Street Fighter 6 Input Tips and Tricks (from easy to hard) 

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holy crap thank you for the "don't hold forward hold to get max distance on the drive rush" thing - this drove me mad too, I was holding forward and not even pressing an attack button, and ryu would just stop his drive rush lmao

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A better input for crosscut DP is 6131, this lets you get the dp even if they don't cross up

that dragon punch shortcut just blew my mind! thank you so much!

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Turning negative edge off is probably for the better for characters that have to buffer lights into specials. Not only I was getting whiff into special quite often, I would also drop combos into unsafe moves whenever I failed to cancel something in the early active frames, so it has felt more consistent without it. It does help a lot in linking specials into specials, though, so it might be very good on some characters.

Thank you! I learned. Keep being awesome dude!

The cross cut dp input is the same as how Satsuki cross up overhead input works in Melty. You just do half the input in one direction, then they crossup and you do the last input in the opposite direction. You do the 6 before they cross up, 2 at some point as part of the half circle, then the 1 of the 63214 counts as the 3 of the 623 since they've already crossed you up at this point. Same as how 4756 inputs an instant air backdash since 4 and 6 are both away from the opponent since you changed your facing during the input.

Thanks a ton LK,always struggled with complex inputs so these will be handy

Yes this is exactly the kind of thing I've been looking for I really want to play Blanca in sf6 but I'm having a hard time with the charge inputs so hopefully this video helps looking forward to watching this when I have the time.

I've decided to turn off negative edge after turning it on for a while because I would rather drop combos due to poor timing than doing random specials in neutral Love that the option is there since you can get used to both but I hope they tweak the input buffer a bit

There is a easier way to do the crosscut dp. Press quarter circle forward and then back when the opponent crosses over you (towards the opponent) and you will get the dp with fewer inputs.

Brilliant video mate, very helpful, keep up the good work 👏

120fps doesn't actually affect fights, it just applies to battle hub and world tour when running around, as well as the menus. It even says that at the bottom of the screen when you select it.

Cross cut works because the validity of special inputs are checked at time of input. So forward into hcb registers as forward -> hcf if the opponent crossed up during the forward input. I do recommend ending on omitting the last forward on the hcf so you don't accidentally get fireball.

that cross cut knowledge is finna have my soaring thank you!! i needed this

thanks for the tips! I hope you're having fun with SF6!

Wow thank you so much for the drive rush distance. I know sometimes I was cancelling it early with a normal/throw, but I must be holding forward subconsciously. Playing DJ, one strength is his drive rush and I could not figure that out. Great video!

I've only ever played dbfz before this so that dragon punch shortcut was lifechanging. THANK YOU!

I just did a Ken combo ive been struggling with for days thanks to those settings, thank you so much LK you just changed the game for me :D keep up the good work!

Thank you so much been looking for a vid like this for a few days lol

Thanks! Turned negitive edge on & playing Manon a lot smoother

11:47 Think of Drive rush as a long Giovanna dash instead of a run and it makes more sense. It goes a set distance and you can press buttons and slide with the momentum. Also, using a normal throw stops you immediately, so you can use that to bait people mashing against your drive rush attempt.

Omg thank you for the drive rush distance tip

This was super helpful thank you 🙏

This video is so helpful. Thanks!

Great vid! Agree about the distance on the Drive Rush - wish there was a way to change that.

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Cool to see you posting Sf6 videos

Thank you! This has helped a lot

Really needed that help with dp. I just learned how to do a quarter circle a couple weeks ago

I used to be of those fighting game console purists, but given how the community has been gravitating to PC over the last couple of years, I decided to get SF6 on Steam. I couldn’t be happier.

Cross-cut DP works basically the exact way you think it does. The walk forward makes them cross up sooner so that your facing the correct way for the DP inputs(towards your opponent) and the DP gets sent the correct way. If you slow the game down you can see Ryu do a small walk forwards before he DPs

thank you, I'm a new player and had no idea how to do rushing...actually, I started learning it but its super awkward. But your dir+parry+dir feels pretty easy to me. Not sure if I can apply it properly in a match, but so far, getting the hang of it. Thank you again o/

Wow, super helpful!

Honestly, I didn't even know about P-Links, so you got it big mans, earned that sub lol

Great t&ts gonna have to practice some of these

OMG I was wondering why my DR was so stubby and never caught up to dodge back on wake up. I got oki now! Great tips clearly presented. Thanks dude.

The drive rush distance + shortcut tip is going to level up my lily gameplay so much 😍

Thank you! 🙌🏾

that cross cut DP tip is what I needed right now. Kept getting blown up by players jumping over me lol Thanks!

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There's another version of plinking that was from SF4. You piano the next lower priority button like HP and MP. The game should read it as HP then HP+MP the next frame. Only the HP will come out due to button prioritization and basically converts a 1 frame link into a 2 frame. Really helps since some links especially after a DR button are so tight.

Wow never even know about cross cut dp's or drive rush going way further than normal. To be honest im still like in silver so most people dont know anything (just like myself) but this will help a ton thank u mr sir father lord knight.

I come more from a tekken and soulcalibur background your video is a great help for learning some tech for street fighter. Also has me considering a larger actuator on my lever.

Holy shit thanks for explaining the dr distance I have been stopping in front of my opponents while going for a drive rush grab and it has been driving me crazy

thanks for the great tips!

the reverse dragon punch works because when you input the 2nd and 3rd direction, your opponent is on the opposite side than when you started the move so the perspective of forward is changed thus allowing the input you described to work

Imma save this, I feel as I get better imma review this to move to the next stage. Ty g

Nice one LK!

Yo bro you were my sensei for fighterz glad to see you on this game !!! Rendy to learn more with you now ahah

You can hold df preemptively, then just input d, df+button, this will give you pretty much the fastest possible DP at the expense of not blocking. This good in situations where know you want to twitch DP, after a fireball where you've cut off the ground approach, or if you're a specific move you want to DP. Gief specific, but 360 doesn't require diagonals, nor does it care about order, so if you're actively walking back and forth you can do SPD by just inputting down, up +button. Half circle forward can be input three ways 4236, 4126, 1236, the latter lets you do then from crouching.

Oh snap the parry technique! This is some hidden scroll tips yo. Thanks man

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Cross cut charge attacks section, is very useful

You can also do DP with an Super motion for GG. 632146 gives you DP 100% of the time as well. Useful for Marisa that has some DP cancels off back sHP, but also a burden when you just want to do bHP into 214HP. PS: Crosscut works exactly like you guessed it. Input are internally read as "forward and backward" instead of "left and right". It means tapping right reads forward, and when the opponent crosses over the half circle read as the down, down forward and forward. The input reader is somewhat lenient too, so it ignores some garbage it might come from this technique.

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super helpful LK!

Man thank you for explaining the difference between a buffer and link. Im new to the genre and didnt get why some moves combo when trying to buffer and others didnt

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For the reversed dragon punch, I would say the game recognizes the forward input as forward and then down and back as down forward because Ryu has turned around

Thanks man

2:08 This brought me from Platinum 5 to Diamond 2. THANK YOU

Your explanation of a cross cut DP is correct. You're hitting forward before the opponent actually moves over your head, so that input counts as the forward input when they cross over. You then have to do the input in reverse for the second half because they're now on the other side. The game can't distinguish that the first input is now technically backwards, so it just works.

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Appreciate ya LK!

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Thanks! I found certain cancelse into specials to be off on default. Gonna run some tests based ofc your settings

Holding forward on drive rush got me too. Just seemed intuitive to me from other genres too

Nice video more of this plz

Great video. One note/sligh correction, plinking and piano'ing are 2 different concepts/technique. Plinking is exactly what you described but piano'ing is when you present multiple buttons in rapid succession for the old-school hundred hand slap, lightning kicks and Blanka shock. Ex, you rol you're fingers from Fp, mp, lp, mp and end with FP to get the heavy slap/shock. The whole thing is done in seconds and looks like strumming piano keys. Great video!

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With E. Honda, with proper timing, instead of a Headbutt, you can command-grab an opponent who crossed-you up just by inputing forward + punch. It happened unwillingly to me a lot of times in SF5, and still do in SF6, and I'm pretty happy when it happens, even though I don't really know when it will happen, and why it happens lol And I guess that if it works with E. Honda, it will probably work with any character who have a half-circle back command grab :-)

I had the same problem with drive rush. I didn't know not pressing anything lets you go further. I'll have to lab this.

Wow I’m new to fighting games this guy was killing me with the cross up repeatedly I had no idea what to do. Definitely going to lab my anti air and cross up defense

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Nice, I didn't understand how the drive rush distance control worked either

Wow, not holding forward on DR was a revelation thanks!

the 33p DP shortcut was actually in SF3, I didn't know this myself til' recently.

i actually didn't know about down forward for dp , that may help with my consistency hopefully

New beard and new camera quality or settings? A++ Great video and content. Thanks LK!

for cross cut : the forward you do before they cross over you so in your inputs you have "forward" following that you have down. this can be before or after they cross over you since down is down regardless of which side you are facing, so now your input buffer has "forward>down" finally, you input "downback+punch" after they cross over you, which when mirrored gives you "downforward", so in your input buffer you have "forward>down>downforward+punch" which is a shoryuken input. and street fighter is kind of lenient with those. in fact if you walk forward and input a quarter circle forward it will give you a shoryuken even if you're ending on forward which is why to do a walking forward hadouken you have to hit "back" and do a half circle forward. contrary to the name "autocorrect DP" the input does not automatically choose a normal or mirrored dp, but rather the input "corrects" your character's facing. which is why crosscut is a better name. there's a few methods of inputting that also takes advantage of the lenient "downforward downforward" input, you can input downforward, wait for them to cross over you and input downback which gets mirrored into your second downforward input : 3|1 is mirrored into 33. since the input is lenient you can slide by 2 to get "3|21" or "32|1" to get the input 323, which is a valid DP input. this lets you do the input from crouching. there's also the method of doing 131 which is simply crouchblocking and then recognizing they're crossing over you and doing the 3|1 shortcut. that works too. so in summary : 62|1 and 6|21 is mirrored into 623 and 3|1 is mirrored into 33, where " | " is the point of crossing over you.

Thank you for the informative video. Would be great if we could see what your hands are doing on the game pad also.

afaik crosscut dp works because the game reads your inputs in the following way: you input forward (6) while they're still same side. your down (2) input is side agnostic, so that works whenever. as you're now rolling your stick back through the down-back (1) position, because they've crossed you up, the game reads it not as a down-back but a down-forward. that gives you all three input directions you need for the DP. also means you technically don't have to complete the half circle back, you can end on down-back (again, which is down-forward after being crossed up)

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the way I understand how crosscut works is the leniency of which direction is forward when you are getting crossed up. So it reads 63214 as 63236.

10:45 a dp requires a forward down and down forward motion. Cross cutting basically takes your forward input before they jump over you, the down input some time in while they are over you, and the down forward input when they reach the opposite side of you.

Cross cut DP 10:15 - the game basically interprets the inputs "left" and ""right" as "towards opponent / forward" and "away from opponent / backwards". So inputing ➡⬇↙ with the right timing gives forward - down - down-forward, which is are directions for a dragon punch.

For Guile example, your character model will switch sides if your opponent goes for a cross up. Input Up + Kick button for FK once this happens to get the cross cut attempt to hit.

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I've been wondering why my drive rushes felt so short i thought it was just a luke thing omg xD

One thing...Plinking or priority linking is pressing a light button before a heavier one. Like pressing mp before hp to better your odds it coming out.

The way cross cut DP was explained to me is that SF looks for a forward input plus any two unique down inputs. So 612 should also theoretically be a DP.

Thanks! Best tips iv seen for this game so far. And yes at MAX 60FPS you will only see 60 or lower. at 120 you will likely never seen it dip below 60.

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Your beard really suits you. Thanks for the content.