The Most Difficult Parry in Third Strike

[@briancook5828]

The proper technique is to have someone yell "let's go Justin!"

[@Invariel]

Might be worth putting the CPU on "Parry" and doing Gill's super yourself to at least see if it's possible (not necessarily humanly possible, as you said).

[@jmcrofts]

The first hit is un-parryable so the dummy just gets hit

[@Invariel]

@@jmcrofts Oh, well that's disappointing. :( Thank you for the reply.

[@TheBlackSeraph]

I thought seraphic wing hits both high and low at the same time

[@tomturtl]

@@jmcrofts you could (theoretically) block the first hit and then red parry, switching back to blocking and red parrying again, not humanly possible, but there's a video of someone doing it with TAS

[@PIKACHUAKUMA]

@@jmcrofts HEY I WAS SENT THIS VIDEO AND GILLS SERAPHIC WING CANNOT BE PARRIED AT ALL… SOME OF THE KZbin VIDEOS ARE DONE WITH A DREAMCAST PS2 OPTION THAT MADE PARRY LIKE JUST DEFEND THAT’S WHY IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE PARRYING… HOPE THAT HELPS… 😊

[@jackkelly9048]

YO that Necro SA1 full air parry was absolutely wicked

[@chibinya]

The truly insane one is when you try to cross-up Necro, he does the super and you change directions in the middle of the parries.

[@blvk3]

There are 3 supers that are technically impossible to parry. Shinryuken, shoryu cannon and magnetic storm. They are all meshable supers, and the meshing will impact the parry pattern depends on meshing speed and if the move is meshed or not.

[@smug303]

​@@blvk3 you mean mash

[@wildwest1832]

@@blvk3 That is a good point. I never knew that but it makes sense.

[@eddiestilll]

jmcrofts is sucha execution fiend but so humble :) definitely a gem to the FGC

[@justinbustamante7206]

no

[@SMSELWA]

not really 😂

[@quez2564]

The only difficult thing about parrying Chuns super is having to predict it; if you try to move after the flash, you're fcked

[@nain_jr]

You can actually parry it after seeing the flash. It doesn’t have to me preemptive.

[@animaze8043]

@@nain_jr +1, that was how i learned it on the SF3:TS OE. I simply got frustrated with the timing stated by the pros, put the CPU in parry mode and saw it was parried.. so i timed it after activation. I think its an urban legend, possibly to make Evo Moment 37 and Daigo more special.

[@forgot7en]

With a 3 frame startup, it's very tight but doable. Preemptive parry makes it so much easier, of course.

[@Sky-ur1wk]

This brings me back to some of my favorite vids of yours that are the 40 minute long combo trials. Those were so relaxing to just have on in the background. I know the algorithm hates them now, just want to give them some love

[@jmcrofts]

I'm down to do more but there aren't really any good games for it right now. If sf6 or t8 have fun trials I'm in there for sure

[@Sky-ur1wk]

@@jmcrofts I'd love to see them, but I also agree. It feels like now that devs are recognizing the online community, they're allowing combo trials to be built more by the players doing more optimal stuff than some hypothetical demonstrations by the devs. Still, thank you so much for the super high quality content recently! It's really been a big step up since you said you were focusing on KZbin more

[@bulb9970]

Sometimes I play the 3 hour trial video from MVC3 while I work with headphones. Nice how more people find them relaxing too.

[@Siinory]

I actually got a full parry on a fully charged Denjin Hadouken in a ranked match back in 2012, it was first try didn't lab it beforehand and on a VERY bad 3rd party controller, the opposing Ryu proceeded to dash and throw me in retaliation haha

[@missquake]

And then everyone clapped

[@Polymathically]

Regarding the KKZ, you can actually do a regular parry. However, this can only be done at certain distances. The bolt of energy at the start of the animation can't be parried, but it won't cause damage if you're far enough away. You need to be out of throw range, but close enough to connect a HK. If you input the parry command just as Akuma hits the ground, you should be able to parry the shockwaves that come at the second part of the attack. If done correctly, the game will register that you've parried 4 hits at the same time. This parry can be done while jumping as well. Also, Gill can be made temporarily playable in the arcade version, but it can only be done with a with a lot of setup with a specific glitch.

[@JohnLearned]

N.jumping with the right timing can miss the initial hit, and then it can be parried on the way down

[@Lenoh]

What do you mean? Just XCOPY when facing Gill.

[@Polymathically]

@@Lenoh Nope, it's not limited to XCOPY. There is another method that lets you play as Gill via a glitch in the arcade version. Crystal_Cube99 did a video on it a while back. The glitch requires two controllers, and uses a similar setup that lets you use Glitched Super Arts. When you start up the game, let the intro play out and enter Demo Mode. The game will go to a computer-controlled character select screen, and will choose a fighter. Look closely when the Super Art selection screen appears. When the CPU selects the Super Art, the silver oval with the name of that Super Art will flash. As soon as it does, press the 2nd player Start Button. If timed correctly, the 2nd player character select screen will appear and the game will reset to a 2nd Player Arcade Mode. Play through as you normally would until you reach Gill. When the VS screen pops up before the match, press the 1st player start button. The game will announce that's time to fight a new rival. However, the 1st player character select will be glitched. It will automatically choose Alex, but display Gill's Super Arts. Regardless of which Super Art you choose, Gill will be playable via the 1st player controller. Aside from lacking a few move cancels he has in the console versions, he is fully functional. If Gill wins, the game will automatically roll over to a new 1st player Arcade Mode with him still as the playable character. You also have to redo this glitch every time you reset and start a new game. Also, do not try to activate this glitch during a bonus round, as it will crash the game.

[@bygonebebygones8503]

I accidently air parried a single hit of Akumas explosion and no one ever believed me, I did it by getting angry and just throwing the stick about but when I saw it, I knew it could be parried. I tried on practice mode and never made any progress whatsoever but after seeing your video, amazing !! Well done and great work on this content mate.

[@thathandleistakentrythisone]

Seeing Gill got me thinking how much I miss OP bosses and *especially* sub-bosses. Balrog, Vega, Sagat and Bison were the most amazing lineup ever. If you can get your little Ryu thru that murderers row, you felt so badass.

[@Herobrine100x]

SFA3 Final M. Bison.

[@billy6427]

Yeah.JPs Henchman should have been AKi, ED(?) plus1

[@retrostar-qe6hl]

At least they stayed down when knocked out

[@Amesang]

Magaki from _The King of Fighters XI_ comes to mind… 😵‍💫

[@user-tzzglsstle585e38]

@@retrostar-qe6hl Gill's Resurection isn't actually that powerful considering you can interrupt it and basically kill him while he's still resurrecting.

[@cameronwilkinson20]

desk watching the gill section like " okay time to do it with one hand"

[@sunnyday8300]

Surprised to see Twelve SA1 not make the list, as it is generally regarded as one of the harder supers to parry. I'd also put Hugo's SA3 on the list, as A) you can vary the timing of the first hit by holding the punch button, and B) the timing of the chest bump hit throws most people off. Also Urien SA2 is funkier than it looks as well.

[@hfcriske]

Actually parrying Yang's seiei enbu rekkas was sick. I thought for sure that was gonna take some time, nice work!

[@mr.checkyourself4672]

Ken and Chun-Li parry versus each other is probably the most impactful moment in video game history.

[@NeoBoneGirl]

I'm not even sure it's the most impactful moment in fighting games, let alone the most in all of fighting games

[@Windraesa]

@@NeoBoneGirl whats your list for fighting games? genuinely interested

[@NeoBoneGirl]

@@Windraesa Probably putting "SF2 gets released" at number 1, for starters. 3S is beloved but it was a huge flop when it came out and didn't really influence fighting game design in the future that much either

[@YiddishDancingClown]

There's like a hundred moments I would put before the Daigo parry. I'd say Super Mario Bros being released is a million times more important for starters.

[@Wilkins325]

@@YiddishDancingClown Didnt know Mario was a fighting game

[@c0nk2879]

Awesome video J. So yeah for that Chun fireball cancel super you will probably get frame adjacent hit auto parry a lot of the time. Spacing dependent as you said, possibly some luck involved. For those who don't know, if two hitboxes make contact with a successful parry on the same or adjacent frame, the game will automatically parry both hits. I'll have to check these out in the lab, nice parries!

[@Nateಠ_ಠ]

Love the Third Strike content. That Akuma parry was dope AF. Hope we get to see the return of “Can a normie learn Third Strike” series.

[@GinkgoPete]

I doubt he uses 4chan degen shit like "normie"

[@christomanci]

@@GinkgoPete I think that term has been mainstream for a while now.

[@hunterzolomom9480]

@@GinkgoPete avarage joe middle afegan normie npc ordinary john sheep we have actually a lot of terms , dunno if normie is enough to sum all 4chan unhinged ppl.

[@SuperDifference]

Normie is a 4chan word? I’ve never been there and have used the word. Odd.

[@ninjalos1]

Dudley’s rocket uppercut becomes much more difficult to parry if you jump after the second set of hits…good luck with that one 😉

[@keylimecookies]

The 11:40 aegis is super practical and a really good and easy way to escape this common setup

[@goodsport168m]

Yo cool vid! I did want to bring up Oro Spirit bomb super and Chun Kikosho super. Those were definitely in my top 3 hardest IMO.

[@rawkfistgaming]

Ay, look, ma! I'm a real one! Seriously, though, I didn't know you could get out of those Urien and Akuma situations! Good shit!

[@OrionTeller]

I learned to parry dudly's rocket uppercut from sfiii oe trials. Was so fun to finally pull off

[@edfreak9001]

gill's super is full of the most overpowered property in any fighting game known to man: quarter muncher

[@edpistemic]

Parrys in SF3 are so cool. Makes me feel bad to admit it but I'm so rubbish that I couldn't do the Dudley one (it's like the second or third trial) no matter how long I tried (30mins+!)

[@SawedOffLaser]

A friend of mine learned how to parry Brave Dance purely by sound. He could damn near do it with his eyes closed.

[@noughiphiet]

I remember back in the dreamcast days unlocking extra options and turning off block, putting on health recovery, setting it to one round and then just playing the CPU in arcade mode to just teach myself some form of parry reaction. It was good training, even if the CPU reads inputs and dumps raw SAs on frame 1; they also seemed to do random supers like full screen or without hit confirms. But yeah, if you turn on parry everything via the CPU, it shows you how it gets out of dumb situations.

[@Asian_Kid]

I think *Gill's Seraphic Wing* is the hardest to parry.

[@Asian_Kid]

Oh, I just realized he did it at the end.

[@borisabilana6836]

no shit sherlock

[@YTxCPS2]

If you use FBA-RR you get frame by frame timing, there's a frame advance button so you can time inputs to the exact frame then play back the recording after. This should let you parry Gill's super if nothing else works

[@blvk3]

as far as i know gill's wing super in not parry-able, however, the meteor strike is actually one of the most difficult super to parry BTW, the parry mini game Level 5 has the exact same parry pattern as the meteor strike.

[@PabloRodriguez-ov9sx]

The only part of the move that counts as unparryable is the first. Every hit after that can theoretically be parried. No human can perform this perfectly, but it is, in theory, possible. There’s a video from this guy named “John Coury” where he performs an imperfect version of the maneuver. He blocks the first hit then red parries most other hits. He takes a little bit of chip damage from the blocking he needs to perform the red parry, but this only happens because he can’t move his stick fast enough. A computer could technically parry every hit after the first.

[@jy-li1jq]

Just started but im guessing oros booger and uriens aegis have got to be pretty hard

[@MrCactuar13]

Unfortunately no air booger resets in this vid, that is one of the toughest ones in a practical setting for sure

[@nmurnmur]

Urien can also mixup the first hit to be a low, overhead, or just a delayed hit. And if the opponent does parry, it makes them vulnerable to being thrown as well

[@ChuckPickle]

The gap between the 1st block and red parry is probably extremly tight and might be easier on a leverless controller. You might want to try on hitbox or maybe keyboard?

[@mrosskne]

isn't he using a hitbox?

[@r1konTheAutomator]

9:28 - yo that was impressive. Watch the stick movements 😮 no luck there, you actually parried it lol

[@KB_13247]

i think for the gill parry, you have to use a hitbox control so you can hold block with 1 finger and then only release it when you're about to press the forward. on a joystick the time between holding back and moving the stick to forward might take too long.

[@SeasOfCheese929]

Another really hard one is parrying Akuma SA1 in the air, with the Akuma following up with air MK or HK Tatsu. It's extra tricky because the MK and HK Tatsus require different timings.

[@badboybanton]

I remember trying this on the Dreamcast back in the day and the computer didn’t parry it. Remember going back to the arcade a few days later telling everyone Gills super couldn’t be parried

[@Espeon5]

I’m gonna guess Chun-Li Kikosho, I’ll see if I’m right

[@r1konTheAutomator]

For those who don't know if two hits come within a certain timeframe and you succeed in parrying the first, the second automatically gets parried. That's why Remy's ex booms are super easy to parry cuz you only have to parry the first one. Same concept with chun li's ex fireball into super. Most of the time that ex fireball will hit at the same time as one of her kicks so it looks harder but there really is no change in the timing

[@SammySnake0803]

Justin did a video where he was playing against a hugo who kept parrying his super so he switch to kikosho to anti air and hugo couldn't parry it cause he kept moving forward during the parry and it changed the timing, was surprised that didn't make it into the video

[@kingd8m]

Im surprised you didnt try to parry Oro spirit bomb! I guess its relatively consistent in timing, just a lot of hits.

[@jmcrofts]

I actually did this one in a short kzbin.infojCgYgW66OmY?feature=share

[@alishegamer8490]

Honestly wanna see you parry Chun SA1 in the air I'm a noob, but it's my fav super art

[@Furryattack]

Gil's Rainbow special can be parried but its also difficult. My brother only did it once. He said the trick is to parry it like a a drum rythm

[@Big_Bustah]

I remember a guy was gonna chip me with a denjin in the corner and i parried it feeling like a God. I lost the match 🫤

[@andrehooker3229]

Bruh the first parry against Eleana was dope!

[@amia7z]

ah how I love playing Akuma so I can troll the parry gods (i barely survive long enough to use it)

[@Balthazar228]

The hardest Parry for me is Akuma air super fireball (Tenma Gou Zankuu) as it leaves him so plus that either you don’t want to parry it or you have to also parry his additional hits while you’re in parry recovery

[@FriedGamer]

I’ve had MY Rocket Upper parried. I died a little that day

[@6SolCrossZero9]

Oro Spirit Bomb is a fun parry as well

[@punchabunchabuttons]

I personally think the hardest is Dudley's uppercut super. I spent hours on it and still cant pull it. 1 out 5 times i get the first wave, 1 out of 20 times i get the second waves as well but i never got all of them. It's timing is soooo wonky.

[@zy7958]

Welcome to so scary but we parry

[@Dareianrc36]

I can see the parry for gill being possible on a hit box. I don't actually know if it's that's the way but just in theory, it would make sense.

[@ZeroZmm]

A friend got me into SF3 a couple years ago and he was upset how fast I picked up the parry. I could parry Denjins and Aegis reflectors by jumping into them.

[@wilsonaguiar4646]

Idk why this isn't spoken but Third Strike parry system has a little assist when you have to parry hits in quick succession so it's actually easier to parry moves like Ibuki air super after you get the first hit or the fireball in-between Chun-li her kick super.

[@FractalPrism.]

-Without a doubt chun SA 2 is the most difficult, bc you must parry BEFORE the superflash, unlike all other parries in the game. (technically you can parry after the flash but the timing window is significantly more strict than other parries, so effectively "you cant") -After you learn to parry chun sa 2 then do it with fireball, they can vary the timing further by doing an out of range fireball to trick you into thinking there is another hit in the sequence. -Akuma could be a contender if you consider multi attack parries like red fireball into SA 1; further, doing it at a distance then following up while they parry the sa 1 can also change the timing. -Ryu Denjin can be made to hit more if you hit buttons or move the stick around, so doing it when the opponent is in recovery can help it land meaty, and if you're close enough you can follow up with other attacks, much like Akuma. -Ibuki SA 1 can be difficult if the ibuki varies the timing of the kunai, but once you get the first parry its easy to get the rest; also, ibuki can change the angle and height of the daggers so it hits your face or your feet; further still, ibuki's timing of how rapidly she throws kunai can be changed during the super, such that at the right distance and height, she can go from hitting you with one kunai at a time or two or none then back and forth; further once again the defending player can mess themselves up depending on which character they are! as some characters move forward when they standing vs down parry and others dont OR they move backward! -Akuma KKZ can be raw parried if he does it during your wakeup and the lightning strike portion finishes its active frames before you're back on your feet, its also a very quick timing between each hit; it becomes exponentially more difficult to parry when you're jumping or superjumping and have more horizontal momentum, the timing also changes if you're higher or lower in the air as well as the number of hits. -if you include Gill then maybe meteor shower beats chun sa2 for difficulty as the timing changes entirely randomly and each meteor falls so quickly. -Gill Seraphic Wing (rainbow explosion sa) is 100% entirely unparryable; you either have enough hp to block it or knock gill out of it during startup.

[@TheRealBDouble]

That Yang parry was dope

[@SuperDifference]

That Yang one was dope.

[@evoson5229]

LOL, that chun Li one was nuts.

[@namespeepo4514]

your shocked face with eyes wide open looks so goofy it's funny

[@RanOutOfSpac]

Gills entire angel super is almost certainly unparryable. It’s hard to demonstrate since AI can’t parry the first hit (because the first hit is definitely unparryable), but apparently if you set the AI to block then switch them to parry, it still can’t do a red parry. I believe it can with Akuma’s KKZ. Obviously this video is older, but Big Yellow’s Gill video demonstrates this well. Gill’s meteor super is parryable of course.

[@Rivera_pex]

jmcrofts: "I'm not that good at parrying" Also jmcrofts: 4:28

[@keylimecookies]

You can party the elena super can be parried high and low so it’s pretty easy

[@johnlund3088]

Idk about red parrying the first hit of Seraphim wings but there is old dreamcast footage I belive was the console that it was parry I'd on. It was like block the first couple of hits and then parry the rest. Maybe 3/4 was parried

[@muleyamwiinga3988]

Top 10 hard suppers/situations to parry Hugo: clap + 2xEx Claps Makoto: SA 1 Chun-li: SA1 (air parry) and SA2 Yun/Yang: Genei-Jane Urien: Aegis reflect unblockable setup Oro: Tengu Stones Oro: Orb supper with unblockable setup Akuma: ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Punch suppe Akuma: Raging demon Gill: Angel Supper

[@liamfoote7164]

Parrying Denjin isn't really that hard if you correctly guess the timing. What is hard is that if it's charged enough, Ryu has enough time to attack you whilst you are still locked into parrying. Akuma can do something similar with his air fireball super on an airborne opponent. He can try and hit you with air tatsu whilst you are locked into parry and almost no one is going to parry that.

[@benjaminwang9837]

ibuki sa1 is the craziest party I've ever seen

[@KusanagiMotoko100]

This should be a challenge, how long it takes the FGC to parry Gill's super.

[@terrydavis146]

You can play as gill in arcade, someone discovered a glitch a year ago

[@davidtiyana8144]

Lets goo Justin!!

[@bakihanma4826]

An advice If anyone wants to parry u need to imagine it like a song like piano tales as an example

[@spectrumbots4268]

Gill's NOT having it, good golly!💀

[@FerrariMekhari]

Daigo is INSANE. Not only did he do this first try, he did it in Girlfriends agains Justin Wongg at the time arguably the best Chun alive. Talk about balls. That man has tournament nerves of steel

[@mrosskne]

girlfriends?

[@PreSsureGaming0116]

Just a guess here but you can try timing the parry with the rainbow circles that show up on the screen when he does his super

[@VItarcheg]

Oro's fireball super is also kinda tough to parry. Not that you see it much

[@cueshq789]

Bro youre lit!

[@piercenightmare2906]

You should jump to air parry Dudleys last 3 hits. That makes it hard 😈

[@Mene0]

This was cool

[@ramseydoon8277]

15:02 *TASTE THE RAINBOW*

[@xirtayrc]

street fighter 3 revival is here!

[@elzilcho222]

Can’t believe oro spirit bomb is not here

[@keylimecookies]

15:27 they are prolly on the dream cast or online edition, cannot be parried at all in arcade and direct ports

[@EvanTomiko]

Didn't know Seraphic Wings could be parry since there are no physical hits.

[@reckyu7642]

And my counter to Yun's Genei Jin is to parry. Yun's get scared

[@OathOfRevenge]

Playing Hugo got me really good at some of these, something like denjin I always parry with ease at this point 💪 A good honorable mention has to be Remy's SA1, the timing varies based on distance and can be wonky. Necro's antiair super gets harder when you try to parry it while crossing up, gotta change parry direction mid jump!

[@speedwagonisbae688]

Yeah I was wondering where Remy was

[@ShadalooPlayer]

Daigo has enter the chat

[@ibreakyou7134]

Yo how is Kikoshou (Chun-li SA 1) not on this list???

[@corey2232]

Is the version of SF3: Third Strike from the SF 30th Anniversary Collection on PC any good? After watching your videos, I finally want to give this game a try. Looking for a good way to play on PC & found this.

[@Scrubermensch]

Twelve's shockwave superart is the actual hardest if I recall correctly

[@terrydavis146]

That one you can just mash forward and down

[@cpuvscpu]

I could be wrong, but I think you can only red parry gill's wing on console.

[@SoundxHunter]

I can barely parry a hadoken ex....🙈😂

[@slingshotshoto4458]

Rest in peace my brother 😂😂😂

[@edpistemic]

Me either! :(

[@krystal7916]

J Wong keeps saying Chuns super art one is unparryable

[@jigokuruler36]

I think that oro's "Genkidama" might be the hardest

[@SuperDifference]

The necro super is a bit diffefent when it’s not cpu and instead another player mashing. There are more hits to parry.

[@wolfiewolf1794]

The problem with third strike is the difficulty of red parry . IMO it should be a lot easier to do because it would stop ppl from preforming B&B tactics . I don’t think you should have flow state in fighting game there should be chaos and order and repetition because it’s boring to do and watch should be punished . What do you say sir ? Also thanks for the awesome videos .

[@ReeceyOne]

@jmcrofts - can you rank all supers?

[@thrillhouse4151]

1:00 hup say ha hup say ha hup say HAAAA

[@gxmcdg]

maybe with a hitbox you can do the red parry on Gil

[@kenshiro7960]

You can’t party gills wing super BUT I wanted to see you parry Oro big fireball super

[@maximepaccalet4449]

Ok, i'm watching your video on mute, so i activated the auto-subtitles, and it transcribed "Denjin Hadouken" to "dungeon hadouken" and i think this has to become a thing. And also, "Gen'ei Jin" was transcribed as "Canadian", and i think this should be the new official name of Yun's SA3 from now on. Excellent video, by the way, as always. I would have liked to see you go against Remy's SA1, it seems difficult to me because it depends on the players' position on screen, so it feels kind of random. Oh, i don't know if someone already mentionned that in the comment section, but Brave dance is actually an easy parry, since you only have to parry the first hit. The second hit is very low so you can just jump over it and punish at will. I know the whole point here was to try to fully parry the super, but it's still a nice trick to know in a match.

[@vladventura1928]

I'm using that one, Canadian LMAO

[@aaronsilverman837]

Surprised Kikosho super is not on here

[@r1konTheAutomator]

15:32 - crystalcube_99 has entered the chat 😂

[@Purlypurlington]

Personal list but I’m surprised Ibuki is so high I’ve first try parried that so many times

[@mrosskne]

how can you have more than one first try?

[@Purlypurlington]

@@mrosskne touché I guess I just mean with no warning I’ve parried it a few times

[@HELLRAISER02]

NOW DO EM ALL, WITH RED PARRIES