Street Fighter 6/Luke

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Matchups

Frame Data

Resources

Match Footage

#SF6_Luke

Introduction

A contractor for a PMC, Luke uses his elite military background to teach mixed martial arts. His days off are spent eating junk food, playing video games, and fighting, but make no mistake—Luke plays to win.

Luke Sullivan is a shotoclone character with an emphasis on a strong midrange pressure and whiff punishing. Luke has most of the standard shoto tools you could want, but puts several unique spins on them to craft his own style. Where Ryu is defensive and neutral-oriented, and Ken is aggression and combo-utility oriented, Luke focuses on a strong midrange that transitions into excellent pressure once he's gotten in.

One notable thing about Luke compared to other shotos is his many advancing target combos that let him convert openings into effective punishes and pressure. Luke can use his great 2MP, 5MK and 2MK to push opponents back, or lunge forward for punishes with 5LP, 5MP and 5HP. Complimenting this is his signature Sand Blast fireball, an exceptionally formidable tool for both neutral and pressure. Its extremely high speed allows Luke to use it as an extended poke or blockstring ender while still having good advantage on block at most ranges. If he chooses to spend meter on OD or Drive Rush, then Luke is also capable of dealing monstrous damage and carrying you very deep into the corner.

Once the opponent is in the corner or low on Drive, Luke is extremely formidable at locking the opponent down. Easy throw loops, a fast and safe overhead, a Level 3 Super that gives him oki, along with many ways to be plus or even fully reset pressure. Many of Luke's normals lunge him forward, which synergizes with Drive Rush to create hard-to-escape pressure sequences and surprise whiff punish opportunities. On defense Luke excels at well, with his 2LP being a 4f jab with a great hitbox. He has a great DP with Rising Uppercut and a fantastic anti-air in 2HP.

Perhaps the only things Luke could be considered to struggle with is his approaches, as he doesn't have as many ways to effectively skip neutral and force RPS in neutral the same way other top tiers like Ken and Juri can. He also has a rather poor sweep, but he can make up for this by using 5HP to punish a sweep on block instead of sweeping back. All in all, Luke is a character with few meaningful weaknesses, and can perform well at all levels of play. While his 5LP is on the slower side, this is because it moves him forward for better punishes and pressure and thus exists as a tradeoff rather than a weakness. Sand Blast similarly does not travel fullscreen outside of the OD version, but this is another tradeoff for its powerful speed and frame advantage. None of these differences create meaningful weaknesses in Luke, allowing him to craft a strong and reliable gameplan. If you want a shoto with more of a focus on pressure and playing out the midrange, you should hit the streets with Luke.

Pick if you like:

Avoid if you dislike:

An easy to play, well-rounded character that is never at a notable disadvantage in matchups A great pressure game with plus specials, normals/target combos, and Sand Blast, a fireball that effortlessly combines with his cancelable buttons to close space into pressure and end in a favourable position Solid whiff punishes that easily convert into oki and pressure High damage combos that scale well regardless of the starter

Trading a traditional, space control and meaty-able fireball for one that works more like a poke Having to time Perfect Flash Knuckle in combos A somewhat straightforward gameplan with a lack of neutral skips

Classic & Modern Versions Comparison

List of differences with Modern Luke

Missing Normals	Standing Light Kick (5LK) Standing Medium Kick (5MK) Jumping Light Punch (j.LP) Jumping Medium Punch (j.MP) Jumping Heavy Punch (j.HP)
Missing Command Normals	Outlaw Kick (4HK)
Shortcut-Only Specials	Avenger (2S) 5X for No Chaser (P follow-up), 2X for Impaler (K follow-up)
Miscellaneous Changes	Triple Impact (5LP~MP~HP) changed to 5LLL Nose Breaker (2MK~2HP) changed to 2MM All 3 Auto Combos use OD specials and will end prematurely when in Burnout L and M auto combos use OD Flash Knuckle (214PP) H auto combo uses OD Sand Blast + Fatal Shot (236PP~PP) The L auto combo will "auto hit-confirm" and the OD Flash Knuckle will not come out on block. The M and H auto combos will always cancel into the OD specials, even on block (though without the Fatal Shot follow-up in H's case).

Most of the tools Luke is missing in Modern are mainly combo tools, namely 5LK in light confirms, j.MP for his only cancelable jumping normal into Aerial Flash Knuckle, and 4HK for his highest damage combo starter/filler.

The most important omissions for neutral are Classic Luke's 5MK (a low-risk ranged poke that pushes opponents out without moving Luke in) and j.HP (a jump-in hitting directly below Luke that is difficult to contest or anti-air). This makes Modern Luke's keepaway slightly worse and his jump-ins slightly easier to beat, though this difference is negligible.

Of the whole cast, Luke is probably the one whose Modern and Classic kits are the most similar, with the added benefit of Modern conveniences (auto hit-confirming low lights, instant supers, etc).

Luke
Vitals
Life Points	10000
Ground Movement
Forward Walk Speed	0.047
Backward Walk Speed	0.032
Forward Dash Speed	19
Backward Dash Speed	23
Forward Dash Distance	1.467
Backward Dash Distance	0.751
Drive Rush Min. Distance (Throw)	0.817
Drive Rush Min. Distance (Block)	2.499
Drive Rush Max Distance	3.461
Jumping
Jump Speed	4+38+3
Jump Apex	2.115
Forward Jump Distance	1.90
Backward Jump Distance	1.52
Throws
Throw Range	0.8
Throw Hurtbox	0.33

Normals

Standing Normals

5lp

5LP

5lp

5LP

Standing Light Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
7	2	11(14)	Sp SA TC	300	LH	+2	-3

5mp

5MP

5mp

5MP

Standing Medium Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
9	4	16	SA TC	600	LH	+2	-3

5hp

5HP

5hp

5HP

Standing Heavy Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
10	3	23	Sp SA	800	LH	+1	-6

5lk

5LK

5lk

5LK

Standing Light Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	2	12	Sp SA	300	LH	+3	-2

5mk

5MK

5mk

5MK

Standing Medium Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
8	3	16(19)	-	700	LH	+1	-3

5hk

5HK

5hk

5HK

Standing Heavy Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
10	7	16	-	900	LH	+2(+8)	-5(+1)

2lp

2LP

2lp

2LP

Crouching Light Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
4	2	10	Chn Sp SA	300	LH	+4	-2

2mp

2MP

2mp

2MP

Crouching Medium Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
6	2	14(17)	Sp SA	600	LH	+5	+1

2hp

2HP

2hp

2HP

Crouching Heavy Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
7	5	24	Sp SA	800	LH	+1	-13

2lk

2LK

2lk

2LK

Crouching Light Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	3	12	Chn	200	L	-1	-5

2mk

2MK

2mk

2MK

Crouching Medium Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
8	3	19	Sp SA TC	500	L	-2	-6

2hk

2HK

2hk

2HK

Crouching Heavy Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
10	3	27(26)	-	900	L	HKD +28	-9

jlp

JLP

jlp

j.LP

Jumping Light Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	9	3 land	-	300	H	-	-

jmp

JMP

jmp

j.MP

Jumping Medium Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
9	4	3 land	Sp	700	H	-	-

jhp

JHP

jhp

j.HP

Jumping Heavy Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
9	6	3 land	-	800	H	-	-

jlk

JLK

jlk

j.LK

Jumping Light Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
6	6	3 land	-	300	H	-	-

jmk

JMK

jmk

j.MK

Jumping Medium Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
7	6	3 land	-	500	H	-	-

jhk

JHK

jhk

j.HK

Jumping Heavy Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
10	6	3 land	-	800	H	-	-

6mp

6MP

6mp

6MP

Rawhide

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
21	2	21	-	600	H	+2	-3

4hp

4HP

4hp

4HP

Suppressor

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
16	3	20	Sp SA	800	LH	+3	-3

4hk

4HK

4hk

4HK

Outlaw Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
12	4	24	-	1000	LH	+4	-5

6hp

6HP

6hp

6HP

Brutal Spike

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
16	3	15(19)	TC	800	LH	+3	-3

6hp_6hp

6HP_6HP

6hp_6hp

6HP~6HP

Double Impact

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
11	2	34	Sp SA	600	LH	KD +20	-19

2mk_2hp

2MK_2HP

2mk_2hp

2MK~2HP

Nose Breaker

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
9	3	25	-	600(480)	LH	+1	-8

5lp_5mp

5LP_5MP

5lp_5mp

                  No results

5lp_5mp_5hp

5LP_5MP_5HP

5lp_5mp_5hp

                  No results

5mp_5mp

5MP_5MP

5mp_5mp

                  No results

5mp_5mp_5mp

5MP_5MP_5MP

5mp_5mp_5mp

                  No results

5mp_5mp_5mp_mp

5MP_5MP_5MP_MP

5mp_5mp_5mp_mp

                  No results

lplk

LPLK

lplk

LPLK

Sweeper

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	3	23	-	1200 (2040)	T	KD +19	-

4lplk

4LPLK

4lplk

4LPLK

Scrapper

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	3	23	-	1200 (2040)	T	KD +14	-

hphk

HPHK

hphk

HPHK

Muzzle Flash

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
26	2	35	-	800	LH	KD +35 / Wall Splat KD +65	-3 / Wall Splat HKD +72

6hphk

6HPHK

6hphk

6HPHK

Battering Ram (Block)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
20	3	26(31)	-	500 recoverable	LH	KD +23	-6

mpmk

MPMK

mpmk

MPMK

Drive Parry

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
1	12 or until released	33(1)(11)	-	-	-	-	-

66

66

66

                  No results

5pppkkk

5PPPKKK

5pppkkk

5PPPKKK

Neutral Taunt

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
96 (total)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

236lp

236LP

236lp

236LP

Sand Blast

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
14	[5]	33	SA3	600	LH	-3	-8

236mp

236MP

236mp

File:SF6 Luke 236mp.png

236MP

Sand Blast

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
17	[7]	30	SA3	600	LH	0	-5

236hp

236HP

236hp

File:SF6 Luke 236hp.png

236HP

Sand Blast

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
20	[10]	27	SA3	600	LH	+3	-2

236pp

236PP

236pp

236PP

Sand Blast

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
16	-	24	SA2 SA3	400x2	LH	KD +41	-2

236pp_pp

236PP_PP

236pp_pp

236PP~PP

Fatal Shot

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
12	-	42	-	1000(800)	LH	KD +48	-21

623lp

623LP

623lp

623LP

Rising Uppercut

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	10	22+12 land	SA3	900(800)	LH	KD +28	-27

623mp

623MP

623mp

File:SF6 Luke 623mp.png

623MP

Rising Uppercut

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
6	10	24+12 land	SA3	1000(800)	LH	KD +28	-29

623hp

623HP

623hp

File:SF6 Luke 623hp.png

623HP

Rising Uppercut

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
9	10	25+15 land	SA3	1200(800)	LH	KD +29	-33

623pp

623PP

623pp

623PP

Rising Uppercut

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
6	3,7	35+15 land	-	800(600),600	LH	KD +25	-40(-43)

623pp_pp

623PP_PP

623pp_pp

623PP~PP

Slam Dunk

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
16	3	14+16 land	-	600	H	KD +14	-

214lp

214LP

214lp

214LP

LP Flash Knuckle

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
13	3	31	SA3	700	LH	KD +32	-18

214lp_hold

214LP_HOLD

214lp_hold

214[LP]

LP Flash Knuckle (hold)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
26	2,2	25(26)	SA3	600,200	LH	KD +54	-8

214mp

214MP

214mp

214MP

MP Flash Knuckle

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
19	3	27	SA3	900	LH	+3	-10

214mp_hold

214MP_HOLD

214mp_hold

214[MP]

MP Flash Knuckle (hold)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
30	2,2	26(27)	SA3	800,200	LH	KD +54(+67)	-3

214hp

214HP

214hp

214HP

HP Flash Knuckle

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
22	3	21	SA3	1000	LH	KD +42(+31)	-4

214hp_hold

214HP_HOLD

214hp_hold

214[HP]

HP Flash Knuckle (hold)

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
33	2,2	24(25)	SA3	1000,300	LH	KD +64	+4

214pp

214PP

214pp

214PP

OD Flash Knuckle

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
15	3	39	SA2 SA3	400x2	LH	KD +62	-22

214pp_pp

214PP_PP

214pp_pp

214PP~PP

DDT

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
1	-	-	-	2500	-	HKD +12	-

214lp_air

214LP_AIR

214lp_air

                  No results

214lp_air_hold

214LP_AIR_HOLD

214lp_air_hold

                  No results

214pp_air

214PP_AIR

214pp_air

                  No results

236k

236K

236k

236K

Avenger

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
12	-	33	-	-	-	-	-

236k_p

236K_P

236k_p

236K~P

No Chaser

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
12+12	10	16	SA3	900	LH	KD +32(+41)	-6(+3)

236k_k

236K_K

236k_k

236K~K

Impaler

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
12+13	8	22(27)	-	1200	H	KD +30(+35)	-8(-3)

236kk

236KK

236kk

236KK

Avenger

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
11	[33]	10	-	-	-	-	-

236kk_p

236KK_P

236kk_p

236KK~P

No Chaser

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
11+12	10	16	SA2 SA3	1300	LH	KD +32(+41)	-6(+3)

236kk_k

236KK_K

236kk_k

236KK~K

Impaler

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
11+13	8	19	-	1200	H	KD +38(+43)	-5(0)

236236p

236236P

236236p

236236P

Vulcan Blast

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
6	13(1)7(2)7(23)5	45	-	300x4,800 (2000)	LH	KD +17(+30)	-29

214214p

214214P

214214p

214214P

Eraser

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
5	3	51	-	2800	LH	KD +2	-29

236236k

236236K

236236k

236236K

Pale Rider

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Guard	On Hit	On Block
10(27)	4	66(92)	-	4000	LH	HKD +18	-42

236236k_ca

236236K_CA

236236k_ca

                  No results

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Matchups

Frame Data

Resources

Match Footage

#SF6_Luke