Overview

Pros

• His unique dash can rapidly cross the entire playing field.
• He has frame advantage after many attacks.
• He has great Crush Counter and reversal punish counter-hit moves.
• His striking V-Trigger alters all specials and opens up unique combo potential.
• He has an easy, built-in way to deal with most projectiles.

Cons

• His unique dash is heavily telegraphed and punishable.
• He has the worst walk speed, which leads to a simplified footsie game that can boil down to “mash crouching .”
• He has no real reversal, apart from his Critical Art.
• He’s reliant on EX Gauge and V-Gauge for his strongest offensive openings.

The dictator returns with great pokes and Crush Counters that have below-average startup. His jumps travel far, but it’s easy for opponents to see them coming. He has dominant but not overwhelming specials at any range. And he has a unique forward dash, briefly invincible as it warps forward. But his walk speed is in its own class for sluggishness. M. Bison’s best plan is as a passive-aggressive mid-range force. He isn’t a rushdown character, but his suffocating mid-range presence and ability to move quickly between different ranges together mean that he’ll get shots at offense frequently, keeping him from being a purely defensive character.

Your objective is to control mid-stage screen space, looking for chances to safely strike up close. Achieve this by:

• Controlling horizontal space with Psycho Blasts (especially EX), Double Knee Press, and the threat of crouching slide
• Feinting with Head Press into Devil Reverse, discouraging your opponent from treating all your airborne periods as counterable
• Jumping in with Head Press variants, frontal jumping , and cross-up jumping when the foe is distracted from effective anti-air tactics
• Anti-airing the enemy’s telegraphed mid-range jumps with crouching and Hell Attack