Demetrius
New member
I haven't seen a thread like this, so I figured I would make one. Basically, just give out some advice that might not be quite so apparent to a newer player.
1) Do NOT Jump AWAY from Projectiles. If you do, you are just keeping yourself in it's effective area and are most likely still going to get hit. Block it, jump straight up, or jump over it. This is especially important against Noob Saibot; his X-ray comes from the back of the screen, and most people I see try to jump toward me to get away from it, only to land directly in front of it and getting hit by it. In this case, you have to jump to the BACK of the Screen.
2) Learn to Block! This game may be built on Kombos, and sure, Kombos are more impressive, but Defense is also key. Besides that, Blocking is the same for every character; you learn to block effectively with Scorpion, you'll be able to block effectively with Johnny Cage. Online especially, being able to block is much more important than Kombos, right off the bat when your starting out.
1) Do NOT Jump AWAY from Projectiles. If you do, you are just keeping yourself in it's effective area and are most likely still going to get hit. Block it, jump straight up, or jump over it. This is especially important against Noob Saibot; his X-ray comes from the back of the screen, and most people I see try to jump toward me to get away from it, only to land directly in front of it and getting hit by it. In this case, you have to jump to the BACK of the Screen.
2) Learn to Block! This game may be built on Kombos, and sure, Kombos are more impressive, but Defense is also key. Besides that, Blocking is the same for every character; you learn to block effectively with Scorpion, you'll be able to block effectively with Johnny Cage. Online especially, being able to block is much more important than Kombos, right off the bat when your starting out.