What Makes SFV Seth So Strong? 

"Seth is so strong" Me, not able to get out of Rookie vs. AFK players; "Ah, yes. Seth. Very strong. Good analysis."

season 5 patch notes: lower his health by 25 and give him a fireball

this video is mad good. it would be dope to see similar breakdowns for other top tiers or even low tiers.

SF4 Seth put you in the blender when he got close SFV Seth puts you in the blender when the round starts

As someone who likes to watch but doesnt play SF V this kind of quick analysis is super helpful. I don't need to know all the frame data on every move or how much dmg he can get off every combo, just having a quick breakdown of the general gameplan with example footage really helps me understand whats going on. Its easy to watch a seth vid and be like "ah that succ seems real annoying" but not fully understand how its being used or why it lets him get away with those dashes.

I choked on my goddamn water at 5:20. I feel bad for samurai but that was hilarious

The way sajam explains certain things makes Seth sound like a king of fighters character

wow, that axe kick section reminded me of super sfiv yun

Sajam: What's going to be the round opener? It's going to be axe kick, right? Me: Yes SKZ dashes up and throws Sajam and me: You piece of shit

now imagine if this character had a teleport, a fireball, a dive kick and a command grab, that sure would be cheap wouldn’t it

5:43 I kind of started to think mid way through "if the opponent is doing axe kick pressure in the corner, why not just try to dash on reaction to the rising jump and cross underneath them?" Nevermind that reacting to the jump start up while dealing with the other offense such as dash up throw. That's when I realized SKZ was spaced so if Samurai did attempt to do just that he'd land right on top of the axe kick, lol. Still, I wonder if there are any characters who have a dash that go far and fast enough to cross under on reaction? Also jeez, I didn't know they made VS1 a viable neutral tool. I just assumed it was an easy wiff punish and was something you only used if you could confirm into it. Guessing recovery frames are going to be added to it in the next patch.

We really not gonna talk about that transition from 2:02 like this is a Desk video or something?

4 air axe kicks in a row, much skill

You think you're safe...you think you'll be alright...you decide to go to the supermarket to go food shopping...you step one foot out your front door... *Axe Kick*

5:25 Bless you Sajam, we’re all thinking it but you just say it lol

That axe kick low to the ground giving my Thunder DP follow up vibes. He's so low to the ground I'll punish the dp aaanndd I'm getting stomped on by the follow up

Very professional video, I very much enjoy the on screen drawing for a more analytical style

I actually started picking up Seth(I’m in a process of finding my characters) I love his combo routes and normals.

You wanna learn how to do a Seth fucking infinite? We start with AXE KICK, TANDEM ENGINE, DASH, THROW.

Love the breakdown my dude. As a new SFV player, this speeds up my progress tremendously. thank you.

this is why characters with parries like ryu and gill almost always cover the axe kick option

they way sajam explains this so effortlessly is comical 🤣..

I play Gill and its sooo satisfying to parry the axe kicks into 350+ damage, but it can be hard to know which version of the axe kick is coming

A shame that the same reason I started caring about SFV again will understandably be nerfed to the ground.

didnt knew overflowing the rivals mental stack was a thing

The mental image of Barack Obama being an anime fighting game player is too fucking funny

I feel a lot of concepts you talked about here apply to UI Goku in dbfz. They both have such a wide pocket of deadly options, one slip up and they go to town.

sounds like a smash ultimate character

Seth almost replaced Juri as my main...they’re gonna get nerfed and I’m still gonna play them 🤣 Seth is freaking amazing, love the combos and their tools overall

The strongest Seth's quality is - he is fun to play... and waifu/hasbando factor ofcourse.

Seth: Can I axe you a question?

The main point in my opinion, is that all these options are pretty much completely safe for Seth. He can just throw out special moves all day long and never get punished. Imagine if other characters were like that... Like if Ryu had safe tatsus on block, the match-up against Guile would be bit different 😄

Nobody's talking about the transition at 2:02 and I want the people to know

Would love to see a follow up video where you analyze how players deal with this character successfully

The closest thing to a weakness this character has is that they don’t ALSO have a fireball...

Thank you for making this breakdown.

Don't forget the oki and the extreme damage.. vs1 > dash c.lp meaty links to target combo for 45% damage and corner carry into more oki

even if he gets nerfed im still gunna play him. all his moves look and feel cool

Since I haven't seen it mentioned I'll give my two cents. Main Abi, if that's not your thing learn Abigail as a secondary to at least a decent level. Abigail absolutely destroys low health, dive kick type characters without a fireball aka Cammy and Seth. Simply block the cannon spike or annihilation sword and they will always be negative due to how tall Abigail is. The damage output between Abigail and Seth is comparable, but the life is not. Seth needs one extra hit over what he would need against any other character to end you. Meanwhile, a single crush counter cr.hk into vt2 combo will erase 50% of Seth life. And if that combo lands with CA? Then Seth says goodbye to 70% of his lifebar right then and there. A player with higher skill than you could obviously still beat you, but the feeling of satisfaction when the Seth player texts you complaining that Abi is broken is priceless.

I love playing Seth, i just hope Capcom doesn’t nerf the character too much in the Dan update.

If I could think this much in the middle of a game maybe I’d be good at fighting games

Serious question: what do you guys think of the Seth vs Lucia match up? I feel like she can do decently well here.

So you're saying that I should play Seth? Good argument.

My brain is overwhelmed just remember what button does what, gg me vs any seth

Too much legs, not enough torso.

Seth is a very destructive devastating character

Everything? But mostly that tool of Satan, the air command kick 🤬😡😠😭

"You piece of shit" sent me 🤣🤣🤣

The fact that I'm guessing whenever he fucking jumps

I woke up today wanting to try seth, because I dropped the game in January, and this comes out. It's fate.

Seth’s Axe kick needs the hammer, no doubt about it, I main Seth and Sajam analysis is spot on, it’s the combination of thing that makes Seth too strong at open people up but if Axe kick got nerf by next patch, Seth need to receive something really good in return (SPD/command grab for example) otherwise Seth will be trash tier.

Super intresting to see what's going on in the street fighter world. But the real question is if you are picking up the best game? I wanna see me some Sajam +R +GGPO

Awesome analysis

Constant axe kick feels like playing against people online that spam one move.

Laura's thick thighs are too distracting, how do y'all focus on matches?

Great break down

It’s the orbs Edit: Actually nvm this reminds me of your analysis video you did on BBTAG Aki for some reason

When will we elect our first Fighting Game Fan president?

axe kick is insane holy shit

My question is why isn't anyone talkin' about the fact that he copied the axe kick from makoto? It's deadlier in my opinion when he uses it due to his overall size and probably the reason why they haven't added her to SFV :(

How plus is seth after he lands his tandem engine, like can he dash after and still get oki? If not, then better to just risk getting hit by it and pressing buttons to check dashes instead?

fun fact. Daigo think that Seth actually a good matchup for Ryu =)

Seth can also true tick throw you out of his 4 lights

It still takes a lot of skill to use him at that level, so I like him a lot

CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO TO VINDICATE KEN ? He gets so much hate but he’s not a very good character

Looking at all the good options that Seth has makes me sad to be a Ryu player. My moves fit on a post it note, but his are the size of serval college textbooks. Makes me wonder if Capcom understands good character balance.

So seth has gone turbo has in wreck it Ralph turbo

So, what makes SFV Seath so strong? ... Axekick?

did somebody say AXE KICK

So G gets a break 😂. However if I were to fight Seth as G, I'll use vs2.

Obama vs MajinObama GGXXAC+R FT10 let's go!!!

Tanden Engine is dope. Also, it's Tanden. But I'm a nerd, so that doesn't really matter.

It's almost like while it's okay for characters to have strong tools that are better than average for their intended playstyle, it can get problematic if characters have strong tools that are better than average in multiple situations. But I don't play SFV so what do I know.

Seth is best girl

Seth deserves it tbh. He's on of the coolest chars in SF. Better him than Rufus or something.

Will they be nerfed to shit? I like Seth to much

Why's he strong? Cause he a bad bitch

Or you can play Rashid.

Yeah I main seth and I know he's cheap as hell.

Seth players have been getting bodied in the Capcom league.

Seems like a cool character with good options but not without weakness. Idk what’s bad about rewarding aggression. It’s a fighting game.

It's not that Seth is strong, is that most of the cast isn't.

It’s apparent how theses developers release dlc characters now adays with broken buttons just so they can sell more characters.They give guile an air boom and nerf that shit to the point it’s damn near pointless to use.Give the old school character Viable tools to compete with the dlc characters or take em out the game .This aint rocket science people smh.

I swear you're saying "Tandem" instead of "Tanden" and it's making me twitch.

Didnt they hate seth in sf4 also?

booba

lol as a ken player, i whoop seths all the time.

dlc characters these days are always broken

How is his defence weak?

lol you didn't even need to comment on his stupidly good normals. c.mp, c.hk, f.mp, s.mp, s.hk, s.lk, .. them all

Tandem engine is negative on block

as if SFV needed more bullshit...... :/ Buff Alex

Of course seth is cheap he is a dlc character.

4:30 I def woulda teched that throw and you know it

Glad I don't play SFV now. Fk subjecting myself to that... Thing.

So unbalanced in many ways.

First

And what makes SFV worth playing???

You can't nerf seth, that would be transphobic!

Idk man videos like this without the context of the rest of the character seem real irresponsible. It paints Seth to be this unbeatable pressure monster when even at the top levels of competition he can be exploited. Like wasn't there only a single Seth made top 8 at CPT Asia this weekend? He's pretty strong don't get me wrong but idk this feels like farming manufactured rage for content.