u/Old_Assignment_1770

I downloaded infinite Monday night, spent about 4 days playing ranked arena. Switched to slayer last night after some frustrating games. Just hit diamond today. Just wanted to post a few clips, the triple and quad kill still allude me in slayer. Having more fun than I thought I would. Outside of one really toxic game where my teammate threw on purpose because he beat me the game prior and didn't want to play with me apparently, its been super fun so far.

A game from a win steak I hit to GM today. I've never practiced this combo. Never even done it once in battle or in training. It literally just came out when I saw the low hit. I even yelled, "NOOOOO," when I did it. Lol

Hit GM right at the end of last phase. I've gotten super close 1690+ several times this phase, and finally broke through again. I honestly don't even care if I ever get to UGM, GM is place I can be content in hitting. Though I've really been contemplating getting a coach for a month. A streamer I follow gives light coaching on Sundays, and just from the few very short lessons I always notice a huge improvement. TBD I guess, lol.

A few things I've noticed as I continue to practice are I'm getting better at quickly recognizing player habits and tendencies. Like when they like to jump or neutral jump, or which block stings they like to use and when to interrupt, followed by knowing what the counter play is.

Combos are cool and all, they feel so nice to land clean in battle. But for the most part I've noticed its better to keep it simple 90% of the time. No need to be flashy. Being consistent is way more important. Most of the time an OD special over a DRC will result in as much or more damage with less meter used. Don't burn out unless it kills, or you are super confident you have enough life to get locked down and smashed into the wall, then hit with a super. If you don't have that much life, don't burn out just to get a little more damage. No point if it gets you killed. I used to try to continue pressure if I was low on meter or close to burn out because I was already on offense, I've learned recently its better to back off just a second to gain meter back rather than take the chance of burning out once you lose your turn.

Don't get upset at loses, just sit back a moment and try to think of something that you got hit doing or a scenario in the game you think there was something better you could have done. Take a few minutes and go into replay take over and lab it. Just build on your game play one building block at a time, instead of queuing over and over, take an extra few minutes to learn where you can improve in match ups. Sometimes I don't even know off the top of my head where I could have done better. I just go into take over and look. Something almost always presents itself. I am content with GM, but that doesn't mean I will not continue to strive to improve and be better. That is part of what makes this game fun. Seeing the improvement over time is a great feeling.