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Fighting games
Games focused on a player fighting against the AI or another human player.
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Fighting games
Button bashing
Video games; Fighting games
The act of pressing buttons quickly and randomly with no real understanding of what the result will be. Seen as a very poor playstyle with few redeeming features.
Cancelling
Video games; Fighting games
Manually stopping the animation of an attack. Has the benefit of allowing the player to execute a followup attack more quickly.
Combo
Video games; Fighting games
A series of successive attacks that cannot be blocked once the first attack in the combo has connected.
Chip damage
Video games; Fighting games
The small amount of damage a player may receive when blocking an attack.
Charge
Video games; Fighting games
An attack that requires a button or direction to be held down in its execution.
Clone
Video games; Fighting games
A character that has an identical or very similar movelist to that of another character.
Counter
Video games; Fighting games
The act of interrupting your opponents attack with one of your own.
