Grooves in this game dictate how some particular aspects of your character team work. Things like super meter usage, having access to a run or dash, having access to a dodge or parry move; among many other things.

Grooves are also a trip down memory lane, cuz they usually reference old game series from both Capcom and SNK.




The basic groove from the Street Fighter Alpha series.
Recommended for beginners

• Super gauge is divided in 3 bars
  
• lvl 2 supers can be cancelled into a special move or another super
  
• super bar fills up by hitting the opponent, getting hit or whiffing moves
  
• allows air block
  
• has a dash, not run
  
• has an "alpha counter" of sorts
  
• has KOF rolling
  
• has delayed wake up

The custom combo groove from the Alpha series, like V-ism in Alpha 3.
Recommended for pro-players only

• Super gauge is divided into two bars
  
• press strong punch + strong kick to activate custom combo
  
• can use lvl 1 supers
  
• has a dash, not run
  
• alpha counter
  
• rolling and fall breakers

Its basically the super meter from Super Street Fighter II Turbo. In Alpha 3 it would be x-ism.

• has only one super gauge, but equivalent to a lvl 3 super
  
• Can cancel a special move into super
  
• has the parry mechanic from street fighter 3
  
• has dash
  
• short hops from KOF
  
• has tactical recoveries

Its the groove from the first KOF games like kof 94 and 95

• has one super meter that needs to be charged by pressing Heavy punch + heavy kick
  
• When low on health, you can use supers indefinitely
  
• having a full meter + low health gives you a lvl 3 super
  
• has a guard cancel (alpha counter)
  
• has a side step instead of dodge
  
• has run instead of dash
  
• has short hops
  
• has tactical recovery

This is the standard kof groove, which started with the Advanced mode in kof 98

• 3 stocks of meter that will fill gradually
  
• can burn 1 meter to enter Max mode like kof 98
  
• can use lvl 3 supers with Max mode active plus one more meter
  
• can guard cancel into roll
  
• has run
  
• has short hops
  
• has guard cancel
  
• has kof rolls
  
• fall breakers

The Samurai Showdown groove, a.k.a. Rage Meter
Perfect for fighting game scrubs, like you and me

• has only one meter (rage meter) that fills up as you take damage, block or just guard
  
• the super is always a lvl 3 super
  
• When the character is in rage mode, they gain a small bonus to damage and health
  
• has Just Defend mechanic from Garou
  
• has run
  
• has short hop
  
• has fall breakers

1. If youre a beginer in fighting games or just dont want to think too much, pick C-Groove. Its the standard groove in most Capcom fighting games and a solid option all around
   
2. If youre a scrub that wants to win online matches with little effort, pick K-Groove for the damage boost
   
3. If youre an even bigger scrub that likes to troll people online, pick S-Groove and start spamming supers once your health bar goes red
   
4. If youre a tryhard scrub that thinks youre a pro-player, pick A-groove and try to pull all those crazy custom combos online, dropping them because of lag and getting destroyed on the process lolz

Thats all, folks
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