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Fighting games
Games focused on a player fighting against the AI or another human player.
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Fighting games
poke
Video games; Fighting games
When a player executes an attack from the maximum range that the attack will connect from.
pressure
Video games; Fighting games
A continuous stream of attacks on a blocking opponent that does not allow them to initiate any attacks of their own. Combined with mix-ups, the intention is to eventually successfully connect with ...
priority
Video games; Fighting games
A system that determines which attack "wins" in the cases that both players attack each other at the same time. A high priority attack will nullify the lower priority attack and execute ...
punish
Video games; Fighting games
To attack a person that has made a mistake of some kind, usually missing an attack.
recovery
Video games; Fighting games
The period of time, measured in frames, it takes to return to a neutral state after performing an action.
ring out
Video games; Fighting games
Victory caused by the elimination of the opponent from the arena.
rushdown
Video games; Fighting games
The opposite of turtling, this is an extremely aggressive playstyle that will rarely block.
