

very high damage using a single EX move, pretty good stun damage.Great hit-confirm options with tatsus, srks and donkicks.

Great normals all around for poking, anti airing, pressure and general utility.Ryu, however, has his own ways to compensate for his weaknesses, with very high damage utilizing EX move, somewhat higher stun damage, additionally useful and powerful super in sa3 (which sacrafices access for ex moves) and a much better tatsu for confirms. Ryu also has worse mobility, with slower walk speeds, a shorter backdash and lack of a good air ex tatsu. Ryu also doesn't have as good of a meterless damage as ken, due to his absence of double dp links. The things that makes him worse than ken are rather few, but significant - ryu doesn't have any super with the same amalgamation of utility, range and source abundancy as ken's sa3, with his best super for confirms not being as fast and having character-dependant inconsistency in combos. He's still your all around, versitile character, with very effective pokes, anti airs, and pressure normals. Ryu, the long time rival and friend of ken and the icon of the whole franchise.
