U gotta try out King Lao. Top 10 character to me and no one talks about him

Mileena, but at higher levels of play everyone knows her main strings so you have to hit confirm reliably and get creative with cameo set ups. She’s not great by any means but she’s super fun and might be what you’re looking for.

Everyone dropped Baraka since the nerf but he’s still a rushdown menace

Smoke! For sure it’s smoke. He’s got the best rushdown out there

Johnny Cage is the best in the game with his rush down pressure. Kenshi in Sento stance is also crazy. Baraka is also pretty good up in their face, and has good tools for closing distance. I consider him a beginner friendly character too. So if you already play Smoke he might be too simple to enjoy.

Some rushdown characters off the top of my head are Mario, Fox, Roy, Pichu, and Shiek. Out of all of those, Roy and Fox definitely have the best advantage states and meet the "no room to breath" criteria you have, with Fox being more combo and frame trap orientated, while Roy is more of a ledge and corner pressure character.

How has no one mentioned Captain Falcon... he can 0 to death in like 5 seconds with some of his combos. When he gets going he's as scary as anyone.

Terry

If you're into high-risk-low-reward like I am, you can play rush down Puff.

Depends on what you’re looking for, but I’d say the best rushdown characters in the game are Mythra, Roy, Joker, Fox and Pikachu.

Young Link is also a very good rushdown character that uses projectiles to get in. Mario is more of an all-rounder/brawler, but I think rushdown fits him well. Sheik is the archetypal rushdown character but most would agree she’s not worth the effort because of how difficult it can be to reliably close out stocks with her.

Hwoarang and Nina have a lot of nasty aggresive strings and cancels. They excel in pressure and the volume of their attacks but I'm not sure if that's the "rush down" you're mentioning. If played right, they can almost "infinitely" attack.

Drag, Steve, Heihachi and Kazumi would be worth a try.

Are you talking about good pressure rush down characters or full on aggression unga bunga rush down?

I'd probably start with playing easier characters first to get a feel of the game. Along the lines of Katarina, Paul, Law before picking up the harder rush down characters like Heihachi, dragunov

Asuka is not a rushdown character.

i though asuka was a more defensive character

Katarina is for you

Jesus Christ😅

If you're almost dead, would you really be able to use most of these tips to make a comeback? The answer is obviously No.

1st You need to be aware of what type of Rushdown character are you facing: -Single hit(Dragunov) -String heavy(Hwoarang)

The proper way to do it is to block and observe...but what are you looking for?

-How they start their pressure(Ex->WR2:Drag/d3,4:Hwoa) -Highs/Lows -Chaining strings

-Pressure starters: You won't be able to always stop the move they use to start pressure(you should actively try tho...think of ways to beat the move, like sidestepping WR2 or backdash d3,4). You should pay close attention to the follow up move, that's the move that you'll have an easier time beating, simply because you know which move it's coming and the timing is always the same...for example: After WR2, if the Drag player uses d2, you know that next time you block WR2, you should low parry(most people won't change their timing, that's upper rank stuff).

-High/Low: Figuring out when a high/low is coming means that you can "safely" duck and punish them(low parry, launch, WS4, etc...) Again just stand block and pay attention

-Chaining Strings This depends on the type of Rushdown character you're facing. Single hit is easier to spot, they use a powerful lockdown (very plus on block moves that prevent sidestepping) move before going for jabs or safer pokes...You need to figure out if they constantly go for these pressure tools or if they go for the safer route

You can actually mash vs people abusing the pressure tools, these moves are very slow and risky, so use a CH move.

Otherwise block the safer move, use your movement or take your turn, they will probably continue pressing moves.

The string heavy types are much easier to beat but this require more from the defensive player 😅

Usually they get to continue their pressure due to a +on block high or a low move...both options go into stance(Hwoa goes into Flamingo) or movement option.(Nina sidesteps)

This is your chance...DON'T MASH, MOVE

All you have to do here is figure out when they go into stance/movement and you sidewalk(you will probably get clipped if you sidestep)...Btw remember Sidewalk strings, Sidestep single hits

Practice your backturn combos...you'll get plenty of those against this type.

Dick Jab, powercrush, evasive moves (like paul's shoulder)

Learn what moves are punishable and block a lot.

Guard crush eats attacks and steals turns learn and use it against greedy players

Block, and take advantage of their greed. No characters I face are thirstier than devil Jin, dragunov, Reina, and Steve. They can't help themselves and get desperate to get their rush down combos going. Bait them in.

Nina, Hwoarang and maybe Dragunov. There are many characters who can poke very well and therefore create a rushdown-like offense. But for my understanding of rushdown those 3 are the only characters who can really rush you down. Maybe Eliza with her divekicks? Don't know too much about her.

I'm surprised law is not mentioned. He has a lot of fast moves that rewards aggression. The more you're able to be aggressive the more powerful the character get. It feeds off fear. However, you need to master DSS. Watch Double ( A Japanese player ) to understand how Law plays

Nina, Anna, Hwo, Josie, Miguel, Kazumi, Law, Dragunov, Steve, Leo

Couple kinda aggressive in your face type of characters

Hwoarang, Dragunov, Nina

Dragunov.

its not as simple as "rushdown or not rushdown". there are characters, like cammy, that are obviously rushdown and dont really fit in the other categories at all(or zangief for grappler, dhalsim for zoner etc.), but for example, sol from guilty gear, is a rushdown/grappler hybrid, and its really hard to put him in one category.

Rushdown usually means they pressure you, keep you blocking and guessing, while usually having good tools to get in(not always true, like for example leo from guilty gear, is an aggressive rushdown character with no command grabs that struggles to get in, but has insane pressure)

I would definitely say there are different versions of rushdown. Like Bison will rush you down but lock you in pressure whereas Akuma will rush you down and mix you up to combo you. Honda can rush you down and chip you while also utilizing a command grab to deal damage.

There isn't a definitive hard counter to rush down playstyles in street fighter. It can be very matchup dependant.

I may be wrong, but I don't think any of those characters are actual rushdown. Necalli is rushdown, Rashid and Laura are a aggressive hybrids... But that's about it. Street Fighter usually doesn't have anyone like Kyo Kusanagi or Wolverine, that are pure unbridled rushdown archetypes, Necalli really is the first one that comes to mind.

I would define Rushdown characters as “a character who has to get in many times to win, but has the tools to get in easily”, they have tools to capitalize on opponents when they’re up close of course, but that’s the main idea behind them. The direct counter to a Rushdown character would be a Grappler, which is “a character who struggles to get in, but only needs to get in once or twice to win”, because Rushdown characters are constantly running into them, Grapplers don’t have to worry about their lack of tools to approach, and can focus on their more defence oriented playstyle.

You may like Vega

You're a gormless pervert but the answer you seek is either Nina (very difficult) or Josie (less so)

Edit: Kazumi and Katarina are also options

You could always wait for Anna. Easier than nina with her most difficult stuff being QCF jab refloats. She is a 50/50 aggressive character.

Kazumi for sure. She does everything nina does but with better damage and easier execution. You also have josie if you want stance based pressure over poke based pressure.

The balance will probably shift a bit on sept. 6 anyway but thats how it so far imo.

Well if you're watching your own character during matches you're not going to get very far in ranked or tournament. So have fun with that plan.

I would say Nina, but I doubt you'll have the time - or the brain - to look at anything using her.

Zangief. Slow, SPD hits hard and your main combos are 3 hits max, usually ending in Lariat which is as simple as pressing two buttons together.

If you can learn a 360 input, Gief is perfect for you. Punish Counter DI into SPD isn’t that bad to do if you don’t want a massive combo list

Gief.

Gief

Juri seems harder than it is.

Ignore level 2 until you are top of the ladder.

Focus on mp into crouch mp and medium fuha stock.

Drive rush into one of the opener medium kick, light crouching kick or overhead. Loop into medium punch, crouching medium punch, medium fuha stock.

If you want to cash out, ex fuha into level 1 or 3.

With this plan you can get master and it's a 4 piece combo with 1 motion.

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