Street Fighter IV Execution Tutorial: SuperCancel and Focus Attacks

[TOUGHNERDTOYS]

Thank you

[Dinosaurprince]

How about showing El Forte?

[mickles21486]

is the x box fight pad easier for focus cancelling than the standard controller?

[Goong84]

Thanks, Sensei

[nakallo]

is the "shorayuken" a new move?...lol, just kidding.

[pspbarry]

looking at this i can see why i get my ass handed to me by 13 year old kids online lmao love the game tho ...nice vid thanks

[jjcoola998]

yea the reaction time needed is crazy, ha.

[rasengan0808080]

thank you for explaining the focus dash combos,i alwayz hav trouble excuting dis move,5 stars

[smacksim]

Really nice presentation. You're a good teacher.

[marianopicco]

lol man it was so much more fun and more simple to play back in the SF2 time..

focus attacks, cancel, super cancel, dash... its like studying to play a game =(

i cant really love this SF4 as i did with the 2 turbo

[FredMchale]

LoL, you were playing turbo with the wrong people then. Those old school Turbo masters studied harder than we do now. It's just easier these days because of the internet. Back then you had to spend hundreds of dollars at the arcade to pick this stuff up.

[Blaze20111]

That keeps the game fun, and keeps it from becoming boreing

[bjmensz]

people who say this were just really bad at super turbo.

also, super turbo invented cancels and super cancels. in some ways, super turbo is a lot more technical, obscure game than sf4. super turbo has a lot more nasty, unescapable traps where you really need to understand whats happening on a frame by frame level to even get understand how to escape.

only reason people think super turbo was easier because the internet wasn't around to show people just how much they sucked....

[rendubot]

nice vid that will help people with the buffers

[lome1410]

thanks mate! one more thing.. am i the only person who finds comboing more difficult depending on the direction im facing? i find it easier to combo when facing right.. am i a retard??

[layarteBdnAevoL]

Nope, I know I do shoryuken type movements easier when I face right, but I do hadokens (or sonic booms since I play Seth) easier when I face left. It's just your own playing style.

[mickles21486]

no im the same, i have to be facing right or i usually get my ass kicked!

[lome1410]

FredMchale - thanks for the vid. i consider myself a good gamer.. not expert but good.. and im having a lot of trouble executing focus dash cancels into ultras eg. sagat uppercut, dash cancel, ultra juggle.. how long did it take u to master this technique? plus, have bin using an xbox controller.. does that make this particular technique a lot harder? tx

[FredMchale]

haha, the Xbox controller makes everything harder. The best tip I can offer is to practice the dash cancel without the Ultra. Just keep doing uppercut>dash cancel over and over. Eventually, your fingers will relax and get comfortable, which will allow you to tack the Ultra on to the end. So just get used to hitting those two buttons and getting that double tap out.

[supremebeing87]

The XBOX controller, past and present was never made for fighting games, haha. The Dualshock is leaps and bounds better interms of fighting games. I suggest you invest your money in another gamepad or get a fight stick. I use the Soul Calibur IV fight stick, I got two of them for 70 bucks, whereas most fight sticks now cost over 70 for just one. You can find a new Soul Calibur IV fight stick cheap on amazon. If you can find a Street Fighter IV stick for cheap, GET IT!!!!

[tamskisker]

thank you for explaining in a clear and simple step by step manner 5 stars! (Im a newbie to sf4 and its really hard to do combos and stuff)

[FredMchale]

No problem at all. Glad it's helping people. Sometimes gamers get a little snobbish when they get good, and forget when things were new to them. The more good SF4 players there are, the better!

[ButtZilla1031]

Nice work

[philipho188]

I NEEDED this! Thanks!! :)

[misterRDF]

This really helped me a lot with something I was missing. Thanks a lot - 5 stars man.

[ch1b1]

SHOTOKAN!!

[Realmasterorder]

Very nice tutorial i cant find any other decent ones about this subject with examples and other tips

I hope there will be a more advanced one

[Eddie0725]

Oh nevermind I heard it

[Eddie0725]

At 1:50, u say there are two ways to dash cancel. I think you forgot to mention the second way or I didn't hear it idk. What is the 2nd way?

[Kazekage213]

1 question... when u were talkin about supercanceliin, u should be able to do the same with ultras right??

[FredMchale]

Actually, no. I don't think anyone can "cancel" into an Ultra, but several characters can "combo" into it. The only way to cancel into an Ultra is to use the Focus Attack Dash Cancel, but there is no natural cancel into an Ultra to my knowledge. Most Ultra combos occur off of a juggle.

[Kazekage213]

hmmm coo coo thnx for clarifying

[aznbreakerboi51o]

Technically, Shoryukens aren't armor breaking, unless its used as a reversal or multi-hitting shoryuken (Ken and Gouki's non LP Shoryuken, Ryu's EX Shoryuken, Sakura's multi-hitting shoryuken, etc).

[church83]

Nice vid, sharayuken though? lol sorry couldn't help it.

[D3L33Uw]

Shoryukens dont armor break, but reversals armor break. Just clarifying. Nice vid.

[Shoryufail]

Nice videos man, I like these videos in which Fightpad usage are demonstrated.

Make more!, Fightpad ftw!

[emperor1337]

Some characters have better focus attacks than others, that needs to be said.

[FredMchale]

And you just said it! j/k This isn't a strategy tutorial. I'm showing people the "how", rather than the "why". At the time of this recording, I wasn't comfortable enough with the game to give strat advice. Now is a different story though...

[emperor1337]

Haha true.

[burrhugh]

Nice video Fred, thanks for taking the time to put it up and help us learners out. Don't quite have the hang of it yet, but your vid helps!

[cl4y4rt]

how come at 2:02 when you did shoryuken he didnt go into the air cuz ive seen people knock other poeple into the air and do focus cancel after, and some times pull off an ultra after that

[FredMchale]

Big Protip: When you use the lp shoryuken, you don't have to cancel to get off the Ultra. If they are in the air, you hit them with the LP shoryuken and you land with enough time to get the ultra off. Even if you guys trade hits, you can get the Ultra off in time. Go into training mode, set the other character to "jump" and check it out.

[cl4y4rt]

what i dont know how to do is do shoruyuken into focuz cancel while they are being knocked into the air backup and do the ultra

[FredMchale]

Glad it's helping, guys. Re: megamanxtc One of the keys to learning these techniques is creatiing the opportunity for them consistently. When people "hope" or "fish" for situations, they invite punishment. Nothing better than seeing someone spam big combos, only to open themsel

ves up to yours.

[megamanxtc]

Nice video. Helped with my EX Focuses. I wasn't holding down the buttons like you explained. This caused me to dash cancel, but end up performing the Focus Attack right after the dash cancel. Now i can cancel properly.

IMO, some people abuse Super Cancel. I couldn't perform Super Cancel but I could win versus people who did it consistently. I attribute this to abusing it.

I guess this is just a way of saying, "Now that you can do it, learn to use it effectively and properly."

[Realmasterorder]

Nice guide m8

and i like that pad as well :)

[Nexxorcist]

thanks man, this video was money. good explaination of how shit works. appreciate it!

[deleoner]

Real quick, you talk about canceling Guile's Flash kick, correct? I assume it is the same principles as Blanka, since he is a charge character.

[FredMchale]

With Guile, you have to cancel the kick the VERY second it hits the opponent.

[deleoner]

I think i got it for Blanka's EX cancel into Focus attack. Back, Forward EX Roll, then while this is going on, Med P+Med K, Forward, Forward? Will this do it?

[FredMchale]

Honestly, I'm not sure. I don't play Blanka, so I don't know which of his moves are Focus Cancel-able. Most Blankas I play just spam the roll, down+Fierce slide and Electricity, LOL

[deleoner]

LOL! sounds like me... :-) Anyway, just trying to get through the Challenge Mode. I just think I need to work on execution.

[deleoner]

Hey man, great videos!! I am having difficulty doing an EX cancel into a focus attack with Blanka. Can you explain how to do this? Much appreciated.

[ph0b0rz]

Being able to do that stuff with my RIGHT hand (dashing and all the stuff you have to do with the d-pad/analogstick) would make things much easier for me. Im totally new to that (played sf2 on snes a bit..) but i wish i could play on my normal keyboard *g*

[FredMchale]

Some people switch hands on a joystick. We call it the "crossover" style, because the right hand is crossed over to the left side and they play in reverse. Saw a lot of guys playing like that in New York on SF3:Third Strike.

[bfung4]

and i also find this extremely hard to do on my ps3 controller....would a arcade stick be easier? or this is meant to be hard?

[FredMchale]

It'd definitely be easier on a stick, or the Madcatz pad. Because you have to hit two buttons very quickly at the same time, plus dash, the PS3 controller just isn't made for all of that. The buttons on the Madcatz are very sensitive, which makes it easier, but overall Focus Attack Dash Canceling(FADC) is easier on a stick.

[nathak]

Thanks

[bfung4]

i understand the super canceling... but does the same apply to ultra? is it possible to do ultra canceling ?

[FredMchale]

Most characters cannot cancel into an Ultra. I think Rufus and Fei Long can, but it is rare.

[bfung4]

so the basic idea is....just press FA + dash to cancel moves? or just dash to cancel moves... so if i want to cancel my shoryuken i gonna press MK, MP and dash real quick? i m confused =S...sorry new to this game...

[FredMchale]

You're right on all accounts. You can cancel the move with just the FA. If you don't dash, you'll do the FA. If you DO dash, you'll be free to execute a more powerful move, or escape a counter attack. So it's three steps: special-focus attack-dash cancel. The FA cancels the SRK and the dash cancels the FA

[waylon10]

hey what kind of controller is dat? coz im still usin the xbox 360 controller, it makes your thumb sore.

[itsnashhh]

Dude, GREAT video you opened my eyes to a whole new world of strategy. thanks!

[HBlas7]

Thank you SO much.

I was stuck on an ex-focus cancel on a challenge, I couldn't get it to work, armed with YOUR knowledge, I'm going to try again.

[BlackLine1422]

Good job, man! Thanks for adding

[VICIOUS]

wat do u press exactly to cancel outta the shugen? cuz either im 2 slow with the input, or pressing the wrong buttons...

[FredMchale]

It's m.punch+m.kick at the same time.  Before learning the whole combo, you gotta get comfy with just the cancel. After you get comfy with the cancel, you gotta get the dash after the cancel. Once that is easy, you can throw in a super or Ultra afterwards.

[pokstryker]

Thanks for putting these videos out man, they're defiantly helpful for the SF4 players.

[StJamesOutlawz]

ur vids are grear for beginers like me!!

[VICIOUS]

ive ben tryna do that quick focus cancel for the longest, cant get it down...

[dizzaholic]

i was wondering where'd you got that controller

[LegoMantis]

nice, really helped ALOT.

[seasonalocean]

great tip... never knew about the EX cancel till you just showed me. be great with akuma and his raging demon move.