Reaction Speed Necessary?

Hey guys!

I was thinking of trying to drill reactions and just get better at playing "VF" as a lot of people say and I noticed something that was kind of dragging me down. I'm playing Sarah.

One of the guys around me who constantly beats my ass told me that it felt like I wasn't reacting to the information presented on the screen. I told him that I genuinely do try to react to things like being blocked, getting a normal hit, and getting CH but I legit cannot do it consistently no matter how hard I try.

I gave myself a little test where I had the dummy jump and then proceed to do either standing block, crouch block, or a button. The goal was to hit a 6P after they landed and based on the outcome (block, normal hit, or CH) react accordingly (33G fuzzy on block, P on normal hit, 6PK on CH) and even after a good hour of drilling, didn't seem to make a difference. The jump was to make it so you couldn't react to the action they take before the 6P lands so you can only react to the outcome of the contact.

I was curious if the other Sarah players (or anyone in general) was capable of reacting to this stuff consistently? If so - I think it may just be that you need reactions in this game that I'm literally incapable of doing. I was wondering if anyone could take a version of this test and report their results?

 

Reaction speed is something that grows when you get familiarity with the game. The more you play the more your reaction will be on point. Also vf is a guess based game, which means you have to take a choice before some scenarios completes theirself, if that makes senese; meaning you have to take action not knowing what the opponent is gonna do after a specific block or specific hit ends.
I Hope this helps.

 

Understood and that seems to be my experience so far with Sarah's 6P - People kept telling me I should be able to react to block, NH, CH but it just seems that is literally beyond human capability (at least for me). I figured it was more about making better educated guesses based on what is happening in a match as opposed to truly reacting to every little outcome that could possibly occur.

Thanks for the response!

 

for sarah's 6P the best thing will be to set the dummy to Guard or Counter hit, If you hit you should be doing the follow up 6PK that is a natural combo if not you just stop. Doing fuzzy after that is tricky and opponents may also be scared by the knee cause it's mid (so you keep em guessing). 6PK is very unsafe on block so be sure to throw it out when you want to surprise the opponent or when the elbow lands

 

Give it some time. Your reaction will get better as the weeks pass. Don't tire yourself out over something like that.

 

No one can react to stuff that quickly consistently. Even high level players in Japan don't hit check every single time.

But like others have said, you'll get better at it over time and with practice in the dojo and during matches.

 

You will after enough matches and over time develop Yomi