How to get better at fighting games reddit

I hear games like Street Fighter 5 has problems, and seems to favor inexperienced players.

This sounds to me like it will be detrimental and build bad habits.

So what fighting game should i really learn to play and be good at that will give me "real" fighting game skills that i can carry over with me through life of fighting games.

Samurai Shodown? 3rd Strike?

EDIT: im getting alot of answers that show me that really any 1v1 fighting game will work when it comes to improving and there is no "best one" when it comes to improving.

With that said I guess I will play what I find fun. so for me that means games like cvs2, 3rd strike, alpha 3, GG Xrd, Garou, MVC2-infinite, BBCTB, KOF 98,2002U, SamSho. will definitly check out Fantasy strike a little more.

I have never really played a fighting game. My brother owned many, but I only played them on rare occasions and I never devoted the time to get good at them. I have had my eye on BlazBlue for a long while and I really want to try to get into the genre. What are some tips to accomplish this? I played a little bit of Blazblue and have already played through all the tactic training but I still get bodied online. I’m going to really try with this game.

I have been looking into more and more kinds of fighting games recently. I think that they seem really fun, but I just don't know where to start. I want a more combo-based game, I think, but I'm still not sure exactly what I want. Any recommendations? (I have Steam[ I use my PS controller for this], Switch, and Playstation)

Yesterday I disappointed myself.... I could not get past trial 4 of Robert Garcia in KOF XIII, the same with King (didn't even bothered trying with Ash Crimson, they guy I actually want to main...).

I haven't played fighting games in a while and now I truly now how rusty I am, even for a casual, but I want to get more competitive, so how can I do to improve little by little, like reaction time, better inputs (I struggled with Ryukohranbu in both pad and heyboard) and just being a better player? and also how can I tackle beating these combo trials?

I hope this post isn't breaking the low effort rule but I really need help with 2D fighters. I recently got CVS 2001 and I've noticed myself struggling a lot. I know it's just a game but I've also found myself getting frustrated. This pretty much applies for every 2D fighter I play (that isn't Injustice, Mortal Kombat or Guilty Gear). One thing I know I have a problem with is panicking/mashing when my health is low. I try to learn frame data and fighting game jargon but I don't know how to apply any of this to far actual match. Should I just take a break from fighting games? I'm sorry for the vague title (and the shitty layout of this post) but help of any kind would be appreciated. Thanks!

Edit: Thank you to everyone that replied! I've taken your advice and I've started practicing more. And I've found a new main in King so I'm pretty happy about that. Thanks again!

As the title says, I'm relatively new to Guilty Gear and so far i have about 2 friends that play the game and when they're not awake I go into lobbies but it feels like the only people that i find have 1000+hrs into the game and when the match starts I don't have a big idea on what I'm actually doing wrong because it almost doesn't feel like I get to play the game. So I'm just curious on what the best way on people's opinions are. Is it to just go into the training room until i learn every thing about a character or is it to just throw my head against the wall and take the beatings until something just clicks? Advice/opinions are plenty welcome.

I feel like I can't grasp the fundamentals of 2d fighting games. After playing smash bros semi seriously for a year, I was really easily able to grasp the fundamentals of it, but I've been playing 2d fighters casually for as long as I can remember and I've never improved. Where do I even start? It feels like the learning curve of 2d fighters is so much larger than the learning curve of a platform fighting game.

I've been playing them since 2008 with MK vs. DC Universe. I love fighting games and all their characters and history and lore and how people can be so passionate about them. Maybe I'm playing too many games at once (MK11, Smash Ultimate, UMVC3, SFV, KOF '98 and Garou: MOTW, and occasionally DBFZ, along with games in the SF 30th Anniversary Collection like 3rd Strike and Alpha 3), but I just feel like I'm getting worse and worse at them. When I feel like I'm getting better with Terry in Smash, I take him Online and get beaten in minutes.

I've been trying to stay consistent with character choices (Terry for every SNK game, Ken for every SF, Cloud, Terry, or Joker in Smash, Ryu/Deadpool/Dante for UMVC3, etc.), I've been practicing special moves (though now I feel like I can't even pull off a Shoryuken in SFV but sometimes can in 3rd Strike), and I've been putting any free time into practicing in training and arcade mode before heading Online.

Fighting games are something I'm really passionate about right now. After watching YouTuber Maximilian Dood play for years now and seeing Sakurai gush over SNK, and watching EVO moments like the Daigo Parry and Justin Wong's Cyclops comeback in MVC2, fighting games are something I really want to put more time into and get good at them. So, how do I do it? How long do you practice for? Should I just stick with one character, and for how long? Should I stop using the analog stick and use the D-Pad or invest in a Fight Stick? Should I just stick to one game? I really appreciate any and all answers!

EDIT: Also, in SF at least, I can't do combos to save my life. I can do them in MK, but because they show you, and I can't find them anywhere in SF. How do you do combos, and should I need to worry about them right now?

I gotta say that I love fighting games and I have some decent ones like Marvel vs Capcom 2, Darkstalkers, Capcom vs. Snk 2, and Street Fighter Alpha 3, but I cannot play these games if my life depended on it. It's odd to like and respect something you are so awful at, but how do I learn? I really can't grasp the "practice makes perfect" concept with these games for some reason. No matter how much I play, I don't seem to get better.

Anyone care to throw in their two cents and maybe show or talk about secrets and techniques? Or maybe even link articles on the subject?

Thanks.

edit: Thank for all the replies and help everyone! Looks like I have some studying and practice to do now.