Month: January 2017

While Nine is considered one of the best in Blazblue: Central Fiction, the Great Mage has some nuances that need to be learned in order to be played properly. Much like every top tier character in any game imaginable, you can’t simply pick them up and immediately start beasting with them (if you can, then prepare to see them get hit with the ban hammer!).

But thankfully, J Rivera has conjured up a beginner’s guide for playing Nine for everyone to grasp how to cast level 9 S-tiericism on their opponents. Starting with the absolute basics, he gives you enough of her basic moves and spells to get started, and will certainly be delving deeper later.

Source: TheJrivera

Handling stressful situations is half of playing a fighting game. No amount of fundamentals, neutral and matchup knowledge, combos or resets will be enough if you crack or self-destruct under pressure. While a lot of this pressure is found in tournaments, players certainly also feel this pressure while climbing the online leaderboards.

With this in mind, YouTuber PugilistPenguin–in his series “Two Minute Tutorials”–attempts to give some advice on using outside influence to improve your play. He gives tips on calming down, improving reaction time, and improving performance through sleep. Most of these tactics can be applied to tournament anxiety as well, so if your problem is those jitters you get before matches, than this could be very helpful for you!

Source: PugilistPenguin