Slide Overview
Slide is a long-range Low attack that sends your character sliding feet first at the opponent. It is a move shared by Law, Lee, and Shaheen, who are often referred to as "Slide Characters." It is a low that knocks down on hit, side-swaps, and requires the opponent to use a specific float combo to punish.
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Law's Slide
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Lee's Slide - not to be confused with his Mist Step 3+4 (MS.3+4)
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Shaheen's Slide - Shaheen enters his Stealth Step (SNK) stance after his Slide successfully connects with the opponent
Characters with a Slide can often form a game plan around it by mixing it in with their other moves that can be done from While Standing, like Law's ws1,2 or Lee's ws2,3, or from Full Crouch like their hopkicks.
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Law's ws1,2
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Lee's ws2,3
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Shaheen's hopkick (u+4 or uf+4) done while in Full Crouch
How To Slide
The input is df,d,df+3 while in Full Crouch.
Slide is a move that can only be done while in Full Crouch (FC for short), which means you need to be crouching for at least 11 frames in total before the last input of Slide (d/f+3) or it will not come out. If the input is done too quickly then your character will just do FC3 instead.
You can utilize Instant Full Crouch (iFC) techniques, like using the first input of Slide to buffer the full crouch or inputting d/b first, to ensure you were crouching long enough while still getting Slide out in a reasonably short amount of time.
When done as fast as possible, your command history would look similar to the following example:
| Standing | |
| Full crouch | |
| Half crouch | |
| While standing |
Crouch Step
Another way to tell if you're doing the input correctly is that your character will take a big step while remaining in Full Crouch, as shown below:
This is performed by repeatedly inputting d/f,d,d/f while in Full Crouch, and can only be done by the Slide Characters.[1]
You can finish the Slide input surprisingly late by inputting 3 while holding the last d/f input after completing a Crouch Step and you will still get Slide, as shown below:
Slide Pressure
Slide can be done quickly or slowly to begin the mind games. Once you've hit your opponent with Slide a couple times they should start looking for it, which is the perfect time to start changing your timing and mixing things up.
You can purposefully do Slide pretty slowly, by utilizing the aforementioned Crouch Step, to throw the opponent off of your timing if they're trying to low parry or block it. You can also Crouch Steps to inch closer to your opponent, or mix in some mid pokes to chip away at the opponent to keep them guessing. Be as unpredictable as possible while making sure to adapt to the opponent's responses.
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Take advantage of Slide's long range to be a threat from a distance
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Use the threat of Slide to get in range for a Poke
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Use the threat of Slide to work your way in on the opponent
This is just meant to be a brief overview of Slide pressure and tactics. If you are looking for character specifics visit the pages for Law, Lee, or Shaheen.
Characters With A Similar Tool
There are 3 other characters who have a move similar to Slide. They are:
- Bob - Stealing Home (BAL 4). Only available during his Spinner Ball (f+3+4) and is a Launcher
- Lei - Sliding Kick (SLD 4~3). Only available during his Sidewind (head first) (d+1+4) stance
- Master Raven - Vermillion (BT f,F+3+4). Only available during Backturn. Like Bob's, it is a launcher
While these moves are often also referred to as "slides", they are different in that they are all restricted to specific stances and they are not a central part of that character's game plans. You might not see any of the above moves in a match, but it's almost a guarantee that you will see a Law/Lee/Shaheen slide at least once.
Resources
- How To Do Slide by King Jae
- Slide Fundamentals by LegendKicker
- ↑ Master Raven has something similar in that she can perform her Shadow Step from Full Crouch, but it can be done much faster and is technically a stance.