I hope this isn't off topic or anything. I'm fairly certain there's better places I could post this question, but I'd rather ask other Bang players than anybody else. Cause a Bang player never turns their back on another Bang player.
Right?
Anyhow, my question are these:
When I'm in a combo, what should I be doing? Are there any tricks to learn? Until recently I've been content with mashing A to try and wake up and perhaps stop the combo, but that doesn't seem to work all the time anymore. It's like I just get combo'd anyway, even if I wake up before the combo is finished. Not only that, but when I mash an attack button to try and wake up as soon as possible I seem to fall pray to throws. If I'm being thrown while I'm trying to mash buttons to wake up and accidentally "attack" while I'm about to be thrown, can I not tech the throw? Maybe I'm just too slow about it, but it would be nice to know if I can or can't. Then I'd know if my "Mash A!" method is worse than I thought.
Also when I'm blocking on the ground I suffer just as much. Bang doesn't have very good, or at least very fast jabs, so I can't really hope to hit them back. It's just a matter of time before I get hit with some overhead and get into a damaging combo. When I play against other characters it somewhat frustrates me that they can just jab me out of my basic combos if I'm slightly too slow, but Bang can't seem to do the same (At least not as well.) Or maybe there's something I'm missing.
I'm really suffering when put under strong pressure. I'm fairly new to BlazBlue, and to fighting games in general, but I'm hoping to learn this game and get skilled at it. I can't do that if I can't defend myself properly. I'd appreciate any tips and any help. Thank you for reading.