Canceling normal moves: Street Fighter 3 Third Strike

Guide last updated on
November 25, 2007 at 2:11 p.m. PST

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One of the most important concepts in Third Strike is canceling. This technique is a building block for a huge number of devastating setups.

If you don't know how to do this, you're probably not going to win very much.

Canceling sometimes goes by the name '2 in 1' or 'buffering', but it all means the same thing. Interrupting the frames of a move you're doing to execute another one, usually resulting in a combo.

To cancel a move, your attack must either be blocked or hit your opponent. This enables you to interrupt the animation of specific moves and go right into another attack.

There's a large number of cancels in the game that you can use to combo, you'll be able to find the most useful ones for each individual fighter in their character guide.

You'll find techniques for executing a cancel move in the video above.