@@jamaledwards8118 nah, it's just people has been doubting Rashid, Oilking and Gachikun is the only one pushing, their Rashid look so technical compared to anyone else. Rashid might be top 3 this patch
Match1: Phenom's checks and punishes were immaculate reaction timing is crazy. Even then it wasn't free at all. Zhen has great decision making but it was too hard to get in, understandably. Match2: RASHID SHENANIGANS /s Both players' whiff punish was on point and Chris definitely adjusted his agressiveness especially with the reversals but Rashid has sl many tools. GG March3: 15:41 DADDY DU showing out LET'S FUCKIN GO!!!!! Mena's decision making was crazy you can tell he knows this matchup like the back of his hand. The character changes. The two perfects. The amazing back and forth gameplay. This is my favorite match thus far. Congrars to Mena he is a prodigy. Match4: so fun to watch two characters with crazy mobility duke it out. Especially in the hands of thsse two titans. Seems like it came down to matchup knowledge(ex. 31:57 bad decision with the Blanka ball). Happy to see he adjusted so well tho. Rashid shenanigans DENIED🌬️🚫 Match5: so amazing how top level players liks Zhen make decisions in this situation(42:23) he backdashes Mena's sweep and drive rushes to punish. Insanely good decision making. Honestly dont know how he fell to losers' he has so much potential. Match6: imma be honest. The only reason X didnt 3-0 Chris was because he got too confortable after the first 2 games. Started making sloppy decisions. He completely had the read on him. Consistentaly anti-airing and catching hus walk-backs and button presses. The oldhead been playin this game for too long💀 Match7: this is such a season 1 match, but a high-level one ofc. Both players making mistakes based on matchup(such as priority on supers and such). Cant wait to see two of my favorite players improve in this game. However the commentators are right both players' neutral is immaculate. INSANE comeback from Gachikun i was honestly expecting Phenom to take it Match8: like i said before X is hella good at fighters in genersl, but he shows the exp difference with such clear reads even against a genius like Zhen. But Zhen was hanging in their making crazy decisions to keep up with an unpredictable player. Match9: Phenom's counter-pokes on defense are impressive and he always converts. Unc's level 2 prsssure didnt mean a thing to him😂seriously tho his resilience and discipline under overwhelming pressure is commendable. He's my pick to win the whole thing! Edit: well nvm💀 Grand Finals 1:31:15 like i said crazy unpredictable. Would you press buttons there? However it looks like it didnt save him from the mixup monster Gachikun. Still. X made it to Grand Finals using Blanka. Placing over a Ken and a Luke player. Man has crazy skills. Rashid is just too powerful in my opinion. He has so many options for mobility, pressure, defense; in the hands of a master Rashid player like Gachikun it's nearly and insurmountable challenge. Congratulations to him. This was such a fun tourney to watch I haven't been keeping up with tourney scene since SF6 dropped but im glad i caught this one.
i always knew zhen have it in him. if you take a look at his performance history since the beginning of sf6, he was not performing well at all, he did a small interview with tokido and you can see why he wasn't performing well, he stated he was very busy in life and i think he said with school or something, so he doesn't have much time to play or practice like the birds and other players and was surprised that they were able to be that good that fast (hint: they played the crack version). but until recently he's put in that training and look at what happened here? he 3-0 mena and also 2-0 mena before he 3-0 mena in this top 8 in the tournament here. but that's not the point, i knew he always had it in him because if you go back and look at sfl 2023 sf6, he 3-0 punk, and it isn't just he 3-0 punk, he 3-0'ed punk like punk never played sf before that's how good he is. i hope now he has time to practice and train because he's just getting started, imagine him taking the saudi arabia tourney and winning it all. anybody that can body punk like that SHOULD be signed cuz punk is signed too. so sign zhen yall won't regret it, he's only 21 years old his legacy is just begun. and just a reminder zhen is the guy who mena fought in cc 2023 in the grand finals, a quick backstory, zhen was a nobody coming out of nowhere and just ran through some of the top players in sf and almost won it all. he was stopped by mena who played luke, who was a broken character in the last season of sf5, that's how good zhen is, he almost won it all.
I remember seeing Zhen on Twitter expressing his frustrations on his job hunting. Guess he finally settled his troubles. Best wishes to him on his job and gaming career. I really want to see him winning a major soon enough. He has what it takes already.
AngryBird isn't even that good. Dude had 8 months to play the hacked version of the game before the official release. He won Evo because he had the knowledge of the game from the headstart. Soon after that he gets worst and worst placements in every tournament as other players catches up by figuring out the game and the meta. Players that are better than him are those that consistently reach top 8s like MenaRD, KnuckleDu and Gachikun.
@@skychaos87 considering my comment is about how well Phenom did (with Angry Bird not being the only top player to fall victim to Phenom), how good Angry Bird is, is irrelevant to my comment, but I take your point.
@@jayro792 Well that's my point, AB may no longer be a top player anymore given his tournament results. Phenom is doing great, but besting AB is no longer a feat to describe what he is doing is great anymore. I'd say he has the best Ken in the world right now, not AB.
It’s amazing Dee-Jay is still this strong, a bit of a needed damage nerf yet he’s still a problem. I think this might be a really balanced game as it progresses.
Gachikun and even now Oil King (who also mains Rashid in sf5) are proving that Rashid is a top-tier character. The balance patch actually makes Rashid even better. His lvl 3 is now a viable tool. Congratz to Gachikun and Oil King! Gachikun vs Phenom and Oil King vs Problem X were the best matches.. very close games. Zhen vs Mena was the most surprisingly match. Didn't think that Mena has a hard time going up against DJ's. Mena never used Blanka for some reason. It had to be a bad match for Blanka vs DJ. PS: Congratz to Chris Wong making to Top 8 as well. He has been very consistent with his Luke.
@@gameclips5734 true, but considering lights are your "go to" moves in various situations for all characters, their scaling weights slightly more than specific normals scaling.
@@gameclips5734 The lights were still a big factor, Luke for example was converting into waaaay too much damage from lights and DR, so they scaled both along with some other key normals of characters. It does play a big factor at ranks where people are able to hit confirm counter/PC hits
@@RanbuMotion the scaling on lights was already pretty big with DR, nobody was getting lots of damage off combos with lots of lights. The added scaling to normals that are used to whiff punish makes more difference damage-wise and those combos aren’t going to use any lights
@@Friedafterbirth they are used more yes, but in terms of the game feeling more balanced the light scaling probably isn’t making that much difference compared to combos that start with medium/heavy normals
Its kind of sad that M.Bison didnt make it into SF6. The way Zhen played him in 5 was so damn crisp and I wouldve loved to have seen him build on that.
zhen vs phenom was really great to watch, very stimulating. zhen gotta focus more on throwing fireballs and fake fireball because phenom was more focused on footsies and neutrals always taking microwalks and be just right outside of zhen's attack range, zhen really gotta focus agitating and predicting phenom's walk forward with fireballs and hit him with it and slowly widdle him down with it and close the gap where phenom is in zhen's dj attack range and pressure him from there, good job on phenom on mentally pressuring zhen down with slow microwalks and staying out of zhen's dj's attack range and once he has zhen in the corner the classic oki throw loop and mind game begins, which zhen needs to get out of. dj actually also has a great corner oki too, but phenom did a great job in mentally pacing the fight on his turn with great pacing and distancing not letting zhen dj's put him in the same scenario of corner throw loop oki's. zhen got some homework to do, i know he is one of the great if he can 3-0 mena like that, he should really study his round against phenom at 5:39 as phenom stuck at the corner he can no longer microwalk and zhen has his way with his pressure and dj's throw loop oki's, and phenom definitely became better at his throw loop oki style with ken.
@@liljohnson8878just because you dont like your life doesn't mean you should make others hate theirs go outside and feel great you're alive and stop hating
Is it just me or was the presentation of the awards very lackluster? It seemed like the presenter just wanted to get through everything as quickly and uneventfully as possible. Get hyped, man, you’re presenting awards in front of a room full of people that paid good money to see a tournament of their favorite players!
@@Cosmoman78 The reason he was Luke was because Zhen knocked him to losers side when he was Blanka earlier in the competition. Mena also went out of capcom cup to Fuudo’s Dee Jay, whilst playing Blanka so Dee Jay is a hard character for him.
@@jayro792 But he actually won against Dee Jay with Blanka tho before this fight happened. When you already 2-0 'ed using Luke, that's HUGE cue you should switch to Blanka.
@@Cosmoman78 He beaten Du's Dee Jay with Luke and when Du decided to switch to Guile Mena defeated him with Blanka. Both of his characters are good but against certain matchups Mena has to adapt much like other players in this tournament.
Damn, Mena is like 4 years younger than me but looks like 7 years older. It is good to be a champion but it is also good to take some care of yourself.
Zhen put 2-0 against Mena in pools then 3-0 in top 8. Zhen is certainly come for that revenge grudge match at capcom cup 2022 grand final by losing to Mena. 😜
@@_Kroaken_ He beaten DJ with Luke until Du decided to switch to Guile afterwards. Mena is great with both characters but much like Mena other players also adapt.
People crying and complaining that Rashiet is weak, Rashid has soooo many tools, is just people doesn’t know how to play him, his level 2 is an abomination of a super.
Mena have a weird curse where he dominate early scene but later fall hard after each patch later. Like SF5 where he won the Capcom Cup early scene and later can't keep up after season 2 released. SF6 seems like the same...
@@abc2390986 it still early. Later, he will be washed just like in SF5. Remember, he won capcom cup early SF5. EVO Japan doesn't mean anything against capcom cup. 1-2 years later, Mena probably can't keep up anymore in SF6. Let's hope I'm wrong though...
@@nowaylater80 You're right this isn't like Capcom Cup but Mena hasn't lost his touch, this just wasn't his night especially when the tournament is stack with amazing players. Speaking of CPT I believe UMA was suppose to be in this tournament but didn't go far in the bracket, I could be wrong tho or he didn't show up.
Perfect Parry has been implemented in such a terrible way. Really takes away a big part of skill in a matchup between opponents on all levels. You cant truly and comfortably setup frame traps because just holding a parry button will activate parry so if there is any intentional or unintentional gap in a string its possible to get a perfect parry into your own advantage. There is no high risk for committing to perfect parry unless the opponent KNOWS you want to parry and purposely holds out to go for a grab because you are holding the button on wake up or in between combo strings. That sounds like its a weakness for PP or Drive Parry in general, but its not. Just like in the corner, another terrible intentionally implemented “strategy” by the devs, throw loops. Throw loops for the majority of the cast are brain dead. You dont even need to know frame data. You throw, you walk forward, and you attempt to throw again. Some characters require a dash. More difficult ones you can time by inputting a button like a jab for what they call a frame kill to setup the timing to continue the loop. But just like a throw loop, you would probably rather take the throw, then attempt to throw tech, or jump because those can lead to being punished for huge damage. If you attempt a parry, your worst punish is a throw, and unless its a command grab character, a Punish Counter throw for 2-3k damage isnt as bad as getting caught in a frame trap or safe jump setup reset for 4k-7k damage. Cause usually when someone is going for a reset or continued pressure in that way, that have stock in their super meter that they are ready to cash out. That makes holding parry extremely powerful because if they are going for those frame tight setups or links, parry will activate automatically in between and likely if you a perfect parry and a huge opportunity to flip the match around. Even at high levels, players get into the flow and try and mix up their opponents, and for no mental thought at all, all you have to do is hold parry for a basic “block” or a perfect parry into a punish counter. Perfect Parry should be a 1-2 frame input. The game reads your inputs and if you are holding buttons. If someone is holding parry too long then they dont get perfect parry. Maybe even add like a forward input to further increase the difficulty for the attempt and commitment. Probably even a different animation like Upblock in MK1. If you attempt a perfect parry you should have more recovery if you fail the attempt. Not crazy long. But like 6-8 frames more recovery. But there should be more risk and SKILL for attempting a perfect parry. Just like a Flawless Block in MK1 that is a just frame block attempt. Flawless block in GGST which is a just frame block attempt. Low parry in Tekken which is a down forward input. These games you dont see Flawless blocks being abused damn near. In Tekken, if your low attempt is obvious, you get parried and blown up, but the risk to committing to it is leaving block to parry a low. Look how often we see Perfect Parry in SF6 compared to SF3 or these other counter mechanics in other games. At high level AND at low level. PP is too easy and strong compared to the cons it has. Tap Parry should, fishing for a perfect parry, shouldnt be a thing either. Thats what i mean it takes a certain skill factor away from the game because pros dont see the cons in it. Just tap parry…
Perfect parry is a 1-2f input lol (only your first 2 parry frames can activate a Perfect Parry). When you see someone parrying a light string they are not holding parry input during the whole thing.
@@TheHankScorpio a lot of them are holding parry, and you can check the replays to prove it. When it ACTIVATES during those first 1-2 frames when your meaty or frame trap setup connects, it triggers their perfect parry. Its not a skill thing. Ive seen people mashing parry and drive impact as well. And because how the mechanics work, they get away with it unless you LITERALLY go out of your way to wait for them to attempt it. Meaning, you have to stop whatever pressure you were already applying or wait for them to do something stupid; whereas normally you just so a setup on block thats like +3 and and follow up with a move with 6 frame startup because in SF6 nothing they can normally do startups up at 3 frames or less. They would need to reversal with an invincible move. However, with PP and DI, from frame one they can get those moves to activate, and during your frame trap setup, or meaty button on their wake up, if they were holding drive parry, or even mashing the button since most people dont press mp+mk these days, then instead of crushing them with a meaty move, you get PP’d on instead and punished for them mashing. So now you saying in every situation where I want to keep up the pressure, I have to stop my momentum, wait for them to try something, instead of hitting them for not respecting the frame data? Okay, so now every instance goes back to neutral until you can condition them to not do stupid stuff, because currently there isnt much downside to the stupid thing. Which is why you see pros mash that parry button even in high level fights in tournament. No downside for going for it in most situations except against a good jump in cross-up attempt whereas you may want to try and parry the cross up but end up getting thrown for the whiff parry. Outside of that, whereas the downside to mashing parry? There isnt. Its all upside. It needs to be looked at before it makes the game too lame to watch when everyone is just waiting to parry or punish parry. Dropping combos on purpose to fish out a parry. Sitting back on plus frames because if you throw out that meaty you afraid you might get PP’d on. No other fighting game has anyone fearing a defensive mechanic as much as people fear perfect parry, and its the most mentioned thing from commentators in tournaments. Perfect Parry. Perfect Parry. Is he going to perfect parry. Fighter is being caution of perfect parry. He’s fishing for perfect parry. Cool mechanic. Just needs a little tweak so its not so abused without getting punished for trying to abuse it.
@@oOYourdadOo Not true, you can't buffer a Perfect Parry - The first 2 frames after your parry input are the only ones it works on (regardless of if it comes out or you're in blockstun/hitstun/cinematic/round start/..., tapped or held). This info is readily available on various sources and training mode checking.
@@TheHankScorpio I was wrong about the holding. However, you can mash for perfect parry. You input just needs to luckily get pressed within that same 1-2 frames the attack is landing. I literally just went in practice to clip 3 separate attempts. And when i run into more people mashing I will be able to have the replay proof from those fights as well. Ive seen it people mashing in replays because they dont know when to do it skillfully. They just be guessing because they are getting hit and are trying to get you off of them. Their lucky guess when mashing gets them a punish counter 9 times out of 10. If they just get a normal parry, most times they get to block immediately after without getting punished for going for it. Only part of my complaint that was incorrect was the fact you cant holding the parry button down to buffer into a PP, but doesnt change the fact that you can still mash into to it. Its still a feature that needs a slight rework so that its not just getting spammed and thrown out there just because you think you will be safe after. No other fighting game lets you get away for trying to attempt a strong counter move without being at risked to get punished yourself. Simple as that.
@@oOYourdadOo You cant mash into it either. If you hit the parry before the 2 frame window and release the button, a human being is physically incapable of hitting the buttom with a single frame being off. Nobody can release an input intentionally and mash again on reaction. And if you mash parry and dont get the perfect youll mash out a normal parry which has an incredibly big punish window, especially after the akuma patch. And you didnt even know how basic game mechanics like parry works to begin with and youre flagging balance like a referee? Youre an idiot. You dont even know what youre talking about. Stay in World Tour Mode kid.
When MenaRD started playing Luke I genuinely lost hope for this game. It’s still really good but please for the love of God nerf Luke and buff everyone else specifically Jamie I just want bro to be good 😢
Gachikun is my favorite player to watch. Great run
Same
He is probably top 1 Rashid period. I have my gripes about Rashid gimmicks but he actually knows the character and the matchups well.
His mario play is god👍
Well deserved, Gachikun had grind Rashid like crazy and its pay off
You make it sound like gachikun hasn't been winning.
@@jamaledwards8118 nah, it's just people has been doubting Rashid, Oilking and Gachikun is the only one pushing, their Rashid look so technical compared to anyone else.
Rashid might be top 3 this patch
@@beaver_eater2447a tiny nerf to level2 but a huge buff to his weak tools. As a Rashid main I’m eating good this patch😂
Match1: Phenom's checks and punishes were immaculate reaction timing is crazy. Even then it wasn't free at all. Zhen has great decision making but it was too hard to get in, understandably.
Match2: RASHID SHENANIGANS /s Both players' whiff punish was on point and Chris definitely adjusted his agressiveness especially with the reversals but Rashid has sl many tools. GG
March3: 15:41 DADDY DU showing out LET'S FUCKIN GO!!!!! Mena's decision making was crazy you can tell he knows this matchup like the back of his hand. The character changes. The two perfects. The amazing back and forth gameplay. This is my favorite match thus far. Congrars to Mena he is a prodigy.
Match4: so fun to watch two characters with crazy mobility duke it out. Especially in the hands of thsse two titans. Seems like it came down to matchup knowledge(ex. 31:57 bad decision with the Blanka ball). Happy to see he adjusted so well tho. Rashid shenanigans DENIED🌬️🚫
Match5: so amazing how top level players liks Zhen make decisions in this situation(42:23) he backdashes Mena's sweep and drive rushes to punish. Insanely good decision making. Honestly dont know how he fell to losers' he has so much potential.
Match6: imma be honest. The only reason X didnt 3-0 Chris was because he got too confortable after the first 2 games. Started making sloppy decisions. He completely had the read on him. Consistentaly anti-airing and catching hus walk-backs and button presses. The oldhead been playin this game for too long💀
Match7: this is such a season 1 match, but a high-level one ofc. Both players making mistakes based on matchup(such as priority on supers and such). Cant wait to see two of my favorite players improve in this game. However the commentators are right both players' neutral is immaculate. INSANE comeback from Gachikun i was honestly expecting Phenom to take it
Match8: like i said before X is hella good at fighters in genersl, but he shows the exp difference with such clear reads even against a genius like Zhen. But Zhen was hanging in their making crazy decisions to keep up with an unpredictable player.
Match9: Phenom's counter-pokes on defense are impressive and he always converts. Unc's level 2 prsssure didnt mean a thing to him😂seriously tho his resilience and discipline under overwhelming pressure is commendable. He's my pick to win the whole thing!
Edit: well nvm💀
Grand Finals 1:31:15 like i said crazy unpredictable. Would you press buttons there? However it looks like it didnt save him from the mixup monster Gachikun. Still. X made it to Grand Finals using Blanka. Placing over a Ken and a Luke player. Man has crazy skills. Rashid is just too powerful in my opinion. He has so many options for mobility, pressure, defense; in the hands of a master Rashid player like Gachikun it's nearly and insurmountable challenge. Congratulations to him.
This was such a fun tourney to watch I haven't been keeping up with tourney scene since SF6 dropped but im glad i caught this one.
This game is crack man. There were so many godlike matches. The patch is mad agreeable too (so far)
when mena lose all is ok 👍
i always knew zhen have it in him. if you take a look at his performance history since the beginning of sf6, he was not performing well at all, he did a small interview with tokido and you can see why he wasn't performing well, he stated he was very busy in life and i think he said with school or something, so he doesn't have much time to play or practice like the birds and other players and was surprised that they were able to be that good that fast (hint: they played the crack version). but until recently he's put in that training and look at what happened here? he 3-0 mena and also 2-0 mena before he 3-0 mena in this top 8 in the tournament here. but that's not the point, i knew he always had it in him because if you go back and look at sfl 2023 sf6, he 3-0 punk, and it isn't just he 3-0 punk, he 3-0'ed punk like punk never played sf before that's how good he is. i hope now he has time to practice and train because he's just getting started, imagine him taking the saudi arabia tourney and winning it all. anybody that can body punk like that SHOULD be signed cuz punk is signed too. so sign zhen yall won't regret it, he's only 21 years old his legacy is just begun. and just a reminder zhen is the guy who mena fought in cc 2023 in the grand finals, a quick backstory, zhen was a nobody coming out of nowhere and just ran through some of the top players in sf and almost won it all. he was stopped by mena who played luke, who was a broken character in the last season of sf5, that's how good zhen is, he almost won it all.
Problem-X easily defeats Woodley (#1 LCQ runner up) though... so that's not amazing. The fact that Zhen 3-0 Menard, now that's crazy!
I remember seeing Zhen on Twitter expressing his frustrations on his job hunting. Guess he finally settled his troubles. Best wishes to him on his job and gaming career. I really want to see him winning a major soon enough. He has what it takes already.
Problem X was so unlucky with that Lvl 3 not killing. I think that played on his mind after.
Don't worry. His character comes next month
Problem x ❤
He proved himself once again
Phenom knocked out Angry Bird the other day in the last 24 and went on to show how good he’s become in the last 8. Kudos to him 👏🏾
really ? nice , was it ken vs ken ?
@@Dennis-55 yes
AngryBird isn't even that good. Dude had 8 months to play the hacked version of the game before the official release. He won Evo because he had the knowledge of the game from the headstart. Soon after that he gets worst and worst placements in every tournament as other players catches up by figuring out the game and the meta. Players that are better than him are those that consistently reach top 8s like MenaRD, KnuckleDu and Gachikun.
@@skychaos87 considering my comment is about how well Phenom did (with Angry Bird not being the only top player to fall victim to Phenom), how good Angry Bird is, is irrelevant to my comment, but I take your point.
@@jayro792 Well that's my point, AB may no longer be a top player anymore given his tournament results. Phenom is doing great, but besting AB is no longer a feat to describe what he is doing is great anymore. I'd say he has the best Ken in the world right now, not AB.
Dang, you know mena is gonna be studying tf outta the problem X zhen set
Nuckle Du needs to study Zhen if he wants to beat Mena with DJ also.
He needs to study a treadmill...
@@intellectic9155 You're pathetic
@@sliding_by8607
Yeah and Du always lose to the same top players. He stay getting gatekept
@@ShinjiTimC i haven't payed too much attention but i've only noticed he always loses to Du.
It’s amazing Dee-Jay is still this strong, a bit of a needed damage nerf yet he’s still a problem.
I think this might be a really balanced game as it progresses.
His max DP punish in the corner ìs still 7500 😂
Gachikun and even now Oil King (who also mains Rashid in sf5) are proving that Rashid is a top-tier character.
The balance patch actually makes Rashid even better. His lvl 3 is now a viable tool.
Congratz to Gachikun and Oil King!
Gachikun vs Phenom and Oil King vs Problem X were the best matches.. very close games.
Zhen vs Mena was the most surprisingly match. Didn't think that Mena has a hard time going up against DJ's. Mena never used Blanka for some reason. It had to be a bad match for Blanka vs DJ.
PS: Congratz to Chris Wong making to Top 8 as well. He has been very consistent with his Luke.
That was cool to see mena clap extra hard for Zhen. He knew the deal.
Respect deejay and zhen
The scaling on lights is the biggest change, next to the new Drive Reversal. Game feels way more balanced.
they changed the scaling on loads of moves, it's not the lights making a huge difference.
@@gameclips5734 true, but considering lights are your "go to" moves in various situations for all characters, their scaling weights slightly more than specific normals scaling.
@@gameclips5734 The lights were still a big factor, Luke for example was converting into waaaay too much damage from lights and DR, so they scaled both along with some other key normals of characters. It does play a big factor at ranks where people are able to hit confirm counter/PC hits
@@RanbuMotion the scaling on lights was already pretty big with DR, nobody was getting lots of damage off combos with lots of lights. The added scaling to normals that are used to whiff punish makes more difference damage-wise and those combos aren’t going to use any lights
@@Friedafterbirth they are used more yes, but in terms of the game feeling more balanced the light scaling probably isn’t making that much difference compared to combos that start with medium/heavy normals
Even without Akuma, this SF6 was the best I've seen so far.
So many sets went down to the wire. These players truly are the best of the best.
problemx deserves wins for all he can do
congrats gachikun best rashid
Its kind of sad that M.Bison didnt make it into SF6. The way Zhen played him in 5 was so damn crisp and I wouldve loved to have seen him build on that.
It's crazy that you said this 3 days,then yesterday " Bison" Hey there🤣
First time since SF6's release where I can remember Mena just getting washed and the game has been out about a year. Shows how dominant he has been.
Or Blanka got nerfed and now they're seeing the holes in his game. I think he'll have to work harder now
Boygenetic hater, problem x got to grand fnal using blanka
@@bboygenetics9882 This is a dumbass comment. Mena got washed by the character who got the most nerfs in the season 2 patch.
Nah blacka was so busted, even after nerf it's still get top 2
@@bboygenetics9882 Blanka still top character, see Problem X's run
What a great line-up of legends 🏆
zhen vs phenom was really great to watch, very stimulating. zhen gotta focus more on throwing fireballs and fake fireball because phenom was more focused on footsies and neutrals always taking microwalks and be just right outside of zhen's attack range, zhen really gotta focus agitating and predicting phenom's walk forward with fireballs and hit him with it and slowly widdle him down with it and close the gap where phenom is in zhen's dj attack range and pressure him from there, good job on phenom on mentally pressuring zhen down with slow microwalks and staying out of zhen's dj's attack range and once he has zhen in the corner the classic oki throw loop and mind game begins, which zhen needs to get out of. dj actually also has a great corner oki too, but phenom did a great job in mentally pacing the fight on his turn with great pacing and distancing not letting zhen dj's put him in the same scenario of corner throw loop oki's. zhen got some homework to do, i know he is one of the great if he can 3-0 mena like that, he should really study his round against phenom at 5:39 as phenom stuck at the corner he can no longer microwalk and zhen has his way with his pressure and dj's throw loop oki's, and phenom definitely became better at his throw loop oki style with ken.
Every like will motivate me to finish my comic book
Burn it because we both know you're not happy with it 😂 that's why u can't finish
Replying just to say i didn't like
Jus have fun with it and finish it bro
@@liljohnson8878
This everyone is what you call a "Loser".
@@liljohnson8878just because you dont like your life doesn't mean you should make others hate theirs go outside and feel great you're alive and stop hating
Is it just me or was the presentation of the awards very lackluster? It seemed like the presenter just wanted to get through everything as quickly and uneventfully as possible. Get hyped, man, you’re presenting awards in front of a room full of people that paid good money to see a tournament of their favorite players!
They probably wanted to rush everything to buy enough time for the Tekken 8 finals
Lol 😅 Yes missed the energy of awarding
This is why I enjoy watching. The slightest mistake changes everything.
Du is helpless against Mena, its like he starts playing with no confidence 😅😅😅
Yeah, right. The same can be said about Punk. When he faces Mena he already lost the match before it started.
Yep. Du stay losing to Mena.
Which players are competing in this top 8? It's so hard for me to tell!
Gachichan did it the job.😎👍
love that guys reaction at 21:05
Hes feeling it 👌🏻
I think Mena could've gone farther if he wasn't so stubborn with his luke
Stubborn how?
@@jayro792He should've switched to Blanka.
@@Cosmoman78 The reason he was Luke was because Zhen knocked him to losers side when he was Blanka earlier in the competition. Mena also went out of capcom cup to Fuudo’s Dee Jay, whilst playing Blanka so Dee Jay is a hard character for him.
@@jayro792 But he actually won against Dee Jay with Blanka tho before this fight happened. When you already 2-0 'ed using Luke, that's HUGE cue you should switch to Blanka.
@@Cosmoman78 He beaten Du's Dee Jay with Luke and when Du decided to switch to Guile Mena defeated him with Blanka. Both of his characters are good but against certain matchups Mena has to adapt much like other players in this tournament.
Mena vs Du is so intense wth
Seeing Deejay in the top 8 warms my heart. #DeeJayMains
Damn, Mena is like 4 years younger than me but looks like 7 years older. It is good to be a champion but it is also good to take some care of yourself.
Can't wait for Elena and Terry Bogard to come into the game also Cody would be a great edition to SF 6.
Chris Wong always looks worried.
If you think about it, aren't all knockdowns forced knockdowns?
Gachikun won off the best defense. Well played by him.
Usually when they change seasons you see some characters you might not have but it seems like they didn’t change enough to mix things up
Great top 8
MenaRD was fifth?!? Was he carried by season one Luke and Blanka? Only time will tell.
He is still one of the best player in the world but some nerfs really hurt his character.
You cannot be serious gang
He's not carried by otherwise he wouldn't have made it into top 8, same goes to Chris Wong and others who characters got nerf but still made it here.
[LMAO] It was fun when he was using Birdie. Then went hill by using Luke who broke the meta in 5 & 6. Blanka is just broken in 6.
This gave me 2019 capcom pro tour vibes.
Hope this torney doesnt get Rashiid nerfed.
We are from a one character fighting game to about a four character game it seems. Hopefully with each patch we add more characters to SF6 lol
Gachikun VS. Phenom Winners Final was crazy
Menard on that Omec Easter Island Timeline.
Has there ever been this much Blanka action in top 8 before?
Phenom is insane with his Ken, nice game 👏🏽👏🏽
I Enjoy the double perfect of Mena and Nucledu
Why mena did not take blanka again zen? Any response
He used Blanka on Zhen in pool before this and it didn’t work either.
@@abc2390986 where i can see it?
Great Game Gachikun Love You Rashid❤️❤️
Yo phenom trying to steal the title of Footies god from momochi or something? Those spacing were clean
They need Alex Gill Urien Balrog Dudley Sagat and Vega in Street Fighter 6
1:07:00 rip camera
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ナイスガチくん！！
名だたるメンバーで日本人が優勝して嬉しい😂
Who put Mena in losers?
Zhen
Good looks
Zhen 5-0ed him
@@beam5655 😳. Wow.
Zhen put 2-0 against Mena in pools then 3-0 in top 8. Zhen is certainly come for that revenge grudge match at capcom cup 2022 grand final by losing to Mena. 😜
That grand final was free looking 👀.
Mmm nah. Might have been a different story if Problem X lvl3 CA killed to put him 2 games ahead.
It’s unfortunate that Europe doesn’t have a great Rashid that PX can practice with.
MenaRD didn't failed with Luke, I thought he would play with Akuma and Blanka but Luke wasnt his strong char
DJ a problem for any character. Mena will adapt for sure.
I don't believe, he lost against DJ's Fudoo in campcom too..
@@_Kroaken_ He beaten DJ with Luke until Du decided to switch to Guile afterwards. Mena is great with both characters but much like Mena other players also adapt.
Why Menard didn't use blanka vs zhen??
DJ beats Blanka
FINAL GAME FINAL MATCH
Mena is Very good but without Blanka stay Very hard. Blanka deserve Nerf urgently.
blanka is op
People crying and complaining that Rashiet is weak, Rashid has soooo many tools, is just people doesn’t know how to play him, his level 2 is an abomination of a super.
Phenom le mete 3-0 al ZHEN, va al lugar de Mena y le dice " a si es como se hace " jjaja
Es el personaje, Fuudo igual se bailó a Mena con Dee-Jay
"Eve's Bayou" Maynard.
Were skins not allowed or something ?
Nothing to lose for "his love". Everything to gain with " her life".😌🙏😌☺️😊
Isn't it cool how MenaRD actually looks like blanka a bit.
Blanka is not obese...
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Gachiku 🎉🎉great game vs phenom
rashid is such a slippery character, man wont sit still lol
Whoa wasn't there a major last week...
My commentary would be good like if i could speak my truth and not make the fhc cry 😂😂😂
42:49 love how Chen just fucking LOSES the ability to speak coherently for a moment
Where the Birds at?
Both lost in top 16/32
@@ThallesHGB oh, damn. Thanks for the reply!
Gachikun playing like a level god ..amazing
phenom looks like he's always holding water in his mouth
Que palizon le dieron a mena
zhen might be menas kryptonite lmao that man couldnt do ANYTHING
Wtf is that person standing up every time blocking the view. What a terrible camara work.
Thumbnail looked washed
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No Daigo in this tournament?
No Daigo in any tournament lol
Daigo was scheduled but did not make it.
Daigo couldn't participate this stack tournament due to his lack of visa travel renewal. Daigo mentioned in his twitter and stream channel.
As much as i hated Mena Rd's Blanka i just cant hate the guy such a good sport.
Look how they massacred my boy... dee jay, whyyy
I am always against blanka players lmao
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Dreamhack went to Japan
😊
Is it just me, or does Chris Wong look like he dun seen sum sh!t?
Jebailey really made an ass of himself with the Tekken tourney. Total negligence, then LAUGHING about costing JDCR on Twitter 😵💫
Zhen losing was the most satisfying thing in this tournament.
Does James Chan need to commentate top 8?
GG ❤❤❤❤
mena rd is character carried.. since i saw no blanka i knew he would be out same as problem x... glad they got bodied
Mena have a weird curse where he dominate early scene but later fall hard after each patch later. Like SF5 where he won the Capcom Cup early scene and later can't keep up after season 2 released. SF6 seems like the same...
How is this a downfall he literally just won EVO Japan.
@@abc2390986 it still early. Later, he will be washed just like in SF5. Remember, he won capcom cup early SF5. EVO Japan doesn't mean anything against capcom cup. 1-2 years later, Mena probably can't keep up anymore in SF6. Let's hope I'm wrong though...
@@nowaylater80he isn’t washed in late SFV either he won Capcom Cup IX remember
@@nowaylater80 You're right this isn't like Capcom Cup but Mena hasn't lost his touch, this just wasn't his night especially when the tournament is stack with amazing players. Speaking of CPT I believe UMA was suppose to be in this tournament but didn't go far in the bracket, I could be wrong tho or he didn't show up.
Bro just won EVO Japan and now got 5th at one of the most stacked tournaments of all time, how is he falling off.
who is the dum commentator asking if it's gonna kill EVERY CA
ggs
MenaRTRASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Perfect Parry has been implemented in such a terrible way. Really takes away a big part of skill in a matchup between opponents on all levels. You cant truly and comfortably setup frame traps because just holding a parry button will activate parry so if there is any intentional or unintentional gap in a string its possible to get a perfect parry into your own advantage. There is no high risk for committing to perfect parry unless the opponent KNOWS you want to parry and purposely holds out to go for a grab because you are holding the button on wake up or in between combo strings. That sounds like its a weakness for PP or Drive Parry in general, but its not.
Just like in the corner, another terrible intentionally implemented “strategy” by the devs, throw loops. Throw loops for the majority of the cast are brain dead. You dont even need to know frame data. You throw, you walk forward, and you attempt to throw again. Some characters require a dash. More difficult ones you can time by inputting a button like a jab for what they call a frame kill to setup the timing to continue the loop. But just like a throw loop, you would probably rather take the throw, then attempt to throw tech, or jump because those can lead to being punished for huge damage.
If you attempt a parry, your worst punish is a throw, and unless its a command grab character, a Punish Counter throw for 2-3k damage isnt as bad as getting caught in a frame trap or safe jump setup reset for 4k-7k damage. Cause usually when someone is going for a reset or continued pressure in that way, that have stock in their super meter that they are ready to cash out. That makes holding parry extremely powerful because if they are going for those frame tight setups or links, parry will activate automatically in between and likely if you a perfect parry and a huge opportunity to flip the match around. Even at high levels, players get into the flow and try and mix up their opponents, and for no mental thought at all, all you have to do is hold parry for a basic “block” or a perfect parry into a punish counter. Perfect Parry should be a 1-2 frame input. The game reads your inputs and if you are holding buttons. If someone is holding parry too long then they dont get perfect parry. Maybe even add like a forward input to further increase the difficulty for the attempt and commitment. Probably even a different animation like Upblock in MK1. If you attempt a perfect parry you should have more recovery if you fail the attempt. Not crazy long. But like 6-8 frames more recovery. But there should be more risk and SKILL for attempting a perfect parry. Just like a Flawless Block in MK1 that is a just frame block attempt. Flawless block in GGST which is a just frame block attempt. Low parry in Tekken which is a down forward input. These games you dont see Flawless blocks being abused damn near. In Tekken, if your low attempt is obvious, you get parried and blown up, but the risk to committing to it is leaving block to parry a low. Look how often we see Perfect Parry in SF6 compared to SF3 or these other counter mechanics in other games. At high level AND at low level. PP is too easy and strong compared to the cons it has. Tap Parry should, fishing for a perfect parry, shouldnt be a thing either. Thats what i mean it takes a certain skill factor away from the game because pros dont see the cons in it. Just tap parry…
Perfect parry is a 1-2f input lol (only your first 2 parry frames can activate a Perfect Parry). When you see someone parrying a light string they are not holding parry input during the whole thing.
@@TheHankScorpio a lot of them are holding parry, and you can check the replays to prove it. When it ACTIVATES during those first 1-2 frames when your meaty or frame trap setup connects, it triggers their perfect parry. Its not a skill thing. Ive seen people mashing parry and drive impact as well. And because how the mechanics work, they get away with it unless you LITERALLY go out of your way to wait for them to attempt it. Meaning, you have to stop whatever pressure you were already applying or wait for them to do something stupid; whereas normally you just so a setup on block thats like +3 and and follow up with a move with 6 frame startup because in SF6 nothing they can normally do startups up at 3 frames or less. They would need to reversal with an invincible move. However, with PP and DI, from frame one they can get those moves to activate, and during your frame trap setup, or meaty button on their wake up, if they were holding drive parry, or even mashing the button since most people dont press mp+mk these days, then instead of crushing them with a meaty move, you get PP’d on instead and punished for them mashing.
So now you saying in every situation where I want to keep up the pressure, I have to stop my momentum, wait for them to try something, instead of hitting them for not respecting the frame data? Okay, so now every instance goes back to neutral until you can condition them to not do stupid stuff, because currently there isnt much downside to the stupid thing. Which is why you see pros mash that parry button even in high level fights in tournament. No downside for going for it in most situations except against a good jump in cross-up attempt whereas you may want to try and parry the cross up but end up getting thrown for the whiff parry. Outside of that, whereas the downside to mashing parry? There isnt. Its all upside. It needs to be looked at before it makes the game too lame to watch when everyone is just waiting to parry or punish parry. Dropping combos on purpose to fish out a parry. Sitting back on plus frames because if you throw out that meaty you afraid you might get PP’d on.
No other fighting game has anyone fearing a defensive mechanic as much as people fear perfect parry, and its the most mentioned thing from commentators in tournaments. Perfect Parry. Perfect Parry. Is he going to perfect parry. Fighter is being caution of perfect parry. He’s fishing for perfect parry.
Cool mechanic. Just needs a little tweak so its not so abused without getting punished for trying to abuse it.
@@oOYourdadOo Not true, you can't buffer a Perfect Parry - The first 2 frames after your parry input are the only ones it works on (regardless of if it comes out or you're in blockstun/hitstun/cinematic/round start/..., tapped or held). This info is readily available on various sources and training mode checking.
@@TheHankScorpio I was wrong about the holding. However, you can mash for perfect parry. You input just needs to luckily get pressed within that same 1-2 frames the attack is landing. I literally just went in practice to clip 3 separate attempts. And when i run into more people mashing I will be able to have the replay proof from those fights as well. Ive seen it people mashing in replays because they dont know when to do it skillfully. They just be guessing because they are getting hit and are trying to get you off of them. Their lucky guess when mashing gets them a punish counter 9 times out of 10. If they just get a normal parry, most times they get to block immediately after without getting punished for going for it. Only part of my complaint that was incorrect was the fact you cant holding the parry button down to buffer into a PP, but doesnt change the fact that you can still mash into to it. Its still a feature that needs a slight rework so that its not just getting spammed and thrown out there just because you think you will be safe after. No other fighting game lets you get away for trying to attempt a strong counter move without being at risked to get punished yourself. Simple as that.
@@oOYourdadOo You cant mash into it either. If you hit the parry before the 2 frame window and release the button, a human being is physically incapable of hitting the buttom with a single frame being off. Nobody can release an input intentionally and mash again on reaction. And if you mash parry and dont get the perfect youll mash out a normal parry which has an incredibly big punish window, especially after the akuma patch.
And you didnt even know how basic game mechanics like parry works to begin with and youre flagging balance like a referee? Youre an idiot. You dont even know what youre talking about. Stay in World Tour Mode kid.
When MenaRD started playing Luke I genuinely lost hope for this game. It’s still really good but please for the love of God nerf Luke and buff everyone else specifically Jamie I just want bro to be good 😢
Mena como quiera es el mejor del mundo
😂