Personally, I expect there will be a lot of Sabrewulf and Glacius played at the tournament. With Killer Instinct still in its infancy there are few matchups you will need to focus on. If you aren’t sure of your ability to break a Shadow Move, especially early in a combo, its better to let it go as an early lockout can lead to loads of damage from Shadow Moves. Practice mixing up the order of your breaks as well so you will be less likely to eat a Counter Breaker. Go into Practice Mode, Record the computer doing an opener into their Shadow Move and practice breaking it. Since you don’t have to practice breaking the mash ones, there are actually very few to practice against.
Shadow Moves are either masher friendly to break or require a specific timing. Exceptions to this are Thunder and Sabrewulf, so again, practice and increase your knowledge. Lastly, heavy linkers are usually three hits and are breakable on reaction. Heavys are usually Counter Break bait as well so be cautious of always breaking them. As people progress to more manuals in combos though, you will need to recognize light and mediums as well. Once you can see heavy auto doubles, the times when you need to guess will be more in your favor. The Prima Killer Instinct eGuide has screenshots that show you what each look like as well. If you can’t see these, use the character in practice mode and check them out. Little details like this in a tournament setting are sometimes the difference between winning and losing a match.Īt this point in the game most people can see and react to heavy auto doubles fairly easily. If you don’t get to pop your Instinct before you lose your first lifebar, be sure to pop it early in your second lifebar.
Knowing this is one thing, but putting it into your gameplay requires practice. Every character’s Instinct mode is extremely useful so if you aren’t using it twice per match then you aren’t playing to your character’s potential. You should get one full stock of instinct per life bar. You gain instinct whenever you take damage or get a successful Combo Breaker.
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