What is Frame Data? Street Fighter 6 Frame Meter Guide

[00:00] what is Frame data and what is the frame

[00:02] meter what are all these colors here

[00:04] what am I supposed to do with all this

[00:05] information well by the end of the video

[00:07] you will have a firm understanding of

[00:09] what Frame data is so that you can make

[00:10] better decisions and win more games

[00:12] first let's turn on the frame meter so

[00:14] hit start and we're going to scroll over

[00:15] to screen display settings and we're

[00:17] going to turn on the frame meter we're

[00:19] gonna see two rows of boxes each of them

[00:21] representing a frame the top row will be

[00:23] ours and the bottom will be our opponent

[00:24] to understand what these funny colors

[00:26] mean we must first understand a few key

[00:28] points so I'm going to play a clip from

[00:30] an unreleased video I did on Frame data

[00:31] I recently made a video about Frame data

[00:34] it is the logic and reason behind

[00:36] everything in fighting games as at the

[00:37] time of this recording modern fighting

[00:39] games run at 60 frames a second frames

[00:41] are the measurement of speed referring

[00:42] to a normal or a command every second

[00:45] that passes 60 frames also pass broken

[00:47] down into three stages startup active

[00:50] and Recovery let's first look at stage

[00:52] two the active face active frames refer

[00:55] to the frames in which your move can hit

[00:57] an opponent we start at step two because

[00:58] when we think about a move we think

[01:00] about hitting the move and the only part

[01:02] of the move that hits the opponent is

[01:03] the active phase and the active phase is

[01:05] represented on the frame meter by the

[01:07] purple bars let's look at go osatsu when

[01:09] I use this move she has to spin around

[01:11] first and then she connects with the

[01:12] opponent during these 17 frames of

[01:14] startup jury cannot attack Ryu it is

[01:17] only after the 17 frames during the

[01:19] purple phase where she can actually

[01:20] connect with Ryu let's now double back

[01:23] and talk about the first stage startup

[01:25] startup refers to the amount of frames

[01:27] that must pass before your move becomes

[01:28] active the recovery phase refers to the

[01:30] amount of frames your move must complete

[01:32] before you are able to act again to put

[01:34] it simply startup refers to the wind-up

[01:36] of the move active refers to hitting the

[01:39] opponent and Recovery refers to her

[01:41] reeling her arm back before she can do

[01:42] her next attack jury cannot act again

[01:44] until she is out of recovery or when

[01:46] those blue bars pass when we collided

[01:48] with Ryu we saw another bar the Bottom

[01:50] bar is reusebar and the yellow bars

[01:52] refer to stunned when we hit Ryu we see

[01:54] startup active and stun starts on the

[01:57] first frame of active Ryu was stunned

[01:59] longer from the hit than jury had to

[02:01] recover the difference between the

[02:03] amount of hits done versus the amount of

[02:04] recovery is called advantage since jury

[02:07] recovers seven frames before Ryu gets

[02:09] out of hit stun jury is plus seven on

[02:11] advantage or you might have heard plus

[02:13] seven on hit since I'm seven frames

[02:15] ahead if I throw out a move after the

[02:17] medium punch that's 5 frames if we look

[02:19] at the fraying meter the first move

[02:21] recovers the next move starts up becomes

[02:24] active and then recovers and if we look

[02:26] at the bottom meter where U was in

[02:28] stunned the whole time he never had a

[02:30] chance to recover this is called a combo

[02:32] more specifically this is called a link

[02:33] a link is when you use a move that

[02:35] leaves you at advantage and your next

[02:36] move starts up so fast your enemy never

[02:39] leaves hits done your first move must

[02:41] completely recover before you use the

[02:43] second move but the key part is the

[02:45] enemy must never leave hits done if our

[02:47] second move becomes active after Ryu has

[02:49] left hits done if we look at the frame

[02:51] meter where you had time to recover and

[02:53] he's able to block this is not a link so

[02:55] how can we tell what links and doesn't

[02:56] link the frame meter will tell us

[02:58] startup frames and it also will tell us

[02:59] Advantage if we we hit for you it tells

[03:01] us stand medium punch starts up in six

[03:03] frames and on hit it leaves us Advantage

[03:05] by 7 frame if we use a move it tells us

[03:07] startup frames or all of her moves even

[03:10] on width since we're advantaged by seven

[03:12] frames any move that starts up in 7

[03:13] frames or quicker will link crashing

[03:15] medium punch is six frame so seven

[03:18] frames Advantage six frame startup that

[03:20] links stand light kick is by frame so

[03:23] seven frames five frames that links

[03:25] startup active recovery startup active

[03:28] recovery and on the bottom we use it hit

[03:31] stun the whole time what if for you is

[03:33] blocking if we hit start go to dummy

[03:35] settings we can turn block all on now

[03:37] when we use that same move we get a

[03:39] different piece of information it says

[03:41] we're advantage to frame rather than

[03:43] being seven that's because the amount of

[03:45] frames you get on block is different

[03:47] from the amount of frames that you get

[03:48] on hit so after I use stay in medium

[03:50] Punch If review blocks I am only ahead

[03:52] of him by two frame what does it mean to

[03:54] be advantage two frames on block it

[03:56] typically is referred to as plus two on

[03:58] block so if you ever hear that that

[04:00] means your two advantage on block plus

[04:02] two I can act two frames before Ryu and

[04:04] if we look at the frame meter we see it

[04:06] here he recovers out of block stun and

[04:08] there's two empty frames and then he

[04:09] enters block stun again well what would

[04:11] happen if were you hit a button we can

[04:13] go into the dummy settings go over to

[04:15] reversal settings and on block reversal

[04:17] we can set it to be crouching light

[04:19] punch we'll turn that on when I hit him

[04:22] he will respond with the crouching light

[04:24] pump the frame meter shows my move

[04:25] startup was active for five frames and

[04:28] recovered for 12 frames meanwhile Ryu

[04:30] was in Block stun for 19 frames and then

[04:33] he was able to start up his move became

[04:35] active and then he recovered let's look

[04:37] at a situation where Jerry would take

[04:39] advantage of her two frame Advantage if

[04:40] we were to hit medium punch and then

[04:42] light kick you see here on the frame

[04:44] meter startup active recovery and her

[04:47] next move startup active and recovery on

[04:50] reusebar he was in Blackstone this whole

[04:52] time tried to start up but then my move

[04:55] became active and then he was stuck in

[04:57] hit stunt the logic is in the frame

[04:59] meter Ryu was stuck in Block stun this

[05:01] whole time tried to hit a button

[05:03] afterwards and then my move became

[05:04] active and stuffed his this results in a

[05:07] counter hit setup or it's commonly

[05:08] called a frame trap a frame trap is a

[05:10] sequence of moves that leaves a small

[05:11] Gap too small for the opponent's move to

[05:14] become active Meanwhile my move can

[05:15] become active before his and I went out

[05:18] did we need to have the frame meter on

[05:19] to find this out no technically we could

[05:21] just press button and see what works but

[05:24] why go through this trouble turn the

[05:25] frame meter on We Can Make a Better plan

[05:27] reuse quickest button is four frames and

[05:29] we can see that on the frame meter on

[05:31] here it says his startup was for frame

[05:32] so if we're plus two on this situation

[05:34] long as my move becomes active here my

[05:37] next move will be out his startup of his

[05:39] next move we can see that in action like

[05:41] this

[05:42] startup active recovery reuse in Block

[05:46] stun my move starts up in one

[05:49] two three four fifth frame becomes

[05:52] active while his move is still trying to

[05:54] start up his move would have become

[05:56] active on this Frame here it didn't have

[05:58] a chance to because my move was already

[06:00] active what happens if two moves become

[06:02] active on the same exact brain well that

[06:04] results in a trade both of our moves

[06:06] enter the active phase and we both got

[06:08] hit at the same time so we both entered

[06:11] stun at the same time why did Ryu

[06:13] recover after I recovered if we both hit

[06:15] each other at the same time Ryu use the

[06:17] light attack I used a medium attack

[06:19] usually mediums give more hits than

[06:21] light attacks this could also lend

[06:23] itself to this interesting situations

[06:24] called trade combos based on what we

[06:27] learned since I recovered before Ryu and

[06:29] I'm Advantage 8 frames any move that is

[06:31] 8 frames or quicker should be able to

[06:33] combo even though we traded let's look

[06:35] at another unique situation by you

[06:37] standing light punch I'm disadvantage to

[06:40] frame so if I hit light punch and then

[06:41] hit light punch again I get beat out

[06:43] because on disadvantage 2 frames and Ryu

[06:45] gets to act first Ryu recovers before I

[06:48] do and he recovers two frames before me

[06:49] his move starts up even before I recover

[06:52] from my first move his light punch

[06:54] becomes active before my light punch

[06:56] becomes active so what happens here

[06:59] wait doesn't that disprove what I just

[07:02] said let's look at these situations side

[07:04] by side the situation on the left shows

[07:06] startup active recovery startup and then

[07:09] I got beat trying to become active the

[07:12] situation on the left shows something

[07:13] different startup active recovery but no

[07:17] startup I go straight to the active

[07:19] phase some moves can be chainable which

[07:21] means there's no startup on the second

[07:22] move it goes from recovery straight to

[07:24] active for the second move Ryu has to

[07:26] recover and tries to go start up but

[07:29] gets hit and goes into recovery jury's

[07:31] feng shui engine works in Reverse

[07:32] instead of cutting the startup it cuts

[07:35] the recovery of all of our string we

[07:36] have here startup active startup active

[07:39] startup active so if any of Jerry's feng

[07:41] shui strings leave a big enough Gap that

[07:43] Ryu tries to match through as we see

[07:45] here that means he will get hit because

[07:47] my moves will definitely become active

[07:49] before his after my crouching medium

[07:51] kick where you tries to hit a button

[07:52] only gets one frame to do so which is

[07:54] not quick enough and then my move

[07:56] becomes active the next frame some moves

[07:58] can be canceled by special moves you

[07:59] look here we have the startup of light

[08:01] punch it becomes active for one frame

[08:03] but then we have the startup of her

[08:05] fuhajin that's because standing light

[08:06] punch is special cancelable we see one

[08:08] empty frame here so if Ryu tries to hit

[08:11] a button Ryu gets hit there's not enough

[08:13] space in between those two moves let's

[08:15] review every move has startup active and

[08:18] recovery for all their moves some moves

[08:20] can be canceled into each other which is

[08:22] called a chain also some moves can be

[08:24] canceled into a special move that's

[08:26] called a special chance a frame trap is

[08:27] when you throw at a move that's

[08:29] advantage and your next move becomes

[08:30] active before their move becomes active

[08:32] it's a trap because they think they can

[08:34] squeeze and move in and they cannot

[08:36] let's look at some cases where we can

[08:38] manipulate The Frame data to get even

[08:39] more Advantage the first is going to be

[08:41] Drive Rush Drive Rush is done by holding

[08:43] down the power and dashing if we don't

[08:45] use Drive rush or advantage to frame but

[08:48] if we drive rush into the same button

[08:49] we're Advantage six frame let's first

[08:51] look at the frame meter this purple

[08:53] color shows something new this is armor

[08:55] which we get off of the Parry when we

[08:57] hold Parry we get armor the same same

[08:59] thing as if we use Drive Impact there's

[09:02] a certain amount of frames that we get

[09:03] that is armored sending medium punch

[09:05] starts up in six frames however if we

[09:07] drive rush we see the startup of the

[09:10] move is now 17 frame that's because we

[09:13] have to run first before the move starts

[09:15] any move that you dry brush into you get

[09:17] four extra frames on hit or block so

[09:20] this move that is usually plus two on

[09:22] block is now plus six when we use

[09:24] crotchet medium punch after standing

[09:25] medium punch we traded because both of

[09:27] our moves became active on the same

[09:29] frame however if we were to drive rush

[09:31] now where you can't hit a button at all

[09:32] because there's no longer a gap in

[09:34] between those two but if we were to

[09:36] manually leave enough space in between

[09:37] those two moves we would see that it

[09:39] would counter hit and if we look at the

[09:41] frame meter we have just the frame there

[09:44] enough so that reuse move doesn't even

[09:46] start up sequences that were not

[09:48] advantaged so Ryu can counter attack

[09:50] before our move becomes active can now

[09:52] get plus four frames and we can act

[09:54] before Wii U does this could be tricky

[09:56] for the opponent because if they're used

[09:57] to counteracting after a certain move

[09:59] 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

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[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