Ok… so I feel like I’m getting a tad bit better (shoutout to Ryu Gosling for helping me train), but I wanted to post these vids of a first to 5 I had with a Ken player last night. I ended up losing 4-5, but I know it was due to my execution and not my decision making, but I don’t think he was that good either so, bottom line, I would like to share these vids (which for some reason only 1 of them loaded… I’ll load the rest tomorrow).
Any and all criticism/comments are welcomed. From “man you’re a scrub” to “ok that was good there” to whatever. Thanks guys!
Thing I think I did wrong (which I’m, clearly, still a beginner):
1st round:
spacing… in the first round, I allowed too much space to operate
aggression… was too passive… kinda plays into the allowing space thing too
execution… there were a few times where I just didn’t execute what I wanted to do. ie ultra 1 from right side is difficult for me (236 236 kkk)
whif punishing… I let him get away with murder. I’m not sure if it’s my reaction time or just my confidence in being able to pull off a proper punish. then to, I’m not sure how to punish what
too many specials
not even threatening the throw
all around scrubbishness lol…
2nd round:
I actually think I did pretty well this round. was way more aggressive and overall more confident which I like but seemed as though I got “greedy” and over aggressive which cost me the round with that super (which causes ALOT of damage).
spacing… again… not very good. let him out of the corner
patience… may have bee too impatient with trying to just end the round
whif punishing… again… don’t really know what to do in certain situations. like how do I punish lp dp whiff etc
so now the things I struggle with are simply what’s the “right” way to play the character. I watch GamerBee alot, but, honestly, the execution is just so god-like that it’s very intimidating. I hear that I’m supposed to control the mid range, but first off, what does this even mean? like stay right outside st rh range? if so… how to I get there and stay there? just alot of questions I have and confusion on how to do this
big thing for me is how should Adon be played? I like aggression… just going in totally. I like muay thai so I initially played sagat. didn’t like him bc he was slow and kinda built for zoning. Went to Adon and like the character alot, but just trying to figure out a way to be more aggressive with him. I actually don’t even care about losing online as much as getting better, which I think I am, but just not at a pace that I think I should be.
I dont know how comfortable you are with doing IAJKs, but theyare really useful in these shoto matches. They are a really good way to get in on shotos using their cr.mk alot and at the right range it will go over hadokens. Aside from that I felt like you were standing in the right spots most of the fight, just got tagged by a max range sweep a few times. I like to focus around that range vs Kens just to see if he will throw out the stepkick.
Hey guys … I don’t want to bitch … but please post vids in the video thread or MU thread … otherwise we will have 1 billion threads with 1 billion topics … ^^
@kaptivated
You should just focus on the basics in the first place … don’t try to do things that your execution & your reactions simple don’t allow you at your current level … no offense.
Get down your B&Bs and punishes (if you are not sure if you have enough time for a hard punish just do cr.lp x RJ)
Good Footsie and spacing comes when your mind & fingers are free from being scared to drop combos or from simple panic … muscle memory = confidence
Don’t do specials because you just want to do it … and don’t do a move/special again and again because you WANT it to hit or work !!! ^^
Don’t move forward and backwards if you don’t have a plan why you do it … if you don’t know the footsie range of your oppoenten than try to keep safe or in roundhouse range and focus on AA
Challenge his AA game … if he only AAs 1 out of 3 jump ins go for jump ins
Make him respect your great tick throw options
General advice against Ken:
Don’t use Ultra 1 … Kens fireball is so bad that you can punish it on reaction with EX JK or IAJK … there is no need to waste the damage from Ultra 2 and you will need the FADC ultra 2 option
IAJK is Kens nightmare … it counters his forward step kick & FB
Ken does not have a good tool against Focus Attack (no 2 hit button) … challenge him with FA …