Hi everybody

[shigoshi]

Hi, my name is shigoshi, a self appointed master of madness but to be honest that's more of a joke now than a serious thing.

As far as my soul calibur experience goes I first played sc4 first at one of my friends and discarded it as a poor fighting game which is not exclusive to just this game, I said similar things about blazblue because I couldn't understand it, then both cases, time afterwards I get bored and do some research then give it another shot and I enjoy it.

SC however was more better enviroment than research. Another friend of mine played it and once I started playing him at it I started seeing some impressive stuff (I picked knightmare to try my funny biz toe stomper and he stomped me with cervantes). So both cases with both games: I've been an ignorant idiot only to find out they are actually really fun!

My character of choice is astaroth. Nothing like smacking people around with a huge axe while throwing them around with bear hugs and backbreakers. However my friends know how to crack my ribs with laughter with all their funny characters they make and running commentary in their voices so often I can't help but ether get hit or drop a combo mid-way because I have to control myself from dying in fits of laughter.

Would personally like some questions answered:
Is there any reason why people only edit the actual character and not make their own? Is there a competitive reason or a genuine game reason for it?
Just asking because I like the scoundrel voice when it uses it's special: 'I can feel it' (I just like following up with 'are you ready for love/pain?')
And is there any tips for a noob astaroth player that may help me deal with annoying quick characters because my only real weapon outside of some grabs is the 6K?

 

[RT0wn]

Hey there, welcome to 8WayRun! If you've come for knowledge about SC, this is the place =)

As far as your questions go:

Is there any reason why people only edit the actual character and not make their own? Is there a competitive reason or a genuine game reason for it?
Just asking because I like the scoundrel voice when it uses it's special: 'I can feel it' (I just like following up with 'are you ready for love/pain?')

When people make their own characters using Create-A-Soul (CaS for short), the hitboxes for that character will be different than the one used for the "actual" character. This especially applies to characters like Astaroth, who (probably) have larger hitboxes. So really, it is for tournament use, as CaS characters are banned due to different hitboxes.

And is there any tips for a noob astaroth player that may help me deal with annoying quick characters because my only real weapon outside of some grabs is the 6K?

For a short answer, 66K (bullrush) is a great tool, and so is 4B (the headbutt/stomp). But, I don't play Astaroth that much, so I'll direct you to his Soul Arena where you can read all about him and ask other Astaroth players for tips and help!

 

[CarteBlanche]

Well it's not strictly for tournament use... For example, with Alpha Patroklos, some of his combos will often not work with a created character. I think they do work with the biggest size for created character, but these created characters deal considerably less damage.
Therefore, with Alpha Pat at least, not using the original character is very unwise.
On the other hand there are characters that gain some advantages from being played by smaller created characters.


I don't play Astaroth either, but you can check his frame data.
http://8wayrun.com/wiki/astaroth-frame-data-sc5/
To interrupt, you want a move with a small IMP (frames-to-impact) number because the smaller the number, the quicker the move is. Sometimes it's hard to tell which move is quickest by eye alone. Typically the quickest option is a high attack which is fine, but sometimes you need an attack for situations where a quick middle or low attack would be best. You might also want a quick attack that lets you crouch at the same time, to beat high attacks.

So you should find :
-Quickest attack
-Quickest mid or low attack
-Quickest crouching attack

You also want to find a few attacks and tactics to keep your opponents distanced from you most of the time and swing that big axe to scare them from approaching, but I can't advise anything for that.

 

[jacksalien]

Hello, I'm JackSalien from Dominican Republic; I want to test my ALGOL against anyone interested to check this character and know about him.
My PSN is JackSalien; I will be online since 12:30 AM -4GMT;