Stats:
Jump: 4/5
Speed: 5/5
Weight: 3/5
Strength: 2/5
Fall Speed: 2/5
Attack Speed: 5/5
Grab Range: 2/5
A Button attacks:
A:Vertical downwards slash with weapon.
AA: Vertical upwards slash with weapon.
AAA: Stab at opponent's midrift with weapon.
> A: Steps forward with a powerful diagonal slash.
^ A: Makes a X slash above him with weapon.
Down A: Does a hand stand spinning kick.
Smash Attacks:
> Smash: Art of Flame Wheels- Ryu becomes enveloped with flames and makes a powerful forward attack, high lag with very high knockback and power.
Down Smash: Art of the Ice Storm- Ryu forms ice all around him that freezes opponent's. No knockback, low damage, makes opponents immobile and slightly slower once broken free.
^ Smash: Art of the Inazuma- Ryu stabs his weapon up if it hits the opponent brings a strong lightning bolt down to hit them. Decent knockback and damage, good for setting up combos.
Air Attacks:
Nair: Forward attack with weapon.
Dair: Spins weapon below. (( Doesn't work with War Hammer instead he swings it.))
Fair: Aerial roundhouse kick.
Bair: Kicks backwards with leg. Similar to Sheik's, but with less reach.
Uair: Grabs opponent's foot and throws them to the ground. Spiking move with low reach.
B Attacks:
B: Throw weapon- Ryu will normally throw shuriken at a very fast rate, if you charge it once, he instead throws two shuriken at a time. Half the speed, double the power.
> B: Assaulter- Ryu flashes appearing on the other side of the opponent slashing them twice during the passing. Similar to Fox Illusion, but faster with more start up lag.
^ B: Flash Jump- Ryu shoots up seemingly teleporting with his weapon hitting objects in the way leaving a trail of leaves behind him. Low damage and knockback high range.
Down B: Weapon Swap- Ryu changes which ninja weapon he is using.
Dragon Sword: Default weapon Ryu uses, fast attacks with mediocre damage.
Nunchaku: Extremely fast attacks(( Faster than Metaknight's)) with very low damage.(( Takes 3 hits to get 1%)) Very easy to combo with.
War Hammer: Very Slow Attacks, that are very powerful, Ryu is slowed down immensely when carrying this large weapon.
Jump
Single: Straight forward upwards jump.
Double: Jumps once more into a flip.
Grabs:
Jab: Ryu stabs them with a small dagger.
Fthrow: Ryu throws them in the air( Very low though.) and kicks them away. Pretty good knock back, decent damage.
Uthrow: Ryu throws them into the air and launches multiple shuriken at them. Very low knock back, low damage.
Dthrow: Slams them on the ground and stabs them with the small dagger.
Bthrow: Wraps his arms around them and suplexes them into the ground.
Final Smash:
Only works on one opponent, but there movement freezes. The screen flashes completely white 20 times back to back to back, each flash taking about 1 milisecond. At the end it shows Ryu turn his back to the opponent and sheathe his weapon, then a bunch of hit marks are shown on the opponent. No knock back, very high damage.
Taunt:
Ryu turns his back and says "Pathetic."
Win Poses:
1: He makes a ninja like hand sign and disappears in a whirlwind of leaves.
2: Swings his sword around in a flashy manner and then sheathes it.
Kirby Hat:
Kirby gets Ryu's face mask and has a small sword strapped to his back.