Lets learn DBFZ! - All about blockstrings 

Months in and I still don’t have the opportunity to get the game but I haven’t been great at creating blockstrings whenever I do get to play it. I get the concepts (safe on block and what’s not etc.) I just haven’t gotten it completely down yet. This video should help as always Rooflemonger-sama

rooflemonger been expecting this! Thank you :D Whenever I'm looking something up for this game I usually just put your name after to see if you've made a video about it yet. Quality stuff as always

Hey I made this request as well, what a guy

Yay u finally made it! I've always wanted to learn this stuff and I hoped you saw my tip, I know im not the only one but i hope i helped to get u motivated to make it ;)

rooflemonger. Do you think you could do a tutorial on staggering?

Fighting games are the most rewarding kind of game because you can always truly track your growth! There is no crutch like blaming your teammate its all on you for better or worse. The low points kinda can be frustrating sometimes but when you see yourself grow nothing is better!

I am the exact same. I suck but the game looks too awesome for me not to play it and Rooflemonger is my fuckin savior

You're definitely not the only one loving the animations in this. I don't even have DBFZ (yet)! ArcSys is really moving 3D into the future with games like this

hahahaha same for me today. but im still at work hahaha

Hey somehow missed this one all the way back, but thanks for the kind words friend :)

No problem its something I'm happy to do. I don't play the game too much (I'm a huge noob so its not too much fun being juggled to death >

@@JoNNyCLOUD171 I’m curious how’s your progress?

@@salmo436 TLDR This is a long post with a bit of ranting and my thoughts on the game. Progress went very well Thank you. I smashed the game for months learning about the way the game works and certain mechanics and terminology across many fighting games even if I only play this one. I have had a slew of fact based debates with folks about how some nerfs that are overwhlemingly looked down upon which were in fact a good nerf for that point in time. SSJ Goku's 2M was one such point. This was also vice versa on nerfs that came far too late (UI Goku) and nerfs or buffs that were bad objectively. However I wasn't overly impressed with Roflmongers reply to one of my posts. It was indeed quite rude. I also feel it came after a pretty arrogant point in his "career" where the fame over took the quality. This is ofc specualtion. But the post was regarding adding multiple assists to characters. The thing was I felt it wouldn't change the core issues of the game or the individual characters. I was ofc correct. (For the most part) The best on screen characters had very VERY unfair stuff. The game overall was quite balanced but the top tiers had unfair stuff and the best characters stayed the best and unless the lower tiers got much better assists nothing would change that. To which Roflemonger replied "wrong", nothing else, which tbh annoyed me because I used facts and he flat ignored that. That's not how you should treat fans but we also know that many "content creators" get arrogant as their fame increases as well. As they say money talks and BS walks. Again this is speculation but it would make sense. Z Broly - Neutral / Block String Pressure Kid Buu - Block String Pressure / A Assist Bardock - Damage From Any Hit / Lariat Speed And Distance Cell - Damage From A Perfect Attack / Block String Pressure etc etc. Now obviously Cell isn't as good as Z Broly but they encompass the same problems that are "unfair". I also thought Goku Blue would be more prevelent and probably would be if UI and "easier" characters that did the same thing didn't exist. The assists changed basically nothing at the top end of the game or the bottom end. Beams are still the best or equally the best in every situation and Kid Buu A and Bardock B were free 50 / 50s on every character. So giving Krillin a "beam" changed nothing becasue other beam characters had better on screen power. So to be hit with a simple "wrong" shows a lack of etiquette towards the fans and community but also a lack of appreciation to the growth and income literally from viewers. I have streamed on some occasions testing moves out and the facts of everything but I have a lot on atm with decorating and prepping for a baby but I would like to go full time as a stay at home dad to show people what they might be missing becasue I love this game. With regards to the new patch well I am enjoying it however ......some characters that were already very good but kept down by some overpowered stuff are now tearing up the game but at least there is variety now. Anyway let me know your thoughts, I love debates and learning new things and if you have a sleeper OP character that migth be worth using.

@@JoNNyCLOUD171 oh shit I missed your comment! It seems like you have really learned the game lol. I’m p much just starting out on my fighting game journey (if you call Smash a fg I have around 1900 hours so I’m used to grinding specific situations out and whatnot altho obvs traditional fgs are different). I just wanna know how did you go about getting better at the game? I’ve been experimenting with this game for around a month now and neutral in the game feels either way too loose to me or just something I can’t wrap my head around. Also blockstrings lmao.

I will be covering BBtag as well!

Skullgirls is such a hard game for me to improve. I wish I was better learning from playing online. I feel as though I'm one of those people that needs a person at my level to improve alongside with.

Happy to help friend! Fighting games are about the most difficult game you can possibly get into, much more so than any Shooter or Moba. The roads a long one to get decent, but its the most rewarding. There's a reason why you see 20+ year vets (myself included) in Fighting games, because no other genre can keep people interested as long. More lifers here than anywhere else.

Thanks. This game is pretty fast paced too. I went to a local event and people told me SV5 is slower. I feel I am learning piano partitions with dbfz combos!

As far as fighting games go yes this is a much faster paced one. There is a lot of different speeds of fighters, street fighter being a bit slower but more scientific, where a lot of playing this game is with your heart. The one ting though even though many games are different, skillsets and finger speed you build do travel over from one game to the next.

Yo Roof, I've been wondering: Im from Europe, and if I get an American copy of the game (since theres STILL no eu release date wtf), will I need to make an American PSN account to play online?

ooo I don't know. I think you might have to? But I can't guarantee it. At least PSN accounts are free.

rooflemonger but ps plus isn’t XD

Happy to be of help friend!

I wish, more assists = more better.

And now we have it

Unfortunately I don't know much about other regions playstyles :( But the easy answer at least for that is North america loves the evil guy/anti-hero. Anyone who wears a lot of black and is all evil will always be more popular in NA.

Not a bad idea I will consider it. That said generally speaking jumping up back is your safest defensive option. Or vanishing right away.

Down tech is generally the safest option of all the tech options in the air. Also for the most part a lot of the time if their stuff isn't tight it will let you recover and act before them.

Nivkh watch the jtails video on him

I will get around to as many characters as I can in time! It takes some time for me to feel comfortable enough with a character before I can make a video for them.

Strider It's from SNK vs Capcom 2. Called "This is true love makin' "

Well a lot of that boils down to knowing when its your turn and when you can do stuff :-0 I do have videos for that though!

Well 8/10 times the jumpstring "starter" is whatever attack you did that got blocked. As you would transition into your combo, then you notice you got blocked and then you made due from there.

Yamcha always wants to start with a crouching medium, its faster than his stand medium to boot.

Vanishing is another way to keep/steal another turn. Most of the time you just have to groove on it. However watch the video on "after you blocked a vanish" to deal with that.

Advantage means you can continue applying pressure after the hit Neutral means that nobody has the advantage Negative means your opponent can hit afterwards

I will get around to as many characters as I can in time! It takes some time for me to feel comfortable enough with a character before I can make a video for them.

Just set the dummy to guard all and practise string at first, then set guard random and practise confirming combos from your block string.

Also cover your gaps with assists

Well a blockstring can be many things, I use the longer ones there as a good baseline. The base of the blockstring is built from the hitconfirm, although hitconfirms in dbfz are a lot longer than they are in say a street fighter game. Not all blockstrings have gaps, some do some don't. If you perfectly time your assists some characters have no gaps through like, 15+ hits on block. As for practicing it just set your dummy to block all and go to down.

Oh wow thanks you guys! Just learned alottt from these comments. I really appreciate the feedback thanks again everyone

@rooflemonger

you are always plus on block (plus 2 specifically) if you vanish on an enemy that is grounded. So in that, yes it is your turn.

rooflemonger thank you 🙏🏽, love the channel

Reflect

@@Yusei797 but doesn't yamcha's heavy do a backflip so u actually have to pause until he does the forward lunge....& then reflect it?

@@krenarspahiu4261 reflect back back otherwise reflect ki blast

Goooootcha. Thx

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I don't think its unfair. Its easier to block in this game than the more savage stuff in MKX. No game with assists has punishes until the assists run out, that's how all tag games work.

rooflemonger Ok your right about that. But what annoys me, is punishing in this game. The options are limited. And i know i sound backwards but i got so used to having dragonpunch motions to do an anti-air. You feel me? There are too many fighting games to learn!!!

In a perfect world, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

Cole Bodine Every character is viable in casual but not in tournament. This game is not balanced in that way. For the top tier characters 2 solo combos and you're dead, for the rest it takes 3 combos with assist extensions to get a kill. Plus the top tier characters have more tools in their arsenal. I'm not saying you can't win with a low tier character what I'm saying is that if you take out each characters assist and just look at them that the top tier is the same. Likewise if you look just at the assists the top tier is the same. That shouldn't be, some characters shouldn't get the world while others struggle for peanuts. You have a beam assist one of the best in the game, well maybe you shouldn't have the best 2 h in the game. Additionally, they could allow us to choose the assist for each character like Skullgirls.