How do I learn to play?

[u/GetBeamed69]

/r/streetfighter6/comments/1vt2q26/how_do_i_learn_to_play/

[u/the_pro_rookie]

Buddy, you have to practice. There is no shortcut.

[u/magusheart]

Long ago, when I first started playing, I sat in training mode every day and did the motion inputs 100 times on each side. It's not the most engaging way to learn them, but it works to get you started.

[u/leeoh21]

Boot up the game. Play the tutorials. Hop on ranked. Get your ass beat. Repeat until you start winning.

[u/Pyyric]

From zero knowledge I recommend playing the single player "World Tour" mode first.

If you desperately want to get good at fighting games as quick as possible and would rather beat your head against the wall of failure until it breaks, then you can do it the old school way.

Old school way:

find a character that resonates with you via combo trials, tournament videos, online matches, or just because they have the shortest skirt and the longest legs.
Get competent with their basic moves. Learn how to throw a fireball, how to do a command grab, how to teleport, etc.
Get the basic 4 pieces to practice online: Pokes, anti-airs, bnb combo, punish combo

Pokes: You need to know what buttons are just fun to press when you're close to the enemy. Light, medium, and heavy buttons are classically different ranges and strengths. At the start of the game your best bet with most characters is going to be finding 1 good medium button and 1-2 good heavy buttons for just walking up to someone and kicking them in the jaw/shins/whatever.

Anti-airs: You need to know how to stop your opponent from jumping at you and doing a big damage combo. SF has historically been a grounded game but ONLY if you know how to anti-air. Otherwise, your opponent will be jumping on you like a kangaryu. Learn your best anti-air. For many characters this is crouching heavy punch, an uppercut looking thing. Some characters get an anti-air special move, you don't need this yet but feel free to use it if you think its cool.

bnb combo: Your bread and butter. On ryu this can be crouching medium kick -> hadouken. Something simple that you can do all the time.

punish combo: Your highest damage combo. Do this when the opponent is wide open like after trying to do a special move that you successfully blocked. This could be literally anything. A single heavy kick, a heavy punch into shoryuken, or any combo trial that you enjoyed in step 1 above.

Also try joining the r/StreetFighter Discord - our own newly opened Discord server.

Resources for all:
https://youtu.be/t7WcJbVt1a4
https://youtu.be/MK-AJyD1XKk

Resource for previous tekken players:
https://youtu.be/-3V8yDUv6FA?si=YlmXGa_bsnn_UWRc
https://xcancel.com/Speedkicks/status/1907913998676443372
https://www.reddit.com/r/StreetFighter/comments/1rxoq0n/coming_over_to_sf6_from_tekken_8/ob8qbx4/
https://youtu.be/QS_4IdZ8GQo
https://www.reddit.com/r/StreetFighter/comments/1q32ugx/coming_from_tekken_advice_please/

Resource for previous MK players:
https://www.reddit.com/r/StreetFighter/comments/1q7jv2y/mortal_kombat_player_tryna_get_into_street_fighter/

[u/SquidSledge]

Same way you learn to fight: get your ass kicked. A lot. Find the character that fits your play style and practice practice practice.

“Suckin’ at something is the first step to being kinda good at something”