[0:00] hey what's up everyone it's Mir and
[0:03] finally in today's video we're going to
[0:05] approach the dreaded Frame data I know
[0:08] that this is a topic that a lot of
[0:09] people find really difficult to
[0:11] understand especially because they see a
[0:13] lot of numbers that they don't
[0:14] necessarily know what it means but I
[0:17] will try to break it down in the
[0:18] simplest possible terms I'll start from
[0:21] something very basic and then later on
[0:22] in the video I'm going to look at the
[0:24] topic more in depth and at the end we
[0:26] can even read some Frame data charts let
[0:29] me explain how they work for you if
[0:31] there's anything that I want you to
[0:32] remember from this video before you shut
[0:34] it off is that Frame data and frames are
[0:38] a measurement of time and the properties
[0:41] of moves and thanks to these
[0:43] measurements we can understand how they
[0:45] behave in game and how we can best use
[0:48] them to our advantage
[0:49] so first things first let's understand
[0:52] what a frame means in the context of our
[0:56] video game so computer and consoles
[0:58] Hardware render images on screen so that
[1:00] we can play our video game and every
[1:02] individual image is called a frame which
[1:06] are currently actively displayed a
[1:07] certain frequency which is the frame
[1:10] rate so right now for example Street
[1:12] Fighter 6 runs at a constant frame rate
[1:15] of 60 frames per second so 60 images per
[1:19] second and you can see for example if I
[1:21] slow the game down to 50 which is a
[1:24] feature that we have available in
[1:26] training mode you'll see that it's a
[1:28] little bit choppier and this is because
[1:29] the game is now running basically at 30
[1:32] frames per second which is half the
[1:35] speed
[1:36] so again what this means is that one
[1:38] frame is 1 60th of a second and this is
[1:42] the basic unit of measurement on which
[1:44] the game logic runs on you might wonder
[1:48] why we're not talking about fractions of
[1:49] a second like milliseconds and this is
[1:52] because one frame is the equivalent of
[1:55] 16.6666 milliseconds and you know it's a
[1:58] little bit unwieldy so we just use the
[1:59] frames instead now that we know that the
[2:02] game always runs at a fixed frame rate
[2:03] of 60 frames per second we can use this
[2:06] Frame as a measurement of time and if
[2:09] you look at anything in the game it
[2:11] could be an attack like a jab a medium
[2:13] punch heavy punch whatever a jump back
[2:16] dash all of this can be measured in
[2:18] frames we can break it down uh to its
[2:22] basic you know you know the measurement
[2:23] and see how many frames does it take for
[2:25] this move to complete like how many
[2:27] friends does it take for my draft to
[2:29] complete from a heavy punch to complete
[2:30] from a jump to complete and so on
[2:32] in the terms of 346 and almost every
[2:36] fighting game every action is consistent
[2:38] so every time I press my lug punch it
[2:40] will always take the same amount of
[2:42] frames now one way to count frames would
[2:44] be to you know have a recording and then
[2:46] slow it down and count each frame
[2:48] individually but luckily enough we don't
[2:49] have to do that because in training mode
[2:51] if you open your menu and you go to
[2:54] screen display settings here we will
[2:57] have this option frame meter which we
[2:59] can turn on and it gives this bar at the
[3:02] bottom of the screen which is a very
[3:03] useful tool to help and count frames as
[3:07] you can see whenever I press a button it
[3:08] will be displayed at the bottom how many
[3:10] frames it takes in this case it's a
[3:13] total of 13 frames for my standing light
[3:16] punch and as you see every time I press
[3:18] it it says 13 frames every time if I
[3:21] change the attack you'll see it's a
[3:22] different amount of total frames and
[3:25] again it's consistent it's always the
[3:27] same of course knowing the total amount
[3:30] of frames of a move is only scratching
[3:32] the surface it can only tell us so much
[3:34] it is mostly useful for movement like a
[3:37] jump or a back dash a forward Dash which
[3:40] don't have any special properties
[3:42] because they're not attacks so the total
[3:44] duration is really the only thing that
[3:46] we care about but it doesn't tell us
[3:48] very much about for example normal moves
[3:51] or special moves again if you look at
[3:54] the frame tool you can see how every
[3:56] move is divided into three color-coded
[3:59] sections and this is where Frame data
[4:01] starts getting really interesting
[4:03] any attack can be divided into three
[4:06] different parts there's the startup
[4:07] which you see in green the active frames
[4:10] which are in red and then the recovery
[4:12] in blue the startup is the amount of
[4:15] time it takes for the attack to be able
[4:17] to hit the opponent so it's all the
[4:20] frames before the attack is actually an
[4:22] attack so as the name implies the
[4:25] startup of the move usually light
[4:27] attacks a very fast startup a medium
[4:29] attacks are a little bit slower and
[4:31] Heavies are slower still this is not
[4:33] necessarily the case there's plenty of
[4:35] attacks that have maybe a total duration
[4:37] that is very long like for example uh
[4:39] Jamie's VP as you can see the tall
[4:42] duration is a 66 frames which is quite a
[4:45] lot but the startup is comparatively
[4:47] quite fast another example would be uh
[4:50] is any heavy punch here which again
[4:52] quite long total duration but actually
[4:55] relatively fast startup some attacks are
[4:58] slow enough that you can actually react
[4:59] and block them in time and this is most
[5:01] common with certain over heads for
[5:04] example a Jamie silver head here is slow
[5:08] enough that it should be reactable if
[5:09] you're looking out for it the second
[5:11] part of the attack in red is the active
[5:14] window for active frames this is the
[5:16] amount of time the attack stays out and
[5:19] is able to hit the opponent so usually
[5:22] attacks are active just for a couple of
[5:25] frames like for example the standing
[5:27] light punch here and we can see standing
[5:29] medium punches active for a total of
[5:31] four frames standing heavy kick is
[5:33] active for three some attacks are active
[5:35] for longer usually special moves for
[5:37] example this DP is seven frames active
[5:40] and this determines again the amount of
[5:42] time the move stays out there so that it
[5:45] can hit the opponent so for example good
[5:48] and tiers tend to be active for a very
[5:50] long time which means that you don't
[5:52] have to be as precise for the timing
[5:55] when you're trying to hit an opponent
[5:56] that is jumping in on you for example
[5:58] however some attacks are active for an
[6:01] unusual amount of time very long in fact
[6:03] then this is most common in projectiles
[6:06] as the projectile is basically active
[6:08] all the way to the other side of the
[6:09] screen depending on the move of course
[6:11] another good example would be uh Chang
[6:14] Lee's level one as long as the
[6:16] projectile stays on screen that is all
[6:18] active frames and you can hit the
[6:19] opponent during those active frames
[6:22] foreign
[6:26] as you see I walked in there really
[6:28] really late and I still got hit after
[6:31] the active frames are over we have the
[6:33] recovery frames so for example in the
[6:35] case of Jimmy's steny heavy kick here we
[6:37] have 21 frames indicated in blue that's
[6:39] the recovery and what that means is that
[6:41] during recovery I'm unable to perform
[6:43] any actions usually this includes
[6:46] blocking attacking throws using movement
[6:49] using other moves and stuff like that so
[6:51] when I press sending heavy kick even if
[6:53] I hold up I have to wait until the move
[6:55] is done if I want to jump as I can
[6:58] demonstrate right here this is true for
[7:00] anything like a four dash or a back Dash
[7:03] as you see nothing came out because I
[7:05] did it before the move was over even
[7:07] pressing other buttons I couldn't press
[7:09] anything there I have to wait until the
[7:11] move is over for it to come out
[7:13] there are some exceptions uh like for
[7:15] example you can block out of the
[7:17] recovery of Perry but for the most part
[7:19] 99 of the cases during recovery you
[7:21] cannot perform any action at all One
[7:24] Last Thing Worth explaining that I kind
[7:25] of glossed over intentionally is that
[7:27] you can see that the frames in green
[7:30] that tell us about the startup at the
[7:32] bottom are different than what the game
[7:34] calls a startup as you see there's only
[7:37] five green frames and then the startup
[7:39] is listed as six that is because
[7:41] traditionally uh the startup includes
[7:44] the first active frames so in this case
[7:47] it means that there's five frames where
[7:49] nothing happens when I press a standing
[7:51] medium punch on Ryu and then on the
[7:53] sixth frame I'm actually able to hit the
[7:56] opponent so effectively the startup is
[7:59] uh five frames plus the first active
[8:02] frame which gives a six and this is what
[8:04] the game is trying to convey
[8:06] all of this combined gives us a lot of
[8:08] information on how moves behave some
[8:10] attacks that might have a very long
[8:12] duration like I sure you can which is in
[8:15] this case 65 frames for the heavy
[8:16] version even the light version is 47
[8:19] frames might have very fast startup
[8:21] another great example would be a reuse
[8:24] level 3 super even though it takes a
[8:26] long time to whiff this a total of 87
[8:28] frames it only has a 5 frame start which
[8:32] is not necessarily obvious looking at it
[8:34] another one would be attacks with a very
[8:36] long active window again in the case of
[8:38] a DP you can see how many active frames
[8:40] there are which makes them great and
[8:43] tiers for example as opposed to
[8:44] something like a jab which has barely
[8:47] any active frames there's attacks that
[8:50] have fast recovery like I said light
[8:52] attacks are great examples that don't
[8:54] have much recovery at all which you can
[8:56] use to for example hit an opponent
[8:58] safely while they're using an armor move
[9:01] and so on
[9:03] an example of a situation that is very
[9:05] common in Street Fighter 6 where
[9:06] recovery matters is dealing with Drive
[9:09] Impact as moves that have a long
[9:11] recovery period are much more unsafe to
[9:14] use against it as I won't be able to
[9:15] block in time so for example if I do
[9:18] standing heavy punch here even though
[9:20] I'm trying to block I'm unable to but if
[9:22] I were to do something like a light
[9:24] attack which has much faster recovery
[9:25] you can see how I can block in time
[9:27] which means I can do my own Drive Impact
[9:29] pack another example of what recovery
[9:32] matters is when you're playing a neutral
[9:34] and your Woofy moves maybe you're doing
[9:36] a buffer or whatever and moves that have
[9:38] long recovery
[9:39] are much easier to with punish for your
[9:42] opponent so sometimes using moves that
[9:44] have less recovery might be beneficial
[9:46] because it will makes you less
[9:48] vulnerable to with punishment now that
[9:51] we know startup and Recovery another
[9:54] extra tidbit of information is that in
[9:56] Street Fighter 6 if you're hit during
[9:58] the startup or the active range of a
[10:00] move you're going to suffer a counter
[10:02] hit well if you get hit during the
[10:04] recovery of a movie you're going to
[10:06] suffer a punish counter and these
[10:08] properties have extra effects that I'm
[10:10] going to discuss later but I'm going to
[10:12] show you how they look right now so that
[10:14] you may familiarize yourself with them
[10:17] but zengi fear to do a jump heavy kick
[10:19] which is quite a slow move and you'll
[10:21] see that if I hit him before the move
[10:23] starts up I will score a counter hit
[10:26] but if I hit the recovery of the move
[10:29] instead I will get a punish counter
[10:33] the last piece of information that ties
[10:36] everything together is what is commonly
[10:38] referred to as frame Advantage this is
[10:41] also listed in the frame tool so for
[10:43] example if I hit jury with Galaxy
[10:45] standing medium punch you can see that
[10:47] it says Advantage 6 frames in blue at
[10:50] the top of the frame tool this describes
[10:52] in the case of whether a move hits or is
[10:54] blocked which of the two characters can
[10:57] act first and by how many frames so the
[11:01] frame Advantage is positive so it's in
[11:03] blue like in this case it means that the
[11:06] character that did the move gets to act
[11:08] first so in this case gal gets to act
[11:11] six frames before jury if I do a
[11:13] standing light punch for example it's
[11:15] only four frames if I do a standing
[11:17] heavy punch I actually have a red frame
[11:21] Advantage also known as frame
[11:22] disadvantage which means the jury gets
[11:25] to act first in this case by one frame
[11:28] you can think of this as turns if it's
[11:31] blue it means it's my turn if it's red
[11:33] instead it's the opponent's turn if the
[11:36] frame Advantage is high enough namely it
[11:39] is higher than the startup of another
[11:40] move that you have we can use that move
[11:42] in a sequence that your opponent cannot
[11:44] interrupt and what do I mean by this so
[11:46] using the example of Gauss standing
[11:49] medium punch again which is uh six
[11:51] frames of Advantage I can use a move
[11:54] that is 6 frames or faster to create an
[11:57] in interruptible sequence so something
[11:59] like a crunchy medium punch which is six
[12:01] frames or cartoon light punch which is
[12:03] four frames and this is what we know as
[12:05] a combo or more specifically a link
[12:07] combo so I can do sending medium punch
[12:09] Factory medium punch and you see the
[12:11] game says it's a two hit combo and the
[12:13] opponent cannot do anything about this
[12:15] you can do sending medium cartoon light
[12:17] punch that's the same thing if I were to
[12:19] use a move that is a little bit too slow
[12:21] like say standing heavy punch this is 7
[12:23] frames so uh it's not faster than the
[12:26] six frame advantage that we have here
[12:28] you'll see that we'll never be able to
[12:30] combo them together and this is how you
[12:33] figure out using frame Advantage which
[12:36] moves combo into each other you can do
[12:39] the same thing on block and this creates
[12:41] what is known as a true blocks ring in
[12:44] Street Fighter 6 it's a little bit
[12:45] difficult to find attacks that are very
[12:47] positive on block for example gals are
[12:50] standing medium punch is zero on block
[12:52] is for hey punches plus three on block
[12:54] which is just not enough but a jumping
[12:57] attack is usually very positive in this
[12:59] case is plus nine so I will demonstrate
[13:02] now how a true block stream behaves so I
[13:05] have a jury set to do a crutching light
[13:08] punch after blocking anything and you
[13:10] will see that if I do for example a
[13:12] standing medium punch into another
[13:14] standing medium punch that I will get
[13:16] interrupted by jury scratching light
[13:18] punch however if I do the same standing
[13:22] medium punch after a jump in they have
[13:24] so much frame Advantage even on block
[13:26] that Drew is not able to press anything
[13:29] and nothing will come out
[13:31] as you saw the crashing light Bunch only
[13:34] came out after the block string was over
[13:36] and this is a true block stream another
[13:38] thing that's very important to keep in
[13:39] mind for link combos is that your
[13:41] opponent has to be standing and not
[13:43] knocked down so a certain moves like a
[13:46] crashing heavy kick almost universally
[13:48] knocked down like this and even though
[13:51] the advantage listed by the game which
[13:53] is 34 frames seems like it would be
[13:55] enough for me to uh combo and move
[13:58] afterwards because the opponent is
[13:59] knocked down no matter how hard I try
[14:01] and just unable to connect with anything
[14:04] because the opponent is effectively
[14:05] invulnerable as they wake up off the
[14:08] ground so this is something that you
[14:10] should keep in mind
[14:11] in a similar manner if the frame
[14:13] disadvantage is too high your opponent
[14:16] can attack you with their moves without
[14:19] you being able to retaliate at all and
[14:21] most notably being able to block and
[14:24] this is what we call a punish which is a
[14:26] guaranteed hit this is most common on
[14:28] block and a great example would be if I
[14:31] try to sweep my opponent as you can see
[14:33] gal sweep is -12 frames of Advantage
[14:36] which means that jury in this case has
[14:39] 12 frames to do anything she wants to me
[14:41] and I won't be able to do anything about
[14:43] it including blocking a very common
[14:46] response in a situation like this is to
[14:48] sweep back as you can see if I go and
[14:51] sweep jury or catching heavy kick is
[14:54] completely unavoidable even though it's
[14:55] holding down back the entire time I
[14:58] still got hit and scored a punish Gunner
[15:00] again using the Frame data you can
[15:02] discover potentially new and more
[15:05] damaging punishes for any given
[15:07] situation so we're talking about gal
[15:10] scratching heavy kick how it is my minus
[15:12] 12 on block I have a jury set to do a
[15:15] standing heavy punch which is 10 frames
[15:18] of startup just like her sweep and if I
[15:20] sweep her and she does it's any heavy
[15:23] punch you can see how it punishes me in
[15:25] this move unlike her sweep is canceled
[15:28] so I get to continue a combo here and do
[15:30] a lot of damage so this is another tool
[15:33] that is very useful for you to find out
[15:35] about how you can effectively get damage
[15:38] on an opponents using unsafe moves on
[15:41] him something very important to keep in
[15:42] mind for the concepts of punishing and
[15:44] Link combos is that the fastest attack
[15:47] in Street Fighter 6 as of now is 4
[15:49] frames of startup so in the case of Ryu
[15:51] for example would be a standing light
[15:53] Punch or a scratching light punch
[15:54] they're both four frames so if I have a
[15:58] move that is not advantageous enough
[16:00] even though it might be my turn I just
[16:03] wouldn't be able to continue the combo
[16:06] so for example if I hit Cami with
[16:08] stunning heavy punch you see that my
[16:10] advantage is three frames which means
[16:12] again it's my turn as Ryu however
[16:14] because my stain light punches 4 frames
[16:17] I won't be able to combo one into the
[16:20] other unless I have you know some
[16:22] special properties that let me do that
[16:24] so this will never be a link combo no
[16:27] matter how hard you try and this is true
[16:30] for anything that is negative on block
[16:32] as well so an example again using Ryu is
[16:36] something like standing medium punch as
[16:37] you can see the advantage is -1 frames
[16:40] so my turn is over however if Cami tries
[16:43] to retaliate with her fastest normal
[16:45] which as I've established is four frames
[16:47] so there's any live punch for example
[16:49] she will never be able to punish you I'm
[16:52] always able to block here just because
[16:54] she doesn't have enough frames to use to
[16:57] punish me and this move is what is
[16:59] considered safe
[17:01] of course advantage on hit and block is
[17:03] not the entire story a great example
[17:06] here is Honda I haven't said to do a
[17:09] Sumo headbutt which as we can see is
[17:11] minus four frames on Block it's four
[17:14] frames of advantage for you so in theory
[17:17] I would be able to do my staying live
[17:18] punch for my cartoon life punch and it
[17:20] would be unable to avoid it but as you
[17:22] can see I'm just too far for the normals
[17:25] to connect which makes it impossible to
[17:28] punish in this way
[17:29] this knowledge is very useful both on
[17:31] offense and defense as it helps you
[17:33] understand whose turn it is and how to
[17:35] structure offense and defense yourself
[17:36] so in the case of Rasheed for example if
[17:39] I do my stunning medium Punch or my
[17:42] crushing medium punch you'll see that
[17:43] the advantage is one frame of in favor
[17:47] of Rasheed so Rasheed gets to act one
[17:49] frame faster than the opponent what that
[17:52] means is that if the opponent retaliates
[17:54] with their fastest normal in this case
[17:55] for JP it's is crushing light punch
[17:58] which is four frames and I also press my
[18:01] fast as normal which again is four
[18:03] frames Rashid will come out on top as I
[18:05] can demonstrate right here as you see
[18:07] I'm kind of hitting JP because I act
[18:11] faster and we are doing the same length
[18:14] of move and so I come out on top as my
[18:18] move will hit the opponent first if
[18:20] you're trying to learn the Frame data
[18:22] for a character I would highly suggest
[18:23] that you make the startup and the frame
[18:25] Advantage your number one priority when
[18:28] it comes to learning as they're the most
[18:29] important stats to determine which moves
[18:32] to use based on the situation as we've
[18:34] established before for combos for
[18:36] punishment pressure and so on
[18:39] another thing that is very important to
[18:41] know about frame Advantage is that there
[18:42] are certain situations and properties
[18:45] that dynamically change it during
[18:47] gameplay so if I hit JP with cami's
[18:51] standing medium punch you can see that
[18:52] the advantage is six frames which makes
[18:55] this combo impossible has a stunning
[18:57] heavy punches eight frames however if I
[19:00] score a counter hit which again as we've
[19:03] established before happens when I hit
[19:05] the startup of an opponent's move then
[19:08] you'll see that the frame Advantage all
[19:10] of a sudden is 8 frames up from six this
[19:13] is because counter hit always adds two
[19:16] extra frames to your frame Advantage
[19:18] which makes that combo from before
[19:19] suddenly possible if you score a hit on
[19:23] an opponent's recovery like for example
[19:25] in a punished situation or if you with
[19:27] punish their attack as they with it in
[19:30] neutral you will get a punish counter
[19:31] and a punish counter gives you plus four
[19:34] extra frames of Advantage so that
[19:36] standing medium punch from before is now
[19:39] plus 10 on hit and this lets us do
[19:42] combos like this which normally wouldn't
[19:44] be possible again as you can see the
[19:46] crunchy heavy punches 10 frames of
[19:48] startup and I'm using the 10 frames of
[19:50] advantage to combo them together
[19:52] another situation where we get extra
[19:55] frames of Advantage is when I use a dry
[19:57] brush if you do a normal out of a dry
[20:00] brush it will be enhanced and get extra
[20:02] frame Advantage so again using the
[20:04] example of sending medium punch from
[20:06] before which is six frames of Advantage
[20:08] if I do it out of a dry brush you will
[20:10] see how it is 10 frames of Advantage so
[20:12] we get an extra plus 4 frames and this
[20:16] property actually Stacks with counter
[20:18] hits and punish counters so for example
[20:21] if I put punish counter on the move that
[20:24] is normally plus six with the punishment
[20:26] becomes plus 10 and you will see that if
[20:28] I do it out of the drive brush we get
[20:30] the extra plus 4 of the drive rush to a
[20:33] total of plus 14. so if you know how to
[20:37] use these together especially in certain
[20:39] punish situations like if an opponent is
[20:41] within a move that has long recovery
[20:43] like a sure you can for example you can
[20:45] get some very damaging combos started
[20:48] this way just to make it a little bit
[20:50] more confusing another situation where
[20:52] Frame data changes is during burnout
[20:55] normally a move like a cami is a
[20:57] standing heavy punch for example as you
[20:59] can see is a minus three frames on block
[21:02] that means as the end of my turn it's
[21:04] safe but I don't get to do anything else
[21:06] however if the opponent isn't burnout
[21:08] you will see how now this move all of a
[21:11] sudden is one frame of advantage in
[21:14] cami's favor and this is because if an
[21:16] opponent blocks a move during burnout 4
[21:19] frames of Advantage are added to the
[21:22] block Advantage so from -3 this becomes
[21:24] plus one this is part of the reason why
[21:26] Bernina is so scary is because moves
[21:28] that normally are minus or even unsafe
[21:32] become much safer or Plus on block when
[21:35] you're in Burnout which means that it's
[21:37] so much harder to get your opponent off
[21:38] of you especially because he cannot use
[21:40] any of your drive mechanics as your
[21:43] drive gauge is depleted
[21:44] so to recap the situation briefly frame
[21:48] Advantage is a measure of who gets to go
[21:50] first and by how much time again
[21:53] measured in frames because that's a unit
[21:55] of measurement so sometimes you might
[21:57] have an attack like this one which is
[21:59] three frames of advantage that's not
[22:01] good enough for me to get a combo or
[22:03] anything like that it's just not enough
[22:04] Advantage but at least it's my turn
[22:06] still so it means that I can press
[22:08] buttons after this then you have attacks
[22:11] that are very plus something like
[22:12] discharged for the heavy kick that's
[22:14] plus 10 that means a combo here is
[22:16] guaranteed as long as I choose the right
[22:19] attacks on block you have the opposite
[22:21] situation where you have an attack that
[22:23] is safe in this case again minus three
[22:25] it means that there's no attack that is
[22:27] fast enough to score a guaranteed punish
[22:30] on me and then there's other attacks
[22:32] that are very unsafe like the sweep
[22:34] which is -11 which means that Ryu has 11
[22:37] frames to do whatever he wants to me and
[22:39] there are attacks that are fast enough
[22:40] that can punish me and score uh
[22:43] guaranteed damage now we're going to
[22:45] look at some Frame data charts and how
[22:48] to read them specifically we will start
[22:50] with the official Street Fighter 6 Frame
[22:53] data which is now available on the
[22:55] street fighter website you can see this
[22:57] by going to this 356 website going to
[22:59] characters and then you will be able to
[23:01] see The Frame data right next to the
[23:03] command list at the top of the page so
[23:05] as an example let's use Chun Li's
[23:08] standing light punch we can see that the
[23:10] move name is listed first with the input
[23:13] so standing light punch then we have the
[23:15] Frame data proper with the startup
[23:18] frames the active frames and the
[23:19] recovery frames the way the active
[23:22] frames are listed in this format is that
[23:24] it basically specifies a range so in the
[23:27] case of the challenge standing light
[23:29] punch we see that the Surplus four
[23:30] frames and then the active frame is
[23:33] arranged from four to six which means
[23:35] it's the fourth the fifth and the sixth
[23:39] frame of the attack are the active
[23:41] frames which means we have a total of
[23:42] three active frames and then we have
[23:45] seven frames of recovery then we can see
[23:48] the frame Advantage both on hit and
[23:50] block in this case plus five frames on
[23:53] hit and -3 on block of course there's
[23:57] much more information on this page
[23:58] including cancels damage combo scaling
[24:01] and so on but this is beyond the purpose
[24:03] of this video for today another kind of
[24:06] chart that you might find is something
[24:07] like on fullmeter.com with their frame
[24:10] assist online tool they also have an app
[24:12] I believe or the super combo Wiki where
[24:14] they have the 356 Wiki which is listed
[24:16] like this and this is the more
[24:17] traditional way of doing a Frame data
[24:20] chart
[24:21] where you have the move name first and
[24:23] then you have startup active and
[24:25] Recovery Premium advantage on hit and
[24:27] block which is very similar to how we
[24:28] have in the original uh Street Fighter
[24:31] website however the active frames are
[24:33] listed as a number as opposed to a range
[24:36] like they are in the street fighter
[24:39] website the difference here that it's
[24:41] very important to keep in mind is that
[24:43] the first active frame overlaps with the
[24:47] first startup frame so in the case of
[24:50] Chang Lee's steny life punch for example
[24:53] we can see that she has four frames of
[24:55] startup three frames active seven frames
[24:58] of recovery however if we add all of
[25:00] these together we get a total of 14
[25:03] which is actually one extra frame
[25:05] compared to what it is in game which is
[25:08] 13. and like I said that's because the
[25:11] first active frame overlaps with the
[25:14] last startup frame so that's something
[25:16] to keep in mind if you are doing your
[25:18] calculations on the Fly you need to
[25:20] remember to move this one frame as there
[25:24] is some overlap I highly suggest you
[25:26] familiarize yourself with these Frame
[25:28] data charts as they are something that
[25:31] is very useful to consult quickly in
[25:33] case you have a question about you know
[25:34] whether something is unsafe how unsafe
[25:36] it is or the startup of some move that
[25:39] you've never seen before and so on
[25:41] without having to go to training mode
[25:43] and actually test it for yourself so
[25:45] this is a very valuable resource that
[25:48] like I said you should familiarize
[25:50] yourself with as a final section of this
[25:53] video we can look at some practical
[25:55] examples on how to use Frame data again
[25:57] just to drive the point home so that I'm
[25:59] absolutely clear this involves some
[26:01] basic arithmetic but there's nothing to
[26:03] be scared of
[26:05] so I've talked before about the concept
[26:07] of a true block string which is
[26:09] basically a string where your opponent
[26:11] is unable to mash in the middle of so I
[26:15] have right here Blanca to do a standing
[26:16] light kick that's his fastest normal
[26:18] attack and if I do a jump in and then
[26:21] another attack you can see how I was
[26:24] plus enough that Blanca was unable to
[26:27] attack in between those two normals that
[26:30] I did however this is only useful to a
[26:33] certain extent as the opponent is not in
[26:35] any risk because they can just press the
[26:37] button and nothing will come out as is
[26:40] just too tight for anything to come out
[26:42] what we want to use is a so-called frame
[26:45] trap which is a situation where we use a
[26:48] move that is Plus on block like for
[26:50] example Ken's heavy Dragon lash kick and
[26:53] then we specifically tried to leave a
[26:55] gap so that your opponent can press a
[26:58] button but because we are at a frame
[27:00] Advantage we're going to hit them before
[27:02] this button is out and the score a
[27:05] counter hit
[27:06] so in the situation that we have just
[27:08] here I have Blanca to do is light kick
[27:10] which is four frames and after my heavy
[27:14] Dragon lash kick I'm going to press my
[27:15] cartoon life
[27:17] as you see they both are moves with four
[27:20] frames of startup as you can see at the
[27:22] bottom of the screen Blanca is saying
[27:24] liking his four frames my cartoon light
[27:26] punches four frames so the reason why
[27:30] Ken comes out on top and scores a
[27:32] counter hit is because the heavy Dragon
[27:34] lash kick again is one frame of
[27:37] Advantage so Ken gets to act one frame
[27:39] earlier and now I created a situation
[27:42] where basically
[27:45] um regardless of what your opponent does
[27:46] as long as there's nothing Invincible I
[27:48] get to stuff them and continue my combo
[27:52] how's this
[27:57] when you are performing a frame trap
[28:00] you're most often going to score a
[28:01] counter hit which gives you two extra
[28:03] frames of advantage that you can use to
[28:06] get a better combo and in some
[28:07] situations it's particularly useful so
[28:10] in the case of Luke is cartoon medium
[28:12] punch is plus one on block again it is
[28:15] my turn afterwards and I can set up a
[28:17] frame trap here so if I have a cami to
[28:19] do a reversal light punch my own
[28:22] crouching light punch will beat first
[28:24] however if I try to do a normal combo at
[28:27] this range my second light punch just
[28:29] doesn't connect but thanks to the extra
[28:32] advantage that we get from that counter
[28:34] hit I get to convert from Far Away by
[28:38] comboing into my crushing medium punch
[28:40] instead which is a counter hit only
[28:42] combo
[28:48] let's go
[28:50] something else that is fairly common in
[28:53] Street Fighter 6 and the street fighter
[28:54] in general is blocking something that is
[28:57] unsafe but not using your best punish
[28:59] that you have available and this is
[29:01] because you might not know the Frame
[29:03] data so a great example here is uh Jerry
[29:06] she's doing her light pinwheel which is
[29:09] an unsafe move and a lot of people
[29:11] either don't know that and fail to
[29:13] punish it entirely or do a very simple
[29:16] punish like jab jab special something
[29:19] like this I'm sure you've seen in plenty
[29:21] of times but actually if you look at the
[29:23] frame Advantage at the bottom of the
[29:24] screen you can see that I that I have
[29:27] eight frames to act the move is -8 on
[29:29] block so if you want to compare the
[29:32] damage of these two punishes just to
[29:34] show you the difference you'll be
[29:35] surprised by how much it can change if
[29:38] you use your best punish and use the
[29:41] frame that at your advantage to discover
[29:42] what it is
[29:44] so first I'm showing the light light
[29:46] planet from before as you can see it
[29:49] does little damage if you are a more
[29:51] advanced player maybe we might do a
[29:53] basic uh punish kind of combo to get
[29:55] some extra but if you do an actual
[29:58] punish you'll see how much the
[29:59] difference really is
[30:03] as you can see we've almost doubled our
[30:05] damage just by doing the correct combo
[30:07] and this is true across the cast there
[30:10] are plenty of examples like this so
[30:12] knowing Frame data can help you
[30:13] understand the situations like these and
[30:16] optimize your punishes accordingly
[30:18] again to go over the concept of a basic
[30:21] combo through linking we have more
[30:24] examples here I'm going to do it with
[30:27] reuse standing medium punch now are you
[30:29] standing medium punch as we can see is
[30:31] an advantage of seven frames which means
[30:33] that any move that has a startup of 7
[30:35] frames or less should combo as long as
[30:38] the range is right so we can see that we
[30:40] use all of his lights their five frames
[30:43] or faster so they should all work and
[30:45] they do because they're all in range as
[30:47] I can demonstrate right here of course
[30:50] some of them are more desirable than
[30:51] others then we can see uh all of his
[30:54] mediums his standing medium punch itself
[30:56] is six frames of startup so it actually
[30:58] combos into itself then we have uh
[31:01] Partridge medium punch that's also six
[31:03] frames and it combos correctly however
[31:06] is median kick is nine frames which is
[31:09] too slow and this cartoon media kick is
[31:11] also 8 frames which is too slow and as
[31:13] you can see I won't be able to combo
[31:15] them the game doesn't register this as a
[31:17] combo I will need something like a
[31:18] counter head or a punish counter for
[31:20] this to be effective another thing that
[31:22] we can see is that is back heavy punch
[31:24] is actually seven frames and if you're
[31:26] very close to the opponent that is
[31:28] indeed a combo so you can use the
[31:31] advantage of every move to figure out uh
[31:34] combos in a variety of situations for
[31:36] example with the knowledge that we have
[31:38] here the standing medium punch is uh
[31:41] seven frames of advantage on hit and
[31:43] knowing from what we said before that if
[31:46] you score a punish counter you get an
[31:48] additional four frames of Advantage we
[31:51] can determine that it should be 11
[31:53] frames of advantage and as I can
[31:56] demonstrate right here it is
[31:59] as you can see it's plus 11 a move that
[32:02] is 11 frames or less is a stunning heavy
[32:04] punch 10 frames and as such this combo
[32:07] is now possible
[32:09] so these are just a few examples of the
[32:11] power of friend data and why it is
[32:13] important to learn it so that you may
[32:14] use it to your advantage to learn more
[32:16] about your characters about your
[32:19] opponent's characters and how to make
[32:21] the best out of any situation I hope you
[32:24] guys enjoyed this video and it was
[32:25] useful to you I understand this is a
[32:28] more complicated subject and a lot of
[32:29] people find it very difficult to
[32:31] approach especially because they see a
[32:32] lot of numbers and they get scared but
[32:35] as long as you break it down in simpler
[32:37] Concepts as I try to do in this video I
[32:40] think it's much easier to approach and
[32:42] hopefully you can see the power of brain
[32:44] data and how it can help you improve
[32:47] your gameplay in Street Fighter 6. now
[32:49] it is not so necessary to know the ins
[32:52] and outs of the printed of every single
[32:55] character as long as you know when it's
[32:57] supposed to be your turn and maybe the
[32:59] most notable moves that you can punish
[33:01] that your opponent might do on you and
[33:04] this should be good enough at least for
[33:07] a beginner an intermediate level to
[33:09] continue playing the game and learn more
[33:11] about it of course I understand this is
[33:14] a more complicated topic so if you have
[33:16] any questions on the matter please do
[33:18] not be afraid to put them in the
[33:19] comments below we will try to answer to
[33:22] as many as we can and maybe someone else
[33:24] in the comments might be able to help
[33:25] you as well we have plenty more guides
[33:28] like these planned for the future and we
[33:30] already have a playlist of guides on the
[33:32] channel so if you're interested in other
[33:34] things Street Fighter 6 make sure to
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[33:37] videos on the way as I mentioned and I
[33:40] hope you enjoyed and I'll see you next
[33:42] time bye bye
[33:54] thank you