How To Improve Your Reaction Time in Tekken 8 | Tekken 8 Defense Guide
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Want to improve your reaction time in Tekken 8? This defense guide covers drills to help you block, low parry, and punish attacks on pure reaction eliminating the 50/50 chances and faulty predictions.
This video is heavily inspired by @PhiDX reaction guide. After watching his guide, I knew I had to try these drills myself, but added my own spin on it! Check out his original video here: • Your Tekken reactions ...
He's the real Tekken Education G! 💯🔥
⏱️ Video Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:23 - Why Reaction Time Matters in Tekken 8
00:35 - Level 1: Bryan
01:56 - Level 2: Dragunov
03:24 - Level 3 Dragunov (again)
07:56 - Level 4: Law
10:42 - Level 5: Jin
12:37 - Final Remarks
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Such an underrated channel. Awesome guide.
Thank you so much. Means a lot 🙌
Amazing Guide... ❤ keep it up @the Azguardian
@@wintersoldier2587 Thank you so much, WS ❤️ Means a lot 🙌
This helps me a lot as a Dragunov Main.
@@johnpatrick3646 I'm glad to hear it does. Thank you 🙌
Great video, very informative! Will share 👏🏾
Really appreciate it! Means a lot coming from you. Thanks for the support! 🔥
Thanks for dropping by. If you loved this guide and it helped you, let me know down in the comments!
Law Uf4 is -13 on Block
@@ShiningSparkL1n6 no it isn't. The single uf 4 is launch punishable. You can check it.
How to improve your reaction time in Tekken 8, step #1, don’t drink a 4 pack of your favorite IPA before playing! Step #2, try these steps!!
HAHAHAHAHA. Love this!
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@@AssassinatorScout1 Thank you. Means a lot 🙌
What a thriller game...Well played your are guiding people in an incredible way keep growing 👍😊
@@muneebrehman568 Thank you 🙌
Thanks for sharing this video, Amazing
@@SwedishChachu Thanks, sir!
Great
all good but dragunov's d2 is not a reactable low.
I think it is. Once you practice it enough, you can see it coming
@@theazgardian
Do you know anybody who's reacting to it?
So far nobody in the pro scene is reacting to it and a lot of them have been going against that move since Tekken 5.
@@UltimateBallaPOM Alright, so you say it's unreactable. PhiDX also says hellsweep is unreactable. Does that mean you wouldn't even try to block it? Just because something is extremely difficult to react to doesn’t mean you shouldn't practice recognizing patterns, tendencies, or setups that lead into it. Even pros rely on more than just raw reaction time.
@@theazgardian Hellsweep has nothing to do with this conversation or this video bro, why even give it as an example? there is no drill involving hellsweep adds nothing to your point
Hellsweep is a relevant example because it's often considered unreactable, yet players still develop ways to defend against it, whether through pattern recognition, conditioning, or matchup experience. The point is that even if something is difficult to react to, you should still train for it for overall betterment. The same applies to Dragunov's d2. It's not about drills specifically. It's about improving defensive awareness as a whole.
I hope this clarifies my point.
Very interesting video keep it up...i think this is good work and you provide good information..❤❤
Thanks a lot!!
Amazing game video keep it up 👏
Awesome. Please more videos like this. I would like if you added such annoying characters as Nina and Hworang for example (I have over 800h but I still losing to them every time lol)
@@Media_Killer02 Thanks a lot! Glad you liked it. This video was more of a pure reaction guide rather than a character-specific or an anti-character/punishment one, but improving your raw reactions will definitely help with dealing with those annoying lows. That said, if Nina and Hwoarang are giving you trouble, labbing them, their strings, figuring out what’s sidestepable and where, and refining your movement (backdashing, sidestepping) and punishment will help you overall. For character specific guides, I’ll keep your suggestion in mind for future content!
Peace!
just wanna drop this here so other people don't fall into bad habits or get confused
make sure when you record moves to practice defence that you include at least a couple seconds of holding back to make sure your punish is valid
I saw you block a scourge (Jin's d2) and launch it with WS2 towards the end of the video, which doesn't actually work. d2 is only -14 (one of the most annoying things about it) and WS2 is i15 so if your opponent was blocking they would just block it and punish *you* for attempting a slower move
and for certain characters like Victor, whose WS1 is -16 on block, this a mistake that could cost you the round
Thanks for these. I did WS2 out of habit
@theazgardian no worries. I see you getting cooked in the comments, but I can't not commend an honest effort to entertain and inform. I liked the video
Thanks, G. I'm not worried about the negative comments. People have got too comfortable with not contributing any value on their own and hating on others who do.
I'm not a Tekken expert but I tried to help others like me. So I'm happy for all the people who loved it!
Level 5 is quite unreasonable if you're making it out to seem that it's a reaction thing.
PhiDX himself couldn't do it and there aren't videos of anybody doing them.
- the df1,4/df1,4~4 is handled by you flash ducking and appropriately punishing based on how ready you are for that move(so flash duck into standing launcher or your 12f which covers both scenarios).
- You're not reacting to d4(16f) and extremely few people have the superhuman reflex to react to db4(21f?). The drill here, Hellsweep added, is to anticipate which low and punish appropriately(-12,-13, launch).
In practice you MIGHT be able to react to the ff3/Hellsweep mix but you could probably count, with one hand and a missing finger or two, the number of people who will truly react to them in a real match.
- With Dragonuv, the Snake Edge/Grab is more about blocking until the point the SE is about to connect then mashing your launcher button. If it's SE you'll be in block stun but your launcher will come out at the first active frame(since you're mashing) and it will avoid the grab.
- when you get better with grabs, you can either (1) add more moves to list(unreactable safe mid, launching unsafe mid, barely reactable* low, reactable mid with similar start-up to the reactable low[King's db2 vs db3], duckable or steppable strings] or (2)turn on opponent Counter Hit property so that you have a reduced window period to break throws.
Combining these two(and reacting to the situations appropriately) will create something which is somewhat close to achieving Ultra Instinct. You'd have to remove the unreactable lows that have counter hit properties
@@UltimateBallaPOM I get your point, and I’m not saying every mixup can be purely reacted to. But if that were the case, we wouldn’t see even the handful of top players consistently blocking things that are ‘supposed’ to be unreactable. Reaction in Tekken isn’t just raw speed it’s about pattern recognition, anticipation, and sharpening your defensive habits. If you never practice trying to react, you’re just relying on guessing forever.
By Level 5 we tried to incorporate extremely uncreactable lows so that at least our mind can recognize them and with consistent practice be ready for them.
I can say about myself that by practicing these my defense has improved by a lot.
Getting hit by a 71 frame move at god ranks = emotional damage wahahaha
@@tsumatsannel Well you can be good and still be caught by surprise. It's alright. Even Ulsan fell for Farzeen's troll move during TWT.
Sound cues are an interesting concept to me. I never play with audio on, I always have something else in my ears when I play
Glad you found it interesting! It's definitely a factor for those who play with audio in every game. But playing with something else in your ears is a totally valid strategy. I have some friends who turn the background music off because it's distracting, but I prefer it because no music kills the vibe lol!
how do you confirm counter-hits then?
crazy why people even need a tutorial for this. its a fighting game cuh get your defense up and stop mashing. good content btw keep it up
@@loggiepoggie Apart from mashing, on which I agree with you, not everybody has quick reflexes (age and experience factors are majorly in play here). That's why I decided to make this guide to help people like me up.
Thank you for the appreciation, G 💯
This is my favorite game
is throw breaks posible on 130 ms ?
If you can react to and break throws consistently offline, does it even matter online? I remember Anakin saying that online should be used to prepare for offline. Because offline is the real deal. That's where your raw skills matter. So in my opinion, focus on sharpening your reactions and skills first, then we can worry about ping. It’s definitely a factor, but anything can happen. Let’s keep improving!
Bro you don't like law but you use dragunov
Maybe I hate everyone except Dragunov 🌚
I loved that the majority of the narration is WRONG (technically speaking), you didn't CREDIT the creators of the drills or the guy that you picked them up from (PhiDX) nor mentioned WHY SPECIFICALLY you use certain moves (like, Law drill is for reaction speed to CERTAIN TYPES OF STRINGS reaction speed). Congrats on being an new players trying to teach new players and gain praise for something you're bad at lol
Appreciate the feedback! I actually credited PhiDX in the description and acknowledged his original video. I didn't try to take credit for somebody else's work at all. As for the drills, I explained them in a way that helps players apply them practically and improving their raw reaction speed rather than just memorizing setups. If something felt unclear, I'm always open to improving! Either way, thanks for engaging-hope you still found some value in the video.
damn you kinda embarrassed yourself
@@tsyrensex did i? Guy is red rank, doesn't know dogwater how or why to use practice mode LOL he used Bryan SKAKE EDGE/ B1 to pseudo 50/50 itself, which have completly different animations due to the AUDIO CUE, BRO
It seems like you misunderstood the video. I specifically pointed out that both Snake Edge and B1 share the same audio cue, which can lead to misreads if you react to sound instead of the animation. The whole point was to train visual recognition over audio cues. Maybe give it another watch before making assumptions. Otherwise, enjoy the bliss of your own understanding. Good night.
@ it was not supposed to be a 50/50 but an option to prevent you from ducking just because your opponent moved
This is a copy Paste From PhiDX whiff out key information on the purpose of each Drills 😱😱😱
Where's your contribution on that copy paste ???
@@bienvenumusale I took inspiration from PhiDX’s drills because they're solid, and referenced him in the description. I built on his drills and adapted them for lower-ranked players. My goal was to make the concepts easier to understand for beginners who might struggle with high-level explanations. If you think something key is missing, let me know!
@@theazgardian None of this advice helps navigate laggy environments. I play at TGS, these drills won’t help…😂
If winning online is your goal, then you're right, but in future if you wanna participate in any online setting it will help you. A lot of Pakistani pros use these drills to sharpen their reaction. Depends on what goal you have, sharpening your reactions won't hurt at all
Tuned out after 10 seconds when you falsely advertised Bryan's snake edge as the slowest in the game.. Lili's slower.
I'm sorry to hear that. Thanks for the comment though. Peace!