Post Your Weaknesses Here!

I thought that this thread would be appropriate in this board, as these points are being directed towards people played online. I'm going to try to be as objective as possible in listing these weaknesses, and others can do the same. Telling people how to exploit is, I think, a way to force you to level up quickly. I'll try to set the example:

In General:

I tend to attack to much as RN when getting off the ground.

I'm unaware of life remaining in a match. This is when lows and neutral throws are used the most, and I don't change things up accordingly.

I can hit check, but I still need work.

My flow chart is almost always -> . I should mix in more throwing.

I'm slow to react under pressure, especially when I don't know a character well.

I'm weak against ground throws. I lay on the ground holding , and I still get thrown. Have the commands changed?

I get caught by setups where people move outside the range of an oki geri. I should really stop using them so much and look at what my opponent is doing first.

Against Aoi:

I need to use more lows and full circulars in my offense. I know what my strategy should be, but my body doesn't react accordingly.

Against El Blaze:

I don't know anything about this character.

Against Jeffry:

When this guy turtles, I have difficulty beating him. I need counter hits!


I think that it's okay to make more posts to update your current weaknesses, but also I think it would be best to update your first post in this thread as an easy reference. Not sure how well this thread will/can work, but I thought that I'd try it. Others can offer insight into other peoples' weaknesses as well if they so choose.

 

I think this is a great thread, seeing as I need all the help I can get.

My General weakness:
I hesitate too much, not out of fear(anymore) but when the opponent doesn't strike back as fast I think they would, I just stand there.

lack of character knowledge.

Easy to pressure and rushdown, don't press enough buttons on defense.

Having a hard time seeing when my opponent stops on offense, giving me the initiative to attack and or throw/guard break.

Due to speed of the game, not completely aware of what's happening. Sometimes i just do shit, sometimes it works, others...

Overall just not maximizing my character's crazy potential.

Character bad matchups:
Jacky: ...

This character. His strings KILL me. And if my opponent has the slightest bit of yomi, he can change how he ends his strings based on my obvious reactions. if i am aggressive on his strings, he end them with a counter hit. if i am defensive, he can throw me. couple that, beat knuckle, his lows and the speed of VF, I literally stand there.

Sarah:
Despite many of the Sarah players here saying she's bad and or easy to beat, I personally struggle in this matchup. She can space out my DE and SDE after I block about 1/3 of her movelist with 44 K+G (I think?) Also, I feel that her normals are so fast, she can steal my turn from me on a whim, so I'm too eager to return my attack. I get baited and punished. Lastly, Flamingo is a bitch.

Anyone willing to abuse my weaknesses until i get over them, it's perfectly fine with me.

 

Lack of character knowledge. Been using Akira since release day. Thought I would try to master him before moving on, but at this rate it will be 3 years before I learn another character.

Hit checking. Suck at it. I'll get a nice counter and then completely fail to punish.

Throw escapes. So damn easy but always forget to hold easy throw escapes. If I escape from side, complete luck. I'm not able to recognize which side that quickly. Jab > throw tactics. I fall for that shit all the time.

Must be a thrower. It's fun when you fight ground throwers that mix between and . Sneaky bastards.

Execution. I need to start practicing stick. Dpad seems so innacurate and inneficient at times. I constantly drop big moves in combos.

EDIT
I also think that I can stop any move in the game with sabaki and will obsessively throw it out there until I hit you with one.

 

Fuck Bryant family.

 

My ignorance, day in and day out i see new things i have to learn, fuzzy CD fuzzy meaty side throws evades... But my biggest weakness is that i don t know the match up with all characters... I don t know when to crouch if it s a high and punish for exemple... So many things i have to practice and learn... ='(((

 

I have way too many weaknesses to mention in one post but here are the ones I'm trying to address now:

-Lack of general knowledge of game mechanics, terminology and characters.
-I don't guard as much as I should.
-I have difficulty interrupting strings.
-I should study frame info more but am too damn lazy to get my ass to the dojo. Because of this I'm always unsure of what is safe/punishable etc.
-I don't have any decent okizeme/wake up strat at all, and always get nailed by rising opponents.
-My most embarrassing one, I input combos even when my launcher attempts have missed/failed, resulting in humiliating punishments

It's a wonder I made it past Hunter!

 

My lack of defense, if people online just use well placed defense and proper punishments as they are needed against me I fall apart. It is as simple as that I don't see enough of it online making people think I am this great player when I am just the opposite of that. Lag doesn't help either when I try to do the right thing defensively and it doesn't come out at all. I lost track of the number of evades I use that never come out online or I get a random jump or crouch instead. Offline in training I do all the things defensively I need to do often. I often find myself going with random abare alot because I know lag won't let me fuzzy or evade when I want to then again I usually abare the most when I know the opponent isn't prepared to account for it. I practice my defense more than 1 would think too.

 

Getting advanced defense tactics down consistently. It seems like every time I fuzzy or ECDCTE it never works consistently.

Getting max damage on all my combos. Been having trouble converting a lot online for some reason.

Figuring out a way to keep from getting salty. If I lose too many times in a row, I try to figure out what is happening but if it keeps happening I just get salty and want to drop the game forever. That or smash my controller against the ground (on #3 right now...)

Finding a way to keep it fun rather than feeling like it is a second job

Improving my ability to read people, I find I get beat a lot because I just don't catch on to things fast enough

 

l dont have any weaknesses LOL! Jking Here's mine. Lion: I cant read him that well. Lion's fighting style specialises in lows. Thats y he even has low launchers but he has good mids too. I dont look out 4 it which why i get hit by stupid 2KK spam. Gotta guard low more against him.
Shun: This old man is just unpredictable lol. From Psycocrusher to his Lay down stance i just dont know what to defend against. I see him roll on the ground then he does a rising mid p from outta nowhere. I just have to take my time. He's like Jacky. There both hard to Counter against.
Normal stuff: I sometimes act rashly on defense. My offense is so strong that i sometimes dont think about defense. Gotta take my time more.
I need to learn character strings and punish moves better. l throw out moves that dnt punish. like if its -13 i wont know and throw a 14frame elbow. See studying characters makes you better too. you know what to expect. People are just to lazy to do so lol

 

My biggest hurdle is just learning to play consciously and trying to read my opponent. I tend to think too much about what I'm doing instead of paying attention to what the other player is doing. For me, everything seems to stem from this basic flaw.

Well, I still need to work on my execution too. :/

 

why such a topic is psn exclusive? should this be in general?

 

My biggest weakness (that i'm aware) is that i can't block low sweep most of the time :|

 

Just laziness here, plenty I need to work on but that laziness just keeps getting the better of me.

 

Kryptonite, Denkai, Gentleman Thief, Cid Kid, Cha-Mame3, Seikaijin and lack of sex if it exceeds one week.

 

Other than being Bored waiting.... None of You Motherfuckers..... I'm not giving ya'll sorry asses no satisfaction.

 

Thread should read "how to beat me 101"