The game is really targeted at gamepad. You really need a lot of practice to play decent with a keyboard, because all of the various Tekken-style command attacks, and especially Street Fighter/KOF-style circle movements (used for character-special attacks and throws) require good timing on your WASD inputs.

A common gripe is that this game doesn't support remapping. I personally have never found it a problem as I find their choice of default keybinds pretty adequate! YMMV



credits: Ponton .. for "Special" shortcut

Update: DOA6 does in fact have a manual, which I missed due to it being tucked away in what looks like a generic plug for the website! It's good but it does leave out the stick-click functions, so be sure to still consult the table below! Check it at

http://www.koeitecmoamerica.com/manual/doa6/us
or for Europe, http://www.koeitecmoeurope.com/manual/doa6/uk

Dead or Alive 5: Last Round came with a manual detailing the keyboard bindings. DOA6 doesn't have anything like that as far as I know, but you can access the DOA5LR manual.

Right-click DOA5LR in your Library and click "View Player Manual"

Some of that still applies to DOA6!

This guide has a Fig. feature

Quality could be better

There you are my guy! Remember not to look directly at the softness. It distracts from the Fighting Entertainment!

Ciao!