Yang, huh? Your strategy is: Cr.MK xx Slash. Cr.LKx1~3 xx EX Slash, S.HP xx Slash, SAII, Palm xx SAII. Other than that, do… just about whatever you want.
Yeah. First you’re gonna wanna check out all the characters on the youtubes and in the training mode and look at their normals and general game play. Then, you narrow it down to a few characters… probably about 3-ish, and just keep playing them over and over, but keep in mind the goal that you’re going to narrow it down to only one dude. Start with something simple and clear. Like your first post is too broad and a little difficult to just implement. I like to recommend that new players practice BnBs in training mode and fight the CPU a lot. The CPU sucks so you can fuck up a lot and try weird things. But, it also forces you to adapt since the CPU never gets hit by overheads and techs every grab, so you gotta learn strats that don’t use grab mashing. Then, I’d say when you go to casuals (or GGPO if you live in not Cali) just block and punish.
Punishing is what sets new players apart from each other a lot of the time. Anyone can get lucky 1/10000 games with Ken by mashing EX shoryu and grab. However, not everyone can punish mess ups with double shoryu or cr MKxxxmp shoryuxxxSAIII. Playing this way will make your time in training mode pay off. This type of mentality also services itself by making you go to training mode. If you don’t go to training mode, you won’t nail your punishes. If you don’t punish, it’s because you weren’t in training mode.
Sub section A: So I guess I saw that you mentioned Yang and Gouki. I guess you like rushing people down and dive kicking and dying in two hits. Make it simple. With Gouki, I’d tell someone (after they show me that they can successfully input all his attacks 10/10) to practice cr MKxxx LK tatsu, juggle with HP shoryu. This is a good punish. I’d tell them to practice his links/cancels into super; cr MK, short (jab optional) short, UOH, st MP, cr MP. Then, I’d tell them to practice hit confirming them. The dive kick and demon flip offense is tough, and it’s going to come later. I’d say to try to work in a little of the jump fireball setups or whatever.
Sub section B: With Yang I’d be like the same thing, but tell them to practice the slashes (regular, then EX) and timing variants. I’d tell them to learn how far the dive kicks send you so you can do those dive kick set ups or whatever. Then I’d say just to work on (again, the most basic shit) shit into slashes; cr jab jab, short short, cr mk, cl hp, etc etc… command grab, and stuff to do after wiffed or connected dive kicks a little later after that. I’d tell them to punish with super if they have full meters.
After playing like this for forever and narrowing down to one character, go to a billion tournaments and learn from old people. After one billion more tournaments, you will have strategy.
Learn the game first.
Banana stakes!
the way KO handles the ground with yang is amazing
Yang how the dirt is done?
You may laugh at how I think about playing Street Fighter. But I think of it as ping pong (i play table tennis competitively). I play every single match with my play style, defensive but offensive when given the chance, and adapting to my opponent. I am very good at returning the ball and very consistently, I have good ball placement (on the table), and know how to react to my opponent. If I see any opening for an attack, I slam (official term) the hell out of the ball. If I see my opponent making consistent mistakes (their returns aren’t consistent on certain swings/strokes), I abuse it and will return the ball in that spot. I play every point of the match as if I’m losing.
How do I carry this over to SF? The same exact way. I play a defensive game where I’m comfortable blocking/parrying attacks which leads me into my offensive game. I strike when the opportunity is open however I do mix up my d/o so I’m not predictable. I hit confirm all my punishes, and my cross ups are very tricky. You must also adapt to your opponent, if you see your opponent is very defensive and is blocking low. Do an overhead! I was playing 3S today and kept punishing my opponent every single match because of his defensive play style. He kept blocking low and refused to parry so I tricked him and punished him with simple links into a super (I was playing Ken, I believe I did something along the lines of UOH, UOH, c.mk, m.tatsu (cancel), dash, throw, space, throw, UOH, sa3).
I think the biggest piece of advice I can give you is to play smart. Every move you make in the game should have a purpose behind it.
dont over think.
Play Third Strike often. Keep an open mind.