In addition to DustLoop, you can also check video character guides here.
Note, the character guides only cover things new to Slash. For example, the Johnny guide only covers his new JackHound and the changed properties of his MistFiner. But not how to MistCancel or 1-hit Ensenga.
Yeah, #SLASH is just too new, kinda hard to find real good stuff about it, other then Dustloop.
thx for the advice peeps 
Since someone mentioned to watch match videos, I ran into a great japanese Slash tournament:
http://gamechariot.com/06movie_GGXXS.html
Get only the red links, they are all tournament videos.
Just saw this post, I’d suggest NOT starting out with Venom. Yes he is beastly at controlling space and his rush/lockdown is great, even toned down a little, but his ball formations take a long time to learn and memorize and even longer to use effectively. As it is, I practically have to start over with the new D ball in Slash. If you want to pick him up after you’ve grasped all the basic and intermediate tactics of the game, go right ahead but don’t start with him.
That is for slash, not reload
sorry, my bad
thanks for the help
rep to all of u
iwoulda got back sooner, but i was in europe