Street Fighter 6 Frame Data Explained! Easy To Follow Guide

[00:00] hey what's up everyone it's Mir and

[00:03] finally in today's video we're going to

[00:05] approach the dreaded Frame data I know

[00:08] that this is a topic that a lot of

[00:09] people find really difficult to

[00:11] understand especially because they see a

[00:13] lot of numbers that they don't

[00:14] necessarily know what it means but I

[00:17] will try to break it down in the

[00:18] simplest possible terms I'll start from

[00:21] something very basic and then later on

[00:22] in the video I'm going to look at the

[00:24] topic more in depth and at the end we

[00:26] can even read some Frame data charts let

[00:29] me explain how they work for you if

[00:31] there's anything that I want you to

[00:32] remember from this video before you shut

[00:34] it off is that Frame data and frames are

[00:38] a measurement of time and the properties

[00:41] of moves and thanks to these

[00:43] measurements we can understand how they

[00:45] behave in game and how we can best use

[00:48] them to our advantage

[00:49] so first things first let's understand

[00:52] what a frame means in the context of our

[00:56] video game so computer and consoles

[00:58] Hardware render images on screen so that

[01:00] we can play our video game and every

[01:02] individual image is called a frame which

[01:06] are currently actively displayed a

[01:07] certain frequency which is the frame

[01:10] rate so right now for example Street

[01:12] Fighter 6 runs at a constant frame rate

[01:15] of 60 frames per second so 60 images per

[01:19] second and you can see for example if I

[01:21] slow the game down to 50 which is a

[01:24] feature that we have available in

[01:26] training mode you'll see that it's a

[01:28] little bit choppier and this is because

[01:29] the game is now running basically at 30

[01:32] frames per second which is half the

[01:35] speed

[01:36] so again what this means is that one

[01:38] frame is 1 60th of a second and this is

[01:42] the basic unit of measurement on which

[01:44] the game logic runs on you might wonder

[01:48] why we're not talking about fractions of

[01:49] a second like milliseconds and this is

[01:52] because one frame is the equivalent of

[01:55] 16.6666 milliseconds and you know it's a

[01:58] little bit unwieldy so we just use the

[01:59] frames instead now that we know that the

[02:02] game always runs at a fixed frame rate

[02:03] of 60 frames per second we can use this

[02:06] Frame as a measurement of time and if

[02:09] you look at anything in the game it

[02:11] could be an attack like a jab a medium

[02:13] punch heavy punch whatever a jump back

[02:16] dash all of this can be measured in

[02:18] frames we can break it down uh to its

[02:22] basic you know you know the measurement

[02:23] and see how many frames does it take for

[02:25] this move to complete like how many

[02:27] friends does it take for my draft to

[02:29] complete from a heavy punch to complete

[02:30] from a jump to complete and so on

[02:32] in the terms of 346 and almost every

[02:36] fighting game every action is consistent

[02:38] so every time I press my lug punch it

[02:40] will always take the same amount of

[02:42] frames now one way to count frames would

[02:44] be to you know have a recording and then

[02:46] slow it down and count each frame

[02:48] individually but luckily enough we don't

[02:49] have to do that because in training mode

[02:51] if you open your menu and you go to

[02:54] screen display settings here we will

[02:57] have this option frame meter which we

[02:59] can turn on and it gives this bar at the

[03:02] bottom of the screen which is a very

[03:03] useful tool to help and count frames as

[03:07] you can see whenever I press a button it

[03:08] will be displayed at the bottom how many

[03:10] frames it takes in this case it's a

[03:13] total of 13 frames for my standing light

[03:16] punch and as you see every time I press

[03:18] it it says 13 frames every time if I

[03:21] change the attack you'll see it's a

[03:22] different amount of total frames and

[03:25] again it's consistent it's always the

[03:27] same of course knowing the total amount

[03:30] of frames of a move is only scratching

[03:32] the surface it can only tell us so much

[03:34] it is mostly useful for movement like a

[03:37] jump or a back dash a forward Dash which

[03:40] don't have any special properties

[03:42] because they're not attacks so the total

[03:44] duration is really the only thing that

[03:46] we care about but it doesn't tell us

[03:48] very much about for example normal moves

[03:51] or special moves again if you look at

[03:54] the frame tool you can see how every

[03:56] move is divided into three color-coded

[03:59] sections and this is where Frame data

[04:01] starts getting really interesting

[04:03] any attack can be divided into three

[04:06] different parts there's the startup

[04:07] which you see in green the active frames

[04:10] which are in red and then the recovery

[04:12] in blue the startup is the amount of

[04:15] time it takes for the attack to be able

[04:17] to hit the opponent so it's all the

[04:20] frames before the attack is actually an

[04:22] attack so as the name implies the

[04:25] startup of the move usually light

[04:27] attacks a very fast startup a medium

[04:29] attacks are a little bit slower and

[04:31] Heavies are slower still this is not

[04:33] necessarily the case there's plenty of

[04:35] attacks that have maybe a total duration

[04:37] that is very long like for example uh

[04:39] Jamie's VP as you can see the tall

[04:42] duration is a 66 frames which is quite a

[04:45] lot but the startup is comparatively

[04:47] quite fast another example would be uh

[04:50] is any heavy punch here which again

[04:52] quite long total duration but actually

[04:55] relatively fast startup some attacks are

[04:58] slow enough that you can actually react

[04:59] and block them in time and this is most

[05:01] common with certain over heads for

[05:04] example a Jamie silver head here is slow

[05:08] enough that it should be reactable if

[05:09] you're looking out for it the second

[05:11] part of the attack in red is the active

[05:14] window for active frames this is the

[05:16] amount of time the attack stays out and

[05:19] is able to hit the opponent so usually

[05:22] attacks are active just for a couple of

[05:25] frames like for example the standing

[05:27] light punch here and we can see standing

[05:29] medium punches active for a total of

[05:31] four frames standing heavy kick is

[05:33] active for three some attacks are active

[05:35] for longer usually special moves for

[05:37] example this DP is seven frames active

[05:40] and this determines again the amount of

[05:42] time the move stays out there so that it

[05:45] can hit the opponent so for example good

[05:48] and tiers tend to be active for a very

[05:50] long time which means that you don't

[05:52] have to be as precise for the timing

[05:55] when you're trying to hit an opponent

[05:56] that is jumping in on you for example

[05:58] however some attacks are active for an

[06:01] unusual amount of time very long in fact

[06:03] then this is most common in projectiles

[06:06] as the projectile is basically active

[06:08] all the way to the other side of the

[06:09] screen depending on the move of course

[06:11] another good example would be uh Chang

[06:14] Lee's level one as long as the

[06:16] projectile stays on screen that is all

[06:18] active frames and you can hit the

[06:19] opponent during those active frames

[06:22] foreign

[06:26] as you see I walked in there really

[06:28] really late and I still got hit after

[06:31] the active frames are over we have the

[06:33] recovery frames so for example in the

[06:35] case of Jimmy's steny heavy kick here we

[06:37] have 21 frames indicated in blue that's

[06:39] the recovery and what that means is that

[06:41] during recovery I'm unable to perform

[06:43] any actions usually this includes

[06:46] blocking attacking throws using movement

[06:49] using other moves and stuff like that so

[06:51] when I press sending heavy kick even if

[06:53] I hold up I have to wait until the move

[06:55] is done if I want to jump as I can

[06:58] demonstrate right here this is true for

[07:00] anything like a four dash or a back Dash

[07:03] as you see nothing came out because I

[07:05] did it before the move was over even

[07:07] pressing other buttons I couldn't press

[07:09] anything there I have to wait until the

[07:11] move is over for it to come out

[07:13] there are some exceptions uh like for

[07:15] example you can block out of the

[07:17] recovery of Perry but for the most part

[07:19] 99 of the cases during recovery you

[07:21] cannot perform any action at all One

[07:24] Last Thing Worth explaining that I kind

[07:25] of glossed over intentionally is that

[07:27] you can see that the frames in green

[07:30] that tell us about the startup at the

[07:32] bottom are different than what the game

[07:34] calls a startup as you see there's only

[07:37] five green frames and then the startup

[07:39] is listed as six that is because

[07:41] traditionally uh the startup includes

[07:44] the first active frames so in this case

[07:47] it means that there's five frames where

[07:49] nothing happens when I press a standing

[07:51] medium punch on Ryu and then on the

[07:53] sixth frame I'm actually able to hit the

[07:56] opponent so effectively the startup is

[07:59] uh five frames plus the first active

[08:02] frame which gives a six and this is what

[08:04] the game is trying to convey

[08:06] all of this combined gives us a lot of

[08:08] information on how moves behave some

[08:10] attacks that might have a very long

[08:12] duration like I sure you can which is in

[08:15] this case 65 frames for the heavy

[08:16] version even the light version is 47

[08:19] frames might have very fast startup

[08:21] another great example would be a reuse

[08:24] level 3 super even though it takes a

[08:26] long time to whiff this a total of 87

[08:28] frames it only has a 5 frame start which

[08:32] is not necessarily obvious looking at it

[08:34] another one would be attacks with a very

[08:36] long active window again in the case of

[08:38] a DP you can see how many active frames

[08:40] there are which makes them great and

[08:43] tiers for example as opposed to

[08:44] something like a jab which has barely

[08:47] any active frames there's attacks that

[08:50] have fast recovery like I said light

[08:52] attacks are great examples that don't

[08:54] have much recovery at all which you can

[08:56] use to for example hit an opponent

[08:58] safely while they're using an armor move

[09:01] and so on

[09:03] an example of a situation that is very

[09:05] common in Street Fighter 6 where

[09:06] recovery matters is dealing with Drive

[09:09] Impact as moves that have a long

[09:11] recovery period are much more unsafe to

[09:14] use against it as I won't be able to

[09:15] block in time so for example if I do

[09:18] standing heavy punch here even though

[09:20] I'm trying to block I'm unable to but if

[09:22] I were to do something like a light

[09:24] attack which has much faster recovery

[09:25] you can see how I can block in time

[09:27] which means I can do my own Drive Impact

[09:29] pack another example of what recovery

[09:32] matters is when you're playing a neutral

[09:34] and your Woofy moves maybe you're doing

[09:36] a buffer or whatever and moves that have

[09:38] long recovery

[09:39] are much easier to with punish for your

[09:42] opponent so sometimes using moves that

[09:44] have less recovery might be beneficial

[09:46] because it will makes you less

[09:48] vulnerable to with punishment now that

[09:51] we know startup and Recovery another

[09:54] extra tidbit of information is that in

[09:56] Street Fighter 6 if you're hit during

[09:58] 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

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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