Offline Training

[Harlequin969]

So at the moment I have really shitty internet and the lag I'd deal with online is insane. I don't have anyone to play against on a regular basis either. So I've been grinding out the endless tower mode with various characters to try and improve. Is this the best way to being doing this or is there a better way?

P.S. I tried doing the traditional tower on Hard and I got read so hard I wasn't sure if it was me being a scrub or the computer reading my inputs.

 

[FrankenCow]

I'm in a similar situation. The only way I can play anything online is via my phone's hotspot/tethering. Sometimes it's amazing how good of a connection I get but most of the time it's amazing how bad it is.

Obviously, if you can make it to any locals that's really the best way to practice and refine your strategies.

Other than that, practice mode should be where you spend most of your time. Record the AI and practice dealing with different scenarios. Have the AI do a jump in punch and you can work on anti-airs. Make it do some block strings and you can figure out what you can do to get out of pressure. Practice armoring through strings with gaps, turn on reversals and practice punishing, go through the whole cast and learn what you can punish and what to punish with.

Sometimes I just set the dummy to very hard and grind it out for as long as I can. I find it more efficient than doing ladders as it never ends. Gotta turn off the meter refill though cause the AI do XRay every chance it gets can be annoying.

Luckily I discovered a weekly tournament in my area so I have more options than simply playing the AI. You gotta find some humans to play with regularly and in person. They're out there, somewhere.

Hopefully this helps.

 

[Harlequin969]

I'll look ino trying to find some local tournies around. I'm pretty fresh to this scene so I wouldn't know if there are any nearby.

My only issue with doing practice mode is just the fact that I play a rotation of about 5 characters and it helps to have a risk of losing or which combos work under which pressure in varying environments. Endless is a good practice because the fights get harder each fight. Like match 10-20 are a good work out for in match learning how to use abilities I personally think.

I should probably focus on playing just one character but I get so burnt out on the one plus the five have very different styles so I figure it's good practice getting into the mind of other play styles. (Tempest Lao, Shirai Ryu Takeda, Cryo Sub, MoS Mac, and Sorc Quan.)

Nothing beats old human interaction though. Thanks for the tips friend. They help

 

[Reauxbot]

I thought you using Towers was also a good idea perhaps. But they dont use the setups and stuff alot of people use.

And on a side note. Does anyone else damn game lag...OFFLINE.? Mine somehow does that

 

[Harlequin969]

It happened to me once or twice but I was 20 fights deep into endless tower. What system are you on?