Rudi's 3S Makoto Tutorial

In this tutorial, I try and cover everything from basic to advanced stuff. This includes pokes, specials, supers, karas, combos, throws, okizeme, post-hayate options, hayate cancels, EX hayate resets, stun combos and option selects. All footage was recorded by myself and edited by myself, no programmable pad was used for any of the footage in this video.
The music I used in this video in order:
93 Till Infinity by Souls Of Mischief
Ghetto Gospel by 2Pac
Picture Me Rollin' by 2Pac
Worst Comes to Worst by Dilated Peoples
I Am Ra Ra Ra by Susumu Yokota
The Greatest Kind Is In The Water by Gavintoo
Malade by Hocus Pocus
Conscient by Hocus Pocus
Starin' Through My Eyes by 2Pac
Beats by MJD
Crescent Moon by DJ Okawari
C R E A M by El Michels Affair
For those who may still have trouble doing the 100% stun combo using the Kara Fukiage, check out Nica K.O's tutorial as it also shows some good hand footage to help you with the timing here:
• Nica K.O's Makoto Tuto...
Big thanks to Infy once again for helping in the graphics side of things. Thanks to AC-Slayer, The Genius, Bopperrr and Infy for song recommendations.
Hope you enjoy the video. All feedback will be taken into account for any future videos I make.

[@amare7430]

0:02 - Pokes 3:25 - Specials 6:17 - Supers 7:55 - Karas 9:12 - Combos 12:16 - Throws 12:43 - Okizeme 14:10 - Post-Hayate Options 15:19 - Hayate Cancels 16:01 - EX Hayate Resets 17:17 - Stun Combos 19:04 - Option Selects

[@busterwolfmusic]

this is how we chill from 93 til. perfect.

[@GohTheGreat]

I dont play Makoto but I love looking back at early FGC youtube videos. This guide is so high quality and it was made 1 years ago! Nice job!

[@XionTheSylveon]

Man, it's become so much easier to do these combos and use these tricks in just 2 months work! Thanks ever so much for posting this!

[@jonahg2252]

For real bro I keep coming back

[@KikiDaiso]

This is a great video: informative, perfectly laid-out and good use of repetitions. And those are some sweet beats.

[@Kelohmello]

3rd Strike players always have the best taste in music.

[@BlackMageLozi]

nope

[@Rocwell]

Amen brother!

[@Venom272X]

@@BlackMageLozi stfu bitch replying to a 9 yr old comment

[@mconstant007]

This is how we chill from ‘93 till…

[@fern8336]

What’s the song?

[@YungSkrimbo]

Excellent choice of music :D! and great guide, this is gon' help my makoto game bigtime

[@redRAID3R]

OMG! I love you for using the souls of mischief instrumental...

[@kupowns]

Great in-dept guide to Makoto, best one I've seen so far. Congrats.

[@williammills6388]

Pressed like button as soon as I heard Soul's of Mischief. (That live band version of C.R.E.A.M at the end was a nice touch) Also a dope tutorial too. Still useful in 2022.

[@tfhorth]

Great guide! Was always wondering about her kara-cancel options and how to do it, all I needed was that quick explanation :) Lots of good stuff in there.

[@kevinm2832]

God like info and tunes. As soon as Souls of Mischief kicked in I was hooked.

[@TheBIueNote]

This is quality stuff. Thanks for a through and practical guide Rudi! :)

[@Oktakop]

Great work, Rudi. Looking forwards to any future tutorials you decide to work on!

[@awwnuts07]

Thank you very much for this tutorial. I didn't play 3s, but I plan on getting the re-release. You've definitely made my learning experience so much easier.

[@Jeangtrd]

Best music, dope Makoto tutorial and nice editing. Thanks!

[@DocDreamTaker]

Very, very, very good. As a learn as you go Makoto player, finally seeing a tutorial on stuff is really helpful. My game should be improving quite a bit. Thanks.

[@jamesellis983]

Thank you so much for this! Really helping this fledgling Makoto grow!

[@omgitsaduck12345]

Absolutely amazing tutorial.

[@jonahg2252]

Thanks bro, started playing a couple months ago and I love playing makoto. Your video helped me out a lot and I thank you for making it exists

[@jonahg2252]

Exist*

[@TheDeadTexan]

Excellent work here, bud. Wonderful tutorial.

[@tedthemechanix1]

So many great footage on 3rd Strike this last days, that's great after more then 12 years this game still rocks the planet!!!

[@MrBroken030]

well done rudi !! shoutouts to all the uk 3s players :D love the music !

[@Toomnyusernae]

This is a great tutorial. Always wondered what the secret was behind that up punch. You pick some pretty SF3 appropriate tricks. Silky smooth.

[@needcollegeloan]

Godlike tutorial. Godlike soundtracks.

[@scaffairl]

Just watched this again, amazing.

[@jasonswanson9719]

The content of this video s great, but I have to shout out your music selection. It's so good!

[@OnlyJerome4Reals]

the songs in here are KILLER

[@k4g7]

you added "starin at the world through my rearview" instrumental to this tutorial, seein as how 2pac is my favorite artist, i here by dub you awesome

[@scaffairl]

Favourite 3s character combined with 93 til infinity = GODLIKE

[@Vasholino]

great work, thanks!

[@theycallmejpj]

when i heard hocus pocus i knew there had to be some gin influence going on! sick vid dude

[@DogginsFroggins]

great stuff

[@TheMoovetrick]

Love the vid. I hope you make more in the future sir

[@azn6k]

Godlike dude :D

[@nekro2407]

This is super useful thanks a lot

[@AveMcree]

I really dont like this character that much but the music is BANGING in this video... the tutorial is dope as hell too

[@Rudolfolicious]

@Nafly2K9 When the Hayate animation is about to finish, I input two QCF's and drum all 3 punch buttons to give me 6 individual chances from the button presses and releases to allow the super to come out. This makes the link much easier. This is also explained in Thongboy's 3S tutorial, look it up :)

[@druha10304]

lol the guy who made this loves his west coast alternative hip hop

[@Naleb514]

wowow 20syl - conscient instrumental... dig this !

[@THOUSANDSofAPOLOGIES]

I dont even know what fight game is and like tutorial good job best excellent Ive seen well done

[@MikeZWasTaken]

Corner EX Hayate: You can juggle Alex with a cr.RH for more stun and damage, but it's a tight link. You can juggle Hugo with a cr.Fierce. You can juggle Urien/Necro/Dudley etc with cr.Strong xx Hayate-cancel for more mixup. vs Hugo, if you do (karakusa) s.Fierce xx Jab Hayate or held Strong Hayate (hold for just enough to go up a level), you can then bait a grab with F+RH, which steps back enough to avoid all 360s and Gigas. If you hold the F+RH you can recover and punish.

[@awwnuts07]

BTW, great choice of music

[@Ausaini17]

As soon as I heard the first song I knew I was watching goodness! "93 till" Zero7's album right?

[@CC-fi3pp]

The way she is played now in 2019-2020 she's S tier with Yun and Chun, play her unpredictably and they'll never guess the parry rite enough times. Her mix on the threat of her command throw can make her the best character if you know how.

[@MikeZWasTaken]

@MikeZWasTaken The best use of SA3 is to get yourself a perfect reversal - use the flash to determine what the other person is doing, and react accordingly afterward by either standing there to make an attack or throw whiff through you then punishing, or reacting appropriately to take the initiative. It also raises her chip damage - a blocked RH Tsurugi deals as much chip as a connected s.Strong.

[@PaulOkon1981]

Interesting stuff, man! Any chance we'll see a similar vid for Elena or Hugo?

[@yes4me]

informative

[@erk9448]

thanks for the playlist dude also for the guide i guess

[@DarkyDiZZ]

0:47-0:58 Dudley was on beat as always! Good tut though, very informative. I was thinking about using Makoto this vid will help out alot.

[@1MCElias]

Forgot the name of the beat of 8:08 it was worst come to worst or some like that song? Or a Dilated people one?

[@brenorp95]

0:03 Pokes 3:27 Specials 6:18 Supers 7:55 Karas 9:12 Combos 12:16 Throws 12:43 Okizeme 14:10 Post-Hayate Options 15:19 Hayate Cancels 16:01 Ex Hayate Resets 17:18 Stun Combos 19:05 Option Selects

[@SilverAphelion]

A Elena or Ibuki vid would be awesome thks brah

[@MikeZWasTaken]

@MikeZWasTaken You can also use SA3 to bait parries - for example, a meaty s.Strong vs wakeup can be option-select late canceled into SA3 to allow you to punish the parry. Same with Oroshis...and if the Oroshi hits, even a Jab version, you can dash up into cr.Short xx Jab Hayate. The stun combo on AK/RE should be karakusa, Fierce xx SA2 dash HP DP sj MK Tsurugi. The Tsurugi floats higher, allowing a taunt into j.RH s.Fierce xx Hayate for the kill. Otherwise they can shake out if you taunt.

[@attill2508]

fking legend

[@mealexxx]

Great tut and killer tracks man! Share me a playlist!

[@negamogeko6120]

Makoto best waifu

[@Elivanse]

If you do karakusa fast enough on their wake up, does it still lose to wake up throw?

[@1MCElias]

C.R.E.A.M. 😁😎

[@Ausaini17]

yes, Souls of Mischief.

[@SamRykerTV]

I'm having trouble - HP > SA2 doesnt seem to combo? I'm on Fightcade - not sure if that's an issue?

[@TuckshopBandit1]

First of all SS score for instrumentrals, at 17:44 is the reverse DP MP? Ty for video, this some good shit.

[@fadedsun303]

@Rudolfolicious Does it matter if you drum the buttons in the opposite order? Say, HP,MP,LP? It's easier for me to drum that way than from low to high.

[@toastedguy]

for the 98% stun, how come after my mp fukiage sjc to hp, the hp whifs sometimes

[@needcollegeloan]

They made you re-upload this?

[@Nafly2K9]

How are you doing Hayate into SA1?

[@DJace3000]

Hey, Rudolfolicious, could you send a link or download for Susumu Yokota's "I Am Ra Ra Ra" track? I found an old link, but it's dead. If you see my comment. I will appreciatively accept your help.

[@toastedguy]

@CoopZillaTron I figured out a variation to it, theres some trick to the timing but you can do sjc to jump hk instead of hp, it comes out faster, easier to land, stun is about the same, try that

[@Rudolfolicious]

@PaulOkon1981 I'm thinking of working with players who use those characters to a good level to make those videos. I'll keep you updated. Thanks to everyone for the positive feedback, really appreciated. Any suggestions and improvements for any future videos I make will definitely be taken on board. Thanks!

[@WHATISUTUBE]

@Kelohmello I chuck it up to the nature of the game itself. Aesthetically, the game is suave and simple, yet stylish. It's minimalist in nature, as opposed to SFA3's YOURE DOING COCAINE AND ECSTASY AT THE SAME TIME FIGHT FIGHT TRIUMPH OR DIE. This games 'feel' attracts more subdued soundtracks, and since they don't stray far from the middle (either too fast or too slow in tempo, bass, etc), most people enjjoy them. The games gameplay mechanics are like this as well, ironically.

[@Rudolfolicious]

@MikeZWasTaken Thanks for the extra information but I really didn't focus on SA3 tactics much just because the other two supers are more viable and have more situational uses. About all the post EX Hayate setups you gave, I just wanted people to know what you're capable of after EX Hayate fundamentally. Had I put every single option after EX Hayate, I would've had to do the same for Stun Combos/Setups too, but I think giving people an idea of how they work makes them try to find more themselves.

[@studynerd]

So who is the greatest Makoto player in the world? Come and set your rally point at me, Arcade UFO.

[@TheGeniusUK]

@DarkyDiZZ But Dudley is ALWAYS on beat, you can expect nothing less.

[@slimbakon1993]

how do you connect the s.mk reset is it just practice?

[@Kelohmello]

@WHATISUTUBE Yeah, I agree. Of course, the 3S soundtrack itself is just like that.

[@onreload]

@Rudolfolicious I've been thinking about doing a Hugo tutorial, actually...

[@1MCElias]

😎👍🏻

[@Rudolfolicious]

@Kelohmello corrected, thanks :)

[@chalz37]

Why are the Graphics different? this doesn't look like 3rd strike.

[@CoopZillaTron]

@toastedguy exact same problem. Well not exact I just can't hit it :(

[@bubbagump5hrimp2]

🍻

[@MewMewMakeVideo]

man, why did they make hp into sa2 so hard to link

[@Kami.Anarchy]

Some of these combos aren't working for me. Maybe it's because I'm playing 30th anniversary edition

[@blueduckky]

i luv u

[@Kelohmello]

You listed that last track wrong by the way, It's C R E A M by El Michels Affair.

[@rubeng9092]

Whats the background music? It sounds amazing!

[@Rudolfolicious]

You'll find the list of music used in the description, in order.

[@franc5522]

Que buena canciòn.....

[@AsianBM55]

@Kelohmello Wow I just noticed that. My friend is a 3rd strike player (only) and he listens to the same shit I listen to (hip hop). That's awesome.

[@SpoonOfHawaii]

@orochinagis I recommend Clawstrophobia uploaded by TheShend.

[@Rudolfolicious]

@BBoyPhreshershist Make sure you're using j.HP and not j.MP. Try and press the HP as fast as you can in order to make it come out on the earliest timing possible. Outside of this, it's just practice I guess.

[@eternal0star]

Great video, makes me sad how much stuff Makoto lost in her transfer from 3S to SF4. Especially the ability to link into her supers and the fact they transfered over her neutral throw but didn't give her the invincibility so it's just a terrible throw that doesn't cause a knockdown :/

[@nightmarebooster]

Its cool that people are finally doing some 3rd strike stuff, more competition and in no time that garbage fighting game called SSF4 will be wiped out lol, unless if noobs would like to cherish such an easy game. Nice Video (Y)

[@ThirtyfourEC]

@Madarabster you dont pirate good for you

[@ghettotrash1228]

Does this work with the version of third strike on the sf 30th anniversary

[@DjRazzor312]

I can confirm that most do but the timing on the 30th anniversary is different. The characters and command inputs react slightly slower than they used to

[@clrndalvare]

SEXY, thanks.

[@ceekenna]

Rakurai disliked this video.

[@Rudolfolicious]

@slimbakon1993 Apologies for the late reply. Yep, just practice :)

[@ClickForOutkast]

@Kelohmello It's fucking true.

[@nerrage]

1 Dislike was Ken.

[@spreadlove8946]

Is it called kara cancel because of her? Thank you for the great guide anyways!

[@jagiNON]

No, Kara Cancel kinda translates to 'Empty Cancel' because you're canceling a move usually before it's active frames.