Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate
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Windstar
[12] Conqueror
Less than 25 more wins until I hit 1000 with Kokoro! 70% win rate with her, so I'm looking pretty good.
Ended up fighting a lot more B/A/S ranked players. Wow, they aren't too good. Lots of gimmicks, little skill.
Been thinking about ways to approach with Kokoro and about defense too. Based on my experiences, it doesn't seem like Kokoro has many options for breaking an offensive beyond 2H+K, and has serious trouble with really fast mids. Kokoro herself doesn't have a good fast mid like Lei-Fang or some other characters have (maybe 3P). So her primary defense is looking openings to sidestep or hold. Can be kinda tough against characters who have a lot of horizontal, tracking attacks, and good mix ups like Kasumi's.
As far as approach, her 66P is pretty good. Seems rather evasive too in that it goes through a lot of attacks and works really well as a whiff punisher. In some cases, its better than Akira's 66P. It also opens up crazy mind games on the opponent. Do they try and hold and you force a throw or do you push a mix-up, or pressure game on them. Or do you go for a launcher and get guaranteed damage? Lots of good stuff. It doesn't seem to work well as a poke or pressure tool, however, because its mid a lots of players hold mid. So it doesn't seem like a good tool for getting in on opponents. With the input and the timing, it also doesn't feel like a good move to break momentum - especially at close range. 6P+K might be okay, but I don't like that 6P+KP isn't a natural. 33P could also work, but it feels slow. 7P's got a sabaki on it, but it isn't too reliable. Will need to look into it some more.
I've been postulating the idea that, if Kokoro were to get a buff, it would be nice if her Heichu had a catch/sabaki in reverse mid attacks like kicks or punches with her Heichu P. In other words, say Kokoro doesn 8P > Heichu. Heichu catches the retaliatory strike and the immediately counters with Heichu P. Or maybe instead of Heichu P, it would reverse with a unique move?
I also wonder if it would be possible to choose whether to do the Heichu throw or the Heichu stance from any of her Heichu follow-ups. So instead of just PPT you could have a PPP+K and instead of just 2H+KP+K you could also have 2H+KT. Could create some interesting mix ups and help with her linearity. On the other hand it could also make her ferociously more powerful than she needs to be.
Also... making 4T actually guarantee something... or at least put some threat on the player much like Akira's does. I kinda wanna see if Kokoro could get one or two of Akira's moves like 214P, 214P+K, 236P+K or his 66P+KTHK (mainly the low hitting K).
Heck, it'd be nice if all the characters in the game could have some of the more interesting throws of Akira/Pai.
Ended up fighting a lot more B/A/S ranked players. Wow, they aren't too good. Lots of gimmicks, little skill.
Been thinking about ways to approach with Kokoro and about defense too. Based on my experiences, it doesn't seem like Kokoro has many options for breaking an offensive beyond 2H+K, and has serious trouble with really fast mids. Kokoro herself doesn't have a good fast mid like Lei-Fang or some other characters have (maybe 3P). So her primary defense is looking openings to sidestep or hold. Can be kinda tough against characters who have a lot of horizontal, tracking attacks, and good mix ups like Kasumi's.
As far as approach, her 66P is pretty good. Seems rather evasive too in that it goes through a lot of attacks and works really well as a whiff punisher. In some cases, its better than Akira's 66P. It also opens up crazy mind games on the opponent. Do they try and hold and you force a throw or do you push a mix-up, or pressure game on them. Or do you go for a launcher and get guaranteed damage? Lots of good stuff. It doesn't seem to work well as a poke or pressure tool, however, because its mid a lots of players hold mid. So it doesn't seem like a good tool for getting in on opponents. With the input and the timing, it also doesn't feel like a good move to break momentum - especially at close range. 6P+K might be okay, but I don't like that 6P+KP isn't a natural. 33P could also work, but it feels slow. 7P's got a sabaki on it, but it isn't too reliable. Will need to look into it some more.
I've been postulating the idea that, if Kokoro were to get a buff, it would be nice if her Heichu had a catch/sabaki in reverse mid attacks like kicks or punches with her Heichu P. In other words, say Kokoro doesn 8P > Heichu. Heichu catches the retaliatory strike and the immediately counters with Heichu P. Or maybe instead of Heichu P, it would reverse with a unique move?
I also wonder if it would be possible to choose whether to do the Heichu throw or the Heichu stance from any of her Heichu follow-ups. So instead of just PPT you could have a PPP+K and instead of just 2H+KP+K you could also have 2H+KT. Could create some interesting mix ups and help with her linearity. On the other hand it could also make her ferociously more powerful than she needs to be.
Also... making 4T actually guarantee something... or at least put some threat on the player much like Akira's does. I kinda wanna see if Kokoro could get one or two of Akira's moves like 214P, 214P+K, 236P+K or his 66P+KTHK (mainly the low hitting K).
Heck, it'd be nice if all the characters in the game could have some of the more interesting throws of Akira/Pai.
0VincentRayne0
Faith
you mean those Pai throws that make only make people open to her because they get caught up laughing their asses off at her pathetic damage? :D
sorry. had to add that in there. just went up against a guy in casual matches and had an annoying play style with Ayane(there is a lot wrong with her that i'm seeing now that gives her unfair advantages. ex. invisible hitboxes beyond her character model's reach.) and was losing with pai more often than winning only because of the garbage damage. i have my fingers crossed for a buff. but in the mean time i'm gonna go for another main. My Kokoro is fine. just a matter of adjusting to each opponent.
and on a good note. I managed to get that santa outfit for Pai. i gotta say that she's smokin'! and now that i think about it. i've never seen that much exposed skin on her before.
sorry. had to add that in there. just went up against a guy in casual matches and had an annoying play style with Ayane(there is a lot wrong with her that i'm seeing now that gives her unfair advantages. ex. invisible hitboxes beyond her character model's reach.) and was losing with pai more often than winning only because of the garbage damage. i have my fingers crossed for a buff. but in the mean time i'm gonna go for another main. My Kokoro is fine. just a matter of adjusting to each opponent.
and on a good note. I managed to get that santa outfit for Pai. i gotta say that she's smokin'! and now that i think about it. i've never seen that much exposed skin on her before.
MorrowsWings
[13] Hero
I was one of those guys who where laughing at how much damage those throws did. You remember my first time playing? Damn that was bad. 50 hits just to get my health down to 75% while it only takes like 10 for hitomi.
So messed up
