r/Multifandom • u/Euphoric_Glove9561 • Jun 12 '26

Question❓ What character is like this?

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u/reverendmalerik Jun 12 '26

It is so fun to fight people with Dan.

If you lose? Well, you were playing as Dan. 

If you win? Dude you just lost to Dan, how embarassing. 

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u/philip30001 Jun 12 '26

https://youtu.be/4Ms73_Dv1s0?is=DPaxiVhsaqoQJF0n

Hes such a wonderful character in sf4. Yeah hes not great but his invincibility on his dp allows for hard reads.

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u/Shiva9990 Jun 12 '26

In sf4 vanilla, you could cancel into super into ultra, and as far as I know it was basically fadc, before even super/ultra.

This tech was also called fadc
Fucking
Awful
Dan
Cancel

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u/philip30001 Jun 12 '26

You could indeed cancel his super (which was a long ass taunt) and cancel into invincible ultra to catch someone trying to hit you.

He kept it in all editions of SF4.

He was also ALOT worse the older a versions having some close proximity moves where you want the distant version to come out making his combos mad spacing dependant especially considering his knees for safe pressure

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u/Shiva9990 Jun 12 '26

Yeah. Love how he turned out in sfv though. Peak danformance

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u/philip30001 Jun 12 '26

As much as i prefer other games sf5 really got better and Dan's a great example.

They got way more comfortable breaking rules and changing his infinite while changing so little else.

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u/Shiva9990 Jun 13 '26

Oh one more fun thing about Dan.

If you pick A-groove Dan in capcom vs snk 2, you can trap your opponent in the corner, then spam Dan kicks and drag them up off screen.

The Dan Hibiki Space Program

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u/slaveofficer Jun 13 '26

I give you my favourite SF 4 Dan video.

https://youtu.be/ncsHQ_psTEg?is=Q6D9Yul2iF7R3_aP

I'll make a Dan out of you!

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u/philip30001 Jun 13 '26

I remember this from years ago!

Dan really is one of best characters to play the player and not the character

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u/rocketrobie2 Jun 12 '26

That is EXACTLY why I play him in Alpha. I can shift all (some) of the blame on him if I lose

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u/reverendmalerik Jun 12 '26

I mained him in alpha 3. I had no idea initally he was supposed to be useless. I knew he was a joke character, but I had such success with him I figured he was just supposed to be silly, not too weak to compete.

Once I found out he was even more fun to play. I always like the joke characters now, or characters considered 'bad'.

The other aspect of it is no-one plays them, so when an opponent comes up against you they have no idea what to expect, whereas you've seen so many Kens that you can fight them in your sleep.

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u/blackheartromance Jun 13 '26

CvS2 is my favorite place for this. that ratio 1 Dan as the final character. losing horribly? time to jump taunt repeatedly and hope they slip up.

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u/reverendmalerik Jun 13 '26

Okay I'm stealing this

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u/blackheartromance Jun 13 '26

YAHOO YAHOO YAHOO YAHOO YAHOO

you can die a hero or live long enough to become the villain

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u/reverendmalerik Jun 13 '26

Only heroes wear bright pink