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How to Learn Any Character in 3rd Strike | Street Fighter Third Strike Guide

firefeure

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Usually people go straight to combos when learning a new character in 3rd Strike, but often this is not the best way to git gud. Today we're looking at a plethora of considerations for you to explore when picking up a new character in 3rd Strike.

LUA training mode - https://github.com/Grouflon/3rd_train...

Checkout Dtamraz who helped with ideas for this vid - @dtamraz4590

0:00 - Intro
0:39 - Which buttons earn knockdown?
2:10 - What buttons are particularly plus?
3:08 - What are my meter building buttons?
4:16 - Which buttons start up the fastest?
5:03 - Which buttons push away, which keep closer?
5:45 - Which buttons are the most damaging?
6:11 - Which buttons do the most stun?
7:02 - Which buttons are overhead?
7:45 - Which moves corner carry?
8:34 - What is my best kara button?
9:21 - What are my pokes?
10:00 - Are my character’s EX moves good?
10:52 - What moves can be kara’d?
12:08 - Do I have any 1 startup supers?
12:53 - What does my taunt do?
13:48 - How does my character's size affect their vulnerability?
14:43 - What ranges do characters land at after throw or super?
15:28 - What are my anti-airs?
16:11 - How can I land super?
17:25 - What is my corner spacing?
18:29 - Are my dashes airbourne?
19:02 - Do I have moves that close distance, where am I spaced afterwards?
19:40 - What are my chip options?
20:27 - Do I have wakeup reversals?
21:12 - At what ranges are parries valuable?
21:55 - What are my jump attacks?
23:25 - How can I earn meter on block safely?
24:06 - How do I escape the corner? Good options?
24:50 - How does my character set up tick throws and throw baits?
25:55 - What are my “outside” options against panicking opponents?
26:56 - What are my gimmicks and bait?
27:48 - What is my game plan?

20 Comments

@AndorBeenChillin 3 years ago

after watching the whole video i gotta say this guide is extremely easy to understand, and can translate well to just about any other fighting game, incredible work!

@feuras Creator 2 weeks ago

25:56 I fucking called it!

@Alex-ii9sp 2 years ago

I am a tekken player so some of these basic things like "which moves are overheads" i've never had to think about. Thank you for breaking things down in a way a beginner can fully understand which aspects of the game are important to focus on.

@m0xiemarlinspike 2 years ago

You’re a prince amongst men for making this

@abauba9086 1 year ago

this is such a great vid, not only for 3s (which is great for learning fighters in general) but for most fighting games

@shinshoryukennnnnnnnnnnnnn 11 months ago (edited)

This is incredible beyond words and one of the best videos ever made, period. This is gonna benefit so many people and can help even the most experienced players learn something. I really wish you get the subs you deserve to keep making more awesome incredible content like this.

@moreorless87 5 months ago (edited)

Excellent video, I do actually think 3rd strike is a good game to start off as a bit of a newbie in a "modern" game, obviously its quite old but I think really its style is closer to modern SF than to say Super Turbo. Compared to most more recent games though I think you can get further without having to learn really advanced tech, the damage from single hits or small combos is that much higher that you don't need to focus heavily on tech to be competitive but can get by mostly on fundamentals at a low/mid level.

@armetz 8 months ago

Thank you so much for this video, this is a great framework to understand how to play a character as a new player!

@AndorBeenChillin 3 years ago

yo, this is amazing stuff, you heavily inspired my guides with your style of breaking the characters down to a few key details

to make a video like this is more useful than most new players will ever realize, thank you for your videos! keep up the good work

@frostbackup 3 years ago

I cant thank you enough for your 3s videos. I've been playing and continue to play 3s for over a decade and still love to learn about the game. Keep up the great work!

@Steevy84 2 years ago (edited)

Thanks bro, very based guide, even if It didn't answer my question which was "what to do when cornered/pressured as Makoto" vs an enemy mixing up on your face, especially at low level.

@pokemooney9329 1 year ago

This is just a great overall training mode guide. I'm gonna start using this more, I've always felt so lost about what I should be using training mode for other than combo muscle memory!

@starbutter2730 3 years ago

Im suuuuper new to this all and wanted to thank you for making these. Theyve helped me a ton as a beginner and made me feel a little less lost lol. Id love to see stuff like this in the future every now and then but I understand if thats not on the table

@mlc_gh0st 3 years ago (edited)

One of the most important modern fighting game videos on the internet.

Edit: The most important fighting game video on the internet.

@bulbastre 2 weeks ago

What version of sf3 has all this frame data? Is it playable on fightcade?

@wusstunes 2 years ago

Good video!! I'll probably go back to it as I improve. 🎉

@GRIFFDANSE 2 years ago

good video 😺

@gervasfuhrmann1506 2 years ago

I'm new to 3s, and so far I don't understand what to do. I have watched guides and read the wiki, but when I'm actually playing a real match, I have no clue what is going on. My opponent is using footsies, jumping in, mix ups, using okizeme, throwing. I wish there was an educational video that used a real match as an example or something similar. Most of the time when I tell people that I don't know what to do in a real match, I get the usual response: "Go to training mode/practice more".