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Gaming Slang
Tick throw
· noun · gaming
A blocked jab into an instant throw — the cheapest reset in fighting games.
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Definitions
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You poke them with a quick attack they block, which locks them in blockstun for a beat. The second that blockstun ends, you throw them — they can't jump or backdash out in time. Classic frame-trap pressure.
“He kept blocking my lights, so I went for the tick throw and grabbed him every time.”
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The whole point is the throw is 'ticked' off the back of a blocked hit, timed to land the exact frame they're throwable again. Block too much and you eat it.
“Stop mashing buttons on defence or you're walking straight into a tick throw.”
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Tick throw In A Sentence
He kept blocking my lights, so I went for the tick throw and grabbed him every time.
Stop mashing buttons on defence or you're walking straight into a tick throw.
Origin & Usage
Fighting game community (FGC); a staple since the early Street Fighter II days.
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