How to do the Spinning Bird Kick on a leverless controller
Hold down to charge, then Up with kick. Same input as the Somersault Kick.
How to do the Spinning Bird Kick on a leverless controller
Hold down to charge, then Up with kick. Same input as the Somersault Kick.
- Hold Down to charge.
- Press Up with Cross (Kick).
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: Spinning Bird Kick
Notation [2] 8 + K. 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.
SOCD modes
| Up priority (Classic)L + R = Neutral, U + D = Up | Capcom/NeutralL + R = Neutral, U + D = Neutral. Shipping mode. | Last priority (2iP)Newest direction wins | NoneBoth sent; the game decides |
|---|---|---|---|
| Works | Works | Works | Works |
Set the mode by holding a direction while you plug in: Up = Capcom/Neutral, Left = Up priority, Down = Last priority, Right = None. Check yours in the controller tester.
Frame and timing notes
- Charge times differ by character and game. Guile's SF6 charge moves need 45f (SuperCombo); check SuperCombo's Chun-Li page or the training mode input display for Spinning Bird Kick rather than assuming the same number.
- Mode note: in Capcom/Neutral release Down before Up; in Up priority (Classic) you can hold Down and tap Up.
Sources
Leverless tips for the Spinning Bird Kick
The finger map used here: ring finger on Back, middle finger on Down, index finger on Forward, right thumb on Up.
- Charge on Down-Back with your ring and middle fingers so you keep blocking low while you wait.
- Thumb Up and press Kick in the same moment, and lift your left fingers as you do. Up and Down held together read as neutral.
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Dragon punch (no diagonals)Beginner
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Dragon punch (SOCD method)Intermediate
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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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