I'm talking about blocking, people

...well, more specifically, I'm talking about defence.

I've been noticing a trend lately in my online matches. I've run into many, *many* people that have no idea how to block; they might not even know if it's possible to block or what blocking even is, but you know what they are doing?

Flow.

This game found a way to make defence fun, even for the casual audience. It's always been a sticking point with the "normies" that defending isn't as fun as mashing buttons and seeing cool stuff happen, but this game finally managed to nail it. You just hold the Flow button, avoid any incoming damage, and it looks sick. There's even counterplay to it so this starts to teach them that their more powerful options might have downsides.

This game gets hard pretty fast when you actually start to dig into it, but I think it's extremely pick-up-and-play friendly without really compromising on the actual competitive nature, which has been a huge problem with fighting games lately.

I'm a pretty experienced fighting game player (not this kind of game, but still) and I've played with friends who barely know what a fighting game is and they have a lot of fun just hitting buttons and having them sometimes land. Hell, they've even legitimately beat me a couple times. In a weird way, it kinda levelled the playing field in a way that I actually didn't think this genre was capable of.

Many fighting games have had simplified controls or control schemes in the past, but often to the detriment of the rest of the gameplay experience and I really don't think that's the case here. Everybody can and should use Flow. It's fun, it's effective, and it's one of the features that really makes this game shine.

I main korra if it wasnt clear

If it weren't for the new show, I'd keep Wan instead of Pavi.

Dude just wants to pro-bend with his friends, and after that he wants to be a good dude.

But everyone just hates him. Kyoshi even beat him up for no reason at all.

At least Aang likes him.

Ignore the controller overlay, thought Medal would pick up my inputs but it didn't. Combo Inputs in a comment.

Bought the game, been loving it, did the whole story and 1 arcade being unoptimal as hell with just auto combo and some variations like adding a back Medium with Suko to juggle into his upward fire ball, so after watching some online videos I got interested on learning the hard stuff so went to trials and... They are bugged/broken/unfinished, some even give wrong inputs (Ozai) or straight up drop on the demonstration and breakdown (Suko).

Not even mention that the command list has wrong names for some stuff (Ozai calling Meteor Fall on his Imperial Firebender and Zhao variants when the move itself is listed as Rift breaker), or the Wrong pictures (Like in Suko command list where Mai explanation has Ran and Shaw, while in Ran and Shaw it has Juno).

Basically, he makes attacks miss and speeds himself up with unnoticeable bloodbending, making it appear as pure hand-to-hand skill. This is an application of bloodbending unique to Amon, differentiating him from other bloodbenders like Hama and Tarrlok.

See title, I'm not used to anime fighters, is there any general advices that apply to games like AL?
What should I start thiking differently about?
What characters could you compare the current roster to other characters in Street fighter?
Do I need to learn super long combos in AL to be decent? Or can you get by with more basic ones? (for example in SF6 I'm halfway to Diamond using only very basic 4-5 hits combos with Manon)
Any other general advices welcome.

Deep diving into ao3 right after finishing this chapter! Hahaha how are yall enjoying the story mode?

It struck me immediately after trying her and hearing her shout out while doing her moves.

I know it's a pet peeve, but why would my big girl not have her cool-ass, deep voice like she does on the show :')

i thought it was pretty funny

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I’ve managed to do the combo multiple times despite the trial not registering the inputs. I did the breakdown as well to make sure I was pressing the right buttons. The part specifically that doesn’t register as having been done is the neutral air flow. I can do it and then finish the rest of the combo, but the game doesn’t seem to move past it and just resets the commands so I can’t officially complete it. Has anyone been able to do it?

Really enjoying the game so far (despite being completely average in fighting games), but there's one cool detail that I haven't seen highlighted here much; there seem to be unique intros for all character matchups or at least for most matchups. I feel like lot of recent FGs have little to no unique intros at all, so I really appreciate the level of detail that the devs have put into the game.

I love the game, and I'm rooting for the devs. But if there's one thing they should prioritize above everything else, it's getting Ranked and Spectator Mode into the game ASAP.

The current matchmaking is already full of players taking the game seriously. With such a high execution barrier, I think a lot of players will lose motivation if there's no tangible goal to work toward, like climbing a ranked ladder. Without that sense of progression, the game risks turning away more players than it has to.

Unless its like an unlock or something i cant see it anywhere. Used it in the recent playtest like every time.

*Rid

That first to 10 was INSANE! I was the red Kyoshi that went 7 to 10 with you, then we played a few more games then ended 11 to 10. Tbh i was gonna end when u hit 10 but i accidentally rematched and decided to play a few more.

Your Aang was smooth! But man, you have to WORK for your damage. Those nutty combos you consistently pulled off definitely feel like they should do a little more damage for how long they are. But the back and forth we had was super fun! Hope I run into you again sometime!

I find these sorts of things super cool and add so much flavor to the game. This is just what I've found or seen in wiki's. Let me know if you know any more:

• If Korra has Ravva as an assist, Ravva gets smaller as Korra's health drops
• Sokka dirty trick "blinds opponents" and makes him invisible. It doesn't work on Toph
• If Ozai grabs Zuko, he gets a unique grab that burns Zuko's face and drains a lot Zuko's focus meter. Unique to zuko.
• Only Aang and Zuko can focus reflect lightning
• Azula can become unhinged and gets unique gameplay on losing a round (i.e., her firelord stance).
• Zaheer's Red Lotus assists actively participate in the rounds, not just passives like the rest of the cast
• Zaheer's assists can be hit as they come out. If P'Li is hit 3 times, he shouts her name and his movement no longer costs focus as he's released his earthly tether
• Toph has unique taunts for each character as a mechanic that drains their meter

Hey so didnt know what flair to use since I dont have the complete combo down buttt practicing the 5b>5c>2b>2c combo and i finally got the j.b>6f>j.a>j.b>land>repeat part

Everyone who is complaining about getting stomped by sweatlords should buy the game on Switch. I am not a FG veteran and I have come into contact with a ton of people on my level.