Any tips on building up defense ?

[Zain X13]

Hi all i am really trying to work on my weakness in fighters my weakness has always been defense . like i can hold my own fighting most people but if i play a tsubaki , or a ragna someone with good mix ups i preform badly either barely winning or losing . really want to work on this to become better so any advice

[Locke]

It comes from experience.
After a while, you'll learn what to look out for.
With Tsubaki, her charge cancels make you guess and reset her pressure, so it gets tricky.
And Ragna's mixup sucks. Almost never catches me unless I'm not even looking at the screen.

[huey253]

keep trying is the best answer.
try ibing predictable things
try poking out at good times.

[Justice7541]

Alternately pick Bang and mash 5A.

[kona]

Figure out common blockstring with characters you commonly play against. Then go to training mode and have the dummy character do that blockstring and practice instant blocking. Use as many options as you can. Instant blocking is your friend.

[Mindgam3]

Try poking out at good times.

Learning the best time to use pokes to negate an opponent's offense will not help with defense. A poke in this case is more of an offensive option used to reverse momentum, and should only be used after a solid defense has been established.

I will second what Kona stated. Learning how to block and how to use Instant Block and Barrier Guard effectively will put you leagues above the 5A mashing Bangs that would rather die than block

Also, I would recommend finding out what moves are good for zoning (Hakumen definitely has a few) and preemptively covering the space that otherwise would have been used by your opponent to approach you. An example is Arakune's Bellbug. When used defensively, it forces the opponent to reconsider their positioning in the air and work around it. This allows Arakune to more easily predict how they are going to move and thusly he can punish accordingly.

[Zain X13]

Thank you all for the feed back

[Zain X13]

And @ justice eweww bang lol srry that's not my style that's why I dropped Ragna

[4r5]

Play people better than you.

[OmegaBankai]

The best defense is a good offense.

[Translation- Why Block?]