Throughout my expierience I have never had trouble with "block-whores". The majority of people who block a lot are either new, or are being triple teamed. Here are some tactics for example:
1) Charge up a noticable beam, (one that has a hand sprite [SBC, Kam, ect..]) so the player sees you charging up. He attacks, you hit the [1] button, and block-counter him.
2) Another tactic, which is really hard to do(I've only managed it once or twice), run away and look at the radar. If players see you run 99% of the time they chase you. When they come close teleport back twice and charge them. You just need to have good timing and some luck so they don't connect with a melee after the first teleport.
As far as people teleporting quickly and meleeing you when you power up a beam, my suggestion is get quick at skill switching and you should be fine.
The TRUTH of the matter is, defense is always easier then offense. If I were to fight you Abe in real life, it would be much easier for me to roll into the fetal position and hold my head then to beat you up. It is the truth. The major flaw with the block-counter OFFENSE, is that the victim needs to melee you. If you don't melee them then they are just sitting in the sky like a sitting duck waiting to be blown out of the air. Another possible attack, if you still are determined to beat your opponent in a melee battle, is to just slowly back away from him. He will either sit there motionless waiting for you to attack while everyone else targets him, or he will charge you leaving him open to attack.
So, basically what I am saying is it is easier to become a elite "Defensive Attacker" then an "Offensive Attacker". However, "Defensive Attackers" require you to attack them for their style of combat to be successful. So if you know flat out that your opponent is better at "Defensive Attacker" then you are at "Offensive Attacker", then you need to either outsmart them, by say holding a generic beam in your hand luring them to charge you, or try another type of assault. In esf_city, you could just run through the buildings and fire a beam from behind him. Or if you have plenty of time, try using a "Defensive Attacker" style yourself.
One other aspect of the game that makes ESF so good is the balancing of characters in game. So if someone is blocking a lot switch chars to krillin(disc,flare), goku(flare, sb[lures opponent]), Piccolo(eyelaser), Frieza/Cell(fingerlaser, disc), or Buu(Candy Attack). After a higher guy kills you a couple times your PL will skyrocket and you'll be just as powerful. Then you could just eyelaser the guy until he attacks, then block-counter.
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1) Charge up a noticable beam, (one that has a hand sprite [SBC, Kam, ect..]) so the player sees you charging up. He attacks, you hit the [1] button, and block-counter him.
2) Another tactic, which is really hard to do(I've only managed it once or twice), run away and look at the radar. If players see you run 99% of the time they chase you. When they come close teleport back twice and charge them. You just need to have good timing and some luck so they don't connect with a melee after the first teleport.
As far as people teleporting quickly and meleeing you when you power up a beam, my suggestion is get quick at skill switching and you should be fine.
The TRUTH of the matter is, defense is always easier then offense. If I were to fight you Abe in real life, it would be much easier for me to roll into the fetal position and hold my head then to beat you up. It is the truth. The major flaw with the block-counter OFFENSE, is that the victim needs to melee you. If you don't melee them then they are just sitting in the sky like a sitting duck waiting to be blown out of the air. Another possible attack, if you still are determined to beat your opponent in a melee battle, is to just slowly back away from him. He will either sit there motionless waiting for you to attack while everyone else targets him, or he will charge you leaving him open to attack.
So, basically what I am saying is it is easier to become a elite "Defensive Attacker" then an "Offensive Attacker". However, "Defensive Attackers" require you to attack them for their style of combat to be successful. So if you know flat out that your opponent is better at "Defensive Attacker" then you are at "Offensive Attacker", then you need to either outsmart them, by say holding a generic beam in your hand luring them to charge you, or try another type of assault. In esf_city, you could just run through the buildings and fire a beam from behind him. Or if you have plenty of time, try using a "Defensive Attacker" style yourself.
One other aspect of the game that makes ESF so good is the balancing of characters in game. So if someone is blocking a lot switch chars to krillin(disc,flare), goku(flare, sb[lures opponent]), Piccolo(eyelaser), Frieza/Cell(fingerlaser, disc), or Buu(Candy Attack). After a higher guy kills you a couple times your PL will skyrocket and you'll be just as powerful. Then you could just eyelaser the guy until he attacks, then block-counter.
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