How To Read and Use Frame Data In Street Fighter 6

[00:00] how to read and understand Frame data so

[00:02] at first you see a bunch of numbers

[00:04] floating around everywhere and it could

[00:05] be very misleading and confusing let's

[00:08] go ahead and talk about it to help you

[00:09] understand it in a pretty simple way you

[00:11] already know what time it is hey

[00:15] yo let's get it they actually put the

[00:18] information in Street Fighter 6 for you

[00:19] it wasn't in Street Fighter 5 we had to

[00:22] get it out the mud but mother lovers in

[00:23] Street 56 got a little bit easier but I

[00:26] want to help you out some so when you

[00:28] look at this box you see a nice little

[00:31] bar going across the screen at the

[00:32] bottom right you see all these different

[00:34] colors and at first it could be pretty

[00:36] confusing on what it is right so let's

[00:37] go and talk about it all right so a

[00:39] frame f is the smallest unit of time

[00:42] used by the game with a single frame

[00:44] being 160th of a second the frame meter

[00:46] shows how much time character actions

[00:49] take to perform with each notch on the

[00:51] meter represent a single frame one F the

[00:54] startup which is the first color it it's

[00:56] it's like a it look like it's maybe like

[00:58] a teil green know like a light bluish or

[01:02] you get the point right it's the mother

[01:03] lover color that's right underneath

[01:05] where it say startup the definition of

[01:07] startup is the time between the start of

[01:09] a move and when it can connect so pretty

[01:12] much as we all know the Jabs are the

[01:15] fastest options in the game being the

[01:17] quickest and most likely not the

[01:20] farthest reaching but some characters

[01:22] have better Jabs than others so normally

[01:25] you

[01:26] dig as a that 35 six fastest frame full

[01:30] frames everybody can't have no one frame

[01:32] jab like me you know what I'm saying de

[01:35] that's that one frame jab right there Bo

[01:36] that's that

[01:38] unseeable I messed that up just now but

[01:40] whatever bloopers we a roll with it next

[01:43] is the total sounds exactly what it is

[01:46] right the time between the start of a

[01:48] move and when it ends the advantage so

[01:51] this is where it gets very important

[01:54] this is like the main thing that you

[01:55] need to know when it comes down to

[01:57] understanding Frame data the difference

[01:58] in time between when when you and your

[02:00] opponent can act after landing or

[02:02] mooving if this number is positive it

[02:04] means you can act before your opponent

[02:06] can so this will determine how you can

[02:09] apply pressure so for those who don't

[02:11] know not all characters in Street

[02:13] Fighter 6 have a normal that's actually

[02:16] Plus on block some do DJ jury and a few

[02:20] more I think Luke also right so if you

[02:22] press standing medium first and it's

[02:24] like plus two your next option will come

[02:26] out two frames faster before your

[02:29] opponent so if they decide to press a

[02:31] button you would actually land the

[02:32] counter it while it's not necessary to

[02:34] memorize any of these values to enjoy

[02:35] the game knowing which moves have

[02:37] fastest start up or allow you to act

[02:38] before your opponent after they block

[02:40] will undoubtedly prove advantous

[02:44] adventurous

[02:46] adventur I hate that word in

[02:50] combat so with what we read is like the

[02:54] key components to understand the frame C

[02:56] so these other colors this is like for

[02:58] those who get very deep into it pause

[03:02] the counter State the punish counter

[03:04] State the non- counteraction recovery

[03:05] hitbox appearance period like this is

[03:08] for the mother lovers that love framed

[03:10] out and want to break it down to

[03:14] science projectile like all that not no

[03:17] all right no negative I'mma keep it

[03:19] basic with you so let let go ahead and

[03:20] dive in understanding frames and what it

[03:22] is right so normally in this game Jabs

[03:26] are negative one on block so in reality

[03:30] if I do a jab by itself the opponent has

[03:32] a right to jab back which is true but in

[03:36] the course of Street Fighter 6 Jabs in

[03:38] this game actually chain together

[03:40] meaning I could put three and if they

[03:42] decide to press they will actually get

[03:45] hit so if I do something like boom into

[03:49] that if I do standing light into

[03:51] crouching light R would actually

[03:53] interrupt me because standing light does

[03:55] not chain into crouching light that is

[03:56] actually me attempting to do a frame

[03:58] trap that is not true uh my standing jab

[04:00] a full frame start up and with it being

[04:02] Nega -1 my crouching light is five

[04:05] frames meaning it's coming out one Fram

[04:07] slower Ryu in this situation has the

[04:11] advantage so anytime I go to do this I

[04:14] will get counter hit cuz it's not true

[04:16] if I decide to chain all three of my

[04:18] Jabs together Ryu would actually get

[04:20] counter hit because he's interrupting

[04:22] something that he cannot do even though

[04:25] it's negative one so back to what I was

[04:27] saying on normals for a certain certain

[04:29] characters being plus most characters

[04:31] don't have that benefit Ed in this case

[04:34] his standing medium is-1 crouching

[04:36] medium punch is -6 standing medium kick

[04:39] is5 crouching medium kick is ne1 so in

[04:43] reality if the opponent decides to poke

[04:46] with these options with no special

[04:48] Council follow-ups you have the right to

[04:51] attack this is where spacing comes into

[04:53] play taking notes away your opponent

[04:55] because sometimes even though this Bud

[04:57] may be safe on block and in terms of

[05:00] frames this is your chance to attack

[05:02] back if I'm hitting it from Max space

[05:04] range pause again if your opponent

[05:07] decides to press a button because they

[05:09] know it's safe you can actually set them

[05:13] up for a space

[05:14] trap right a space trap so in reality

[05:18] you're not wrong want to press right

[05:20] here because you have the right to do so

[05:23] but this is also a mind game because of

[05:24] where I'm at so up close if I decide to

[05:26] press it your button will come out

[05:29] before I even do a jab because it's ne5

[05:31] on block even if you decide to

[05:34] do your jab you're going to catch a

[05:36] clean punish counter this is actual

[05:39] punish let's go and talk about how drve

[05:42] Rush actually amplifies these buttons in

[05:44] order to apply more pressure so normally

[05:46] standard jab is negative one on block if

[05:49] you go to dry rush it adds plus4 so it

[05:51] becomes + three so in this situation

[05:55] this is where understanding Frame data a

[05:56] little bit more helps you put together

[05:58] frame trap so my standard jab is now

[06:01] plus three the fastest option in this

[06:04] game is a four frame so your question

[06:07] right now is what option can I hit after

[06:10] jab in order to cleanly counter hit my

[06:13] opponent if they try and hit their

[06:15] fastest jab this is where understanding

[06:17] your character comes into to play

[06:20] at if I'm plus three which option can I

[06:24] hit in order to contest that four frame

[06:26] standing medium for example it's a seven

[06:28] frame startup

[06:30] right so if I decide to press this after

[06:32] jab it's going to come out three frames

[06:35] faster it's going to meet on the fourth

[06:38] frame with Reus standard jab meaning

[06:41] it's going to force a

[06:44] trade it's going to force a trade in

[06:46] this situation that actually is still in

[06:49] your favor you're going to be plus 10

[06:52] now look at the range that you're at

[06:55] this is still pretty close so now that

[06:57] you're plus 10 at this range I can do a

[07:01] 10 frame startup move at best so Ed I

[07:05] have a 10 frame standing Fierce and I

[07:08] have a 10 frame standing medium kick

[07:10] meaning both of these are able to

[07:14] combo bada bing bada boom I can even

[07:18] follow up with standing fears right

[07:20] here pretty simple right understanding

[07:23] Frame

[07:24] data it's pretty easy right yeah I I

[07:28] know you know what I'm saying think

[07:30] Uncle nightmare go get you right you dig

[07:32] what I'm saying Uncle nightmare go get

[07:35] you right in these Street Fighter

[07:36] streets you D what I'm saying hold

[07:39] on you dig so that's when you want to

[07:42] force a trade now if you want to do a

[07:45] faster normal and just beat the Press

[07:49] more clean without forcing to counter

[07:51] hit you can also do that so once again

[07:53] standing jab is plus me on block in this

[07:56] situation

[08:00] I can actually hit a six frame button

[08:02] which is going to be one frame faster

[08:03] than standing medium kick and beat it

[08:08] clean this is beating a four frame clean

[08:11] because I'm taking that plus three off a

[08:14] standing jab and I'm doing a six frame

[08:16] start up it's coming out on the third

[08:18] frame which is going to beat the fourth

[08:21] [Music]

[08:22] frame it leaves you plus one so in this

[08:26] situation you can't get a clean combo

[08:29] but you could take advantage of that

[08:30] plus one and also stop your opponent

[08:33] from hitting another button if if they

[08:36] decide to mash in this situation also so

[08:38] I'm going to go ahead and do reversal

[08:39] after damage and set standing light

[08:42] punch

[08:45] again so after he gets hit he's going to

[08:47] press jab again now remember I'm plus

[08:50] one in this situation

[08:52] so I can hit another jab and beat him

[08:55] again for thinking that he could press

[08:56] another button

[08:59] [Music]

[09:04] bada bing bada boom so ladies and

[09:06] gentlemen if you're ever in a situation

[09:08] where you're playing a match and you

[09:09] feel like man my opponent is constantly

[09:11] getting away with buttons why is he

[09:13] constantly doing this because you're not

[09:16] putting together a Tex that's you know

[09:19] taking advantage of the frames that you

[09:21] have on hit and making him pay for one

[09:23] the press a button so of course this

[09:25] takes time it doesn't come overnight you

[09:27] know cuz this is where understanding

[09:29] each character comes into play at every

[09:31] character has different frame no

[09:33] different numbers on their Frame data so

[09:36] it's a little bit of homework a little

[09:37] bit of practice but we're not done

[09:40] yet so that's just diving into offense a

[09:43] little bit let's go ahead and talk about

[09:44] how we could use frames on the defense

[09:47] so I'm going to do something that's real

[09:48] basic let's say Ryu decides to have me

[09:51] in the corner low for a fireball some

[09:53] something real simple just to get the

[09:56] point across in in the

[09:58] video so so in this situation I'm going

[10:01] to be+ n this situation left me plus n

[10:04] because he basically did something that

[10:06] was completely unsafe so now since I

[10:09] know it's plus N I need to figure out

[10:12] how can I optimize this punish to get

[10:14] the most out of my

[10:19] combo so it looks like Ryu is going to

[10:22] be able to get punished by is Crouch

[10:24] kick because it's a n frame start up and

[10:26] I'm going to get the most out of that

[10:28] punish

[10:29] with that

[10:35] button look at that

[10:38] 3084 because this player decided to do

[10:41] something that put him in a very

[10:42] punishable situation so understanding

[10:44] frame that on the defense will allow you

[10:46] to get the most out of any situation

[10:48] that your opponent do and making them

[10:50] pay for it so if they do like a random

[10:52] sweep let's just say they do uh uh uh

[10:56] into that right in the back of your mind

[10:58] you saying dang when am I going to be

[11:01] able to attack in this situation you may

[11:03] actually attack with the wrong button

[11:05] because in your mind you're just trying

[11:07] to get your pressure started you're

[11:08] trying to get your back off the wall and

[11:10] you trying to push the favor back in

[11:12] your ties but understanding Frame data

[11:15] is going to allow you to turn the ties

[11:17] easier than you think so let's go and

[11:19] take a look at this strength donkey kick

[11:21] is -8 in this situation so once again

[11:24] the player decided to do something that

[11:25] was very

[11:27] disrespectful well I I wouldn't say dis

[11:29] disrespectful but pretty punishable

[11:31] right so since it's negative

[11:34] 8 I see that it has a eight Fram start

[11:38] up on his crouching medium

[11:40] punch so because I'm playing so patient

[11:43] and playing defensive I waited for my

[11:45] turn attack on uh uh uh you about to

[11:48] catch these hands you

[11:53] dig smile for the cam while up there

[11:56] play boy so ladies and gentlemen

[11:58] hopefully this this video was found

[11:59] helpful on how to understand Frame data

[12:02] at the simplest way of explaining it

[12:04] right because of course going into the

[12:07] the latest stuff like punish counter all

[12:09] that's not needed the main thing is

[12:11] startup total and the advantage or

[12:13] disadvantage of what it is on block so

[12:15] if it's if you have a dual option and it

[12:18] shows you that it's blue you have the

[12:20] right to press a button in this

[12:21] situation if it shows that you're red

[12:25] okay so if it shows anything that's

[12:28] above four you are able to be punished

[12:31] if it's -3 -2 And1 you're safe nothing

[12:35] can punish that you can do that at Free

[12:38] Will so standing medium is is negative

[12:40] one cannot be punished standing Furious

[12:42] you can't punish that if I go to

[12:45] do

[12:46] -5

[12:48] -6 or -12 you're are you are able to get

[12:53] punish big time and of course some

[12:55] normals are special cable so even if

[12:57] it's 56

[12:59] if your character has that button that's

[13:01] like that and they're able to special

[13:02] cancel it you can actually end it in a

[13:05] special push them further back a little

[13:06] bit more which will actually increase

[13:08] your chance of not being punished so

[13:10] spacing well understanding Frame data

[13:13] allows you to understand what's safe

[13:15] what's punishable what's special canable

[13:17] and where you could generally Place

[13:18] yourself at in order to keep yourself

[13:20] safe at all times this is why Frame data

[13:22] is strongly strongly strongly

[13:24] recommended for any player that's trying

[13:25] to take it serious so hopefully once

[13:28] again the video was found helpful leave

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