Street Fighter 6/Dhalsim/Strategy

Neutral

Pokes

2MP is one of your most important normals. It has solid range, speed, and is special-cancelable.
5MP and 5MK are solid pokes but are not cancelable. Both can recover in time to anti-air with 4MP if your opponent jumps them. 5MK is slightly less committal, being 2 frames faster with 1 frame less of recovery. 5MK is good for when opponents try to stuff your other normals, try to low-profile, or try to armor (Marisa/Zangief).
5HK is another special-cancelable normal. It has more range than 2MP but is slower and will whiff on crouchers. It's good for catching people during the start of their jump. It can also combo at certain ranges, but is best on a punish counter.
5HP is great for chunking away at your opponent's drive gauge, but is slow and easy to counterhit.
Watch out for opponents trying to DI any of your non-cancelable normals.

Anti-Airs

4MP is a quick anti-air that is special-cancelable. 63214HP can be canceled into on hit to force the opponent to block. 63214LP can be used to bait parry. 4MP can be Drive Rush canceled for a mixup or to punish an opponent attempting to parry a 63214HP by throwing them.
4HK is a slower anti-air that is not cancelable, but has a better hitbox/hurtbox and reward. An immediate teleport after a counter hit or punish counter will leave you plus for mixup.
4HP is slow and susceptible to trades, but is special-cancelable and is Dhalsim's furthest reaching anti-air. It is good for catching opponents neutral jumping or jumping backwards, along with hitting characters who can alter their jump to make your other anti-airs whiff (such as Kimberly with her Elbow Drop). Notably good against Dhalsim himself when he tries to Yoga Float.
j.MP is a special-cancelable air-to-air. It is good for when your opponent is too close for your other options. It can be canceled into a teleport for mixup or to get away. It can also be canceled into Yoga Float followed by an immediate j.HK to sometimes combo.
j.HK is a great anti-air if you're floating close to the ground and your opponent jumps at you.

Anti-Projectile

2HP keeps you far away and can be done on reaction. It is highly vulnerable to jump-ins and can trade with slower projectiles, however.
2MK is a fairly safe slide - it can be up to +2 on block if spaced correctly. The spacing for this is just slightly closer than round start range. When properly spaced, this slide can also lead into combos with 5LP/2LP/4MK. 1HP can be linked into on counter hit or after DR~2MK.
2HK is a more committal slide, but grants a hard knockdown on hit. Can be spaced to be safe on block (-1). The spacing for this is just a bit further than a max range 5MP.
Performing the above normals from Drive Rush is a good idea if your opponent is trying to run away to fullscreen to throw projectiles.
Yoga Float can be used as a non-committal way to navigate past projectiles. Watch for anti-air special moves and Drive Rush anti-airs from your opponent, though.
Yoga Teleport can be used to teleport past a fireball and punish it, but this is risky - the teleport can only be done as the fireball is thrown or slightly after it is thrown to get a punish. This is even harder against less committal fireballs like Guile's Sonic Boom or OD fireballs, where teleporting even before the fireball is thrown is required for a punish.
Parry works, but keep in mind that you're susceptible to getting Drive Rushed. Opponents are especially likely to do this since Dhalsim is a zoner.
Don't get too distracted with trying to counter fireballs - you'll just get jumped at.

Offense

Dhalsim Oki Guide

Frame Traps

Light Chains -

Corner

63214HK can link into 1HK in the corner. 2MK can be used to frame kill after this - it will leave you +4, which is enough for strike (4MK/1MK), throw, or shimmy (backdash, 1HP). Doing 63214HP as a meaty instead will leave you +11 and is great if the opponent is close to Burnout.
1MK > 236HK leaves you close and +3. This becomes a blockstring infinite if the opponent is in burnout, but can otherwise be mashed out of if looped.
4MK > DI leaves only a 2 frame gap for wall stuns.

Okizeme and Mixups

Knockdown Advantage: all scenarios assume that opponent will Back Rise midscreen when possible, unless otherwise stated

Knockdown	KD Adv.	Oki/Notes
Forward Throw	+31	Walk to manually time corner throw loop (also allows shimmy) Dash leaves Dhalsim at +6 and too close for shimmy; requires slight manual delay on throw loop Whiff 2LK for perfect +5 throw loop timing DR~2MK leaves Dhalsim +5 oB for a good mixup between frame trap and tick throw
Back Throw	+19	No real strike/throw oki after cornering the opponent Can 2MK to become 0 oB, or DR~4MK to become +6 oB
Crouch Throw	+35	Walk or Dash to manually time corner throw loop
Heavy Yoga Blast	+42	Float Shimmy~j.HK f. PPP to be +3 Instant air teleport f. PPP Dash
Drive Impact (No Crumple)	+35	?
Drive Reversal	+23	?
2HK	HKD +22~37 HKD +37~52 (CH/PC) +? (Juggle)	?
SA1 - 236236P (Yoga Inferno)	+24 (L/M) +27 (H)	?
SA2 - 214214K (Yoga Sunburst)	+50 (close)	?
SA3/CA - 236236K (Merciless Yoga)	HKD +19	?

vs. Burnout

Drive Rush

When canceling a normal into Drive Rush on block and following it up with another normal, there may be an interruptible gap in the blockstring. The following table lists these blockstring gaps when performed at the fastest possible timing.

Gap Value	Meaning
0	True Blockstring (no gap) if input with fastest button timing; can still lose to Drive Reversal
1 to 4	Small blockstring gap; opponent can interrupt with an invincible reversal; a 4f gap can trade with 4f normal attack
5+	Large blockstring gap; opponent can interrupt without an invincible attack
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Drive Rush Cancel - Blockstring Gaps
	5LP/2LK	2LP/1LK	4MK	4MP/1MK	5LK/1HK	2MK/1HP	5MK/2MP/2HK	5MP/4HP/4HK	5HP	5HK	2HP
5LP~DRC	4	5	7	8	9	10	12	14	16	17	19
5LK~DRC	6	7	9	10	11	12	14	16	18	19	21
5HK~DRC	1	2	4	5	6	7	9	11	13	14	16
2LP~DRC	3	4	6	7	8	9	11	13	15	16	18
2MP~DRC	0	0	2	3	4	5	7	9	11	12	14
4MP~DRC	0	0	1	2	3	4	6	8	10	11	13
4HP~DRC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	7	9
4MK~DRC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	6	8
1HP~DRC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	6	8
1MK~DRC	0	1	3	4	5	6	8	10	12	13	15