Thanks!

This is called Sansukumi. I have a printout of this: 1. Mixup pressure beats waiting for a whiff 2. Waiting for a whiff beats keepout attacks 3. Keepout attacks beat mixup pressure. This is also known as the "Three - Way Deadlock" Good stuff dude 👍

I was thinking he sounds like the lock picking lawyer

holy shit

I understand your pain and it is indeed a long grind. I have an okay back dash on pad, but it is SIGNIFICANTLY better on my mixbox

No worries you got this shit bro 💪 🎉

I can ask Instructor Keith to do a video all about strings, because there are good strings and there are bad strings, and how to use them (to CH for example). If he does do a video, you should get a notification for it if you are subscribed.

Strings have gaps. First two hits are generally guaranteed but by the third they either become a high or low or they're slow and can be jabbed checked. Some strings jail.

I play on a hitbox style controller, the mic picks up my buttons pretty clearly lol

Some people like to run player matches or play secondaries to practice specific skills. I think it's okay and probably healthy to not just grind ranked. But it's also okay to play ranked to focus on practice instead of just gaining points. Rank =/= player skill. if you lose a ranked match but punish a move that you previously had trouble reacting to, that's still a win in my book.

@@notkeithb I agree with this, but sometimes I get a little frustrated in the punishment practice on real people that I sometimes just let my opponents have it 😂

Don't practice new stuff in a high stress environment like rank

Generally speaking jabs beat air moves, it is a pretty universal thing if your opponent is doing a jumping attack you jab to float them then go into a juggle. Most if not all plus frame moves have weaknesses. Most are either slow and can be interrupted or fast but can be ducked. Most jabs are +1 so you can duck them and punish for example

Sounds like the moves you are using are too slow and are losing out to ones with a faster start ups. Seems like you could use more of smaller but faster pokes(1 jab,df1) in your gameplan, try to center your offense around them for a bit and nerd out on frame data(Check what you can do after they hit, and what can you do after they are blocked), throw in an occasional d4 too as that move has big range and imo Raven excels in mid-long range. Another recommendation is to get a feel for your counterhits and try to take note what your opponent is doing after getting those +frames and if possible try challenging that with a move that is fast enough to beat their options. If a player sees you are respecting their plus frames all the time, they will start feeling confident and use more and more of the moves that are slower but give more reward(More +frames, Reina's throw etc.). For Raven a powerful counterhit tool to steal turns is 1,2,4, not sure about the others(4,1 gave a combo in T7 but don't think its a thing in T8). In the case of Reina, 1,2,4 should be fast enough to beat all her stance transition options on block except the armor(And possibly the sweep due to highcrush, might be too slow for that though), if she enters the stance after hitting you don't bother pressing buttons(You can risk a duck though). But remember, if you are in a minus situation the enemy still has the advantage so don't try to interrupt evertime, if they will adjust they will start to mix their options - which is not that bad of a thing they will be less confident about their mix up and start using options trying to beat your possible interrupt that don't reward them when you simply block(For example Reina going for armor which you can punish).

Also hey a fellow Ace combat fan, cheers!

@@razcipherff7272 Cheers to you too mate, and thx for the tips!

Don't kbd up close

Yeah that is actually a thing certain strings cannot be neutral guarded.