Greetings from a struggling newb.

Falkrun

Falkrun

[08] Mercenary
Hi, I'm new to these forums. I'm also pretty new to Soul Calibur and console gaming in general. For the majority of my gaming career I've been a PC and handheld gamer, with a little bit of wii thrown in the mix. I bought a PS3 just the other night, and SCV to go with it. It's something I've been meaning to pick up for awhile (the PS3), but only just recently acquired the spare funds with which to do so. As for SC, I had played it at a friends and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I bought it as well, thinking it would help me familiarize myself with the layout of the controller, and also give me a good competitive game to play. Then I went online after learning a few moves and proceeded to be raped, lol.

Anyway, I joined up with this site, thinking to perhaps garner some knowledge on how to improve my skills and prepare to be at least a decent pvp player. I'm trying to main as Tira, and have been playing around with Siegfried a bit also. In all honesty, I find myself a bit overwhelmed with all the moves and combos...and quite confused with the way people talk about the moves.

So yeah...that about sums it up. Hit me up.
 
WELCOME!!!

MY 10-ish easy steps to becoming a master SCV player.
1. Learn what the shiny buttons mean. (default)
:A: = Square = Horizontal Attack
:B: = Triangle = Vertical Attack
:K: = Circle = Kick
:G: = Cross/X = Guard
(im not gonna go into too much detail b/c its all somewhere.)

2. Pick a Character that you like.. and one that fits your playstyle.
Ease of Use stat is kinda good for beginning.. but its crap once you get the basics down.
Alpha Pat = Masochism = Execution whore
Natsu = Good intro/ ez to spam = tricky tricks
(character selection is objective.. but i'd say start easy-> play around)

3. Know your moves.
Go into training and go through your characters movelist. Do this every time before you play online. Once you've got a good feel for the moves, just occasionally go back and go through the movelist.
Don't skip out on move that are "hard to do"... they are usually vital.

4. Go through Quick battle and beat all the CPU opponents.
"WHAT? DIS Betch CRAY!!" ... That's what someone just said out loud after reading that.
I think that quick battle cpu opponents help you get a feel for what some ACTUAL human players will do. ALSO, it helps you learn other characters moves and how to punish/block/step them. Its really just a nice way to practice without being beat-up online. ALSO! it gets you a trophy.

5. Did you beat all of the Quick Battle opponents? NO!?.. well.. that's ok. ITs COMBO TIME!!
Chances are you got your face rubbed across the map by more than a few A's and B's (and C's.. gurl.. it happens to us ALL.). So, you know your characters moves... but whats the point of knowing how to do a Just Frame Twister if you don't slap another 2 JFT's in front of it, and a 44B+K BE? (i think thats a combo.. i can't remember. #scrubbin')
Go to the one of the various 8wr Soul Arenas and discover the combo possibilities.

6. ONLINE.
Combos is fresh, nails is done, and you punish better than a dominatrix. Time to take yo' ass online and fight. Sure you'll probably lose a time or five... but who cares. TIP-- ranks C1-E5 mean NOTHING. A's and B's usually represent who is good, and who is better. But never underestimate a player's rank. Another thing to do is play with friends!! matter of fact, ADD me. Ill play with you (if VF5fs ever loosens its grasp on me).

7. Relearn.
You've got one character mastered.. right? WRONG. If you don't know any other characters movelists/move properties/otha shit, you have NOT mastered your character. Take the time to learn the movelists of all of the other characters. What-eva if you don't wanna get freaky with voldo's crotch thrusting combos-- still, take the time to learn his moves so you can block em'.

8. Expand.
Once you've got a general feel for all of the other characters, be sure to play as them from time to time. Also, when you are online, Play with a large variety of opponents. Don't just stick with the same 20 people (unless they are all pro's.), everyone plays differently. You will learn so much from playing all different types of people.

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Okie doke. I hope that list helps you!!
See ya around!!!
 
Yeah, I spend a LOT of time in training mode and quick battle mode. I like collecting titles, lol. So far I've only been playing the "beginner level" ai opponents...mainly so I can practice my moves on active opponents that don't just spam me into the ground (Nightmare anyone?). I can take on the intermediate level opponents with a fair chance of success, but at the moment I'm working on memorizing all the individual moves and how to chain them...because right now if things get hectic I end up button mashing, which I've learned the hard way is a bad thing to do, haha.

I'm wondering, does anyone stick to just using the joystick or just the D-pad? Because I find myself doing both depending on the type of moves I'm trying to execute. I tend to use the joystick for Critical Edge moves and the D-pad for the more basic moves.

Also, how to you break a grab attempt? I know it's possible because enemies do it to me quite a bit.
 
Hey and welcome to 8wr! We are glad to have you! Have you gotten the chance to check out the Tira Soul Arena? If not check it out. Tons of useful info there :) . If you have any questions/Concerns feel free to contact me. And again,Welcome!
 
Falkrun said:
Yeah, I spend a LOT of time in training mode and quick battle mode. I like collecting titles, lol. So far I've only been playing the "beginner level" ai opponents...mainly so I can practice my moves on active opponents that don't just spam me into the ground (Nightmare anyone?). I can take on the intermediate level opponents with a fair chance of success, but at the moment I'm working on memorizing all the individual moves and how to chain them...because right now if things get hectic I end up button mashing, which I've learned the hard way is a bad thing to do, haha.

I'm wondering, does anyone stick to just using the joystick or just the D-pad? Because I find myself doing both depending on the type of moves I'm trying to execute. I tend to use the joystick for Critical Edge moves and the D-pad for the more basic moves.

Also, how to you break a grab attempt? I know it's possible because enemies do it to me quite a bit.
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Welcome. SCV can either be played with a controller or a stick. Which ever you're comfortable with, stick with it. I personally use the X-box controller over stick since I'm used to it.

To break grabs, you press A for A grabs and B for B grabs. In other words, you have a 50-50 chance unless stacked against the AI who's only good for training dummies.

All you gotta do is memorize the throw animations someone does and break it. So if my character Yoshimitsu for instance does a grab that looks like a simple body slam, break the grab with B. In other words, press Y the minute you predict it. You'll get a little chip damage, but at least you escape the throws.


I wouldn't want to overwhelm you with info because it's highly recommended you learn at your own pace. Rome wasn't built in a day as to you can't get good overnight.

For now though, I hope you keep asking questions when you get stuck. Hope to see you around.
 
Thanks for the info. I'll just have to keep practicing.

And I'll have to take a look at the Soul Arena sometime, thanks for that.
 
A question, not really pertaining to gameplay or anything, but I wonder: is there any point to installing the game to my PS3's HDD? In the options there is an option to install the game...but it still requires the disc, so what's the point?
 
Falkrun said:
Hi, I'm new to these forums. I'm also pretty new to Soul Calibur and console gaming in general. For the majority of my gaming career I've been a PC and handheld gamer, with a little bit of wii thrown in the mix. I bought a PS3 just the other night, and SCV to go with it. It's something I've been meaning to pick up for awhile (the PS3), but only just recently acquired the spare funds with which to do so. As for SC, I had played it at a friends and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I bought it as well, thinking it would help me familiarize myself with the layout of the controller, and also give me a good competitive game to play. Then I went online after learning a few moves and proceeded to be raped, lol.
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Yeah that'll happen, lol. I consider it a mark of a quality game though that skill makes such an impact in a match.

Anyway, I joined up with this site, thinking to perhaps garner some knowledge on how to improve my skills and prepare to be at least a decent pvp player. I'm trying to main as Tira, and have been playing around with Siegfried a bit also. In all honesty, I find myself a bit overwhelmed with all the moves and combos...and quite confused with the way people talk about the moves.

So yeah...that about sums it up. Hit me up.
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Heya Falkrun, It's nice to meet you man and it can be a little intimidating when you just pick up a fighter, particularly if you aren't used to them. I've had friends who become terrified at the prospect of learning a big list of moves or the strategies involved in employing them. The trick I find is to take it a little bit at a time. Just stick with it and play and practice with your friend as much as you can and for what it's worth I'm honored that you've decided to play our favorite fighter.

You'll find a friendly community here and we'll try to help ya as much as we can. If you need help with Tira strats check out the soul arena here: http://calibur.8wayrun.com/threads/tira-directory-sa-specific-rules.9909/

As for understanding the way people talk about the moves there's a thread here that might help:
http://calibur.8wayrun.com/threads/basic-notations-and-terminology.58/

I'll give you an easy tip for the simplest and most ubiquitous bit of our terminology. You know how you might be seeing numbers pop up in discussion like: 236B? Look at the number pad on your computer. These indicate the direction of the input required for a move. If 22 is listed for instance you would press down down.

I'm sorry if this advice is late btw and you already know about it. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
 
Thanks for the welcome. And yeah, I had already come across those articles, as well as a few others, but I had never thought to look at the number pad on my keyboard to help me with the directional notation. Considering that my PS3 is hooked up to my computer monitor, that should make reading the moves a lot easier.
 
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