Their frame data and combo bot is quite impressive

Street Fighter X Tekken just recently passed its eighth birthday since it first released at the start of March, and while it may not be at the forefront of the mainstream FGC any longer, the crossover fighting game still has a dedicated online following of those still looking to show off their perfect tag team combos.

SaltLevelsMax and the Street Fighter X Tekken Discord crew have been working hard for a long time to keep their community going and growing by running regular online tournaments, special contests and one of the best beginner guides / frame data bots that we've seen.

Most of the current action for SFxT takes place on the PC version of the fighting game, and I know you may have a few questions about that like 'doesn't that run Games for Windows Live and didn't that service get shut down?'

Yes, it's online functionality is tied to GFWL, but it's still up and running with guides on the Discord there to help troubleshoot any problems that may arise with getting the game going in 2020. They have a community-made patch that should solve most up front issues.

Larger online tournaments are held every month again mostly on the PC version of the game though they do go back to the console releases from time to time. The next of these events is scheduled to take place on April 12.

Players looking to dive into the game for the first time or those looking to pick Street Fighter x Tekken back up after dropping off will also find some of the best tools to get caught up to speed on how to play, who to play and ways to play as them.

Psychoblue and the other members of the Discord created a complete character overview for all 50 fighters on the roster which goes over their basic game plan, specific combos, pros and cons, and what position you should place them on a team.

The JACK-X bot built into the Discord channel itself can be asked to show combos frame data and more for every characters' moves in the game. Seeing it in action is one of the most helpful things I've seen in learning to play any game.

Ask it to give you Hugo combos which take zero bars, and the bot will come back with detailed results broken up further into other categories like hit confirms, easy to land, juggles, anti-air and more which is extra helpful.

If you're struggling to find a secondary character to go with your main, the bot can also make suggestions for partners there too.

As for things to do outside of just battling online opponents, SaltLevelsMax says that the Discord also gets together for other activities including custom color contests, Cross Assault contests and least optimal combo contents among others.

The Street Fighter X Tekken members also gets together now twice a year to debate their tier list rankings for the Capcom fighting game with the latest being put together this January where characters like Law, Jin and Chun-Li are currently seen as the best in the game. Balrog, Hugo and Sakura though... not so much.



Click images for the 2020 Street Fighter X Tekken tier list

Street Fighter X Tekken's Discord community is now over 1,000 members strong including a mix of players who have decided to get back into the game and its unique flow and those who never really left the building to begin with.

The game is also regularly on sale during many of Steam's events, and you can find a link to Street Fighter X Tekken's Discord server here.