learning characters in this game feels like it takes a lot longer than injustice. theres a lot more nuance to them
Not as bad as you think.
Tl;Dr - Keep. It. Simple.
I feel like you're overcomplicating things for yourself. Learn the universal mechanics and branch when those are second nature and you NEED to in order to win.
I read your status about combos and such earlier.. you don't need to worry about that at all man. If you can do your team's BnBs that's more than enough for a long time.
Concentrate on confirming your hits - ones that land into combos - ones that are blocked into pressure.
Learn your blockstrings and your assist timings on those blockstrings. (Ie at what point in your blockstrings do you call your assist) for coverage to either keep you safe or let you continue pressure.
Practice each of your character's BASIC instant air Dash pressure and mix options. The key here is basic. You saw the huge post I made about shit Kid can do right? Ya know what though? Almost 100% of the time, especially at low and mid levels, you don't need to worry about hardly any of that.
@ShArp has some nice stuff in his vids, def watch them, but to start out, and carry you a long way, just learn how to instant air Dash and hit a late j.h into 2L. Just that. The mix is easy, after they've seen you do iad j.h into a grounded 2L, start occasionally not doing the heavy at all, so you empty jumped into a low. You can also Dragon Rush occasionally. That basic mix can be done with almost any character, timed right it's not easy to block at all, then throw a ton of particle effects on screen to make it hard to see, the pressure of the game itself and so on, and you have an excellent, basic way to open people up and familiarize yourself with the ins and outs of basic mindgamed mix pressure.
Don't worry about complex shit and setups. The IAD mix stuff Im talking about? Do it when you have an assist keeping the opponent locked down, or off a knockdown with a splat. That's it for now.
Again, the mantra here is 'keep things simple'. It sounds like you're getting frustrated at losses - which is totally understandable - but if your losing at the lower/entry levels of play then it's not because you don't have the crazy combos you saw HookGangGod or ChrisG do in tournament and it's not because you didn't 2S into a high j.m into a forced whiff j.L into empty low with Kid. It's very likely because your missing confirms, failing to turn stray hits into damage/oki and blocked hits into pressure. Not getting those knockdowns means you aren't getting Oki pressure and not getting those blockstrings means you aren't getting your basic mix options off.
The thing is, you are probably (this is just a guess) going into matches with your head whirling with all this stuff you think you have to be doing, and the guy your playing is just sitting on his couch screaming SUPERRRR DAASHHHHHHH into the empty air, making zooming noises occasionally and mashing L all the time while laughing maniacally at nothing in particular. He might be drooling slightly. His TV may not even be on. He's winning though, and it's not because he's better than you, or because you don't know a double assist, lv1 sparking, 5 bar combo.. it's because you're playing an entirely different game to the reality in front of you. You're hung up on this complicated stuff and worrying about landing this crazy setup off this Go1 blockstring, and you...oops, you got a stray hit there but didn't convert.. or shit, you forgot to call an assist towards the end of that blockstring and your opponent got away/punished you/etc.
Ive made several assumptions in this post and I hope I haven't offended or totally missed the mark.. and I'm not saying this "from on high" looking down from my lofty skill perch, I'm a weak player.. a lot of this advice is coming straight from my understanding of my own issues and weaknesses and my own struggles as a player. I'm not trying to superimpose you into myself and assume we're the same, but a lot of what youve said has made me think you're putting the cart before the horse here, and worrying about complex, difficult stuff before laying the foundations that stuff is built on.
Eventually you start to internalize the basics. Every time you touch your opponent you smoothly roll into a blockstring..every time the situation permits to snap off an IAD into basic pressure. Every time you open someone up, you smoothly transition into a solid combo. Every time you need your assists for one thing or another, you're calling them in instinctually.. this is where you start building advanced skills.. because chances are, if you get to this level, you will be winning, climbing into higher tiers of competition. Bad, new or weak players will be easy. But you'll start running into guys that that do beat you, because they can block your basic mix and deal with your basic blockstrings and basic assist useage. When this starts happening, you adapt, you start adding layers to your game... And before you might even realize it, your banging out all the wild shit you see done by pros and you're sitting well above most players.
You don't necessarily have to watch your matches - in the BEGINNING I don't think it's that helpful because early on it should be obvious where you're struggling and what you're doing wrong, and getting too analytical breaks the keep it simple mantra we need to establish.. but when you do lose, try to at least think of why.. and ALWAYS try to blame yourself. Even if the guy is literally just smashing his forehead on the buttons and it's totally random, try to blame yourself and say 'what beat me'. Write it down and when you see a pattern, try to take steps to fix it.. but keep this part -.for now, light and simple.
I know, I've typed a book here and all on my own, you dldidnt ask for my advice and you may not want it.. but I see your posts and I can feel your frustrations, and I got to typing this all out.. so I'm sorry if this wasn't warranted or something like that, I just thought I'd share what advice I felt I had to give.
I am by no means a good player, but I'm not blind or dumb and I can make observations and draw logical conclusions... so if you'd like, you can PM me some match footage and I can take a look and make some suggestions? I've done this for a handful of people on this site in a few different games.
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