Gief's Gym - Learning Back Forward Charge Specials - A Lesson for Absolute Beginners!
Welcome back friends! I hope you all arrived ready to improve. Today’s workout will cover executing special inputs. Get ready to build that muscle memory!
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Learning Charge: The Back Forward Charge Motion - Absolute Beginners
The Workout – In training mode pick M.Bison vs M.Bison. Turn off stun to not waste time. Turn on Input Display so you can see exactly how your inputs are being read by the game. We are going to breakdown this motion to its most basic components:
In order to perform this motion let’s begin with Player 1 (player controlled) on the left and the dummy on the right. Now with the control stick start by holding the direction. Hold this direction for approximately 1 real time second. Now quickly move the control stick to and as your control stick moves to the position, press any kick button. M.Bison should perform a Double Knee Press (Knee Press, Scissor Kick). Now perform this motion 10 times in a row. If you fail to perform a Scissor Kick, try charging for a longer amount of time and make sure you are pressing directly toward your opponent, then start back at zero. Now switch sides and perform the Scissor Kick with Player 1 (player controlled) standing on the right and the dummy to the left. Inputs for the Scissor Kick motion will be reversed. Now with the control stick start by holding the direction. Hold this direction for approximately 1 real time second. Now quickly move the control stick to and as your control stick moves to the position, press any kick button. Now perform this motion 10 times in a row. If you fail to perform a Scissor Kick, try charging for a longer amount of time and make sure you are pressing directly toward your opponent, then start back at zero. Repeat this set from both sides until you no longer fail an input.
The Purpose – Back to forward charge motions are a classic special move input for the Street Fighter series and can be seen on a number of moves list across the entire cast of characters. Being able to execute a charge move and understanding the time required to charge an attack is a basic skill that one needs to master in order to become a better player. Make a special note of time required to charge this attack and recognize that not all charge motions require the same amount of time to charge. Variations Include:
Charging from any back direction - Back forward charge motions can be charged from any back direction. This means that you are able to charge a Scissor Kick by holding or even ! Charging with will allow you to charge while crouching so that you don’t have to give up space by walking backward. The important thing to note about charging with is that you can hold charge during a jump. Jump back charges immediately but you can jump forward and immediately charge backward as you jump through the air in order to have enough time to cancel into a charge once you hit the ground! You can begin holding charge at any time but keep in mind that if you cross up your opponent or your opponent crossed you up, you will essentially lose that charge.*
Charge Buffering - This is a technique which ensures that you will be able to begin charging immediately after the activation of a prior Back Forward charge move. This will slightly cut down on charge time if you should find yourself in a position where you might want to use a Back Forward charge move after having just activated a Back Forward charge move. To charge buffer M.Bison’s Scissor Kick perform the following motion:
(Charge) (then very quickly back to) +
Notice that Scissor Kick will still come out even though you ended the motion by pressing back + kick. By doing so, you are charging the moment that Scissor Kick has been activated. Test this out yourself and notice that the charge time required to throw the second Scissor Kick will be shortened slightly when utilizing a charge buffer.
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*Back Forward Charge moves can be Auto-Corrected both offensively and defensively in order to account for a cross up situation to maintain or release charge. This is a more advanced tactic not within the scope of this workout.
Posted Feb 12, 2016, 8:35 PM UTC