Someone educate me about fighting games [or "how to get better at Tekken 7"]

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OK, this is a thread which I didn't think I'd ever make but these things can happen...

A few years ago I got Skullgirls on a whim, enjoyed it for a bit and then thought little of it. Then about two months ago I noticed that Tekken 7 was on sale. I had played Tekken 3 as an undergrad so was a little familiar with the series and was curious to see it. I checked out some gameplay footage on Youtube and in seconds I knew I had to have it.

And oh my God, Tekken 7 is incredible, I love the graphics, the smoothness of movement, the characters. It's almost not like fighting but choreography. That game seems to have had a lot of money pumped into it! The matches are also really intense, especially when you get going [I currently have two characters in green tier, I know that's not that far but it's good for me...].

And then a few days ago I picked up Mortal Kombat X. Mortal Kombat is a game I had always taken the mick out of since I thought it was only played by ASBOs but it's actually really good. I also picked up Street Fighter V on sale but it's really meh and not for me at all [it's like 'Marvel' fighting].

What I need to know is - can anyone give me general advice on how to improve in these games?

Do people actually spend time practising, how do people memorise combos? What is the timing you need on some of these combos since I can't get them all to work. Do you really need frame-per-frame timing? It's almost like playing an instrument.

Any advice at all would be amazing.
 
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Amatsubu said:
I can give you advice on Tekken but it takes time and you have to take it slow.

Conbos are actually the least important thing, just learn a basic one off your main launchers to not leave dmg on the table. It'll work for now and it's the easiest thing to optimise later on.

Pick a character and learn their top 10 moves, the safer the better (under -10f on block is safe) and slowly learn to apply them in combat.

The most important thing is learning when and when not to attack. A lot of beginners actually kill themselves because they can't stop pressing and doing launch punishable moves randomly.
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This is a really good post, thank you, but too much to absorb in one go. I've started taking it slowly and yesterday hung back rather than going "all in" all the time. I hung back, waited for the opponent to strike and then struck when they did. It worked most of the time, and now my main [Josie] is nearly yellow, maybe I'll be able to get her there tonight since I'm only one rank away from Warrior. I also started using Rage Art which I never did before.

What I also noticed is that really applying and getting to know just 1-2 combos was very effective, and then just getting the timing right on those one or two. Also if things aren't going how you expect, observe for a bit.

With regard to Mortal Kombat, that's also going well, currently moving into medium difficulty from easy.
 
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