After many MANY failed motion inputs with Classic on an easy character like Lily, I switched back to learning Kimberly again, but with Modern controls. I practiced her a lot with classic, but her inputs are too intense for me with her combos. My mistakes angered me greatly and I over-focused on them instead of playing the game.

Now with Modern, I can do those inputs a lot easier, but also I make damn sure to avoid Auto-combos. Those are boring and reduce creativity and mixups. They’re also a HUGE crutch.

So once I started playing like a classic player but with an easier time with special/super inputs, I really started to just relax and enjoy learning the game and its neutral. Because if I was gonna get continually frustrated by missed inputs, dropped inputs, and whatever problems when it comes to execution in Classic then I definitely would’ve completely dropped the game by now. But instead it’s now been wonderful and addicting!

Although it’s very character-dependent on mileage with Modern controls. Kimberly misses her main medium air cross-up kick and needs to use the lighter version. She is also missing her crouch medium punch. But these things are extremely minor with how many other things she can do. I also changed her grab macro to be light and heavy so I can reload bombs easier as well as OD throw them close/far for scare tactics.