the Street Fighter 6 character nobody plays 

"Why are you panicinOH GOD SHE GOT IN" Dhalsim in a nutshell

As a JP player, I relate to the experience of realizing that I'm teaching someone the character over the course of a set and they beat all my gimmicks by the end.

Dhalsim main here. I love this character so much. He feels so much more complete in SF6 than he did in SF5 and I'm having a blast. But yes, he is very very difficult. Easier than he was in 5 tho due to simplified teleport input

"I should be able to keep Marisa at arms reach" This man's a comedian

That diamond 1 Ryu "StackBradford" was a ultimate grand master akuma in SFV. Dude is goated with the sauce.

If you continue to play Dhalsim here's some tips. Cr. MP and St. LK are cancellable so you can counter DI in neutral. Yoga comet is really good in neutral, and if you EX it you can TP afterwards. Drill can be good, you just have to aim it right. Hit the shin or feet and you're good.

I’m a Sim main and I’m honestly surprised you picked him up that well in such a short time. Major props doing placement matches with him

There's a phrase about fighting games that goes "rushdowns have to do multiple addition and subtraction problems, but Grapplers have to do long division once. (Okay, well it's actually Potemkin instead of grapplers but it still applies.) What I would like to add is that most Zoners throw out math problems, then force you to solve them. But Dlahsim... Dlashim requires you to know geometry and solve it in a split second.

Dhalsim has always been a knowledge check character. He takes a ton of patience, a high attention span, lots of labbing, and good reactions. For many people, he isn't viable but for the ones that put in the time he is like nuclear Gandhi that no one has the answers for.

One of the meanest things I found with Dhalsim was from his head drill, he can cancel it into air fireball or teleport which can trip up come people

You were using the P teleport a lot, and everybody was holding back because you were testing their blocking with the pokes. When they step back, they get behind you on the P teleport. Gotta switch it up with the K teleport every once in a while. Also mix up Yoga Fires and Yoga Arches. EX Yoga Arch is a good control tool with its three ranges and the bouncing

I did his combo trial, labbed with him for hours, went to ranked, had no idea what to do when someone is actually fighting back and i can’t even get out of silver with him even though i have multiple characters in plat. I won’t give up though because he is very fun, but really hard to play.

I'd personally love to see more Sim here. Him and Lily are the characters I'm the most interested in and I see no one playing them compared to everyone else

I do 😢 he’s fun, but needs some love. No longer the default zoner pick, his defensive options suck as well

I've played since SF2 but never gave Dhalsim much of shot. Finally tried him in 6 and man...I've been depriving myself. What an interesting character. It's one thing to fight him but another thing entirely to play him.

Thank you for making this video! I’ve been maining dhalsim and loving it but it’s been hard to find good guides or anything for him because nobody is playing him! I definitely need to make more use of teleport and levitate after watching this! SF6 is my first ever fighting game and he’s my first character so I’m losing like 9 games out of 10 but having fun doing it 😆

I think there’s also the factor that there’s tons of new characters with cool designs, alongside old favorites getting redesigns that are more apparent than his. And Dhalsim already wasn’t too terribly popular of a character.

Dude, I finished his combo trials and they were MANIACAL

He’s been my favorite character for like the longest time lol i didn’t even realize no one else plays him

These videos have been awesome. Hope you do a similar one like this with the other characters. Cool that you came out Plat5 straight away! Shows your game knowledge is based, even if you aren’t 100% with the character. Super entertaining!

This was pretty fun to watch. I'd love to see more dhalsim videos, or even just other "lower tier" characters.

Defo need more jmcrofts dhalsim content mainlined into my veins

holy shit Dhalsim is in sf6!

In the last match the teleport was very risky option, the oponent didnt have to guees by jus walking backwards, Dalsim always appeared un front of Ryu, maybe that teleport could be a better option against charge charater that stays crouching more time

Ngl had me laughing hard when you hit the slide pose along with dhalsim 😂

Jmcrofts: barely anybody plays dhalsim Me who runs into him constantly every time I play

I just want Vega back

Long post incoming, but Im super happy you made a video featuring Dhalsim! The thing that is really complicated about him is his moveset. He is almost like controlling two different characters. You have your ranged tool kit, and then your up close (back normals) tool kit. This includes his anti air normals (as they are all back normals as well). You have to juggle these while a match is going on, where one misinput could make you very minus in front of the opponent, or lead to a very big whiff - which is pretty much death in this game. In addiiton to that, your longer ranged pokes (5mp, 5mk, 5hp) are not special cancellable. Therefore, they are quite weak to Drive Impact without proper spacing / timing / fireball coverage. Then you also have to work on spacing for your slides and dive kicks - as they can be either incredibly unsafe, safe, or even potentially PLUS dependent on spacing. Know when and how to teleport and utilize your unique movement options from these types of attacks is key. This isn't even going into float (which is AMAZING when used properly). Im quite new to SF, but I tend to like complicated / unique characters in fighting games (I play venom, kum haehyun in +r / xrd and zato in strive) - so I've been a bit addicted to learning dhalsim - even if the ranked experience can be a bit frustrating when learning a character like this. There are a distinct lack of guides on how to play him - so maybe if i it higher diamond / master I'll try making one.

It's so funny seeing you and comparing your grace in defeat vs darksydephil who just sits there mashing and raging lol

I love Dhalsim and Blanka the most. But Sim is too hard for me... so please keep using him! He deserves more love.

“Any old scrub can beat a Diamond one.” Lol, not even sir; not even

That is exaclty it. Even more than in 5 zoning in 6 requires ice cold veins. DI is so scary so you got to have that calm mind.

"Oh no, she got in again."

I'd love to see you play more Dhalsim

"Anyone can beat a diamond 1" Me who tries to get in gold :'(

The top key in all fighting games to win is patience, execution, and spacing. Dhalsim seems to do be the character that those fundamentals are far more strict than most of the other fighters.

watching some top level dhalsim, all I've seen is using his unique attacks into yoga fire into level 1 super. That's really about it. He pokes, floats, and does really basic combos. It really is just the fundamentals. This is probably just because it's so early on. His back heavy punch (the two fist low attack) is really popular for special canceling. I just did some combo trials and watched crimson.

Dhalsim is, was and always will be my main 🧘‍♂️ 🔥

I like to see the Ryu just walking to change where Sim drops from a high teleport. I look forward to learning him as well but not there yet. Good job!

That character is for real street fighter enthusiasts.

“The neutral jump and now I’m cooked!” Your commentary is hilarious 🤣

My pc stopped turning on about a week ago and i'm really craving some sf6. This was great to watch. Thanks for the Dhalsim pointers.

Sim is going to be top tier like he was in 5, top players just haven't labbed the sauce yet, or if they have then they are waiting to show it in tournament

John I’m so glad to see you get the enjoyment you were anticipating out of sf6, it’s great for us viewers too! But something that’s always perplexed me about you is how you always manage to either pick a Zoner or a Grappler in any game you play (sometimes both😉) and yettttttt, you managed to play dbfz as long as you did 😂❤

Using a CaC with dhalsims movestyle is cursed and i loved it.

Yes! You make Dhalsim look fun to play. A lot of the characters are fun to play fortunately!

Jim come over to the Sim army we'd love to have you! Two pieces of tech for aspiring yoga masters: 1. When Jim is getting Yoga flame as an ender, you can OD that move knocking them into the air and hitting them with level 1 Yoga Inferno with Heavy Punch. Does about 33% all together 2. I have been cleaning up from instant teleporting behind and mashing light punch. If you get it real close to the ground you can get air light punch, standing light punch, crouching light punch, into OD fireball. That all combos without counter hit.

Dhalsim: Without enlightenment, you are lost in darkness.

Gotta use that Drive, Crofts.

“In the background. Making the feet clap” juri mains sweating nervously rn 💀

Yo I’m rolling off that Slide pose you did against that Diamond Ryu 😂😂😂! Priceless and you killed this video! A+ ✅

Dhalsim definitely feels bad - he can react to jump and use an anti-air, then they can just hit his anti-air with an aerial and it doesn't even trade, dhalsim just loses. All his pokes are susceptible to this, and his priority is ass - if 2 moves collides dhalsim's won't connect and he'll just get countered. It forces sim to use fireballs for everything due to that risk, but those are very slow.

“I can’t let you get close” Sim is Chael Sonnens kinda guy 🤗

'Look like a leprechaun to me', you said that right as I was thinking it lol

Damn, back in the day when we were stacking quarters on the arcade at the neighborhood food mart, everybody was playing Dhalsim

Lily, Dhalsim and Blanka are all characters I've had trouble finding online. I have fought them all before, but they are few and far between for me when roaming the battle hub. Maybe ranked will be different! Edit: I would LOVE to see you play Dhalsim more!!! You're the only one playing him after all lmao

lmao that "Diamon 1" was stackbradford haha that's pretty unlucky

Definitely keep playing him. I have seen players getting a lot of value out of the up fireball, throwing it out regularly like Sf5 Feng. It seems to break up the opponent’s game plan of trying to get in all the time.

ever since justin wong destroyed me with dhalsim's style in avatar battles, i feel like it might be pretty great to give it a shot of dhalsim!

Your last opponent was a fellow RU-vidr. Nice video and plz do more dhalsim :)

We should all know that dhalsim will never be low

I want to see way more Dhalsim!

Glad to see you seen the fun in Sim crofts

I've been maining Sim since launch and he has so many little interactions to memorize on top of his teleport being a lot easier to deal with. That being said his air fireball and float are mean as ever and his damage is actually pretty nice.

I’m a Sim main, and you did great. You can anti-air with b+hp, drive rush into b+mp, xx OD yoga flame, xx into level 1 mp super. That will condition them not to jump.

4:22 the way he was shocked that his opponent perfect blocked that I mean it makes sense

Didnt play SF5 but used to main him extensively in SF4, and some of the changes they made here really hurt. Teleport doesn't seem like it's invincible on wakeup anymore? I've gotten hit out of it a couple times when "Reversal" popped up on the screen. I'm positive I did not fudge up the input. Also, they changed his aerial HP so it's no longer an instant overhead when you hop backwards to get some breathing room. The loss of the aerial headbutt from HP also means you can't combo after a teleport as close to the ground as you could, and the biggest one is the loss of his U2. It was essentially a half screen grab that was awesome, especially after a teleport . The SA2 is meh. Even if you combo into it, it's just so limited in its practicality. And why did they change the input for Yoga Mummy? It was down HP in the air for literal decades....

QUIT WARPING IN FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY

This was really fun to watch, I'd love to see more Sim content

I noticed a lot of people were able to just back up to defeat the behind teleport... they'd take a few steps and you're teleport put you right in front of them, facing the wrong way. His TP might be a lot weaker than initially thought, or only useful as an escape now.

I sense a distinct lack of EX lobbed yoga fire here. That move is bananas... EX fireball priority means that it kills any non-super projectile it touches, it stays around for days and tracks the opponent if they switch sides on it. It's like you put it out in the world and it wins neutral for you... Ok, maybe I'm overselling it, but it's really really good.

Thank you for the Sim love, I find it very funny that you're better than me at sim despite me maining him lmfao

More Dhalsim!

His jump is what makes me avoid him. Very unique character tho

Its hilarious to think my first actual online match was against a Dhalsim

Did anyone notice that Ryu became a Diamond 2 Ryu after game 2?

I'm all for some more Dhalsim. He's a character I'd like to pick up at some point, but I'm not sure I'll be ready to commit enough to actually git gud.

Your day one Sim is nice!🤘🏽 we need more Sim from you JM!🤙🏽

lily? i sleep. Dhalsim? real shit!

Love Dhalsim design ,play style , everything

This happens every time dhalism also is ranked low at the beginning then is considered the best

I would be interested but I thinkthe rushdown tactics in this game are strong and lots of people play that strategy... this makes it tough going for a Dhalsim main.. unless you are really strong with him. I think no-one wants to get bodied continuously by ken, Luke or Ryu.

His D.lp in air cancels into stance, fireball, and teleport. hit around chest and above you teleport always at the perfect height to land a hp to be plus enough to connect hk or hp.

Crofts: Dhalsim is the least playable character in SF6 Mistah Crimson: I main Dhalsim and win Headstomper with only him.

I would definitely check in for some sim play!

“I’ve been downloaded, 401k.” 😂😂😂 Imma start saying that whenever I’m getting destroyed.

I watched F.Champ play Sim and his was pretty nuts with the zoning.

Since the release of this game, I have not seen a single dalsim online. I guess I'll pick him myself then lmao

I went against a Dhalsim in my losers bracket in our regional this past weekend. I was super annoyed! There was no way I could have gotten the matchup experience, so it felt like my run was stolen. I guess the answer is to put the hours into learning to play him myself.

Master Dhalsim to humiliate other Platinum players. Beautiful.

If the second ryu is actually StackBradford he's a UGM? Warlord? Akuma/Ken from SFV, trusting the rankings in the first week or two is a terrible idea for assuming relative skill level. You can see it in some of the stuff he does. Ducks your SA1 and throw punishes it. Jab checks raw teleport. Walks under teleport -> j. hp to attempt to whiff punish your landing frames with st. lp.

That was such a respectful ryu 💀 gg

You had all the right ideas, just needed the right anti airs and to rotate to K teleports

teleporting with aerial light punch is how you make much safer blockstrings, but SP is way more swag

I recently got destroyed by one. You can't imagine the pop off when I finally got a round

i use him but i literally never use his drill it feels incredibly useless

Meets ruy forgets how to teleport

this was the most fun sf6 vid to watch so far. love the game, best fighting game in ages. good to see some dhalsim. and who doesnt wanna root for a cool chill guy like jmcrofts.

The only time i saw a dhalsim was when i played as him trying everyone out

i do want to learn him eventually, just because of this one good player i fought in ranked.