Street Fighter 6/Blanka/Introduction

Introduction

A kindhearted defender of nature, Blanka has become an adventure tour guide, confident his intimate knowledge of the jungle will serve as a springboard to fame—and a comfortable life for his beloved mother.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Great Mobility: Blanka's forward dash is among the best in the game, both in distance and speed. The majority of his special moves also offer aggressive, albeit risky movement options, namely his Horizontal Rolling Attack (nicknamed Blanka Ball), Aerial Rolling Attack, and Backstep Rolling Attack. He also has unique command dashes in Surprise Hop (4 or 6 and all kicks) that have amazing reach and can even cross the opponent up close. Powerful Install: Blanka's Level 2 Super, Lightning Beast, has a host of powerful applications. It leads to damaging combos, and can easily make Rolling Attack end in plus frames, enabling absurdly oppressive pressure. Setplay: In the corner, Blanka has access to practical setups using his Blanka-Chan Bomb (22P), allowing him to threaten with a high/low/throw mixup that easily leads to great damage and keeps him safe against defensive options. Gimmicks: Blanka has a large variety of unique and untraditional moves in his toolkit, which often force the opponent to consider specific counterplay in the matchup and may attention to unusual things. Aside from making Blanka obnoxious against opponents unfamiliar with the matchup, it is actually practical for him to overwhelm the opponent by overloading their mental stack as they try to keep in mind all of his weird options - Backstep Blanka Ball, Wild Hunt command grabs, Coward Crouch movement options, and more.

Low Average Damage: Blanka's common BnBs lack substantial damage without Install or overdrive to spare. Overwhelming: Blanka having so many options at his disposal is one of his greatest strengths, but it's also a weakness; His moveset can be just as overwhelming for the player as it is for the opponent. It can be very easy for a Blanka player to be intimidated by his large and gimmicky move list, which can lead to players relying on predictable and easily exploitable strategies such as spamming consecutive Rolling Attacks.