I'm typing this from my phone so I apologize. My friends and I were playing some KOTH last night and we were thoroughly enjoying ourselves. We were using characters we rarely play with and just having fun, win or lose.(I went on a 13 game win streak, so that was awesome) the 3 of us were legitimately trying to actually use character, learn kombos etc.

Well then our other friend jumped in after about an hour or so, and obviously had to wait. I must tell you that we actually pressured him to get the game as he isn't a fighting game fan other than Super Smash Bros. So he pick Ermac just because he "didn't know any of the fighters" and he straight up button mashed his way to a win. Absolutely whipped my ass and I am by no means a great fighter, but I can honestly say that I am "better" than all my friends. He continues to just button mash and whips everyone's ass. He won 8 in a row before we all got offline and went to bed. Mind you, this was he first ever 8 matches online...ever. I was pissed and somewhat bitter. I understand the button mashing, but I felt that took away from the fun for us and kinda devalued everything we had done previously. I know I need to get better and focus on getting better with a few characters, but we seriously couldn't stop him. I changed my play styles and nothing seemed to work.

So my question is, what do some of you guys do or what tips do you have to defeat "button mashers" He is a really good friend and I want him to keep playing with us and we are kinda responsible for him getting it, but I really don't want to hear him run his mouth about how "good he is" at it.