Badnik's attempts to escape the scrublord zone

[Badnik96]

So um yeah, hi.

Like I said in the into thread I'm brand new to this game and fighters in general. However i'm enjoying it so far. I picked up this gamepad in order to play it competently and it's been working pretty well for me so far.

Things I need to improve on:
-Consistent button inputs (The z-shaped ones always mess me up, and sometimes I'll try to do a super and it won't work)
-Legitimate combos (I've seen the compendium, and I'll need to practice some of those)
-Practicing against actual people (I've played Arcade up to Medium so far. Going to try Hard tomorrow if I have time. I joined the Get Good group on Steam, and I would have gotten a chance to play today if they weren't having their monthly tournament)
-Learning block patterns and such (I think this is one of my bigger weak points in this game. I can't really perform mixups well and I have a tough time defending against them)
-Not being terrible

So yeah, I'm going to make this into my progress thread. Hopefully I'll improve eventually.

 

[Nevins]

Welcome to the game & genre. It can be tough at first when starting something new, but if you enjoy it just go at your own pace, have fun & keep learning.

 

[Badnik96]

Thanks for the warm welcome :)

I figured the best way to get advice would be to upload a video of me playing, so here:

(this is against hard-level AI, btw)

 

[Badnik96]

Okay so I've been practicing Painwheel recently and I gotta say, I feel like I could use her pretty well. Of course I'm terrible so who knows. :V

I'm able to beat Hard Arcade fairly easily now, I think I'll move on to Very Hard tomorrow. Once I can clear that consistently I think I might go online and see how I can learn from there.

I'd still like feedback on the gameplay in my video, though.

 

[Badnik96]

zomg I won an online match! My Squigly/Valentine against a solo Filia. Of course I also got bodied pretty hard against some other guys :V

Still, I think I'm definitely showing improvement. One of the other guys in the lobby showed off a pretty impressive Squigly combo I want to try out, so I'll need to practice that.

 

[Apex]

Hello new player!
You seem to already understand what you need to work on, but here are some steps anyway. You should make sure to:
-complete the tutorial in its entirety if you haven't done so yet. It will instill important fundamentals in you.
-start learning what your desired character(s) moves are. If you learn what each input is, you should next learn what each does, which will help your ability to play better
-make (or find) a simple combo that you can do consistently
-make sure to have fun!

Quick viewing of the video; you seem to convert most things into sweeps. You should probably find other ways to end combos, like with supers or something.