lol! That explains it. I as started watching this and had to stop. When I came back, it had disappeared. I was about to lodge a bug report with TH-cam because this was the third time today a video suddenly disappeared. Glad I saw that you reuploaded so I don’t have to bother. Love these videos Phi 🙏
Its also important to note why Chanel was jabbing the ff2 sen stance in the first place: The jab is a powerful option select for the ff2 sen casino which forces the Reina to either use the homing high or the homing low which subsequently can be option selected by ducking into full launch. The jab recovery also makes sure that the power crush can be blocked, every other mid gets interrupted and the airborne mid gets floated into combo. This essentially neuters the ff2 sen casino and significantly swings it in the defenders favor because all they have to choose is whether to jab or to duck while the attacker is risking their life with each option they pick or at the very least getting jab interrupted. Yagami's outplay of not going into sen after ff2 but rather hard reading jabs to instantly do the full crouch launcher without confirming whether the jab was coming out or not was super fun to watch. Especially because he had been doing the ff2 duck and punish even in the group stages and the first few games of this set but instead of hard reading the jab he was trying to see the jab whiff and punishing with the jewel snatcher. It was so satisfying to see the ft5 develop in a way where Yagami was trying to maximize his reward for each won interaction by believing in his reads harder and harder towards the end because of the data he had collected earlier in the long set. FT5's are cool
Same! I strive to be as good as yagami, since I live in New Zealand all I need to do is hit tekken god, to vs yagami. Raijin rank atm, hopefully by the end of the year I’ll hit tekken god.
I usually don't travel for Tekken tournaments, EWC was my first tournament as a spectator. I am the biggest Reina Simp and I got to witness this Live :'( This was the the highlight of my visit to Riyadh. I still can't believe Yagami did what he did there. He literally made my day and I got to hug him and take picture with him later. I always have a huge respect for character loyalists and I said it on stream he is going to be the DARK HORSE in TWT Finals this weekend. Thanks for covering these matches Phi! love your content, you're doing a great favor to the Global Tekken nation. Much love!
I love this character. Not only is she an “easy to use, difficult to master” which is amazing for new and longtime players but Reina is also a character who just looks amazing to spectate. I tried picking up other characters and learning them for a time but I just always go back to Reina. Something about playing her is very flowy.
To me, she’s very flexible gameplay wise. Great movement, quick buttons and when they hit, it sounds good. What attracts me to her is that there are certain moments when I enter a “flow state.” It’s a boxing term, but basically it means everything becomes instinct, all my execution becomes crisps, I can read my opponent perfectly and all my buttons hit. It’s awesome when it happens.
@thorcolossus Flow state isnt necessarily a boxing term. It's more of a generalized term that means what you described, but is applicable in nearly every sort of task at hand
Up until recently I thought she has like 200 moves when it's only 120-ish, which I guess is because she has so much player expression and complexity. Nothing more satisfying than finding situations like being able to use her u1+2 stance to cartwheel over Yoshi's sword sweep and instant electric launch, doing a unique wavu with wind god step and Sentai or parrying normally safe or unparryable moves like Yoshi's 1,1 or Fengs db2,2,2 lol (have to use the Fusatsujin parry for the last one) It never ends with her
@@danielhenrique8615 Honestly a reasonable statement. Some characters feel mass produced while Reina is a cookie from grandma Lmao yeah I usually don’t taunt myself but like to know my options and her taunt, teabag and ki charge are all mid tier, so parry and stomp it is imo Noice, I nearly found myself at the pearly gates once after laughing too hard while trolling with Jins omen online (the one without heat) and have him look like a Genie and Harry Potter lol
The last round is straight out of an anime. I remember my entire body going numb due to how stressful it was watching Yagami being so close to losing it all after such an amazing comeback.
i appreciate the vids!! they help me learn and see so much more from the matches from when I watched them by myself. Thank you! your hard work is very much appreciated!!
I watched this live with a friend, we were both just hyped and could barely breath from start to finish, everything was just amazing, that was Reina in her purest form, with Yagami being a real master here! I was wondering when you'd go through this match (after I had already watched it so many times as a Reina player), it was absolutely worth the wait! Your hype and reactions at that last match was basically like me and my friend just flipping out when we watched it live! Thank you PhiDX!
I’ve been struggling to find a main since Tekken came out I’ve tried Hwo, Eddy, and Reina. I think this video just made it clear which one I’m going with. I must learn this man’s ways lol
Yagami is such an inspiration to watch. His performance in this tournament and especially this set made me double down on co-maining Reina. I was of the mindset that playing both her and Bryan would be too hefty of a task since I would be learning both of them from scratch. I'm also suffering from a character crisis due to Noctis and Kuni both being gone (still hoping Kuni comes back though). Not to mention that Bryan and Reina are both pretty difficult characters. But seeing what Yagami is able to do with her is just as inspiring to me as watching Knee or Jimmy playing Bryan, if not more, honestly. I stopped caring about how hard it would be to learn both of them in parallel, even if it would definitely stunt my growth in the short term. It turned out to be a really good decision for me. Reina being a hyper aggressive rushdown character and Bryan being as defensive as he is actually helped me play each of them a little more well-rounded. And if it wasn't for Yagami and this set, that might not have happened.
Been waiting for you to cover this one! This match really is a strong statement against mid-set coaching. The mindgames at play where you can see Chanel started to unravel and kept falling for Yagami's setups as he kept winning and winning is legit top tier. Wouldn't have gotten one of the best T8 sets ever if EWC allowed coaching. Hopefully the TWT organizers noticed how hype this match was and ban coaching for next season.
I watch yagami a lot to try and pick up on things he does to add to my own gameplay but as someone whos not as experienced as Phi its nice to have him breakdown some of the things he does.
My favourite set in T8. The first to 5 format led to this insane adjustment and momentum swing. Even having seen it before - I still get excited watching that final match.
THIS IS THE SET I WAS WAITING FOR!!! Everything about this set was exciting, Yagami's Reina is on another level. At around this time no one but Yagami was playing Reina this way at this level, it really opens your eyes as to what she can do. Knee at TGU and Yagami at EWC were the most hype sets of the year for me. Some good ass Tekken
Bruh been watching soo many tekken TH-camrs but bruh phidx You are sooooo genuine and soooo passionate bout all your contents!! We have been learing to play properly because of you and enjoy all your contents
I've watched this Tournament Live and it was really intense, it was really frustrating seeing Yagami losing those 4 sets straight but he pulled it off like an anime comeback. I'm rooting for Yagami because I'm also a Reina Player. This set is really a treat to watch! Kudos also to Chanel showing sportmanship and gracefulness in defeat.
For those wondering, that the Wra 1 CH guarantees the Sen 1+2 into Wra 2 for a FULL HEAT DASH COMBO. If Chanel had more health he was definitely losing 80%
Match that inspired me to learn the game with Reina and stop trying other chars until I feel that I'm solid enpugh. What actually makes him different from the rest of us in Reina gang (aside from obvious pro-level of execution, decision-making etc.) is the way how he understands the game through the character. Tiny things like mixing her movement and stance cancels are making him the best Reina player. Also Chanel lifting him while hugging was just great. Best set in Tekken 8 so far and I'm looking to see the other crazy stuff that Yagami will show to us. Honestly would love to see him and Joka clashing in finals and giving us tight Reina vs Heihachi Grand Final.
Watched this set live, as a reina main I was cheering on yagami through the whole tournament, by the end of game 4 I felt like it was the end and then somehow he just kept winning match after match, when he got that final counterhit to win the game I jumped out of my chair and almost broke my headset at 4am truly one of my favorite esports moments
I have avoided spoilers or watching anything since your original EWC posts. And Yagami became one of my favorites to watch the moment I saw him play. There is something unique about it.
Couldn't stand up after I watched this. This set gave me full jelly legs. I haven't played Tekken since 3, but I've picked it up again and I've been learning Reina and this just further makes me want to master "The Queen/Lil Raijin" herself even more. Also, FRAME TRAPS BITCHES!!!!!
I was so fed up with not being able to rank up but finally broke through to Tekken King with Mishimas. The problem was impatience and too slowly identifying bad habits, similar to the suggestions in many of your coaching sessions.
aye, If you see this comment and you like what this man does for us, drop a like. Too many of us lurkin, i was guilty of that too, get this man the props he deserves!
This is why you and TMM are the only 2 people I'm subbed to on YT for T8. You guys have a clear love for the series and your emotions are infectious. Amazing content.
I been using the taunt parry cus its anazing to parry strings, get ng a good punish with it is hard sometimes though, glad to see the best Reina in the world is so good with using it
I'm a newb to Tekken but when I first saw Yagami's Reina, I switched from Steve to Reina. Just reached Flame Ruler after 3 months of learning and playing. Now, Reina will be forever in the internet 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
pov me if i was chanel: after loss 1 - "ok" after loss 2 - "woah ok let me not get ahead of myself" after loss 3 - "what is happening right now?" after loss 4 - "did he download me? aint no way right?" after loss 5 - "wow i got downloaded. **** that was intense. what a good match" now imagine if he dropped yagami while trying to pick him up
First time I saw Yagami was his set against Jimmy J at evo. Surprsied me by how well he played and I now see it wasn't a fluke. Dude is a major threat.
Audio issues from the first upload are fixed! Thanks for your patience 🙏
lol! That explains it. I as started watching this and had to stop. When I came back, it had disappeared. I was about to lodge a bug report with TH-cam because this was the third time today a video suddenly disappeared. Glad I saw that you reuploaded so I don’t have to bother.
Love these videos Phi 🙏
Always worth it to wait for your videos
Thanks for the video.
Its also important to note why Chanel was jabbing the ff2 sen stance in the first place:
The jab is a powerful option select for the ff2 sen casino which forces the Reina to either use the homing high or the homing low which subsequently can be option selected by ducking into full launch. The jab recovery also makes sure that the power crush can be blocked, every other mid gets interrupted and the airborne mid gets floated into combo. This essentially neuters the ff2 sen casino and significantly swings it in the defenders favor because all they have to choose is whether to jab or to duck while the attacker is risking their life with each option they pick or at the very least getting jab interrupted.
Yagami's outplay of not going into sen after ff2 but rather hard reading jabs to instantly do the full crouch launcher without confirming whether the jab was coming out or not was super fun to watch.
Especially because he had been doing the ff2 duck and punish even in the group stages and the first few games of this set but instead of hard reading the jab he was trying to see the jab whiff and punishing with the jewel snatcher. It was so satisfying to see the ft5 develop in a way where Yagami was trying to maximize his reward for each won interaction by believing in his reads harder and harder towards the end because of the data he had collected earlier in the long set. FT5's are cool
Super stoked for this vid.
Love Yagami and any high level Reina.
Thanks, Phi!
Same! I strive to be as good as yagami, since I live in New Zealand all I need to do is hit tekken god, to vs yagami. Raijin rank atm, hopefully by the end of the year I’ll hit tekken god.
@@yoshitsune5691 Gl on your journey. I dont really play the game that much but u want to hit the blue ranks by the end of the year
This was the the number one recap I was looking forward to! I saw this set live and it was so exciting, really cool watching it again
I usually don't travel for Tekken tournaments, EWC was my first tournament as a spectator. I am the biggest Reina Simp and I got to witness this Live :'( This was the the highlight of my visit to Riyadh. I still can't believe Yagami did what he did there. He literally made my day and I got to hug him and take picture with him later. I always have a huge respect for character loyalists and I said it on stream he is going to be the DARK HORSE in TWT Finals this weekend. Thanks for covering these matches Phi! love your content, you're doing a great favor to the Global Tekken nation. Much love!
I love this character. Not only is she an “easy to use, difficult to master” which is amazing for new and longtime players but Reina is also a character who just looks amazing to spectate.
I tried picking up other characters and learning them for a time but I just always go back to Reina. Something about playing her is very flowy.
To me, she’s very flexible gameplay wise. Great movement, quick buttons and when they hit, it sounds good. What attracts me to her is that there are certain moments when I enter a “flow state.” It’s a boxing term, but basically it means everything becomes instinct, all my execution becomes crisps, I can read my opponent perfectly and all my buttons hit. It’s awesome when it happens.
That was some good a$$ Tekken right there!
@thorcolossus Flow state isnt necessarily a boxing term. It's more of a generalized term that means what you described, but is applicable in nearly every sort of task at hand
Up until recently I thought she has like 200 moves when it's only 120-ish, which I guess is because she has so much player expression and complexity.
Nothing more satisfying than finding situations like being able to use her u1+2 stance to cartwheel over Yoshi's sword sweep and instant electric launch, doing a unique wavu with wind god step and Sentai or parrying normally safe or unparryable moves like Yoshi's 1,1 or Fengs db2,2,2 lol (have to use the Fusatsujin parry for the last one)
It never ends with her
@@danielhenrique8615 Honestly a reasonable statement.
Some characters feel mass produced while Reina is a cookie from grandma
Lmao yeah I usually don’t taunt myself but like to know my options and her taunt, teabag and ki charge are all mid tier, so parry and stomp it is imo
Noice, I nearly found myself at the pearly gates once after laughing too hard while trolling with Jins omen online (the one without heat) and have him look like a Genie and Harry Potter lol
30:50 made watching this whole thing worth it. I've been waiting for the video for awhile.
The last round is straight out of an anime.
I remember my entire body going numb due to how stressful it was watching Yagami being so close to losing it all after such an amazing comeback.
@@w21aaaaa oh yeah absolutely. This is definitely one of my favorite sets of all time now and I'm so glad I caught it live.
This is the one I've been waiting for. Thanks for sticking with it! This game is my first Tekken and your videos have been incredibly helpful.
i appreciate the vids!! they help me learn and see so much more from the matches from when I watched them by myself. Thank you! your hard work is very much appreciated!!
Unreal. I wish I had watched this live. Massive kudos to Chanel for showing respect and love despite that devastating loss. Good stuff.
I watched this live with a friend, we were both just hyped and could barely breath from start to finish, everything was just amazing, that was Reina in her purest form, with Yagami being a real master here!
I was wondering when you'd go through this match (after I had already watched it so many times as a Reina player), it was absolutely worth the wait!
Your hype and reactions at that last match was basically like me and my friend just flipping out when we watched it live!
Thank you PhiDX!
I asked for this video like a thousand times,thank you. 👍
I’ve been struggling to find a main since Tekken came out I’ve tried Hwo, Eddy, and Reina. I think this video just made it clear which one I’m going with. I must learn this man’s ways lol
Came back to like the re upload
"Yagami: I will be happy if I win one match"
MF beating legends well done my man
Yagami is such an inspiration to watch. His performance in this tournament and especially this set made me double down on co-maining Reina. I was of the mindset that playing both her and Bryan would be too hefty of a task since I would be learning both of them from scratch. I'm also suffering from a character crisis due to Noctis and Kuni both being gone (still hoping Kuni comes back though). Not to mention that Bryan and Reina are both pretty difficult characters. But seeing what Yagami is able to do with her is just as inspiring to me as watching Knee or Jimmy playing Bryan, if not more, honestly.
I stopped caring about how hard it would be to learn both of them in parallel, even if it would definitely stunt my growth in the short term. It turned out to be a really good decision for me. Reina being a hyper aggressive rushdown character and Bryan being as defensive as he is actually helped me play each of them a little more well-rounded. And if it wasn't for Yagami and this set, that might not have happened.
Been waiting for you to cover this one!
This match really is a strong statement against mid-set coaching.
The mindgames at play where you can see Chanel started to unravel and kept falling for Yagami's setups as he kept winning and winning is legit top tier.
Wouldn't have gotten one of the best T8 sets ever if EWC allowed coaching. Hopefully the TWT organizers noticed how hype this match was and ban coaching for next season.
I watch yagami a lot to try and pick up on things he does to add to my own gameplay but as someone whos not as experienced as Phi its nice to have him breakdown some of the things he does.
Learning Reina rn so your videos are absolutely perfect for me 😁
Amazing set, thanks for the ride :)
I have been waiting for your review of this specific match since I first watched it live. Your reaction did not disappoint.
Love the breakdowns for these your energy and passion for this stuff makes it a lot more entertaining ❤ Phi
This set was so hype to watch live
Was waiting for months for you to go over this match haha even though i seen this match so many times, i still get hyped
My favourite set in T8. The first to 5 format led to this insane adjustment and momentum swing. Even having seen it before - I still get excited watching that final match.
I was waiting for you to get to this one!!! Seeing this one live, it was easily the most hype Tekken 8 set so far
If I wasn't watching this at work I would have been screaming alongside you.
This comeback was amazing. This is up there with Kagemarus comeback at Mastercup 9 grand finals for Tekken 7
Let’s gooo been waiting for ur analysis of this match the day it happened
This was the most hype tekken match i think ive ever seen in my life, and phi made it so much better with his energy
PhiDX you are the best commentator for this match man, that final set you had me rushing to my screen for that final round lol. Great video man
I’ve waited for a video like this, Reina ftw. Love and respect to all Reina mains
THIS IS THE SET I WAS WAITING FOR!!! Everything about this set was exciting, Yagami's Reina is on another level. At around this time no one but Yagami was playing Reina this way at this level, it really opens your eyes as to what she can do. Knee at TGU and Yagami at EWC were the most hype sets of the year for me. Some good ass Tekken
Bruh been watching soo many tekken TH-camrs but bruh phidx You are sooooo genuine and soooo passionate bout all your contents!! We have been learing to play properly because of you and enjoy all your contents
I've watched this Tournament Live and it was really intense, it was really frustrating seeing Yagami losing those 4 sets straight but he pulled it off like an anime comeback. I'm rooting for Yagami because I'm also a Reina Player. This set is really a treat to watch! Kudos also to Chanel showing sportmanship and gracefulness in defeat.
For those wondering, that the Wra 1 CH guarantees the Sen 1+2 into Wra 2 for a FULL HEAT DASH COMBO. If Chanel had more health he was definitely losing 80%
This was so hype. What a comeback from 4-0
no way this is your first time watching this set.
this match is honestly legendary. i'll still be thinking about it a year from now
Match that inspired me to learn the game with Reina and stop trying other chars until I feel that I'm solid enpugh. What actually makes him different from the rest of us in Reina gang (aside from obvious pro-level of execution, decision-making etc.) is the way how he understands the game through the character. Tiny things like mixing her movement and stance cancels are making him the best Reina player.
Also Chanel lifting him while hugging was just great. Best set in Tekken 8 so far and I'm looking to see the other crazy stuff that Yagami will show to us. Honestly would love to see him and Joka clashing in finals and giving us tight Reina vs Heihachi Grand Final.
this is the best of both world for me, I get your analysis and MYK commentary "STOP PUTTING YOUR HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR"
This is the 6th or 7th time I watch this set, I love watching Yagami play he's so sick
Watched this set live, as a reina main I was cheering on yagami through the whole tournament, by the end of game 4 I felt like it was the end and then somehow he just kept winning match after match, when he got that final counterhit to win the game I jumped out of my chair and almost broke my headset at 4am truly one of my favorite esports moments
Man this was hype to see again🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I have avoided spoilers or watching anything since your original EWC posts. And Yagami became one of my favorites to watch the moment I saw him play. There is something unique about it.
"The powercrush (blob), he's frame-trapped, thats guaranteed! OMG!!!"
30:02 "It's gonna be so many interactions to win"
*Round ends with one combo*
Bro this match was one of the most hype things I’ve ever seen in Tekken, definitely worth slacking off work for an hour and a half and risking my job
Damn, that was an amazing roller coaster
Your match analysis is op brother! Love this content, you would make a great commentator! Hope to see you competing again!
12:40 “Yagami picks Feng”
👏🏼 outstanding move I never saw coming
I've seen this match three times already. Probably one of my favourite Tekken things ever
Ohhhh I been waiting for this
Your reactions in game nine were precious.
Couldn't stand up after I watched this. This set gave me full jelly legs. I haven't played Tekken since 3, but I've picked it up again and I've been learning Reina and this just further makes me want to master "The Queen/Lil Raijin" herself even more. Also, FRAME TRAPS BITCHES!!!!!
Yagami showing why hes the only reina player in competitive. No one uses her tools as effective as him
Shoutouts Feng Wei. His role was short in this, but the impact couldnt have been bigger to shift Yagami's mind set. Possibly the best set of the year.
you are the premier tekken content creator dude. Love your videos and analysis
Damn that's a hype set!
This is genuinely still my favorite T8 set, going to be hard to beat this storyline
28:25 Why did Alisa's heat gauge not move down at all here? It stand's still until 28:36.
this was the most intense and insane ft5 game i have ever witnessed
I knew exactly what was going to happen and I still get so stressed watching this lol
Just found out yagami's leverless has an extra LDR for the right hand. Does that help him achieve these executions?
Holy 💩 this was insane 😊
this is one of the sickest matches i have ever seen live this match made yagami and reina one
Bro really said "I understand it now"
Completely new to Tekken as a whole but watching this video was really cool
No, this is Patrick.
People who don't know are really in for a good one.
I was so fed up with not being able to rank up but finally broke through to Tekken King with Mishimas. The problem was impatience and too slowly identifying bad habits, similar to the suggestions in many of your coaching sessions.
I can’t believe he came back to win, that’s sick
Reina CAN be very easy. Optimizing her large moveset is the hard part that most players ignore
Most reina players learn to spam 11 and ff+2 flowcharts.
Was waiting for this one! One of if not OCE’s finest players ❤
After watching this I'm going to have to watch as much as I can of the TWT for some amazing content.
This set is probably one of the greatest comebacks to the early stages of Tekken 8!
aye, If you see this comment and you like what this man does for us, drop a like. Too many of us lurkin, i was guilty of that too, get this man the props he deserves!
This is why you and TMM are the only 2 people I'm subbed to on YT for T8. You guys have a clear love for the series and your emotions are infectious. Amazing content.
its hard to overstate the level of hype on the stream when yagami turned this set around. Bro really brought it home for us aussies.
FINALLY I been waiting on this one
Being honest you coulda just skipped to this and grand finals those are the best matches
can we get a yagami interview phi
duuuuuude it was so weird when the vid cut lol
I been using the taunt parry cus its anazing to parry strings, get ng a good punish with it is hard sometimes though, glad to see the best Reina in the world is so good with using it
WUFL had a FT5 setup for the latter end of the bracket, but that was during T7.
battle of the gooners
I'm a newb to Tekken but when I first saw Yagami's Reina, I switched from Steve to Reina. Just reached Flame Ruler after 3 months of learning and playing. Now, Reina will be forever in the internet 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
If I were Chanel, I would protest "THIS SHOULD BE BEST OF 5 OR BEST OF 7 NOT 9 !! "
Rest in peace FuryX Reina, a soul lost to league
I wish I could watch again not knowing the result. The best match I've seen by far. Yagami is a BEAST 🙌
The first time i saw his Reina i became his fan ❤
will you be doing a restrospect of the twt finals or will you be watching it live on twitch?
Both!
@ lets goo!!! im so excited to see some high lvl tekken and who will come out on top
@ also hopefully the american representatives show out i would love to see shadow or fos make deep runs or win the whole thing
Now this FT5 set might be the greatest set in TEKKEN history omg
That Final Final was wild!!
this guy reinas
god that last round!!!
Greatest set ever
Greatest tekken 8 set as of right now
pov me if i was chanel:
after loss 1 - "ok"
after loss 2 - "woah ok let me not get ahead of myself"
after loss 3 - "what is happening right now?"
after loss 4 - "did he download me? aint no way right?"
after loss 5 - "wow i got downloaded. **** that was intense. what a good match"
now imagine if he dropped yagami while trying to pick him up
First time I saw Yagami was his set against Jimmy J at evo. Surprsied me by how well he played and I now see it wasn't a fluke. Dude is a major threat.
He beat Knee offstream at EVO Japan
He also beat Ulsan's Dragunov 2-0 last week on Philippine's Manila Madness.
amazing
hype af