Sometimes it's a matter of just practicing until the game becomes fun, but sometimes a character fits your preferences and instincts and habits and it just 'clicks'
So who was it for you? What character best fit you?
Personally? I think Hakumen in Blazblue CS. It felt like the correct mix of tools and frame data and gambles that paid off. The game hadn't added 20 new characters and new systems and i felt like i found a groove. I was objectively better at CF but the lack of English dub meant the character never felt like the one i fucking loved.
Runner up is definitely Marisa in Street Fighter 6. I just love her toolkit. The armor. The parry. The command grab. The unconscionable damage. The lack of a Drive Cancelable low. All of it combines for this big, slow, high dmg punish machine. I have to play patient neutral to start her up, and play solid def to keep her alone, and then when she hits, it's scary. When i guess right, i am the smartest man alive for a brief flickering second.
You can probably see a pattern between those picks lol (high dmg, low walk speed, parry, no projectiles)
Hit in DBFZ for me. Strong neutral, big buttons, generally contrarian ass character compared to the rest of the cast, love it. My next favorite character would have to be Asuka in Strive, because I love the randomness, but I'm simply not good enough to play him well I fear.
Hell yeah. Contrarian as in "different rules/mechanics/combo structure than the rest of the cast?"
Yeah, Hit played a very different dbfz from the rest of the cast. He also has a counter, so maybe literally contrarian too 😀