Dhalsim


Guided by the Holy Flame
Full Name	Dhalsim
Birthdate	November 22
Nationality	Indian
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Relationships	Sagat (friend)
Fighting Style	Yoga
Occupation	Village Priest
Debut	Street Fighter II
Vitality	900
Tag Partner	Sagat

"I hope you are willing to have a fair fight."

—Dhalsim

Dhalsim is a character from the Street Fighter series. He was introduced in the Street Fighter II and hails from Kerala, India

Biography

An Indian priest who is a master of yoga. His ability to stretch both his arms and legs and spew fire from his mouth is a result of his miraculous yoga training. Although he is hesitant to harm his opponents, he continues to fight for himself and his family. In order to investigate the whereabouts of the missing children, Dhalsim heads to Antarctica.

Appearance

Dhalsim is often depicted with having pupil-less eyes. His build is that of a normal man who exercises and weight trains regularly except for his abdomen and waist which appear much out of proportion and emaciated. He wears torn saffron shorts as his only clothing attire as well as saffron wristbands and ankle bands. He has three colored stripes adorning his head, and in the Street Fighter Alpha series, he wears a turban that he removes before battle. The skulls he wears around his neck are those of village children that died during a plague.

Personality

Dhalsim is stoic, serious, self-disciplined, humble and very stern when needed. Being a pacifist, he will never hurt more than necessary or kill an adversary, even the most dark-hearted ones such as M. Bison and Akuma, his pacific beliefs also allow him to be a greatly loving father and husband towards his family, just like Guile is to his own family.

Being an extremely altruistic man, Dhalsim fights mostly for the poor and oppressed, as he constantly tries his best to raise money for his poverty-stricken people. In contrast with Ryu's youngster (but still serious and self-focused) type, Dhalsim has a more "mature" and less "enthusiastic" nature, as he regularly relies on his traditional yoga meditation rites to expand his spirituality and keep his inner neutrality off any emotional involvement that may prejudice his discipline.

Story

Intro

Street_Fighter_X_Tekken_-_Dhalsim_&_Sagat_01 — Street Fighter X Tekken - Dhalsim & Sagat 01

Rival Battle

Rival: Paul & Law

Location: Mishima Estate

Ending

Epilogue

Gameplay

"This is also destiny..."

—Dhalsim

Dhalsim is the original long-range fighter of fighting games. Dhalsim's intense training has given him the ability to project his arms and legs outward in order to deliver attacks that would be out of the range of normal limbs. Dhalsim's fighting style involves keeping the opponent at bay with distance attacks and projectiles, and optimally, only getting close to strike with a surprise aerial attack or sliding kick. Due to his reach advantage, Dhalsim has both very low offense and defense, making it vital for him to avoid sustaining too many blows from a strong fighter.

Techniques

Move Name	Input
Razor Chop	+
Zoom Straight	+
Double Zoom Straight	+
Zoom Low Kick	+
Zoom High Kick M	+
Zoom High Kick H	+
Zoom Punch L	+
Zoom Punch M	+
Double Zoom Punch	+
Sliding	+
Yoga Sliding	+
Long Sliding	+
Jump Zoom Under Punch	+
Jump Zoom Slide Punch	+
Jump Double Zoom Punch	+
Jump Zoom Forward Kick L	+
Jump Zoom Forward Kick M	+
Jump Zoom High Kick	+
Yoga Spear	+
Yoga Mummy	+
Yoga Tower	+
Yoga Smash	or N + +
Yoga Throw	+ +
Yoga Fire	+
Yoga Flame	+
Yoga Blast	+
Yoga Teleport	or + or
Yoga Inferno	+
Yoga Volcano	+
Cross Art: Yoga Strike	+ +

Costumes

Original

Swap

Rumor has it that the spirit of Heihachi's father, Jinpachi Mishima, reaches out to Dhalsim. Dhalsim himself undergoes a transformation as he channels the legendary warrior.

Alternate

...Was Dhalsim really an alien after all?!

Gallery

Trivia

Sagat and Dhalsim being partners has to do with UDON's Street Fighter II comics, in which Dhalsim helps Sagat to train in order to gain better control over himself and his emotions after losing to Ryu.