Heavy

The Heavy Attack (usually called just Heavy) is one of five universal attack types in Street Fighter VERSUS. All characters, of course, have these moves. Unlike with light and medium attacks, Heavy attacks only have one button and as such each character has a limited amount of them compared to the other two.

Due to this set-up, several special moves in the game do not have a Heavy version because of the input system. For example, Akuma lacks a Heavy variation of his Demon Flip because it is performed with a Dragon Punch command, while another move he has with that command (Goshoryuken) does have a heavy version. Heavy variations of special moves tend to be the fastest and most damaging, but least safe.

Heavy attacks tend to be slower and stronger than the other attack types and have more range. Many normals like this work well as pokes or just to increase the damage on a combo.

Like with the other types, crouching and air heavy attacks are available. Each character actually has two air Heavy attacks: the basic version and upon pressing the button twice in a row (you can double tap to make it so only the second one comes out, if you like) you can use a secondary Heavy attack. This is a more damaging Heavy attack that will activate flying screen in an air combo, among other purposes.