Get a chance Take a chance

U—umm...

In other words: your victory in SoulCalibur depends on how many opportunities you can create for yourself

Guarding is part of that, right? We've just talked about it

And avoiding attacks by using the 8-Way Run or crouching are some more ways to create opportunities

Oh—

Eek—

Let's see which possible result of your attack leads to new opportunities

You attack

More opportunities follow

You hit the enemy

Yaaay

You are free to decide if you want to attack or move

Gyah

You were guarded against

You've lost your opportunity

You have to work to regain the initiative by guarding against or dodging your opponent's strikes

Hmm, so I create opportunities when I hit the enemy or when I guard against their attacks, I see

That's right

There's more that you can do to increase your number of opportunities

Low-hitting attacks cannot be blocked in standing guard

Grrah!

Uh

You can also tackle opponents in standing guard with throws

You can increase your chances a lot if you just add those two into the mix

For example... by using low attacks when your enemy is trying to guard against you or by using a throw after you've managed to hit the enemy

All right! I'll create lots of opportunities that'll allow me to win!

Hey sis! Let's continue that game right away!

Practice! I wanna practice!

Sorry, I have to make dinner...

Eh?

Attacks can be broadly divided into highs, mids and lows based on the way they hit Please choose the best kind of attack to use wisely depending on your opponent's guard stance Highs: can be blocked with standing guard and completely miss characters in crouch guard state Mids: cannot be blocked with crouch guard, but can be blocked with standing guard Lows: cannot be blocked with standing guard, but can be blocked with crouch guard Throws can be divided into normal throws (such as 🄰 + 🄶 or 🄱 + 🄶) and crouch throws. The first kind is effective against standing opponents and the second is effective against crouching opponents. It's also possible to escape throws by pressing 🄰 or 🄱 when the opponent tries to grab you (throw escape)