Tutorial section taught me nothing about combos

[Pliskin]

Im being bested by a bot and the only thing i've ever been taught is that pressing Skill (P) button will allow me to combo, which only gets me as far as 8 hits before i'm destroyed again.

[Kayneth]

You need to move and press buttons with 'purpose'.

You're still in the mashing phase, which is normal for someone just starting fighting games. I was probably in the mashing phase for more than a decade while playing FG's on the side.

Combos are cool, but not very useful this early on. I recommend doing the GBVS Situational Training thingy in the Training Mode.

Training -> Select Characters -> In Battle, bring up the menu -> Situational Training.

Do 'The Basics' and 'Situational Training' for a start, then 'Character Strategy' for whoever you feel like playing. "Matchup Training' is for when you nail the earlier stuff down.

[Pliskin]

Originally posted by Kayneth:

You need to move and press buttons with 'purpose'.

You're still in the mashing phase, which is normal for someone just starting fighting games. I was probably in the mashing phase for more than a decade while playing FG's on the side.

Combos are cool, but not very useful this early on. I recommend doing the GBVS Situational Training thingy in the Training Mode.

Training -> Select Characters -> In Battle, bring up the menu -> Situational Training.

Do 'The Basics' and 'Situational Training' for a start, then 'Character Strategy' for whoever you feel like playing. "Matchup Training' is for when you nail the earlier stuff down.

I am doing the GBVS Situational Training, that's why im being bested by a bot, i've been taught to break guard, dodge, evade, block high and lows, and punish, yet none of what i've learned is doing anything to the bot who is comboing me very hard and punishing me milisecond the moment i perform an action like rising sword.

And i can't stop mashing buttons because if i do, my action will not perform as intended, the game expects me to be quick, it won't let me perform moves comfortably, it has to be precise.

[Bigamo]

depending on your character many hit confirms do more damage than combos.

[Kurihara Rijichou]

They teach you the characters tools, use them to make combos.

[MonkeyBizNiz]

They also do teach you combos. Character guide has a combos section at the last tab