Mighty Ruler. I'd say having enough of a variety of combos or having the muscle memory to be able to mix up and institute enough variety into my playstyle to not become predictable for my opponent to exploit. I also open myself up to punishes too much.
It’s for different characters I play, like I play Steve but since he’s a pretty popular character and not really op so it’s harder, people know how he moves and aren’t thrown off. Yet I play Shaheen for the same amount of time and can breeze past the point I’m at with Steve because well he’s a better character and also people don’t know what the hell I’m doing.
Got the most important advice for yall on this. DONT SAVE SCUM, join player lobbies that allow 1 fight at a time and WATCH HOW THEY BEAT SOMEONE ELSE. It will Click in your head how to beat something in specific. Watching that in real time made me a god (tekken King) in no time at all. you dont even need them to play the same character. say you main alisa and you struggle against king, you join a player lobby, they happen to be good, and you see how this random jun is able to destroy king by stepping this way or blocking that way and punishing, now when you fight this same king in the lobby you know how to beat that before you fought him. Best way to learn imo. DO NOT TRY TO LEARN YOUR OPPONENT AND NOT THE CHARACTER YOU HAVE TO DO BOTH. Anyone really good will swap how they play on a dime, especially when it stops winning for them.
@@sadnibutani5811 no way i just double checked! IT WAS COPE THIS WHOLE TIME! i know this one dude who keeps going from tenryu and flame ruler so i kept thinking he was save scumming lol
Yeah play player match against good people unless you really care for ranked 💀It doesnt get better the higher you get. I just got my tekken king rank so i can have a badge for player match 😭😭 But an easy way to get out of red ranks is literally spam evasion moves when you think your opponent will throw because. RED RANKS LOVE THEM THROWS. i got out of red ranks for my buddy on his PC by using jacks D 1+2 every time i knew a throw was coming as its like a 100 damage combo. But i think every character has SOMETHING that hard punishes grabs or HIGHS.
its dumb and annoying but you'll actually get exponentially better just dealing with those type of players bc you're forced to improve your reactions naturally and optimize your counters
It just forces you to block and get familiar with their unsafe strings and whiff punishable moves. If you can do that, you will easily climb the red and purple ranks
Best tip that i have is to flow, have fun. The moment you get serious about it and stop mixing it up for fun, you will begin to tilt and lose badly. Don't get personal, mix up your attacks, grab, side step, and don't miss juggles. Enjoy the game from there. You're going to lose, so just learn to quickly move on. You will enjoy the game more
I'm at Tekken Emperor, was halfway to getting promoted to Tekken God, got demoted all the way to Bushin, then had to go on multiple winning streaks to get back to Tekken Emperor. Ranked can be absolutely brutal, especially with the new prowess matchmaking bs and the losing streak deductions. Despite the fact that this Jin might be the 3rd best Jin out of every Tekken version (I've been playing since Tekken 3, and Tekken 3 and 4 Jin were stronger) and he's top 7 imo, I still have trouble against the countless Dragunov, Feng, Alisa, and Xiaoyu players I see online.
Even though Jin is cracked right now there are still a lot of crazy characters in this game and it is a pretty hard game, so don't go too hard on yourself
Matchmaking is just bullshit. I get matched everytime with players that have 400k or more prowess while I actually have only 230k. There's already a huge difference between a tekken king and a tekken god, with this matchmaking this game is just unplayable
If your are having trouble with xiaoyu it means a couple things one is you aren’t being patient with attacking you are probably pressing too many buttons
@@jamaalchardavoine1453 nah I'm usually a patient player, whenever I try to punish her my moves whiff. I've known how she plays since Tekken 3 she's not new to me, it's just that in this game they gave her damage on top of her evasiveness.
Excellent advice, I’ve been stuck at Flame/Battle Ruler and sometimes I frustrate myself because I’m recognizing a lot of strings at this point and still mash at times when I should know better. I can tip my hat when I lose against someone that is clearly better than me or has a good read or counter to what I’m doing. But when I lose a set because I did something stupid on my end (for example doing Azucena’s super unsafe db1+2 to try and launch them without even setting it up or anticipating a high) I just shake my damn head like why did I do that??? 🤦🏽♂️ but once I tighten up those careless mistakes I’ll make it to blue for sure.
being more patient, recognizing highs in strings and whiff punishment helped me immensely with getting out of purples! Try not to get tilted and if you do, take some time for yourself and get back to the grind when youre ready :)
@@dragonspogma oh yeah I definitely don’t play tilted, that should be the #1 advice for all Tekken players. I did get titled a few times going through red rank hell but now when I lose I’m almost able to pinpoint exactly what I could’ve or should’ve done better. And if I lose 3 in a row I go to replays or practice and lab what I’m doing wrong.
Was the opposite for me tbh. I spent like a month in fujin, and basically like a week in raijin to reach kishin. What worked for me was to stop playing for a while, and come back with a fresh palette.
Here's something that helped me climb ranks fast: the lower your rank, the more you can autopilot CH pressure, and the higher your rank, the less you can, but the more you can mix. People in orange ranks to red ranks never respect your plus frames. Using Lars, I always catch opponents pressing buttons after his d/b+4 on hit so they eat his FC d/f+2. However in purple ranks, they start respecting this, so I need to break that habit and do his mix with lows out of it.
Got almost 3 characters to god right now and main thing I have to say is the skill level becomes linear when you hit 200k + it’s really about understanding punishment, whiff and baiting, I usually never block low unless I absolutely have too until I download what’s going on you’ll be surprised how much people even in god ranks and tekken king will try to block or parry every low they see
I'm bushin and it's really frustrating when you win a Tekken King or Tekken Emperor player and get only 500 points, but when you lose the match, you also lose 1k points. It's so unbalanced.
I hit Tekken king recently and playing other characters was a HUGE help, I try to play about 200-300 games to get a reference frame for characters I’ve never played. I main Lars but fell in Love with Drag and Claudio through this method
@@Boogard some ranks like God of Destruction be spamming my rank is a beginner I've beaten Fujin, Mighty Ruler, Garyu, Shinryu, Tekken God Supreme. You video helps me out.
@@lewisanderson1171they don’t really try like that in quick match bro 😭 if they were serious u wouldn’t stand a chance, unless u’ve only been playing quickmatch?
Currently TGS with a few side characters at Tekken King, my biggest advice for Tekken King and onwards would be to really test your opponent. You need to gain as much information as you can about them and use it against them. I personally love to use my plus frames for this, for example, i'll do a move that's plus on block and just see how far their knowledge goes the first time. To they side step afterwards ? Do they challenge ? Do they just try to backdash out of it ? Whatever they do tells you alot, you just gotta pay attention instead of caring too much about winning, that's how I grew at least
I'm stucked at Fujin and "I know you probably got by so far avoiding this, but now it's time to actually logged in and learn Match Up" hit me harder than Paul's Death Fist with Heat Dash.
I’ve heard learning a character to beat them doesn’t work a lot of the time because playing them doesn’t always make it easier to defend against them like king players who can’t break their own chain throws 🤧
This is 100% true. Unless you master the character its not the most helpful thing in the world. However learning the character tells you what strategies to expect when both players are low on health so remember what you would do as the opponents character.
@@10du16 It feels like something that could work but doesn’t make sense to me to actually do because there’s always a bunch of things you could do but some are more efficient.
@@HONEST-xj4rrit can 100% make you a lot better but you gotta learn certain things. When you pick up a character to learn them for matchup knowledge safe. Learn .their key moves and frame data .common flow charts .unsafe launchers .option selects for stance mix ups. You don’t really have to be good with a character but if you play a character for a couple days you will learn what moves are good and bad and can assume others will use them. I tend to go to online replays and watch other people of my rank use my character against a character im learning
Nah it helps but u gotta really know the character u don’t need to know that much tho, whenever I have a mirror match knowing exactly how to counter stuff makes it wayyy easier for me
since i'm kinda new to tekken i was stuck on red for like several months when i keep playing the game, but after watching streamers/tournaments it gaves me so many fundamentals to improve, now going back to tekken after lidia update i can get to flame ruler this video is very relatable about red ranks it's actually the start of me to understand all basic fundamentals so i can get away from red rank
When I got to Tekken God I had to switch my style to a more passive approach than my normal aggressive rush down. After switching my style I just started climbing the ranks but you need to practice your punishes on each character to maximize your damage because the damage adds up and possibly get closer to death if you did the right punishes. From playing patient I got to GoD but not all games I play passive I sometimes play aggressive depending on how the opponent plays after the first round.
Happy for you, I’m hardstuck at god supreme for 1 month now I mean I just stay there every time I’m close to destruction I’ll match pros and back to middle of supreme rank!
Happy for you, I’m hardstuck at god supreme for 1 month now I mean I just stay there every time I’m close to destruction I’ll match pros and back to middle of supreme rank!
I'm at Fujin with Raven. Just got here 3 days ago. But I see it's a different ball game when fighting. So I'm chilling here for a bit..until I feel ready for the next rank.
I feel like Tekken King and above is when real Tekken starts. I’m at Bushin right now, and I can consistently beat my ranks and below. But Tekken Kings and above is a struggle for me.
Dayum the red rank explanation is exactly what i experienced, i was just got promoted to purple rank a few days ago, and i really spent a lot of time to escape red ranks by learning spammers habbit and reading my opponents. I mean i'm a hwoarang main tho, but i don't spam button without thinking
Been stuck at raijin and I’ve spent most of my time on quick match cuz I gave up doing ranked but I started to click onto my opponents and what they do. My main is Jin and secondary is kazuya and I started to see how easy it was for me to beat mishimas but struggle with Xiaoyu and yoshi from time to time. I hope to get back into ranked someday but I’m going to continue training before I get started
I was Fujin for 3 months but after being patient and learning my character through pro players, it definitely helped. I am currently Bushin looking to get to my goal rank of Tekken King. Bushin is where the competition gets crazy. You’ll get a lot of cheesy players and less spammers. Just pay attention to their movement and what they usually and try to reverse their tactics.
really, really good video here. i made it to tekken king as a kazuya player last month, but somehow got knocked all the way back down to raijin unfortunately and took a break ever since for the most part. i think the busted matchmaking process that takes into account tekken prowess is to blame for this and i think that adds some caveats to your otherwise excellent points. in order for me to get back into ranks i achieved before like kishin or bushin, i know have to be a much better player than i currently am, and it's exhausting and annoying. and kazuya's weaknesses are much more apparent for me now when i get matched up against a whole lot of tekken kings and emperors who are playing with different characters in the blue ranks. i lose a lot more now than i win lol. i'm gonna need to find another character soon your point about conditioning opponents in the gold ranks is good and correct, but tbh i think that's really important in the blue ranks too. at least, if you want to stay in the blue ranks. it's helped me a lot tbh
I’m only raijin, but I’ll be quite honest what got me there was throwing lows until my opponent decided he finally wanted to start ducking which opened up launches. Power crushing during pressure so my opponent would be forced to respect the mixup. Low jabbing to force my opponent to think of new ways to pressure me. Mind games, spacing, and movement over everything else has really changed the game for me. So I love what you said. A lot of this can be applied much earlier.
First tekken game i'm playing online, play yoshimitsu, currently stuck in raijin, game is hard. Main thing i struggle with is remembering frame data and animations to understand how to block and punish specific moves and what frame traps an opponent can execute on me.
Red rank. Jack main. I struggle with execution due to just generally having poor dexterity. Thanks to being blind in one eye. But I've been starting to get a lot of that down and now I'm just struggling with learning the match ups.
For me, playing in the gold ranks (Tekken King +) is all about your state of mind. Reaction time and adaptation speed matter a lot more. In lower ranks, it's okay to miss opportunities since opponents are more predictable and have more exploitable weaknesses that don't require reads. But in higher ranks, you need sharp reactions and quick mid-round adaptation. For example, when I'm fully awake, I can punish fast recovery moves or adjust my strategy mid-round, whereas when I'm tired, I only realize what went wrong after the round or maybe even after the match. In gold ranks, homework test time vs the character is over, its all about player vs player performance.
Imma kazuya player at battle ruler and I think rewatching my games like you said will probably help I’ve never rewatched my matches but this video has inspired me to much love dawg
I'm an Asuka main on the Raijin/Kishin struggle bus lol. I know your advice is the next step towards improving and ranking up with blue ranks. My personal battle is the commitment. Keep doing you and this will be your full time job in no time!
Finally made it to red rank with kazuya with your tips. My goal when I first started in February (this is my first tekken) was to reach red ranks. And I have played atleast 5 other characters. Got them to destroyer. And got stuck. (Lars, victor, jun, Jin, Nina) and than I picked up Kazuya. And he’s my favorite. He’s like Jin. But way more defensive. And I got him to red ranks after about 2 weeks of playing him. Ty. And you earned a subscriber
My peak was 2 games off Tekken god but got plugged on a ton and lost a ton. I’ve since deranked out of emperor but I’m grinding to get back up to before I started my losing streak. Since it’s my first Tekken there is so much to take in especially when you’re only learning match ups through ranked 😂.
I just hit Fujin with Nina and like you said now its time to learn matchups to advance. I could get through most ranks with good fundamentals, barely needed combos.
I’m a Fujin on 2 different accounts both with no demotion risk.. I think my biggest problem is getting out of these ranks is my lack of patience.. I really haven’t played rank lately.. but I have noticed fighting Tekken Kings is a little easier than it used to be.. when I say easier by that I mean I can win sometimes.. I want to note.. getting out of battle ruler was challenging because of fighting some higher blue ranks
Played for 2 months, hit mighty ruler and felt as if I hit a wall. Took a month long break and recently came back. I started a notebook where I have pages dedicated to every character, their most common moves and strings and how to counter them. Let's go.
Got to Kishin as King and was feeling myself. Tried Kazuya and am just getting dusted in red ranks. Having fun though and seeing how sloppy I was really playing was an eye opener when trying to improve.
As someone who wanted a 1) strong 2) parries and 3) easy go for azu. You get to learn and make multiple flow charts that can cancel into each other. Once i really started getting the fundies down as far as when to side step on some characters this character becomes a steam roller
im a Bushin Hwoarang formerly Tekken King (keep losing it) - feel like my game is fairly strong as i got 13th / 102 people at a local - but still looking to build my skill and fix my mistakes. creating content for my second channel: skrrtDigital Gaming has helped me watch back my game to maybe see where i can improve. will start going into more replay options i think!
I remember having the best experience with Tekken ranked when I didn't worry about escaping ranks (T5DR to T7/Season 1 to 2.. or 3). I guess those kind of worries didn't exist for me back then. However, everyone worries about it now, so the fun is kinda gone.
Pro tip: downloading the ghosts of players that you lost to them or top players Leaderboard to practice matchup or implementing strategies for your character
King player stuck in Orange atm because I keep getting paired with Bkue and higher ranks playing on an alt account so I’m left stuck in the air being juggled. 🙄
I didn't lose points at all til Tenryu. I was "stuck" there for a month, but that was my fault for being too stupid. I got over that, relaxed, adapted, and I flew through ranks. Ups and downs, but yeah I got pretty high. Even so, I'll keep improving. You never stop improving. The key thing to keep in mind is to stop thinking of yourself as the best. You're not. And that's ok. You can always be better. Also, stick to characters you enjoy. If you just pick a character "because easy" and all that, you won't enjoy the game. The most important thing is to enjoy it in the end.
Yep longer the game is out more difficult it is to rank up, I should’ve started this serious ranked grind on day 1 I’d be TGS by now Smh… I’m fighting for my life too but we’ll get there… hopefully
i'm stock to Tekken King since two weeks now but i dont play everyday..pretty hard to fight Tekken God and Emperor especially with my Raven who faces an unbalanced matchup
I've hit Tekken King, and got close to emperor, decided that i wanted to learn someone new, the problem is that I'm running into actual red ranks, to GoD players on their second character xD I'm not moving at all lmao. They either labbed my character, or i lose to cheese. I hope i can start reaching soon
My advice for easier rank up is setting your find match to +-3. There are more players in lower rank so you will have favourable match ups most of the time. I used to have mine at +-2 and for some reason 50% of my games were vs players with 50k prowess more than me playing their sub chars. This is weird since there should be more players below me to match so I think there could be an algorithm that when your winrates is too high vs players below you then they will match you with ones above.
Bonus for checking replays is you can tell if that mfer was ACTUALLY cheating like you thought they were rather than just huffing the copium for why you lost.
Tekken King here with DVJ and i think that's my stopping point until grandpa comes, i dont have any other chracter knowledge to reach Tekken King and DVJ's fundemental tools can't keep up with any other chracters in God ranks. Which is huge problem. Hence i am no Quadans or Momo and gimmicky playstyle no longer work with people who has 400k Prowess, i think i am a hard stuck :D
God I made it to Tekken King and what got me here was honestly just getting hit alot and always taking full matches regardless of if I was winning or not. I had to just sit down and look at the replays and go what was I thinking?/What did I gain out of doing this -15 move, random string ETC. Anyone can get here with enough time
Get the high level gameplay vid going please mate Im flame ruler paul with something like 18 garyu charachters Single handedly responsible for the red rank inflation 💪
I hit tekken king and then my prowess jumped up quite a bit got deranked all the way down to rijain now im fighting back to get my tekken king kishin rn . Its true I feel like the next step for me is match ups but its jus a alot of time and commitment
Every guide says matchup knowledge starts at like blue rank but i sweat if you are new you have to start labbing your matchups at Red ranks if you are hard stuck. I think most contact creators know the game too well to imagine trying to play red ranks without actually having any matchup knowledge. It is not easy and getting that baseline of knowledge is how you get out.
What's the most effective way to learn characters as quickly as possible in order to effectively counter them? Tekken 8 is my first fighting game ever and I literally went through all moves of very character writing down all their punishable moves and even including specific note. But especially when it comes to characters such as Steve, Azucena, or Hwoarang, it is incredibly difficult to recognize their individual moves because they all look the same. The obvious answer would be to try to learn to play them for a week but spending 32 weeks learning other characters than your main is a slow process. Do you have any other recommendations with faster results?
I've been bouncing between Fujin and Kishin for a few months now and just can't seem to break through. My struggle is with characters that I don't know the match up well enough and am constantly getting knowledge checked. I main Alisa and everyone says they struggle with her, but since I understand the match up I'm near 60% win rate in the mirror match, but I really struggle with Jack, Nina, and Lidia. In a really ironic turn, my best matchup is Panda, but my worst is Kuma. 🤷♂
I got to Tekken King 2 months ago and simply cannot hit emperor, but to be fair I have no will or time right now to play more than 1-2h a day If I'm lucky so I'm pretty satisfied. Also as said In the video after blue ranks I see so many same characters(S tiers) lol. Once I sh1t you not I was fighting 5 Jins in a row and man I absolutely hate that damn demon paw.
I've been Fujin for 2 months and it's been very frustrating. As a Jin player, I've realized that I don't utilize his 2,1,4 and f4 as much as other players. I'm watching all these other Jin players in higher ranks and they heavily use them. Besides that, it feels like my movement isn't great enough yet. Sidestepping, KBD, Wavedash, stuff like that, I'm just not great at it. Whiff punishing is a huge area I need to improve on, I've slowly started to get better at it. Lastly, my defense isn't as great as it needs to be. Overall yeah, I've got a lot to learn but I'm Fujin so far. I just need to improve and keep training I think.
same rank, same character, you must just be getting unlucky cause it's exactly how he described for me. I mained alisa/lidia in t7 and switched to king 2 days ago and pushed him up to vanquisher, people seem to forget how to tech grabs I'm not even talking chains lol
I’m a tekken king that can beat gods and supreme’s inconsistently but as of recent my defense and knowledge of self has gone through the roof . I can see the next level . It’s like goku grasping ultra instinct . My movement and defense have been getting good . My counter hit game is getting scary . I had to grind my ass off and lose to relearn what I was doing too often.423k prowess tekken king and I feel solid as a Bryan main and I use no one else
I was at Mighty Ruler and have gotten knocked down to Tenryu many times. I think I'm better than I actually am haha. My mentality is shot sometimes. I appreciate your systematic approach. I wanna get long term good
Im a newbie in battle ruler and i just cant get those throws to be broken... I checked multiple guides/videos on throw breaking and i just cant pull it out
I just entered the purple ranks and I feel like I'm stuck not knowing what to do here lol I either get destroyed or I win the match down to final round. I will admit I have never really used the replay system to practice since my time is very limited so that might be my next step to get out of purple
I've learned a lot more from getting my ass handed to me from a buddy who's a fujin Lili player than from most of my ranked matches (garyu peak ATM). Wasn't fun at first but it's definitely identified some flaws on my game to work on long term. Also hoping learning a new character brings some of the drive back, current main got old fast 😂
I’m hard stuck in kishin currently. This is my first tekken and i picked up asuka because ahe was easy to learn. But at this point i think I have hit a brick wall with her because I’ve demoted to and from kishin around 8 times now. I’m picking up hwoarang and Jun I feel with stronger characters I can progress to tekken king. For my first ever tekken I think I’ve done well to make it as far as i could with asuka, who is one of the weaker characters in the game
I would like to see Harada introduce an app for phones/tablets that allows us to go onto our account and make changes to our customized characters. Additionally the app would have frame Data for each character in the game so we could look it up while not actively playing the game. And just to flesh the app out, could also make small profile changes and look up our battle stats. But let me know what you think.
What rank are you currently at, and what have you been struggling with most?
2nd dan
Mighty Ruler. I'd say having enough of a variety of combos or having the muscle memory to be able to mix up and institute enough variety into my playstyle to not become predictable for my opponent to exploit. I also open myself up to punishes too much.
Kishin, I’m struggling with being able to visually confirm whiffs and when I’ve blocked something that’s hella punishable.
It’s for different characters I play, like I play Steve but since he’s a pretty popular character and not really op so it’s harder, people know how he moves and aren’t thrown off. Yet I play Shaheen for the same amount of time and can breeze past the point I’m at with Steve because well he’s a better character and also people don’t know what the hell I’m doing.
Combatant, I only play offline 😂
Got the most important advice for yall on this. DONT SAVE SCUM, join player lobbies that allow 1 fight at a time and WATCH HOW THEY BEAT SOMEONE ELSE. It will Click in your head how to beat something in specific. Watching that in real time made me a god (tekken King) in no time at all. you dont even need them to play the same character. say you main alisa and you struggle against king, you join a player lobby, they happen to be good, and you see how this random jun is able to destroy king by stepping this way or blocking that way and punishing, now when you fight this same king in the lobby you know how to beat that before you fought him. Best way to learn imo. DO NOT TRY TO LEARN YOUR OPPONENT AND NOT THE CHARACTER YOU HAVE TO DO BOTH. Anyone really good will swap how they play on a dime, especially when it stops winning for them.
you cant save scum in this game
@@sadnibutani5811 no way i just double checked! IT WAS COPE THIS WHOLE TIME! i know this one dude who keeps going from tenryu and flame ruler so i kept thinking he was save scumming lol
I like the way you phrased that “Swap how they play in a dime” You know you’re in for a treat when you watch high level play
What's "SCUM"?
@@XenderPlayswhat the hell is save scum for that matter?
red ranks are hell bc mfs dont actually wanna play tekken they just wanna spam their brain dead flow chart LMAO
Yeah it’s still actually pretty annoying for me sometimes to get through those ranks when I start to figure out a new character.
Yeah play player match against good people unless you really care for ranked 💀It doesnt get better the higher you get. I just got my tekken king rank so i can have a badge for player match 😭😭 But an easy way to get out of red ranks is literally spam evasion moves when you think your opponent will throw because. RED RANKS LOVE THEM THROWS. i got out of red ranks for my buddy on his PC by using jacks D 1+2 every time i knew a throw was coming as its like a 100 damage combo. But i think every character has SOMETHING that hard punishes grabs or HIGHS.
It's like that all the way to Fujin in T8.
its dumb and annoying but you'll actually get exponentially better just dealing with those type of players bc you're forced to improve your reactions naturally and optimize your counters
It just forces you to block and get familiar with their unsafe strings and whiff punishable moves. If you can do that, you will easily climb the red and purple ranks
Best tip that i have is to flow, have fun. The moment you get serious about it and stop mixing it up for fun, you will begin to tilt and lose badly. Don't get personal, mix up your attacks, grab, side step, and don't miss juggles. Enjoy the game from there. You're going to lose, so just learn to quickly move on. You will enjoy the game more
Bushin was a torture for me, i literally had to change my way of seeing the game and force myself to focus on improving and not in ranking up.
It's easily one of the most toxic ranks as well. I got taunted and keycharged like every game
@@Boogard it’s why I put magic mirror on.
@@profpigeon5441 what does magic mirror do? never tried it
what does it do @@profpigeon5441
@@profpigeon5441what does magic mirror do ?
I'm at Tekken Emperor, was halfway to getting promoted to Tekken God, got demoted all the way to Bushin, then had to go on multiple winning streaks to get back to Tekken Emperor. Ranked can be absolutely brutal, especially with the new prowess matchmaking bs and the losing streak deductions. Despite the fact that this Jin might be the 3rd best Jin out of every Tekken version (I've been playing since Tekken 3, and Tekken 3 and 4 Jin were stronger) and he's top 7 imo, I still have trouble against the countless Dragunov, Feng, Alisa, and Xiaoyu players I see online.
Even though Jin is cracked right now there are still a lot of crazy characters in this game and it is a pretty hard game, so don't go too hard on yourself
Matchmaking is just bullshit. I get matched everytime with players that have 400k or more prowess while I actually have only 230k. There's already a huge difference between a tekken king and a tekken god, with this matchmaking this game is just unplayable
If your are having trouble with xiaoyu it means a couple things one is you aren’t being patient with attacking you are probably pressing too many buttons
@@jamaalchardavoine1453 nah I'm usually a patient player, whenever I try to punish her my moves whiff. I've known how she plays since Tekken 3 she's not new to me, it's just that in this game they gave her damage on top of her evasiveness.
Xiaoyu is the goat 😩
Step 1: Button mash to Fujin
Step 2: Discover Fujin is where Gods hang out on their alts
Step 3: Become TEKKEN God so you can escape Fujin
I really think getting out of blue rank is movement and side stepping at the right time.
Checks out, people are whiff punish mad here in blue even with hard reads on 10 frame highs
Excellent advice, I’ve been stuck at Flame/Battle Ruler and sometimes I frustrate myself because I’m recognizing a lot of strings at this point and still mash at times when I should know better. I can tip my hat when I lose against someone that is clearly better than me or has a good read or counter to what I’m doing. But when I lose a set because I did something stupid on my end (for example doing Azucena’s super unsafe db1+2 to try and launch them without even setting it up or anticipating a high) I just shake my damn head like why did I do that??? 🤦🏽♂️ but once I tighten up those careless mistakes I’ll make it to blue for sure.
being more patient, recognizing highs in strings and whiff punishment helped me immensely with getting out of purples! Try not to get tilted and if you do, take some time for yourself and get back to the grind when youre ready :)
Same situation as you brother, godspeed
@@dragonspogma oh yeah I definitely don’t play tilted, that should be the #1 advice for all Tekken players. I did get titled a few times going through red rank hell but now when I lose I’m almost able to pinpoint exactly what I could’ve or should’ve done better. And if I lose 3 in a row I go to replays or practice and lab what I’m doing wrong.
My friend! Good to see u here 😁
@@aether8412 yoooooooo. Almost at Fujin
me in march : climbed to raijin !
me in july : back to fujin :'(
Don't be in such a rush to get into the really sweaty ranks. Enjoy staying at blue and learn as much as you can, progress will come eventually.
Was the opposite for me tbh. I spent like a month in fujin, and basically like a week in raijin to reach kishin. What worked for me was to stop playing for a while, and come back with a fresh palette.
Blue stuck forever😂
Here's something that helped me climb ranks fast: the lower your rank, the more you can autopilot CH pressure, and the higher your rank, the less you can, but the more you can mix.
People in orange ranks to red ranks never respect your plus frames. Using Lars, I always catch opponents pressing buttons after his d/b+4 on hit so they eat his FC d/f+2. However in purple ranks, they start respecting this, so I need to break that habit and do his mix with lows out of it.
Got almost 3 characters to god right now and main thing I have to say is the skill level becomes linear when you hit 200k + it’s really about understanding punishment, whiff and baiting, I usually never block low unless I absolutely have too until I download what’s going on you’ll be surprised how much people even in god ranks and tekken king will try to block or parry every low they see
True , harducking is good on a read but with all plus frame
Or safe mid in the game I prefer taking the low ah ah
Honestly i notice that too, i rather eat a low than getting launched
What 3 characters were they?
@@ArchieGamez Some lows are launchers… So better to duck anyway
I'm bushin and it's really frustrating when you win a Tekken King or Tekken Emperor player and get only 500 points, but when you lose the match, you also lose 1k points. It's so unbalanced.
I hit Tekken king recently and playing other characters was a HUGE help, I try to play about 200-300 games to get a reference frame for characters I’ve never played. I main Lars but fell in Love with Drag and Claudio through this method
Yeah it's insane how much it helps you improve as a player
I'm learning every single characters in this game.
That's the goal
@@Boogard Your Awesome Brother.
@@Boogard some ranks like God of Destruction be spamming my rank is a beginner I've beaten Fujin, Mighty Ruler, Garyu, Shinryu, Tekken God Supreme. You video helps me out.
@@lewisanderson1171they don’t really try like that in quick match bro 😭 if they were serious u wouldn’t stand a chance, unless u’ve only been playing quickmatch?
Currently TGS with a few side characters at Tekken King, my biggest advice for Tekken King and onwards would be to really test your opponent. You need to gain as much information as you can about them and use it against them. I personally love to use my plus frames for this, for example, i'll do a move that's plus on block and just see how far their knowledge goes the first time. To they side step afterwards ? Do they challenge ? Do they just try to backdash out of it ? Whatever they do tells you alot, you just gotta pay attention instead of caring too much about winning, that's how I grew at least
I'm stucked at Fujin and "I know you probably got by so far avoiding this, but now it's time to actually logged in and learn Match Up" hit me harder than Paul's Death Fist with Heat Dash.
I’ve heard learning a character to beat them doesn’t work a lot of the time because playing them doesn’t always make it easier to defend against them like king players who can’t break their own chain throws 🤧
This is 100% true. Unless you master the character its not the most helpful thing in the world. However learning the character tells you what strategies to expect when both players are low on health so remember what you would do as the opponents character.
@@10du16 It feels like something that could work but doesn’t make sense to me to actually do because there’s always a bunch of things you could do but some are more efficient.
@@HONEST-xj4rrit can 100% make you a lot better but you gotta learn certain things.
When you pick up a character to learn them for matchup knowledge safe. Learn
.their key moves and frame data
.common flow charts
.unsafe launchers
.option selects for stance mix ups.
You don’t really have to be good with a character but if you play a character for a couple days you will learn what moves are good and bad and can assume others will use them.
I tend to go to online replays and watch other people of my rank use my character against a character im learning
Nah it helps but u gotta really know the character u don’t need to know that much tho, whenever I have a mirror match knowing exactly how to counter stuff makes it wayyy easier for me
since i'm kinda new to tekken i was stuck on red for like several months when i keep playing the game, but after watching streamers/tournaments it gaves me so many fundamentals to improve, now going back to tekken after lidia update i can get to flame ruler
this video is very relatable about red ranks it's actually the start of me to understand all basic fundamentals so i can get away from red rank
Alright I suscribed get ready to do this as a 9-5 big man I expect new videos every 3 hours with interest
Get ready for hourly uploads from now on 🤣
@@Boogard I’ll love to see it
When I got to Tekken God I had to switch my style to a more passive approach than my normal aggressive rush down. After switching my style I just started climbing the ranks but you need to practice your punishes on each character to maximize your damage because the damage adds up and possibly get closer to death if you did the right punishes. From playing patient I got to GoD but not all games I play passive I sometimes play aggressive depending on how the opponent plays after the first round.
Happy for you, I’m hardstuck at god supreme for 1 month now I mean I just stay there every time I’m close to destruction I’ll match pros and back to middle of supreme rank!
Happy for you, I’m hardstuck at god supreme for 1 month now I mean I just stay there every time I’m close to destruction I’ll match pros and back to middle of supreme rank!
I'm at Fujin with Raven. Just got here 3 days ago. But I see it's a different ball game when fighting. So I'm chilling here for a bit..until I feel ready for the next rank.
I feel like Tekken King and above is when real Tekken starts. I’m at Bushin right now, and I can consistently beat my ranks and below. But Tekken Kings and above is a struggle for me.
Dayum the red rank explanation is exactly what i experienced, i was just got promoted to purple rank a few days ago, and i really spent a lot of time to escape red ranks by learning spammers habbit and reading my opponents. I mean i'm a hwoarang main tho, but i don't spam button without thinking
Just got to red last night with Lidia. Playing that character has made me pay attention a lot more than i did playing Reina.
Really great tips, dude.
Watching replays to learn from my mistakes instead of rage queueing is such a great reminder.
Man I love that character customization music. So nostalgic for some reason
Been stuck at raijin and I’ve spent most of my time on quick match cuz I gave up doing ranked but I started to click onto my opponents and what they do. My main is Jin and secondary is kazuya and I started to see how easy it was for me to beat mishimas but struggle with Xiaoyu and yoshi from time to time. I hope to get back into ranked someday but I’m going to continue training before I get started
My thing is that i haven’t gotten the courage to play pvp but i learned most of the mishima roster
I was Fujin for 3 months but after being patient and learning my character through pro players, it definitely helped. I am currently Bushin looking to get to my goal rank of Tekken King. Bushin is where the competition gets crazy. You’ll get a lot of cheesy players and less spammers. Just pay attention to their movement and what they usually and try to reverse their tactics.
really, really good video here. i made it to tekken king as a kazuya player last month, but somehow got knocked all the way back down to raijin unfortunately and took a break ever since for the most part. i think the busted matchmaking process that takes into account tekken prowess is to blame for this and i think that adds some caveats to your otherwise excellent points.
in order for me to get back into ranks i achieved before like kishin or bushin, i know have to be a much better player than i currently am, and it's exhausting and annoying. and kazuya's weaknesses are much more apparent for me now when i get matched up against a whole lot of tekken kings and emperors who are playing with different characters in the blue ranks. i lose a lot more now than i win lol. i'm gonna need to find another character soon
your point about conditioning opponents in the gold ranks is good and correct, but tbh i think that's really important in the blue ranks too. at least, if you want to stay in the blue ranks. it's helped me a lot tbh
I’m only raijin, but I’ll be quite honest what got me there was throwing lows until my opponent decided he finally wanted to start ducking which opened up launches. Power crushing during pressure so my opponent would be forced to respect the mixup. Low jabbing to force my opponent to think of new ways to pressure me. Mind games, spacing, and movement over everything else has really changed the game for me. So I love what you said. A lot of this can be applied much earlier.
First tekken game i'm playing online, play yoshimitsu, currently stuck in raijin, game is hard. Main thing i struggle with is remembering frame data and animations to understand how to block and punish specific moves and what frame traps an opponent can execute on me.
Wow, after trying every character i liked Alisa, Leo, Jun, jin , law & king. Sucks ppl hate on my top 3.
Red rank. Jack main. I struggle with execution due to just generally having poor dexterity. Thanks to being blind in one eye. But I've been starting to get a lot of that down and now I'm just struggling with learning the match ups.
mighty ruler . my first tekken and i play all mishimas, feng , dragunov , hwoarang and bryan , multiples characters
Currently in Flame Ruler, I know for sure the things I need to work on are breaking throws, knowing match ups, side stepping and blocking lows.
For me, playing in the gold ranks (Tekken King +) is all about your state of mind. Reaction time and adaptation speed matter a lot more. In lower ranks, it's okay to miss opportunities since opponents are more predictable and have more exploitable weaknesses that don't require reads. But in higher ranks, you need sharp reactions and quick mid-round adaptation. For example, when I'm fully awake, I can punish fast recovery moves or adjust my strategy mid-round, whereas when I'm tired, I only realize what went wrong after the round or maybe even after the match. In gold ranks, homework test time vs the character is over, its all about player vs player performance.
Imma kazuya player at battle ruler and I think rewatching my games like you said will probably help I’ve never rewatched my matches but this video has inspired me to much love dawg
In Flame Ruler with Leo and Dirty Eddy. I am working on switching up my play style and do more counters
I'm an Asuka main on the Raijin/Kishin struggle bus lol. I know your advice is the next step towards improving and ranking up with blue ranks. My personal battle is the commitment. Keep doing you and this will be your full time job in no time!
Finally made it to red rank with kazuya with your tips. My goal when I first started in February (this is my first tekken) was to reach red ranks. And I have played atleast 5 other characters. Got them to destroyer. And got stuck. (Lars, victor, jun, Jin, Nina) and than I picked up Kazuya. And he’s my favorite. He’s like Jin. But way more defensive. And I got him to red ranks after about 2 weeks of playing him. Ty. And you earned a subscriber
My peak was 2 games off Tekken god but got plugged on a ton and lost a ton. I’ve since deranked out of emperor but I’m grinding to get back up to before I started my losing streak. Since it’s my first Tekken there is so much to take in especially when you’re only learning match ups through ranked 😂.
I’ve been thinking the same, I’m Raijin and it’s not about button bashing, I’m more trying to predict the opponents next for a counter
I just hit Fujin with Nina and like you said now its time to learn matchups to advance. I could get through most ranks with good fundamentals, barely needed combos.
I’m a Fujin on 2 different accounts both with no demotion risk.. I think my biggest problem is getting out of these ranks is my lack of patience.. I really haven’t played rank lately.. but I have noticed fighting Tekken Kings is a little easier than it used to be.. when I say easier by that I mean I can win sometimes.. I want to note.. getting out of battle ruler was challenging because of fighting some higher blue ranks
Played for 2 months, hit mighty ruler and felt as if I hit a wall. Took a month long break and recently came back. I started a notebook where I have pages dedicated to every character, their most common moves and strings and how to counter them. Let's go.
Got to Kishin as King and was feeling myself. Tried Kazuya and am just getting dusted in red ranks. Having fun though and seeing how sloppy I was really playing was an eye opener when trying to improve.
As someone who wanted a 1) strong 2) parries and 3) easy go for azu. You get to learn and make multiple flow charts that can cancel into each other. Once i really started getting the fundies down as far as when to side step on some characters this character becomes a steam roller
im a Bushin Hwoarang formerly Tekken King (keep losing it) - feel like my game is fairly strong as i got 13th / 102 people at a local - but still looking to build my skill and fix my mistakes. creating content for my second channel: skrrtDigital Gaming has helped me watch back my game to maybe see where i can improve. will start going into more replay options i think!
I remember having the best experience with Tekken ranked when I didn't worry about escaping ranks (T5DR to T7/Season 1 to 2.. or 3). I guess those kind of worries didn't exist for me back then. However, everyone worries about it now, so the fun is kinda gone.
Pro tip: downloading the ghosts of players that you lost to them or top players Leaderboard to practice matchup or implementing strategies for your character
King player stuck in Orange atm because I keep getting paired with Bkue and higher ranks playing on an alt account so I’m left stuck in the air being juggled. 🙄
I’ve been in Red hell for months now. I no longer see myself getting out. This is my home now.
my and only tips play the game and stock up you're knowledge match up.
I’ve decided to learn Lili after somewhat learning Jun😭I’m stuck on eliminator as Jun
Dude, really great video 🔥
Glad you liked it!
Went to Tekken King, then got a huge boost in Tekken prowress. Then got demoted all the way back to purple. Now hovering in Kishin.
I didn't lose points at all til Tenryu.
I was "stuck" there for a month, but that was my fault for being too stupid.
I got over that, relaxed, adapted, and I flew through ranks. Ups and downs, but yeah I got pretty high.
Even so, I'll keep improving. You never stop improving. The key thing to keep in mind is to stop thinking of yourself as the best. You're not. And that's ok. You can always be better.
Also, stick to characters you enjoy. If you just pick a character "because easy" and all that, you won't enjoy the game. The most important thing is to enjoy it in the end.
Hit practice mode and remember for 1 ranked matched you should have 5 player matches as practice. Don’t rush, focus and practice.
Remember to be calm.
I think the general level of play has vastly increased across the board. I’m fighting for my life in blue ranks!
Yep longer the game is out more difficult it is to rank up, I should’ve started this serious ranked grind on day 1 I’d be TGS by now
Smh… I’m fighting for my life too but we’ll get there… hopefully
@@Timothy___ see you on the battlefield! 🤜💥
Prowess most likely. They are as good or better than you! Shit be killing me sometimes but it only will make you stronger.
i'm stock to Tekken King since two weeks now but i dont play everyday..pretty hard to fight Tekken God and Emperor especially with my Raven who faces an unbalanced matchup
I've hit Tekken King, and got close to emperor, decided that i wanted to learn someone new, the problem is that I'm running into actual red ranks, to GoD players on their second character xD
I'm not moving at all lmao. They either labbed my character, or i lose to cheese. I hope i can start reaching soon
4:16 Side step chart interesting
My advice for easier rank up is setting your find match to +-3. There are more players in lower rank so you will have favourable match ups most of the time.
I used to have mine at +-2 and for some reason 50% of my games were vs players with 50k prowess more than me playing their sub chars. This is weird since there should be more players below me to match so I think there could be an algorithm that when your winrates is too high vs players below you then they will match you with ones above.
Ranking up against only weaker players is just cheesy
Bonus for checking replays is you can tell if that mfer was ACTUALLY cheating like you thought they were rather than just huffing the copium for why you lost.
Goddamn these are actually good tips. Best vid I've seen so far on the subject, thanks!
Tekken King here with DVJ and i think that's my stopping point until grandpa comes, i dont have any other chracter knowledge to reach Tekken King and DVJ's fundemental tools can't keep up with any other chracters in God ranks. Which is huge problem. Hence i am no Quadans or Momo and gimmicky playstyle no longer work with people who has 400k Prowess, i think i am a hard stuck :D
It got way harder at bushin. Everyone seemed to suddenly be reading my mind.
atp red ranks is where i stop before I pop a blood vessel fighting mfs in ranked
God I made it to Tekken King and what got me here was honestly just getting hit alot and always taking full matches regardless of if I was winning or not. I had to just sit down and look at the replays and go what was I thinking?/What did I gain out of doing this -15 move, random string ETC. Anyone can get here with enough time
Get the high level gameplay vid going please mate
Im flame ruler paul with something like 18 garyu charachters
Single handedly responsible for the red rank inflation 💪
I hit tekken king and then my prowess jumped up quite a bit got deranked all the way down to rijain now im fighting back to get my tekken king kishin rn . Its true I feel like the next step for me is match ups but its jus a alot of time and commitment
Every guide says matchup knowledge starts at like blue rank but i sweat if you are new you have to start labbing your matchups at Red ranks if you are hard stuck. I think most contact creators know the game too well to imagine trying to play red ranks without actually having any matchup knowledge. It is not easy and getting that baseline of knowledge is how you get out.
From playing fighting games to the hobby of fighting games
Nice video got any suggestion to deal with people plugging and stealing your points? Even at my lower ranked characters they plug often.
Maybe like 1 in every 20-30 or so games so nothing too crazy
What's the most effective way to learn characters as quickly as possible in order to effectively counter them? Tekken 8 is my first fighting game ever and I literally went through all moves of very character writing down all their punishable moves and even including specific note. But especially when it comes to characters such as Steve, Azucena, or Hwoarang, it is incredibly difficult to recognize their individual moves because they all look the same. The obvious answer would be to try to learn to play them for a week but spending 32 weeks learning other characters than your main is a slow process. Do you have any other recommendations with faster results?
That moment when you just make it to Kishin, and the game decides to match you with two Tekken Kings in a row.
I've been bouncing between Fujin and Kishin for a few months now and just can't seem to break through. My struggle is with characters that I don't know the match up well enough and am constantly getting knowledge checked. I main Alisa and everyone says they struggle with her, but since I understand the match up I'm near 60% win rate in the mirror match, but I really struggle with Jack, Nina, and Lidia. In a really ironic turn, my best matchup is Panda, but my worst is Kuma. 🤷♂
Just hit fujin with Steve and I alr want to get to the next level🤣
I’m currently in between Fujin and Battle Ruler with Asuka. I struggle with Lee , Kazuya Kuma and Lars
Im stuck in purple for the rest of time 😂 as an Asuka, Leo and Lidia player im cooked 😂
I hit tekken king and now it feels like i cant win anymore
I got to Tekken King 2 months ago and simply cannot hit emperor, but to be fair I have no will or time right now to play more than 1-2h a day If I'm lucky so I'm pretty satisfied.
Also as said In the video after blue ranks I see so many same characters(S tiers) lol.
Once I sh1t you not I was fighting 5 Jins in a row and man I absolutely hate that damn demon paw.
I've been Fujin for 2 months and it's been very frustrating. As a Jin player, I've realized that I don't utilize his 2,1,4 and f4 as much as other players. I'm watching all these other Jin players in higher ranks and they heavily use them. Besides that, it feels like my movement isn't great enough yet. Sidestepping, KBD, Wavedash, stuff like that, I'm just not great at it. Whiff punishing is a huge area I need to improve on, I've slowly started to get better at it. Lastly, my defense isn't as great as it needs to be. Overall yeah, I've got a lot to learn but I'm Fujin so far. I just need to improve and keep training I think.
1:46 as a vanquisher king main i can say that only 5-10% of the players i encounter cannot break my throws, the 95% rest can somehow at these ranks
same rank, same character, you must just be getting unlucky cause it's exactly how he described for me. I mained alisa/lidia in t7 and switched to king 2 days ago and pushed him up to vanquisher, people seem to forget how to tech grabs I'm not even talking chains lol
@@DblBcnChee yeah i was just unlucky, now im at eliminator almost garyu but still 50% of my grabs get teched, less that vanquisher tho
I'm at Fujin with Jack but the biggest issue I'm facing is opponents with poor connection and pluggers
Just got to fujin i exclusively play hworang
I'm stuck in purple ranks but I just gotta get better with gimmicks and throw breaks
I'm hardstuck in blue ranks with kazuya it's a real nightmare
I’m a tekken king that can beat gods and supreme’s inconsistently but as of recent my defense and knowledge of self has gone through the roof . I can see the next level . It’s like goku grasping ultra instinct . My movement and defense have been getting good . My counter hit game is getting scary . I had to grind my ass off and lose to relearn what I was doing too often.423k prowess tekken king and I feel solid as a Bryan main and I use no one else
How do you have a 423k prowess at Tekken King and you only use Bryan?
@@Dmoney_93 243k lol wooops
I was at Mighty Ruler and have gotten knocked down to Tenryu many times. I think I'm better than I actually am haha. My mentality is shot sometimes. I appreciate your systematic approach. I wanna get long term good
It's all about long term progress 👊
Im a newbie in battle ruler and i just cant get those throws to be broken... I checked multiple guides/videos on throw breaking and i just cant pull it out
Yo this guy been on fire lately let’s go 🎉
I just entered the purple ranks and I feel like I'm stuck not knowing what to do here lol I either get destroyed or I win the match down to final round. I will admit I have never really used the replay system to practice since my time is very limited so that might be my next step to get out of purple
I've learned a lot more from getting my ass handed to me from a buddy who's a fujin Lili player than from most of my ranked matches (garyu peak ATM). Wasn't fun at first but it's definitely identified some flaws on my game to work on long term.
Also hoping learning a new character brings some of the drive back, current main got old fast 😂
I’m hard stuck in kishin currently. This is my first tekken and i picked up asuka because ahe was easy to learn. But at this point i think I have hit a brick wall with her because I’ve demoted to and from kishin around 8 times now. I’m picking up hwoarang and Jun I feel with stronger characters I can progress to tekken king. For my first ever tekken I think I’ve done well to make it as far as i could with asuka, who is one of the weaker characters in the game
Bruh I’m stuck in red ranks and it’s so damn frustrating
Bro it took me forever to get passed second half of emperor like I did it last night and got it early june
I would like to see Harada introduce an app for phones/tablets that allows us to go onto our account and make changes to our customized characters. Additionally the app would have frame Data for each character in the game so we could look it up while not actively playing the game. And just to flesh the app out, could also make small profile changes and look up our battle stats. But let me know what you think.
As a Yoshi Main: We just party troll till we get G.O.D