Fighting Fundamentals
Combos Explained: Links, Cancels, Chains and Target Combos
Links, cancels, chains, target combos and juggles explained in plain English, plus damage scaling, input buffers and how combo routes are written.
Fighting Fundamentals
Fighting Fundamentals
Footsies and Neutral Explained: Winning the Fight Before the Combo
What footsies and neutral really mean, how spacing, pokes and whiff punishes work in 2D and 3D fighters, and simple drills to start practising.
Fighting Fundamentals
Arcade Stick vs Controller vs Leverless: Which Should You Use?
Pad, arcade stick or leverless? How each handles motion inputs, charge characters and 3D fighters, what SOCD cleaning is, and what tournaments allow.
Fighting Fundamentals
Fighting Game Glossary: 60 Terms Every New Player Should Know
Sixty essential fighting game terms in plain English, from anti-air and footsies to okizeme, frame traps and whiff punishes, each with a quick example.
Fighting Fundamentals
Frame Data Explained: Startup, Active, Recovery and Frame Advantage
What startup, active and recovery frames mean, how plus and minus on block work, and how to use frame data to know what is safe and what to punish.
Fighting Fundamentals
Fighting Game Notation Explained: Numpad, Tekken and Smash Inputs
Learn to read fighting game combo notation: numpad directions, button names, Tekken's 1/2/3/4 system, Smash shorthand and symbols like xx, > and ~.