Stamina (defense) rankings for Street Fighter 3 Third Strike characters

Last updated on Jan. 19, 2008

Stamina, sometimes known as defense, is a term for how much damage a character can take.

Even though all the character's health bars are the same length, fighters can take different amounts of punishment.

The listing below is an approximation of damage each character can take before they're knocked out.

1st: 1385 - Hugo
2nd: 1285 - Urien
Tie 3-8th: 1200 - Alex / Dudley / Ken / Makoto / Q / Ryu
Tie 9-14th: 1120 - Chun-Li / Elena / Necro / Oro / Remy / Sean
15th: 1050 - Twelve
16th: 1035 - Ibuki
Tie 17-18th: 1020 - Yang / Yun
19th: 985 - Akuma

Some characters have taunts that raise their stamina levels. Here's how their defensive rankings look after using their personal action(s).

1st: 2050 - Q (3 taunts)
2nd: 1870 - Hugo (4 taunts)
3rd: 1705 - Q (2 taunts)
4th: 1670 - Hugo (3 taunts)
5th: 1535 - Hugo (2 taunts)
Tie 6th: 1400 - Chun-Li (1 "back stretch" or "shoulder tap" taunt) / Hugo (1 taunt) / Q (1 taunt)

Section courtesy of the Shoryuken.com Wiki

Posted by harvey wallbanger on April 1, 2008 at 6:34 p.m. #1

Very interesting!

Posted by cools on April 22, 2008 at 1:40 p.m. #2

I never knew this. It's interesting that Chun Li has one of these, since she isn't in the "big guy" category. It's almost a sign that the developers wanted her to have every little advantage possible.

Posted by Omnipotent on May 20, 2008 at 1:05 p.m. #3

What about Gouki's 3 stunts, if he does it (even once) his strength goes up

Posted by Tizoc on November 30, 2008 at 1:44 a.m. #4

@Omnipotent; Gouki's taunt/PA only increases his attack power for the next attack or combo.

BTW How much defense does 12 get if he XCOPY-ed Q and taunts 3 times, then reverts to normal form?

Posted by eric on December 5, 2008 at 5:41 p.m. #5

hey man, there's something you miss:

some characters can do a taunt for damage

Posted by masterofu on December 24, 2008 at 12:20 a.m. #6

Some guys here (Eric & Omnipotent) clearly miss-read the title this article has. It says "Stamina (defense) rankings for Street Fighter 3 Third Strike characters" which means this article is about stamina, and taunts that enhance your stamina, this is not a taunt article.

WEL DATS MY WEIV ANYWEY

Posted by penetrator on January 11, 2009 at 4:57 a.m. #7

Chun Li is slightly tougher than the guys she's lumped in with; Q and Alex are also above Ken/Ryu/Etc, they usually take exactly 1 pixel less damage.

Posted by 2/3 of the screen shoryuken on September 19, 2009 at 2:10 a.m. #8

taunt over one-hundred-fifty times!!! your defense jumps all the way to a level people call, Chuck Norris.

Posted by RandomSRK on October 3, 2009 at 5:49 p.m. #9

It only works for Hugo 4 times, Q 3 times, Chun once and everyone else's taunt affects something else (eg. damage output), my similarly named friend.