How to Improve My Execution

[Hollysmoke]

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Now you need to do it in an actual match. And then the penultimate test of having me scream "DON'T DROP IT DON'T DROP IT DON'T DROP IT!" over and over while you do the combo.

[Qu_Ane]

From the practice I've done so far, I can feel an improvement. I've been doing some basic combos with my eyes closed and it's helping my rhythm. I've also been playing my friend who is a noob at fighting games and his slow pace of play allows me to consciously relax myself and not mash. This helps me apply some of what I'm teaching myself in actual neutral play. Combo #1 on the Mizumi wiki for Vatista is 5a>5b>2c>5c>j.b>j.c>[8]2a>2b>2c>[2]8b. I have been practicing the first four inputs there and I will not move on until I can do that every single time without so much as a single stray input. Then I'll just keep adding inputs and repeating. I'm really determined to get better. I thought BlazBlue was fun, but UNIEL is even better. I love Vatista despite her being a charge character, and being arguably the most difficult character in the game. She can replace Mu-12 for me as I've stated in other parts of this forum I'm quite upset by the changes for Mu-12 in BBCPE to the point where I no longer want to play her. But I digress. Vatista is really fun and I can say that it's not as boring for me to sit in training mode now. This may be because I feel like I'm accomplishing more than when I was trying to do combos by mashing. I just didn't get anywhere and gave up. Now what I'm doing will bring me to a level where I can execute combos and further my progress as a player.

 

EDIT: I successfully did Vatista's first combo perfectly without mashing. I don't have it mastered, but I won't even consider moving on until I can do it blind. I'm not just going to improve my execution, I'm going to make it top notch. I can already feel my effort paying off, and I'm really happy I put this work in. Also, training mode is way more fun than it's ever been. Not only can I do things in a calm and orderly fashion with less difficulty, but I'm doing it with the most fun character I've ever played.

...wow. Okay, I need to try Mu-12 in BB, cuz we sound like the exact same person when it comes to UNIEL. o__o

 

I've been told the spacing requirements make it a combo not worth mastering early on, but I'd suggest at least trying the first delay combo from the wiki. That one was hella hard for me, but it's like anti-mash fundamental. If you can get to the 2A after the first crouching orb even once you'll feel a ton of difference in your skill with other combos.

 

I still sort of mash out the startup moves to charge early. I notice a few of these games let you press some things beforehand-ish (AH3LM being the biggest offender), so folks like us'll be at an advantage if we can learn startup timing pretty well. I tend to hit 2C 5C at my own time, and hold up for the jump/charge right afterwards. Due to that I drop at 5C every once in a while, but I feel like I get days to charge when I don't drop it (I'm working on not dropping it at all, of course) and it really helps me wrap my head around things in mid-air (much needed, bcz time seems to flow fast forward for me in mid-air sometimes).

[Andrew Tk Khoo]

Combo parts.

Practice stuff in small parts.

Get used to performing each part separately so you know what timings you need between certain moves. When you can do each part separately with no flaw, link parts together in parts. That way you get used to timings between parts, like if you need a delay etc.

That gives you strings you can use. Learn which parts of the string don't work on block, and find a point where you know you've hit them and can combo, or if you didn't and can change to a block string. Execution is mostly just being able to identify a point you know that a combo part will fit and linking them into your combo.