Street Fighter 6: Best Fighting Style [Ranked]

Street Fighter 6 has the most impressive visual scenes, thanks to its versatile characters and their most expressive fighting scenes. It consists of a variety of game modes and packages, making the fanbase crazy all over the world. The game modes make the player even keener to explore its full content. Let us discuss all the fighting styles in Street Fighter 6 Best Fighting Style.

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Key Takeaways

• There are 18 characters in street fighter 6, each having their fighting style.
• Characters like Zangief, Marisa, and Guile can cause immense damage to opponents and are better suited to close combat.
• Dhalsim, JP, Dee Jay, and Jamie are better at delivering long-range attacks and thus have better defense.
• Blanka, Kimberly, Juri, Ken, and Ryu can fight both close combats and deliver long-range attacks, but the damage is insufficient.
• The fighting style of E. Honda, Luke is unique comparatively, but their mobility is not that great.
• Cammy, Kimberly, Lily, and Manon are the most mobile characters of all, and their attack precision is much better, which helps them deal a sufficient amount of damage to the enemy.
• Therefore, Manon has the best fighting style but requires practice to use her abilities fully. 

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This guide will walk us through the fighting styles of all the characters in street fighter 6, covering their playstyles, weaknesses, and difficulties. There are 18 characters in the new launch of street fighter 6, including the old and the new characters.

Ryu

Ryu is one of the founding characters of the street fighter 6 franchise. His play style is the most basic of all; Ryu is the most suitable character if you are a beginner. Ryu is particularly useful in close combat thanks to his solid punches and kicks.

Ryu can also deliver long-range attacks like Shoryuken, which is very damaging to the opponent. Apart from this, Ryu also has special moves up his sleeve, like uppercut and suplex. The version of Ryu, after the boost, enhances all his special moves delivering even more damage.

Ken

Ken’s play style is somewhat similar to Ryu, but he is more agile and cool comparatively. His increased speed and deadly combos make his special attacks more damaging. Moreover, Ken’s fighting style is centered around Martial Arts, making punches and kicks even more overwhelming for the opponent. 

Apart from close combat, Ken can also produce long-range attacks like fireballs and anti-air moves, improving his fighting style.

Luke

Luke was introduced in Street Fighter V. He has various attacks, including fast projectile moves. Other than this, his fighting style is based on a military background.

Luke has special arms that can produce heat for raw power, and the damage is extreme when his moves get a boost.

Chun-Li

Chun li fighting style is somewhat based on kung fu and is difficult for beginners to learn. Given her speed and agility, she can deliver a wide variety of kicks and combos to the opponent, rendering the opponent helpless. 

Chun li can also damage the opponent from afar thanks to her projectile attacks such as Spinning Bird kicks and Kikoken. Other than this, her special moves can be very effective when her attacks are boosted.

Blanka

Blanka is one of the most agile characters of street fighter 6. His fighting style is annoying for the opponent, given his continuous movement and rolling attacks. This leaves the opponent helpless enduring continuous damage.  

Blanka is more dependent on its special attack, which requires charging as it is a charged character. His electric charge and rolling attack can cause immense damage to the opponent.

Cammy

Cammy is the perfect combo of speed and power, as her attack does a lot of damage to the opponent. Her special moves, Canon Spike and Spiral Arrow, are more damaging than before, thanks to increasing speed and agility. Cammy is more effective in close combat.

E.Honda

E. Honda’s fighting style is similar to that of a sumo wrestler, but his fighting style might be a little difficult for beginners. His special moves require a charge but are highly effective if he grabs the opponent.

His moves involve a circle, grabbing the opponent. Plus, he can cause immense damage to the opponent thanks to combos like a hundred slaps and flying headbutts.

Guile

Guile has a fighting style of a boxer, and he has some iconic charge attacks. Guile has a variety of special moves that can cause huge damage to an opponent given his fast and strong projectile. Also, he has a very useful anti-air giving him the upper hand in long-range attacks.

Jamie

Jamie’s fighting style is similar to that of a drunken master, continuing the legacy of characters like Yun and Yang. Jamie’s attacks and moves depend on a unique drink which enhances the strength of his attacks.

Street Fighter 6: Jamie

With every sip he takes from the drink, he can deal more damage to the opponent. Also, to deliver more special moves he needs to take more sips from the drink. 

Dee Jay

Dee Jay’s fighting style is similar to that of a kickboxer. He is one of the coolest characters in the franchise, and he keeps on dancing while fighting his opponents. He can deal a huge amount of damage to the enemy thanks to his special moves, such as machine gun uppercut.

Also, he can perform some cool combos at a great speed, making him the perfect choice in close combat. Besides, he has also got some long-range attacks up his sleeve.

Dhalsim

Known among the best fighting style in Street Fighter 6, Dhalsim’s fighting style is that of an Indian yoga master. His extremely flexible arms and legs allow him to deliver long-range attacks without getting close to the enemy.

He can also deliver attacks like fireballs while in mid-air or while teleporting. His fighting style is more suited to long-range combat, and he is a difficult character for beginners to play with. 

JP

JP’s fighting style is based on psycho power, which is similar to that franchise’s classic villain M.Bison. He can deliver different kinds of long-range attacks using his physic powers, like raising spikes from the floor from different angles and throwing flying clones and fireballs.

Apart from all these, he can deliver a special fireball attack using physic power, which is unblockable. Thanks to these attacks, he is a perfect character for long-range battle but isn’t very effective in close combat. 

Juri

Juri is the evil, sadistic villain who tortures her enemies. Her fighting style is based on Taekwondo, and usually likes to throw ki-powered attacks toward her enemies.

She is an easy character for beginners as her fighting style circle around her kicks. Other than this, she stores ki in her Fuha stock system to deliver continuous attacks on the enemy.

Kimberly

Kimberly is one of the coolest characters in the whole franchise; she dances to the music while fighting her opponents. She is very agile and can lend continuous attacks without giving no time for the opponent to dodge.

She has a lot of unique tools at her disposal, like spray cans and fireworks. Whenever she delivers special attacks on an opponent, she uses these tools to show her creativity. Her fighting style is more suited to close combat.

Lily

Lily’s fighting style is similar to that of T. Hawk, as she is also from the Thunderfoot tribe. She has a variety of air-bone attacks as her fighting style is more dependent on aerial and wind attacks. She makes use of stocks to deliver special and chain attacks.

Also, she has a pair of clubs, giving her better range to throw aerial attacks toward opponents and deliver combos in mid-air. Also, her fighting style is more suited to long-range combat. 

Zangief

Zangief’s fighting style and stance are that of a wrestler. He likes to grab opponents and deliver suplexes to opponents. His movements are a little slow, but if used effectively, he can cause serious damage to opponents with just a few grabs.

Some of Zangief’s special moves include Double Lariat and Tundra Storm. Therefore, his fighting style is effective in a close combat situation.

Marisa

Maris’s fighting style is that of an old Greek wrestler. She has a huge height and build, so she can lend hefty punches and kicks, dealing a great amount of damage to the opponent.

Her movement is pretty quick, and her attacks, when charged, can even break the opponent’s armor. She can even grab the opponent and lend deadly combos to the opponent. Her attacks are highly effective in close combat, and she is the easiest character for beginners.

Manon

Manon is a ballet dancer and French model. Her fighting style consists of a medal system in which she grabs her opponent momentarily and delivers medium-range combos simultaneously, giving rise to the medals.

Her special command grabs include Manege Dore and Renverse, which can deal huge damage in close combat. Also, she can dodge fireballs thanks to her ballet dance technique and anti-air moves.

Now that we have gone through every character’s specialty and weaknesses, we can conclude which character has the best fighting style. Since players who deal huge damage during combat have the upper hand, it narrows down our selection to Guile, Marisa, Manon, Dee Jay,  Zangief, and Kimberly. 

The important point which comes next is the character’s mobility during combat and long-range attacks. This gives Manon’s fighting style an edge over all others, as she has great speed and agility. Also, she has this perfect defense as she can dodge attacks in mid-air, further narrowing down opponents’ options.

Since you are here, why not check out:

• Street Fighter 6 All Ranks.
• Street Fighter 6 Best Character Recipes.
• Street Fighter 6 Character Tier List.