Board Thread:Shadow Fight 3 Discussion/@comment-2A04:AE0C:4402:8800:11C2:5175:E512:3018-20180525215410/@comment-25669516-20180527200818

No. Your opponents are not other users. Nekki has already made it clear multiple times. While Player vs Player mode is planned, it has not been added in the game yet.

This block and throw strategy being used by the AI opponents was only added with the last update. Before that AI had a more versatile strategy.