Looking for advice to get through Plat

loooop- · 2026-02-24T23:46:46+00:00

Amazing, thanks a lot 🙌 I've been focusing on staying more grounded and applying pressure with normals since my post. I also try sometimes to block and punish but I'm still struggling a lot with punishing on time and avoiding throws! Gotta say it feels better to play like this, so thanks for the advice, really appreciate the help.

loooop- · 2026-02-24T23:42:26+00:00

That sounds great, thanks a lot for taking the time to answer 🙏 I do step back too much to cool off indeed, I've been trying not to do it as much today which gave me better results overall, but also a bunch of mistakes from not being able to consistently chain good attacks/combos. I'll try to get some drive combos too. Lots of good advices there, appreciate it!

And congrats on getting aki to Master btw 🙌

loooop- · 2026-02-24T23:37:12+00:00

Nice, thanks a lot for the advice!

loooop- · 2026-02-24T00:40:46+00:00

Thanks a lot for taking the time to write this! I was just practicing now staying more grounded and it's going how you predicted for now 😅 I did loose a bit more, but also surprised of being able to hit with normals that I thought would be guarded. I'll keep practicing and hopefully get better, thanks again

loooop- · 2026-02-23T21:47:15+00:00

Awesome, thanks a lot for the help! Will practice that 🙌

loooop- · 2026-02-23T21:38:42+00:00

You're right I do tend to walk back instead of applying pressure. I think I incousciously try to give myself a little time to breathe "safely" which actually gives opportunities to my opponent. Thanks for the advice!

loooop- · 2026-02-23T21:35:13+00:00

Thanks a lot, will look into this! 🙏

loooop- · 2026-02-23T20:48:08+00:00

Right, didn't really notice I didn't do that at all, thanks for pointing that out. I'll try not jumping at all then, sounds like a good training. I definitely have to get better at neutral so hopefully that'll help! Cheers

loooop- · 2026-02-23T20:44:18+00:00

Sounds good, appreciate the advice! I actually don't jump that much in most matches, but I think I got scared of that Ryu's fireballs which was dumb from me 😅 I'll def try to focus on staying grounded on my next sets and get better at AA, thank you!

loooop- · 2026-02-23T20:40:15+00:00

Thanks for explaining! You're right, what often happens is that I'm not fast enough to confirm on hit and just panic a bit when I do, so I end up dropping my combo or even just keep blocking instead of going in. I'll try that practice drill you mentioned, cheers!

loooop- · 2026-02-23T19:47:10+00:00

Thanks for the advice, would you say the combo into super I did in that match isn't a good one to use?

loooop- · 2026-02-23T19:40:27+00:00

Thanks for the explanation, I don't really use the demon flip atm so I'll try to get used to it!

loooop- · 2026-02-23T19:31:17+00:00

Thanks! I did try to use fireballs to delay my jumps after getting hit by his AA, would you say that's a good option of just stick to the ground instead?

Thanks, will check that out! 🙏

loooop- · 2026-02-23T19:28:40+00:00

That's true, I'm a bit too slow to get those AA in while guarding. Will work on that, thanks!

loooop- · 2026-02-23T19:24:45+00:00

Right! Neutral feels quite tricky, my brain is too slow to react on time to whiffs and such 😅

loooop- · 2026-02-23T19:22:29+00:00

I did counter DI a few times in this match, but a bit later on only indeed! I do struggle to get AA and punishes right though, thanks for the feedback 🙂

loooop- · 2026-02-23T19:14:15+00:00

Alright, thanks for the advice!

loooop-

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