Counter Attacks

Counter's are moves that are activated once the user has been hit by a certain attack. Counter Attacks come in the form of regular Special Moves and Super Moves. There are also different kinds of "Super Move Counters". Firstly there's Remy's Blue Nocturne which is one his Super Arts in Street Fighter 3: Third Strike.

In Super Street Fighter IV Counter Ultra's were introduced and the only characters to have them were Fei Long and Cammy. Fei Long's Counter is called the Gekirinken, whereas Cammy's is the CQC (Cammy's Quick Combination). However, in Super Street Fighter IV Counters have a weakness which is that they don't work against moves that break Super Armor and can be beat by projectiles, thus making them practically useless against characters who are strong in terms of those moves. "Special Move Counters" include Dudley's Cross Counter which is an offesive counter whilst Juri's Kasatushi is a defensive counter. Again, these moves have the same properties as the Counter Ultra's. On the other hand, Gouken has a Counter move called Kongoshin. This move has different properties compared to the other Counters as it gives Gouken Super Armor, which gives him more of an advantage when compared to the others. Due to the Super Armor, it allows him to absorb a single hit of projectile and if the projectile is thrown up close, then the thrower will get hit by the Counter. There is however a high, medium & low version of the move, meaning that it must be timed correctly accordingly to the tye of move in order to counter it.