Chaining attacks is one of the most important parts of fighting games,but there is another one that is also important. It is called blocking which will help you a lot. It helps you block attacks to punish the other person with your attacks. The way you do it is move backwards when there going to attack. This will keep you from attacks all the time. There is also a crouch guard and what you do is hold down and a little back. This will block low and standing attacks. Depending on the game you can air block which is jumping and holding back on the stick(or whatever stick your using). If you block wrong you will get hit so be patient with you opponent. Air attack must be block standing block, while standing attacks and must either be blocking standing or crouching. Low attacks must be blocked crouching. Blocking is a huge part of this game next to attacking so think if you need to switch to offense or defense. Their is one thing players can do with there characters if they have this type of move. It is called an over head which can be done while standing. You must stand so you don’t get mixed up and punished for it.
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