I managed to get a decent handful of games in online last night, I'm still undecided how they went, I lost more than I won, but I think a large part of that is related to it being new, everyone's points being reset and a lot of high level players are starting off with no points - so us 'beginners' aren't going to stand much of a chance in what should be balanced matches at the lower ranks.
But that shouldn't take too long to settle out and I'll be able to work on improving my ranks, outside of just being blown up by far better players.
I had quite a few interesting matches against some of the new characters, one poison player certainly had some experience using her, probably from SFxT, as she just blew me up, but generally the others were quite good because I struggled with not knowing the match up, while they struggled with a new character.
Vs Decapre - This is the hardest one to tell, as a brand new character nobody knows her yet, one I fought and nearly got 2 perfects on, the other was a bit closer (they then switch to their main for a rerun and anhiliated me) I imagine this could be a tricky match up once people learn to play her.
Vs Poison - This one was generally good for me, takes a lot of figuring out to get the dive kick punishes on her fireballs, as they're weird, big and slow, so what could normally be an easy punish on say Ryu, can end up with you diving kicking the top of the fireball instead. Once you get past that I think this could be a good match up for Juri (certainly at the lower levels)
Vs Hugo - Haven't fought this one yet, but as Juri has quite a good zoning game and with hugo's size I think it might be possible to abuse her HK fireball, as it will hit him both standing and jumping I think - better players can probably still close the gap, but lower down I think this is heavily in Juri's favour.
Vs Rolento/Elena - I've not fought either of these yet, I've always disliked Rolento in any game he's been in, so I'm kinda hoping its an easy match up for Juri. I've not seen much Elena, never played with or against her in any game, but looking at some recent videos her kicks can be a bit random, I think it could be one of the trickier ones if you're not used to the match up...
More online tonight - aiming for 500PP/BP if I've get enough time ao
But that shouldn't take too long to settle out and I'll be able to work on improving my ranks, outside of just being blown up by far better players.
I had quite a few interesting matches against some of the new characters, one poison player certainly had some experience using her, probably from SFxT, as she just blew me up, but generally the others were quite good because I struggled with not knowing the match up, while they struggled with a new character.
Vs Decapre - This is the hardest one to tell, as a brand new character nobody knows her yet, one I fought and nearly got 2 perfects on, the other was a bit closer (they then switch to their main for a rerun and anhiliated me) I imagine this could be a tricky match up once people learn to play her.
Vs Poison - This one was generally good for me, takes a lot of figuring out to get the dive kick punishes on her fireballs, as they're weird, big and slow, so what could normally be an easy punish on say Ryu, can end up with you diving kicking the top of the fireball instead. Once you get past that I think this could be a good match up for Juri (certainly at the lower levels)
Vs Hugo - Haven't fought this one yet, but as Juri has quite a good zoning game and with hugo's size I think it might be possible to abuse her HK fireball, as it will hit him both standing and jumping I think - better players can probably still close the gap, but lower down I think this is heavily in Juri's favour.
Vs Rolento/Elena - I've not fought either of these yet, I've always disliked Rolento in any game he's been in, so I'm kinda hoping its an easy match up for Juri. I've not seen much Elena, never played with or against her in any game, but looking at some recent videos her kicks can be a bit random, I think it could be one of the trickier ones if you're not used to the match up...
More online tonight - aiming for 500PP/BP if I've get enough time ao