How do I get better at fighting games?

it's important to enjoy doing all that shit and I don't think anyone can, at least not as vigorously as you put it
nobody likes labbing except for those on the pro level

i enjoyed the process and it didn't feel tedious or like work at all. i purposefully only mentioned training mode for bread and butter combos as its something you can learn in just an hour or two. no need to study matchups in training mode yet or specific scenarios. all that you'll automatically want to do once you're more into it already. the beginning is fast and easy as long as you're playing a game with a lot of resources to study.

>Don't force yourself to like a character, or game you're genuinely not interested in.
tried that once, it wasn't fun

>they attack
block
>they block
grab
>they grab
attack

if you can predict this the rest is just muscle memory it's not hard.
pic semi related, it applys to action games too, just different mechanics but the core rules are still there.

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You have to be willing to accept loss watch your replays and try to understand the bad decisions that led you to getting fucked up. This process alone filters most people.

Familiarise yourself with your character and basic combos and keep playing/practicing until you can do this without needing to think too hard about it.

Once you get to the point of playing with intentionality in that way it becomes a lot more enjoyable and you can focus on responding to your opponent and refining what you do.

Then it's not for them. Not everything has to be easy or accessible. Some things need to exist for people who want complexity or skill based gameplay. People who do not like that should do something else.

After about 6 months of playing a game semi regularly (a few hours a week at least) you can't run that experience excuse anymore. Many players reach competitive level in that time and it also becomes a lot harder to improve at that level as well. You don't know what you're talking about.

Equally, most modern games actively go out of their way to shit on legacy players anyway.

grow a dick

don't listen to Zig Forums's advice

don't overthink stuff and just do it

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Consider blocking as a wake up option. Just hold back or downback nigger

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>dont overthink
>proof fighting games dont require thinking

play

don't force yourself to play "beginner friendly" characters, pick whoever you want & learn the fundamentals with them
sure it'll be harder, but you'll have more fun

I fell into that trap & learned Guile when playing SF4 when I wanted to play more fast paced characters instead

>they grab

that's right

frame data

Third strike was the only one I ever liked. Great artstyle, great music, and fun gameplay with a decently high skill ceiling.

Whenever I play someone who refuses to block I think that they must be used to only playing single player games

just learn a 2-3 hit combo for punishes and don't get the idea that you gotta learn some complex combo string like the pros. master simple punishes and eventually you open up to harder stuff

A whiffed DP or successful meaty can grant a far more damaging action than a throw

blocking is for cowards
Real men get hit

Losers lose
Winners win

the common advice given to beginners is
>go play some matches against the machine and you're good to go
I honestly think that shit just creates bad habits

>pick a character
>practice for hours
>learn your combos
>learn your counters
>learn what's plus on block
>learn your wakeup options
>learn all the other characters and what they're able to do
>buy a fightstick so you can actually play the game properly
>burn everything into muscle memory
>get raped whenever you play online anyway because you don't have a flawless internet connection
>realize that nobody will be playing the game in a month anyway so get prepared to shell out money for the next big fighting game that will probably be shit anyway

Unless you have a friend at your skill level who wants to play and learn the game along with you fighting games are a meme and you won't get any enjoyment from learning them. You'll forever be playing at a disadvantage to people who have been playing for longer and have more time to study the game. And unlike every other game genre in the world, fighting games are not fun unless you're able to do well.

>they karakusa me and abare tosanami me

what kind of bad habits creates fighting vs cpu? i generally do the basic cpu shit before trying to learn a character and going online

>>realize that nobody will be playing the game in a month anyway so get prepared to shell out money for the next big fighting game that will probably be shit anyway
>and will ruin your character of choice , assuming it doesn't get removed

There is a streamer/youtuber named Ceelows who has put out some beginner character tutorials for SFV that breaks down the basic game plans and fundamentals for that character and builds on it as he progresses through the ranks.

They may be character specific but the fundamentals being used apply to all characters and pretty much every fighting game as well. It's a good starting point

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i actually do enjoy labbing

learn footsies

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CPUs do not adapt and also cheat reaction times (such as with throws). A large part of being good at playing fighting games is learning your opponent's habits and taking advantage of it which you can not learn agaist CPUs

If you're only concerned about turd strike then block for 4f before jumping

CPU is generally programmed to simply "get hit" sometimes or in some cases to always take a hit. Like what happens in Tekken ranked, the newbies will ALWAYS resort to using their rage drive just because that shit always work against the AI

but every oponent is different so its not like you learn much from different online matches in that point
anyway what i do against cpu generally is just abuse the fuck out of retarded shit just to be over with the match fast