Could Someone Give me Guidance on Mastering Combo Techniques in Killer Instinct?

Hello there,

While I have been honing my skills diligently; I find myself hitting a plateau in my progress; particularly in executing effective combos that can turn the tide of a match in my favor. I understand the fundamental mechanics of chaining attacks and timing; but I yearn to delve deeper into the intricacies of combo construction and execution.

Understanding the nuances of when and how to execute a well-timed combo breaker to disrupt opponent’s momentum without leaving myself vulnerable.

Tips and techniques for seamlessly integrating manuals and linkers into my combos to maintain pressure and maximize damage output.

Insights into mind games and strategies surrounding counter-breakers; including baiting opponents and capitalizing on their tendencies.

Efficiently managing resources such as instinct meter and shadow meter to enhance combo potential and overall combat effectiveness.

Also, I have gone through this post: https://forums.ultra-combo.com/t/thoughts-or-tips-on-getting-away-minitab-combo-assist/16809 which definitely helped me out a lot.

Also; If there are any seasoned players willing to spar or provide personalized tutorial sessions; I would be immensely grateful for the opportunity to learn

Thank you in advance for your help and assistance.

I am new to KI, i love this game’s mechanics but i have a problem learning how to combo break. sometime i am in the gray lock-out, sometimes its hard to differentiate light from medium doubles or autos. sometimes i see light double but when i press lp+lk it says it was hard buttons snaptube vidmate

As far as breaking goes, I will throw this out there. It’s better to not break at all then to build a habit of. “Guess breaking “- which is breaking by reflex/muscle memory i.e. just pressing buttons when a combo starts or just straight out guessing..

  • Under the practice menu, there is a combo breaker lab. You could configure the settings to give you visual cues when you’re supposed to break and the AI will just walk up to you and do random combos.
  • Anything by this guy is gold- his YouTube is full of the best information out there.
  • This is the link to one of the “how to break “ videos he made one for every character

Lastly, in reference to your statements about the intricacies of the combo system, in my opinion and others may disagree… There is a right way to learn.

I believe that the wrong way to learn is simply thinking if you fight 1 million matches and play all the characters and learn them. You’re going to be good at whatever skill…

An example is every character has a optimal damage combo, depending on how much shadow you have. Meaning if you like Kim Woo, it’s good to know her optimal damage no meter , optimal damage 1 m 2 m etc. meaning if you have two full bars of shadow meter and a level four KV you should have a set combo that you do assuming the other player isn’t going to break and will let you just run your combo

-the same goes for a counter breaker. If you get a counter breaker on someone you better be ready to cash out as much damage as possible.

You have to figure all this out on your own.

.Just kidding it’s all in the link below…

Yes, it’s a link to an online guide, but there was a documentary done about the guide on YouTube lol-not a documentary about AI but a documentary about the guide

Cheers

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