Starting off Right: A Hilde Guide
Well...
Something just clicked. My brain finally wrapped its head around the "Release Button to Attack" which I had so many problems with. I was timing the length of my charges in my head while analyzing the battle situation, and most of all I was nailing down every single ring-out combo that I could land.
I didn't think it were true, so I decided to test myself out on the Online modes. That's when the winning streak started, I just kept plowing through people with Ring-Out Death Combos back and forth. Probably combined with the fact that no one knows how to deal with Hilde, I was enjoying it tremendously. Heck, I even managed to beat a lv.73 player (myself being only lv.8) who only had something like 135 losses, he then proceeded to send me a message saying UR DEAD afterwards (although he wiped the floor with me in the rematch lol).
Call me officially a Hilde fan/player!
Your guide has been extremely helpful Fei, Now that I've got the charging down... I got to learn my attack patterns when I'm under pressure, since that where I seem to be weakest.
Tip, online, you wanna pick the Grand labyrinth level [huge purple square with no traction on the edges] if he challenges you again and you get stage selection. It's a level where it's quite hard for people to ring hilde out, whereas it's quite easy for her to ring your opponents out.
It rings out on every direction with FCC2B and C3B besides the long diagonal [literally, you have to start on the end of the diagonal too], and C3A will ring out from center.
If you so happen to "miss" ringing him out by a bit...
*C2BB[i21 - although the startup is negligible if you're going to use it as a tech punisher] - Seems like a lot of idiots try to tech the end of C2AA. Relaunches are always fun and will quickly teach them to stop... being... retarded.
** Note: if they don't want to get up, you can always just back up and spam 4A+B from range til they die.
*4B+K[i17] - Sparta kick. It ROs forwards. Fairly fast, so it gets counterhits sometimes.
*2A+K[i27] - Will ring out on the very edge, also low.
*2A+B~K[i31] - Low. If you need more than a small push to get them off the edge, this one shoves them fairly far. If you're doing this move close in, be careful because it can also ring yourself out.
Oh, might as well throw in some anti-spammer tactics online, although they won't really make you better offline.
Note, these are fairly low level gimmicks/tactics that should only be one of the few options you have against them. Don't rely on them too much or eventually they'll shut you down :p
*Vs. 2KB Mitsurugi - Don't let him get on the offensive. Spam any move you have and keep him back. If he starts stepping, make him eat C3A. Usually they start acting a bit more conservative after you connect a few and you'll have more time to prepare your setups.
*Vs. Lv352 Siegfried - I don't know why, but they keep thinking they have range on their side. C2BB's reach is pretty amazing and seems to punish whiffs well from ridiculous ranges. Just don't use it too close or you'll slide right into their attack.
*Vs. 1[A]A/B Astaroth - 6B+K to 4A+B punishes it fairly nicely if you're out of range of the attack. If you're in range, 9K does the job as well. I don't know why, but some astaroths spam throws and lows once I'm in close range, thus I just keep laying on 9K for free.
*Vs Kilik The Savior - On start... sidestep a lot, keep distance, and C3B launch when they whiff to beat 99% of newbie kiliks in the first 7-10 seconds or so. Prepare to get complaints + people saying your ringout business is "bullshit" online. Also, 9K-ing lows work for certain kilik moves as well. If you get the C1B stun instead because they whiffed REALLY early... consider trying the C1B 66A+B 2A+B~K stun combo. If they aren't going to shake out of the stun, might as well make them eat it, right?
*Vs Guard Break Teleport Cervantes - Try to keep C2BB instead of C3B if the stage is small. If they try the horizontal teleport, you get a free ringout pretty much due to C2BB's ridiculous range. If they try the vertical one, step, crouch, FCC2B, you should know what to do from there.
That should cover around 99% of xbox live. No idea about PSN.