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The Electric Thunder (エレクトリック サンダー Erekutorikku Sandaa?) is one of Blanka's signature special attacks, introduced along with him in Street Fighter II.

Input
All appearances Arcade Modifier TapArcade Button Punch
Street Fighter 6
(Classic)
Arcade Stick QCB+Arcade Button Punch
Street Fighter 6
(Modern)
Modern SP

Description[]

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Official art of Blanka's Electric Thunder from Street Fighter II.

"Envelop your entire body with electricity to shock your opponent. This move executes quickly, making it useful to combo into from normal moves."
Street Fighter 6

Executed by repeatedly pressing any punch button, Blanka rapidly crouches and conducts several thousand volts of electricity through his body, zapping opponents that come in contact. In Street Fighter 6, the input for this move is changed to a quarter-circle back motion and pressing any punch button.

The damage, duration and horizontal range are determined by the punch button pressed.

The EX Special version introduced in Street Fighter IV has the most duration, range and damage. In Street Fighter 6, this move hits the opponent twice. Blanka stands and puffs his chest to shock the opponent a second time.

Tactics[]

ElectricThunder

Once the move is activated, Blanka cannot move until the move ends (by simply stopping the button tapping), making it a close-up defensive move. The move also works as an anti-air, and can easily shut down cross-ups.

There is a very small spot on the ground, roughly below Blanka's head and hands, where the opponent can strike him (with the least risk of being electrocuted) and interrupt his attack. Also, while this electric defense works fairly well against physical contact, it does not shield Blanka against projectile attacks.

In Street Fighter 6, this move amps up Blanka's pressure and mix-up options. It can be cancelled into his Level 2 Super Art, allowing him to perform damaging combos while maintaining offensive pressure at the same time. When paired with his Blanka-chan Bomb, Blanka's ground game becomes more threatening. When a regular Electric Thunder makes contact with Blanka-chan, it activates and makes the doll march closer to the opponent, giving them multiple things to defend against. An OD Electric Thunder causes the doll to bounce for potential juggle combos in the corner.

Trivia[]

  • This is the only special attack in Blanka's arsenal that does not require a charge motion (with the exception of Lightning Mole introduced in Ultra Street Fighter IV's OMEGA Mode).
  • This attack is one of two attacks in Street Fighter X Tekken that can cause an Infinite Blockstring.
    • This fact is made a little ironic as the other character who is capable of an infinite blockstring is Hwoarang, a character who is usually considered the best in the game as of the 2013 patch while Blanka is considered one of the worst.

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Street Fighter II series (infinite loop) Street Fighter Alpha 3 (inifinite loop)

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