Street Fighter IV Tips & Hints for Mastering the Characters

Abel - Abel is a Street Fighter IV character for both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 video game versions that has options at a distance, but is most effective when close enough to his opponent to reach out and touch them.

Implement the Roll and EX High Kick (HK) Wheelkick to move in close quickly with less risk. A good tactic up-close is to pressure your opponent by dash canceling a standing Medium Kick (MK) by holding towards your opponent, hitting MK, and then just tapping forwards once more. Abel will forget his attack in favor of a dash to keep his opponent blocking and Abel at their throat.

Once you have them in this position, follow up with Tornado Throws, quick rolls to either side, and cross-up attacks using flying medium kicks. When up against fireballers implement Abel's Ultra, it has good damage protection and speed, and don't forget to combo into this move when you are successful with a crouching High Punch (HP).

Viper - Viper's most effective attack could be the fast and instantly airborne Burning Kick. You do this attack by jumping toward your enemy and attacking with the Burning Kick right away. The jump arc of the attack will be noticeably decreased and your character will move across half the screen width and attack immediately. You should knock down your enemy and kick-wide the door for additional attacks (this attack is pretty safe if blocked also).

Follow this attack with a High Kick in the air or ground, if your opponent blocks the attack, cancel the attack (while still in motion) into a Burning Kick, which will move very fast across the screen and hit your opponent. If you land the Burning Kick, immediately add her Ultra combo, it will take timing, but it's so nice to execute properly. Keep pressuring opponents with low kicks, and get use to blocking with her; you'll need to block to survive.

Abel also has a special cancel trick that you should use to make opponents block, and then she can move in for a quick throw (just tap any two punches right after executing a Thunder Knuckle or Seismo-Hammer and Abel will quickly stop her attack and recover immediately).