Your Fighting Game Approach

When playing a particular fighting game, everyone seems to have their own approach. I'm gonna break them down into three parts:

1) Offensive: You're always the first one to attack. What you lack in defense you more than make up for while dealing heavy damage to your opponent. If you don't have a well polished foundation or pattern, then you're most likely just a button masher who blindly attacks their opponent.

2) Defensive: You're calm and collected while waiting for your opponent to attack. One false move on their part and you punish them with a parry or quick combo. These types of players usually fall short when they face characters they are unfamiliar with. Also, because they are not as aggressive, they run the chance of being predictable. If the opponent can see through your plan to counter attack, all they have to do is change tactics to throw you off your game.

3) Balanced: The most powerful out of the three approaches. You're both calculating and aggressive towards your opponent. What throws people off the most with players who use thisapproach is the fact that they are extremely unpredictable. They don't know whether you'll attack or defend. Only highly skilled players can effectively use this approach. Unskilled players just end up confusing themselves which leads to falling into the opponent's pace.


So which approach do you use successfully? If you're gonna say balance, then I assume you have a high rank to back it up. As for me, I'm an offensive type. I hate blocking, but I'll parry attacks if I get the chance. I try to be balanced, but I'm just not that skilled.

I'm very offensive and will always try and get the first hit :)

Pretty aggressive and only defensive if the other player is clearly better than me.

push a lot of buttons, block, repeatKeredsBlaze

This is pretty much how I play, I don't have the time to learn stupid combos, I just mash buttons and try to block whenever I can

I learn about the game, then use whatever works best.

It depends on how I played with the characters.

I'd say I'm kinda likenumber 3, but how offensive or defensive Iplay overalldepends on the game. I'll go off early if I get the chance and I'm always looking to go on the offense, but I'm also big on countering and catching people on the rebound.

I generally don't play fighting games, but when I do usually I play a defensive style, with lots of "attack denial" jabs and extended duration kicks,intending keep them in stunlock so I have time to prepare a damage dealer. This works really well for Smash Bros and somewhat for Soul Calibur, not so much for combo happy games like Tekken.:P

I'd have to say defensive, unless there is someone who I'm better than (and I know it).

im pretty sure im an offensive subzero player.. :P

I blame the lag.

I usually just mash every single button on the controller and hope for the best.

Pretty aggressive and only defensive if the other player is clearly better than me.

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I learn what wins in the game in question and use it. Having one uniform style across all games is like a state of perpetual failure.DarkCatalyst

This. That's all that needs to be said, really.

I typically play offensively. Those pros who wait for some idiot to make the first move... yeah they'd smash me so fast it wouldn't even be fun to watch.

If it's a single player mode we're talking about, I try to change it up according to what the game calls for. But even then I look for the offensive option first just cause that is what feels natural to me.

In the old days of arcade play, this was a much more viable style. There simply wasn't as many parry or counter options. You could press your advantage against your opponent and usually come off ahead. But with each generation the game changes up and us old dogs often have a tough time adapting. Or at least that has been my admittedly limited experience.

Pretty much THIS