Is Sakura a good beginners character?

[I Am Klaus]

I'm trying to learn Chun Li as my first character, but I want to play a Shoto as well, and I'm fond of Sakura from past games. How is she in this game, in terms of overall performance and difficulty to play?

[Matrics]

shes okay for starting out but I think a better choice is Necali

[I Am Klaus]

Originally posted by The Hero Cat:

shes okay for starting out but I think a better choice is Necali

For Shotos, my choice is really between her and Ken. I'm not interested in Ryu or Akuma.

But I was told Chun Li is a good choice for a first timer, being that she's a charge character, and I feel like I was lied to a bit. I'm having a hard time getting a feel for her combos, especially her SBK's. They're really technical and timing specific.

Anyway, what I really want to know is, how does Sakura compare to Chun Li in terms of overall potential and difficulty of play?

[-Ramen-]

Chun li is not really a good first character to pick up in this game if you are a beginner level. She is very fundamentally based, which will help you, but she would be more intermediate.

Play who you feel comfortable with, and don't grow stagnant. Sakura could be a good beginner character for you because she is very straight forward, try her out.

[Matrics]

Originally posted by Teamkill☢Griefem:

Originally posted by The Hero Cat:

shes okay for starting out but I think a better choice is Necali

For Shotos, my choice is really between her and Ken. I'm not interested in Ryu or Akuma.

But I was told Chun Li is a good choice for a first timer, being that she's a charge character, and I feel like I was lied to a bit. I'm having a hard time getting a feel for her combos, especially her SBK's. They're really technical and timing specific.

Anyway, what I really want to know is, how does Sakura compare to Chun Li in terms of overall potential and difficulty of play?

well chun li has way more potential then sakura. imo

[I Am Klaus]

Originally posted by The Hero Cat:

Originally posted by Teamkill☢Griefem:

For Shotos, my choice is really between her and Ken. I'm not interested in Ryu or Akuma.

But I was told Chun Li is a good choice for a first timer, being that she's a charge character, and I feel like I was lied to a bit. I'm having a hard time getting a feel for her combos, especially her SBK's. They're really technical and timing specific.

Anyway, what I really want to know is, how does Sakura compare to Chun Li in terms of overall potential and difficulty of play?

well chun li has way more potential then sakura. imo

But how difficult is Chun Li to play compared to Sakura? She seems really technical to me, specifically her SBK combos.

[Matrics]

Originally posted by Teamkill☢Griefem:

Originally posted by The Hero Cat:

well chun li has way more potential then sakura. imo

But how difficult is Chun Li to play compared to Sakura? She seems really technical to me, specifically her SBK combos.

chun li is more diffcult then sakura imo :)

[Baines]

Originally posted by Teamkill☢Griefem:

Originally posted by The Hero Cat:

shes okay for starting out but I think a better choice is Necali

For Shotos, my choice is really between her and Ken. I'm not interested in Ryu or Akuma.

But I was told Chun Li is a good choice for a first timer, being that she's a charge character, and I feel like I was lied to a bit. I'm having a hard time getting a feel for her combos, especially her SBK's. They're really technical and timing specific.

Anyway, what I really want to know is, how does Sakura compare to Chun Li in terms of overall potential and difficulty of play?

Charge characters were considered easy to learn back in Street Fighter 2. Back before players were expected to be able to figure out how to do a dragon punch motion, and before the consequences of a combo system were fully understood.

In the years since, developers started designing charge characters around the idea that players would know more advanced stuff, making them (at least in my eyes) more difficult for a starting player than "regular" characters.


I'd still say that Ryu is the basic all-round beginner character. He doesn't do anything fancy. His moves are basic, but they also cover the basics.

I'd argue Akuma isn't really a beginner character. He just benefits from arguably being overpowered. Ken can be a decent Ryu alternative, though his moveset gets a bit more complex. Sakura is pretty much just the Ryu alternative for when you don't want to play a male shoto.

[Matrics]

Originally posted by Baines:

Originally posted by Teamkill☢Griefem:

For Shotos, my choice is really between her and Ken. I'm not interested in Ryu or Akuma.

But I was told Chun Li is a good choice for a first timer, being that she's a charge character, and I feel like I was lied to a bit. I'm having a hard time getting a feel for her combos, especially her SBK's. They're really technical and timing specific.

Anyway, what I really want to know is, how does Sakura compare to Chun Li in terms of overall potential and difficulty of play?

Charge characters were considered easy to learn back in Street Fighter 2. Back before players were expected to be able to figure out how to do a dragon punch motion, and before the consequences of a combo system were fully understood.

In the years since, developers started designing charge characters around the idea that players would know more advanced stuff, making them (at least in my eyes) more difficult for a starting player than "regular" characters.


I'd still say that Ryu is the basic all-round beginner character. He doesn't do anything fancy. His moves are basic, but they also cover the basics.

I'd argue Akuma isn't really a beginner character. He just benefits from arguably being overpowered. Ken can be a decent Ryu alternative, though his moveset gets a bit more complex. Sakura is pretty much just the Ryu alternative for when you don't want to play a male shoto.

I agree

[CRAZY DAVE [dennys grand slam]]

sakura is one of the weakest characters in the game but might be easier to play than chun li if you cant do charge moves easily.

[I Am Klaus]

Originally posted by CRAZY DAVE dennys grand slam:

sakura is one of the weakest characters in the game but might be easier to play than chun li if you cant do charge moves easily.

I don't have trouble using charge moves by themselves, but I'm struggling to incorporate them into combos.

The one I'm trying to master is j.lp, cr.lp, s.mp, cr.mk, SBK.mk, and the timing is so strict on it. I can execute it semi-consistently in practice, but rarely does it all come together without getting blocked. Even the lk version of SBK is hard to chain properly.

[cereal]

start out ryu if you wanna play sakura to learn shoto

[Washing Machine]

Pretty sure Rog was considered one of the simpliest possible chars to start with in SF4? I ain't really sign off this "charge chars are ultra hard cuz charge is a hard mechanic"-deal.

Sakura's fine. Honest as all hell, so no cheating buttons to carry you. Which can get really jarring at times when faced against some of the nonsense in this game.

[-Ramen-]

OP, why do you ask questions if you have your answer already?

[I Am Klaus]

Originally posted by -Ramen-:

OP, why do you ask questions if you have your answer already?

Because I like getting the opinion of those with more experience than me.

[I Am Klaus]

Anyway, I'll get Sakura and give her a try. I kinda like the way Nash plays, so I might try him too.