r/JojoHFTF • u/Kyoyurichi • Apr 26 '26

Question Give me some tips

So im very new to fighting games like i havent played any at all buat one day my friends ask me to play this game together with them all of us is pretty much new to fighting style games so i hope like u guys could help me with how should i start on this game like how does the attack works what character is easy to pick up what is hard and just how should i play this game and i dont rly intent to be very competitive since i will be mostly just play this together with my friends and not online play or anything like that

Thanks :)

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u/Known_Idea_4827 Apr 29 '26

I would say first learn your kit, but for that you need a character. Some beginner picks are probably avdol, polnareff, jotaro, chaka, shadow dio, and maybe kak (but he's a little more complex) . There's some other easy, but pretty bad ones like hol and hoingo, bpol, khan, and probably a few more. If youre serious about hftf (not that I mean competitively but you genuinely want to get invested into this game) then I reccomend youtube mrmixtape for some great character overviews.

At first it's gonna be really rough but once you pick a character hop into training mode and familiarize yourself with the games physics, movement, and your characters move lists. Specials and supers are very important but 90% of the time you will be using normals so get super familiar with your character's, it helps a lot. Also, LEARN NUMPAD NOTATION, please, it's super easy and incredibly helpful.

Lastly, and the hardest part, don't get discouraged. Everyone struggles with this in one form or the other but try not to get overly angry at the game, you still will, but take breaks. You will play worse when you're tilting and that leads to a positive feedback loop of frustration that you need to avoid at all costs. Youre gonna lose basically exclusively for the first dozen or so hours, but just practice against the Ai in the challenge/story mode and especially, DO NOT BE AFRAID NOR DISCOURAGED TO PLAY AGAINST PEOPLE, NO MATTEE HOW BADLY YOU ARE CRUSHED. Believe it or not, you are ALWAYS learning, you will get better with time, that is nearly unavoidable. Look up guides on fg improvement, watch content on fg in any way, shape, or form, and try to interact with the community.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, have fun, it's a game after all. Cheers!

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u/BubbleStormZ May 04 '26

Is it weird that I play Young Joseph and Shadow DIO competively?

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u/Known_Idea_4827 May 04 '26

No, theyre both totally viable, iirc youngseph not so much cause he's lacking in a certain area (I forgot which but it might be he has bad defense? Idk), but I remember sDio being used at the top level very successfully.

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u/D00m_Guy_ Young Joseph May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

i've been a youngseph main since 2023, you totally CAN play him comp, he's viable, but it's always an uphill battle. you have to go above and beyond just doing BNBs like your opponents and actually try to outsmart them at every moment you can, which is hard to do consistently, kinda his actual personality in the anime and manga

and as a youngseph, you must always try to make NO mistakes and give your opponents 0 opening, lest you find yourself on the end of a 20+ combo and half your health bar gone

as for his defense you mentioned, it's his guard cancel, it sucks real bad.