Analysis: What Makes a Move Overpowered? 

It's over when somebody figures out how to L-cancel in basketball

Zelda's down-B in Melee; it literally turns her into a top-tier.

lmfao that cancel during the real baseball clip had me rolling

my favorite move is the CPU blocks and puts you in hitstun for 84 years

that baseball edit is one of the best things I have seen in my life.

I NEED a gif of that Focus Cancel in that Baseball game.

-"Frame Data god" -Shows M2K Core-A gets it.

Fox's shine: Wait what are start up frames again?

2 kinds of cheap: The legitimately cheap move and the move we call cheap when we get pissed.

lol the FADC Baseball omg

Something is op if it doesn't have a sufficient amount of counter play or the counter play available is significantly harder than the thing it counters.

7:26 I literally forgot this was a video about Overpowered Moves, everything just became a Frame Data lesson

"Would be like a mix of kendo and fencing." So, like the original three movies where the lightsabers rarely made contact with one another and the fights were more philosophical debates punctuated by violence?

Sick follow-through to FADC. Got that homerun on lock down.

When I played Tekken 4 with my older brother on the PS2, we thought that Hwoarang's Left Viper Kick was overpowered since it could be chained infinitely, but neither of us knew that one could simply duck out of it after the first two slaps.

My fav fighting game move is a classic one that starts with a question and ends with death. “Are you ok?” BUSTER WOLF

"The FBI says it can't find hackers to hire because they all smoke pot" I know this has nothing to do with the video, but did anyone else find that kind of hilarious?

This shit should be taught in universities.

lol the moment the baseballplayer dash-canceled the hit... dude your videos are freaking amazing! I actually learn stuff and the examples and editing is sweet... nice job

0:47 "While you don't have to be a frame data god" Clip shows M2k. Dope shoutout.

Fox's Shine That's it

4:46 King Crimson activated

Everyone is commenting on FADC baseball. AND I ENTIRELY AGREE.

Genocide Cutter is still a goddamn nightmare to me(and others).

A 1 frame move that works in all situations, can lead to a death combo, has a jump cancel frame at 4, and can be reapeted at 7, can infinite combo, can be jced int an aerial (true combo) and can spike. This is the Shine.

This guy amazes me with every video he does. He is capable of saying all that information in a record period of time. That must take you a lot of time along with editing the video, that's why i respect you and I think your videos are top. The first move i can think about right now is zangief's cr HK in street fighter 2 champion edition

Hey I just wanted to say your videos are all fantastic. From the jazz music to the editing, all aspects of them are just spectacular. Keep up the great work and thank you so much for all of your insight, not just on fighting games, but gaming as a whole.

This is a great video, it really helped improve my fundamental understanding of fighting games and as someone who is just getting into the genre I really appreciate that.

one true-broken move in I forget which KoF was Rugal's Genocide cutter. screensweeper projectile that's a bitch to dodge, fast, eats a quarter of your health, and if you try and counter it with a projectile it can freeze into an impassable wall of instadeath that he's immune to. then again, SNK boss priveleges.

For those who are confused by the title, it was made with my casual friends in mind. They didn't know that making Ryu's cr.mk startup a couple frames faster could make the character broken, and that most balance updates focus more on frame data than anything else.

Your editing is top notch! Love all the little clips and sprites moving around

Probably my most favorite infamous overpowered move is the Air Hyper Viper Beam in MvC2 by Cable, the hypercombo that can be combo'd into itself if you just landed and jumped again, with zero delay. The ultimate overpowered cheap move.

What the Hell?! This is actually really in depth, calm, and civil. Like, even a filthy casual like me knew some of the basic stuff outlined in this video. I'm not complaining mind you. I'm just not used to anything about fighting games being so... polite and friendly (other than Maximillion Dood). Did I miss something between 2007 (when I quit fighting games) and 2016? Is the FGC not a hostile cesspool of tryhards, and edgelords bent on scaring away casuals and noobs anymore? Is now the time for a gamer like me, who's just looking for a fun match and not to practice for EVO, to get back into fighting games? It sure feels like it all of a sudden. EDIT: Oh, and thanks for the video. I really appreciate stuff like this that sheds light on how games work and stuff like that.

@3:32 In the original Starwars trilogy, 4-6, that's how lightsaber fights were

My favorite OP move is Pan's straight punch in Dragon Ball Final Bout. Its recovery time was faster than the hit stun duration, so you could keep punching until your opponent got K.O.ed. Basically, if you landed the punch when your opponent is not flying or jumping, you've won the match.

I know nothing about fighting games, but you manage to make these vidoes both informative and fun to watch. Amazing work dude!

This would have helped a lot of people get more involved in the ESPN evo thing. Great vid.

old video but i loved the baseball editing you did lol. "It might look like this" *flash* "batter: im out suckas."

I actually find the idea of frame data pretty interesting (it's pretty neat to know how the nature of a fighting style affects play in games like this), and you laid the concepts down really well in a manner which was interesting and easy to understand. Great job on this video!

I really like your visual presentation on top of the narration, it is funny and relevant at the same time with a mix from several media.

"Broken Games can be fun" And you didn't use a picture of Hokuto no Ken

or: high reward, low risk

Man im loving your videos. Been binge watching for most of the day. Very informative and interesting, keep it up dude!

I remember using the Game Genie back on the SNES version of SFII to make the boss characters playable. Playing as Vega(US), his crouching LK had the frames and sounds of just about any other LK attack in the game, but on hit had the damage and sounds of a HK. I literally was able to do a perfect run through the entire game using just about nothing but that move. It was broken af

It seems redundant to say it at this point, but the quality of these videos are just absurd. Great job!

4:46 So it will be basically King Crimson from Jojo?

Well done. Great entertaining video. Love some of the analogies you used. Was absolutely perfect

Genius; guy tapped into something that no one else thought of, breaking down mechanics of large gameplay elements of complex fighting games into something that the average joe could understand. His analogies were so good and the extra editing he did to illustrate his points were awesome. Subbed!

I love the how you relate video game concepts to real life! It’s really intuitive and does wonders for the learning concept!

The FADC baseball analogy was spot on perfect. Core-A Gaming is a damn treasure.

I keep rewatching your videos, they're just so good

Just noticed the little arashi saxophone bit in the background music. Great choice, great video breakdown

Kinda sad he didn't mention melee fox's shine.

My first fighting game was soul calibur 2 GameCube version SC has an accessible design but depth to it that I enjoyed, my father and I would bond over it because we both could play and beat each other Then I started using Nightmare, I dont remember the specific attack name but the input was ↗️↗️B, which made Nightmare/siegefried spin at a diagonal angle while coming down with his 5 ft great sword for mass damage. Its easy to interrupt with a horizontal attack because of the start up frames, but id use it to punish vertical attacks because the move let me Dodge and attack simultaneously while catching his head during his recovery frames. I got gud at the other attacks but dad banned me from nightmare because thats the move id beat him with the most. He deemed the move overpowered That move is still in SC5 and I can still catch people with it on competetive modes, and it brings a smile to my face barely winning with it after not using it for the whole match

I really like your channel. You explore topics that are hard to find in internet. Congrats

U know what. That shade sliding off Newton’s surprised face got me. Subscribed!

Pre-patched Injustice. Superman's super move that started up in one freaking frame. That shit was ridiculous. Even though they patched it to 5 frames, that's still as fast as most character's jab! The only upside is that it's punishable on block but even then, you have to find a correct distance to punish properly with a full combo.

My favorite broken move in any fighting game: Literally everything that every single character has in the arcade version of Hokuto no Ken by Arc System Works. A game so much more busted than any MvC game, so much more busted than Melee, we're talking so fucking broken...that every single character can *reliably* pull off combos that take off 100% of the opponent's health bar, and there's even 1 character who can do that without having any Aura, Boost, or Stars drained from the opponent's Star Gauge at the start of the combo. If I had to narrow it down to just 1 move from Hokuto no Ken, though, it would be Raoh's Sai move. Raoh takes out his Sai and stabs through both his own foot and the opponent's foot, trapping the two of them together so that Raoh can keep the punishment going. This is the one move that allows him to form kill combos without any Aura or Boost, and it can be comboed into from both on the ground and in the air.

I only play fighting games occasionally but your videos are always fascinating to watch and I always learn something. Cheers, mate.

My favorite thing about Core A videos is how the title and thumbnail are made in a way that casual players would be interested in or understand, then a hat trick is performed showing an advanced concept explains it

Ivan Ooze's Invulnerable Strike: Long Active Frames, Invincible (no hurt box), safe, and per game mechanics can be done during block OR hitstun.

6:48 I would rely like to see a video on broken fighting games, some of the most fun I have with some of my friends is with the old marvel games and KI as well as both the ps1 and wii star wars fighting games (especially the wii one).

Hilarious and brilliant video as always. Just recently stumbled into your channel and my God loving every damn video. And my love for fighting games and respect for its players has got to a whole new level.

hey man, your videos are AWESOME!!! How have I not known about this channel until now?!! I seriously love all your videos, some of the BEST content I have ever seen!!! The research you do is REALLY thorough and the presentation is immaculate! Perfect amount of clips and pics, and not too many pun pics like others that try too hard. I can't believe you've been making vids for so long and I didn't even know! been binge watching all your vids man! Great work and totally subbed!

A.Rod would be toptier if he had a FADC on his homers.

Son the baseball hit cancel had me dying xD

The baseball swing comparison is perfect, and will probably be my go-to example of how to explain what frame data is from now on. Kudos.

Awesome video and excellent explanation!

Ryus true shoryuken in sm4sh. Seriously, a block string that combos into a kill at 40% with just 4 frames of startup? Yes please

My favorite move is Pikachu’s back air in smash Ultimate. It auto cancels, so it has very low recovery frames, so you can combo it into itself, and it’s a really good tool for edge guarding.

This video made me sub, such deep analysis and underrated points. Good job.

Your vids have some of the greatest and most diverse references I have ever seen. Stay AMAZING!

Bryan's B+1 in Tekken 5.0. Mid launcher with frame advantage on block, any hit launches.

4:45 laughed way to hard at that

This is the best video I've seen to help ppl digest the concept of frame data. Kudos.

Awesome video man. Nice job!

Of course you put Geese Howard on the thumbnail.

"You don't have to be a frame-data god..." lolm2k

Thanks this video really helped me understand a lot about the games I play

Absolutely fascinating!!!! SUBSCRIBED!

...you're telling me there are people who exist who don't find frame data interesting? What the hell?

I fking love the baseball canceling animation, and... another "overpowered" thing beside the quick, high damaging attacks of Zankuro from Samurai Showdown 3 / 4 is the broken AI from MKII, "but thats a theme for another video"

Thanks for giving a shout out to how single player action games have different frame data philosophies from fighting games! I was looking for this vid! Trying to make my own action adventure game

I knew this stuff already, but your analagies are next level.

your videos should be longer, I'm addicted to them I feel like I waited to long for this one and I was kind of hoping you used a jigglypuff(melee) example on OP movements lol keep up the amazing job :)

I laughed so hard because of the frame data joke and the baseball FADC. Priceless.

For someone who is not inner workings fighting game savy, that explained things really well for me. Thank you.

I use to play competitive, but never tried it in fighting games. Your content made me give it a try. Suscribed and following!

Ahh, Meta Knight's Down-Smash in Brawl...how I miss thee...

ayyy the consouls. this channel will be the saviour of the fighting game community

This was amazing and as a smash / ufc fan, felt tailored just for me. Thank you.

This was a cool video. Great use of real world aspects

I never knew that seeing an baseball FADC was something that I needed so badly

Sagat's Heavy Punch in Capcom vs SNK 2

I watched this 3 years ago and here I am watching again cuz why not also that hit stun example in the cage was crispy.

awesome vid man very informative

In SSB4, I found my “friend” ‘s weakness and used Corrine counter on predictable moves. He now rage quits whenever I pick him/her.

Wait, you never answered the question in the title. You just explained how frame data and hitboxes work.

Good video! Helps explain why I've never been a fan of 'cancels'

Basically an attack that can easily be performed at most times and has certain aspects that are unfairly overturned so that it can be repeatedly used giving the opponent little to no chances of decently defending. There I just answered the main question so that average people can stomach the answer.