Truly a Fighting Game Noob. Help!

[Nappy]

Hey guys, been following the FGC for about a year now. I attended UFGT X last year in Chicago (where I live) and will be attending Combo Breaker again this year (the successor to UFGT). After I went to UFGT X I went home and immediately bought SF, played it on and off but never took off. When I saw that GG Xrd was on the Valentine sale for PSN I had to get it because I remember playing GG on my PS2 as a kid and loved it.

 

Now....this is essentially the first time I'm playing a fighting game where I want to take it seriously, where do I begin. I'm still just playing arcade mode and getting my ass whooped by the CPU figuring out who I want to main. Besides figuring that out, where does a total FG noob start? I played through and completed training mode, (which I'm going to have to do about another 10x) to remember it all. 

 

Is there any "Intro to Fighters" I should read/watch? Just reading the character specific forums hasn't helped me out yet because I don't understand half of it =P 

 

Lastly my goal is to have a basic understanding of GG by May and I'd love to enter Combo Breaker even if I get bodied every single round.

 

Thanks for all the help in advance!

[Hollysmoke]

Resource for being brand new to fighting games in general: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5axndoon7v0luj6/FightingGamePrimer.pdf?dl=0

 

This will teach you everything about the fundamentals in any 1v1 fighting game. Even though it refers to SF4, a lot of the though process still applies to airdashers (which is what we predominantly play on Dustloop). If you want to learn Guilty Gear Xrd, do the tutorial first and foremost to get introduced to the game/system mechanics. Then do the mission content to learn the fundamentals specific to GG. For example, the fighting game primer I linked talks about DPs and reversals, but the missions will teach you how they work specifically in GG. Finally, do the challenge mode. Do about the first 15 for each character so you learn all their specials and some very basic combos. This will help you understand what all the characters are capable of, as well as help you find a main. Do all the challenges for the character you want to main; for the most part, they teach you a lot of character specific elements you need to know (For example, Sol's challenges teach you how to dustloop, Zato's teach you how to control Eddie, and I-No's teaches you how to do IAD jK links). It's kind of like learning calculus - it seems daunting at first, but once you hit that moment where it all makes sense, everything starts coming together a lot easier. 

 

Once you do all that, check out the resources on Dustloop. Play some matches to get some feedback, watch some videos, read up on combos. If you get stuck on a challenge, ask people how to do it. If you got any other questions, feel free to ask. We don't bite.

[Airk]

This post was written for BlazBlue, but it's really game agnostic.  It should help, at least.

[tokin fuyou]

You could also watch Airdash Academy on Youtube, which isn't a bad starting point.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWfk3tOJjaQ