Ramon's close normals mostly serve to set up his various command throws
Stand
s.A is special cancellable
s.A is a decent anti-hop move
s.B has decent range and speed as a poke
s.D has an interesting upward angle for anti-air. It also advances Ramon quite a bit forward and has good speed.
Crouching
cr.A/B/C are special cancellable
cr.A chains into itself and cr.B
cr.C has deceptively good range and moves Ramon forward slightly
cr.D is a fast sweep and brings Ramon toward the opponent almost 25 % of the screen (4 sweeps will move him to connect with opponent)
Jumping
j.A/B are relatively slow for lights
j.B can be a situational crossup mostly on standing opponents
J.C is Ramon's go to crossup tool
j.D has a steep downward angle and is great as a jump in move and it will crossup ambigously on crouching opponents
Blowback
s.CD can be used to beat lows
j.CD has a horizontal attack zone and is useful as a air to air
Throws
Arm Whip - (f/b + C)
grants hard knockdown
Flying Mare - (f/b + D)
grants hard knockdown
Command Move
Low Altitude Drop Kick - (df + B)
Ramon launches a flying kick at the opponent. Hits low.
can combo into it from cl.C/D and cr.C and into specials / supers.
free-cancelable into supers when done raw.
only slightly negative on block so you can use it as a spacing tool
advances Ramon almost 1/2 the screen
Special Moves
Tiger Neck Chancery -(hcf + A/C)
Ramon leans in and grabs the opponent picking them up and dropping them in the opposite guard direction.
hard, back-turned knockdown
has a brief invincibility window in the first few frames
can be comboed into from cl.A/B/C and cr.C
is an unblockable command throw
has a deceptively great range for a throw
good mixup potential from a feint step cancel as Ramon is still in range to land the command throw if you were close to opponent
Rolling Sobat - (dp + B/D)
Ramon throws out a kick that knocks the opponent away
hard knockdown
hits overhead
can be comboed into
pretty negative on block
Wire damage on counter hit
┗Flying body attack - during Rolling Sobbat, (dp + B/D)
Ramon follows up the kick by throwing himself through the air to body slam the opponent
grants a hard knockdown
┗Pull Up - during Flying Body Attack or Force of Will, (d,d + A/C)
Ramon pulls the opponent off the ground and clocks them with his fist
technically resets the combo counter. EX: cl.C, dp+B, dp+B,d,d+A is a 4 hit combo, but if you land his qcb,hcf+B/D super from the Pull Up hit you start a separate 14 hit combo that the opponent could do nothing about.
Super cancelable
Feint Step - (qcb + A/C)
Ramon twirls from the opponent and paces back and forth for a set amount of time you can hold the button til
A version launches Ramon at the opponent with a drop kick when the button is released
A version's dropkick is massively negative on block
A version wire damages on counter hit
C version is a feint and when you release the button Ramon is at neutral again
C version is intregal to Ramon's mixup game
both version can be charged up to three times Ramon's pacing distance, then they release their actions (ie a dropkick or feint)
Somersault - (hcf + B/D)
Ramon runs the length of the screen if necessary and grabs the opponent climbing unto their chest, stomping on their face and finishes with a backflip
counts as unblockable command throw
like most dash throws, has invincibility to lows.
can cancel by pressing ABC from the startup frames all the way to just next to the opponent
another risk/reward mixup tool on top of his other mixup tools
Tiger Road - (rdp + B/D)
Ramon runs to the wall opposite the opponent and proceed to do a body slam next to it
causes hard knockdown
hits overhead
┗Feint Dash - during Tiger Road, Tiger Road 2 or Savage Fire Cat Dashing, (ABC)
Ramon stops during the dash animation of the run to the wall
connects as an overhead that is super-cancelable.
another cancel feint in his arsenal
can super cancel the feint stop animation into his super that looks like a Tiger Road until he's in the air
┗Cross Chop - During Tiger Road, when touching wall, (D)
Ramon flies from the opposite wall with a dual elbow drop toward the opponent
causes soft knockdown
hits overhead
very unsafe on block
Tiger Road 2 - (qcb + B/D)
same a Tiger Road 1, but with different follow ups
┗Force of Will - during Tiger Road 2 when touching wall, (qcf + A)
Ramon flies at the opponent from the wall with body slam that wraps into a throw
causes hard knockdown
counts as unblockable.
the higher in the air the opponent is, the more damage it deals.
┗Pull Up - during Flying Body Attack or Force of Will, (d,d + A/C)
Ramon pulls the opponent off the ground and clocks them with his fist
technically resets the combo counter. EX: cl.C, dp+B, dp+B,d,d+A is a 4 hit combo, but if you land his qcb,hcf+B/D super from the Pull Up hit you start a separate 14 hit combo that the opponent could do nothing about.
Super cancellable
Bird of Paradise - (d, d + A then C)
Ramon backflips with his knees onto the opponent.
Hits off the ground.
Desperation Moves
Tiger Spin - (hcb x 2 + A/C)
Ramon unleashes the tiger and grabs the opponent for a somersaulting attack
causes hard knockdown
will hit standing or crouching opponents
can combo into it
counts as an unblockable grab
great combo ender for his full Sobat combo as it leads to knockdown
El Diablo Amarillo Ramon - (qcb hcf + B/D)
Ramon run toward the opponent and lands a flurry of blows ending it in a drop kick
B version goes to about mid screen
D version goes full screen
hard knockdown
can combo into it
Savage Fire Cat - (qcf hcb + B/D)
Ramon jumps to the wall then to the opponent landing a grab that turns into a bunch of aerial blows
looks identical to his Tiger Road moves until he is in the air, then you can see the super trails
is unblockable.
will hit stand, crouching or jumping opponents
soft knockdown
interesting mix up tool if you've taught your opponent to block Tiger Roads
the move is even harder to react to if Ramon is back into the corner as the opponent will have less time to react to the super flash off the wall.
Super Desperation Move
Tiger Spin - (hcb x 2 + AC)
Ramon grabs the opponent and back drops the twice, then throws them where they came from
powered up version of Ramon's command throw super
hard knockdown
can combo into it
better damage combo ender for his Sobat combos if you have the meter to burn
HSDM
Hypnotic Tiger - (qcb hcf + AC)
the tiger unleashes again in a massively stylish compilation of Ramon's moves.
