Blanka is so much more enjoyable to me when I’m not controlling anyone on screen and I think that’s terrific, quite frankly

Blanka was the character in your "all characters to master" series that it seemed like you were having the most fun with, so I'm glad to see that you still play him on the side. Also that he's strong in a way that capcom actually intended for the first time in Street Fighter history. This is easily the best version of Blanka.

Another Blanka weakness he forgot to mention: his parry animation look goofy af. You don't feel like a badass when you land a perfect parry as Blanka in the same way other characters let you feel powerful for that.

This is why I was team no frequent patch. Watching the meta evolve with minimal dev involvement is actually one of my fav things. Like Blanka being considered a top 5 at the end of season 1 is pretty god damn cool.

I don't even play streets anymore and I love to watch Sajam talk about it

Players forget Blanka also has an air grab for absolutely no reason. They actually just gave him everything for the lols!🤣

Watching Mena's Blanka at Kumite was the point where I was like, uh, hang on. This doll + Lightning Beast corner pressure thing seems a bit fucked up?

his level 2 will corner carry ON BLOCK while destroying your gauge. This character is an easy top 5 for me. That super is so good, I don't think I've seen ONE level 3 from a Blanka player ever be used.

I watched your Road to Master series with Blanka. That's when I realized that I can do this too. He's my first Master character.

When I first saw it I never would have thought lil bro had hands like this

as a blanka player + fan, i think one of the biggest reasons blanka is so strong is that other characters need to change their gameplan against him or they will probably lose, and fighting game players HATE having to play different (exhibit a: grapplers exhibit b: zoners). i started playing blanka because he has a fun and expressive toolkit that doesn’t reward mashing (i was addicted to mashing as juri) and because MenaRD is the goat. blanka chan setups aren’t that hard don’t let them intimidate you, and lvl 2 can be oppressive once you figure out how to destroy their drive gauge or create stupid mixups like ur playing skullgirls. like the jam man said in the vid, play Blanka! he’s super fun with unique defensive tools and if you play him you’ll learn how not scary he is up close and the exploitable gaps. also hopping, spinning and sliding across the screen like a caffeinated shrek will make an opponent who doesn’t know the matchup ragequit and that’s funny. also you can just do heavy ball over and over until they show you they know how to stop it (disjoints/perfect parry) and mix it up with light ball into throw if they start trying to parry. oh and drive rush hop 2lk is funny too! blanka rules!! (if we have to nerf him maybe make 4mk slightly less active and reduce the drive gauge damage on lvl2. all my perfects are if i start the round with a good hit into lvl 2…)

Blanka's greatest weakness is he's ugly. He if looked like Cammy or Juri we would be top 3 played and ranked.

I often find bag of tricks characters overwhelming to learn but Blanka is the most fun I’ve had with SF6. First character to make me notice the concept of a skill floor versus a skill ceiling.

SF6 Tier list cycle : nobody uses the caracter : " they're mid " a few persons start to get successful with them : " they're top 2 easily !!! " more people start to play them : " they're top 20 max !! " no patches inbetween btw

Real talk; Blank is honestly one of the most fun characters to watch at high level.

i love how on top of great neutral and normals, easy combos, evasive moves, and trap setups that i dont think have even been fully explored yet, he can also whip out a command grab AND air grab to start getting his grappler game on omega level entertainment in terms of gameplay, i cant even enough of the goblin

The only thing I find frustrating is instant air ball to anti throw. I know level 2 is definitely way stronger, but that has always frustrated me. Same with Dhalsim back in SF5.

I have been playing blanka almost since release and every charcter I tried since(ed rashid aki) felt half as fun as blanka. I like that his skill floor is low but the cealing is high and how loose he is as a charcter. I love just thinking of something mid-game that I haven't labed and it works, best feeling ever.

This only means woolie can rematch daigo

i didn't realize you don't have to charge for the first ball when you're in lv2 install, i need to try labbing this later bc i had always been charging and only going in other directions after getting a hit with it like spiderman in old mvc games

i'm 1540 mr with blanka rn been playing him since day 1. I'm by no means an elite player but he's very good and so fun to play. i recommend him to anyone whos picking the game up.

This is so vindicating to see, I have been talking with my friends about how this character has like tools for just about everything for the longest. I'm glad that it is finally getting noticed. Pressuring this character who has both a flash kick and a plus on block dive kick out of a backwards jump is unbearable sometimes. The only saving grace is that blanka players rarely ever hold pressure.

I looove blanka in this game. Its so much fun to play and I never played Blanka before in any other SF

Good thing we have multiple games to play

SF6 is basically my first fighting game, and I picked Blanka because he looked hilarious compared to the rest of the cast. So when this video popped up, I just read the title as "Sajam's guide on how to play Blanka"

I am terrible with charge characters. I just can't cancel into charge supers and even my special cancels are dodgy. I have a solid Ken/Jamie/Ed...but I want to play Blanka!

just curious, who IS your main?

started playing blanka 3 days ago & he's already my highest ranked character 😂 im soooo glad i put the time in

I wish I knew how to become so knowledgeable about all the characters the way Sajam is. Once I try to speak about characters that aren’t my own I feel like I’m not able to analyze.

While the debate about his place on the tier list will rage on, it's no question that his theme is the best in the game. Crazy crazy good.

It’s crazy to me that we’re seeing reevaluations of top characters this far into season 1. I don’t think he’s top 3, but the fact that some top players are putting him up there with Luke and ken is a testament to what a lot of extra time on a version of the game can do

Blanka getting the nerf bat is on my season 2 wishlist. Too much of his braindead stuff isn't punishable or isn't punishable enough. Heavy ball to master isn't a sign of good design.

Shouts out MenaRD

Some of the best AA in the game gets a lot of reward off pretty much any of them. Meanwhile Zangiefs lariat is slow, doesn't hit behind, and you get jack shit off it. The main grip I have with SF6 is the have and have nots when I look at Gief. Its so demoralizing to watch almost everyone get oki off damn near anything they do because drive rush is so good at that and then you have Gief who gets next to no oki off anything and when he does its usually very weak. The complete lack of cancelable normal on Gief and his awful awful hit confirms just feels stanky. If the first big patch doesn't give my boy some love I don't know if I'm going to continue to give a shit about SF6. The haha funny damage on counter hit SPDs doesn't make up for how much of a utter travesty he is everywhere else.

Watching your blanka clips is unironically what sold me on this game and to play blanka. He's just so fun

I love that they gave him a combo off of anti air. The thing I dislike about all modern street games is that jumping in is easy and very low risk, extremely high reward especially in 6. The combos are so easy and so damaging now there needs to be risk for trying it. Dps should be doing more damage or setting up better oki if you have the reaction and skill of anti airing your opponent.

Giving me CvS2 PTSD….

“Why we think” Dont make me laugh Sajam, ill send a Blanka Chan to your front door

This character just makes me mad to play against, but love watching him on replays or tournaments. Imo he is top 3 for sure right now.

Blanka is a very unique character, and I'm always happy when he is a powerful one as well.

i just wish his charges were normal inputs so i could play him too...

I was looking forward to seeing Mena play Blanka at Capcom Cup, even though when he did I was disappointed because it might have cost him his tournament run.

Honestly he’s way more fun to fight than Honda, only thing I wish they’d change is make whiff recovery on OD air ball more meaningful

Hate fighting Blanka,but love watching and playing as him. Easily the strongest he has been.

Capcom need to give Ryu instant air tatsu and back jump air tatsu

There is that taunt combo two touch going around on Twitter and that's why Blanka is fun to watch. Just a goofy guy who wants to ball.

He's super cool

eh, i can settle for 3rd

I'm really bad at Street Fighter but Blanka was fun, which was enough for me.

Remember when people thought Blanka was low tier? I played him a few times at launch and could just feel him being high tier. I just didnt have the patience to figure it all out, but i knew people would. Blanka chan is what really sold it for me but his normals and specials are just good as hell.

You said you play Blanka more than any other character besides your main... who is your main?

look man he presses buttons and things happen, how am i supposed to beat that

I got to master with Blanka without labbing or using install once

So what you're telling me is to get back into Streetfighter

Top 3? I'm not so sure, but top 5 probably. Even then the difference from 1-5 is mostly minimal. Even if they shaved his damage down by 25%, he'd still probably be up there just because of level 2 pressure and the situations around it.

Plus Blanka Chan is adorable.

"And a character like Zangief whose lariat doesn't hit behind, you can just do this and go behind his head." And yet every time I do this, I get smoked by lariat. I don't get it.

I’ve mained blanka since launch and all everyone ever said was “he’s bad” “don’t pick him” “baby character” then I switched to Ed and now everyone is like “blanka top 3”.

Personally, Blanka, Rashid and Luke are my top 3 characters in Street Guesser 6, and for the next 8 season to come For Blanka, the most broken for me is that super level 2 that last too long and that 3 free dolls resource per round and that special dash. Remove one of this and I will call it a nerf 😅 But Capcom said the game is well balanced so you can just ignore what I wrote 😀

something that someone said that i wholeheartedly agree with is that if blanka was a cute girl, everyone would be playing him.

Totsugeki.

Blanka Brethren, we have won

Everyone loves playing as Blanka, but everyone hates to admit that they were having fun playing as Blanka. 😂

I've been playing Blanka since day one. His worst matchup is certainly Guile.

The existence of his air ball is honestly insane to me given what they did to divekicks like Jamie/Cammy. Like ok: you want to make divekick not so oppressive and not a "F**** it" option so you put a giant hurtbox below it. Cool...I get it. Why the hell does blanka get to do that then? Also Also: its absolute bonkers how active the frames on some of his normals are. I don't know if he's top tier but he's definitely great and underrepresented.

As a dirty Blanka picker, this might be the best he’s ever been. Capcom let him be good on top of being annoying for a change and I love that.

when luke gets 60% off a crMP you walked into, that's jank; when blanka gets 60% off the most godless mixup ever witnessed by mortals, that's just having sauce

that ork can twerk

Do you think he's going to be nerf in the next patch?

I need everyone to stop hyping up Blanka, he’s completely taken over my ranked sessions 😭 (at least I can finally grind out the matchup now.)

So basically people are playing him like they played him in SF4 3DS?

God forbid Blanka be good. It’s been long enough.

My general rule is you can't make characters that rely on BS to be OP. Not a good look.

Blanka is top tier? I've been trying to make blanka work since i was a child! I hope my green boy is good now, For almost his entire existence he's been low tier

For someone who doesn’t play or watch SF seriously I thought he was a troll/gimmick character but he’s so fun

Is this the first time Blanka has been top tier in an SF game? I don't even remember him being a mid tier in any games

Blanka seems to be at a good point balance-wise. He has a lot of tricky options and is a match-up that rewards familiarity. I don't think he needs any nerfs (maybe some minor tweaks to his grounded anti-airs). I would like to see Capcom's balance team buffing the mid and low characters to bring them up to parity, but more importantly, try to give other characters more options. A character like Lily could easily be buffed up to being a menace, but her game plan is so dry. I hope they give characters more offensive and defensive options, with none of them being the default "best" option.

god i love sf6 blanka so much sajam please make 900 more videos on blanka. and capcom pls give me a non blanka chan costume. rip toriyama let me be goku!!

Ah yes Mena RD, once again bringing a weird character outside of top tier contention, and turning it into a problem, just like did with Birdie.. Still if he pilots Blanka to an evo win, Blankas top tier status will be cemented. If history holds, first come the tears, then the nerfs

But he doesnt have a crmk-dr and he doesnt have an insanely good jab. crmk-dr is the meta right now and blanka doesnt have that. Blanka is not top 5. Luke-chun-cammy-dj-juri are top five. Super 2 is also not the meta either. You need a good level 3 because combined with critical, you create a 2-3 hit scenario where you win the round. Blanka cannot do that. If you opt for doing a level 2, you lose the damage output and rely on hitting your opponent more than they need to hit you. If you opt for the level 3, blankas offense is weaker. Blanka is like 6th or 7th at best, but hes not top 5.

Blanka's greatest weakness is probably the fact that he isn't a cute waifu.

One remarkable thing about SF6 Blanka is that he’s insanely entertaining to watch, play and learn. I never thought I would use this character until I saw his SF6 reveal.

Blanka is good but Ken, Luke, and JP are all definitely better imo

He might be the best but he didn't won the 1 million dollars tourney

I don't think Blanka is top 3 or 5 but he's top 10 for sure. I can't believe they gave him a command grab, air throw, and air ball which makes his offensive really strong both ground and air. I wonder how Capcom gonna buff or nerfed him for season 2.

You know a games balance is mostly fine when every other week a different character is decided to be top tier by twitter, surely we'll see zangief or lily there some time as well

I blame MenaRD

I Hate fighting Blanka lol

first babyyyyyy

People need to stop it with the tier talk for sf6. This game has 8 or so S-tier characters, the rest are A. Game is extremely well balanced. If you claim otherwise you are either people that haven’t played other fighting games. Pro’s trying to downplay their main or upvote rest to make themselves seem better or at platinum and tiers don’t even apply on that level yet.

when a character weakness is ''just perfect parry'' you know the character is busted cause PP counter EVERYTHING in the game, so its not an answer

As a day 1 Blanka main, please stop making videos like this.

So essentially, he's a guilty Gear character

He's the most annoying player to play against. He can be played in the controlled kaos method and you can't jump in in him. His ex ball air and ex ball are broken he has too many get out of jail things too it's a constant struggle uugh. Def top tier...

Shhh, don't encourage more ppl to play this annoying electric meatball.

Did you really need to put your face in for this video? It's so obtrusive

“i dont think hes top 3” gives only reasons why he cant not be top 3 lmaoooooooooo 😂

cuz a japanese guy is playing him next question

uh sorry buddy but darksydephil says blanka is c tier and i think i'm going to take the word of someone that placed 4th at evo over someone that cant even keep their hair out of their face

I saw some people say top 3 and then some people down play way too hard. His anti airs, his movement, his options... He's special and I think people ought to consider that maybe there's a lot of strong characters in this wonderful heavenly game. His anti air combos on trade! That comes up a lot too ime Edit - can jp do ch light to medium? Trying to think if he has a 6 frame medium.