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An Option Select is an advanced tactic in the Street Fighter series.

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Ibuki OS Xiaoyu Reversal

An example of an Option Select. Ibuki's Neck Breaker Low Profiles Ling Xiaoyu's reversal. See the gallery for the other scenarios.

An Option Select is a tactic in which a player takes advantage of certain input priority systems to cover multiple different scenarios at once from the same input. Some Option Selects take advantage of Screen Freeze, others use the Input System, and some use proximity.

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Option Selects are a powerful tactic as they can prevent opponents from escaping or punishing in scenarios where OSes are not used. While they may not cover every option, they can both counter mix-ups and start mix-ups themselves.

While Option Selects are commonly done off a Safe Jump, they can be grounded too. Some Target Combos such as Ibuki's Target Combo 6 can use the inputs to act differently whether the opponent does an invincible action or not.

One of the most famous option selects is known as a Crouch Tech, performed by pressing Light Punch and Light Kick while crouching. Due to the input priority system, the game will see a crouching throw input as a crouching Light Kick instead, since kicks have a higher priority than punches should they occur simultaneously. However, if an opponent attempt a throw at a crouch teching player, the game reads the input as a throw tech input instead. The input allows for the player to have a near-perfect defense against throws, especially those that have good conversions from their crouching Light Kick.

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