[0:00] what's up goobers and welcome to my
[0:01] comprehensive viewers guide to fighting
[0:04] games I've been both a long time player
[0:06] and viewer of fighting games so many of
[0:08] these terms just come out of my mouth
[0:10] without considering that not everyone
[0:12] else is just a giant nerd the goal of
[0:14] this video is to initiate any newcomer
[0:16] to fighting game terminology that is
[0:18] commonly used in games like Street
[0:19] Fighter by the end I hope that there is
[0:21] a better understanding of what is
[0:23] happening on the screen when either
[0:24] viewing or playing your favorite
[0:25] fighting game if you're new to the
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[0:31] something or need a more in-depth
[0:33] explanation of something feel free to
[0:35] leave a comment below so let's begin
[0:39] the first topic I want to go over today
[0:41] is normals now the definition of a
[0:44] normal is any button that is a standard
[0:46] attack in a fighting game in Street
[0:48] Fighter there are typically six attacks
[0:50] each character can do this is separated
[0:53] in two groups punches and kicks
[0:56] each have various speeds and distances
[0:58] and come with their own risks and
[1:00] benefits something that falls into this
[1:03] category but that's slightly different
[1:04] is called a command normal this is
[1:06] simply a normal that requires like a
[1:08] directional input
[1:10] not all characters have them but you'll
[1:12] see them pop up here and there something
[1:14] else that comes up that is not in every
[1:17] character's kit is called a Target combo
[1:20] these are quick strings of normals that
[1:22] are chained together with a series of
[1:24] button presses
[1:29] in the next section I want to talk about
[1:30] commands these are something that I
[1:33] always look forward to doing whenever I
[1:35] got my hands on a brand new fighting
[1:36] game examples of commands are things
[1:39] like Fireballs Sonic booms spinning pile
[1:42] drivers things like that these require
[1:45] directional input combinations finished
[1:47] with a button typically commands act
[1:50] differently when you use different
[1:51] button strings in Street Fighter there
[1:54] are exceptions of course but I will use
[1:56] a basic example with reuse hadouken the
[2:00] speed of projectile changes depending on
[2:02] if he uses light punch medium or heavy
[2:08] now this section can be kind of
[2:09] complicated but I'll try to keep it as
[2:11] simple as possible this final section
[2:13] we're talking about today is called
[2:15] neutral this is where a lot of the core
[2:17] gameplay happens in particularly Street
[2:19] Fighter both characters are standing
[2:21] either trying to find a way to start
[2:24] their offense or keep up a defensive
[2:26] wall in Street Fighter you'll often see
[2:28] both players doing this back and forth
[2:30] thing and what they're doing typically
[2:33] is just looking for gaps for them to
[2:35] either start their pressure or waiting
[2:38] for their opponent to do something that
[2:40] they can take advantage of so things
[2:42] that happen in this neutral State uh
[2:44] you'll commonly see is they'll use their
[2:46] normals they'll do things called pokes
[2:49] which this is going to be like a
[2:51] far-reaching normal and they're gonna
[2:52] try and catch the opponent walking into
[2:55] their range and try to take some damage
[2:57] that way now a way to counter this is to
[3:00] walk in and out of the range that you
[3:02] expect your opponent to whiff their long
[3:05] reaching poke and this is what a whiff
[3:07] punish is and and a lot of times like
[3:09] Ryu will try to walk up and catch you
[3:13] with his low medium kick because usually
[3:15] it's a far-reaching low normal and you
[3:17] have to be crouching to block it now if
[3:19] you walk in and out of a range where he
[3:21] would stick out his foot like that
[3:23] people can counter that by punishing the
[3:26] whiff with something like a sweep and
[3:28] this is where the term footsies comes
[3:30] from because they're using low attacks
[3:32] to counter another low attack and it
[3:34] just looks like your feet are just
[3:36] interacting now if you come from the
[3:37] Dark Souls community and you're watching
[3:39] this don't make it weird you feed people
[3:41] and the last thing that typically
[3:43] happens when you're in this neutral
[3:44] state is you'll see some people jump and
[3:48] anytime someone stops someone from
[3:50] jumping that is considered an anti-air
[3:53] now this can be either a command such as
[3:55] a charyukin or Dragon punch sometimes
[3:59] people call that a DP or something like
[4:02] a normal that has a upward moving hitbox
[4:07] some so a lot of characters have like
[4:09] crouching heavy punch which just has
[4:11] like an upward Punch or something the
[4:14] thing that makes neutral so tense and so
[4:16] fun is that it is essentially how
[4:19] everything in the match starts one hit
[4:21] can spiral into a character's full
[4:23] offense another thing that can happen is
[4:25] a character can literally keep an
[4:27] opponent out while slowly chipping away
[4:29] at their life the entire match I've seen
[4:31] matches where people just get clipped
[4:33] over and over again by far-reaching
[4:36] pokes and then they just look at their
[4:38] life and they have none left it's crazy
[4:40] it can be very tense the whole time the
[4:43] neutral game is ongoing because you're
[4:44] constantly thinking about what your
[4:47] opponent is gonna do and they're doing
[4:49] the same thing so it's like a big mind
[4:51] game the whole time it's fantastic
[4:52] that's gonna wrap it up for this video
[4:54] this was merely scratching the surface
[4:56] as there's so many things that you can
[4:58] talk about when it comes to fighting
[4:59] games the focus of this video was trying
[5:02] to cover the basics so if you want to
[5:04] see more intermediate and complex strats
[5:06] let me know in the comments below hello
[5:08] thanks for making it to the end and stay
[5:10] well I'll catch you in the next video