Rapid Cancel



Rapid Cancel is a game mechanic in the Street Fighter series.

Description
Rapid Cancels allow characters who have access to the mechanic to immediately cancel into another attack (similarly to a Target Combo). Unlike Target Combos the initial attack does not have to connect to initiate a Rapid Cancel.

Tactics
The purpose of Rapid Cancels is to allow a character to more easily link normals, an example is if a MP is +6 on hit, then a LP has a 5 frame startup, rapid canceling would allow the player to instead of having to time the link all that can be done is use the followup attack after the initial one hits

Another purpose is to allow normals that would normally not connect to combo. It has to be noted that some attacks are only meant to link to another (an example is Ibuki's Cr LK to Cr LP as shown in the example)