I've been playing DOA5 for almost a month straight now and I feel like i'm still not good enough because of some loses playing with other people both offline and online. I wanted to point out a few things I do in training mode and what I learn as well and learning from other people and how they get better.
I'll be honest, I am new to the DOA community and to the game. I first tried the game at GVN Summer Jam carrying my cute pink arcade stick around and loved it. After playing a few matches at GVN Summer Jam I really wanted to learn more about the game and how to actually utilize the system properly. So after talking to a few people and finding out who were the DOA veterans like Rikuto, VirtuaPai, CyberEvil, Dr.Dogg, Mr.Wah, Mystic, Allan Paris, etc. I asked all of them "What should I be practicing and what should I do in training mode?".
There are many people that don't realize how useful training mode is. People new to the game like me would just jump into the game without thinking how robust of a tool training mode is. Most people use training mode just for combo practice but there's a lot of factors to take into consideration it can be much more than that.
First thing I do in training mode is to maximize your time as much as possible by utilizing the training settings as much as possible and adjusting them to situations I want to learn. Now what most people tend to do on training mode is learn combos. When I first played DOA5 at Summer Jam I didn't know about the various types of combos like one guess combos, critical burst combos, hi counter strike combos, inescapable combos, and natural combos. Also the various stuns that happen in DOA5 like limbo stun and sit down stun. Rikuto was teaching me all of this showing me his Bayman explaining how he was linking all his inescapable stun attacks together to form a inescapable combo. Also showing me combos that the computer couldn't tech fast enough making it a natural combo.
Before I start learning combos I tend to just do all the moves in my move list multiple times to learn how it's used and the properties it holds. Learning all me key moves that are safe, crushes, giving frame advantage and punish really help. When learning combos I try to set up the dummy to various locations, people need to realize that there's a lot of different areas on the playing field and not just the usual danger zones. At Summer Jam, Mr.Wah was showing me a death combo using Bass on the Home stage utilizing the ceiling, walls, chairs, beds, floor, everything. What most people tend to do is to continue practicing their combos right where they are and continue off that.
Also after learning my combos I switch to the other side and do the same thing, some people tend to just do combos on the player 1 side and muscle memory kicks in and tends to screw them over. Another thing I see people doing wrong is that they're practicing combos in optimal situations that are convenient for them and never practicing in certain situations this is where recording usually comes into play. I always try to modify the combos in some sort of way or stop the combos when its safe. The last thing I try to practice is not to do combos but try to learn various techs that the characters has and techs against other characters. I thank CyberEvil and VirtuaPai for teaching me various things with Tina who I only wanted to main at first due to the fact she's a blonde bombshell and now play her seriously lol.
Sorry for the rant I didn't realized I typed so much lol, but these are just the simple things I do in training mode and what I usually do for almost every fighting game I play, so I just wanted to know how everyone else uses training mode and what they tend to train against. Any feedback helps because I may learn something new in the long run and I'd like to thank the DOA5 community that was at Summer Jam because if it wasn't for them taking the time teaching a noob like me what to learn and how to properly play I probably wouldn't be typing up this rant.
I'll be honest, I am new to the DOA community and to the game. I first tried the game at GVN Summer Jam carrying my cute pink arcade stick around and loved it. After playing a few matches at GVN Summer Jam I really wanted to learn more about the game and how to actually utilize the system properly. So after talking to a few people and finding out who were the DOA veterans like Rikuto, VirtuaPai, CyberEvil, Dr.Dogg, Mr.Wah, Mystic, Allan Paris, etc. I asked all of them "What should I be practicing and what should I do in training mode?".
There are many people that don't realize how useful training mode is. People new to the game like me would just jump into the game without thinking how robust of a tool training mode is. Most people use training mode just for combo practice but there's a lot of factors to take into consideration it can be much more than that.
First thing I do in training mode is to maximize your time as much as possible by utilizing the training settings as much as possible and adjusting them to situations I want to learn. Now what most people tend to do on training mode is learn combos. When I first played DOA5 at Summer Jam I didn't know about the various types of combos like one guess combos, critical burst combos, hi counter strike combos, inescapable combos, and natural combos. Also the various stuns that happen in DOA5 like limbo stun and sit down stun. Rikuto was teaching me all of this showing me his Bayman explaining how he was linking all his inescapable stun attacks together to form a inescapable combo. Also showing me combos that the computer couldn't tech fast enough making it a natural combo.
Before I start learning combos I tend to just do all the moves in my move list multiple times to learn how it's used and the properties it holds. Learning all me key moves that are safe, crushes, giving frame advantage and punish really help. When learning combos I try to set up the dummy to various locations, people need to realize that there's a lot of different areas on the playing field and not just the usual danger zones. At Summer Jam, Mr.Wah was showing me a death combo using Bass on the Home stage utilizing the ceiling, walls, chairs, beds, floor, everything. What most people tend to do is to continue practicing their combos right where they are and continue off that.
Also after learning my combos I switch to the other side and do the same thing, some people tend to just do combos on the player 1 side and muscle memory kicks in and tends to screw them over. Another thing I see people doing wrong is that they're practicing combos in optimal situations that are convenient for them and never practicing in certain situations this is where recording usually comes into play. I always try to modify the combos in some sort of way or stop the combos when its safe. The last thing I try to practice is not to do combos but try to learn various techs that the characters has and techs against other characters. I thank CyberEvil and VirtuaPai for teaching me various things with Tina who I only wanted to main at first due to the fact she's a blonde bombshell and now play her seriously lol.
Sorry for the rant I didn't realized I typed so much lol, but these are just the simple things I do in training mode and what I usually do for almost every fighting game I play, so I just wanted to know how everyone else uses training mode and what they tend to train against. Any feedback helps because I may learn something new in the long run and I'd like to thank the DOA5 community that was at Summer Jam because if it wasn't for them taking the time teaching a noob like me what to learn and how to properly play I probably wouldn't be typing up this rant.
