Down, down on a leverless controller
Two fingers on the Down button, one after the other, with the attack on the second. Orie's Sealing Hoplon (22A/B/C) is the example.
Down, down on a leverless controller
Two fingers on the Down button, one after the other, with the attack on the second. Orie's Sealing Hoplon (22A/B/C) is the example.
- Press Down.
- Let go of every direction (neutral).
- Press Down with Square (Attack).
Watch it slowed down, then press Try it and do it yourself with a controller or your keyboard (A, S, D and Space, or the arrow keys). Timing is not frame-accurate. The animation shows the order of presses; check exact timing in your game's training mode. The animation assumes the Capcom/Neutral SOCD mode (Left + Right = Neutral, Up + Down = Neutral), which is how the MICRO and SWORL ship. Game and character names belong to their owners.
Pro notes: Down, down
Notation 22 + attack. Directions are written for a character facing right.
Keys you press vs what the game reads
Top row: the buttons you hold. Bottom row: the direction the game receives. No opposing directions are held together in this input, so every SOCD mode reads it the same way; diagonals are two keys read as one direction.
Frame and timing notes
No frame data is claimed for this entry. Use your game's training mode with the input display on to confirm the window.
Sources
Leverless tips for the Down, down
The finger map used here: ring finger on Back, middle finger on Down, index finger on Forward, right thumb on Up.
- Use two fingers on Down: one taps, the other follows, so you never have to lift and re-press the same finger.
- Let go fully between taps. The attack goes with the second Down.
More techniques
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Crouching dragon punchIntermediate
Hold Down the whole time and tap Forward twice. An anti-air straight from a crouch.
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Double-tap dashBeginner
Two fingers on one button: slide the middle finger through Forward, then the index finger.
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Dragon punch (no diagonals)Beginner
Forward, Down, Forward, punch. Street Fighter 6 accepts it with no diagonal at all.
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Dragon punch (SOCD method)Intermediate
Hold Forward, press Back and Down together (it reads as Down), then let go of Back and punch.
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