Guess how delighted I am to see someone with that mindset.
When practising I often use a weaker armor than my opponent, as it makes me more focused and gives a further instructive experience. Another thing is that I try to find as many opponents with different, distinguishing gameplay styles.
Firstly you should find suiting skill packs. Basically your bot will be able to use a passive and active skill. As for the active skill most players use Rush or Upper considering they are effective and rather easy to use/control. Then there are the passive skills, the most commonly skill for that is break-fall, it's something you nearly will see everyone use.
It is way more uncomplicated to show you the basics, and so on in-game. My ign is Nik if you need me.