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Okay, thanks guys. I'll notepad these down cause' I still panic too much in a match to do any of the combos I learned and respond appropriately ._. I've only won 59 matches out of a whopping 173, but I'll keep trying. Hopefully I'll be able to find someone to teach me. Oh and what are DPs? There are so many terminology posts around the net, but I either can't find it or it doesn't really seem to apply to P4? Well, perhaps I just don't understand it. Other than that, can someone explain mix-ups to me, I'm still confused on them (and maybe the options Mitsuru has, that'd be nice).

Hi everyone, so I recently started playing P4U and have high interests in improving. I made a post in the beginners section and from what everyone seemed to think; it'd be best for me to find a Mitsuru mentor. Because of transportation issues and my parents being parents, I don't think a real life meet-up is possible at the moment, so maybe online tutoring would be possible (I might be able to start driving soon though, we'll see)? I don't have a headset that works for the PS3 yet, but I'll be more than happy to buy one if anyone could help me pick P4 up. If anyone is willing let me know. I'm in the US (east coast, though I have played BB with a friend from Singapore and there wasn't really any delay) and free time varies (depends on my sleeping habits, but I'll adjust to your free time if I have to). Besides that though, I would like to know how you pressure with Mitsuru. Perhaps I don't actually understand what pressuring really is. I'll try to ask in a more organized fashion. Pressuring What are common pressure strings? How long do you pressure for? What are you trying to achieve when you're pressuring your opponent? How do you keep the pressure on? Also, for the 5B> 2AB> B Coup combo, I can do the [5B]> 2AB> B Coup version of it, but not the uncharged one no matter what I do. The computer blocks all the consecutive hits after the 5B if I don't charge it. Is that where the CH in the combo thread's notes come in (sorry, too new I guess)? Another note, to get the charged version to work I kind of charge backwards after hitting 5B (it doesn't get the full motion to go backwards, but slightly?) so that the coup will work, would that be okay in a normal match? Or does anything that works on the training dummy that has block after first hit and recover on work? I guess, that'll be all for now. Thanks for your time.

So what I've gotten out of this thread is that I should be learning my spacing, how my character works, my moveset, to learn how to guard/punish, and some basic combos on my favorite hit confirms that any newcomer can pull off with practice (regardless of the methods). Any more specific questions and to learn more in general should be sought out by finding a Mitsuru mentor. If there's anything else I'm missing out of those (I'm sure there is more, but just the basics here), let me know, but I think I can pretty much wrap this thread up now. Thanks for the help! I think the fighting games community has been the most helpful by far out of any gaming category I've tried to pick up. (Though I have to say it is one of the harder ones to pick up, atleast for me.) I think I might be able to start driving soon. Not entirely sure on that yet, but if I can, I'll definitely ask around.

Well, everyone has differing opinions on the matter so far and that's fine, though I don't mind just playing matches for fun even if I lose so I'll continue playing a bit on the side. I've started practicing combos in training and got stuck on #16 for Mitsuru's challenge. I'll just continue to practice combos everyday until I get used to doing them and gradually play more. I suppose my other questions on what I should be doing during an actual match would be better suited for someone that can teach me Mitsuru? I don't really have a means of transportation and I don't think my parents would be happy about inviting someone over that I don't know ;_;. Do you think teaching online would be possible?

Okay! Thanks for the advice everyone. I'll go in training mode and go practice more of my moveset now. So would you suggest just trying out a couple of combos on the combo threads and seeing which one that I like best out of all the starters (simple ones of course)? By the way, how do I pressure with Mitsuru? Maybe I don't actually understand what pressuring actually is? The games I've played may have little meaning at the moment, but I certainly had a hard time playing against Kanjis and Labryses... I'll just focus on basic stuff first though and then practice blocking and punishing. I'll take a look at it, thanks!

I've recently started playing BBCS:EX/P4A and I'm lost at where to start learning to better myself. I've read tons and tons of threads on the forums here, but it's all really overwhelming and I just don't understand where I'm supposed to start. For the time being I just go on P4 ranked and play for the basics. I know this is going to seem like a stupid question, but can anyone tell me a structured way to learn? Like what I should be doing chronologically because I just keep jumping around with random stuff I see and I really don't feel like it's helping. I have plenty of time to play though and have high interests right now so I'm willing to do a lot just to learn these fighters (P4 at the moment). Besides that, my main is Mitsuru if you have any additional tips for playing her. (I mainly play footsies and try to poke a lot with 5As, oops.)