Thank you fam!

Haha thanks fam, I'm just a scrub compared to other Steve mains out there and it's so shocking to me that people actually find what I put out useful. Always welcome! 😀

Compared to Shinblade I'm just a complete scrub haha, but I'm very grateful that you find my content useful! Cheers!

Thanks fam! It really was just a meme in my first guide I made, but I keep seeing that people love the music so I guess I'll keep at it

Happy to help!

Side question, I was a very casual T7 Steve main, and I might be misremebering, but I swear, was Steve stronger in T7? I'd play a game on T8 and do my usual Steve stuff, getting counterhits and combos in, and the enemy still has plenty of health to spare. Regardless, Steve is my favorite character, so I'll stick with him!

I'm so glad to hear that brother!

Steve is DEFINITELY much stronger in T7 due to how the meta is played. It's a CH game in T7 and Steve has df2 and B1. In T8 they nerfed a lot of his tools and gave him LH in a game where overwhelming force is the meta. So he's a little bit weaker here

@@soulxcv Yeah unfortunate but hey that new Steve tech that just dropped today looks pretty crazy, gonna lab it even though its probably gonna get patched out

Thanks fam! Steve is one of the more difficult characters to get into and I'm happy I got to help people learn him 😁

You're welcome brother! UB2 is also a good tool against sidestepping; I've seen Knee use it a lot to deter lateral movement.

​@@soulxcvBeen dealing with the more dangerous kind of sidestepers, the ones who ssduck, or ss into low profiling move at range. Im starting to get some players above my league

Haha thanks for your kind words fam!

That's great to hear fam!

I will get to it!

Your the f##&$n best!!!

Hell yeah! Ippo is one of the major reasons why I play Steve 🥊

@@soulxcv 🤣 me too, i always liked Steve but watching Hajime no Ippo just gave me the spark to main him

Thanks fam, doing what I can

@@soulxcv you might've already seen but there was some new steve tech making the rounds where you can essentially kara cancel ducking into PKB, letting you do things like LNH > duck kara > PKB. have you considered making a guide on it? i think it'd be really cool since your content is really comprehensive in terms of practical use cases and application

@@ADxTygon I did! I admit that got me so hyped because this kinda tech is VERY Steve Fox in nature: difficult af and great reward for great execution. Though my execution on it is still pretty shit 😅 I'll put out a guide once I'm confident enough and if I can put something new on the table, so I don't be redundant. Cheers!

I only do d/b into neutral to get ws 1,2. The duck can be cancelled really early so maybe that can help with the wild man follow-up

Glad it helped you fam!

Thank you Phi! Love your content, I have learned so much from you

Sway is a good option especial sway+1 since it's 0 on block

I can try! But I will admit I am not the best when it comes to execution so it may take time

Take your time

Cheers!

Yes it's very strong, tbh I forgot to add it in the video 😅

I'm gonna get consistent with it first. I'm also at a very low hit rate right now. I'm gonna feel bad if I start teaching people something I suck at 😆

Exactly! I have no idea why they removed it in the first place

Thanks fam! Tbh it totally slipped my mind, but it WAS gonna be part of the vid. It's a more straightforward stance than most but I'll do a short vid of it in the future

@soulxcv Did you see the hot new tech today where you can cancel LH into PKB? Seems like it could be huge for Steve. It's a bit tough to get down, but it's definitely something muscle memory could solve. I hope they don't patch it.

@@zenbrown7144 I did! So hyped for that new tech haha

@@soulxcv I was messing around with it, and while it's definitely useful if they're gonna hold block, and it's especially nice to be able to beat power crushes, it seems like most of your plus frames get eaten up by the PKB transition. If you want to do anything besides hard callout a power crush with throw, you'll probably have to condition them to block by using the Lionheart mix a few times.

@@zenbrown7144 I got the same thought as well! If they gave us the LH heat parry normally, or the ability to just block in LH, then all of this is not needed

Thanks man! For PKB, some moves like 121f, FCdf1 and 21f put you in PKB with good plus frames to work with provided you hit the first moves before the transition. Also another tip is that Steve's PKB and flk are active the first frame you input it. So if you input it raw, you can actually plink your next move and you won't see Steve actually enter the stance. He's just gonna do the PKB move. I do it a lot when I want instant PKB2. And as for ducking, it's the same with Mishima wavu pressure: if your opponent doesn't respect the stance and just mash you everytime, then there is no point in adding this layer. Just directly use your CH buttons when you duck in or just use the stance to close the gap safely. Just make sure you practice duck cancelling so you're safe the entire time. Hope this helps, cheers!

That is one area that I am not that great in but I will definitely look into making them!

Bro same, he's the counter punching paragon without the counter punches....

On hit, they can't interrupt your follow-ups. A CH launcher will kill them. But on block, defense is the safest solution

YES OH MY GOD I'm dropping all things and learning that as soon as I can. Very powerful tech right there!

Here you go! Remember to practice part per part until they become muscle memory, then put them all together in one motion kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bp-hpLJeutq4ZaM.html

@@soulxcv oh sht thanks didnt know you had a vid on it!! Will work on it!

It's a muscle memory you can develop, and with all muscle memory, you have to start slow and build up from there! Luckily Steve doesn't require you to be fast, because the point is to evade highs the entire time. So just do it at your own pace, my friend. One day you will be duck cancelling so fast

Hell yeah man! Makes me so excited

I covered it on one of my vids: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ft9lbKV7q5jOg5s.htmlm25s Basically the gist of it is you keep harassing with PKB d1 and PKB df11 string until they get frustrated and press at a disadvantage. PKB 12 gives you frames and PKB2 is your CH launcher from stance if you feel like they've had enough of your poking. PKB df1121 is delayable so you can keep playing the timing like how you would Bryan's df111112. Once they press, end the string and db2 is guaranteed.

@@soulxcv I guess my question is when do you start with the D1 pokes? I'm getting hit out of my PKB like all the time before I can even press something, or even before a regular PKB 1 comes out. Only thing I can ever actually get with it is the grab.

Ahh gotcha. If you transition from a blocked string, say 121f or 21f, you're minus so you can't press if they mash. When you hit your buttons and transition to pkb, that's when you can start your offense because you're heavily plus. If they hit you out of PKB using jabs or punches, PKB2 will be your most used button as it sabakis or counter hits them.

@@soulxcv cool, I'll work on that today. Thanks!! I think my problem was doing either 121 or 21 on block and expecting it to be plus for some reason lol

Mids are a lil slow so they get the back 1

Yeah mids are generally slower than highs so poke them out of it, or 121 or B1.

I followed a guide on how to make the graphics cleaner: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q6qgZtSLzr7LaGw.htmlsi=rKbxRwScys3dVH27 Also I'm lucky I'm within spec recommendations so it runs at 60fps almost all the time

@@soulxcv thank you :) also love your content learned a lot from you

Tbh it's really difficult, I sometimes still get hit by mid checks.

It means While Standing. It's the short time when you're standing up from a crouched position.

ok i understand now, thanks a lot for the guide!@@soulxcv

😂

I will work on that, thanks for the feedback! I have notations on the moves I talked about shown on screen so I hope that helps

Hey man I’d recommend checking out the Steve discord if you’re interested in this character in particular

@@ThePigenSquad where do I join

Haha correct! Maybe that's why Steve's face looks so swollen now 💀

should i be sliding my thumb or pressing down back after initial duck?

Sliding is gonna be the more intuitive option!

@@soulxcv i got the hang of it! ty for the guide. i cant do it fast enough for it to feel like a threat but im on my way

Awesome!