When I migrated to my PS4 PSN account, I did not plan on playing ranked ever again. I already had achieved more than I was actually aiming for (which was 8 dan). My favorite team in this game is Slim Bob/Forest Law. Forest Law < Marshall Law, but Forest Law to me to easier to play with. My DSS is average, I can use it to my advantage, but with the DSS, if you're even a little slow, it's going to fuck you in an actual fight. I use Slim Bob because no one uses him, Bob > Slim Bob.
I went online with FL/SB just to see how far I could get without losing. I think I got to 35W/0L until I got to Mentor and lost to a solo Jin. Out of those first 35 matches, I almost lost a lot of them, but I came back each time just through patience/luck/whiff punishing. It surprises me that, just by knowing a little about the majority of the characters in the game can help you win a match. I know about that Feng, high, high, low kick string which is launch punishable on the last hit.
I know about that (I think), high, high, low, mixup that Lili users use. They usually don't finish the string, and the last hit is supposed to bait a duck. I found out that that string is pointless if you can beat the low with a hopkick. I actually won a match doing that.
Right now, I am 10 dan with FL/SB, with 68W/11L. I don't plan on playing ranked anymore, and this has shown me my progression in this game. Before my record was 50% with about 130W/130L, now it's only expected that my win record would be better, what is more important here however is my progression like I just said.
I won a few matches by punishing awful strings, it was almost like the wins were handed to me. Just by looking at a string, sometimes I can tell if it's unsafe. Most of the ones that I guessed on, I guessed right. There is no point to attacking in a ranked battle if the player is just going to keep doing unsafe bullshit.
EDIT: I just achieved an over 70 dmg combo with Lee
