Street Fighter VI

[MrKirov]

I just use Ken as an example, Honda, Rashide, Luke, Cammy & Jurie all have ridiculous corner games.

I got battered 10-0 by a Master Honda player who played like he was using the force and just trapped me in the corner, hundred handslap into combo set up rinse and repeat. That hundred handslap into Level 3 is just absurd.

Id agree in some cases, not in some others. Some of them are gimmicks, once you learn the outs, they become straight forward to get out of their nonsense (though you still fall victim occasionally haha). I'd 100% fight any of them instead of Ken though.

Cammy, Ken and Juri i'd agree with, theyve all got good corner pressure, overheads or unexpected stuff- but I dont find Honda or Rashid too bad. Honda loves to use that flowchart loop, where they headbutt, into buttslam, into hit, into 100 hand, into drive rush, into EX throw- and youre in the corner taking safe buttslams into more 100 hands and EX grabs.

A well timed neutral jump/parry at the right times and they miss and opened up into a combo. Theyre a defensive wall, but a lot of his normals can be beaten, and his overhead chop can be straight jumped over if you jump deep enough.

Rashid is a pain in the arse to pin down mostly. And I find the most difficult thing is that he is so overanimated with his clothes, it can be difficult to tell what animation is playing out. Mostly hes just gimmicky mix ups into throws, then that damned level 2 in the corner. Obviously hes got that silly long juggle combo into spinning mixer like 3 times, but the scaling on that makes it flashy but not optimal I find.

I tend to struggle with Jamie alot, but then most people say they find him easy to fight, so its funny how we all find different characters hard.

I used to love fighting JP, being Cammy getting away from his nonsense and in is alot easier- then I foguth one the other day who I couldnt beat for the life of me

[MrKirov]

Beating a Master level Rashid with 50000 LP 3-1 feels damned good

[MrKirov]

Beating a Master level Rashid with 50000 LP 3-1 feels damned good

And now I just made a 32000LP master quit while I was 2 up

You’d think the people that got there would be made of tougher stuff!!

[hudson]

That's crazy as I don't think you can get demoted from Master . The fool!

[wargame]

Jamie is also a difficult one, one wrong move and you are combo city on your way to the corner.

I do wonder if pad players have an advantage here with DR on a shoulder. I still find I fluff DRC a lot cause I am either holding back or down in the heat of battle. Some folks seem get DRC out so easily and quickly.

[fuse]

Just want to take a quick temperature check and say this thread is kicking ass, team. That the game seems to have landed so well is one thing, but it's also very good to see everyone enjoying, sharing, and levelling up together.

The likes of Manon and Marisa destroy you purely because they can stand out of range and poke with normals that reach you, while you can’t move- while the likes of Ken and Ryu just want to make you guess.

It's a little embarrassing to say this, but as someone who's been playing Marisa primarily, I feel like I've totally overlooked the utility of this? Straight away I knew what you meant and was like "oh yeah, I guess I could meaty charge that standing HP", but have I thought to make much use of it before?

Saying that, I think I've found my next character I want to learn: JP. I'm still not mad about "down down" inputs (this might change when/if I move to a leverless controller), and I'm definitely getting on better with how his close-up game works as opposed to his zoning, but it's giving me a fun new way to play the game. It also helps that a couple of content creators I have watched a lot of content for (Broski and Brian F) have been focused on this character, so I at least have an idea of how things link into one another even if I'm still learning how to replicate it all.

[MrKirov]

Came so close to master last night. So close. I saw the “rank up opportunity” banner and got excited.

Then I saw my opponent.

A master with 125,000 LP. Playing Chun. I barely got a hit in Never mind I thought, I’ll try again. Worth a go for 250 point for a random win.

Nope, I got bummed.

Back down to 300 points needed

[MrKirov]

Sorry, I have to vent.

I went on a 7 win streak, got to one win away from master. Then it matched me with a very clear lag switcher who quite rightly f**ked me over. Then I was so annoyed I spiralled into losses and back down to 300 points away. Why are people so ****, and why should they rot in hell

[hudson]

Ah man that sucks. How do people like that feel happy about cheating their way to false Master.

You've got up there twice or so now, so you'll get back there soon. Just have a wee break.

[Asura]

Sorry, I have to vent.

I went on a 7 win streak, got to one win away from master. Then it matched me with a very clear lag switcher who quite rightly f**ked me over. Then I was so annoyed I spiralled into losses and back down to 300 points away. Why are people so ****, and why should they rot in hell

Closest I ever got to getting out of gold, an 8-win streak was killed by someone who was a laggy mess.

The worst part of it is, if you watch the replay, it doesn't re-create the network conditions, so I just look like a complete moron.

[wargame]

Sorry, I have to vent.

I went on a 7 win streak, got to one win away from master. Then it matched me with a very clear lag switcher who quite rightly f**ked me over. Then I was so annoyed I spiralled into losses and back down to 300 points away. Why are people so ****, and why should they rot in hell

I hope you blocked him afterwards, don't give him the opportunity to try that nonsense again. If you lag really badly or RQ you go on block list. One of last sessions in V I had a guy RQ on me and I didn't block him, two matches later was paired with him again and guess what he RQ again.

[wargame]

Just had a bash in one of the Chipotle Tournaments managed 4th place but it was a weak draw today got me so the semis where I went out to a P4 JP, made so many stupid mistakes.

Would have got murdered in the final at the other side of the bracket at a D4 M player and 3 Masters.

It's pretty cool how Tournaments work, I wish there was more of them as they only run at 04:00, 14:00 and 21:00. I imagine the 21:00 has the biggest demand in Europe.

[wargame]

Man someone did such a sick combo on me yesterday that I immediately had to go and learn it myself, and I been thinking about it ever since and reckon there is more damage to be had.



Need to practice it a lot as it seems 50/50 whether the dummy blocks the cr.mp.

[hudson]

Hi mods, any chance of a review score poll in here? I feel like there gonna be some big numbos!

[MrKirov]

So I’ve been struggling with this the past few days to a week, since I felt kinda cheated over the lag switcher. My mind has been so focussed on getting back all the points I lost that I’ve been playing terribly. I’ve still been playing but mooching about in casual.

So… I went online for a bit tonight. I made it all the way from 24300LP, all the way up to 24942LP in about 2 hours. Two consecutive 7 win streaks got me there somehow.

I got to what I thought could be my final match as Diamond. My nerves were shot, my heart was beating, and my anxiety was making my mind race and unable to focus.

It was a JP. And one that I beat really easily the first match.

24992LP.

One more win to go.

It was close but he beat me… typical JP stuff, stuff I knew how to counter and should have known better. I was a bit disheartened. Then I saw he wanted another match. And I had exactly 24952LP. Still a chance.

Still one more match.

I held my nerves down for the first round, and took it without too much trouble, and focussed as best I could.

The second round he started really playing, and I got caught in a few odd timing setups that I hadn’t seen from JP before. He beat me the second round.

I was disheartened, but I steeled my nerves as best as I could, but I flubbed some of my bread and butters, and It went down to the wire, I was burnt out, close to death.

I managed to get him into the corner and pressured away, and I had my level 3….He did an OD amnesia in the corner a few loops in. I jumped, I hit the jHP… that’s my go to combo. From that one hit, even burnt out, I can do 50% damage. He’s toast… I can get my master rank from a perfect Level 3 ending…

…..

I flubbed the execution.

…..

Instead I did a jump instead of the bHK into super…my heart sank as I realised I still couldn’t overcome my nerves at these crucial moments. Sometimes my anxiety really sucks ass.

…


BUT I HIT HIM WITH THE jHP THAT CAME OUT INSTEAD OF THE SUPER

…


IT KILLED.

…

I MADE IT.

I’m in Master now. I sat there shocked for a few moments truthfully.

Then hit out a yell so loud the dog next door started howling with me