What Are Some Of The Benefits To Having A Main?

I never had a main character in a fighting game before i just use to whole cast but with MKX I want to change that

Nothin its just more practice so your better with that character usually.

Good if you stick to one person you will learn everything with him/her and understand the character much more thus making you a better player

In general, there are none. What you like is what you like.

If we're speaking in terms of fighting game meta nonsense, the benefit is you know what that one character would be able to do against the entire cast as well as what that character can't do against the entire cast which helps in competition.

The benefits are you not only learn all the little intricate details your character can and can't do against the entire cast, but also how to react in real time against them. You've drilled them so many times that everything becomes natural in MU's.

When you play a lot of characters you can become "rusty" with one you've played less. So for example, say there's a 2 frame gap that an Ermac character specialist punishes on a Kano string, but can only punish with 1,1,2, then a person who solely dedicated all his time to Ermac will more likely punish this than someone who plays 6 characters. The 6 character person would just block the string much more often because they would have that full MU exp reaction that you would.

That is the main benefit. Knowing as well as performing all the things that one character can do consistently. A guy like Pig will always be better with Zod than someone who has 5 characters and one of them is Zod.

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1) You draw an emotional and mental connection to your character's abilities, bringing you confidence with that character.
2) You get to defeat others as the character you self identify with, making wins that much sweeter.
3) It forces you to think about match-ups in their entirety and makes it easier to understand different scenarios when you only have one character to deal with.
Remember, starting this journey with your character will be long and arduous. But in the end, you'll look back on the struggles with a smile

Having a main doesn't mean you don't play other characters. Just means you train and drill one character more than others and use him in tourneys and more than any other character. It's execution, knowledge of match-ups and overall instinct based reactions. Gets you to a point of automation where you know what works and what doesn't and kind of think less about what you have to do, which allows you to react quicker.

With someone like Kabal (my main), it just took a lot of reps in the lab to get all of the execution down before I could even consider fooling around with anyone else.

You can still be successful and play multiple characters, just counter-pick a lot and adjust for match-ups.

Take a look at the results for EVO 2014 here. Not just Injustice, but pretty much all the games. When you look at who made the top 16 or top 32 the vast majority had a main (or games with more than one character to play like TTT2 they had 2). There are some exceptions, but overwhelmingly the people who do well in practice are those who pick a character and stick with it.

you can downplay reputably of course.

Its always good to have a character that you can rely on...

Its make you a better player with that character.

It's pretty simple. If you constantly jump from character to character you miss out on most of the details of each character, details that only become apparent from playing a character a lot. But if you invest all of your time on 1 or 2 characters then you give yourself a good chance to truly understand and maybe even master those characters. I think it's the best way to go even you're just playing for fun. Have a main and a secondary. The game is way more fun once you feel at one with a character.

jrock920 said:

I never had a main character in a fighting game before i just use to whole cast but with MKX I want to change that

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Becoming proficient with a certain character/playstyle and learning the games mechanics simultaneously. It's best if one were to find a main, become proficient with them, then move to another character, rather than jumping to different characters consistently. One wont learn anything like that.

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 characters once, but I fear the man who has practiced one character 10,000 times." -Bruce Lee

This is going to sound corny.

Learning a character is easy, mastering a character is hard. Having a main allows you to understand almost every situation that your main character can be in the more you practice and develop with that character. You develop character specific muscle memory along with general knowledge in every matchup with that given character. That's why having a main is beneficial in my personal opinion.

You feel more confident in all regards.
You can/know how to punish most of the stuff in the game.
if you don't have a main you will run into people that will obliterate you and you will realize that is because they know their character so fucking well.

Red Reaper said:

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 characters once, but I fear the man who has practiced one character 10,000 times." -Bruce Lee

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"LOL broseph that was so free"

-George Washington, 1776

Because if you dedicate really hard to one character people send you angry messages about how you need to "pick another character turdburglar"

Depends. I typically have 3 "mains." All of which cover each other's bad MU's.

Character loyalty is nice and all but I will take an 8-2 and being "rusty" with my secondary character then trying to power my way through a 3-7 with my "main."

Some MUs are just too lop sided for me to even give a shit about grinding them out. I would rather learn a counterpick.

Case in point look at any @Pig Of The Hut vs @GGA Dizzy MK9 matches or any @Relaxedstate vs @rev0lver matches in Injustice.

Fractured_Shadow said:

Depends. I typically have 3 "mains." All of which cover each other's bad MU's.

Character loyalty is nice and all but I will take an 8-2 and being "rusty" with my secondary character then trying to power my way through a 3-7 with my "main."

Some MUs are just too lop sided for me to even give a shit about grinding them out. I would rather learn a counterpick.

Case in point look at any @Pig Of The Hut vs @GGA Dizzy MK9 matches or any @Relaxedstate vs @rev0lver matches in Injustice.

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it still depends though imo. a mu like zod vs lex is a special case because it involves a basic strategy that just completely shuts down my character. but take another mu like sinestro, which is still really bad, no one but an absolute top sinestro could touch me, because i can still outplay them. i'm always a character loyalist but i always feel like i can win bad mu's vs anyone if i put enough time in. plus the challenge of figuring things out instead of going with known advantages can be fun and has personally been rewarding in my growing as a player.

that's not a real advantage when it comes to tournament play, of course. but to respond to the thread more, the biggest advantage of having a main (100% loyal or not) is situational knowledge imo. unless you're consistently investing a lot of time into each of your 10+ characters, you're not going to understand your best options in every situation. it happens a lot where someone's playing a counterpick and they don't punish properly, don't know how to deal with certain tactics, make poor decisions, etc because something happens outside their normal knowledge of how the character is played. that will also be a BIG thing going into mkx, where we're dealing with 90 different variations and have to learn how to play against each of those.

there's also the advantage of often knowing your disadvantage matchup better than a person trying to counterpick you, which is partially where that situational knowledge comes in play, but also just general experience. if you try to counterpick someone's main with your 5th alt and haven't been specifically practicing that matchup, chances are they've played it way more than you have.

Playing a main not only enables you to be better prepared to a multitude of unforeseen situations overtime, butt eventually that character becomes instinctive and reactionary, allowing you to think about your opponent. Playing too many characters harms your ability to be truly comfortable with the intricacies of every situation.

Playing more than one has plenty of benefits however

You pick a main mostly because it's easier to spend time learning strategies and match ups for one character as opposed to the whole cast.

That said, most people take it to an extreme these days with character loyalty. Ideally, you should have at least 2 "mains" to help deal with bad match ups.

No second guessing.

At EVO 2012 I lost to @General M2Dave and @rev0lver a master zoner and a zoning Kitana. Not once did I think about switching my character.

Even after Dave pretty much flawlessed me 2 times. Also the match between Rev0lver and I was super close. I would of won the set if I didn't drop my X-Ray Combo (Damn you PS3 for longer X-Ray animations)

Never though about switching, I was not disappointed because I wasn't thinking "Damn, if I would of switched to Kenshi and Smoke, I would of won."

In my opinion, a main is a safe way to learn the rest of the cast. Putting yourself in a comfortable position to try and win as much as you can, while still learning, always learning. Once upon a time, I would find out what my difficult baseline matchups are, I would spend some time with that character, getting to know them better, see where they shine, see their weaknesses, from there I would pick a secondary character to cover the weaknesses of my main, however in the end, due to age and time restraints these days, I tend to just stick with the main through thick and thin and ride it out. I play to win, I play to have fun, but I'm not playing for cash or titles anymore, so it's all relevant.