My Quest to Get Gooder

[sauce_fonda]

I'm not a beginner per say, but I've been an avid player (sometimes online, but mostly versus the AI) since day one. My introvert nature causes me to fall apart when dealing with real competition and I'd love to get over that so that I can improve my game.

My teams have always had Eliza in them and she has been a integral part of my team since she was released. My first team consisted of Eliza and Double, but I've since decided to switch Double out with Parasoul to aid Eliza's weak defense with Napalm Pillar. Also, even though I know a ton of resets and combos with Double, I can never seem to use her properly in an actual battle if Eliza in taken out.

Eliza To-Do List
+ Add more bread and butter combos to my repertoire
+ Learn to follow-up hit confirms and punish opponents' mistakes
+ Improve my neutral game and stop relying on jumping in
+ Learn resets and mix-up options

Parasoul To-Do List
+ Learn bread and butter combos
+ Figure out Napalm Toss setups
+ Pretty much everything about Parasoul

I'm going to start recording my online matches whenever I get my Macbook Pro back up and running, until then I'll just write out my recent experiences and document the pros and cons of my matches. If you guys have any tips, whether it be for calming nerves, character tech, or even how to properly use the training room, anything is greatly appreciated.

 

[skull person]

Looking forward to some videos and problems you run into!

Posting now to add this to my watch list.

I know a lot about Parasoul so hit me up if you have any questions.

 

[sauce_fonda]

So today I decided to grow some balls and take my early Eliza/Parasoul online for a couple of fights on PSN. My first match was against a player who ran Peacock/Valentine/Squigly and I came out victorious. The only things that I could remember from this match is that he kept falling for my resets, I only have one bread and butter combo and I rely on it way too much, and my Parasoul is still garbage tier. Once again, Eliza was taken out and then everything fell apart because of my lack of knowledge of Parasoul. So here are my goals for this weekend.

+ Learn four solid bread and butter combos for Eliza & Parasoul
+ Learn some re-stand combos for Parasoul
+ Try to find ways to reset my opponent within those Eliza combos
+ Research more about Parasoul

Also, I just played another match on PSN and stumbled upon @Zidiane. When I saw the name I just kept saying, "Gawd, if this is the Zidiane from SH and if he's playing Cerabella, I'm doomed". Sure enough, it was him and I got crushed. Although I am kind of proud of myself for lasting as long as I did and getting his health down to almost 50%. Everything was fine until he put me in the corner and started unleashing an onslaught of mix-ups and resets. I gotta say though that I kept my cool and didn't give up until the very end.

Looking forward to some videos and problems you run into!

Posting now to add this to my watch list.

I know a lot about Parasoul so hit me up if you have any questions.

Thanks @Skarmand, I'll definitely be bugging you this week regarding Parasoul.

 

[sauce_fonda]

Hey, @Skarmand

What are you go to bnb combos for Parasoul?

 

[skull person]

I use

2LK 2MK 5HP 5HP x Napalm Shot L
5LP 5MP 4HK x Egret Call
Dash
5MK 2HP
JMP JHP JHK
5LK 5LK 5MK 5MK 5HP 5HP x Napalm Shot M x Silent Scope
...
[Tear Detonates]
2HK [Undizzy Burst Bait]

[Video]

Plenty of room for tricky resets, good corner carry, damage is okay (for Parasoul), and it works on the entire cast.
The only thing you need to know is that:
JMP JHP JHK will use OTG on heavies, so if you've already used your OTG, you have to change that air string and go for something like JLP/JLK JMK JHK for your restand.

It's the one I've been using since the time I started playing to basically now just with a few adjustments.
It works midscreen, corner, almost in corner whatever.

----

There's also this one that gives you more damage but only works mid-screen:

2LK 2MK 2HP
JMP JHP x Napalm Toss M x JHP
2MK 5HP 5HP [Tear Explodes] x Egret Call
Dash
5LK 5LK 5MK 5HP 5HP x Napalm Shot L
5LP 5MK 5HP 5HP x Napalm Shot M x Silent Scope
...
[Tear Detonates]
2K [Undizzy Burst Bait]

This is more damage which comes to about 6.8k I believe? Works on every character. You need to have not used OTG before-hand. [Not off a JLP JHP 2LK(OTG) starter for example]

Sorry if I made a mistake somewhere.
If you need any help getting one of these down just let me know.

 

[sauce_fonda]

While I was playing around in training mode trying to figure out alpha counters, I accidentally executed Horus Dive and an alpha counter at the same time. I'm assuming I plinked (thanks SF4) the MP + MK and got the combination. Also, I don't know if this has been discovered or if it's even viable in battle.

EDITED: My Macbook Pro is working and I recorded a non-webcam version.

 

[sauce_fonda]

Spoiler

I use

2LK 2MK 5HP 5HP x Napalm Shot L
5LP 5MP 4HK x Egret Call
Dash
5MK 2HP
JMP JHP JHK
5LK 5LK 5MK 5MK 5HP 5HP x Napalm Shot M x Silent Scope
...
[Tear Detonates]
2HK [Undizzy Burst Bait]

[Video]

Plenty of room for tricky resets, good corner carry, damage is okay (for Parasoul), and it works on the entire cast.
The only thing you need to know is that:
JMP JHP JHK will use OTG on heavies, so if you've already used your OTG, you have to change that air string and go for something like JLP/JLK JMK JHK for your restand.

It's the one I've been using since the time I started playing to basically now just with a few adjustments.
It works midscreen, corner, almost in corner whatever.

----

There's also this one that gives you more damage but only works mid-screen:

2LK 2MK 2HP
JMP JHP x Napalm Toss M x JHP
2MK 5HP 5HP [Tear Explodes] x Egret Call
Dash
5LK 5LK 5MK 5HP 5HP x Napalm Shot L
5LP 5MK 5HP 5HP x Napalm Shot M x Silent Scope
...
[Tear Detonates]
2K [Undizzy Burst Bait]

This is more damage which comes to about 6.8k I believe? Works on every character. You need to have not used OTG before-hand. [Not off a JLP JHP 2LK(OTG) starter for example]

Sorry if I made a mistake somewhere.
If you need any help getting one of these down just let me know.

Oh my! Thank you based @Skarmand for all of this! Going to take this into training mode right now.

 

[Nevins]

I remember you were on my PSN list and I believe we played vs. for a while in the past. If you want matchup practice w/the three I have listed especially (solo/duo/trio), feel free to send me an invite. Hope the improvement's going well!

 

[sauce_fonda]

I remember you were on my PSN list and I believe we played vs. for a while in the past. If you want matchup practice w/the three I have listed especially (solo/duo/trio), feel free to send me an invite. Hope the improvement's going well!

Lol, dude it's Travis Stywall from the NorCal Skullgirls forums. You haunt my dreams and defeat me in SG and Ultimax. <3