How does one get good?

[Magmatard]

I've been trying to main Striker, while experimenting with Inquisitor and Launcher with mixed results but after about 20 matches not even close to one win.
Whenever I 'combo-off' I've only done about 25%-33% damage while when my opponent combos-off they do about 60%-70% damage.

What are some good resources to use to get better? cause I played against a stiker and I was just juggled the whole match unable to recover cause my ass never touched the ground after the first hit

[Cooble]

I'm also trying to main Striker, I have the exact same issues as you, after waiting an hour for my opponent to finish a combo that does 80% of my health I do maybe 20% of theirs. The only thing I can think of is just to not play Striker, yet I can't find any other characters I like. I wish I could give pointers, but the only experience I've had is getting stomped

[ele]

Watch other people play. Watch guides. Find a better player(s) that you can play with regularly to learn from. Practice, practice, practice.

[Misas-Senpai]

Inquisitor got me back from Gold II to Bronze I . That's definetly not my char. Ranger got me my best results with not much training.

[Kelser]

This page has character guides, frame data, combos etc for a bunch of games
https://dustloop.com/wiki/index.php?title=DNFD/Striker

This is a glossary of FG terms that can be useful when reading guides
https://glossary.infil.net/index.html

And depending on how familiar you are with fighting game concepts in general this video is the best/simplest overview there is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riGCdE6ZPck

This match in particular is also really interesting on how you can use striker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqytPGSV6Jg

And a little personal anecdote:
I'm in no way good at this game but i have some 300 ranked matches with Striker. Peaked at silver 2 tho.

A thing i noticed i struggled with a lot in mirror matches in particular is other strikers doing a better job in the mid range and catching me with something that becomes a combo. She seems to be very much about dancing around the opponent and capitalizing on their mistakes.

like if you watch that match you will see that the striker player is pretty much just doing one combo but being real careful about when to go in and landing it at every opportunity.
So it might be worth looking at your replays and seeing how those strikers that beat you caught you rather than stressing out over the big combo :D

[Shizuma]

Originally posted by Magmatard:

I've been trying to main Striker, while experimenting with Inquisitor and Launcher with mixed results but after about 20 matches not even close to one win.
Whenever I 'combo-off' I've only done about 25%-33% damage while when my opponent combos-off they do about 60%-70% damage.

What are some good resources to use to get better? cause I played against a stiker and I was just juggled the whole match unable to recover cause my ass never touched the ground after the first hit

This is a little bit too early to get enough ressources to improve for the moment. In game tutorial helps you go through the process.

As soon as you're confident doing the 8 basic combos that the tutorial shows you, go to practice and try to learn how to apply it and being creative. Analysing replays from others will help you too. Just catch what other Strikers are doing with their character.

Don't discourage yourself, I don't know your experience from fighting games but be aware that you'll face people having more experience than you do because of their background. You'll catch them up soon.

[Petril]

use keyboard macros like half the player base seem to be doing.

[Dreadspectre]

Don't feel bad, I made it to floor 9 in Strive pretty easily despite being mad noobish anymore(my fighting game days were long gone since MvC2 etc). However loading here I proceeded to go like 13 losses in a row before my first win, and after roughly 39ish? games I think i only had like 8 or so wins with a win streak of 4 games at the end that I decided to retire on lol.

Mostly the problem is panic brain. I sat in the combo trials learning and doing all but the last two which have a ridiculously tight frame link that I'm struggling on but all the basic stuff, ez.

But when I get into a game? Panic. I don't know other peoples moves yet, I don't know what to expect. I half ass try to dodge roll sometimes which then kicks my combo thought process out. Half the time I got in I did nothing, other times I dropped etc. I don't know when to take my turn on people yet.

The more you play the more the combo part of it becomes literal muscle memory, your brain will no longer have to actively think about what to do it just happens. That leaves your brain free to process what THEY'RE doing so you can actually respond properly.

TLDR: You gotta eat dirt for awhile, sometimes its the only way. Take breaks too, and your brain processes things overnight. Each day you will improve.

[ShinigamiXII]

Good resources are honestly just the tutorials for your character + the combo challenges. They have some guides on YouTube also.
Do those and understand what moves connect with what and then later you'll be able to formulate your own combos based on the situation. The game tells you what the moves do and what they are useful for already.
As for losing? Who cares.. losing is a byproduct of getting to the next level. If you can't emotionally handle a loss, the game lets you put private on your win/lose rate profile.
Expect to lose. Don't just play to win, play to enjoy the strategy of it, the animations ect.

[Magmatard]

Originally posted by Petril:

use keyboard macros like half the player base seem to be doing.

What is a keyboard macro? I've been using a simple gamepad

[Dreadspectre]

Originally posted by Magmatard:

Originally posted by Petril:

use keyboard macros like half the player base seem to be doing.

What is a keyboard macro? I've been using a simple gamepad

Short scripts that let you hit one button on a keyboard that makes the game do a sequence of actions. I'm pretty sure this is not possible in DNF or any FG but who knows. Usually the game needs to have a built in feature for such a thing, typically MMO's like WoW or RIFT(basically put your entire damage rotation of abilities on key and mash it all day in this one lol).

[Shizuma]

It is possible with third party tools. In Tekken 7 this is quite effective, because there are moves that require some difficult and extremely precise inputs. In DNF however this doesn’t make sense, inputs are easy and combo routes have to be adapted depending on your first hit.

[William Shakesman]

Inquisitor is trash. Use Troubleshooter and throw grenades over and over. If the bad guy gets past your grenades mash Down+Special until you can throw grenades at him again. Ezzzz

[Dreadspectre]

Originally posted by William Shakesman:

Inquisitor is trash. Use Troubleshooter and throw grenades over and over. If the bad guy gets past your grenades mash Down+Special until you can throw grenades at him again. Ezzzz

I can confirm being on the receiving end of this that it is quite efficient lol.

[Faytless]

Striker IMO is a 50/50 mix up toon. You should apply all stigmas that relate to that class. I.e. lots of easy to combo moves that extend for ages, a 50/50 chance of you making the other guy guess hi or low, at the trade for damage. Also dont forget that comboing off a counter does alot more damage.

[Bird]

If you have Discord we can hop into a call and I can teach you what i've learned. I'm Silver 3 and climbing. I'm not a pro but maybe I can help?