How to play Safefried 101

[Synraii]

Playing aggressive then slow the pace, keep blocking and retreating... then start to run and stop before the enemy notice the change... Playing Siegfried at is full isn't about "safety" its about "guts". If you are a true hero then start to save some courage but more than anything use wisely. Multiple Stance Changing can get your opponent dizzy, use that to your advantage... canceling the UB into throw or into 1K or into 6A changes the opponent mood too... but forget all those advices; just keep playing till you can find a style that fit with you and makes every match fun no matter the result.

If some of you want a very useful advice then prepare yourself to study... if you want to win then study all the characters(not only the dangerous), how to punish or step or block or evade every move in every possible way and practice your timing to any possible counter strategy from your opponent; when you start to feel the pain then start again till you can't feel the pain no more(practice is painful)... try to protect your health as much as possible without getting your orb broke or even red flashing.

In my last match against some sophitia player, I couldn't connect any good hit in the first two rounds... in the third I start to use 1K and FC2A, then using 2A_B+G after hit check... at the end the Sophitia player had to change his style(guard and punish) and start to guard and wait... he wait for me to end this awful game style but I didn't change and at the end I won... a win its a win no matter what ugly/low/dirty strategy you use to do it. Put that in your mind first, cause if you have already accepted the lose than there's no more hope for you amigo.

It seems our tastes in battle differ, If you yourself would admit that you had to play dirty to win, personally I'd rather take the loss. Results are only consequential in tournament play, outside of said format, sportsmanship comes back into the equation. In my experience, show respect for your opponent, ie. fight cleanly, be courteous and generally they return the favour.

Undoubtably many would argue that nice guys finish last. Maybe they do, but if I am to finish last with a clean conscience, then so be it.

 

[Jink]

D T N.. Lol XD!!

 

[Stryker]

It seems our tastes in battle differ, If you yourself would admit that you had to play dirty to win, personally I'd rather take the loss. Results are only consequential in tournament play, outside of said format, sportsmanship comes back into the equation. In my experience, show respect for your opponent, ie. fight cleanly, be courteous and generally they return the favour.

Undoubtably many would argue that nice guys finish last. Maybe they do, but if I am to finish last with a clean conscience, then so be it.

I was like you... I bet the honor will prevail in the end. Then I start to lose badly. After watching a friend of mine who is bad for make strategies and is not very good in the game basis I started to change; He was doing to win what he need to do to win, no more no less. I always like to play using stances shifts, cool setups and fast pace, but if all that doesn't work anymore than is time to make some annoying spam.

In SC the common sense told you this: Don't crouch often!!; then again Siegfried this law applies very well, cause there's not killer low moves that make your enemy fear to be stand up. Then you have to realize what you can do to move ahead and make your opponent start to fear to guard stand all the time... if you go and do 2B_A+G "plain" the opponent will start to realize when you do this and will repel the grab or just guard crouch to get a nice free punishment... then you have to think ahead and so what you have to do to change this reality; maybe some people will say that your strategies are dirty(just the people who lost to you will say this).

I started to completely change when I decided to play for win and be competitive... if other people use dirty tricks on me, why can't I?

 

[Slayer_X64]

lol i wouldn't really say thats a dirty trick at all. more of a mind game infact. about the only thing in this game i would consider a dirty trick is algol infinites, and i think u have to be silly enough to duck 33_99B for those to even work.

in offline play the word dirty doesnt exist. y? because there is usually always a way you could have prevented it in the 1st place. (step punishing doom combo, or jumping knockdown 1A's to name a few...)

but just because u utilize mindgames does not mean in any way shape or form that u dont respect your opponent. i do believe that wud actually be more about how u present yourself...

unless u win using infinites ur at no loss of honor whatsoever.

 

[Synraii]

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I was like you... I bet the honor will prevail in the end. Then I start to lose badly. After watching a friend of mine who is bad for make strategies and is not very good in the game basis I started to change; He was doing to win what he need to do to win, no more no less. I always like to play using stances shifts, cool setups and fast pace, but if all that doesn't work anymore than is time to make some annoying spam.

In SC the common sense told you this: Don't crouch often!!; then again Siegfried this law applies very well, cause there's not killer low moves that make your enemy fear to be stand up. Then you have to realize what you can do to move ahead and make your opponent start to fear to guard stand all the time... if you go and do 2B_A+G "plain" the opponent will start to realize when you do this and will repel the grab or just guard crouch to get a nice free punishment... then you have to think ahead and so what you have to do to change this reality; maybe some people will say that your strategies are dirty(just the people who lost to you will say this).

I started to completely change when I decided to play for win and be competitive... if other people use dirty tricks on me, why can't I?

Because after the battle, they'll still be twats. Look at the degredation in France and Italy - whatever it takes to win, if you lose, you're a bad person and fair players should go to hell.
If we start to accept it as they did, we're next.

 

[Slayer_X64]

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Because after the battle, they'll still be twats. Look at the degredation in France and Italy - whatever it takes to win, if you lose, you're a bad person and fair players should go to hell.
If we start to accept it as they did, we're next.

uh huh...dont u think thats goin a lil over the edge? i mean we're talkin about a few mind games here, not the "Calibur Crusades". theres really not many (if any) ways to actually cheat in a game like soul calibur anyways. just cause some guy wins a match with just 2A doesnt mean hes not playing fair, it just means his opponent failed to adjust.