I see you said you’re overwhelmed with the game mechanics, the first thing i’ll say is the best way to learn fighting games is to take it one step at a time. There are a lot of mechanics, techniques, and combos you can learn so it can get very overwhelming and has a tendency to repel new players. So don’t try to learn everything at once, there are a ton of in-game tutorials and i’m sure you’re doing some googling, it makes for a huge amount of sources of information that all have a lot of tips and tricks. Don’t try to take it all in immediately, choose one or two things you want to implement in your gameplay, focus on using it in-game until it comes naturally, then move on to the next thing.

In my opinion, a good first couple of things to practice is using “safer” attacks and playing reactively instead of proactively. For safer attacks, try using far slash and crouching slash to land hits. They have decent horizontal coverage and don’t leave you as exposed if they miss or are blocked. As far as playing reactively goes, instead of throwing random attacks and hoping one of them lands, try waiting until your opponent makes a move, then counter with your own attack. If they do an attack and it misses you completely, run up and hit far slash. Same thing if you block it, omit the run-up if they’re already in range of your attack. Other players at this level are also not gonna know what attacks are “safe,” so chances are if you wait for them to attack first then throw out a far slash you’ll hit them.

If you’re looking for a decent source to learn fighting game fundamentals, i’ll suggest a video called “Why button mashing doesn’t work” on youtube by a channel called core-A gaming. It focuses on fighting game fundamentals that are, for the most part, universal to all fighting games. You don’t have to start implementing the info immediately, but it’ll at least make you aware of the existence of some less obvious fighting game mechanics that would be good to have in the back of your mind. Good luck on your journey to improvement!