This is a simplified (but not that simplified) guide to sidestep accordingly to each character. The notes aren't perfect, since I just gathered information on the web and tried to fill with some personal experience, and everyone is welcome to help to improve the guide. These are the references I've used to start my guide, big thanks to Paul and Mus Paul Guide Mus Guide Discord Channel Well, you can also get into https://discord.gg/tekkenzaibatsu and learn much more about the game and get better at it. There are a lot more resources there, a LOT of character specific resources, and a lot of nice users that you can exchange experience learn new things and play with. Sidestep List Character Side Specific Character Match Up Tip Akuma SSL Sidestep isn't a safe everytime, prefer to backdash him Armor King SSR Step a Lot, most of buffered throws can be backdashed except GS, good kings can use iSW to mix, unline EWGF, DU is -10 Alisa SSL Sidestep is not a must Anna SSR Overwall she has poor tracking, CJM on block isn't that good, duck her RA Asuka SSR Caution when step. Patience, elbows and knees nulifies her counter Bob SSR On midrange Sidestep Left Brian SSR He has real good homing, caution to sidestep Claudio SSL Caution with sidestep Devil Jin SSL Advanced players can catch SS with WS2 and launch you Dragunov SSR On midrange Sidestep Left Eddy Gordo SSR Be careful when he lays down in front of you, he can launch using a mid or a low Eliza SSL Fahkumram SSL Be careful steping BF4 can catch you, and all wall unblockables are very linear Feng SWR Sidestep Left to evade a Df1 or Hopkick Ganryu SSR SSL or SWL after blocking the first hit of b21. Caution, low RD Gigas SSL Caution with midrange Sidestep Geese SSL Step with caution, and remember B3, Df+1, QCB2, D2 tracks to the right Heihachi SSL Caution on the wall, old man can destroy you there Hwoarang SWL SWL is his weak side in all of his stances aside from RFS, duck can be viable. D3,4 can be avoided with SWL Jack SSL Caution on Sidestep Jin SSR his RA is a High, RD is a High Mid that can go to a slow mid, or HS Josie SSL She has a LOT of duckable moves Julia SSR Range 0 and 1 step to Right, Range 2 or 3 you should step to Left Katarina SSL For B+1, D+1 and Df+2, Sidestep Left Kazumi SSL Sidestep Right the WR 2, beware 1+2 grab at the wall Kazuya SSL SWL to evade HS, ALWAYS punish TP (-12), D/F+2 (-12) and WS2 (-18) King SSR Step a Lot, most of buffered throws can be backdashed except GS, good kings can use iSW to mix Kuma SSR WS 3 has good tracking, take caution to sidestep Kunimitsu SSR SSL when BT. Parry can be floated or sidesteped, but not blocked Lars SSR Sidestep and Sidewalk a lot Law SSR In general good homing moves, WS2 tracks a lot and pls punish it if you block Lee SSL Lei SSR you can poke him out of animal stances after razor rush on block, be careful when he lays down Leo SSL Leroy SSL Lidia SSL Her HS tracks only to right , many moves are very linear, but her hopkick tracks well Lili SSR Backflip can still clip you, aside from 1+2, BT 2 that tracks left and hopkick has little track to R, in general she's very linear LuckyChloe SSL Sidestep Right with taution for hopkick and backturned mix Marduk SSL MasterRaven SSL Caution while Stepping Miguel SSL Negan SSL Nina SSR Careful with Db+3 Noctis SSR On Midrange Sidestep Left Panda SSR WS 3 has good tracking, take caution to sidestep Paul SSR In general good homing moves Shaheen SSL Duck/Block are better than Sidestep him Steve SSL Df+2 on S4 is very linear and steppable, Backdash him is still very viable Xiaoyu SSR when she's backturned SSL, for AoP use moves with a low hitbox to hit her out of AoP Yoshimitsu SSL Sidestep Right for his ranged moves Zafina SSL Caution while stepping Last But Not Least Here are some VALUABLE RESOURCES For framedata you can check the AMAZING Good n Old RBNorway[rbnorway.org] or New and Even Better RBNorway[rbnorway-t7.web.app] Dealing with King chainthrows with gifs and much more. But steam censors the F word on the link and doesn't let me use a shortener to avoid it, so it's your job to remove the space in the middle of the link to access it https://kenjatimebeginner.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/fu (REMOVE THIS SPACE) ck-king-chain-throws-lmaoo But in general there's sorta of a rule, some chainthrows can be done mashing (and many King players do this way), these you can break by mashing 1 , the MAX damage routes are always broken with 2, and 1+2 is the medium reward but it's a little trickier to mash it because they doesn't appear everytime Sometimes we suck at dealing with strings, so Somsana made a guide (its kinda old, but it works nicely on the most part) Don't let them String Cheese you![docs.google.com] That's it Folks Well I think that's it, hope these community knowledge that I've organized here could've helped you to get better and understand a little better the game and enjoy it way more :)