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Filthy

[08] Mercenary
New to 8way and the last soul I played was soul edge on ps1, so I'm an utter noob.
I'm really enjoying scv so far and I'm looking to get good so any helps appreciated, I'm not sure who I'll main yet.
So yeah, I look forward to playing with some of you
 
Welcome my friend! Well, you are lucky, since Soul Calibur 5 is pretty easy to pick up since is less complex than any other Soul but Soul Calibur 1. And... I recently bought the Soul Calibur 5 guide from Amazon and I think it will be very helpful to you too if you have the chance to buy it. Its a pretty good guide even for pros :D
 
I know its bad, I don't know why never played any of the others.
I touched 4 and hated it for some reason.
I love the game it's the only game I play but I get destroyed online, good people always seem to be able to pull off an attack before so I can never start combos and they just block everything else.
Something do with frames and that I think?

Edit: what's in this guide?
 
Dont worry... I think it can be something similar to what happened to me when started playing Tekken 6 (for serious) some months ago: everyone got used to the moves of all the old players, specially characters like Sigfried or Mitsurugi that have some moves since Soul Edge. In Tekken, my rivals can simply make a basic combo and I will fall for it cause I see them for the first time, and when I think I will fool someone with some classy cancel that I learned, they already dealed with it in the past like 1000 times so I dont surprise them.

Once you get used to the moves of all the characters as rivals, it will become much easier. I personally try to play with every character just so I can understand how they play and to train my eye so I can recognize the start of a move or something, but of course its not that hard if I have played all the other SC's.


So... who is your main character now?
 
I've been through a couple started of with maxi, then went to Cervantes then to mitsurugi back to maxi and now I'm quite happy trying to master and play with yoshi
 
Really? Maxi and Yoshi are two of my characters :D
The others I play are Astaroth and Sigfried. Maybe its not too honorable but I try to see as much videos I can from good players to absorb their tecniques XD. My favorite Yoshi player is Lolo, he is very creative.
 
Ha, wheyyyy.
Astaroth I find very tricky to play against for some reason.
Loll on YouTube or on leader boards?
 
Yes! Here you go:


And... a not so great Yoshi player... me XD.

Lolo is also a member here, you can ask tips directly to him and that kind of stuff... I think.
 
And about the guide: it goes from the basics like 8wayrun, spacing, types of damage, etc, to individual strategies according to the character you use, basic combos, how to deal against every character and frame data of every move. Of course... the guide was made before the patches, but still, the changes are very few compared to all the info that the guide provides. Its almost 500 pages for only 25$. I'm very happy with it.

Even to read the basic parts are interesting, since sometimes we think something is obvious but havent thought of the best way to use those basic concepts.
 
Sorry about the slow reply, don't know just going to keep going till I find a character that suits me, there's a few i cant decide between at the moment.
 
Oh, is ok, I know the feeling... in other games at least. A friend gave me an advice once: you should try to have two mains. One that you will love to use, your favorite character for any reason (story, looks, weapon, etc) and one that you think "calls you", the one you are destined to use XD. Its very subjective but it helped me in other games :D
 
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