I don't have much fighting game experience outside of Smash. Almost all other experiences of fighting games I have are when I was a lot younger and had no idea what the **** I was doing. Basically my fighting game experience outside of Smash consists only of DoA Dimensions. But even then, I never strayed from single player. But I had a tendency to stray towards Ayane a lot, however, no idea what her fighting style is consider to be though. I played the game just cause and I eventually ended up selling it.
For Smash though it depends from game to game. I don't really have a general playstyle, though I seem to favor more defensive characters a lot of the time it feels like.