[0:00] what is Frame data and what is the frame
[0:02] meter what are all these colors here
[0:04] what am I supposed to do with all this
[0:05] information well by the end of the video
[0:07] you will have a firm understanding of
[0:09] what Frame data is so that you can make
[0:10] better decisions and win more games
[0:12] first let's turn on the frame meter so
[0:14] hit start and we're going to scroll over
[0:15] to screen display settings and we're
[0:17] going to turn on the frame meter we're
[0:19] gonna see two rows of boxes each of them
[0:21] representing a frame the top row will be
[0:23] ours and the bottom will be our opponent
[0:24] to understand what these funny colors
[0:26] mean we must first understand a few key
[0:28] points so I'm going to play a clip from
[0:30] an unreleased video I did on Frame data
[0:31] I recently made a video about Frame data
[0:34] it is the logic and reason behind
[0:36] everything in fighting games as at the
[0:37] time of this recording modern fighting
[0:39] games run at 60 frames a second frames
[0:41] are the measurement of speed referring
[0:42] to a normal or a command every second
[0:45] that passes 60 frames also pass broken
[0:47] down into three stages startup active
[0:50] and Recovery let's first look at stage
[0:52] two the active face active frames refer
[0:55] to the frames in which your move can hit
[0:57] an opponent we start at step two because
[0:58] when we think about a move we think
[1:00] about hitting the move and the only part
[1:02] of the move that hits the opponent is
[1:03] the active phase and the active phase is
[1:05] represented on the frame meter by the
[1:07] purple bars let's look at go osatsu when
[1:09] I use this move she has to spin around
[1:11] first and then she connects with the
[1:12] opponent during these 17 frames of
[1:14] startup jury cannot attack Ryu it is
[1:17] only after the 17 frames during the
[1:19] purple phase where she can actually
[1:20] connect with Ryu let's now double back
[1:23] and talk about the first stage startup
[1:25] startup refers to the amount of frames
[1:27] that must pass before your move becomes
[1:28] active the recovery phase refers to the
[1:30] amount of frames your move must complete
[1:32] before you are able to act again to put
[1:34] it simply startup refers to the wind-up
[1:36] of the move active refers to hitting the
[1:39] opponent and Recovery refers to her
[1:41] reeling her arm back before she can do
[1:42] her next attack jury cannot act again
[1:44] until she is out of recovery or when
[1:46] those blue bars pass when we collided
[1:48] with Ryu we saw another bar the Bottom
[1:50] bar is reusebar and the yellow bars
[1:52] refer to stunned when we hit Ryu we see
[1:54] startup active and stun starts on the
[1:57] first frame of active Ryu was stunned
[1:59] longer from the hit than jury had to
[2:01] recover the difference between the
[2:03] amount of hits done versus the amount of
[2:04] recovery is called advantage since jury
[2:07] recovers seven frames before Ryu gets
[2:09] out of hit stun jury is plus seven on
[2:11] advantage or you might have heard plus
[2:13] seven on hit since I'm seven frames
[2:15] ahead if I throw out a move after the
[2:17] medium punch that's 5 frames if we look
[2:19] at the fraying meter the first move
[2:21] recovers the next move starts up becomes
[2:24] active and then recovers and if we look
[2:26] at the bottom meter where U was in
[2:28] stunned the whole time he never had a
[2:30] chance to recover this is called a combo
[2:32] more specifically this is called a link
[2:33] a link is when you use a move that
[2:35] leaves you at advantage and your next
[2:36] move starts up so fast your enemy never
[2:39] leaves hits done your first move must
[2:41] completely recover before you use the
[2:43] second move but the key part is the
[2:45] enemy must never leave hits done if our
[2:47] second move becomes active after Ryu has
[2:49] left hits done if we look at the frame
[2:51] meter where you had time to recover and
[2:53] he's able to block this is not a link so
[2:55] how can we tell what links and doesn't
[2:56] link the frame meter will tell us
[2:58] startup frames and it also will tell us
[2:59] Advantage if we we hit for you it tells
[3:01] us stand medium punch starts up in six
[3:03] frames and on hit it leaves us Advantage
[3:05] by 7 frame if we use a move it tells us
[3:07] startup frames or all of her moves even
[3:10] on width since we're advantaged by seven
[3:12] frames any move that starts up in 7
[3:13] frames or quicker will link crashing
[3:15] medium punch is six frame so seven
[3:18] frames Advantage six frame startup that
[3:20] links stand light kick is by frame so
[3:23] seven frames five frames that links
[3:25] startup active recovery startup active
[3:28] recovery and on the bottom we use it hit
[3:31] stun the whole time what if for you is
[3:33] blocking if we hit start go to dummy
[3:35] settings we can turn block all on now
[3:37] when we use that same move we get a
[3:39] different piece of information it says
[3:41] we're advantage to frame rather than
[3:43] being seven that's because the amount of
[3:45] frames you get on block is different
[3:47] from the amount of frames that you get
[3:48] on hit so after I use stay in medium
[3:50] Punch If review blocks I am only ahead
[3:52] of him by two frame what does it mean to
[3:54] be advantage two frames on block it
[3:56] typically is referred to as plus two on
[3:58] block so if you ever hear that that
[4:00] means your two advantage on block plus
[4:02] two I can act two frames before Ryu and
[4:04] if we look at the frame meter we see it
[4:06] here he recovers out of block stun and
[4:08] there's two empty frames and then he
[4:09] enters block stun again well what would
[4:11] happen if were you hit a button we can
[4:13] go into the dummy settings go over to
[4:15] reversal settings and on block reversal
[4:17] we can set it to be crouching light
[4:19] punch we'll turn that on when I hit him
[4:22] he will respond with the crouching light
[4:24] pump the frame meter shows my move
[4:25] startup was active for five frames and
[4:28] recovered for 12 frames meanwhile Ryu
[4:30] was in Block stun for 19 frames and then
[4:33] he was able to start up his move became
[4:35] active and then he recovered let's look
[4:37] at a situation where Jerry would take
[4:39] advantage of her two frame Advantage if
[4:40] we were to hit medium punch and then
[4:42] light kick you see here on the frame
[4:44] meter startup active recovery and her
[4:47] next move startup active and recovery on
[4:50] reusebar he was in Blackstone this whole
[4:52] time tried to start up but then my move
[4:55] became active and then he was stuck in
[4:57] hit stunt the logic is in the frame
[4:59] meter Ryu was stuck in Block stun this
[5:01] whole time tried to hit a button
[5:03] afterwards and then my move became
[5:04] active and stuffed his this results in a
[5:07] counter hit setup or it's commonly
[5:08] called a frame trap a frame trap is a
[5:10] sequence of moves that leaves a small
[5:11] Gap too small for the opponent's move to
[5:14] become active Meanwhile my move can
[5:15] become active before his and I went out
[5:18] did we need to have the frame meter on
[5:19] to find this out no technically we could
[5:21] just press button and see what works but
[5:24] why go through this trouble turn the
[5:25] frame meter on We Can Make a Better plan
[5:27] reuse quickest button is four frames and
[5:29] we can see that on the frame meter on
[5:31] here it says his startup was for frame
[5:32] so if we're plus two on this situation
[5:34] long as my move becomes active here my
[5:37] next move will be out his startup of his
[5:39] next move we can see that in action like
[5:41] this
[5:42] startup active recovery reuse in Block
[5:46] stun my move starts up in one
[5:49] two three four fifth frame becomes
[5:52] active while his move is still trying to
[5:54] start up his move would have become
[5:56] active on this Frame here it didn't have
[5:58] a chance to because my move was already
[6:00] active what happens if two moves become
[6:02] active on the same exact brain well that
[6:04] results in a trade both of our moves
[6:06] enter the active phase and we both got
[6:08] hit at the same time so we both entered
[6:11] stun at the same time why did Ryu
[6:13] recover after I recovered if we both hit
[6:15] each other at the same time Ryu use the
[6:17] light attack I used a medium attack
[6:19] usually mediums give more hits than
[6:21] light attacks this could also lend
[6:23] itself to this interesting situations
[6:24] called trade combos based on what we
[6:27] learned since I recovered before Ryu and
[6:29] I'm Advantage 8 frames any move that is
[6:31] 8 frames or quicker should be able to
[6:33] combo even though we traded let's look
[6:35] at another unique situation by you
[6:37] standing light punch I'm disadvantage to
[6:40] frame so if I hit light punch and then
[6:41] hit light punch again I get beat out
[6:43] because on disadvantage 2 frames and Ryu
[6:45] gets to act first Ryu recovers before I
[6:48] do and he recovers two frames before me
[6:49] his move starts up even before I recover
[6:52] from my first move his light punch
[6:54] becomes active before my light punch
[6:56] becomes active so what happens here
[6:59] wait doesn't that disprove what I just
[7:02] said let's look at these situations side
[7:04] by side the situation on the left shows
[7:06] startup active recovery startup and then
[7:09] I got beat trying to become active the
[7:12] situation on the left shows something
[7:13] different startup active recovery but no
[7:17] startup I go straight to the active
[7:19] phase some moves can be chainable which
[7:21] means there's no startup on the second
[7:22] move it goes from recovery straight to
[7:24] active for the second move Ryu has to
[7:26] recover and tries to go start up but
[7:29] gets hit and goes into recovery jury's
[7:31] feng shui engine works in Reverse
[7:32] instead of cutting the startup it cuts
[7:35] the recovery of all of our string we
[7:36] have here startup active startup active
[7:39] startup active so if any of Jerry's feng
[7:41] shui strings leave a big enough Gap that
[7:43] Ryu tries to match through as we see
[7:45] here that means he will get hit because
[7:47] my moves will definitely become active
[7:49] before his after my crouching medium
[7:51] kick where you tries to hit a button
[7:52] only gets one frame to do so which is
[7:54] not quick enough and then my move
[7:56] becomes active the next frame some moves
[7:58] can be canceled by special moves you
[7:59] look here we have the startup of light
[8:01] punch it becomes active for one frame
[8:03] but then we have the startup of her
[8:05] fuhajin that's because standing light
[8:06] punch is special cancelable we see one
[8:08] empty frame here so if Ryu tries to hit
[8:11] a button Ryu gets hit there's not enough
[8:13] space in between those two moves let's
[8:15] review every move has startup active and
[8:18] recovery for all their moves some moves
[8:20] can be canceled into each other which is
[8:22] called a chain also some moves can be
[8:24] canceled into a special move that's
[8:26] called a special chance a frame trap is
[8:27] when you throw at a move that's
[8:29] advantage and your next move becomes
[8:30] active before their move becomes active
[8:32] it's a trap because they think they can
[8:34] squeeze and move in and they cannot
[8:36] let's look at some cases where we can
[8:38] manipulate The Frame data to get even
[8:39] more Advantage the first is going to be
[8:41] Drive Rush Drive Rush is done by holding
[8:43] down the power and dashing if we don't
[8:45] use Drive rush or advantage to frame but
[8:48] if we drive rush into the same button
[8:49] we're Advantage six frame let's first
[8:51] look at the frame meter this purple
[8:53] color shows something new this is armor
[8:55] which we get off of the Parry when we
[8:57] hold Parry we get armor the same same
[8:59] thing as if we use Drive Impact there's
[9:02] a certain amount of frames that we get
[9:03] that is armored sending medium punch
[9:05] starts up in six frames however if we
[9:07] drive rush we see the startup of the
[9:10] move is now 17 frame that's because we
[9:13] have to run first before the move starts
[9:15] any move that you dry brush into you get
[9:17] four extra frames on hit or block so
[9:20] this move that is usually plus two on
[9:22] block is now plus six when we use
[9:24] crotchet medium punch after standing
[9:25] medium punch we traded because both of
[9:27] our moves became active on the same
[9:29] frame however if we were to drive rush
[9:31] now where you can't hit a button at all
[9:32] because there's no longer a gap in
[9:34] between those two but if we were to
[9:36] manually leave enough space in between
[9:37] those two moves we would see that it
[9:39] would counter hit and if we look at the
[9:41] frame meter we have just the frame there
[9:44] enough so that reuse move doesn't even
[9:46] start up sequences that were not
[9:48] advantaged so Ryu can counter attack
[9:50] before our move becomes active can now
[9:52] get plus four frames and we can act
[9:54] before Wii U does this could be tricky
[9:56] for the opponent because if they're used
[9:57] to counteracting after a certain move
[9:59] after Drive rush they might fool
[10:01] themselves and get hit by it or if they
[10:03] don't think they can act after a drive
[10:05] rush they might be susceptible to throws
[10:07] dry fresh can also augment things on hit
[10:09] standing medium punch is plus seven
[10:11] after Drive rush it is now plus 11 any
[10:13] move that's 11 frames or quicker will
[10:16] now combo a really damaging combo for
[10:18] jury is standing medium punch standing
[10:19] heavy punch but that does not combo
[10:21] dating medium punch starts up and
[10:22] becomes active after it hits Ryu Ryu
[10:25] enters it's done Jerry recovers and
[10:28] exits recovery starting up her next move
[10:30] now that move becomes active however
[10:32] becomes active after reuse hitstun wears
[10:36] off dry Rush will put Ryu in an extra
[10:37] four frames of hit stunt so that would
[10:40] have comboed and if we look at the frame
[10:41] meter my move becomes active it recovers
[10:44] my next move starts up becomes active
[10:47] and all the while Ryu is in hit stunt
[10:49] withdrive Rush adding those four extra
[10:51] frames on a drive thrust normal you can
[10:53] create new combos that wouldn't have
[10:55] been possible and get more damage now
[10:57] that we understand how the frame meter
[10:58] works we can creates situations without
[11:01] having to test for hours standing light
[11:03] punch is 5 frames advantage on hit if we
[11:05] were to drive rush we know that we can
[11:06] add four frames to it so we would be 9
[11:09] frames Advantage any move that is 9
[11:10] frames or quicker with combo we could
[11:13] just look at the startup here and press
[11:14] buttons warframes 5 frames 6 frame six
[11:18] frame 10 frame A-frame oh so if this is
[11:23] eight frames and after a dry brush I'm
[11:25] plus nine Advantage well that means
[11:28] standing light punch on a drive brush
[11:29] with a crouching heavy punch would work
[11:33] standing heavy kick is advantaged by two
[11:35] frames on hit so if we drive rush we add
[11:37] four that gives us six so any move that
[11:40] is six frames or quicker will combo
[11:42] after a drive Rush standing heavy kick
[11:44] since this move is six frames or quicker
[11:46] we can piece together this combo here
[11:51] let's look at projectiles we have the
[11:53] startup phase here but we also have this
[11:54] orange bar think of this projectile
[11:56] phase as the active and Recovery both
[11:59] together since the projectile becomes
[12:01] active and it's active all the way
[12:03] through and it's still active even after
[12:05] this phase I can't move until I reach
[12:07] this 30 frame Mark if we look at this
[12:09] situation on hit we can see the story
[12:11] play out so we have startup for 16
[12:13] frames one frame of the projectile phase
[12:15] and then 29 frames of recovery we must
[12:18] go through these 30 frame no matter what
[12:20] but what if I'm far away
[12:23] we have the projectile phase go through
[12:25] for 27 frames and then three frames of
[12:28] recovery 30 frames must pass for this
[12:30] projectile but something interesting
[12:32] happens I only recovered for three frame
[12:35] if we look at this situation up close
[12:37] Ryu must recover out of hitstand for 31
[12:39] frames and 30 frames must pass by for me
[12:43] to act again which means I am one frame
[12:45] of Advantage if I let the fireball
[12:46] travel just a bit we see something
[12:48] interesting happen the projectile
[12:50] travels for 19 frames and on the 19th
[12:52] frame is when Ryu starts his 31 frames
[12:55] of hit stunt meanwhile I only have 11
[12:57] more frames to recover before I can act
[12:59] again that means Ryu enters his hit stun
[13:02] much later and I recover much sooner
[13:05] which gives me Advantage 19 frames 30
[13:08] frames must pass before I act again so
[13:11] if I can recover and my projectile
[13:13] travels I can have Ryu start his hit
[13:15] stun much later if I hit the Fireball
[13:17] the closest that I can I have to recover
[13:19] for 30 frames Ryu has to recover for 31
[13:22] frames putting me at one frame of
[13:24] Advantage but if I can make that
[13:26] fireball travel just a bit we see all of
[13:28] a sudden I'm six frames of Advantage I
[13:31] hit Ryu with a crouching medium punch
[13:32] and special cancel that to my Fireball
[13:34] the 15 frames go by and then the
[13:37] projectile traveled for six frames this
[13:39] is the frame where Ryu would start his
[13:41] 31 frames of hit stunt it's hard to tell
[13:43] because he's in hit stun throughout the
[13:44] whole combo but this is the frame that
[13:46] he starts his hits done on 31 frames
[13:48] after I am six frames of Advantage So in
[13:51] theory
[13:54] I can Cobble after the fireball because
[13:56] I am plus six any move that is 6 frames
[13:58] or quicker will work this is a sneaky
[14:01] way to augment Frame data because you
[14:02] can allow your Fireball to travel and
[14:04] give you bigger frame advantage in this
[14:06] case here I am minus and I cannot attack
[14:08] before Ryu attack however if I let my
[14:11] Fireball travel just a bit
[14:13] I can attack before Ryu and in some
[14:15] cases leave really nasty traps wherever
[14:17] you think he's free to attack and he's
[14:18] actually not
[14:20] all right
[14:28] this was a hard task I wanted to explain
[14:30] a really hard Concept in a precise and
[14:33] concise way so that even beginners can
[14:35] understand it there's anything you don't
[14:36] understand please ask in the comments
[14:38] and if this helped out in any way please
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[14:41] like content like this and I hope I did
[14:43] a good job because I want you to enjoy
[14:44] Street Fighter 6 because sometimes pain
[14:46] points can be relieved by having more
[14:48] information if you want to get better at
[14:50] Street Fighter 6 subscribe to the
[14:51] channel and on screen will be a video
[14:52] that should help you on your journey now
[14:54] that you understand Frame data and the
[14:56] frame meter I'm sure you'll be able to
[14:57] understand this video a lot better
[14:58] hopefully you enjoy I'll see you in the
[15:00] next one have a good one