Violet feels very similar to Lee. Not sure what makes them different
Violet is T4 Lee. Hwoarang is a great character but takes a FUCKTON of work to get good with. Check out replays or fight JIMMY675 if you want to see a ridiculous Hwoarang. He also gets punished hard if you know how to deal with his strings... it takes a LOT of matches against him to get it down though.
Angel could have been more original. A useless character if you are already playing the other Mishimas.
Tell that to Kane!... =P
I like to play practice mode matches. It's what I'll be doing most of the time. I just hate losing out of ignorance and zero match up knowledge and it doesn't do my opponent any good either if he/she is able to get away with all the possible cheese and punishable shit strings their character has.
I think you should work on playing real matches. Do player matches instead of ranked… it’s not like it matters if you lose or not there (if you care about your rank). I pretty much never play ranked, I just do player matches. If your opponent is getting away with cheese, they're doing just fine... cheese is very, very real and it works very, very well. It's helping them plenty.
This advice goes for anyone who is learning this game: playing actual matches gives you a LOT of information – how much damage certain setups do, what moves people like to do to end a match, when the best times to tag are, etc. Use practice mode when you’re playing alone. Go through the movelists of characters you’re having trouble with and learn the strings. Use the defensive training to learn how to punish them.
Don’t hate losing, and don’t let it frustrate you. It’s not losing – it’s LEARNING. The matches you’re losing out of lack of matchup experience IS your matchup experience! You WANT to get hit by the same setups over and over in an actual match, where you see how and when they’re applied. This way, you’re learning to recognize those situations in the context of a real match. Sooner or later, you WILL understand the cheese and how to get out of it. I actually LOVE when someone hits me with the same cheesy setup over and over… it only takes a few times before I recognize it and shut it down.
The obvious benefit of playing player matches with people from here is that after a set, we can tell you exactly why you lost, what moves you should’ve been punishing, and what setups to look out for.
I haven’t had any time to play in the past week or two, but I may hopefully pop on tonight for a little bit, so people can add Skkra. If not, I’ll be on on Saturday at some point.
