New to VF - which fighter should I start with?

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Yeah Firefox fixed it, thanks.

akai I know it is, but when I see something like jeffry's rating I got to think something has to be wrong. I'm not looking for the top characters, but I also don't want the bottom of the list.

For wolf I don't really want most of my damage to be just grapples, tried him some what, but don't really like him. Never really tried Jacky, but I did some what like Lau when I tried him. Just not completely sure.

 

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Jeff <-- the correct answer.

 

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Oh wow I know this is no way a fair way to truly see how a character is like, but after quickly playing with wolf and Jeffry I can say they are the only 2 so far that I really don’t like from the start. With grapples I wasn’t looking for that to be the main damage, really I just wanted someone that didn’t have useless grapples, I mostly just throw in a few grapples to punish blockers. Over all I think Wolf and Jeffry are just to slow for the type of play I like.

But thanks for the help so far.

 

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Well pretty much everyone has nice throws.

 

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To be clear, Jeff has one of the best striking games in VF as far as damage goes. Major counter /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif does almost 1/2 a lifebar and there's basically only 1 combo you need to remember.

"slow" is kind of a red herring here too - Pai is actually the slowest walking character in the game. Everyone can dash and crouchdash. Almost everyone has a 12 frame /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/d.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif. Almost everyone has a useful 14 frame mid (jeff has 2).

If you somewhat liked lau, he's a good character to start with too. Just don't do PPPdK all day.

 

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So far from the characters I have really tried the two that I like and my best are Lau and Eileen. I have not fully tried every one yet, but it seems like these are the two best for me. I think Lau is my best character from how I did on XBL.

But I'm still looking to make sure I pick the right character.

 

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I have played in Order:

Lau
Goh
Vanessa
Lion

I am not a full time player, so I only started using pad to play, Lau and Goh was pretty easy to play, but PS3 I brought a stick, I found Lion makes the most sense to me in terms of his control, and the moves he makes.

 

Re: Why is picking a character so hard rant

I think Lau, Jacky, and Leon are pretty easy to learn. Akira is very difficult for me. He has a lot of great moves but they're very hard to pull off with consistency. Lei Feng is like that also, great combos but I can't get used to the way he kind of stops in the middle of some combos and/or becomes less mobile in certain stances.

 

Hey guys I'm new to the game and I have narrowed my character choice down to one of these four, Lei-Fei, Kage, Vanessa, or Eileen. Any suggestions on who to use?

 

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Seconding you here sorias,

master the VF5, youll understand that VF is a balanced title with attention to detail second to none. every character stands an equal chance of being effective against other character unlike certain other titles coming to mind.

Lau is a good character to learn and feel, the depth of VF5 with. plenty of throws, flowing combos and deals damage effectively.

 

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lol did you just look at a tier list and decided based on that? seriously, this is not tekken or doa, every character can compete.

 

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FGor real man. Forget about tier lits if that is what you used to decide on those four to pick from. Just pick somebody that appeals to you because you are going to be using them everyday. With Virtua Fighter 5 I went back to my roots with Pai Chan.

 

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I chose my character too /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
After testing Brad, Lau, Vanessa, Shun and jacky I picked Akira. He fits better my gamestyle. Although I tink i'm really better with Brad, I don't enjoy playing him as much as Akira.
So much speed and power !

 

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I would like to play character that will help me learn the basics of the game and has a simple to play style....

 

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jacky

 

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Pai Chan

 

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Lau Chan

 

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Jeffry?

 

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I take it back. Forget Pai. Start with Akira. There are not enough Akira players out there.