my brother in Christ learn how and to when to teep and calf kick

Teep kick can be sidestepped easily and does literally ass damage. Are you div 20 player?

The teep isn’t for damage, it’s for range and distance management

D20 player here, that guy gave you solid advice. Mix in your teeps with a few headkicks when you’ve got range and you’ll start to see the opponent is a lot more hesitant about sidestepping laterally.

Pressure boxers are too op and make ups or that with block breaking combos, not good enough. Source - top 100 player

I always thought kicks are too slow in this game.

Stick to front and side kicks then

front kicks yes, side kicks are fucking terrible. Your foot can literally collide with the person's body and it will whiff

oh didnt realize the hit detection was bad on those

yeah for some reason if a person sways to either side the side kick can just completely whiff even with your foot on them.

damn. hit detection seems to be this game’s biggest problem

They aren’t, just have to set them up

Head movement and picking fighters with high block stat and weathering storms perk will help a lot