Introduction to Fightsticks

Possible follow-up guide: Hoss's Guide to: How to use your Fightstick as well as additional Fightsticks to be added later



Note: Prices are in USD and may vary

A Fightstick is something precious to a fighting game veteran. It is, essentially, an extension of one's body. Once you become familiar with a Fightstick, you will never go back to a controller.Fightsticks provide the most precision and the most feedback one can get when playing a fighting game. But there are so many out there, some cheap and some expensive, it can be hard to know where to start. For starters, you shoulddive right into the most expensive Fightstick you can get your hands on. That is a recipe for disaster. If you end up being unable to learn how to use it, or simply do not like it, you are out of upwards to $300, if you are unable to return it. So with this guide I'll break down a bunch of Fightsticks in Tiers that you can look into, and avoid, if you're in the market for a superior form of control in your fighting games.Every single Fightstick in this guide, I have used. To some extent. I own some of them, or have owned in the past, or I've just had extensive use with them at the house of a friend or otherwise. There are Fightsticks I have used that I will not include in this guide, simply to weed out the good and bad, and reduce filler. So, knowing this, let's get you on that path to becoming a better player. And please remember; this guide is strictly based on my personal opinion on the Fightsticks that lie within, the Tiers are simply my way of showing you which are priority, once you've learned how to use a Fightstick and which ones are simply not worth your time, and everything inbetween.Here is a video of Maximilian talking about Fightsticks, how they can affect your game, and other aspects of owning one:And here is a very solid video by Gootecks on the basics of using your Fight Stick: