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[08] Mercenary
With online play, there is lag. In my opinion you really can't play "reactively" very much, it is about prediction, based on what they have done before, or what you think they will do.
I have problems in two areas........
The very start of the battle, I usually get raped. While often times this is character specific, more often than not I am starting the fight at a disadvantage.
My main is Taki for right now, and personally I think it is making winning even harder to win. I'd like to pick up another character, but I never can make up my mind.
The biggest problem that is character specific is against Kilik and Cervantes. The most common way for a Cervantes player to start the battle is using one of the teleport moves. I expect this most of the time. I can evade it, (its not really evading if you are doing the evasion move at the same time in my opinion) but it still puts me at a disadvantage. With the torpedo thing, if I block it, I always get raped by Cervantes. Even the fastest attack Taki has, almost never hits him. Relying on GI is not good enough in online play, and the moves that can CH the torpedo rush are probably even more strict on the timing. The teleport move has a similar reality.
There is another problem against Kilik fighters. I am repeatedly getting attacked first at the beginning of the round, which actually has the same effect for the entire battle. I have such a hard time getting in hit distance of him, he has such a long reach that is so fast, and the tracking on his vertical moves is INSANE. There are certainly characters I'm weaker against then Kilik, but I am always starting off with a huge disadvantage and honestly he is one of the more frustrating characters for me to fight against. (besides Mits)
Any advice?
I have problems in two areas........
The very start of the battle, I usually get raped. While often times this is character specific, more often than not I am starting the fight at a disadvantage.
My main is Taki for right now, and personally I think it is making winning even harder to win. I'd like to pick up another character, but I never can make up my mind.
The biggest problem that is character specific is against Kilik and Cervantes. The most common way for a Cervantes player to start the battle is using one of the teleport moves. I expect this most of the time. I can evade it, (its not really evading if you are doing the evasion move at the same time in my opinion) but it still puts me at a disadvantage. With the torpedo thing, if I block it, I always get raped by Cervantes. Even the fastest attack Taki has, almost never hits him. Relying on GI is not good enough in online play, and the moves that can CH the torpedo rush are probably even more strict on the timing. The teleport move has a similar reality.
There is another problem against Kilik fighters. I am repeatedly getting attacked first at the beginning of the round, which actually has the same effect for the entire battle. I have such a hard time getting in hit distance of him, he has such a long reach that is so fast, and the tracking on his vertical moves is INSANE. There are certainly characters I'm weaker against then Kilik, but I am always starting off with a huge disadvantage and honestly he is one of the more frustrating characters for me to fight against. (besides Mits)
Any advice?