about combos

[Wipkonijntje]

this game feels almost impossible to even do a 3 string combo never the less a higher combo.

while having to tap a diagonal direction for a combo piece 9 out of 10 times it fails cause the time between pressing diagonal and the button is to short and pressing diagonal itself on controller / stick / hitbox is so sensitive it almost isn't achievable cause 1 / 1000th of a mm to much to right / down / up makes it fail.

how do ppl make this work ??!! are there some sort of macro's outside of game for it or something?

[Wipkonijntje]

well it really feels that way.
maybe my controller pad / stick is just way out of balance.

[Cipher Esteria]

You might not want to hear this but, you just need to practice it.

For me personally Combos are the easiest part of any Fighting Game, hitting the opponent to start them is usually the hard part.

[=\[P]/=]

you can mash the button for the next move while you are still in the animation of previous move, it make the combo easier

for example
the combo
df2 > f2 > df1,2 > 3,4

you can press
df2 > (hold f) 22222 > df11111,2222 > 3333,44444

but you have to watch your character too, stop mashing when the attack already success and prepare to press the next

like
d2,2,3

i do
D22 (see first punch)
222 (see second punch)
33333

[MxWu1337-bilibili]

Use the d-pad instead of the analog stick?
And combos or strings can be buffered. That means before the prior move ends, you can input the command for the next move.
There are exceptions to it. For example "just frame" combos. Lee has a few of them. It required an exact timing when inputting the commands.
Or Asuka when doing a full crouch df2 CH into crouch cancel and df2 for a combo.
Basically every character has something that can only be achieved when putting in the hours.
But most combos and strings are learnable in a matter of minutes.
Don't give up.
Keep practicing