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Character Overview

M. Bison plays like his Super Turbo and Capcom vs. SNK 2 counterparts. He's very mobile, has good speed and damage and can be quite formidable.

His poke attacks are excellent and you can use his EX-Scissor Kicks to get through fireball traps that used to give him so much trouble. He also has some solid reversal moves now.

This guy is very good.

• Strengths •
+ Very mobile character.
+ Good poke attacks.
+ His EX moves are very good.
+ Powerful, does good damage when he hits.
+ Strong zoning game.
+ Good foot and move speed.
+ Bison dizzies other fighters fairly quickly.

• Weaknesses •
- Doesn't do a lot of damage in punishment situations.
- Multiple jump ins and cross up attacks can give him trouble.
- Range on Focus Attack isn't good.
- Psycho Crusher has limited use.
- Relies heavily on bait tactics and feints to deal damage.
Special Moves
A (2) next to an arrow means to hold the joystick in that direction for 2 seconds to 'charge' the move.

With moves that charge by holding back or down, you can use the diagonal positions to charge up as well. For example, if you're holding back, you can jump backwards or block low and still maintain your charge.

Light
120 Medium
130 Hard
140 EX
150

*Armor Breaking*
• Psycho Crusher (Flaming Torpedo) •
The Punch button pressed controls the range and power of this move. An attack with very limited uses, and can be punished if blocked. You'll usually end up right at your opponent's feet, although Light Punch Psycho Crushers seem to be the safest of the bunch.

This move has been greatly improved in Super Street Fighter 4 as the hit box is much larger.

Light
90 Medium
110 Hard
130 EX
140

• Double Knee Press (Scissor Kicks) •
The Kick button pressed controls the range and power of this move.

Light Kick version is safe from counter attacks on block, which makes it a wicked move, but it travels the shortest distance and does the least damage.

Hard Kick is somewhat safe, but does more damage and goes about half the screen's distance. Medium Kick is a mix of both.

This move works great against characters who like to stick out low pokes, because you'll usually fly over their attack and hit them.

It's also a great punishing tool for opponents who throw out moves with long recovery times. For example, if you block Ryu or Ken's Crouching Hard Kick sweep, simply block and let them have it.

A simple but effective strategy after your opponent blocks a Scissor Kick attack is to do another one right after wards. Many times this will catch them trying to counter attack.

Use this move often, it's very good.

Stomp
120 EXStomp
180 Splash
120

• Head Press & Somersault Skull Diver (Head Stomp and Body Splash) •
This causes Bison to jump on the head of his opponent, after which you can maneuver him while he's airborne either forward or backwards. Pressing Punch will result in a Body Splash.

The Head Stomp move is great against anti-air attacks, it should win in most situations where your opponent tries to knock you out of the air.

But the Body Splash doesn't have much priority and can be difficult to follow up with. In fact if your opponent ducks, just stands there or basically breathes you will probably miss them.

So some players like to just hold away on the joystick to fly out of attack range after the Stomp. Although the Body Splash can still be effective if your opponent doesn't think its coming, and if you manage to hit with it you can follow up with a Crouching Medium Kick for extra damage.

Light
110 Medium
110 Hard
110 EX
110

• Devil's Reverse (Aerial Fist Dive) •
Bison will jump up into the air, pressing Punch while airborne will make him do a Fist Dive.

The animation for this move looks almost identical to his normal jump, and the Devil's Reverse gives you a TON of mobility in the air.

After executing the Devil's Reverse, your opponent may do something they shouldn't like attempt an anti air attack. Either punish them with your Fist Dive, or land and pressure them with a throw or poke. This is a great attack to keep your opponent off guard.

If you're trying to hit with this instead of using it as a fake out, you'll need to be within 3/4th's of the screen's distance to your opponent.

Don't underestimate this move's usefulness. Although it seems awkward at first, the mobility and opportunity to fake out your opponent with it really give Bison another dimension to his game.

or
• Bison Warp (Teleport) •
A fast teleport. You go into this and come out very quickly, but you can still be hit if your opponent knows its coming.

Best used as an escape tool when you're trapped in the corner or in a bad situation, but also works good to reposition yourself for Bison's excellent zoning game.

EX Moves
Light
120 Medium
130 Hard
140 EX
150

*Armor Breaking*
• EX-Psycho Crusher (Flaming Torpedo) •
This has minor invulnerability to projectiles, depending on how you time it. It also offers a few frames of invulnerability while it's starting up.

This is also capable of juggling after you catch an airbone opponent with two Jumping Medium Punches. Whenever you have your Ultra, you'll want to follow up with that instead, but if you don't have it, this works well to add a bit of extra damage.

In Super Street Fighter 4 this move has been given added projectile invincibility.

Light
90 Medium
110 Hard
130 EX
140

• EX-Double Knee Press (Scissor Kicks) •
The projectile killer.

This move comes out very quickly and goes through projectiles. This makes Bison a difficult opponent to pin down with fireballs when he has Super meter to play with.

Like your EX-Psycho Crusher, this attack can also juggle after connecting with two Jumping Medium Punches.

Stomp
120 EXStomp
180 Splash
120

• EX-Head Press & Somersault Skull Diver (Head Stomp and Body Splash) •
Like the normal version of this move except the Stomp does A LOT more damage, and it even hits pretty hard when your opponent blocks it. This will usually connect before a jumping player has time to attack you in the air, meaning it's really difficult to stop this move, in most cases your opponent has to block it, or face the consequences. This thing rocks!

Also works well as a wake up move. It has some frames of invincibility when you first execute it, making it difficult for your opponent to wake up throw or put out a 'meaty' attack and they pay a huge price for being too aggressive if this lands.

Knocks down when it hits.

Light
110 Medium
110 Hard
110 EX
110

• EX-Devil's Reverse (Aerial Fist Dive) •
Like the normal version, but the first few frames of animation are invincible and hits twice.

Super and Ultra Moves
Super
340 Ultra 1
492 Ultra 2
420

• Super — Knee Press Nightmare •
This Super is difficult to punish if blocked — unless your opponent is in the corner. You can also Cancel into this after doing your Scissor Kicks.

Many players avoid this move altogether though because of how good Bison's EX attacks are though.


• Ultra 1 — Nightmare Booster •
A good Ultra move, you can juggle an airborne opponent with this after landing two Jumping Medium Punches. Can go through projectiles if started when the fireball is almost point blank range too.


• Ultra 2 — Psycho Punisher •
Bison jumps towards his enemy and if he connects he'll do a series of attacks, taking off a nice amount of damage.

This works somewhat like his Head Stomp and since it's a motion move — and not a charge — it helps him out greatly against fireball characters who were able to zone him previously in vanilla Street Fighter 4. Basically, once he has Ultra 2, it can virtually shut down most of the character's projectile games.

This can also cross up other players, taking off a large amount of damage for guessing which way to block incorrectly. A very useful tool.

Combos
• Cross up with Jumping Medium Kick, Crouching Light Punch x2, Crouching Medium Kick, Cancel to Scissor Kicks •
This is your Bread and Butter combo, use it often. Safe on hit or if blocked.

• Jumping Hard Kick, Crouching Medium Kick •
Yep, just those two moves. Does good damage.

• Crouching Medium Kick, Cancel into Hard Kick Scissor Kicks •
Another simple but effective combo, again, nice damage.

• Hit aerial opponent with Jumping Medium Punch, Medium Punch again while in the air, land then Ultra •
Timing has to be good to pull this off, but it's a nasty price for your opponent to pay just for jumping.

• Jumping Hard Kick, Standing Hard Punch, Hard Punch Psycho Crusher •
Very good damage, but only use this in guaranteed hit situations.

• Hit aerial opponent with Jumping Medium Punch, Medium Punch again while in the air, EX-Psycho Crusher •
• Level 2 or 3 Focus Attack, Dash, Crouching Medium Punch, Crouching Medium Kick, Light Kick Scissor Kicks •
• Jumping Hard Kick, Standing Light Kick, Link into Standing Hard Kick •
One of a few M. Bison combos that do not require a charge to pull off.

Normal Moves
Note this is not a complete list of all of M. Bison's normal moves, just the ones we think are noteworthy.


• Standing Medium Kick •
Good poke. Great range, speed and priority, and you recovery quickly if blocked. Use this often to foot slap the other fighter and keep the pressure on.

(In the air)
• Jumping Medium Kick •
This is your cross up move. Useful, but sometimes you'll miss your opponent if you're not precise with your jump in.


• Anti Air Kick •
Bison's best anti air normal. Works great at the start of your opponent's jump as a poke, and it's solid for countering most jump ins if you have your angles down.


• Slide Kick •
Safe from counter attacks if blocked if you do it from far enough away. Hits low and can be a deceptive way to get in a quick, unexpected attack. And it can slide under High Tiger Shots.

(In the air)
• Double Air Punch •
Close to how it works in Super Turbo, you can juggle your opponent with two Medium Punches if you jump and catch them while they're airborne, and after wards you can land a EX-Psycho Crusher/EX- Scissor Kicks or his Ultra.

Also if you only hit with the first Medium Punch in the air, you can juggle with almost any move when you land.

General M. Bison Strategies
Here are some pointers to help learn how to play M. Bison.

• Try to anticipate projectiles and jump ins. You have very effective tools to deal with both of these situations, learn where and how to use them.

• Your EX-Scissor Kicks go through fireballs, and both versions will beat most pokes. Use these often to keep your opponent off guard and afraid to throw out random moves.

• When they're on the defensive, start throwing them. Your power and speed are very good, meaning they're going to take a lot of damage when you hit, and won't have a lot of time to react to your moves.

• Avoid your opponent's jump traps by teleporting away, or doing a quick Jumping Hard Punch to smash them out of the air.

• Jump straight up over projectiles and immediately begin to charge your Scissor Kicks while in the air. If your opponent throws out another projectile, blow through it with an EX-Scissor Kick.

• Learning what range you have to be standing at to hit your opponent cleanly with Bison's anti air attacks is very, very key. Because Bison is a large character, many players will try to hit him early when they jump in, expect this and counter.

• Try to maintain a charge at all times to counter attack your opponent. This seems like an obvious thing, but it's still important to note.

Source: M. Bison Super Street Fighter 4 Moves, Combos, Strategy Guide : EventHubs.com

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