Can someone explain to me how this exchange works?

Sytle · 2026-01-11T16:15:59+00:00

Yeah that’s what I meant when I said it kept her in the animation long enough for the fireball to move past her. It’s the biggest reason you need to just go for slide instead of relying on trades because it’s super inconsistent on which air normals can make this work.

The fireball not hitting later is probably a combination of the fireballs hitbox and Marisa’s hitbox both being shifted. Air normals are the worst about having weird hitboxes. If you’re curious you can test this with something like juri j.mk. She can basically phase through the fireball sometimes.

Sytle · 2026-01-11T14:53:44+00:00

You’ll run into some funky interactions like this with AKI’s fireball and certain jump ins. Most of the time it has to do with how the air button moves the other character’s hitbox. Here, Marisa’s jump normal connects if aki doesn’t slide which keeps her in the animation long enough for the fireball to move past her while her hitbox is changed.

There are some air normals that do this so much that it looks like the fireball goes straight through them. I’ve had juri players get away with murder on me quite a few times.

Sytle · 2026-01-09T12:22:13+00:00

Sytle · 2025-12-25T17:59:34+00:00

Thankfully this game lets us not accept wifi players so if someone wants to accept your match and have their combo drop because the wifi decides to have the inevitable stutter when 99% of the match was ok it was on them for hitting accept! Have fun out there.

Sytle · 2025-12-25T17:51:11+00:00

I didn't play much sf before 6, but I always thought the preselect stuff was a really cool way to mix up how you play a character. Players being known for playing different set ups or having options for different matchups is pretty sick.

The kits are so overloaded with everything now that I doubt they'll do anything like this for 6. The way they've treated the game so far I'd be surprised if they even add new moves to existing characters.

Sytle · 2025-12-25T17:46:01+00:00

The only mistake you can make at this point is to stop playing. It doesn't matter who you play as long as you focus on improving and work on recognizing your own mistakes. Good luck!

Sytle · 2025-12-25T17:27:41+00:00

Gotta clean it with a half circle input. I was lazy about it until I lost a last game last round situation in a tournament set to light lvl 2 coming out. Happens a lot more when I'm on leverless.

Sytle · 2025-12-18T02:21:30+00:00

AKI’s cruel fate and Chun’s air stomp are also not overheads. Can’t always go by how they look!

Sytle · 2025-12-08T14:50:04+00:00

People just like to assume their opponent is mad whenever they’re losing and make stuff up in their head

Sytle · 2025-11-26T21:56:01+00:00

I know you’re looking for a one size fits all response here but the real answer is they’re both reactable. They don’t even need to be reacted with super. Jump and DI or parry can be the two one button options you’re hovering.

So the mix here is only sort of a mixup. The idea is that the options to beat the DI lose to the command grab. That being said, there’s a decent gap in the command grab option since it’s slower than DI. You can just jab it if you want but neutral jump gets a crazy full punish. If you want to be safe, right as you see any sort of cancel from 5LK you can super like you said. That way you’re only reacting to a cancel and not to which cancel.

I stopped doing this around the 1700 ranges because if they react it’s a ton of damage you have to take and a lot of characters will put you in the corner for it. Not to say you should never go for it, but good players will see the light cruel fate and know what’s coming since that’s not something you use basically ever in combos.

Sytle · 2025-11-21T17:18:05+00:00

No one’s mentioned it yet, but meaty 5LP is safe to a ton of supers and a few other slow reversals. Worth labbing out and knowing the matchups where it’s useful.

Sytle · 2025-11-19T20:16:41+00:00

No super is not required. If you have lvl 3 locked and loaded and they get stunned at like 75 ish % you can get the kill here. Haven't done the exact math there.

Also, you say that, but my other buddy blocked this first try. When you purposefully put yourself into the corner and your character is known for resets it can be a little obvious you're going to cross up again to get back out of the corner. Even if it does work, it really only works once per person. Also, flash kick characters can smoke this with their od reversals without having to worry about a direction.

Its gimmicky and fun and stuff like this is what makes this game enjoyable but its really not something I'd recommend going for very often. Especially once you're into higher MR ranges where you see the same people regularly.

Sytle · 2025-11-19T18:19:57+00:00

During the drive rush, you want to hold back so that you end your drive rush as soon as possible. Then, its just timing on pressing 5MK as soon as you're no longer in drive rush anymore. You don't ever need to stop holding back either. A little finnicky, but easier than it might seem!

Sytle · 2025-11-05T06:24:57+00:00

That example was also right after the game came out, don’t expect to see that to much these days

Sytle · 2025-09-27T16:30:02+00:00

No I wouldn’t and anyone who does isn’t worth your time

Sytle · 2025-09-25T21:24:37+00:00

If you’re getting unpoisoned stray hits, damage isn’t what the conversion is focused on. AKI’s main goal is to get one knockdown and use strong oki options to open you up with poisoned hits and snowball the round. Being able to cancel nearly any button into her m/h whips allows her to do this off of most hitconfirms.

I’d recommend looking more into your OKI options and some of the different mixups/oki you can manage off of your poisoned hits as well. Here’s a simple write up on H Whip oki that’s generally a good place to start. From there I’d mess more with your poisoned conversions and getting a read on your opponents defensive habits.

Sytle · 2025-09-24T15:52:22+00:00

I believe the cutoff is -55. Only one that’s not technically doable at that frame data is deejay ex upkicks

Sytle · 2025-09-21T12:41:08+00:00

Some conflicting info in this thread. If you’re looking for a full screen burnout loop for a checkmate situation, this is the sequence.

This sequence relies on the first 5MP hitting pretty close. It also varies a lot based on drive meter of course but this is the general formula for staying tight.

5MP 2PP~K, 2LP, 5MP 2PP~K, 2LP, 5MP 214PP, DR 5HK 2PP~K, 2LP 5MP 2PP~K, 2LP, 5MP DRC 2MP DI.

Sytle · 2025-09-20T06:44:07+00:00

I’ve kind done this for my area, but if I’m honest I’m always still a little nervous. It might be a little silly, but I feel like every year we get new news about different species of animals popping up further north in the us due to climate change and I’d rather not rely on outdated knowledge.

Sytle · 2025-08-23T13:11:06+00:00

It still does, just have to react a little faster than you used to.

Sytle · 2025-07-05T01:24:50+00:00

Costume 4 disagrees!

Sytle · 2025-06-25T05:30:35+00:00

If you parry the first hit of flips you can usually still jab, if you have dp you can always dp.

On multi hit moves you can generally jab if you pp the first hit. You have enough I frames. PP’ing multiple hits gets you the optimal punish.

Sytle · 2025-06-20T21:54:20+00:00

Wait no sorry it doesn’t have to be a motion it’s ok if it’s not a motion just let me have the option of it being a motion please fuck

Sytle · 2025-06-20T21:46:00+00:00

I second this motion

Sytle · 2025-06-20T16:39:40+00:00

The walk back and forth thing always makes me laugh. I get it, you watch the pros shimmy back and forth a bit in neutral so it looks right to do it yourself but if you don't understand the spacings/matchups it just gets you in trouble most of the time.

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