Posted by maraxusofk on October 1, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. #1

just fyi, a rufus dominated the gamespot sf4 tourney, so expect to see this guy alot more when the console version hits.

Posted by Diyomaro on October 10, 2008 at 6:10 p.m. #2

Rufus is really good, guy at the arcade was dominating, and I gotta get sued to that tornado move as well.

Posted by William F Guile on October 18, 2008 at 6:28 a.m. #3

Man this fat guy can really move!! his moves and attacks are bloody quick. but its funny to see that his crouching attacks involve him sitting on that fat ass of his :)

Posted by sadasdsadas on October 18, 2008 at 6:35 a.m. #4

If the arcade game ever gets updated or when the game is released on home console his dive kick should be removed

Posted by William F Guile on October 18, 2008 at 7:01 a.m. #5

i agree, that move can and will be spammed to the nth degree although i think slowing him down for a start should be done. Because which fat guy can move as fast as him??

Posted by whatawhoota on November 12, 2008 at 9:55 a.m. #6

you obviously havent seen any movies with chris farley...lol jk...but seriously though as a rufus user...i find the dive kick broken aswell...hes a really well rounded fighter

Posted by William F Guile on November 21, 2008 at 9:33 p.m. #7

Yep big Ruf is definitely a good fighter and a force to be reckoned with although I haven't had experience playing against people who use him. I wouldn't mind playing against a good rufus user when the XBOX360 release comes out.

My common opponents are mainly ryu, ken and chun li players so I find myself getting involved in fireball wars more often than not and using air counter attacks (with Guile).

so whatawhoota, i hope to play against you and other players online when SF4 comes out

Posted by death on November 30, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. #8

yeah rufas is a little overpowered but he is fun as hell to play with top tier charater deffinetly and also he has really good anti- air defence but got to say never seen a male game charater jigglly like him

Posted by UltimaHadouken on January 19, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. #9

Well it's nice to see at least one new character is high tier!

Posted by juhayemeyaenee on February 2, 2009 at 2:51 a.m. #10

You are all idiots who wrote comments.

Dive Kick: Not imbalanced, you scrubs who have never played SF3 before don't know how to deal with it. You can parry (you know the equivalent of it in this game), block, and when they come down either Shoryuken or throw. OR you can Shoryuken them before you even parry or block.

No projectile: Self explanitory. How else to you expect him to keep up the pressure with such a huge fat hit box? You want him to be slower? Oh okay, so you can beat him more easily.

He's not top tier either. You want top? Sagat, Zangief, Ryu.

THAT'S top. I know most of your comments were written early, but seriously, stfu scrubs.

Posted by Ryu on February 2, 2009 at 8:06 a.m. #11

juhayemeyaenee, you're one angry hunk.

Posted by UltimaHadouken on February 2, 2009 at 3:11 p.m. #12

Seriously juhayemeyaenee why such a temper. Rufus is still pretty high on the tier. You don't need to take everything you read so seriously. He doesn't need to be like Sagat or Ryu to be high tier.

Posted by John Hopoate on February 3, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. #13

Ryu and UltimaHadouken, i guess somebody ought to shut that guy up.

This site was meant for people to share ideas and strategies to improve each others gameplay rather than make derogotory remarks.

as for you juhayemeyaenee, even if you don't agree with what others are saying or have nothing nice to say we don't need "idiots" like you posting such comments on this site, which I again say was designed to help people improve their gameplay.

Posted by Macc on February 3, 2009 at 9:02 p.m. #14

Juhayemeyaenee, you should check to see which character Bobino used to win the recent SoCal regionals in SF4 before you write off Rufus. Plus before you call those people scrubs since they did not play 3s you should play some SF4 and realize most of those stratagies you listed will not work against the dive kick in SF4. The focus attacks (aka parries) are not as fast as 3s parries and require some frames of start up before they can nullify an incoming attack. Playing against an experienced Rufus player, you would need to start the focus attack at the beginning of his jump animation. If you start any later you will just be hit out of the animation with the next hit after the dive kick. Even though this might work, I would not recommend this strategy against his dive kick. Despite all this, I will agree with you that the dive kick is not imbalanced. With out it he would have a very hard time putting on any consistant offensive pressure.

Posted by julio on February 7, 2009 at 12:39 p.m. #15

I bet Rufus will have a heart attack after being so fat and moving so fast.

Posted by ShardZ on February 9, 2009 at 10:58 a.m. #16

"Rufus is still pretty high on the tier."
Might wanna double-check that...

Posted by ShadowMe on February 9, 2009 at 6:21 p.m. #17

do you use the analog stick or the control pad someone answer back!

Posted by giny on February 15, 2009 at 5:53 a.m. #18

I tried using the dpad and thought it was very unreliable so I am now using the analog with a thumb grip its working realy well.

As for that moody guy I really liked what you had to say thanks

Posted by BHeaggans on February 18, 2009 at 5:09 a.m. #19

Rufus is a pretty good character. He has many ways to land his ultra and moves very quick. But he isn't high up on the tier list, but that means nothing. The tier list won't really be set until a couple years from now. I used him online last night and I was impressed.

Posted by Mandalor on February 19, 2009 at 8:42 a.m. #20

I have a hard time dealing damage with the super and ultra, it seems like it can be blocked really easy. Any tips on the timing? I've tried light punch/kick into super/ultra and super/ultra in very close positions but still it can be blocked 90% of the time. HALP

Posted by k_so-slytherin on February 20, 2009 at 7:41 a.m. #21

Just played online last night with rufus, and I did pretty well. He's a well rounded character and is quite fast for his size. His taunt is funny, heh, heh...

Posted by BHeaggans on February 20, 2009 at 9:08 a.m. #22

@Mandalor

Here are some of the main ways to combo into the ultra.

Anti Air Jumping HK into Ultra
Target combo (lk>hk) into Ultra
In the corner galactic tornado into Ultra
Messiah Kick > LK finsher> ex focus cancel> Ultra

No matter what the Ultra has to be used in a juggle. You cannot cancel into it. Hopes this helps.

Posted by Mandalor on February 21, 2009 at 1:52 a.m. #23

Thanks a lot BHeaggans. That helped :)

Posted by Leo on February 21, 2009 at 4:11 p.m. #24

anyone know whats up with online play? its been hella laggy lately and I rarely find people on PS3 with more than 2 bars.

Posted by JIGGAMASTER on February 21, 2009 at 9:32 p.m. #25

Forget Rufus, all about Ken Masters!

Posted by D3T0X on February 22, 2009 at 2:38 a.m. #26

@ JIGGAMASTER

You just lucky I'm not there whooping that @$$

FYI at least 60% of people use ken masters just saying

Posted by Jimmy on February 23, 2009 at 11:40 a.m. #27

Is the Dive Kick wrong on this page??

It is DF + K not F or B + K...that's why it says on the movelist in game and that's why I perform too...a bit harder than I thought

Posted by Rufus's Flabby Lover on February 24, 2009 at 7:03 p.m. #28

Ya Jimmy your right. Don't know why you think it's hard to pull off. Just practice on the timing and it will become 2nd nature.

BUT I highly suggest using his jump foward kick move. It beats almost anyone elses mid-air attacks. That combined with snake strikes forces my oppenets to stay on the ground.

I have a problem though, I feel as if I'm missing something with the messiah kick. Everyone goes on about how great it is, but I find tornado to be MUCH more usefull. Messiah is just easy to counter.

Posted by McBlack on February 24, 2009 at 10:57 p.m. #29

i feel the tornado is more for combo's and the kick as punish approach.

i cant really explain but they're both good at certain times

Posted by Nick on February 25, 2009 at 12:07 a.m. #30

This is crap. street fighter already had an oversized degenerate character, was zangief not enough for the white trash players?

Posted by Nick on February 25, 2009 at 12:15 a.m. #31

to clarify, a "white trash" character, not that the people who play as him are trashy, that I wouldn't know. Still though, stupid character.

Posted by Nate on February 25, 2009 at 2:57 a.m. #32

Rufus is a bad character. Maybe not a bad fighter in SFIV, but bad as in ugly and an embarrassment to Street Fighter. Never has Street Fighter had such a hideous, grotesque character. :(

Dunno what the hell you are talking about with "white trash" pejorative comments. Keep your racism to yourself.

Posted by Rario on February 25, 2009 at 4:22 a.m. #33

From the looks of it i guess i am one of the few people who thinks Rufus looks pretty bad ass, ah well everyone their own :P

Posted by geodude on February 25, 2009 at 11:15 p.m. #34

Rufus is truly entertaining and a great character to the SF universe. I like how people don't like him because of his looks! Awesome!

Posted by Nick on February 26, 2009 at 11:35 a.m. #35

I meant he looks like the developers attempted to re-create the stereotype of the trashy overweight slobbish American, and then, Rufus was born.

Racism? I'm white...

Posted by A noob on February 27, 2009 at 5:45 a.m. #36

How do you cancel the move to complete its combo please help

Posted by WG on February 28, 2009 at 6:56 a.m. #37

hey can u put up a pros and cons or write one in comments it will be very helpful to new people tyring ot learn to use him. i find it hard to stop oncoming pressure and when you fall theres not really a good move to get out of tight spots or a move to use straight after you get up like shoryuken. any tips on what to do if im down and there oncoming pressure, thankx :D

Posted by Rario on February 28, 2009 at 5:14 p.m. #38

I agree with WG, also being a person who has taken a shine to Rufus it would be nice to see some more information on here, Maybe some B&B's and perhaps some info on how to handle certain situations.

Posted by gnomaio on March 3, 2009 at 8:29 a.m. #39

"Combos

Aerial Dive Kick, standing Medium Punch cancel into Galactic Tornado (Spinning Body Punch): This is a simple combo that does quite a bit of damage. Use it often."

Can anyone explain to me exactly how you do this? I am at the part in Rufus' trials where you need to do it, but I have no idea how you cancel. Anyone???

Posted by Toby on March 3, 2009 at 11:18 a.m. #40

Hi guys. I'm in the challenges section and i can't seem to pull of his "Space Opera Symphony" anytime i try to he does his "Spectacle Romance". Any help would be gladly appreciated :-)

Posted by Josh on March 3, 2009 at 11:53 p.m. #41

Toby, make sure you're pressing all 3 punch buttons instead of one, or press the trigger on your 360/PS3 controller that is set for all 3 punches.

Posted by King-Kamehameha on March 4, 2009 at 2:49 a.m. #42

Isn't Rufus a dog name? And btw I haven't seen him online yet including Balrog that Mike Tyson lookalike.

Posted by Toby on March 5, 2009 at 11:27 a.m. #43

Thank you very much Josh :-)

Posted by Belly bounce on March 6, 2009 at 2:14 a.m. #44

I want to jump up and down on his belly all day and night.

Posted by rufus junior on March 9, 2009 at 3:48 a.m. #45

I have seen people from SF4 xbox do an amazing Rufus combo without UC/SC...starts with Saving Attack, then link with Galactic Toronto and end up with Messiah Kick.

Posted by ADIE on March 16, 2009 at 8:31 p.m. #46

iv switched my main to rufus

1 shoto scrubs have loads of trouble with him
2 turtle guile players have loads of trouble with him
light kick link to heavy kick sets up to a ultra/super
his glactic tornado is a truly awsome corner trap move again it can link juggle into ultra/super
the ex snake strike is awsome anti air ( if you catch them in the air with your heavy kick you land before they do and juggle into ex snake strike) and the dive kick is good for cross ups and starting combos .

Posted by ADIE on March 16, 2009 at 8:31 p.m. #47

iv switched my main to rufus

1 shoto scrubs have loads of trouble with him
2 turtle guile players have loads of trouble with him
light kick link to heavy kick sets up to a ultra/super
his glactic tornado is a truly awsome corner trap move again it can link juggle into ultra/super
the ex snake strike is awsome anti air ( if you catch them in the air with your heavy kick you land before they do and juggle into ex snake strike) and the dive kick is good for cross ups and starting combos .

Posted by Baldhead on March 16, 2009 at 8:36 p.m. #48

Wow, Rufus can juggle as much as his belly can jiggle. If he hits you in the air, expect to be hit again before you touch the ground.

Also, I friggin' love his reverse throw, especially when he somehow hangs onto little people like Sakura and goes to town on their eyes.

Posted by shadowofdeath on March 20, 2009 at 12:20 p.m. #49

IMO RUF is as broken as sagat or gief so i say keep him as is and plus a noob/srub cant use ruf so there not really a big deal about it IMO if i lose to a good player that KNOWS how to use any chair im ok with that un like thez ken and ryu noobs/srubs that spam uppercut and spinkicks and dont even get me started on sagat i use him but that dont mean he ant broken lol

Posted by Bob on March 21, 2009 at 1:59 a.m. #50

English Please.

Posted by Marty on March 26, 2009 at 3:26 a.m. #51

Punctuation is your friend

Posted by nightseek on March 30, 2009 at 2:32 a.m. #52

Strategies for Rufus, on wakeup use EX Messiah A LOT. If block, use the overhead, if hit use low kick.

space yourself so when an opponents jumps onto you, you jump straight up and dive kick on them and combo

punish whiff attack with low-kick to HK into Ultra

attack characters who don't have high priority wakeup with Galactic Spin, it breaks guard too, nasty against those Gouken counters :)

df + mk to roll and get close when characters jump backwards

mix up with jab jab jab f-mk, jab then dive kick jab and throw unless ur opponent has quick shoryuken reversal.

i like to test shotos wakeup reversal all you can after an EX messiah connect with a follow-up galactic HP spin.

Still learning to fight against Zangief though but I got a few tips on that.

did i say EX Messiah? :)

tons more tips but just hit me up on youtube. i suppose.

don't lose to scrubs much except lag, damn lag I need to hit up the local arcades to see where I'm at.

http://www.youtube.com/nightseek

Posted by urul on March 31, 2009 at 10:33 a.m. #53

anyone else find it funny that the new american character other than c viper is obese?

Thanks japan.

Btw, I like rufus but his voice is really anoying, space opera symphony? god just shut up
Good character, bad voice actor.
Ken is voiced by dante from dmc3

Posted by D3T0X on April 1, 2009 at 7:17 a.m. #54

That Rufus aint no joke

Posted by Whoblehwah on April 3, 2009 at 12:06 p.m. #55

Hey, you should add this to the videos of top players. Kindevu is a BEAST with Rufus!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGC3fC...

Posted by ? on April 5, 2009 at 8:03 p.m. #56

Seth K is Rufus. Come on the similarities are obvious...

Posted by rufu-licious on April 20, 2009 at 2:32 p.m. #57

i need help in defeating bison AND guile!!!

Posted by UltimaHadouken on April 21, 2009 at 4:06 p.m. #58

Me: "Well it's nice to see at least one new character is high tier!"

juhayemeyaenee: "You are all idiots who wrote comments.

Dive Kick: Not imbalanced, you scrubs who have never played SF3 before don't know how to deal with it. You can parry (you know the equivalent of it in this game), block, and when they come down either Shoryuken or throw. OR you can Shoryuken them before you even parry or block.

No projectile: Self explanitory. How else to you expect him to keep up the pressure with such a huge fat hit box? You want him to be slower? Oh okay, so you can beat him more easily.

He's not top tier either. You want top? Sagat, Zangief, Ryu.

THAT'S top. I know most of your comments were written early, but seriously, stfu scrubs."

Go back and look at the tier now and tell me he's not high!!!

Posted by yogi on April 22, 2009 at 11:13 a.m. #59

@ultimahadouken

i agree, i use guile, bison, sakura, and dan, they aren't top tier either and still manage to maintain 5000+bp. maybe they just aren't good. i've play against a good rufus and lost horribly. he isn't in the top tier, that just means i have to step my game up. i guess they complain cause maybe HONDA/ZANGIEF are muscle and horribly slow. Rufus is fat and quick - they probably wonder why he doesn't match up to speed with the other slow players. rufus is good, but he has so many different moves i feel its hard to master him.

Posted by Theone on April 24, 2009 at 8:18 a.m. #60

Ever heard of Sammo Hung? Rufus is the US replicate of it. Fat, fast and agile.

Posted by Gibbon on May 4, 2009 at 11:09 p.m. #61

Alright, I must be loosing it. I main akuma, but have been thinking of picking up rufus. I am having the hardest time getting the Standing Hard Punch, Cancel into Hard Punch Galactic Tornado to connect in his normal trial 3. I've finished all of akuma's trials and can do them all pretty much on command, so wtf?!?! Every time I hit the galactic tornado, it kicks me back to far away to connect. I've tried it in the corner, no go.

Posted by David on May 5, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. #62

@Gibbon
After you pull off the Galactic Tornado, you have to hold the direction that you want to hit.

"Holding the joystick back or towards when doing the Medium or Hard Punch versions will alter Rufus' movement."

Not sure if this is what you're having problem with though.

Posted by balla05 on May 5, 2009 at 8:48 p.m. #63

its so easy for me to do the ppl moves with a motion but the charge thing is to hard...

Posted by Gibbon on May 6, 2009 at 4:06 a.m. #64

@David
Thanks for the tip. That was ridiculously easy.

Posted by scruff mcgruff on May 6, 2009 at 1:54 p.m. #65

Rufus is a beast! His change up game is awesome and he can't be used cheaply like a shoto.
Only thing that sucks is his hitbox is gigantic(for obvious reason). Oh well tho his speed makes up for it. Nimble as he may be. Man I wish Makoto or someone with her moveset was in SF4. BE FEARLESS!!!

Posted by Rufus Murderer on May 7, 2009 at 4:34 a.m. #66

@scruff mcgruff

"Rufus is a beast! His change up game is awesome and he can't be used cheaply like a shoto."

What do you mean by that?? That dive kick gets spammed to hell and its the safest move I have ever seen...you dont even have to wait to do a second one. TRULY CHEAPER THAN SPAMMING HADOUKENS......CMON CAPCOM....THIS IS WACK!!!!

Posted by spectacle romantic on May 7, 2009 at 10:02 a.m. #67

@rufus murderer

actually his dive kick is pretty easy to counter. i've been SRK'D, or thrown way too many times. it's not as safe as people think

Posted by Roofies on May 10, 2009 at 1:49 a.m. #68

I'm getting raped by every Blanka under the sun with Rufus.

Posted by moe5000 on May 26, 2009 at 10:34 a.m. #69

@Rufus Murderer
his dive kick is not safe it can be countered preety easliy and u must hit it low in order to combo into it so no it's not cheap, plus it's rufus most common attack so u know it's coming

Posted by JerseyFame on May 27, 2009 at 8 a.m. #70

Knowing the dive kick is coming doesnt nullify the fact that you can do the move twice before retaliating.

People who say throw are stupid...if you try to throw after you block that move you will get hit with the rest of the combo...standing hard punch into galactic tornado...

for everyone who says do a shoryuken...stfu...some of us dont play with shoto characters, some of us love a challenge.

Rufus can be beaten...I do it and I main Guile...its still annoying that he has no recopvery time on the dive kick...as if EX messiah kick isnt weapon enough.

Posted by Alv on June 2, 2009 at 9:23 a.m. #71

Hey guys sorry if I sound like a total nub but I have been trying to do some of Rufus trials and I get stuck on Trial 3 with all the cancels, like HP > Cancel into Galactic Tornado.

Have I got the whole cancel thing right? My understanding of a cancel is MP+MK (Focus) then tap forward or back twice, then do the move.

In this case it would be HP > MP+MK (Focus) > Tap fwd > Tap Fwd > Galactic Tornado ?

I look at the video and i can't even see him canceling a focus. Am I doing something wrong, like is the moves I have put above correct, if so I have spend like 2hrs trying to cancel by doing the MP+HK > tap tap fwd into galactic tornado with no luck.

Have i done something wrong or am I just a really bad scrub :)

Posted by Juesof on June 9, 2009 at 6:31 a.m. #72

Alv what your doing wrong is trying to cancel out of it with a focus attack. That move isn't a so much a cancel as it is a link, you do fierce punch when your close to the guy and then soon as the animation starts do galactic tornado into him. If ya still can't get it join your room and show ya if ya got XBL.

Posted by Alv on June 12, 2009 at 10:05 a.m. #73

Hi Juesof,

Thank you very much for the info mate. I worked it out soon after I posted the question on June 2, that it was like you said more of a link then a cancel.

For someone new to SF, like me. It is hard to sometimes understand all the "lingo" and when I noticed the guide here say "cancel" into Galactic Tornado the first thing I thought it must be was a Focus Cancel, like it says in the book.

Now I know I was wrong :). I guess "cancel" is nothing more then starting the second move before the animation of the first move is finished, should really be called a link.

The good thing out of it all is that my FADC's are extremely good now, seeing that I spent like 4 hrs in total over 2 days trying to get it down perfect until I gave up and thought it couldn't be that hard, lol.

Posted by Komo on June 17, 2009 at 12:14 p.m. #74

best character ever in street fighter history i wish i was as beautiful as he is
really he's a masterpiece

Posted by Richard Nguyen B] on June 20, 2009 at 8:07 p.m. #75

Alv, your statement of "I guess "cancel" is nothing more then starting the second move before the animation of the first move is finished, should really be called a link.":
Yes, you got the cancel part down. It's when you do a second move before the first one is finished, but it is not a link. A link is when you connect a second move AFTER the first one's animation is finished. For example, Rufus's link of crouching strong linked to crouching short.

Sorry for the double post. :P

Posted by sean on July 2, 2009 at 2:59 p.m. #76

juhayemeyaenee,
if you think he's a bad character so be it you don't go around doggin' on people and callin' them idiots. Just prove your'e right by battlin' not trash talkin'

Posted by Lucy.ElfenLied on July 3, 2009 at 12:25 a.m. #77

Ive tried Rufus a few times for fun to spar my friends, and i find that he is actually a very fast character being able to do high damage in many opportunities; including his ultra. His ultra links to so many easy combo openings like his target combos. His above average health and seemingly quite damaging hits makes him a real good character. And hes a FATTY! So much fun to play lmao.

Posted by cashman on July 7, 2009 at 5:07 a.m. #78

How to make this CANCEL? I undertood that i should do for fisrt normal trial 3

-> HP
-> High tornado

Im making this and dont work...

Hp, FOcus attack , f, f , d,df,f + HP ?
What am i doing wrong:/

Posted by yo on July 9, 2009 at 10:36 a.m. #79

its just hp, hp tornado but you must hold forward durinbg the tornado to reach

Posted by Richard Nguyen B] on July 9, 2009 at 1:53 p.m. #80

It is NOT a focus cancel. It is just a cancel, so follow #81's instructions.

Posted by WG on July 25, 2009 at 4:32 a.m. #81

Here are some more ways to link to ultra or super
1 = light snake strike in corner into ultra/super
2 = standing hard punch in corner into ultra/super
3 = standing hard kick (not close) into standing hard punch into super/ultra in corner

some other combos/helpful tools are
1 = you can hit confirm ex galatic with crouching medium kick
2 = after a hard galatic in the corner u can combo into a light one
3 = waking up with light snake strike is good because if they try to grab they eat a snake strike to the face, it jumps over lol atacks and if blocked ur reasonably safe from counters, but dont make it obvious
4 = standing medium kick is a decent

hope this helped :)

Posted by WG on July 25, 2009 at 4:34 a.m. #82

jumps over low* atacks
and standing medium kick is a decent poke*
xD my bad

Posted by gaga on July 26, 2009 at 1:20 a.m. #83

Rufus or BOB that is the question

Posted by Antonio on August 1, 2009 at 7:25 a.m. #84

I am having difficulties with links especially the last trial for rufus on hard. Is there any tips or suggestion for getting my rhythm down pact?

Posted by Chris Brown on August 1, 2009 at 7:42 p.m. #85

I love Rufus i picked him up after i got tired of Sagat and i gotta say his move set makes him dangerous in close combat and long range if you fight against alot of hadoken spammers you can HP galactic tornado through them....also his FADC are some of the easiest (for me) in the game i can get a Dive Kick..crouching LP.. Ex Messiah kick into..Ultra almost every time

Posted by tidestick on August 6, 2009 at 2:52 a.m. #86

If You Make It To G1 Better Have Some Game Cause They Sure As Hell Do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Stuck on rufus hard trial 5 on August 9, 2009 at 11:22 a.m. #87

Can anyone help me I am on stuck on rufus last trial (hard) the jump hard punch med punch light punch med crouch kick ex galatic tornado

Now I can do the first bit but it never connects some people say you need to pull of med crouch kick faster but how ?? It sometimes looks like I am not close enough after the light punch has landed.

Posted by Alonegoliat (ps3) on August 19, 2009 at 11:26 p.m. #88

im a flawless dualshok vega player, itll be nice to warm up against a good rufus, hit me up someday^,~ Im totaly agree with Jerseyfame, Some of us truly gamers look for a challenge, Rufus ,Sagat, Gief are ridiciulously easy to use, See ya shotos!... And yes Rufus is disgusting, phisically insulting acctually, he doesnt deserve to kkep on the Sf series. "Beaty is the only truth in this world"

Posted by me on September 8, 2009 at 1:08 a.m. #89

is the "in the air" part of his spining overhead kick (f+mk) a mistake too, cuz I only see something different when he's on the ground pressing f+mk. In the air pressing mk + any direction looks the same to me (and he doesn't spin..)

Posted by Fatalishunta on September 11, 2009 at 2:44 p.m. #90

If anyone wants to fight a decent Seth or Rufus hit me up on XBL Gt= Fatalishunta.
Don't play ranked or championship much but I beat 3 G1 rufus' in ditto matches on championships Free, and completed about 13 of all the character's trials.

Posted by kayl on September 16, 2009 at 7:23 a.m. #91

Lots of stupid combos in that combo list. The basic combo you really need to learn is the s.lk s.hp link, once you have that down to a science you're good to go. A few honorable mentions as ultra setups: antiair lk messiah finisher -> ultra, and my favorite 2 far s.hk -> ultra. Also, antiair far s.hk xx ex snake strike is so awesome.

Posted by Dee on September 16, 2009 at 11:27 a.m. #92

Marn does some ridiculous combos that I have never seen or even thought of with Roof. I didn't know you could link two s.lk after a dive kick. He does a ridiculous combo at :35 in one of the WCW final matches that is just impressive.
Dive kick s.lk s.lk c.lk s.lp c.mk xx ex tornado.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSH5MC...

Posted by Element519 on XBL on September 16, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. #93

Rufus is the only character i can stand using anymore. I mained Bison and Ryu for a short time and went through all their challenges until i decided to use the most appealing character to me. Rufus isn't broken as bad as Ryu, Sagat or in some cases Gief. Rufus takes skills and with that i'm glad i can say i did all his challenges and can beat 90% of the players with him. He's well rounded but struggles with the occasional turtle Ryu, Sagat, Gouken, Akuma. Other than that, he's dominate.

Posted by Rufus n00b on September 16, 2009 at 9:25 p.m. #94

those three combos at the combo seem close to impossible. I'd substitute Jab Snake Strike instead of the Strong version because the recovery on the strong seems so iffy.

Off the EX Snake strike? on who?

Posted by latino kourck on September 16, 2009 at 10:17 p.m. #95

@Rufus n00b: Strong snake strike only works on certain characters in that combo in the corner, whereas LP snake strike is universal (I believe) but slightly less damage. Also the 2nd to last combo isn't universal, doesn't work on Boxer for example. The timing for the 3rd to last one is somewhat weird which may explain your incredulity.

Also, you can ultra after a fierce galactic tornado anywhere on the screen against Claw as well, not just Boxer and Zangief.

@dee
In fact you can link 3 close st. lks and a far st. lk after a divekick, and then do a cr. lp xx EX GT after that, but a more practical variation on that is 3 close st. lk, far st. lp, cr. mk xx EX GT. Really though, there's multiple ways to make your combo end in far lp, cr. mk xx EX GT, it's just a matter of being aware of how far you're being pushed out.

Posted by n00b again on September 16, 2009 at 11:11 p.m. #96

It's the second to last one I'm still trying to figure out.

Posted by latino kourck on September 17, 2009 at 6:44 p.m. #97

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKfS9A... may aid you as a timing resource.

Posted by bison bully on September 21, 2009 at 9:51 a.m. #98

hey i cant get the timing right for rufus's last combo hard challenge. the cr.medium kick wont link because dan is still recoiling from the standing jab! its really frustrating because i'll whiff the cr.medium kick, but if i wait a sec and dont move at all and do it again, it hits! WTF!!!

Posted by rufus is ez on September 23, 2009 at 10:41 p.m. #99

rufus is really easy to use. idk what you guys are talking about. saying that hes a challenge to get down. he has tons of moves. alot that arent punishable after and his ultra is one of the easiest, if not the easiest, to set up in the game. dont think hes harder to use than any other shoto or any other character.

Posted by Rufus where on September 27, 2009 at 2:12 p.m. #100

If he's so easy then why do so few people use him. He is really high on the tier list. I rarely get to play against Rufus and that's on the 360 and the pc.

Posted by .. on September 28, 2009 at 9:17 a.m. #101

Messiah kick and galactic tornado seem to be very similar moves in that they require very close range. I'm wonderding about which situations would be preferable to use one over the other.

Posted by rufus is ez on September 28, 2009 at 11:55 a.m. #102

@ Rufus where

To be honest. I dont know. Im on PSN. I think one of the things. Is that alot of Americans dont like the way he looks or dont even give him i chance. i didnt. the reason i found i liked him was because i play with everyone. Now hes one of the alts. Dictator being my Main. Ive never played a Rufus online. I wanna see what i REAL rufus can do. Im not saying i can beat a good rufus. im just curious lol. Hes as rare as a Gen online or Rose. What do you think the reason is?

Posted by Rufus where on September 29, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. #103

@ rufus is ez

I think you are right about Americans hating the stereotype but it's true;). It might be that the most popular characters are his worst match-ups. I run into more Dans and Sakuras which is crazy. I use to main Guile and Blanka but got bored with them. I'm trying out all the characters and I'm starting to like Rufus. I just wish there more diversity online.

Posted by Blob or Rufus on September 30, 2009 at 12:54 p.m. #104

i think rufus is awsome and use him as my secondary. My main is rose but because of the such i high number of ryus out there i tend not to use him. All they want to do is fireball and drangon punch. Its not easy to be good with him as you have some many dragon punch spammers out there. I would few matches against some good rufus on 360 as i would like some practice and tips.

Posted by Jaf on October 15, 2009 at 10:11 p.m. #105

Rufus is such a blast to play, I think it's a shame I don't face too many online. I mean, he has more ways to connect his Ultra than Ryu! His mix-up game's ridiculous. The best way I find playing Rufus is by getting in the other player's face as soon as the match starts, i.e. getting a few BnBs off cross-over dive kicks, mixing in a few throws and if they're not dizzy yet, backing off and letting them come to you. His messiah kick is such a good move. It's almost unfair that Rufus can eat Guile and even Chun-Li for free (well, from my experience). Lol no pun intended

Posted by lol on October 17, 2009 at 10:19 a.m. #106

lolz you guys are scrubs.

Posted by chuckie on October 17, 2009 at 10:19 p.m. #107

@106
no you are the scrub, boy.

Posted by Thatguy on October 20, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. #108

Rufus ate the last chocolate pizza and now he's stuck like this. Next time,
DON'T eat the disgusting ****, fatty

Posted by BigFleccs on October 30, 2009 at 1:33 p.m. #109

Diversity LOL in player matches I can do decent with most players. In tournament Im going it C.Li, Guile, or Ryu depending on how the thumbs feelin at the time. MY 3 mains are = Sakura and Rufus are still in training

Posted by Megatonbeef on November 10, 2009 at 12:41 a.m. #110

Rufus isn't fat enough his jelly rolls definatly need massive buffs.

Posted by BoxerakaRufus on November 10, 2009 at 10:14 a.m. #111

@ Jaf #015

Clearly you know nothing about Ryu, considering he has about 10 ways to link his ultra, Rufus has 7-8.

Soo, no Rufus doesn't have more Ultra linking combos then Ryu.

Posted by Shikohammer on November 19, 2009 at 7:11 p.m. #112

Guys ive been having problems with the EX-Messiah, LK, FADC, Ultra. Because every time I do the cancel I get a Snake Strike! So, when I see the videos of the Pros it kinda looks like the Ultra comes out as soon as Rufus touches the ground from the Dash! I dont understand whats wrong, am I trying to pull it of to quickly? Should I wait till the dash is complete? Whats the trick guys? Anticipated thanks...

Posted by at806 on November 20, 2009 at 6:22 p.m. #113

best site ever

Posted by Megatonbeef on November 21, 2009 at 5:19 a.m. #114

@Shikohammer - I can only think of 2 thing you may be doing wrong.
1 - Your pressing only 2 punches instead of 3 but if your doing that an fadc cancle that's probably no it,
2 - Your moving the joystick fast enough but hitting tripple punch to soon so your punch comes out at down, forward, down, so the dp short cut gives you snake strike instead. I think it's your right hand going to fast.

Posted by Shikohammer on November 22, 2009 at 10:12 p.m. #115

@ Megatonbeef: Is that possible?? I thought i was doing the inputs wrong, cuz i think the montion dash into ultra has an specific timming. What im going to do is exercise the dash into EX-GT and then into ultra. Just to practice that timming, also, im not using a stick, im a pad player. Thank you for the info buddy!

Posted by TotalNoob on November 23, 2009 at 11:27 p.m. #116

I’m completely new to Street Fighter but freakin loving it so far, I practice everyday and has become like heroine to me ha ha. However if you guys have any tips for me to get better or any tips you might like to depart on to me, please let me know, everyone has to start somewhere right? O and my main is Rufus with C. Viper as a alt (I’m stil trying to decide between them)… also I need help with Normal Trail 4, the first one, jumping hard kick juggle in to Ex snake strike, I just cant seem to get that one, any tips on doing that one?...o and tips on canceling moves would be great to..thanks!

Posted by Anti-Noobs on November 24, 2009 at 3:56 a.m. #117

@ TotalNoob

I recommend you to main Rufus and keep C. Viper as ur secondary. But thats my opinion, the choice its yours because you are the one who knows how good you do against the roster. Also, every good Rufus has to know how to land a Jumping HK into Ex-SS. For example: The first time i played SF4 i picked Rufus as my main but, i didnt have time to practice by myself but as soon as i started playing i figured out that i could land SS and Ultra after a jumping HK or after a GT in the corner. So, in order to improve your Rufus game YOU MUST LEARN how to land those kind of things. About the trial, above this comment section click the link to go to the walkthrough and check it out! You can also look for videos on youtube of Pros like: Kindevu, Kirisuto, Death Metabo, Justing Wong, Marn, etc...

Posted by Anti-Noobs on November 24, 2009 at 3:56 a.m. #118

@ TotalNoob

I recommend you to main Rufus and keep C. Viper as ur secondary. But thats my opinion, the choice its yours because you are the one who knows how good you do against the roster. Also, every good Rufus has to know how to land a Jumping HK into Ex-SS. For example: The first time i played SF4 i picked Rufus as my main but, i didnt have time to practice by myself but as soon as i started playing i figured out that i could land SS and Ultra after a jumping HK or after a GT in the corner. So, in order to improve your Rufus game YOU MUST LEARN how to land those kind of things. About the trial, above this comment section click the link to go to the walkthrough and check it out! You can also look for videos on youtube of Pros like: Kindevu, Kirisuto, Death Metabo, Justing Wong, Marn, etc...

Posted by TotalNoob on November 24, 2009 at 5:05 a.m. #119

@ Anti-Noobs

Thanks for the advise..i think i know where i went wrong after watching the walktrough, i was a bit of an idoit dint c the link...

But keep the tips coming people, I kinda suck at the moment so wana up my game...so i can start organising tournaments in my local town and get more people playing this..so i just wana get beter and beter and beter...

Posted by Megatonbeef on November 24, 2009 at 3:41 p.m. #120

Here's a skill you must learn to play online. Go in to training and record Ryu or Sagat spamming fireballs see how many times in a row you can focus attack to absorb the hit then dash forward or back to cancel the focus. If you can get this down you wont need to jump and leave yourself vulnerable from zoning players.

Posted by Hmmmmm on January 12, 2010 at 10:48 p.m. #121

1. Divekick is 99 percent safe. Yes you can throw him out of it Only if he does it too deep or counterhit but only with a jab or shoto srk which just gets him off you for a second. He can prevent this by doing a few cr. Lp or lk into another dive kick. It can also cross up and has priority over a boatload of stuff.

2. Can you say: easiest and safest hit confirm ultras out of the whole cast ?

3. Any combo into ex snake. He'll even ex snake by itself. On counterhit somehing like 280 dmg. If you combo into it I think it's like 360 or something or more. And in the corner you lino into ultra. Can you say: Wtfomg

4. Ex messiah. Can you say: Jesus loves fat people
cuts through anything if your order now you get ultra worth tons of dmg !

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