Seth

''"Within my body lies the whole of the Universe, I am eternal!" ''

Seth (セス) is the main antagonist of Street Fighter IV. He is the head of Shadaloo's weapon division, S.I.N. According to the official Street Fighter website, Seth is one of many genetically engineered replacement bodies for M. Bison.

Appearance
Bearing chrome skin and an extremely muscular physique, Seth is a synthetic human; whether android or cyborg is unclear. In his abdomen and enclosed inside a pattern consisting of the Eight Trigrams of Taoist cosmology is an exposed area, which contains a rotating yin-yang sphere. This sphere, which he calls the Tanden Engine, appears to be the source of his power, where it copies and translates the data from Seth's opponents, and allows him to mimic the special techniques of other fighters, such as Ken's Shoryuken, Guile's Sonic Boom, and Dhalsim's unique ability to stretch his limbs. When Seth uses his Tanden Engine to create a vacuum his skin color changes to navy blue, and his eyes turn black with a white iris.

Personality
Unlike most villains, Seth is generally very calm and concise, as he only displays the least bit of arrogance, except perhaps in his annoying-by-design tendency to laugh and gloat when pulling off his super moves.

Story
Seth is the 15th of at least 26 enhanced beings that use data collected from the world warriors to create a deadly style of mixed martial arts. Seth claims to be superior as a result of his humanity while the others are merely puppets. His storyline indicates that he plans to control the remnants of Shadaloo through S.I.N after Bison's apparent death at the hands of Akuma in Street Fighter II. He also attempts to manipulate Juri Han, a woman who possesses a bionic eye he created. She confronts him and unexpectedly offers to work for him, to which he agrees. He hosts a World Warrior tournament in hopes of luring Ryu to complete his BLECE project, but is dismayed at reports that Bison has once again returned from death. Bison finally encounters Seth and defeats him in combat, and afterwards tells him that in fact everything that has happened has gone according to Bison's plan. After Bison leaves, Juri tells Seth that she intentionally pitted the two against each other, but is disappointed that Seth was not more of a challenge for Bison. She then crushes his Tanden Engine, leaving him twitching on the floor. He is then found by C. Viper, who finishes him off. Afterwards, Ryu would encounter another "Seth" and defeat him and destroy the BLECE machine. Bison commands the remaining "puppets" and they wreak havoc on the fighters in and around the S.I.N. compound, as many of the characters' endings depict them defeating a version of "Seth". After the tournament, C. Viper informs her superiors that the "remaining 26" are in her sights. Whether this statement takes the ones defeated by various characters into account is not clear.

Fighting style
Seth employs special powers and techniques from combatants in the game and appears to be one of the most powerful characters to appear in the Street Fighter franchise. His normal techniques are similar to Urien's and Gill's from Street Fighter III.

He possesses various attacks such as a Shoryuken that can hit three times and is very similar to the one that Ryu, Ken, Akuma, Gouken, and Sakura use; Zangief's piledriver, Chun-Li and El Fuerte's Wall Jumps, Chun-Li's Yosokyaku and a variation of her Lightning Legs, Akuma and Gouken's Tenmakujinkyaku (Dive Kick), as well as vacuum blasts with the flick of his wrists, similar to Charlie's Sonic Boom.

He also possesses a metamorphic body of sorts, being able to stretch his arms like Dhalsim, as well as teleport like him. His unique ability seems to center around space as he is able to suck in opponents from afar and pound on them afterwords. When using this ability, his body turns black temporarily.

It's notable that Seth's attack and defense are increased when fighting him in Arcade Mode. When the player actually uses him, his abilities are more balanced. His unlockable version has the least hit points (vitality) of any character, and the lowest damaging Ultra.

Techniques

 * Sonic Boom: Motion is identical to Hadoken, but the projectile itself functions just like Guile's. Seth uses one hand for the attack, like Charlie did. EX-able. Similar to Remy from Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.
 * Shoryuken: up to 3 hits (must redo Shoryuken motion), EX-able. Resembles Ryu's Shoryuken somewhat.
 * Spinning Piledriver: Seth uppercuts the opponent into the air, then teleports above the opponent and smashes him into the ground. EX-able. Similar to Zangief's.
 * Hyakuretsu Kyaku: Seth does a single kick followed by a rapid flurry with his other leg if it connects. EX-able.
 * Yoga Teleport: Identical to Dhalsim's; although he cannot use this move in midair.
 * Tanden Engine: This attempts to draw the opponent closer; halves any energy in Seth's super bar when EXed.
 * Yosokyaku: While in the air, Seth kicks the opponent while upright. Can be repeated three times. Similar to Chun-Li somewhat.
 * Tenmakujinkyaku: While in the air, Seth does a dive kick towards the opponent.


 * Focus Attack: A long range tackle similar to Urien's Chariot Tackle in Street Fighter III.

Super Attacks

 * Tanden Storm: Seth produces a ball of energy that draws in his opponent and hits them repeatedly before blasting them away. This move will not properly connect if your opponent is in the air, as they will be juggled, taking little damage.


 * Tanden Stream (Ultra Combo): Seth attempts to draw the opponent into his stomach and then hurls them into the screen. Can be guarded simply by holding back. Doesn't do very much damage, but charges quick due to Seth's low defense.
 * Tanden Typhoon (Ultra Combo): Seth twists his body into an arc, with his feet and head on the ground and his stomach facing upwards. He then unleashes a violent vortex diagonally upwards.

Win Quotes and Taunts
Win Quotes

1. Hmph! You call yourself a fighter?

2. You possess neither power, nor technique. There isn't any reason to let you live.

3. My name is Seth and I shall unleash destruction upon this world.

4. I am the most powerful being on the planet! No ordinary human can compare!

5. Etch my name upon your soul, and know that the one who killed you is called Seth.

6. There is no need to put up a false front, it is only natural to fear me.

7. Your business here is finished. Be gone!

8. This body is merely a vessle. Should it become frail, simply find a replacement.

9. Yes that's it. Bow your head before me, this won't take long.

10. When I'm finished, I will be the sole survivor of this world.

11. I rule all.

Taunts

1. I thought you will be more valuable then this.

2. Useless.

3. Show me something worth taking.

4. Finish already!

5. You can not compare to me.

6. Foolishness!

7. (evil laughter)

8. You have no value or purpose.

9. Why do you hold back?

10. You look tired - need a break?

Seth specific character win quotes

to Cammy your efforts to stop me are futile. there's nothing you can do.

to Ken You pratice the same discpline, but your are infeior to your friend.

to Rufus If your moves were as voluminous as your words. you may have been worth something.

To Chun-LI Your moves are sound but they lack power. I shall assimilate them.

To Bison Are you suprise? Is your death at the hands of your own creation so unexpected.

to Rose You have the same power as Bison, but you are not worthy enough to get my attetion.

To Abel You should have been destory long ago. Your unnatural life ends here!

to Clone You are just a toy, yet you tempt to usurp me, how utter foolishness.

to Gen Your moves come from assassnating the weak. as such they lack power.

to Dan Never have i engage a opponent as weak as you. why do you even try.

to Sakura Pherhaps i have underestimate you. Your data will be useful after all.

to El furte Humanity 's devotion to the clury arts, stunts your elovatuion.

to C.viper You dare attack me with mere toys. your foolishness shall be your undoing.

to Abel You are a defect not worthy of a number. your human face is nasurateing.

to balrog I have already asslimate boxing moves more refine than your own.

to Vega Your moves offer nothing uquine, but they shall add to my reptiora.

to Sagat I find your move intguring. they shall be asslimated.

clone to Seth Number 15 has is no longer oprational. i shall become bison 's new right hand man.

to Zangief Your moves are crude, and not worthy of my attention. you have waste my time.

to E.Honda I have no use for the aicent technique you parctice. you have waste my time.

to Ryu So you are the one call ryu. your data will be useful to me.

to Blanka If nature is so great, why have humans been abel to subgrate it.

to Dhalisim Your illiuiosns of fire. do not fool me.

to Gouken You are a fool to forbid your self from such power. leave my sight at once.

to Akuma Your power will be put to good use within my body.

To Guile You impress me, i shall asslimate your moves. so you will die with no regrets.

to fei long I have no reason to fight you. your moves have already been a asslimate

Trivia

 * Seth is named after Seth Killian, senior manager of community at Capcom, and helps run the website [capcom-unity.com]. He was originally named Cain, in contrast to Abel, but since the name Seth also fits into the Biblical context (as the third son of Adam and Eve, after Cain and Abel), the reference remained intact.
 * Seth's ability to use all of the fighters' attacks as part of his movelist seems to be inspired by the Sheng Long rumor who was said to have movesets from every character in the game.
 * Seth's regular moveset and appearance resemble those of Gill and Urien. Because of that, it is speculated that Seth may be connected with them in some way.
 * Due to the connection of the Third Strike characters being linked to the Street Fighter IV series, it is in theory that the character "Twelve" from the third installment (Street Fighter III) has a connection with Seth (hence Seth being dubbed "Number 15"). It's speculated that Twelve could be a prototype or advanced clone of what Seth is.
 * Seth is one of the six characters from Street Fighter IV (the others being Ryu, Guile, Cammy, C. Viper and Chun-Li) to have second rivals in Super Street Fighter IV. His second rival is Hakan.
 * Seth has the weakest direct damaging Ultra Combo than any character, with the Tanden Typhoon only causing up to 300 damage (unless one counts Gouken's uncharged Denjin Hadoken). He is also one of the two characters whose Super Combo is stronger than his Ultras, with the other being Dhalsim.
 * Having a rather simplistic design, Seth is quite similar to some characters outside the Street Fighters universe, like Doctor Manhattan from Watchmen or Geegus from World Heroes.
 * If the player taunts the arcade boss Seth, his fighting abilities will increase, making it more difficult to fight him.
 * If the player gets to the final stage while playing as Seth, if it is at the normal color, the player will battle a red Seth. Any costume works.