Train like a Pro: The #1 Secret to Beating Ranked Anxiety | Street Fighter 6 Guide

[@DiaphoneTwo]

Good vid and thanks for the shoutout 🫡. RE: EGO, IMO top players use their ego to help them get over losses / ranked anxiety. If you truly believe you are better than your rank or you have potential to be one of the best, then it’s extra motivation to keep playing to show results / your true rank

[@nugieboy]

Definitely a good point as an inverse to damaging your ego, use it as a motivating factor… don’t know how I didn’t realize to mention that considering the blue lock in the video lmaooo

[@ZenseiSmoke]

Ego is a double edged sword it can work against you and for you

[@vund3r]

@@nugieboy we need a fgc anime with blue lock energy.

[@travkenn1019]

If you make the goal to get better instead of winning/ranking up, losses are not only much easier to handle they become a vital opportunity to check where you can improve. If the goal is to increase skill, ranking up will happen organically over time. I always remind myself, “you’re not good at this game, but you’re getting better”. It works for me.

[@nugieboy]

Well said, yep every loss is definitely another learning opportunity, something I’m still working on ngl

[@EldritchMephi]

How do i make myself care more about getting better over winning

[@nugieboy]

@@EldritchMephi repetition

[@WaffleKrushaTTV]

Thank you!!! I needed this

[@markkipanga1933]

That the right mindset to have

[@RDW-Krow]

I experienced ranked anxiety super early on when I played sfv. I cared significantly where I was ranked and I really validated my skill based on said ranked. ego will hold you back a lot and the thing that helped me get over the anxiety was to stop running to casual games anytime I got anxious or worried about dropping. drop those fucking games. let the fear of dropping happen and i promise you it's not that bad. because i didn't retreat back to my little corner where rank didn't matter my anxiety and stress became less and less. fast forward years later I'm close to master ranked in sf6 and not hard stuck gold anymore. I've never gone to causal games i always play ranked and because i faced that fear of dropping i feel light as a feather when i play and i legit have fun even on my 10+ loss streaks. obviously losing sucks but no one loses more than a champion. there is a lesson in every loss no matter how big or small. This is what worked for me and i hope this helps someone.(:

[@KevinRobertsArt]

2:20: this is why I gave up on SFV. I was ONLY having 'fun' (in ranked) when I won. And by 'fun' it was just this wave of RELIEF. If I win it's ok, if I lose I hate everything. Not a good way to play video games.

[@nugieboy]

I hope you’re having fun with a fighting game today! If not well maybe other competitive game 🤓

[@KevinRobertsArt]

@@nugieboy SF6 has been fun since day one. I can literally *feel* the difference. Even when I lose I'm still having a good time. I can't explain the science behind it but it's there. SF6 is just plain fun.

[@user-wy1et9dk9w]

@@KevinRobertsArtare you sure you just weren’t good at sfv lol I did not have this issue at all.

[@iGuyaneseGamer]

Playing casuals until you’ve beaten a number of different ranks, such as master, diamond, platinum, or even gold can motivate you enough to play ranked. Just knowing that you’ve beaten these different ranks in casual consecutively, is enough to start my rank journey. That was one way that helped me. Although they may play a little different in rank compared to classic, just having that consistent win toward the same rank is more than enough to know. And i listen to music through my headphones while I’m playing ranked to get over that anxiety lol.

[@tleevz1]

You are good at this, keep it up. You're right about ego, it's embarrassing sometimes how I act after I do something dumb and get smoked. So this is all good advice, thanks man.

[@nugieboy]

Appreciate it, keep it up, after EVO I realize a lot of this stuff can go away when u play offline too

[@StephGoKrazy]

Bro I’ve been forcing myself to play through the anxiety but this video helps a lot.

[@nugieboy]

That’s a good first step but also tackling it is important too, hope it helps!!

[@gigachad1457]

Brother, that playing with goals one is so real. As someone with friends who are INCREDIBLE at fighting games and were known in their respective communities online, I had to go from sucking ass and not knowing how to consistently do specials to being an above average MK11 (my first fighting game) player within a couple months. And then going from MK to Tekken, I had to completely relearn movement from scratch and retrain my juggle muscle memory since the gravity’s different in Tekken. And THEN transitioning from that to SF6, I had to learn how to consistently do supers, and I told myself “Your goal is to complete X combo trial” “Your goal is to consistently cancel this special into super” “Your goal is to hit this BnB consistently” because hitting supers is hard, man. (Off topic but if you’re new to street fighter, don’t beat yourself up about struggling with super inputs, they are actually pretty hard lol) But with those goals in mind, I hopped into games with my friend and started to get a feel for hitting those combos online and the dopamine hit when you actually hit it to kill is UNMATCHED.

[@WaffleKrushaTTV]

Helpful words. Thank you

[@vahallen9876]

Man it’s fucking insane I placed diamond with Bison currently have 74% winrate in diamond with Bison after 54 matches and I STILL HAVE RANKED ANXIETY, c’mon brain what the fuck To get trough it I’m just forcing myself to play ranked till I lose atleast one set I do get in the mood as soon as I start, I absolutely do enjoy the game, I just have zero confidence in my ability

[@nugieboy]

It sounds like you’re playing through it already I mean 54 matches is decent(compared to someone who doesn’t play lol) but I feel it… gotta keep grinding to get more comfy with the char

[@jameji_phd]

Was NOT expecting the Endwalker boss theme background music!

[@nugieboy]

It’s how I’m coping with not playing Dawntrail, only have time for fighting games and shadow of the erdtree 💀

[@Neo-Kable]

I just hit master because of this video! Woo thank you! 😄

[@nugieboy]

That’s super awesome to hear!!!

[@Kfo221]

I appreciate the endwalker ost

[@EldritchMephi]

Having RSD makes every mistake feel like getting punched in the face emotionally. I just try to fight through it though

[@nugieboy]

I wasn’t familiar with this condition so I looked it up, have you seen a professional and talked about it and how it relates to gaming? Anything helped?

[@user-wy1et9dk9w]

The best advice I can give anyone for fighting games is play a souls game lol. It completely removed any care I had for losing lol. Losing a set never feels as bad as getting stomped by a boss 20 times and never coming close to beating it

[@0mr0z0]

Tip 1 anti air !!

[@tbndidntpop7072]

Well im a new SF player, though i've been playing Tekken and MK for years. Im not proud to say i have a yellow card atm and the reason is im getting too mad that my inputs dont come out and i ragequit, an issue i never had with Tekken or MK. I just dont understand the input system. Im starting to suspect that the input system is more timing focused in SF and might have more gaps of no inputs during combo windows. I hope the yellow card disappears, im taking a break atm and im starting to feel ready to jump back in soon with an open mind.

[@nugieboy]

I highly recommend looking up how links work in street fighter! Good luck

[@R4V3NU5]

Just pick top tier....

[@2bear2zerksomething81]

Sometimes playing ranked feels like going to the gym for me. I start over thinking it and come up with reasons not to do it, but then when I'm playing/working out its fun and I want to keep going. I definitely agree that sometimes you just need to go in and break the ice, especially if you over think things.

[@nugieboy]

@@2bear2zerksomething81 that is so me lol, gym, social outtings, even watching shows idk why but yeah having good habits help

[@MajorPlayerz]

this is a absolute amazing video. i go thru everything you said and complian and wine about it. this is a very very good insight i will be getting a alt account to help with it. big up for the video man subbed

[@nugieboy]

Glad you find it helpful, good luck out there gamer 💪🏼

[@GramdalfFGC]

Lots of great advice here. Focus on skill improvement and the wins will come. The other thing I’d like to add it you really need to tune a lot of the fgc out, it’s not like they’re doing it on purpose but you will see comments all the time like “bro the game doesn’t even start until you hit 4K MR ultra legend” If you are in a lower rank or have a lower MR you can start to feel discouraged that you’re not good and you never will be. Ignore stuff like this. It’s just humble bragging and the people saying it never say it about a rank they aren’t at. Focus on yourself, when people say ranked doesn’t matter they mean it, it’s meaningless, some top players barely play ranked. There was a compilation of Mena rand he’s diamond 1 because he doesn’t play ranked and the monkey brained comments were all “how tf Mena diamond 1”. Like that doesn’t mean he’s not one of the best in the world.

[@ytrilogy1091]

One advice that I'm currently using that helps me is "when I fight someone, I'm playing their game, not mine". Whenever I practice anything for a while like "delay throw tech", when I fight someone, I only use throw tech when I know it will be useful. So If my only opponent shimmy or jump on my wake up a lot, I should probably not use delay throw tech. Even though it sucks that I can't use what I practice. Learning WHEN to use what I practiced is just as important as LEARNING the tech/strategy itself. This really applies a lot for my climb with cammy from silver to diamond 3 atm. I still remember beating a gold cammy with just anti-airs cause that cammy only kept jumping at me

[@nugieboy]

Yes this actually helps so much, I realized I delay tech a lot and then a lot of people will jump me, and once I realized that they like to do that… I just wait for their jump and anti air. Super useful to see the when/why

[@osmosis_8692]

This applies to all competition. Kill your ego. It's lying to you.

[@noeldontfwyou]

I hope your channel pops off more this advice is really helpful🙏

[@nugieboy]

I hope so too! Appreciate it, and def wanna post some more

[@nugieboy]

You ever experience Ranked Anxiety?

[@WillieSlackmer]

I do, but I find that when I do que, it isn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I win, I lose, I move on. Battlehub on the other hand can be very demoralizing.

[@EldritchMephi]

I just have anxiety 🤣

[@GramdalfFGC]

Lots of great advice here. Focus on skill improvement and the wins will come. The other thing I’d like to add it you really need to tune a lot of the fgc out, it’s not like they’re doing it on purpose but you will see comments all the time like “bro the game doesn’t even start until you hit 4K MR ultra legend” If you are in a lower rank or have a lower MR you can start to feel discouraged that you’re not good and you never will be. Ignore stuff like this. It’s just humble bragging and the people saying it never say it about a rank they aren’t at. Focus on yourself, when people say ranked doesn’t matter they mean it, it’s meaningless, some top players barely play ranked. There was a compilation of Mena rand he’s diamond 1 because he doesn’t play ranked and the monkey brained comments were all “how tf Mena diamond 1”. Like that doesn’t mean he’s not one of the best in the world.

[@nugieboy]

I actually had a video about that as well, talking about mastering Aki. It is true how like the “game outside the game” can affect you as well. Also lol at the menard part… ppl aren’t real lol

[@JefLavP985]

Love this vid and the points you made about the psychology behind ranked anxiety. I'm a returning fighting game player(2003 was the last time I was active in the genre), got hooked with SF6 2 months ago and trained using classic controls and getting beat up by Modern ctrl at Plat 2 players really really tilts me a lot (It's the game telling me I suck at decision making, defense and RPS). The tips you gave are just awesome. Keep up these contents, I'm surprised your sub count isn't reflecting the quality of the content you have, but it will come in time. You earned a sub a like and a new follower today! Cheers bud!

[@zainkhan69420]

I get so much anxiety when playing. I end up sweating so much that I don't wear shirts when playing. When I win, I just feel empty and when I lose it's depression. I hate the idea that I can spend a day playing ranked, only to stay in the same rank points, or even be lower. It feels like I'm wasting my life away.

[@МирославКръстев-с7и]

Nope, my character is trash, I'm playing against cheaters using cheap shit, the servers are laggy, the game eats my inputs, my controller is bad. Improvement is for scrubs, skill is for bots. Always OD DP on wakeup

[@benmcgiggles7655]

Personally, when I'm trying to work on things, I'm playing bots, casual matches, or battle hub matches until I get comfortable with what im trying to implement. When I play friends, I worry only about having fun and just trying shit out cause why not. Then when I get on ranked, I clear my head and worry only about winning the game. If I dont win, I at least tried my hardest. The worst feeling for me was trying to get legitimate practice in matches where the other person was just making random decisions. It felt like I couldnt apply anything that I'd been working on, and I would get tilted. So with those people, instead of trying to land that combo I'd been practicing, I'd focus on defense and anti airs, and they will eventually overcommit and you can punish. The matches wont always look pretty, but that's what you gotta do sometimes in a game as volatile as SF6. And then if the person is down to actually play the game, that's when the knowledge comes in. Honestly, I still get pissed off sometimes, but it was about reframing the anger. Instead of "I need to run up and hit this motherfucker" I think "I need to show this person how terrible their gameplan is"

[@Nerozero9]

I still struggle to pick modern or classic somes controls are better on different guys and I still put in the super and special buttons cause they do max damage I just can't do combos

[@leonfrancis3418]

6:23 I think this is the weakest air fireball has ever been in a Street Fighter title.

[@nugieboy]

shit was busted before the nerf lol

[@henplay7399]

This was a good video

[@dutchielander2478]

How does Bipson look more homeless than Ken in sf6 lol

[@nugieboy]

Homeless Fighter 6

[@LightningCayo]

Before I saw this video I had already been doing these. I just never realized. I hopped on rank in SF6 and got Diamond rank with M. Bison after finishing my placement matches for the first time for a video I did, pushing the anxiety aside. Original comment of mine had a typo, sorry. *

[@go-gogodlike6179]

For me I got over it by embracing the hilarity of the grind. Winning a lost game because the opponent dropped their kill combo, having an off day and being cracked out the next one, hard betting on wakeup super and it working, etc. You'll get better, but never perfect and never always right, just roll with it and laugh.

[@GregInTechnicolor]

As a Street Fighter/Fighting Game player and former League player (since season 2) I am so happy this video exists.

[@nugieboy]

@@GregInTechnicolor assuming you just started in FG, glad to have you, just started playing league myself to familiarize myself with the champs in 2XKO. Good luck out there 🫡

[@GregInTechnicolor]

@nugieboy Nope :) I got into competitive gaming through League around Season 2 in highschool, played competitive Melee in College (then got into DBFZ), and now have played just about every fight game under the sun, now it comes back full circle to League. 🫠🫠

[@GregInTechnicolor]

@@nugieboy I just recently hit Master in SF6

[@nugieboy]

@@GregInTechnicolor good to hear brother 🤠

[@GregInTechnicolor]

@nugieboy idk why my other comment didn't post but I've playing league since season 2 in highschool, competitive Melee in College, and now I've played just about every FG under the sun 😅

[@angelabad8294]

Hi

[@nugieboy]

Hello

[@requiem9167]

I think i heard some ff14 music

[@nugieboy]

It’s how I’m coping with not playing dawn trail

[@requiem9167]

@@nugieboy I cope by playing it lol. I cope with my lack of sf6 skill by watching these videos lol

[@Nywraper]

I quit sf6 like 4 times already uninstalled it and everything 😂 it all stemmed from me building my ego through the roof early on

[@nugieboy]

Check yoself before you wreck yoself I always say, hope you’re able to play again or another FG, or whatever game that you’re having fun with

[@GodlikeOCD]

The only anxiety I get is if they're gonna plug out or not. Cheating scrubs ruined online for me.

[@thefutureisbread]

Sure bud. Whatever you say

[@kenshin391]

This is how I feel being stuck in diamond 2 with Bison. I feel like when I watch the pros play I see so much working for them but not for me. I get more whiff punished than my opponent and it makes me rage. I also think this game would be a lot better without drive impact because it’s to powerful of a tool for what it cost which is basically nothing. People just use this all the time after their combo doesn’t land it’s just so cheap in my opinion. Bison has always been my favorite character and I really want to get him to Master but if I keep losing and then winning it won’t happen.

[@GramdalfFGC]

Here’s a question for you, you say you want Drive impact removed because it’s so strong and doesn’t cost a lot of bar, this feels like because you are getting caught with it a lot? Now, people say at a high level DI is a scrub tactic and to a degree it is, but it’s there for a reason, if it’s as strong as you say, why aren’t you using its benefits yourself? For ages I was trying to play SF6 like SFV, super fundamentals focused all the time, only counter DIs etc and that’s not bad, but once I started to embrace sf6 for what it is and started abusing the mechanics as they intended, I got a lot better.

[@nugieboy]

@@kenshin391 I have this theory that you people need to understand that you’re not playing a pro player you’re playing Mashle McGee lol, you need to feel out the opponent. If someone is getting away with DI a lot you’re probably being predictable with your moves or not making your pressure DI safe. I have a vid on the channel about beating DI. Keep it up and lmk if you have questions

[@kenshin391]

@@GramdalfFGC I do use it. I never said it was a scrub tactic but let's be real it's to powerful for for it not to cost anything. SF4 did it best with the focus system in my opinion.

[@nugieboy]

@@kenshin391 I also agree with @gramdalfgc I have no prior experience of SF nor slow footsies but I’ve been carried by abusing and understanding the system mechanics, which lets me slow down my play and enforce favorable situations for myself. Footsies getting there tho ngl 🤠

[@kenshin391]

@@nugieboy Yea I understand that but I do think DI needs to cost more drive meter and then it would be fine in my opinion. I have things I need to work on for sure but I've been playing SF for a long time and I feel this game makes somethings to easy for for characters to abuse and needs to be changed. That's just my opinion though

[@PomadaGaming]

1:22 this is good

[@PomadaGaming]

1:45 yea 2:21 idk i feel like it’s still worth giving a shot sometimes instead of just “oh idk if i like it i’m gonna switch game” 4:51 okay. Cool behind the scenes 6:36 interesting. While watching marvel that’s cool

[@nugieboy]

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