Feeling forced to use special style

[Nedbrytar-Yngve]

i'm new/very bad, decided hop onto ranked and everyone uses special style in the low ranks so theres not even a place to learn the game NOT using special style. this is very bad because it not only makes it harder to play regular but also if you use special style you're not really learning the game to begin with.

(no im not willing to spend 200 hours in practice mode before going into ranked)

[Stryder]

Originally posted by Cpt Obvious:

Originally posted by Nedbrytar-Yngve:

I don't think its unreasonable to not want to sit around practicing against AI for 500 hours before LOW RANK RANKED to be playable. special style is far more egregious than modern in sf6 too.

This is just a self made mental trap. The AI especially with ghost battles is great fun and will teach you plenty to get past the low rank special stylers with ease.

This as well, ghost battle is actually fantastic. good shout.

[Kuuga]

Just hop onto ranked and learn? I'm a SF6 player (been playing since SFIV) and the best way to just learn is to just hop onto ranked. That "I don't want to spend 200 hours" is silly if you want to get good. You can have fun regardless, but if you really want to learn you'll have to put in the hours. That's for any game that has deep gameplay.
Spend some time in training mode to learn your buttons. Do the combo trials. Learn some fundies because combos won't mean ♥♥♥♥ if you can't put yourselves in the situations where you can actually use them. Then everything will fall into place.

[Azor]

Originally posted by Nedbrytar-Yngve:

I don't think its unreasonable to not want to sit around practicing against AI for 500 hours before LOW RANK RANKED to be playable. special style is far more egregious than modern in sf6 too.

Originally posted by Nedbrytar-Yngve:

Originally posted by 2DDaniel:

Someone who refuses to practice should learn to practice and stop expecting to win without any effort

but I COULD just activate special style and im sure i'd blast through lots of ranks doing just that, except by the end of it i still wouldnt know how to play.

if you do not want to learn the game then why do you care that you don't know how to play? Besides, you're overexagerrating with 200 hours and 500 hours in practice or whatever. Go to practice mode, learn a few moves in a few hours and you're good to go without special style in online. It will be more fun than using special style, I assure you. And that's what you should focus on, having fun, because obviously you do not really care about learning. That's how I'm approaching this game anyway.

[Professor Donger]

Originally posted by Nedbrytar-Yngve:

(no im not willing to spend 200 hours in practice mode before going into ranked)

And there's your problem, the game gives you plenty of tools to learn the game properly and you refuse to do it, refund the game and stop playing if you don't want to learn how to properly play it you clown

[Raiden - In Flames 🎵]

i can understand the whole "pvp practicing" but don't do it in ranked lmfao.
play casual.

[Tzenka]

It's WAY easier to play against people who use special style than the others though.

[Warmanreaper]

I'm not too great, but I'd be down to spar with new people / lower ranks!!! (I'm still in the blues myself altho i'm at the end of them, and I'm not the best at comboing ngl) P.S I play Kazuya.

[Warmanreaper]

Originally posted by Tzenka:

It's WAY easier to play against people who use special style than the others though.

Errr, Not really. No special style = learning the character / dropping combos, using special style = brainlessly mashing button once 1 thing connects = full combo

[Nedbrytar-Yngve]

Originally posted by TerunagaTV:

i can understand the whole "pvp practicing" but don't do it in ranked lmfao.
play casual.

well i was hoping that i'd get to fight the absolute worst players that are also very low ranked.

[Rusty]

Just learn one or two armored moves, especially the ones that transition into heat, and after armoring through one or two of their launch attempts, the special style spammers immediately, and I really do want to stress, immediately shut down their offense and turtle up. Throw mix-up time.

[Powercrank]

yes, simplified controls are bad for new players and only cater to complete casuals who dont even like fighting games. they are bad game design.

[FlyingTorcensoredWhale]

First mistake:
You're focusing on winning. If your goal is to actually learn the game, what you can do is go to practice. But instead of doing 100 hours, just learn a few combos. Even just 1. Then you go into matchmaking. And your goal now is to land the combo. That's it. That's the goal. Not to win the round. Not to win the match. Not to win the set. Just land the damn combo.

When you can do that reliably, you go back to practice and learn something else. Then something else. And then something else. You will gradually improve, while learning how to implement stuff in the real fights against human people.

Winning is NOT your goal here. At least it shouldn't be. This ain't a tournament or a cash-match. You will get your ass handed to you and that's okay, as long as you learn something from it. If aren't sure, go to the replays and rewatch it. Only matches that you've lost are truly worth rewatching, btw. It's hard to learn from winning.

[Fanta]

>buy fighting game
>"omg I have to learn how to play? ♥♥♥♥ game"

[Something Hank]

Okay to speak nicer than everyone here.

Yeah, don't bother with Special Style. But when you're starting out, the reason you lose isn't cause of Special Style anyway. It's cause people slam buttons, and it doesn't matter what or HOW they spam. You don't let have the fundamental skill to outdo that.

When you play, learn just a /few/ of your characters core moves, and a simple combo you can do from almost any launcher. Just play until these moves are comfortable.

[Hex:WifeCheatedOnMe]

I fought like 2 people using special style in my 100 ranked games... its not that bad.