Street Fighter 6 has a lot of technicalities to it. In fact, you’ll need to have a strong grasp of even the game’s most basic functions in order to win a fight. If you’re struggling to block and parry attacks from your opponent, don’t worry, because learning the basics of defense is easy.
Blocking is one of the technical elements in Street Fighter 6 that is absolutely critical to learn. In the simplest terms, blocking attacks prevents you from taking damage, allowing you to stay in the fight longer.
To block an incoming attack, you must press back in the direction away from your opponent, as if you were walking backward. However, if your opponent is using a low attack, you will need to press diagonally down and back simultaneously to ensure you block the incoming attack.
New players must also learn whether to block an attack or parry. If you parry an attack, you take no damage, including chip damage. There is no block recovery, either, meaning you can hit immediately after. The downside to parrying is you have to calculate when your opponent will attack.
Just be sure to use parries carefully. While you’re parrying, you are susceptible to throws, which increases the damage you take as the throw would count as a Punish Counter.
Furthermore, you need to be more careful when in Burnout. If you are in a corner and the opponent uses a Drive Impact, you will be stunned. This gives them a huge advantage over you and likely spells defeat.