Characters Young Padawan and his Character choice.

Mioraem

New Member
Hello guys. I don't really know where i should post this so i will just drop it here.
I'm a really new DOA player, i'm actually searching which characters could be my main but i need to admit.. its really difficult. The half of the chararcters seems interesting and enjoyable to play with. I'm really lost.
Since, like i said, i'm new in DOA game and also fighting games so i think it's the best for me to start with characters that will help me to take a good start on the games. I'm open to all your advice and recommendations!
I was also wondering if there is differents categories that seperate the characters? Like defensive characters, rushdown, zoning are stuff like that? If i coulded chose i would optate for *defensive* playstyle. i dont know if we could talk about zoning since there is no projectiles in the game.
Alpha, Ayane, Hitomi, Kokoro, Lei fang, Pai and Sarah: Actually, when i think about it, these characters are these that i play the more with, but im just smashing buttons with my pad ( yeah, im a new gamer!) But i really need to stick with one character for start the game with good base !
PS: I'm also searching for people to play with on PS3 with which i can learn the game.
My Tag: K3ntin-kun.
I'm waiting empatiently for your advice, really. I love this game and i want to learn a lot about it!

Thanks in advance!
 
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iHajinShinobi

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Hello, and welcome to FreeStepDodge and the DOA community, nice to see new people are picking up the game and enjoy it (and want to learn the game).

As for your question about character categories for the above mentioned;

Defensive and/or zoning - Ayane - She has everything she needs for defensive play and turtling/zoning. She can also play offensively once she scores a knockdown, lands a counter hit, or her holds/throw you with her powerful mix up throw.

Offensive and Defensive - Hitomi, Kokoro, Leifang, Pai -These characters have tools to play offensively well enough, as well as tools to play a bit defensively. Hitomi and Leifang are probably the better balance of offense and defense out of this bunch.

Offensive - Alpha, Sarah - Alpha has a lot of long strings and very good string delay, along with good mix up once she hits you. She's also pretty fast. She has powerful throws as well. All of this combined and used in the right hands make her difficult to deal with once she hits you.

Sarah is fast, has a lot of frame advantage, and an extremely solid mix up game. Solid damage and lots of good tools.

If you're looking for beginner friendly characters, Ein, genfu, Jannlee, Momiji and Rachel all fit quite well as simple pick up and play characters. They do very good damage, they have easy combos, very good tools and are pretty straight forward without a very steep learning curve.

But, if you want to learn a character from your list, Hitomi is probably the easiest for you to pick up "right now". She's somewhat similiar to Ein but not quite (like Ken is to Ryu in Street Fighter). Hitomi is very solid and has a lot going for her as a character. She has decent speed, very good damage, solid mix ups, and she can be played both offensively and defensive (or whichever style suits you best, she's quite adept at doing either/or).

Here are a few threads I'd recommend you check out to help you get started with learning the game;

http://www.freestepdodge.com/thread...raining-suggestion-for-aspiring-players.3325/

http://www.freestepdodge.com/threads/fundamentals-of-spacing.131/

http://www.freestepdodge.com/threads/how-to-use-frame-data.224/

http://www.freestepdodge.com/threads/dead-or-alive-terminology.1887/

In this thread, Allan Paris actually has video tutorials for Ein, Kokoro, Jannlee, Momiji and Pai if you wish to check those out; http://www.freestepdodge.com/threads/character-tutorials-for-beginners.3588/

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask and I or someone else will try to help you out. :)
 

Mioraem

New Member
Hello Hajin, thanks for your anwsers, it help me a lot ! I will make use of your advices and the links you gave me. Thanks a lot!
 
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