So all the cool kids are doing this is what I've heard. So in a heartfelt attempt to improve my game and openly throw myself in front of the slings and arrows of your criticism, I have decided to start recording some quickmatches and hope people can give me some constructive advice and see where I went wrong. And oh boy, there's a lot that went wrong.
Ok first things first what I do and who I play:
Ms. Fortune:
I understand the concept of IADs, but I also need work on telling which move I should use at what distance. This is more an awareness thing more than anything. Point blank range should be j.lp, mid range j.hp or j.lk, depending on if I want to change the speed. I also know I can cancel into Axe Kick to confirm, and is something I should do more often.
I need to learn to poke with her. c.mp I'm finding is a really good poke for both anti-air and ground opponents. Judging the distance to use this I feel is something I should use more often and learn to use properly.
Stop auto-piloting into s.mk. It's bad on whiff, which I do a lot. That's bad. Stop that. Cancelling into s.hp into l.rekka is a better and safer option (well, not really safer, s.hp is minus on block, but cancelling into l.rekka makes it zero)
Stop doing c.lk so much. I'm doing it against air opponents. Why? This is a bad habit of me fishing for a poke confirm, and it's something I should be more aware of not doing against opponents who jump a lot, or just in general neutral unless I'm on the offensive doing blockstrings. Stop doing it raw so much. Most times I just whiff.
Parasoul:
I would say I need to improve everything, but that would be too general of a description, so lets start at the basics. I need to learn a proper blockstring with Parasoul and need to keep up pressure. I find it very difficult to get on the offensive and almost like clockwork fall back defensively. Need to learn to apply pressure with tear shots and detonate them mid blockstring even when being pushblocked. I find myself losing all pressure once I get pushed out.
Been practicing the dash cross under, but everyone uses this and I feel it becomes expected from Parasoul players. Still, it's expected because it's good, so I should practice this more, but try to find something else to mix in for mixups.
Need to practice her BnB more. I can execute it 80% of the time, but that's not good enough. It's usually either the Egret Call or the dash after that trips me up. Will need to go to the lab for this more.
General Stuff:
Need to stop pushblocking so much. I'm finding I try to PBGC way too much and it gets me into more trouble than it's worth. Maybe I should learn to keep blocking and wait for a gap to throw in a jab?
Stop blocking low so much. It's common consensus to block low on the ground because there's a lot more options for low than there are overheads, but not in this game. Overheads come fast and can lead to big combos and my eventual demise.
Learn to get close to Peacock. Period. Just the matchup in general. I know many people preach patience, but getting around all that stuff is daunting and SOID is just so good for keeping me from advancing too far. This is my one true matchup nightmare.
Anywho, some quickmatch videos:
Ok first things first what I do and who I play:
Ms. Fortune:
I understand the concept of IADs, but I also need work on telling which move I should use at what distance. This is more an awareness thing more than anything. Point blank range should be j.lp, mid range j.hp or j.lk, depending on if I want to change the speed. I also know I can cancel into Axe Kick to confirm, and is something I should do more often.
I need to learn to poke with her. c.mp I'm finding is a really good poke for both anti-air and ground opponents. Judging the distance to use this I feel is something I should use more often and learn to use properly.
Stop auto-piloting into s.mk. It's bad on whiff, which I do a lot. That's bad. Stop that. Cancelling into s.hp into l.rekka is a better and safer option (well, not really safer, s.hp is minus on block, but cancelling into l.rekka makes it zero)
Stop doing c.lk so much. I'm doing it against air opponents. Why? This is a bad habit of me fishing for a poke confirm, and it's something I should be more aware of not doing against opponents who jump a lot, or just in general neutral unless I'm on the offensive doing blockstrings. Stop doing it raw so much. Most times I just whiff.
Parasoul:
I would say I need to improve everything, but that would be too general of a description, so lets start at the basics. I need to learn a proper blockstring with Parasoul and need to keep up pressure. I find it very difficult to get on the offensive and almost like clockwork fall back defensively. Need to learn to apply pressure with tear shots and detonate them mid blockstring even when being pushblocked. I find myself losing all pressure once I get pushed out.
Been practicing the dash cross under, but everyone uses this and I feel it becomes expected from Parasoul players. Still, it's expected because it's good, so I should practice this more, but try to find something else to mix in for mixups.
Need to practice her BnB more. I can execute it 80% of the time, but that's not good enough. It's usually either the Egret Call or the dash after that trips me up. Will need to go to the lab for this more.
General Stuff:
Need to stop pushblocking so much. I'm finding I try to PBGC way too much and it gets me into more trouble than it's worth. Maybe I should learn to keep blocking and wait for a gap to throw in a jab?
Stop blocking low so much. It's common consensus to block low on the ground because there's a lot more options for low than there are overheads, but not in this game. Overheads come fast and can lead to big combos and my eventual demise.
Learn to get close to Peacock. Period. Just the matchup in general. I know many people preach patience, but getting around all that stuff is daunting and SOID is just so good for keeping me from advancing too far. This is my one true matchup nightmare.
Anywho, some quickmatch videos: