Reikou
Member
Been plaaying DoA5:LR for a while now, and I've kind of hit a ceiling in terms of what I can do, and I believe its because I learned the Dead or Alive game the "wrong way."
I've mostly been playing Kokoro, my long time favorite DoA character, and can play decently. However, one thing I do believe I'm missing is I don't really understand and make use of the fundamental mechanics of this game.
The way I've been learning my character is watching combo videos, trying to copy them, and then finally just repeating them on whatever opponents I face, regardless of the other major factors in the game (such as weight, terrain, walls, etc.) Those who can read the combos I'm pulling simply stop me in my tracks.
What I think I'm missing is learning what exactly all the different moves my character has does exactly, how and when exactly to use them, so that I'm not pulling off combos from muscle memory, but reacting properly to the situation, and thus making my own combos, basically on the fly. ie: I'm using X move because my opponent is a light weight in high counter at Z range, on icy terrain.
Or my opponent is counter launched, he is medium weight, there is a wall nearby so I'm going to use Y move because I don't want to knock him into the wall just yet.
I think how I can fix this is to relearn, (and actually learn/understand/use) the basic mechanics of the game, however I'm really not sure where to start. A lot of the information is out there and I've read/watched/listened to a lot of them so I have a cursory knowledge of this stuff. Just not as in depth of an understanding as I would like.
I'm just curious if anyone has felt the same way, and if so, how did you fix it?
I've mostly been playing Kokoro, my long time favorite DoA character, and can play decently. However, one thing I do believe I'm missing is I don't really understand and make use of the fundamental mechanics of this game.
The way I've been learning my character is watching combo videos, trying to copy them, and then finally just repeating them on whatever opponents I face, regardless of the other major factors in the game (such as weight, terrain, walls, etc.) Those who can read the combos I'm pulling simply stop me in my tracks.
What I think I'm missing is learning what exactly all the different moves my character has does exactly, how and when exactly to use them, so that I'm not pulling off combos from muscle memory, but reacting properly to the situation, and thus making my own combos, basically on the fly. ie: I'm using X move because my opponent is a light weight in high counter at Z range, on icy terrain.
Or my opponent is counter launched, he is medium weight, there is a wall nearby so I'm going to use Y move because I don't want to knock him into the wall just yet.
I think how I can fix this is to relearn, (and actually learn/understand/use) the basic mechanics of the game, however I'm really not sure where to start. A lot of the information is out there and I've read/watched/listened to a lot of them so I have a cursory knowledge of this stuff. Just not as in depth of an understanding as I would like.
I'm just curious if anyone has felt the same way, and if so, how did you fix it?