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. Certain characters' taunts and also increase their defensive ranking.
| Character | Stamina |
| Q (3 Taunts) | 2050 |
| Hugo (4 Taunts) | 1870 |
| Q (2 Taunts) | 1705 |
| Hugo (3 Taunts) | 1670 |
| Hugo (2 Taunts) | 1535 |
| Chun-Li (Shoulder/Back Taunt) | 1400 |
| Q (1 Taunt) | 1400 |
| Hugo (1 Taunt) | 1400 |
| Hugo | 1385 |
| Urien | 1285 |
| Alex | 1200 |
| Dudley | 1200 |
| Ken | 1200 |
| Makoto | 1200 |
| Q | 1200 |
| Ryu | 1120 |
| Chun-Li | 1120 |
| Elena | 1120 |
| Necro | 1120 |
| Oro | 1120 |
| Remy | 1120 |
| Sean | 1120 |
| Twelve | 1050 |
| Ibuki | 1035 |
| Yang | 1020 |
| Yun | 1020 |
| Akuma | 985 |
Section courtesy of the 3S frame data.
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.
Posted by fart on January 3, 2010 at 7:32 p.m. #10
Twelve in XCOPY mode should be at the top of the first list since he's not using any taunts and takes less damage than even Hugo.
Posted by Cammy on March 22, 2010 at 6:55 p.m. #11
Although Chun-li can raise her stamania, her Personal Action isn't nearly as usefull as the others. So, despite beeing able to, there's no way to have enough free time in a real fight to pull this off. Takes way too much time.
Posted by cearbeartron on August 8, 2010 at 10:38 a.m. #12
If Twelve X.C.O.P.Y's against Q and then taunt 3 times...
3075 stamina o.0
Posted by fart on April 17, 2011 at 1:09 a.m. #13
Alex and Q are tougher than those other guys in their tier, but still weaker than Urien
Posted by Kennn on July 20, 2011 at 3:43 p.m. #14
thats really great to hear alpha. i cant wait!!
Posted by Model_M on January 7, 2012 at 9:33 a.m. #15
This is my first time hearing about this taunt/stamina correlation. No wonder these Q players taunt all the time, it's so stupid..
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