How to do the Sonic Boom on a leverless controller
Hold back to charge, then press forward with punch. On leverless your ring finger holds Back and your index finger taps Forward.
How to do the Sonic Boom on a leverless controller
Hold back to charge, then press forward with punch. On leverless your ring finger holds Back and your index finger taps Forward.
- Hold Back to charge.
- Press Forward with Square (Punch).
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: Sonic Boom
Notation [4] 6 + P. 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
- SuperCombo (SF6 Guile): 45f charge time, and the charge lasts up to 10f after Back is released, so lift Back and press Forward + P inside that window.
- Perfect Sonic Boom: press Forward and Punch together within a 3-frame window. Guile shouts PERFECT, the LP version does 600 instead of 550 and is +4 on hit instead of +3. On leverless press the index finger and the punch as one key.
- Back + Forward held together reads as neutral in Capcom/Neutral and Up priority modes, so the Forward tap must come as Back lifts.
Leverless tips for the Sonic Boom
The finger map used here: ring finger on Back, middle finger on Down, index finger on Forward, right thumb on Up.
- Charge by holding Back with your ring finger. Down-Back charges too, so you can crouch-block while you wait.
- Hold the charge for a beat before you tap Forward. Tapping too early is the most common miss.
- Lift Back as your index finger hits Forward. On leverless, Back and Forward held together read as neutral and eat the input.
Related moves
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Charge back, forwardBeginner
Hold Back with one finger, then tap Forward with another. Keep them clean: Back + Forward together is neutral.
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Rolling AttackBeginner
Hold back to charge, then forward with punch. Same input as Sonic Boom.
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Sonic Boom from crouch blockIntermediate
Charge on Down-Back so you block low the whole time, then let go and press Forward + punch.
More from Street Fighter 6
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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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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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HadokenBeginner
Quarter-circle forward, then punch. On leverless it is a finger roll: down, add right, let go of down.
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