The man in chat who said “it’s not -10 if I mash harder” LMAO

When Brian said oki throw, google thought he said okay google and went boop boop and searched for free knockdown

Different game but this is why I started with Vegito in DBFZ. His 5L is so damn long, it gave all two of my neurons time to realize I got a hit and confirm into the correct combo.

“Im gonna hit you with an even harder hitting combo” *gigaton blow whiffs* pure unintentional comedy

This topic is essentially how I went from being a Super Bronze to being a Super Silver player. Despite learning some medium combos, I often found myself having to mash jab. Then over time I realized I could cancel into a special, and as a result I was simply hitting harder and winning more.

Really love your channel. I'm one of those people that played SF2 and 5 years ago didn't know there were professional SF players. I appreciate your commentary, it's made even being a spectator so much more enjoyable because now I know the basics of what they're trying to do. Looking forward to seeing your next tournament run, congrats on NLBC!

This explains why I feel like I do so much work and then my opponent does very little to catch up and beat me.

About to start calling this man Brian_Facts 🙏🏾

Brian upload?? Pog

Y'all need to work on converting that watch time into the subscribe button

Thanks Brian, I found this to be a really clear explanation. I've just got to Ultra Bronze and I can feel exactly what you describe starting to happen, ie matches being won or lost because of who got the best conversions. Feels amazing to do like 25% damage from a random encounter in neutral, but as ever it's being able to do it consistently and under pressure that matters.

One thing I like about Brian's videos is some of the topics is stuff i know but i dont practice, like this. Which means im not trash I just need to train harder

this was and continues to be really difficult for me. but ive found that progressing my practice has been really helpful - set guard to random and practice the confirm, aiming to never confirm if you get blocked and to pull the trigger when you dont, just like brian says - going into challenge mode, easy is good enough, and trying to land it on the bots while they move around and actively try to hit back. for half the matches deliberately jumping over them to confirm on the other side of the screen. for some reason this works better for my brain than just setting the dummy to CPU level 1 or whatever. i dont know why lol - going into ranked and deliberately only practicing this confirm, maybe some other stuff if they run away a lot or whatever, but when close only trying to do this - if i fuck up royal against a real person i start over back in training with bot set to random. repeat

Awesome vid! Thanks a ton for putting this content out there, its very appreciated!

Thanks Brian as a rog main after finding your channel I’ve gotten a lot better and I’m sure I’ll try to learn this as well

This was immensely useful for me, thank you

I’ve noticed this too. I have to train myself to perfect my go-to converts. Will do.

super useful, thanks!

This is really good. A Brian_F educational video all-timer.

Starting to learn the fundamentals of fighting games and this video was extremely helpful

Moral of the video: hit confirming, refine it until it becomes an art form in your gameplay.

Amazing lesson, I now know what to train on

Brian_F dropping knowledge again on conversions and confirms...awesome teachings

Great vid, really relatable.

When I get a knockdown they are just invincible and they basically have the advantage on me somehow

I learn more things from Brian on KZfaq than I do from a teacher in a classroom

Thank you Brian-sensei 🤓

I am very noob at fighting games, those video are awesome. Thanks :)

Word! Do what’s best for the community

Me personally, I mainly have a problem with combos themselves. I can do combos no problem, and actual conversions aren't my weak point. But in neutral, I'll get a hit, and not be prepared, thus losing the opportunity to convert. Or, I get a combo started, but I'm a bit slow, and I end up doing something real unsafe. So basically, this video is perfect for me. Just practice my combos, learn to recognize hits better, and that's one of my major issues improved

thanks brian

nice video, any chance you can do a video on execution?

I remember entering the zone once back when I was getting into actual locals in my area and actually pulling off Abigail's old 3 hit light confirm on someone. Dunno why it was such an accomplishment for me.

fucking nailed it with ACTION good job past bryan

Perfect 👍

There should be a different hit spark on counter hit

Thanks Sajam

I have to say as a low-level street fighter player I actually don't know what to convert my stray hits into. You are absolutely right when you say I am not paying attention to actually getting the hit, but when I do I don't know the best option for converting that into big damage. This is my biggest problem with most fighting games what is my best combo option route to take.

this is so true, my friend plays gill and can convert off of literally every hit and he looks god like.

I'm genuinely surprised I haven't seen any Bryan Hawk comments. Him and Rog are basically the same person

When you cancel that light into dp after the 3 light string. Is it buffered or you just let it rip right after the last Light?

As a more defensive smash player trying to pick up more aggressive combo focused characters in Smash, I wish I knew this stuff earlier (Maybe I'll pick up Ryu/Ken or even Terry as well and crossover into another fighting game with them someday). I had to learn it the hard way. At least Brain is there to help other people learn this stuff though!

One of the most important things you can learn is to combo from lights.

Ugh I don't know why but I never convert my (Akuma) st.lp. I really need to practice those. I guess what throws me off is when they are crouching and I know the light tatsu will wiff and so I just play it safe and don't try to convert.

This is genuinely good stuff. Pay attention fellow apes. Thanks

Very helpful! Sometimes when I attack they attack at the same time and nullify my attack and get the damage whats up wit that?

I have a difficult time doing dp inputs while crouching (i main g) is there a constant way i could do the inputs so i can get a better conversion?

I play usf4 every once in a while I can't even combo together jab jab

Block string theory

Brian: You need to recognize if they're getting hit SF5: You hit! oh wait actually amma roll that back, turns out he blocked

pretty new to SFV and the issue I have is getting close enough to do more than a 1 hit confirm. I feel like I'm always at that range where one blocked attack will push me too far away for a 2nd or 3rd attack to connect. Usually the only times I get a decent blockstring or hit confirm combo going is after a jump in which is probably not a good habit to get into. Similarly when I block opponents attacks I have trouble punishing them because they're usually too far from the pushback for me to do a combo off of a light attack.

Just picked up Alex and having charge motions added have made me not want to practice my conversions, now I feel like a dumbest for not

I feel like when I play I’m always either being counter hit or thrown, like I never have an opportunity to put of pressure and like every other character is oppressive. I’m learning G so I’m trying to get better at anti airing and punishing but I still feel like I can’t play the game 90% of the time, any tips?

SF4 Saw so much of this with people dropping the jab to heavier button one frame links lol.

Some characters are harder/easier to confirm with. Timing is different. It’s hard for me to convert with G but easy with Seth/Poison. I need more practice lol.

my experience is that i learned this lesson naturally through becoming a Dan main. if you don't take every single opportunity you have to start pressure or convert a stray light or medium into a combo, you'll lose every time. but other characters doing like 3x the damage dan does doesnt matter if you dont let them play >:)

Tutorial? I didn't even watch hole thing and already pressed like.

I stopped playing sf cuz I’m a scrub who doesn’t understand how to combo. Still love seeing these videos

Anyone know a good confirm for Lucia? Appreciate the vid!!

I took this video and converted it into a college acceptance

Hello Brian F

Definitely my favorite thing to do when I hit the lab with ken, confirms and combo routes as he has alot of them.

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Brian, please talk to me about pressuring, hit confirming, and counter hit confirming in SFV. IE, let's say I'm playing Seth (I am not a Seth main) and I'm attempting to pressure someone with CR MP. CR MP is a sick tool because of the following: 1. Normal hit -> I get ST MP target combo and basically whatever I want. 2. Counter hit -> I get ST HP counter hit confirm for huge damage 3. Blocked -> I'm still +2. I can keep the pressure on, , walk in throw, bait a DP frame trap, etc I believe if CR MP is blocked, there's about 22F of hit stun/block stun to react to 1,2, or 3. Is it humanly possible for me to HARD REACT to all 3 scenarios and pick the right option if I have the dummy on random block and random counter? I have practiced this and can't seem to get it down. I can react to 2 of the above options at once, but not all 3...

my problem is that i have a hard time acknowledging that my move managed to hit/got blocked because it happens too fast. this happend with kage, for example, when a nice combo i went for started with 2mp, and i had only like 5 frames of hitstun to see if it hit or was blocked, which would result in me using my tatsu, hitting my opponents shield and getting punished

Hi Twitch

I do not appreciate being called out like this, Brian

I just picked up GBFV w/ my brother recently and diagnosing myself with this issue like 4 days before this video makes me feel like a genius

Hi, Twitch chat!

Which characters have the easiest and hardest conversions? I feel like Cammy actually has hard conversions, which is why Cammy has a terrible overall winning percentage online.

I just get stun locked

“You’re only minus if you’re a bitch” - Lao Tzu

Why not do crouching heavy, buffer the motion input, and react to if it landed or not to determine if you do the cancel? New player question btw **Edit: my question in reference to 1:45

I hear no lies.

But isn’t it true that BrianF (and many others) could wax Gold or Platinum players without doing a single combo?

Hey twitch chat Micheal not here

Acting like you wont get converted

Hit that g dang subscribe button yu turkeys

Bruh

How come nightmareeffect remakes every single one of your videos within 72 hours?

Fewer* openings

666th like Yeah boi

Lol Karin

thats why gill sucks. he need the enemy have a elemental state and land a 0 range cr.hp

i spent forty hours trying to learn one combo in dbfz, there's no point

I love how people teach you WHAT to do, but now HOW to do it. This is a vague, common sense tutorial. What needs to be taught is how to do combos in this game when the red meter eats your button presses.