I've basically been trying to get the 35 survival wins to get the stupid achievement since the game was released 2 months ago. I can usually get somewhere into the low-mid twenties with my best characters, but after that, it becomes pretty futile trying to win rounds without getting hit by anything.
Can anybody who has finished this horrible task share any strategies for survival that go beyond "Play defensively"? One thing for sure that I know I should do and always forget is to start rounds by holding back, so I block the CPU's instant NEO max right after the announcer says GO! (which they seem very fond of).
Are there certain characters (or kinds of characters) that are better suited for this? I have primarily been using Iori/EX Iori, Andy, Mai and Robert. They all seem to be ok, until I realize that I just threw a projectile with under 50% health and I'm suddenly dead
I know the point of the achievement is that it's meant to be very difficult, but the fact that the computer basically builds the meter necessary for a random NEO max every 2 fights or so just from taking damage kind of pushes it over the edge. If you get lucky, they'll do something stupid like super cancel into a ranbu while you're blocking instead of tagging you with a NM, but it doesn't really matter, since they'll just build back the lost drive gauge in a couple rounds anyway.
When you get into the higher levels and your health is a bit low, you can't even block, really, since the CPU will undoubtedly have 3-5 stocks laying around and will just chip you to death with a barrage of DMs, especially if they are Saiki, Ash, Maxima or somebody else with a safe projectile DM or NEO max. Is there any way to avoid taking damage from Maxima's NM? It feels like it lasts too long for you to roll to avoid it. Are GCAB rolls even safe to do?