How do I get better at this game

I want to have ryu akuma and chun li as my team. But I stink at this game. I can’t seem to close the gap, or land combos, or do huge chains. What do I need to do. I really don’t want to play teams that I see online often. Is it a lost cause for me to use these three?

Practice.

On the same team? Yes.

With that team? Good luck.

If you are that determined to use those characters, try Chun Li first, Ryu second and Akuma as anchor?

I’m actually not THAT bad. I just hit a wall when players begin to kite me. For example a team concisting of Sentinel Dante and Doom: Sentinel will spam that laser beam or some sentinel range attack while doom does his missles. If I get close Dante will do his guitar thing. And I’m forced to block till death.

you gotta use your plethora of movement options. walk, wave dash, plink dash, air dash, super jump, triple jump (chun-li). I wouldn’t say its impossible to win with that team, but it is very difficult. A brazilian player named Brian Kasugano plays that team with decent success. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=brian+kasugano

I hear you. I hate it when you get scrubbed out online against certain teams.

Have you ever considered playing an alternative team? A pocket team? One that will act like a counter pick against heavy projectile/“spam”?

A pocket team? perhaps. But I would want a team that isn’t that common to see. What would a good team with Phoenix wright look like?

Wright? You’d need vergil anchor, so when you only have vergil left you level 3 X factor and then kill their team

Phoenix Wright/Spencer/Dante is also pretty decent, but I can’t seem to find the video with all the tech for that team. But it was cool tech.

EDIT: I don’t think this was the video but it’s a cool combo.

I kinda have a question like the op, what is the “meta” in the games? What style does this game tailor to? What in particular should I practice?