How to IMPROVE in Rivals 2 (Tips and Tricks)

[@NotxalkBN]

If no one got me, parrying got me fr

[@Theovates]

Parrying in this game is soo good

[@psiduck6101]

Orcane about to feel the wrath of my Kragg F-smash after I parry the most obvious puddle boosted smash that's ever existed 🐋🥺💀

[@cardboardleaf7971]

Honestly being told to slow down and observe things more, and also having the importance of wavelanding explained fully, are things I've only heard from you. I bought the game just 3 days ago and all the guides I've been watching have basically been saying "learn how to move well so you can have more control, always be quick so you can keep your opponent guessing" without really spelling it out properly; which as a complete casual is what I need. I'd been trying to focus so hard on just going fast that I was essentially just button mashing, and still being super punishable. TL;DR thank you for actually giving noob friendly explanations, and also for spelling out that I need to actually know what's going on in the match as opposed to just spamming shorthop aerials and hoping to land a strong attack after a certain point

[@Daniel-Murphy951]

I'll be honest, I'm completely new to taking platform fighters seriously. The most I did was play with friends before this. Being given all these concepts and terms is seriously amazing! Thank you!

[@Bongobjork]

Worth to mention that parry reflects all projectiles. Super strong against big slow projectiles from mr. elephant or beetleboy

[@sakuyarules]

Parried a Loxodont who was ledge grabbing, then dropping ledge to up special, on repeat ad infinum. The Loxodont was able to grab the ledge and wasn't stunned. Great times.

[@NotxalkBN]

I think loxodont should just fall off and blow up spontaneously but that’s just me

[@Hazedboss]

Really appreciate this video! If I see you in a tourney I'll be rooting for you now :)

[@AeroAcacia]

Insanely underrated. Amazing video as always!!

[@crimsonguitarist]

2:12 your advice is correct, but the footage is just down throw -> jab -> down throw, instead of grab -> pummel -> down throw -> regrab

[@NotxalkBN]

@@crimsonguitarist this is true, I only realized this _after uploading_ 😅, I’ll do my best to match the clips up with exactly what I’m talking about moving forward

[@crimsonguitarist]

@@NotxalkBN All good - it happens to the best of us :)

[@Slatanata22]

6:55 if you're getting stuck in your sheild learn about sheild stop and wavedash out of shield

[@solodolo9450]

This is my first ever game like this that I've taken seriously. So much fun but damn I am getting cooked.

[@NotxalkBN]

That’s the process, especially with rivals of aether haha. But when you _get_ it, man it’s better than crack (can confirm)

[@HauntedPropane]

2:33 big tips right there i do need to start using leave in conditioner

[@KristaTheWolf]

What the fucking shit I was literally spraying leave in conditioner when you made that comment

[@NotxalkBN]

@@KristaTheWolf I wasn’t lying bro I smell it

[@SP0R3S]

Would love some breakdown replay vids of your gameplay! Or maybe of tournament games! Im bad at fighting games but you seem to have a nice way of explaining things so would love to see more of what you are looking at in matches! Have a like and sub!

[@NotxalkBN]

That’s a good idea! Thing is, because I’d be able to upload them SO frequently, I wouldn’t want to clutter my upload feed with it. I’d hate to strictly put it behind a paywall of the channel membership, but I’m figuring I might do tourney and vod reviews as apart of the channels membership (not even sure how many people would pay 4.99 to see it). I’ll figure that out and probably announce it in a rivals video.

[@Nyoraim]

Thanks for all the tips!! I've been struggling with movements on every platform game I play, no matter what character I play my movements don't feel smooth and quick :')

[@Chickeneater_69420]

Holy 110 hours on the demo 🤣

[@NotxalkBN]

It was an exp grind method I was put on to, I’ll talk abt it in a vid 🤭

[@XGDragon]

Great first tip! I was playing a best of 3 against a very fast player. As Clairen, I noticed if I just rightB I would hit him everytime. Cuz he just went for me, no matter what. All the time. I think he was better than me mechanically, but I won.

[@JesusFreak711]

Great video 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 I really found the controller display helpful that explained your movement for the visual learners out here. I have a couple video suggestions if you are up for them. One a full on beginner guide breaking down all the things different from regular platform fighters and how to do those things and since you are a Forstburn main a tutorial for him

[@NotxalkBN]

@@JesusFreak711 I’ll look into making those soon

[@lol1013]

great guide !

[@ryanjabell]

Great video and great points. I look foward to more tatical and anylitical commentary from you on future RoA2 vids! Also, dont listen to the dude talking about sparking zero. Post the content you wanna make to not get burnt out.

[@LilskeevsGaming]

Great video! I’m brand new and this was massive help! 💪🏼💜

[@BladeMaster0182]

Really good advice! About half of it can be applied to real life too 😅. My piece of advice is play Loxodont like I did. I'm bad at most of the stuff in this video and Lox forces you to get good. They don't have any spammable gimmicks like the others so you have to be good at the game to win.

[@kenjiropakwan1714]

This is a very useful video for newbies like myself. Would appreciate a tutorial on how to ledge guard (Especially Forsburn) because everytime I do this, I end up falling and loose a stock 😅

[@NotxalkBN]

Gotcha with the follow up guide. In the meantime, my other gameplay videos of rivals 2 should give practical examples of what I describe in this video in real time, give em a watch!

[@zamarion101]

The first 2 are so so real.

[@requiem9167]

Ooo free Forsburne tips too. Subbed

[@NotxalkBN]

@@requiem9167 thanks, I did a whole stream going over tips for him too! Check it out in my live tab

[@Theunforgiven7513]

Not bad for beginners to the platform fighter genre

[@MochaMochaMochaMochaMocha]

ranno fighting his demons

[@NotxalkBN]

Lmfaooo fr

[@amanjii701]

My biggest issue in this game is tech chases. Every time I set one up I think “ok im gonna wait this time im gonna wait” and I STILL try to jab reset or go for a greedy forward smash even when im actively thinking to change my habits

[@iamtimnar5289]

Love this video!

[@NotxalkBN]

Thanks! 🙏

[@dominicm8251]

This is insanely helpful

[@NotxalkBN]

Thanks. Which part helped the most?

[@dominicm8251]

@NotxalkBN for me personally, the bit about conditioning your opponent to do what you want them to do so you can win. I get stuck in my own head when it gets intense during a match and I start rinse repeating strategies and it gets sloppy, they start expecting it. In other words I need to use mixups and force the enemy to expect one thing so I can push them towards another thing to win.

[@Kiba114]

8:56 the sparkles are fast falling from my understanding which hitfalling is too, so its only useful on rising aerials/when you are not at the apex right?

[@NotxalkBN]

Precisely. Conversely, you can use it after a jump to land quicker, which serves as a way to mix up the opponent 💪

[@jesseshadowen8218]

so i know in smash 'hitfalling' can't be performed until after you reach the apex of your jump, is that not true in this game? can you hitfall the moment you connect a rising aerial? I'd love to know the answer to this one!

[@NotxalkBN]

Yes! Also hitfalling isn’t in smash, that’s fast falling, a bit different from this games hit falling

[@undisabled1552]

@jesseshadowen8218 Hitfalling is done during hitpause

[@PlumEXE]

Americnas pronoucing kragg and craig the same is so funny

[@NotxalkBN]

I just stopped caring at a point in time lol

[@frankunodostres473]

the parrying part is tricky because I haven't yet figured out my optimal button configuration. I tried using R for shield and L fo parry but it feels weird at times and not very intuitive. maybe I should try X or Y because I'm a stick jump user so I don't really need those buttons. this is for gcc I should add^^

[@SmileRYO]

One question I have is it preferable to have tilts or strong attacks on right stick? I'm so used to having my smash attacks on it from playing Melee and Ult but I've seen some people say remapping it to tilts is handy.

[@NotxalkBN]

I’d say use whatever is comfortable. Ultimately, I’d say using tilt’s for right stick is better due to more consistency on your tilt attacks, but if you’re like me who’s used to smash attacks on right stick, then go for it. You can still perform just as well

[@EmraHemingway]

You should put the music you use for each video in the description~

[@SharqF1n]

If you're doing a normal throw, is there ever a reason not to pummel? Is it always simply extra damage?

[@NotxalkBN]

Sometimes it’s better to do a throw quickly so that you mix up your opponents DI, otherwise the pummel is extra damage only. Good question!

[@chimichangle]

Do i have to be holding a direction already when i get hit to di? I feel like im not moving the needle at all sometimes, maybe bc im inputing too late? Seems hard to be ready for it though..

[@NotxalkBN]

Yea, needs to be _while_ your in hitstun (at least that’s how it functioned in rivals 1), so the input needs to be pretty fast and you’d need to hold in that direction

[@ClownboyBandi]

for normal di you can press the direction you want after getting hit. I would suggest hitting training mode and using the settings there to see the di lines, they show you the max you can steer yourself in either direction. that said, the sooner you hit the direction you want, the more you'll move in that direction. (there is something called ssdi that needs to be done as you get hit, but learning regular di first is more important)

[@smashdriven1640]

Where can you get that blue and white Kragg skin? I’ve never seen it before.

[@barrymccockinner8878]

It’s in the store. The store rotates so just wait till next week it’ll probably be there then.

[@PK-oz]

2:32 bro i was literally putting leave in conditioner in my hair… get out of my head

[@SAFTA_SONIC-AI]

You should add chapters to this video

[@NotxalkBN]

@@SAFTA_SONIC-AI will do

[@SAFTA_SONIC-AI]

@@NotxalkBNI don’t see those chapters sigma 🐺

[@NotxalkBN]

@@SAFTA_SONIC-AI just did 🤭

[@SAFTA_SONIC-AI]

@@NotxalkBN YEAAAAAAAAH 🎉🎉🎉

[@jake.speare]

c r a i g

[@MorbyLol]

great vid but at 3:16 idk why youd call that a "tomohawk", like thats just an empty jump into throw, no offense but i think its weird how plat fighter players always come up with weird names for things that already have names in traditional fighters

[@NotxalkBN]

@@MorbyLol people have called it tomohawking, I didn’t make it up, just went off of what others call it

[@boolinyoinkster8330]

what do i do when all my oppent does is camp and make the game last 10 years and then i am forced to rematch them 4 time in a row?

[@vwxyz345]

If someone's camping you practice your movement pretty much every character can get around the stage in like 1 second. Also you could try baiting them and punish

[@pwnchmonkey1]

Please teach me lol. I'm old and feel so far behind lol

[@NotxalkBN]

I gotcha don’t worry lol. I offer coaching if your interested, it’s in the description

[@mambo5431]

2:33 that's creepy man I used conditioner for the first time in 2 months today

[@internetmovieguy]

But… how do i “land a parry”?

[@NotxalkBN]

Timing, similar to smash ultimate. you can map a button to it and press it before the enemy attacks. Conversely, you can hold shield and press special to parry

[@xorpheus]

Nice basic video. 💪🏼

[@smoothie_kohi]

a lot of characters have combos into kills, heck most good characters can do grabs into strongs or other kill moves. so while yes learning to use your kill moves is good, dont just say don't worry about combos.

[@NotxalkBN]

My whole point was to not worry about them _too_ much for right now and learn what can kill, since this is aimed at an audience of people just picking the game up, I stressed learning kill moves since I struggled with that at first.

[@2Namii]

I wish this game had individual ranks for each character

[@NotxalkBN]

They’ll probably add it in soon since rivals 1 has it

[@brandonwright1489]

i subbed for sparking zero wtf is this

[@NotxalkBN]

Dual uploads on both games. Check my recent poll, I’ll be doing a 2:1 upload ratio moving forward

[@brandonwright1489]

@@NotxalkBN man sparking zero is the hotter game I’d ride that wave and upload the other game every now n then. U do numbers w sparking zero uploads

[@NotxalkBN]

@@brandonwright1489you make a very solid point, that’s why I’m gonna be uploading more sparking rather than rivals (even tho I personally love platform fighters). I just don’t wanna pigeon hole myself into one game y’know?

[@electroelysium2281]

This is better than SZ

[@brandonwright1489]

@@NotxalkBN you post the newest hottest game out grow ur followers and channel then slowly introduce the other games u like since u have already built the fanbase they will fuck w any content you put out. This is the biggest dragon ball game ever w a record number of people take advantage of it bro

[@1trickwootang]

Impossible to play fast with fleet 🥱

[@NotxalkBN]

Me when I’m slow asl: