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The wind blew all day long
Her ground game and dash is actually really good imo.
Her ground to ground game is good, but if someone jumps, what options does she have but to jump to meet them with a j.lp or j.lk? She doesn't have anything like (to use a Guilty Gear example) Ky's 2HS that's a good anti-air normal that pops them into the air for a full combo. Sure, she can stuff IADs with c.mp as a defensive measure, but she's not going to get anything off of it.
Her ground to ground game is good, but if someone jumps, what options does she have but to jump to meet them with a j.lp or j.lk? She doesn't have anything like (to use a Guilty Gear example) Ky's 2HS that's a good anti-air normal that pops them into the air for a full combo. Sure, she can stuff IADs with c.mp as a defensive measure, but she's not going to get anything off of it.
Tears have ridiculous hit stun. You can use them to get conversions.
I don't think that's true at all. You can press PP to start dashing while standing still.
Switch to keyboard it's hype.
I've made up my mind:
I've got a big match against Fenster in two weeks, so I don't have time to learn a new character just yet. But as soon as that match is over, Parasoul is going in the trash, and I'm switching to Filia.
Yes, I hate the feel of Filia's stubby-armed ground normals. But I have to have either Updo or Pillar assist, and I'm getting absolutely nowhere with Parasoul. No matter how much time I spend with her, she's nothing but a liability as soon as she comes in.
I think I found one of the major problems on my dashes; when I'm doing some moves -> dash, I'm frequently inputting the dash too early, and doing it during the end of whatever move, instead of after the move ends. Hence why I'm walking forward slowly so often.
Particularly guilty of this with Parasoul blockstring -> tear -> c.mp to detonate. I want to do that dash as soon as I see the tear go boom, but the c.mp still has a lot of move left.
It's like I write here so often; gotta slow down a touch.
God, I wish I could figure out WTF I'm doing wrong with Parasoul.
But, I can't do anything good with Parasoul, either, despite having hundreds of hours of practice. I have no idea why; I try to mimic what other people do with her in neutral/block pressure situations, but when I try it, it magically doesn't work.
Sometimes the best resets don't take that much work. Find spots to stop hitting buttons where you could ambiguously cross up, cross under or do a low/throw. Like with Bella, c.LK, c.MK is a good spot to stop, because from there you can run stop to fake cross under or actually cross under, or wait to low/throw, or command grab. Simple, ambiguous as hell.Well, that was humiliating. Played something like 40 games against @guitalex2007 with him picking random characters and just fucking around, and still won something like three games total.
My resets suck compared to those of anyone decent, and with the new Bella BnB, I don't have any at all on that character.
Sometimes the best resets don't take that much work. Find spots to stop hitting buttons where you could ambiguously cross up, cross under or do a low/throw. Like with Bella, c.LK, c.MK is a good spot to stop, because from there you can run stop to fake cross under or actually cross under, or wait to low/throw, or command grab. Simple, ambiguous as hell.
Also, if it helps you feel better, I can use the whole cast and I frequently pick random select. Yes, I'm incredibly masochistic. I do pick the assists, though. Can't pass up certain combinations like Double with Pinion Dash or Squigly with Excellebella, because they set up resets.
I started playing with every character because I wanted to have a better understanding of what each character could do and their strengths and weaknesses. I found that I had more fun when I challenged myself. I still got salty as hell when you won, because I never go easy on anyone, no matter who I'm playing as. So give yourself some credit too since I was going all out as best as I could.
Some tips, I guess. The neutral is the most important part. I know a few combos with everyone, a few resets and that's it. It's how you move and try to get the first hit that matters most.
If you're blocking, it's important to pushblock, absolute guard and pushblock guard cancel to stay alive and turn the tide.
c.lk or Diamond Drop.With a reset on Bella c.lk -> c.mk, what do you do to hit them with if you choose to not switch sides, since they're in the air after the c.mk launcher? Or do you just let them land?
(Also, I had figured that the "snap the half-health Val to bring in the full-health Para" that you did several times was just you making it harder for yourself by finding a "bad" way to spend meter. I'm kinda surprised that you wanted Val out that badly.
Does that mean "let them land, low/throw mixup" or does it mean "cancel the c.mk with a runstop so that they don't go airborne" (actually, I don't know if cancelling the c.mk so that they don't go airborne is even possible, but I don't know how either of those will hit an airborne opponent, unlike Kancho)?
Let them land. The run stop is so as to let them think it might cross under. If you dont do it, they'll know where they will land.
I spend a lot of time practicing, trying to get better, and I still haven't caught up with you. I've got specific things to try and deal with your team, and you're still able to counter it. In my opinion, your Para/Bella has improved a lot from when I first played against you.God, I am so fucking tired of being complete shit.
For months on end now, I've been in the same boat- I crush the complete beginners, and anyone who has the faintest clue completely destroys me for free with literally zero effort. I learn new pressure-paths through my blockstrings, upgrade my combos, learn new mixups... and nothing changes. I stay stuck at this level for-fucking-ever.
Thanks to tonight's session, I now know that the time for anyone else in the world to go from "hasn't touched the game before" to "better than me by miles" is two weeks. Two weeks is all it takes for anyone else to be able to beat what I've been able to do with 5 months.
Fucking pathetic.