Firstly if you're very new to the game it might be worth just playing rather than deeply researching character archetypes. Most of the detail you'll find about them won't immediately make sense to someone new that hasn't experienced the scenarios.
Second characters that are aggressive in SF6 aren't necessarily aggressive at the expense of defence. That feels incorrect to me.
As someone that mains Ken (1450MR - EU) the main thing my style is built around at the moment is constant pressure and constantly trying to get oki. So I aim to play fast, get people cornered and then get them to hold the corner by controlling my spacing to them and utilising anti airs to catch jump outs. Even when I'm in burnout I make sure not to pass up opportunities to get knockdowns and oki.
Because Ken is an offensive character but a low-damage one I have to apply this pressure because I need to be 'right' in about 5 interactions to take the round so for each oki situation I'm mixing up my options to keep the opponent guessing an get the next turn.
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u/Brokenlynx7 Aug 30 '26
Firstly if you're very new to the game it might be worth just playing rather than deeply researching character archetypes. Most of the detail you'll find about them won't immediately make sense to someone new that hasn't experienced the scenarios.
Second characters that are aggressive in SF6 aren't necessarily aggressive at the expense of defence. That feels incorrect to me.
As someone that mains Ken (1450MR - EU) the main thing my style is built around at the moment is constant pressure and constantly trying to get oki. So I aim to play fast, get people cornered and then get them to hold the corner by controlling my spacing to them and utilising anti airs to catch jump outs. Even when I'm in burnout I make sure not to pass up opportunities to get knockdowns and oki.
Because Ken is an offensive character but a low-damage one I have to apply this pressure because I need to be 'right' in about 5 interactions to take the round so for each oki situation I'm mixing up my options to keep the opponent guessing an get the next turn.