EWC Qualifier Dallas SF6 TOP 8 (Oil King Gachikun MenaRD Problem-X Zhen Wong Phenom) DreamHack 

Gachikun is my favorite player to watch. Great run

Well deserved, Gachikun had grind Rashid like crazy and its pay off

Match1: Phenom's checks and punishes were immaculate reaction timing is crazy. Even then it wasn't free at all. Zhen has great decision making but it was too hard to get in, understandably. Match2: RASHID SHENANIGANS /s Both players' whiff punish was on point and Chris definitely adjusted his agressiveness especially with the reversals but Rashid has sl many tools. GG March3: 15:41 DADDY DU showing out LET'S FUCKIN GO!!!!! Mena's decision making was crazy you can tell he knows this matchup like the back of his hand. The character changes. The two perfects. The amazing back and forth gameplay. This is my favorite match thus far. Congrars to Mena he is a prodigy. Match4: so fun to watch two characters with crazy mobility duke it out. Especially in the hands of thsse two titans. Seems like it came down to matchup knowledge(ex. 31:57 bad decision with the Blanka ball). Happy to see he adjusted so well tho. Rashid shenanigans DENIED🌬️🚫 Match5: so amazing how top level players liks Zhen make decisions in this situation(42:23) he backdashes Mena's sweep and drive rushes to punish. Insanely good decision making. Honestly dont know how he fell to losers' he has so much potential. Match6: imma be honest. The only reason X didnt 3-0 Chris was because he got too confortable after the first 2 games. Started making sloppy decisions. He completely had the read on him. Consistentaly anti-airing and catching hus walk-backs and button presses. The oldhead been playin this game for too long💀 Match7: this is such a season 1 match, but a high-level one ofc. Both players making mistakes based on matchup(such as priority on supers and such). Cant wait to see two of my favorite players improve in this game. However the commentators are right both players' neutral is immaculate. INSANE comeback from Gachikun i was honestly expecting Phenom to take it Match8: like i said before X is hella good at fighters in genersl, but he shows the exp difference with such clear reads even against a genius like Zhen. But Zhen was hanging in their making crazy decisions to keep up with an unpredictable player. Match9: Phenom's counter-pokes on defense are impressive and he always converts. Unc's level 2 prsssure didnt mean a thing to him😂seriously tho his resilience and discipline under overwhelming pressure is commendable. He's my pick to win the whole thing! Edit: well nvm💀 Grand Finals 1:31:15 like i said crazy unpredictable. Would you press buttons there? However it looks like it didnt save him from the mixup monster Gachikun. Still. X made it to Grand Finals using Blanka. Placing over a Ken and a Luke player. Man has crazy skills. Rashid is just too powerful in my opinion. He has so many options for mobility, pressure, defense; in the hands of a master Rashid player like Gachikun it's nearly and insurmountable challenge. Congratulations to him. This was such a fun tourney to watch I haven't been keeping up with tourney scene since SF6 dropped but im glad i caught this one.

This game is crack man. There were so many godlike matches. The patch is mad agreeable too (so far)

Problem X was so unlucky with that Lvl 3 not killing. I think that played on his mind after.

Respect deejay and zhen

It’s amazing Dee-Jay is still this strong, a bit of a needed damage nerf yet he’s still a problem. I think this might be a really balanced game as it progresses.

Problem x ❤ He proved himself once again

Dang, you know mena is gonna be studying tf outta the problem X zhen set

Phenom knocked out Angry Bird the other day in the last 24 and went on to show how good he’s become in the last 8. Kudos to him 👏🏾

i always knew zhen have it in him. if you take a look at his performance history since the beginning of sf6, he was not performing well at all, he did a small interview with tokido and you can see why he wasn't performing well, he stated he was very busy in life and i think he said with school or something, so he doesn't have much time to play or practice like the birds and other players and was surprised that they were able to be that good that fast (hint: they played the crack version). but until recently he's put in that training and look at what happened here? he 3-0 mena and also 2-0 mena before he 3-0 mena in this top 8 in the tournament here. but that's not the point, i knew he always had it in him because if you go back and look at sfl 2023 sf6, he 3-0 punk, and it isn't just he 3-0 punk, he 3-0'ed punk like punk never played sf before that's how good he is. i hope now he has time to practice and train because he's just getting started, imagine him taking the saudi arabia tourney and winning it all. anybody that can body punk like that SHOULD be signed cuz punk is signed too. so sign zhen yall won't regret it, he's only 21 years old his legacy is just begun. and just a reminder zhen is the guy who mena fought in cc 2023 in the grand finals, a quick backstory, zhen was a nobody coming out of nowhere and just ran through some of the top players in sf and almost won it all. he was stopped by mena who played luke, who was a broken character in the last season of sf5, that's how good zhen is, he almost won it all.

Even without Akuma, this SF6 was the best I've seen so far. So many sets went down to the wire. These players truly are the best of the best.

What a great line-up of legends 🏆

Its kind of sad that M.Bison didnt make it into SF6. The way Zhen played him in 5 was so damn crisp and I wouldve loved to have seen him build on that.

problemx deserves wins for all he can do congrats gachikun best rashid

Gachikun and even now Oil King (who also mains Rashid in sf5) are proving that Rashid is a top-tier character. The balance patch actually makes Rashid even better. His lvl 3 is now a viable tool. Congratz to Gachikun and Oil King! Gachikun vs Phenom and Oil King vs Problem X were the best matches.. very close games. Zhen vs Mena was the most surprisingly match. Didn't think that Mena has a hard time going up against DJ's. Mena never used Blanka for some reason. It had to be a bad match for Blanka vs DJ. PS: Congratz to Chris Wong making to Top 8 as well. He has been very consistent with his Luke.

Which players are competing in this top 8? It's so hard for me to tell!

The scaling on lights is the biggest change, next to the new Drive Reversal. Game feels way more balanced.

Is it just me or was the presentation of the awards very lackluster? It seemed like the presenter just wanted to get through everything as quickly and uneventfully as possible. Get hyped, man, you’re presenting awards in front of a room full of people that paid good money to see a tournament of their favorite players!

That was cool to see mena clap extra hard for Zhen. He knew the deal.

Seeing Deejay in the top 8 warms my heart. #DeeJayMains

Damn, Mena is like 4 years younger than me but looks like 7 years older. It is good to be a champion but it is also good to take some care of yourself.

Can't wait for Elena and Terry Bogard to come into the game also Cody would be a great edition to SF 6.

Menard on that Omec Easter Island Timeline.

Phenom is insane with his Ken, nice game 👏🏽👏🏽

This is why I enjoy watching. The slightest mistake changes everything.

Gachichan did it the job.😎👍

Whoa wasn't there a major last week...

FINAL GAME FINAL MATCH

First time since SF6's release where I can remember Mena just getting washed and the game has been out about a year. Shows how dominant he has been.

"Eve's Bayou" Maynard.

Chris Wong always looks worried.

love that guys reaction at 21:05 Hes feeling it 👌🏻

This gave me 2019 capcom pro tour vibes.

Great top 8

zhen vs phenom was really great to watch, very stimulating. zhen gotta focus more on throwing fireballs and fake fireball because phenom was more focused on footsies and neutrals always taking microwalks and be just right outside of zhen's attack range, zhen really gotta focus agitating and predicting phenom's walk forward with fireballs and hit him with it and slowly widdle him down with it and close the gap where phenom is in zhen's dj attack range and pressure him from there, good job on phenom on mentally pressuring zhen down with slow microwalks and staying out of zhen's dj's attack range and once he has zhen in the corner the classic oki throw loop and mind game begins, which zhen needs to get out of. dj actually also has a great corner oki too, but phenom did a great job in mentally pacing the fight on his turn with great pacing and distancing not letting zhen dj's put him in the same scenario of corner throw loop oki's. zhen got some homework to do, i know he is one of the great if he can 3-0 mena like that, he should really study his round against phenom at 5:39 as phenom stuck at the corner he can no longer microwalk and zhen has his way with his pressure and dj's throw loop oki's, and phenom definitely became better at his throw loop oki style with ken.

Usually when they change seasons you see some characters you might not have but it seems like they didn’t change enough to mix things up

Great Game Gachikun Love You Rashid❤️❤️

Du is helpless against Mena, its like he starts playing with no confidence 😅😅😅

1:07:00 rip camera

They need Alex Gill Urien Balrog Dudley Sagat and Vega in Street Fighter 6

Mena vs Du is so intense wth

Hope this torney doesnt get Rashiid nerfed.

If you think about it, aren't all knockdowns forced knockdowns?

Has there ever been this much Blanka action in top 8 before?

We are from a one character fighting game to about a four character game it seems. Hopefully with each patch we add more characters to SF6 lol

I Enjoy the double perfect of Mena and Nucledu

GG ❤❤❤❤

Gachikun won off the best defense. Well played by him.

ナイスガチくん！！ 名だたるメンバーで日本人が優勝して嬉しい😂

Que palizon le dieron a mena

I think Mena could've gone farther if he wasn't so stubborn with his luke

MenaRD didn't failed with Luke, I thought he would play with Akuma and Blanka but Luke wasnt his strong char

Why Menard didn't use blanka vs zhen??

Gachiku 🎉🎉great game vs phenom

Were skins not allowed or something ?

Why mena did not take blanka again zen? Any response

Where the Birds at?

ggs

😊

My commentary would be good like if i could speak my truth and not make the fhc cry 😂😂😂

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That grand final was free looking 👀.

Gachikun VS. Phenom Winners Final was crazy

Who put Mena in losers?

Yo phenom trying to steal the title of Footies god from momochi or something? Those spacing were clean

Phenom le mete 3-0 al ZHEN, va al lugar de Mena y le dice " a si es como se hace " jjaja

rashid is such a slippery character, man wont sit still lol

Every like will motivate me to finish my comic book

No Daigo in this tournament?

zhen might be menas kryptonite lmao that man couldnt do ANYTHING

42:49 love how Chen just fucking LOSES the ability to speak coherently for a moment

Spoil Shield 🛡️

Dreamhack went to Japan

Thumbnail looked washed

People crying and complaining that Rashiet is weak, Rashid has soooo many tools, is just people doesn’t know how to play him, his level 2 is an abomination of a super.

Look how they massacred my boy... dee jay, whyyy

Spoiler Shield 🛡️

Nothing to lose for "his love". Everything to gain with " her life".😌🙏😌☺️😊

Wtf is that person standing up every time blocking the view. What a terrible camara work.

phenom looks like he's always holding water in his mouth

I am always against blanka players lmao

Mena is Very good but without Blanka stay Very hard. Blanka deserve Nerf urgently.

Gachikun playing like a level god ..amazing

Does James Chan need to commentate top 8?

Spoiler shield 🎉🎉🎉

MenaRD was fifth?!? Was he carried by season one Luke and Blanka? Only time will tell.

DJ a problem for any character. Mena will adapt for sure.

Is it just me, or does Chris Wong look like he dun seen sum sh!t?

As much as i hated Mena Rd's Blanka i just cant hate the guy such a good sport.

Isn't it cool how MenaRD actually looks like blanka a bit.

Mena como quiera es el mejor del mundo

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Zhen losing was the most satisfying thing in this tournament.

who is the dum commentator asking if it's gonna kill EVERY CA

Punk is done with SF6. He will be not amongst those 32 for Esports World Cup.

Mena have a weird curse where he dominate early scene but later fall hard after each patch later. Like SF5 where he won the Capcom Cup early scene and later can't keep up after season 2 released. SF6 seems like the same...

MenaRTRASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

who beat punk?? 😂😂😂😂😂

Jebailey really made an ass of himself with the Tekken tourney. Total negligence, then LAUGHING about costing JDCR on Twitter 😵‍💫