cancel, ultra 1
st. hp rekka rekka super

Confirm combos:

cr. lk, st. lp, cr. mk, full rekka
cr.lk cr.lk cr.mk, full rekka
close MK, cr. LP, (cr. MK), rekka
close LK, close LK, crouch LP xx ex rekka
far knife, stand HP/crouch HK
close knife, low forward, rekkas
delta air raid close HK cr.MK rekkas

Important Juggles:

EX rekka, st. MP/St. HK/U1
jump MP, ex rekka
ex stinger, stand HK

Corner only:

close hp, EX knive, ex rekka, ex rekka u1

Ultra setups:

ex rekka u1
rekka rekka red focus, ultra
roll red focus ultra
ex flip back u2
stinger u2
air to air stinger u1

Footsies:

rekka is unsafe
far focus attack
stand HP, crouch HP, crouch LP, stand MK pokes
st. LK kara throw
low crush with f+MK
trick rod counter hit, cr.LP, cr.mk rekka
range of stinger
stinger spam to build meter
non-crossup pogo to crossup
crossup pogo to non crossup
trick rod bait shoryuken
neutral jump trick rod a low forward
sweep for ranged punish
sweep can be safe
corner escape with sweep
instant overhead jump HP/HK

Pressure:

regular delta raid resets
ex delta raid reset
cancel to hop instead of delta raid to bait DPs
crouch jab crouch jab f+MK (overhead)
close jab close fierce xx stinger, stand fierce (test if naturally combos)
rekka...rekka fadc resets
corner ex rekka, close HP xx stinger for reset
2 rekkas, throw reset
air to air, ground trick rod
sweep, slight pause nj.HP or nj.HK
super, pause st.FP (whiff) j.HK

Mixups:

roll connect vs roll stop throw
cr.lk cr.lk walk in throw vs cl.mk, cr.mk rekkas
cr.lk cr.lk walk in throw vs CH stand roundhouse frame trap U2
LP walk in throw vs LP frame trap CH close fierce ex flip, u2 (539 damage)
forward throw in corner, Jump MK crossup vs jump HP fake crossup
backthrow dash dash j.mk (crossup) vs backthrow dash dash jump HP (front)
midscreen ex rekka, cr. lp xx stinger reset throw vs CH overhead, link cr.lp cr.mk
close MK, ex stinger (whiff) surprise crossup on crouching opponents

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