how can i get better at the game?

[polygonfloppa]

i've heard people just say "practice" but i do that and i dont get better instead i just do random stuff and i dont know what legend or weapons to use or combos AHHHHHH
serious post btw please give actual comments

Edit: thank you all!
i've gotten better at greatsword i think im fine at hammer and im thinking about the timing for scythe
besides that love you all. you can send more vids or comment more advice

[Agoraphobic Meep]

That’s...very vague. If you are new, I’d be happy to recommend a few videos/starting points if you can tell me what character you main.

It’s a little difficult to give serious advice without more info.

[polygonfloppa]

Originally posted by MeepGeneration:

That’s...very vague. If you are knew, I’d be happy to recommend a few videos/starting points if you can tell me what character you main.

It’s a little difficult to give serious advice without more info.

im thinking of maining greatsword, scythe or hammer. i dont have a main yet tho

also please send the videos

[Agoraphobic Meep]

Originally posted by zaagreus:

Originally posted by MeepGeneration:

That’s...very vague. If you are knew, I’d be happy to recommend a few videos/starting points if you can tell me what character you main.

It’s a little difficult to give serious advice without more info.

im thinking of maining greatsword, scythe or hammer. i dont have a main yet tho

also please send the videos

Right now, I’d focus on finding a specific character to main. Having two weapons to focus on and learn is important. If greatsword and hammer feel the best for you, I’d recommend Magyar, since there sadly isn’t a legend with a combination of greatsword scythe or hammer scythe. If scythe feels intuitive to you though, I absolutely recommend trying out other weapons and seeing what feels good to you.

I also want to preface the videos I’m about to send you with a quick piece of advice: take your time, and if it feels overwhelming, just play with what you learned before trying to watch more.

As for videos:
Concise beginners guide:
https://youtu.be/_ee6iyW8wSU

Basic hammer guide/combos:
https://youtu.be/4Bnt7gCkkQc

Basic greatsword guide:
https://youtu.be/vkRV2pk971I

Basic scythe guide:
https://youtu.be/5GD-H5REmzc

Best of luck. Always remember, it’s good to learn and have a learning mindset, but it is a game, and games are to have fun, so take your time and don’t stress out over it too much.

[Lord Rumpkin]

Focus on consistency. Doing random or accidental things is incorrect. Play more carefully so that your hands, your brain and the controls are synchronized. You will naturally begin to play better. The tricky part is maintaining the habit against difficult opponents who might get your adrenaline going.

Another important thing is knowing when it's a bad idea to attack or dodge. Sometimes they want you to so they can punish it. You can see them wait for you to do it. You must create uncertainty, then attack. Use movement to confuse.

It's also possible your hardware is insufficient. On my end I need my monitor overclocked to 62hz in order to compete, and I use a mechanical keyboard for maximum precision. Cheap keyboards and controllers will let you down.

[polygonfloppa]

Originally posted by Lord Rumpkin:

Focus on consistency. Doing random or accidental things is incorrect. Play more carefully so that your hands, your brain and the controls are synchronized. You will naturally begin to play better. The tricky part is maintaining the habit against difficult opponents who might get your adrenaline going.

Another important thing is knowing when it's a bad idea to attack or dodge. Sometimes they want you to so they can punish it. You can see them wait for you to do it. You must create uncertainty, then attack. Use movement to confuse.

It's also possible your hardware is insufficient. On my end I need my monitor overclocked to 62hz in order to compete, and I use a mechanical keyboard for maximum precision. Cheap keyboards and controllers will let you down.

yea i dont have much money so i have this old macbook and a basic dell keyboard since the bottom row of the laptop broke and yea i think i cant combo since i try to jump and attack but it happens like 1 out of 3 times

[Phobeseneos]

You train so much dude. A new combo ? you train go in to match spam that combo to death. New weapon ? you train spacing go in a match spam that. it takes 100 hours to effectively use just one champ without weapons 0.0

[Katsuma]

just remember, this game is about reading your enemies movement, strings and combo is only the small part of it.

[Asparagun]

Learning the weaknesses of different weapons is pretty useful. Like how Sword is quite strong up-close, the slight lasts a short while so is good to punish, and dlight true combos quite easily into other moves, so try not to be right in front of your opponent. Blasters has decent range, but ONLY has range, no overlap, so if you're right on top of your opponent, it's nigh impossible for them to hit you. Lance is extremely strong from the front, but from above and behind it has close to zero counters, meaning you ought to play a little more passively so you can punish them. Also, bear in mind that some legends will have sigs that better make up for that specific weapon's weakness, like Cassidy's sigs on blasters give her much better coverage when grounded. On a similar point, some sigs/weapons are more effecive/less effective against other sigs/weapons, for example Ada's blaster nsig, and Reno's orb dsig (as well as similar sigs), are the perfect counter against sigs that charge sideways, like both of Xull's sidesigs, or Reno's blasters sidesig.

Learning to read is tricky but a big help. Things as simple as 'a weapon just spawned, so they will probably try and pick it up, so I will use an attack that will hit them when they try ' or a little more complex like 'they will dodge up after this hit, so I will delay the next part of my combo, and then use a counter that hits where they will end up'. This is something you can either guess based on the ranked tier you're in, or try for a lucky guess, or, you can tailor it to your opponent, and based on what they're done earlier in the match assume they will try it again and counter accordingly, or assume they won't and guess what they will do instead.

Learn true combos. For example: unarmed: dlight into pretty much any other attack. Orb: dlight (hit then down with the end of the attack) into nair or gc nlight, and slight into sair (treat the jump and the sair as one move, instead of one then the other). Hammer: dlight into slight. Sword: dlight into recovery, sair, jump+dair. Note that true combos WILL change as you deal more damage to your opponent, and also depending on their defense stat.

Try and copy players that you think are 'good', if you get countered then you learn how to counter that kind of play, if not then well, you found something that works.

Learn terminology if you don't understand things in this thread. Watching videos, streams, googling, or asking here are all good ways to do so. (some basics: n, s, and d before a word generally will mean neutral, side, and down, which are the inputs alongside whatever attack is used. gc is gravity cancel which is where you use an aerial spot dodge, and then cancel it with an attack which will perform the grounded version. sig is signature, the unique heavy attacks performed with legends on their specific weapons)

Also note that I kinda suck at this game, but that's because I don't have a habit of doing a lot of this stuff, I'm pretty sure, so a pinch of salt may be needed. You have to consciously try and do a lot of this stuff so it becomes a subconscious habit as you're playing.

[Lord Rumpkin]

Originally posted by zaagreus:

yea i dont have much money so i have this old macbook and a basic dell keyboard since the bottom row of the laptop broke and yea i think i cant combo since i try to jump and attack but it happens like 1 out of 3 times

There's not much hope for you if your hardware is that outdated. You're better off playing Brawlhalla on consoles.

[polygonfloppa]

Originally posted by Lord Rumpkin:

Originally posted by zaagreus:

yea i dont have much money so i have this old macbook and a basic dell keyboard since the bottom row of the laptop broke and yea i think i cant combo since i try to jump and attack but it happens like 1 out of 3 times

There's not much hope for you if your hardware is that outdated. You're better off playing Brawlhalla on consoles.

you have a point because i came from playing on switch but i feel more comfortable on the laptop
so i think i should probably just buy a bluetooth controller

[nobody_at_all]

A little old but still useful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MavemDzzzGE

[patient]

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[Finnfinity]

Originally posted by zaagreus:

i've heard people just say "practice" but i do that and i dont get better instead i just do random stuff and i dont know what legend or weapons to use or combos AHHHHHH
serious post btw please give actual comments

-Watch replays
-Practice in training mode
-try to play consciously and wirh full intentionality, no auto pilot (will get, easier especially with replays)
-watch tournaments, preferably with ur main
-and ofc just play the game preferably with someone on your level and taking it at least a bit seriously. Spars is the most fun, ranked is the fastest way, tournament may or may not give the most experience.

[toust]

Just practice on the practice range and set the bot on easy and just train

[polygonfloppa]

Originally posted by Lord Rumpkin:

Originally posted by zaagreus:

yea i dont have much money so i have this old macbook and a basic dell keyboard since the bottom row of the laptop broke and yea i think i cant combo since i try to jump and attack but it happens like 1 out of 3 times

There's not much hope for you if your hardware is that outdated. You're better off playing Brawlhalla on consoles.

say do you know any cheap good keyboards