How the Cursed God Of Tekken Finally Won It All
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ย. 2022
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Knee was already considered a god of Tekken.
He had the reputation, the skill, and every win he needed to secure his legacy.
Every win except one: The Tekken 7 Evo World Championship.
With the scene changing, new players coming in to challenge him, and Tekken 8 on the horizon, it seemed like Knee’s last chance would be his hardest fight yet.
Written by: Devin Coull (@Fake_DevinCoull)
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What makes Knee's long time dominance so special - starting from 2005, is that everyone knows about him, they're familiar with his style and there's countless footage available online to study his habits etc.
Yet despite all that, he's done it all and still remains as the best player in the world.
That sort of consistency is just transcendent. Knee truly is the GOAT.
He's like Daigo in SF.
It’s the reason why Knee plays with so many characters. Knee can’t plays like everyone because he is knee.
Why does his gameplays prior 2017 matter to all the tekken 7 tournaments?
I get what you are saying, but like 70% of his footage is worthless.
All the other top players have also countless of footage.
@@inspirix95 It matters because it tells you a lot about his style and habits. It's something that's still transferable between games.
Well yeah, if you're a top player, of course you're going to have countless hours of footage online. What makes Knee special is that he's the best in the world, he's the greatest of all time so all eyes are going to be on him. People are going to want a piece of him so they'll study as much footage as they can to get the jump on him. That's why I made that point.
Knee jumped into tekken world since tag1 in 2000.
He got it literally at the last Evo before they announce tekken 8. Godspeed knee, godspeed
Knee's story is kinda like an anime arc, lost to a great player in Arslan. Instead of just heading home to train Knee went to Pakistan his rival's home country and trained grinded there. He got stronger and even better as he ages.
That's what makes him great, his drive for improvement
They completely missed that from the video .. and it is such an important factor. It shows who Knee is .. what this means to him!
@@znxster Uh 10:55 did you miss the part where they talk about how he went to Pakistan and trained there?
@@mbvglider Wow .. completely missed it! Apologies on my part. Cheers dude
@@znxster actually, they missed Knee's tenacity and perseverance. knee didn't just go to pakistan to train. knee scared the living sht out of arslan and probably induced trauma. knee chased arslan around the world, at every event they met, knee asks for casual matches, then arslan goes to show off in japan's exhibition, knee contacts the host to set him up and have special long sets with arslan. then he also flies to pakistan and beats him up some more. he basically chased arslan despite arslan 30-0'ing him. he threw away useless pride and ate the defeats and kept hunting arslan. arslan in a later interview was saying knee was so competitive and i could detect some unpleasant flashbacks in his mind lol. knee is like a respectable main character because even when he gets absolutely humiliated, he walks right into the humiliation zone to try to get even better.
They need to bring back Mokujin in Tekken 8 so Knee can win Evo with him.
The perfect character for the perfectionist
Unless the final boss is a monster that poses a threat to humanity he will not wake up.
If Mokujin won't return in Tekken 8 why not Combot
lol The man's literally Omega across every single character, why not!?
hopefully a world class threat would show up so that the god will wake up again
"Knee went back to grind Tekken"
he forgot to mention during this time period Knee reached the highest rank online with all 50 characters....
I think he did that twice lol
@@EggscellentTree Yeah TGP then TGO
Oh!
Namco really needs to bring back Mokujin for Tekken 8.
I think we finally have someone who is ready to win EVO with him.
If someone can do it it's Knee.
He did..... He did hit Tekken God Prime, and Tekken God Omega on all characters... while occasionally trolling other Korean Tekken streamers at times XD
14:20 man I got chills when the crowd started counting
It was so EPIC! 😅🔥
The very fact that Knee is willing to travel to Pakistan and play there to learn is what makes him my most favorite pro player across all games of all time. He's so dedicated to the grind. Never cocky and always willing to become even better. This EVO win is definitely well-deserved and sort of poetic too given that this might be Tekken 7's last EVO now that Tekken 8 is around the horizon. The God of Tekken commencing the parting rights to Tekken 7.
did he really go to pakistan? well, im not surprised cuz his defense is so top notch in the last evo. he really adjusted his style in Finals after the round 1 with Khan
@@diether7 Yeah. Iirc, he went to Pakistan after he lost to Arslan at EVO.
@@diether7 yeah he went to Pakistan
Stayed there and played multiple local scrims and tournaments
@@FarooqAhmed-bz4lihe played like over 100 matches in one sitting I recall per day lol
lot of people at his age would probably say they're getting too old and lost their touch. it's cool to see even a 37-year-old in a sport get better and better each year. Don't think age will stop this man for being a monster anytime soon.
SF's Legend Daigo Umehara in his 40-s is still a beast 😎 So Knee can win some tournaments in T8 too (he is just 37 years old) 😉
He definitely doesn't look 37 though. I was surprised to hear that he was above 30.
@@emadahmed7145 no this man looks even batter then he did before in my opinion! so i agree!
@@t1mson1c yeah you got a point, its probably because esport lets you stay longer than usual sports. and i think thats such a cool thing.
37 isn't that much either, but it is in terms of sports usually.
Maybe we shouldn’t call this a sport. Everything else said was spot on though.
I was surprised to hear that Knee didn't win one EVO for Tekken 7 until this year. But regardless he's always regarded as the best player. He has had a lot of great challengers for the life span of Tekken 7 it appears. Happy he finally got it!
He won evo japan 2018
@@bearyboy9088 His comment and this vid is talking about EVO Las Vegas
I don't play or follow Tekken and I know who Knee is. I was also seriously surprised he didn't have any wins either.
no twt belt yet still no?
@@revbladez5773 no, he's not considered the best player for using every character. he's considered the best player because every top player has fallen off after some years due to new talents. even JDCR who seemed equal to knee before fell off CLEARLY to new Korean and Pakistan players (and is no longer Knee's kryptonite). Even if it takes years, Knee slowly adapts, while other top players slowly fall off. Knee is the only player who after over 2 decades remains at the top. Saint is gone, Qudans is gone, JDCR is always ranking in double digits in local tournaments and loses to Japan and Pakistan. Even Gen the rising Japanese prodigy who kept beating Knee has been consistently losing to Knee. Gen was Knee's new kryptonite but not anymore. Even Arslan (the 2019 kryptonite) who beat Knee even harder lost all of their most recent matches consecutively against Knee, and that's including 2 long sets and 1 super long set, plus an official match, all won by Knee. Other players dominate for 1-5 years, but Knee is the ONLY player to dominate the longest, for decades. And in 2022, he is EVO 2022 Champion. He never fell from the top and Tekken 8 is coming.
The world lost 2 years due to covid to adapt to Pakistan style, so they only really had 1 year(ish), but US players have already been beating Arslan and most recently sent Arslan to 5th place, and this is only the 2nd year (if we exclude covid) and they are adapting to Pakistan in the 2nd year. Knee has been studied for over 2 decades and he's the only player who has proven he can stay at the top no matter how many years pass.
For Pakistan to earn a solid consistency rating, they still have to dominate for another 2-3 years. Then after 5 years, the real test begins, based on my standard. Knee is 2 decades in the international consistency test, and he is adapting to the Pakistan style in the past 3 years and is showing he is adapting still, at the age of 37 or 38? In fact, after the 1st year, Knee already showed he adapted to Arslan and long sets didn't trouble Knee anymore against Arslan.
In Arslan's interview, he revealed that he studied every habit and every tendency of Knee before they ever met. Knee faced Arslan blind and took only a few months to adapt and take the edge in long sets. After Arslan figured out Knee's pattern, Knee didn't fall off like other top players, he changed his style, experimented, and also studied them back. Others fall after a few years, Knee is beating them back for over 2 decades.
In fact, Knee is also considered the best because if you are a known opponent to him (after he has studied you), your win rate won't be high against him in long sets. It means Knee needs a few months to study you to be better at long sets, but other players can study Knee for over 2 decades and it doesn't matter, he studies you for a few months or a year and he'll beat you more at long sets.
And Knee is almost always top 3 in short sets tournaments too, and he was supposed to be talking about retirement several years ago. The joke in Korea goes something like Knee was a legend before you were born, and he's still here beating everyone after they become pros.
I love how Arslan appeared out of nowhere to be his kryptonite. But it's crazy how Knee adapted and grind to elevate his game.
LOSING AGAIN AND AGAIN LOL WATCH LATEST MATCHES PAKISTAN WILL ALWAYS BE EVERYONES KRYPTONITE REMEMBER THAT KID
@@NaveedAalam Arslan got 3-0'd by Chanel Today and then lost to knee 3-1 in grand final
lol
@@NaveedAalam You are non-Pakistani trying to make Pakistani people look bad right? Right??? I sincerely hope I am right because if you are Pakistani, you are inviting hate from people towards the Pakistani community with that kind of egotistic comment.
@@wookang3466 enough of disrespect from the west i am from Karachi and settled in New York idgaf any more that's why we brought flag to show on their faces period.
This aged poorly
37 years old and still wins EVO. What a Legend!
The sheer dominance Knee displayed at this Evo was insane. He didn't drop a game unit winner's final and only lost 2 total. This tournament had over 1,200 participants and Knee cut everyone he faced down and made it look easy. Much respect to the God of Tekken Knee.
I love Arsalan, but Knee finally winning EVO is kinda the best out community has ever seen. I will cheer for Knee for the next tournament:)
Knee deserve it so much, He's a Godfather of Tekken
And to add to his legacy, Knee just won probably the LAST tournament of Tekken 7 they'll ever be on EVO main stage. Thus achieving his dream of winning Tekken 7 EVO before we switch to Tekken 8. Such a banger tournament this year.
Don’t forget TWT in February , he still didn’t get that title yet so let’s see
Tekken 8 is not gonna come out in 2023
Tekken 8 is probably a 2024 release. So we have another year of T7 competition.
Can't wait to watch Knee continue to dominate in Tekken 8
Imagine wanting to watch instead of actually getting good yourself
@@fairyparadise This comment is so many levels of stupid
@@fairyparadise Do you know you can do both? And do you know what this channel is? It's an ESports channel, everyone here watches pros play games.
Try coming back when you can actually get anywhere near as good as Knee, maybe I'll watch you, but nah never gonna happen
@@fairyparadise who hurt you?
@@fairyparadise imagine imagining trying to imagine you imagine imaginations
My best friend and I first watched Knee play more than 13 years ago, he was the best then and still is. Legend
Definitely not a “cursed god”. He’s a hardworking god!
best comment , surprise that no one mentions about his effort here
As an older player thinking of hanging up the jersey, Knee’s story serves as an inspiration
Closing the Tekken 7 Saga with EVO win...
what a story.
Get Ready for The Next Battle on the Tekken 8
TWT still need to happen in February 2023 so it’s the last tournament for tekken 7 , u seem clueless dude
@@Ace-of-spade he means the biggest tournament, Evo
Man's 37 and he's still cracked
Love your FGC coverage. It's what brought me to the channel years ago and it's great finally seeing the Knee video even having watched it live with you guys on the Evo stream.
I dont play a wide variety of games but I watch so many different games esports/competitive scene and watching knee over the years has been great and I'm so glad for him to have finally won the big one.
Jdcr is my favorite Tekken player, has been for closer to a decade, but everyone knows Knee is the God of Tekken.
facing Knee using Leroy Smith is like facing 2017 Warriors on 2K lol
Eyemusician episode when? Seems like such a good choice for this channel considering how often you guys cover unconventional/cult-popular players in various games.
I got his autobiograph when he attended rev major. He sure he is a nice guy. He even play with us Filipinos and and many people wait in line get a chance to play with him.
With even a care for the top 8 at day 2.
Knee is simply the GOAT.
Knee is definitely the greatest. Such a consistent competitor in Tekken love seeing knee play.
Funny, cuz Arslan in 3 years won more than Knee in two decades
@@PlaymanSg it's funny because I said nothing about winning. I said consistent. Like making top 3, top 8, top 16. Giving us high level tekken. Giving us good showing even if he loses. Ash is amazing always great seeing him Dominate there is no one here trying to down play that.
@@kingvinny6805 Arslan since he joined pro tekken scene has been WAY more consistent. If you forget his TWT finals performances, He constantly placed top 8 from the winners bracked while Knee didnt
@@PlaymanSg bro why do you bring up ash. Everyone knows that he's amazing. You acting like I'm saying knee is better. This is not a comment about comparing the 2. This is about just appreciating knee as a tournament player. You act like I'm saying knee is better. This is not what this post about. What are you not comprehending. All your brain is hearing is " KnEE gOoD ASh bAD."
I'm fortunate enough to have the very rare chance to play against Knee many years ago (in Tekken 6). Fighting a world champion like him is just unreal and not like any players I've faced. He played with great instinct and extraordinary skills that you won't see anyday.
The GOAT. Even though jdcr and cbm are my favorite players, knee’s skill is undeniable
I really like Qudans as well. His story alone makes him awesome, but watching him play just elevates that for me.
@@davidrosensin7985 Qudans retired now I think, he is just done for the game but maybe he will return with Tekken 8
@@mihailcirlig8187 I hope so!
@@mihailcirlig8187 yeah! he still has not recovery from that scummy scam tourament
Knee does not need trophies to prove himself. Everyone know he is the god of tekken. Everyone respects him deeply in tekken community even his rivals like JDCR and Arslan Ash.
He is A god of Tekken not THE god of Tekken.
@@supermatt87 who can play the chars he plays on a pro level ??
@@Smoothalcoholic we’ve only seen his Bryan, Paul, Steve, and feng. I might be missing 1 or 2 but honestly every top player can pick any character and play them at top level, does it mean they’d win with them? Obviously no. I mean runitblack just beat knee at rev major 😂
@@DeezNutzzzzzzzzzzz Knee also won major tournaments with Marduk, Devil Jin and Lili. Smoked Ulsan in Korean Exhibition FT7 with his main Kazumi. I've also seen him playing and win matches with Alisa and Geese at tournaments.
Knee can play and win with every character if he thinks that particular character will give him advantage.
@@DeezNutzzzzzzzzzzz bro Knee is probably the only pro whose pick can't be guessed. Back in TTT2 he used to have some wacky character combos with Devil Jin usually being his main. The most feared Bryan player in T5. Every game he just changes his main.
Hey theScore great vid. If I my make suggestion can you do a listed with the most out of nowhere wins in esports history. I think that esports are full of surprise and can create moments of magic for fans everywhere. Thanks
Isn't there like an email where u can send ideas like this cause this would be a very good list
There are not very many people who can beat a multiplayer in a game. But Knee, he did it. First to get TGP with all chars and first to get TGO with all characters as well.
Love to see Daniel covering these FGC stories! Great work once again.
I appreciate that during the countdown he still whiff punished the super for the KO even though he could've just blocked and won by time. Truly optimal down to the last second.
Wow. I didn't even know that Knee won Tekken 7 EVO 2022. So happy for him. A long time coming. It is so impressive that after 2 decades of Tekken he is still the among the top 3 Tekken players in the world.
I knew you'd do a video on Knee's Evo win.
I always knew Tekken but I was never into it until I saw that one Set Knee VS JDCR, something about seeing Knee play without knowing who he is got me into tekken 7. Now im super into it it's incredibly hype to watch pro tekken its fun to play Tekken is just great hope we can see more of Knee in T8 even at his age!
Also Knee is a friendly person on hanging out with. Really nice guy
I still remembered that story when Knee travelled to Pakistan to see how good the Tekken scene there.
Videos like this are why i subbed, never played tekken, but man love the stories
There is a saying in korean tekken community that goes : "we grind and rank up only to give our rank points to knee at the top."
Despite his prowess and status, he is one of the most humble pro players ive seen, personality comparable to faker in terms of humility.
All Time Ranking IMO
1) KNEE - 3x EVO champion (most tournament wins in competitive history)
2) JDCR - 2x EVO champion (was basically unstoppable in TTT2 for like 5 years)
3) Qudans - 1x EVO champion 1x Tekken world tour champion
4) Saint - 1x EVO champion 1x Tekken world tour champion(The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2016)
5) Arslan Ash - 2x EVO champion ( Has won very quickly sample size of wins is still small.most likely will move up soon)
you forgot Arslan won TWT tekken 2022.
Edit : sorry, not TWT, but VSFX
@@farishakim6759 Nobody won TWT 2022 smh
@@farishakim6759 mate twt 2022 haven't even started yet .
@@farishakim6759 TWT FINALS NOT EVEN STARTED, AND YOUR ARSLAN ALREADY WON.
WHEN TEKKEN 8 GONNA RELEASE? YOU SEEM LIKE FROM A FUTURE.
@@sauravbaliyan7050 sorry..I mistaken it with VSFX ..the one he won against Joka. My bad
I don’t even play fighting games but the score videos on them are by far my favourite. I especially love the Panda one and the GO1 vs SonicFox dragon ball one.
Tekken is such an incredibly competitive and technical game that many gamers are absolutely terrified of it. The top Tekken players, such as the greatest Tekken player Knee, make this game look much simpler than it really is. Their intricate gameplay transcends comprehension, due to their devotion and THOUSANDS of hours they sink into it. Pro Tekken should be considered a masters esport, on par with real life professional boxing.
nice vid, keep up the good work 👍
His every characters are Tekken God Prime. I am sure someone can beat him in few lucky matches but once he download your movement.. it's game over, man.
Dam that’s a crazy story to beat his rival’s rival whom would be considered untouchable. Untouchable because Aslan had two wins over him.
It seems to be a few times in a large international competition,
but now KNEE is about to wining 100 times in several competitions such as like ATL leagues.
This will be a record that will never been in the tekken history
He is 37 years old, but expects to show more activities in TEKKEN 8 in the future
yeah, tekken god
Every one of your Tekken videos gets me so hyped to play the game
KNEE is the greatest of all time owing to his unbelievable longevity, dominance at the highest level, and the best fundamentals in the world. He plays so many characters at the highest level with such effortless grace. His excution is otherworldly. It can be argued which is the greatest Tekken region in the world, but, with every fibre of my existence, I believe, without a shodow of doubt, KNEE is the greatest Tekken player by a large stretch.
Regards,
A Pakistani and Arslan Ash fanboy.
I nearly fell to my knees in Wal-Mart when you said Knee is 37
Yup. The gods of some of these games are old. Knee and Diago have to be the most notable older players. I think some of the KOF gods are in this age range too.
Been waiting for this one some FGC docs letsgooo!!! Hopefully can get an iDom one too!
Iv been waiting for this video his evo 2022 win was awesome
Watching this in person was AMAZING, Knee was an animal the entire weekend.
Finally a video featuring fighting games again!
2022 EVO was absolutely nuts, you had to be there.
He will forever be the GOAT of Tekken. Allways been a fan of Knee
Knee is the goat. Well deserved is an understatement. Glad he got his T7 evo W before T8.
Been waiting for this video
In my mind, Tekken 8 was ready to be announced since 2020, but they waited to see Knee win Evo first.
Knee is my GOAT
What an emotional inspiration right there. I’m proud of Knees. I don’t follow Tekken Tournaments like that but I’m proud to be a fan nevertheless. I just wish I could be apart of the competitive life tho
I shed a little tear watching this Legend.
Love that winning the championship wasn't as important as getting 100 wins lmao. Knee is a true gamer God indeed.
makes me happy that every Game, even if it's niche, has its own legend. Knee in Tekken and Daigo in Street Fighter. Hope these games will never die
And now he is cursed again. Got beaten by runitblack in the pools...
Knee is the greatest Tekken Player of all time
Couldn't happen to a better Guy! Legend!
Knee is like michael jordan but playing at his prime until 65.
0:50 LowHigh who pretends to be friendly
This is my new favorite thumbnail 👌
I'm a long time Tekken fan, but I've never heard of Knee bc I hardly know anything abt pro gaming. But dang, he seems like a truly skilled player and a decent dude.
Knee is like someone who make you wanna play Tekken, but wanna quit also.
I really wanna get back into tekken but drifting further away as time goes by. Played every installment but it has gotten more difficult because of the dualsense controller, can't grip it the way I used to.
nothing beats the ye ol reliable DualShock 4.
This aged well after Knee just lost in top 32 at REV Major Master Event in Philippines..
MORE FGC!! So many tournaments and scenes all over !
Waited so long for this
he got better and better every year
When I watch competitive tekken I always look forward to seeing Knee he is a legend no a myth stuff of make believe but we are all blessed to see the the man the God become the greatest.
We need a tekken tag tournament 3 with an even more complex fighting and tag system.
Dope episode.
Gotta give him credit. Went to visit Arslan in Pakistani, trained differently, came back a different Beast.
Finally more tekken vids
great content♥️
that 11:15 look says, "this is my last change. i'll do whatever i takes."
Namco needs to do a balance patch after discussing with 'knee'
Knee will be almost 50 years old by the time Tekken 8's era ends. Think about that.
"he is stronger than ultra hard computer" LMAO, underrated joke
This reminds me of that one dude who won a tekken tournament by playing like panda or bear or smthng
Rangchu's Run was great, they already did a video on him though.
Rangchus run was better, with a low tier character
Rangchu won TWT with the hardest character in the game for 50 bucks alright
This man has the necrosword all along.
I would love to see a video, on what happened to JDCR. He was unstoppable in 2017
He’s streaming. He also has a TH-cam channel. Most likely waiting for Tekken 8.
Yes! He is underrated
I dont think he is as motivated since ECHOFOX disbanded....with no sponsor less motivation
@@WonnieWon04 Nonsense
@@JIX9ISLER1986 i meant underrated lmao
I am screaming while watching this documentary.
The payouts need to be a lot higher at Evo seriously great win Knee you deserve it 🙏🏾
I predict that Knee will be a guest character in Tekken 8...taking the place of Combot and Mokujin
U cant see Knee at your other side and feel confident xD
doood. 2019 training arc in pakistan. this is like a whole new level of grinding.
You did not mention his early arcade days he led the tekken scene for his reigon. In addition to the tournaments he sponsors and sets up. Tekken wouldn't be this Tekken without him
Fgc content imo is way more interesting due to the fact that the legends that started with these games ,still play. That's more that 2 decades now. It's becoming history