Fighting games

Fighting games

Games focused on a player fighting against the AI or another human player.

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rising move

Video games; Fighting games

An attack that is executed while the character is in a knocked down state.

short-hop

Video games; Fighting games

A lower jump than the character's regular jump. Short hopping allows a player to perform aerial moves close to the ground and avoid being in the air, where they are more vulnerable, for too long.

1) In Tekken games, it is a difficult skill usable with the Mishima characters that involves chaining together many dashes and crouches. This allows fast movement speed as well as setting the player ...

infinite

Video games; Fighting games

A combo that once initiated has the potential to loop forever.

scrub

Video games; Fighting games

A person who is particularly bad at games. This term is widely used in fighting game circles but is becoming more common in other areas.

advanced blocking

Video games; Fighting games

A type of block that, if successful, gives an advantage to the blocker, but is more difficult to carry out and has penalties should the player fail at it.