How do YOU learn a new character?

First, spend at least 45 minutes in practice mode finding these combos.
Second, Do a Hard playthrough of Arcade mode
Third, determine if I liked how I played the character.

If yes, use that muthafuka!
If no (like Stryker) fuk this character's existence
 
Spend lots of time practicing with Sub-Zero as a training dummy in regular practice mode and fatality mode.

Then go online with the character and beat all those Sub-Zero users that hide behind ice clones.

When it says finish him be sure to teabag that disgusting lonesome loser of a ninja and then perform your fatality.

Repeat and see if you like the character.
 
Its been in his family for generations

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He was even the tutorial dummy in MK9
 
for the first time playing, I usually check out the character that's visually interesting to me, and then tried the movelist, and whether it suits my play style or not, but sometimes I tends to make an exception and devote myself to learn characters with different play style, just because I like the characters
 
Go into practice mode, learn the BnB combos of the character, learn set ups with the character, and then use the character against everyone else.

Wouldn't bother learning more than 2 though.
 
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