Sagat


The King With No Equal
Full Name	Sagat
Birthdate	July 2
Nationality	Thai
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Relationships	Ryu (rival/friend) Dhalsim (friend)
Fighting Style	Muay Thai
Occupation	Unemployed
Debut	Street Fighter
Vitality	1,050
Tag Partner	Dhalsim

"Treat every battle as your last."

—Sagat

Sagat is a character from the Street Fighter series. He was the boss of the original Street Fighter game, and a mid boss for Street Fighter II. He is widely known for his scar on his chest, his eye patch, and for being a overall powerful character in most of his apperances throught the series.

Biography

To prepare himself for his inevitable rematch against Ryu, the king of Muay Thai retreated to a secluded mountain village for training. His chest bares the scar left by Ryu's Shoryuken, and serves as a reminder to him of their fight. He cares not for victory or defeat; he merely wishes to clash against fighters of great strength. In order to locate a missing young girl, Sagat agrees to go with Dhalsim and heads to Antarctica.

Appearance

Sagat is 7'5", a trait he uses to his advantage in his long-reaching attacks. His hands are massive and he is depicted as being totally bald. Sagat wears traditional short Muay Thai kickboxing shorts and classic wraps. The trunks have colors varying from purple with yellow trim, to blue with red trim, to blue with yellow trim. He wears tape around his fists and feet. Sagat also has a black eye-patch over his severely damaged right eye. The massive scar on his chest is a constant reminder of Ryu's victory. Sagat makes no attempt to conceal the disfigurement.

Personality

Sagat encompasses a stereotypical "proud fighter" personality, since he is very powerful and strong-willed as well as hard-working and dedicated in body and spirit to martial arts life. His uncommon physical appearance makes him menacing, hideous and downright unfriendly at first glance. This persona is greatly boosted by the elevated levels of rage and power unleashed during combats - even to the extent of being nearly lethal, should Sagat see himself pinned or threatened with defeat. Sagat feeds on both his hatred towards Ryu and seeking a new chance to challenge and defeat him to recover his title of greatest fighter of all and thus restore his lost "honor" and '"pride" as a warrior.

Despite this violent and sometimes cruel nature in battles, Sagat appreciates worthy opponents and greatly despises taking unfair or dishonest advantages in combat - as seen in his own ending in Street Fighter Alpha 3, Sagat is highly disgusted with M. Bison as he infused Ryu with his malevolent Psycho Power in order to "make Ryu much stronger and thus grant Sagat the rematch he always looked forward to", which instead had the opposite effect: it caused Sagat to try to break Ryu free of Bison's influence. This is a strong proof that Sagat values true martial spirit and strength of character above all when facing those he considers worthy adversaries.

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

"I am the King."

—Sagat

Techniques

Move Name	Input
Heavy Tiger Elbow	+
Low Step Kick	+
High Step Kick	+
Fake Kick	>
Tiger Rage	or N + +
Over the Back Toss	+ +
High Tiger Shot	+
Low Tiger Shot	+
Tiger Uppercut	+
Tiger Knee Crush	+
Tiger Genocide	+
Cross Art	+ +

Costumes

Original

Swap

Rumor has it that Sagat defeated Dragunov, who had come to assassinate him. Sagat took his uniform as a token of his victory.

Alternate

A little known fact about Sagat is that he is a skillful swimmer and diver. Apparently diving is also an exercise in concentration...

Gallery

Trivia

Sagat and Dhalsim being partners has to do with UDON's Street Fighter comics, in which Dhalsim helps Sagat to train in order to gain better control over himself and his emotions after losing to Ryu's Satsui no Hado.