Luke is SAND BLAST in Street Fighter 6 (Character Overview)

[@eon993]

hey there everybody, this is luke from streets, my favourite things are SAND BLAST PERFECT PERFECT YOU PICKED THE WRONG GUY TO MESS WITH

[@banalsandwitch4002]

Beast mode, baby

[@Mene0]

It's a long ride to Memphis*

[@3rd-helix]

​@@Mene0 *you took the wrong guy to memphis

[@Koma-kx5xo]

@@3rd-helix We’re all going to Memphis*

[@blackbelt807]

@@banalsandwitch4002 baseball baby

[@SoldierLuka]

For the Sand Blast emote, can I suggest Luke doing the “Pocket Sand” meme from King of the Hill?

[@VendreadMike95]

Yes please. 👍

[@BoneDensity]

Sand Blast!

[@Mene0]

I didn't expect to like the basic boy shoto but here we are, he is fun

[@LeadAntagonist]

I told myself I was gonna play WT and then play like Marisa or something.
Welp I got 28 hours of Luke Style in World tour so now he’s all I can play. I didn’t expect it but now it’s like my hands only want to pilot Luke.

[@zonk834]

I wasn’t really interested in him in 5 and none of the characters grasped my attention in 6 but I started messing around with trials and man, Luke feels good.

[@VendreadMike95]

Yes. Feels good. I may be a hardcore Gief main all my life but I am grateful to have a "pocket sand!..." sorry, I meant pocket Luke. Don't know what got over me there. 8v

[@derpybreads2212]

Lotta Sand Blast in this video, but not nearly enough BEAST MODE BABY! for my liking, it's a 3/10

[@pebblessyou]

theres enough sand blast to give the video a like but not enough beast mode baby for a subscribe ~ maybe next time

[@teiten3806]

I would had sweared he was saying "ping pong, baby"

[@VendreadMike95]

🤣🤣🤣👍

[@daemonchop8498]

For "Sand Blast emote" ideas, the Eminem "woe upon ye" finger gun made to look like luke could be very funny

[@runbaa9285]

Considering lore-wise Luke is Guille's student, Sand Blast just seem like Guille's Sonic Boom technique without the arm rolling motion first as startup like Guille does. Luke just throws it out with a punch, lol.

[@mrbdp932]

Isn't it considered very hard to throw Fireballs with 1 hand, lore wise?
The zoomer is too powerful

[@MUGENanaya]

@@mrbdp932 honestly ive always kinda interpreted it as him almost brute forcing the sonic boom technique and inventing something new
"okay luke youre gonna wanna--"
"LIKE THIS GUILE? *WHAM*"
"...no but i guess that works"

[@akilcharles3473]

And unlike his mentor he doesn't repeatedly spam it over again.

[@MusicoftheDamned]

​@@mrbdp932 Yeah, Charlie was The Ace in part because he could do Sonic Booms with only one hand or even one foot. The only other SF characters that I can think off hand who tend to need only one hand for projectiles without any implements are all among the heaviest hitters in the sitting since it's just Oro, Bison, and technically Akuma given his air fireballs. Oh. Gouken('s ghost?) also only uses one hand, but I had to honestly look that up to be sure. (It should be noted this means even Gill and Urien technically use both hands outside of Gill's one super.)
So Luke is basically just built different, which makes sense if Capcom is pushing him as the new protagonist and don't want him to fail like poor Alex did. I guess those stupid Popeye arms of his at least sell the fact that he can punch the air harder than most even if I still hate to look at them personally, though they're better here IMO than they were in _SFV_ given his new aesthetic.

[@runbaa9285]

@@MusicoftheDamned If you look closely, Deejay also throws projectiles with one hand. His heavy shoots out two, but that's just him shooting one with each hand. In Ryu's arcade win screen against Deejay in SF6, Ryu mentions how there's not much depth to Deejay's fighting style, but no darkness either, which Ryu considers a good thing. It seems to imply that Deejay never really fights that seriously and is just jamming to the beat the whole time. Which begs the question how strong Deejay is if he's actually serious...

[@GanguroKonata]

Omg it's Sajam, from twitch. His favorite things are sand blast, forward moving normals and plus frames
See you next stream

[@antoucool]

6:50 ooh that's a clean punish 🤤

[@tylermorrison6335]

You're right about perfects in this game being weird.
A Hood perfect is just a regular perfect now.

[@VendreadMike95]

Weird, right? Lol.

[@masterofdoom5000]

Luke doing sand blast as Guiles student one handed reminds me that one handed projectiles while maintaining strength is in Street Fighter the sign of a master. Akuma can do it, Gouken could one hand AND charge cos he's built like that, etc. The fun lore of Dan having a dingy projectile one handed but does actually decent damage implying his latent ability but lack of discipline is also a nice touch. Considering sand blast doesn't keep going like most projectiles I wonder if the idea is he just brute forces his own style of sonic boom?

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

Haha that's such a cool take. I think Luke's style is enthusiastic yet sloppy unlile Ken or Ryu who are proper martial artists.

[@TaigaGalette]

Sand Blast

[@metalgamer8179]

Just in case anyone didn’t know Sandblast is an actual thing. Sand is shot out at extreme speeds using either water or air to roughen surfaces. My assumption is that’s why it’s called that anyway lol

[@theSkarekro]

Not to toughen surface. It's used to remove contaminants such as rust/paint

[@metalgamer8179]

@@theSkarekro typo there I meant roughen, it can be used to toughen smooth surfaces or smooth surfaces as well as remove contaminants (from what I can tell on my 10 second googling). I didn’t want to get into the specifics with my initial comment to avoid confusion. But with that typo it totally did LMAO

[@TheWordPlay]

Great overview Sandblastjam!
Being able to slow the game down to 50% in training mode has helped me so much to get the perfect flash knuckle timing down

[@ThatRedHusky]

I'm gonna start becoming the Akira meme with the mount of times I hear SAND BLAST SAND BLAST SAND BLAST

[@TheSteret]

Sand blast

[@eduardoserpa1682]

Luke was obviously strong in SFV, but he feels so much cooler and unique in SF6 from the way he's designed around the new systems and rules. Great new protagonist all around.

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

I kind of miss some of his mechanics from 5 though. Being able to further enhance your perfect knuckles or his VT2 that gave him crazy juggles were all really fun.

[@Mxhrz]

I tried Luke in the beta but wasnt so sure if he was for me. But now that I’ve had time to actually lab combos, block strings, etc., he’s so fun

[@pandabetic_6528]

Can’t believe Sajam’s throwing pocket sand at innocent people in the streets

[@coup0n]

hello youtube, ggs I was the Zangief 😭

[@venexo1434]

1:37 i love the cut to hide that you missed the perfect lol

[@Snockhit]

sand blast

[@DANCERcow]

Luke's last name is actually Gribble, Luke Gribble! There's an obscure blink and you'll miss it piece of dialogue referencing his uncle Dale.

[@ThatsABean]

I'm kinda sad and happy that a lot of these I've figured out by playing Luke
I've grown so much since I started watching this channel ;_;

[@Mediamatix]

I love these character breakdowns

[@Micha-Hil]

4:50 best character

[@loganfoote622]

if Sajam is going to get Diamond with everyone, he should compete in tournaments. I hope he does.

[@thederanator2743]

Beast mode baby!

[@thegoose8663]

I like Slayjam's character guides

[@tkpipo]

Look at me. I am the one who sands blast!

[@OffensiveWombat]

Am I crazy or is Luke's crouch medium kick target combo gameplan-defining good? It's essentially Manon's vacuum target combos but from a low.

[@LeadAntagonist]

For a cool drive rush combo if you get a medium charged knuckle you can follow up with DR HP into perfect heavy knuckle. Big dmg for only one bar of commitment. I stole this route from Kami, I see him do it a lot.
Also use his back HP(suppressor) that move is stealth op. It doesn’t freeze throws anymore but it pulls your hurt box back like ibuki Vskill 1 used to. It’s great for whiff punishing jabs and shimmying throws in a similar manor to deejays sway, and you can go into cr MP after or confirm it into full charged light knuckle or ex knuckle or DR back HK. Really a sleeper normal, only -3 as well, very abusable in the corner and I doubt most none Luke players know he still has that move.
also in the corner after light perfect normal, you can get drive rush heavy punch, fireball, heavy DP. Medium DP if you miss perfect timing. Good for like 100 or so extra dmg.

[@rinhatsuyuki7090]

Sand blast.. sand blast.. sand blast.. POCKET SAND!

[@genzo454]

Standing MK. Standing MK. Standing MK. Crouching MK.

[@Iwatoda_Dorm]

Sand blast emoji has gotta be Sajam doing the finger gun charge up

[@xios9749]

BEAST MODE BABY

[@pretzels1208]

She's gonna be terrifying? Who's gonna be terrifying?

[@Weebfox]

Sand Blast!
I love Luke

[@markanthonybowen9419]

6:50 another successful uninstall

[@Daria-Morgendorffer]

all of this is flying way over my head xD

[@idfk1608]

I’m not gonna sugarcoat it…

[@paulwilliams6304]

i can’t believe that combo on manon killed😱 cammy’s lv3 cannot relate

[@YagoOliveira-kh2ci]

Luke has a weird smile sometimes. Like joker.

[@rojorodriguez1]

Can't wait for a Jamie vid

[@AlCaponi__]

Me too sajam, i also love sand blast

[@bruhbruh33333]

Can't wait to see ken

[@girlweird833]

And he has one of the best songs.

[@tootsie_]

His theme is just an alternate version of the training mode theme to me lol

[@garbageknights]

I love all rounders... technically speaking it's the play style that fits me best.... I never like how they look.

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

Lol haha i guess they tend to have a very simple look to fit their all grounder archetype

[@crcromwell]

Truly on this blessed day we have sent the wrong guy to Memphis

[@Ed-1749]

SandJam

[@nioykak5782]

Sand Blast.

[@tdimensional6733]

sand blast these nuts

[@marcelojavierzayassisa7389]

Besides sand blast and although I love Luke as my main. How the f do you deal with longer range ch such as marisa, dee jay or juri.

[@BobardeZanzibar]

You take them on a long ride to Memphis, you feel me?

[@marcelojavierzayassisa7389]

@@BobardeZanzibar haha, bro what does Luke say? "Hope you like memphis or damascus" or what sajam says "you picked the wrong guy to mess with"

[@navadax4541]

​@@marcelojavierzayassisa7389"You picked the wrong guy to mess with"
I don't understand how people hear it as anything else, why would he be talking about Memphis?

[@chrisschuber9149]

Perfect Knuckle timing is really hard. Any Lukebros out there with any tips for the timing?

[@kevingriffith6011]

I'm afraid there isn't a trick to it, you just kinda have to do it.
The good news is human muscle memory is pretty incredible for this sort of thing. I went from being unable to do it even remotely consistently to getting it about 70% of the time just doing luke's trials. Put in a little practice and it'll get easier for you than you'd expect.

[@phsquared1000]

You’ll get the PERFECT when you release around the moment Luke’s arm flashes to indicate the perfect frames. Once you learn the muscle memory from seeing the visual indicator you’ll get the hang of it after a while.

[@JohnPaul-nb5iu]

There a low dubstep like sound you can listen for.

[@Grux_ASG]

Its luke from street!

[@ObeliskEye]

"Alot of people have been asking me about this character" I can't believe sajam would just lie to us like that
But we do want to see you specifically cooking with him

[@kevingriffith6011]

People are asking him about Luke because he came out and said he's planning on playing luke, and everyone is like "y tho?"

[@benleighton9013]

can the modern controls do perfect knuckle?

[@EXFrost]

Yep. Makes no difference cus all it is is how long you hold down the button for

[@imnot9923]

ken next plz

[@magmaspacer1967]

For some reason I always heard “Peg left!” Instead of Sand Blast

[@noahgreen3386]

You're going to Memphis 👊

[@pmk4609]

⌛🤯

[@Hedonkeviik]

Does anyone else feel like he’s a better ryu?

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

More dynamic for sure

[@PUNCHEDPUNCHEDPUNCHED]

Ain't no way that corner medium into sandblast pressure strat isn't gonna get nerfed in the future 😂

[@kellen4243]

Hah! Get outta here!

[@WutTheDeuceGaming]

tbh, I cannot stand the "perfect" mechanic for Guile or Luke. I think it's so unnecessary and stupid. I don't play either character, but still, why add this in?

[@kevingriffith6011]

Neither of those characters rely on the mechanics to function, if you're worried about that. You can build your playstyle around your ability and build combo routes for either one of those characters that still do good damage without needing the "perfect" moves: You might be a little less meter efficient or do a little less damage, but you won't be so far behind the curve that it'll keep you from beating other players of your skill level.

[@bestregards9672]

early af

[@zeywop]

i’ll play luke again when they give him his swag back… ruined his hair and made him out on a dumb hoodie shirt instead of having his guns out like a champion

[@therealsubject17]

Sand Blast!

[@Baptann]

Sand blast

[@solardeathflame]

Sand Blast!

[@Vinicius-pg2hq]

Sand Blast!

[@professorpalpatine7188]

Sand Blast!

[@bruhsunday6116]

Sand Blast!

[@lol1013]

Sand Blast!

[@jpnakashima1224]

Sand Blast!

[@Fomor_Ian]

Sand Blast!

[@fullmetkal]

Sand Blast!

[@vitordorea1668]

Sand Blast!

[@ArcLyn]

Sand Blast!

[@viewybark]

Sand Blast!

[@Swampflare]

Sand Blast!