SF6 ▰ ANGRYBIRD (Ken) vs KUSANAGI (Ryu) ▰ High Level Gameplay

[@ajp1282]

Lore battles between Ryu and Ken will never get old, especially when they're played by the pros.

[@kingalbert513]

Facts

[@DerrickJohnson84]

That first round was insane

[@Tassadar4Ever]

0:56 awesome time to pause the video! Give it a try everyone

[@Probaru]

nice catch man

[@thomasromano9239]

meh

[@kiball09]

2:02 is better lol

[@Cobfan990]

The round 2 fireball clash at the start is what street fighter dreams are made of

[@ZenPaladin]

Man this may be the best Ken V Ryu for SF6 I have seen. Lots of great high level tech on display. Galaxy brain moves and a large variety of combo routs.

[@thomasromano9239]

Good to see Kusanagi representing the legend

[@MoyosoreOgunbiyi]

High level Ken vs Ryu matches are always hella entertaining. Angry Bird is just built different and Kusanagi keeps impressing me with his Ryu but he needs to be consistent when closing out from an advantage. It was painful how he lost a crucial advantage in the 5th set with nearly over half-life in the 2nd round and recklessly spamming Hashogeki from full screen while AB was still in burnout. 💀

[@Flashback_Jack]

This was only partly entertaining, Got the feeling Kusanagi was just outclassed throughout.

[@MoyosoreOgunbiyi]

@@Flashback_Jack Because you know that he's playing from a disadvantage with Ryu versus an extremely skilled opponent plus more effective xter. It's the underdog effect. 😅

[@plunders_ocv]

Ken's run DP has projectile invuln frames. One of angrybird's only ways back into the game at that point was to make a correct read on a fireball from ryu and go into run -> dp to make it through the fireball and then cancel the dp into super level 3. You can see he actually tries to do exactly that, but the spacing is a little too far so angrybird isn't able to cancel into level 3. The reason kusanagi was doing light hashogeki was to bait angry bird into run -> dp so the hashogeki would recover and he could punish angrybird.

[@MoyosoreOgunbiyi]

@@plunders_ocv As opposed to deliberately closing the distance quickly with Drive Rush and forcing chip damage on blocking in burnout until a hit confirm opens up with little to no risk of an EX-DP thanks to no drive bar on Angry Birds side? It's the little decisions that make death by a thousand cuts in high level play. It was a bait attempt but it clearly snatched him defeat from the jaws of victory. 🤷

[@thexeroverse]

@@MoyosoreOgunbiyi I would say Kusanagi made the appropriate decision considering his opponent's character and resources. Baiting out run dp from Ken was a smart and calculated decision but AB guessed right with his run dp timing after anticipating a bait attempt from Kusanagi. It's not a bad idea to continue to pressure with drive rush while your opponent is in burnout but it would not have been as advantageous for Kusanagi as the bait attempt. Ryu does not have good oki after his level 3 (only safe option is to ex fireball for most matchups). To initiate pressure from there would not be as advantageous as you'd think. Pressuring AB while he was in burnout did not go well for Kusanagi the entire set, he almost always ended up losing the round due to AB doing a reversal or counter hit into super

[@joshpenbar8319]

13:17 what a clutch

[@kiball09]

1:24 sucks how that punish whiffed from Kusanagi

[@manawyydan4811]

This is better than Mike vs Jake

[@chanbenyamin3527]

最後は惜しかった！

[@joshpenbar8319]

those mashed dps and spammed supers are horrible to see,Ryu gameplan is really bad

[@KeNaN43214]

Ryu Player,Not good