SF6 S2 Ken: "Small" Mid Season Balance Patch

[@juanrios4030]

You could say I’m a habitual line stepper with my sweeps…🤔

[@RushG]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[@ravantgarde1899]

Glad to see you back!

[@DarkG117]

Man. I can't believe that nobody is mentioning how big the OD DP nerf actually is. It's completely erradicated my favourite setup! OD DP used to give a +29 knockdown no matter where or when it was used in a combo. If used against a cornered opponent, this meant you could go for an auto-timed meaty Run-Overhead on landing that allowed you to combo it into a jab and then into his target combo. You could also do run-stop cr.lk or run-stop throw for an amazing true high/low/throw mix. This setup used to get me so many victories, I can't tell you how sad I am to see it gone... This was, by far, my most used and most favoured oki. I wohld end all my combos with OD DP if I had the bar to spend!! The only upside is that it now gives a +23 knockdown which means you can use the following setups in the corner instead: Immediate Drive Rush fierce punch (push fierce on first available frame) hits super meaty giving +11 on hit and +6 on block. You can combo into a second standing fierce which also trades if they mash jab, allowing for a 3rd standing fierce trade combo for huge damage. Or you can do a safe frame trap with cr. HP. If you just do Drive Rush empty, you can block in time to avoid reversals too so its not fake pressure. +23 also means you can do immediate meaty step kick that will give +5 on regular hit and only be - 2 on block and still be outside throw range. I'd still prefer the old oki, it's made Ken a lot more boring for me personally... Peace!

[@RushG]

I appreciate the detail. I'll look into this Oki a little more. The overhead is good but I always felt some meaty setups that hit on frame 1 or 2 were risky due to perfect parry. I really need to flesh out Ken Oki in my mind for stronger setups

[@DarkG117]

@RushG Perfect Parry is always a risk but I don't think it should ever stop you from using meaty pressure, otherwise you just completely give up your advantage. I'd always begin the round with the run-stop throw version to discourage the parry, then when the time was right, switch to the overhead,or vice versa if they start the match with a lot of blocking and delay tech. I still have meaty overhead setups to go to but the OD DP was my favourite because you could get to it from ANY starter, be it a light, medium or heavy, or even reversals or wall splats, it was always an option... Sad times. Peace.

[@DarkG117]

@RushG I'm shit at most other things in this game, but I love the numbers when it comes to oki set ups so if you ever fancy chatting and getting my notes, I am more than happy to help! Peace.

[@DarkG117]

@RushG So updated after a bit of time. OD Dp can give 2 different oki timings, +22 if hitting a grounded opponent or +23 after hitting a juggled opponent. This means you're +4 or +5 respectively on block after the meaty DR fierce and not +6 like I said before. So you can combo a cr.fp on hit and this will trade with a jab on block which will allow a followup trade combo I believe. You'll have to forgive me for the inaccuracy! Peace.

[@markburke4401]

Yeah man rush is back the Ken army is stronger now

[@mopey1797]

I'm really busy with college right now so I appreciate you breaking this down for me, bro. Also, nice to see you back.

[@XxGhostDOGxX420]

OMG it’s Rush! 😭 He came bacc for us! 😭

[@RushG]

Content grind, lets go!

[@420haxx]

Knockin on the door of 10k subs bro! Cheers for the patch breakdown.

[@MascotRay7]

Really glad to see you back!

[@crono1357]

welcome back! been missing your content lately.

[@Mister_MasterzRN]

After back throw you could forward dash light tatsu

[@RushG]

Bit of a hard read don't you think? Also LK Tatsu in this game is 4F not 3F so it's kinda pointless doing it as Ken's Stand Jab, CR Jab are 4F too

[@yama1019]

Thanks for the video. Can you make a ken guide season 2 where you can talk about most useful okis and pressure/opennings, space traps etc... that would be nice.

[@BillLee-m1v]

Wow! Welcome Bro. I have waited your contents :) My ST teacher.

[@Dang0thebepis]

It's good to hear from you again my fellow UK Ken Sikh brother 💪

[@RushG]

👊

[@megabenx]

Thanks for the tips!

[@kny1701]

for jinrye is it only more gauge on hit or on block as well?

[@MahmoudLutfi7794]

Happy to see my favorite ken tbh

[@RushG]

SFV maybe but not SF6. Im so bad at this game

[@MahmoudLutfi7794]

@RushG no bro you're good just rusty 😂 and its normal you haven't played it in awhile

[@majorlaggames4506]

Rush is back, back again, let us crush with, Rush's Ken!!! Rush is back, Rush is back! Welcome back man!!

[@leonarddaye7550]

Thanks for the video

[@auriplane]

Thanks, I appreciate the video! Hope you're enjoying Tekken, I'm still playing both games

[@RushG]

How are you finding Tekken? I hit blue ranks but with Tekken I feel I really need to study the match ups more. Sometimes I feel like me and my opponent are just flailing in ranked

[@Flexium_GG]

Possible to do a jinrai guide on all the layers/mixups it can bring?

[@RushG]

Sure, might be a good refresher for folks 👌

[@Flexium_GG]

Holy shit that’d be incredible wow ty

[@Flexium_GG]

I’ve been working on all the mixups that can come from 1-3 lights (throwing/spacing or frame traps) and jinrai just adds a whole new layer in terms of l/m/h jinrai and going into low/high/no follow up, even delaying the second hit as well

[@jasonriox]

Did Air EX tatsu get nerfed hit stun wise? I'm not getting as easy a pick up anymore

[@Alacr4n]

insant click, and yeah Ken will be fine no need to fuss

[@loganamir]

No worries guys. Ken is gonna get back all he lost in the final season right before Sf7 comes out. 😆 We already saw this scenario.

[@HuyTran]

Missed your videos!

[@opsm4817]

How are you!!!!! Long time. I know you're a ken loyalist , but have you tried ryu or akuma

[@RushG]

@@opsm4817 I'm good man how about you? Very tempted by Ryu, Terry looks cool too but I feel Ryu is a good bet right now with all these buffs

[@jamesbaxter7492]

Finally you got off tekken 😂

[@RushG]

Lol, I need to revive this channel with actual content. Tekken 8 > SF6 🥲

[@brokenfc]

Are we back?

[@RushG]

Content grind, yes

[@Juanmi87]

Oh, it's Christmas already?

[@RushG]

😅

[@shottache]

I feel that they are attacking Ken & they are Buffing Ryu & that's not fair man.

[@Nostalgiaforinfi]

Be quiet. Cammy got her legs cut off.

[@shottache]

@Nostalgiaforinfi they been attacking Ken since they nurff him & Cammy needed to get clipped

[@RushG]

They are trying to bring the more powerful characters in-line with the rest of the cast. Cammy had it coming, Ken too, Rashid needs serious attention. Shin Ryu is soon to be the next big problem!

[@hawashiamarunaga9917]

This update was clearly to increase punish opportunities against Ken and cut off his momentum in match ups. If he gets a knock down. It's an automatic reset, basically. The opponent gets more opportunities to put Ken on the defensive and there's no trade off. His attacks are either weaker or the same which means he'll be spending meter to gain damage. That's why they created meter buffs to supply Ken players with more opportunities to use it.

[@ekwensu8797]

What brought you back? Thought you hated the game

[@RushG]

Mainly focusing on content rather than using to decent at SF6. My feelings for the game have not changed but I miss making content

[@JohnSmith-rr3jt]

Nothing like MORE Ken nerfs for no reason. I still see people crying about his Jinrai kicks for gods sake lol. Like fuck me, every Jinrai option loses to delayed light, which has been the case since DAY 1. People are just to bad and lazy to actually learn the game.

[@SparkyForce]

Stepkick hurtbox isn’t for whiff punishing it’s for punishing it on block. Which is weird because the move is barely useful anyway.

[@RushG]

I tested it on block and it seemed exactly the same as before. The wordings "hurtbox" and "recovery" suggest whiff If it were on block id expect them to say "pushback reduced" like for the sweep changes

[@BurstLimitKL]

@@RushG dhalsim, lily, juri, character with bad 4fs couldn't punish before, now they can

[@RushG]

@@BurstLimitKL interesting, good to know this. I'll test it again, thank you

[@komborekt7016]

I miss season 1 Air EX tatsu