Just picked up Drag the other day just to take a break from my main (Bryan). It was pretty tedious getting Bryan to Ruler...meanwhile I'm cruising through red with Dragunov with the same 5 moves, already knew 3 of them since they were already strong in 7. Db3+4 and qcf4 just makes it hella a lot easier. At this rate, my secondary will have a higher rank than my main. 🤣 Went from Dominator to closing in on Shinryu in less than 3 hours yesterday...and I've never played Dragunov outside of just trying him out, and for fun games with friends.
@@Y0kemeisterpick him up he really isnt that crazy, mostly just getting a feel for your opponents timing and the execution on combos and some moves being a bit more difficult
These guides you've done with Dragunov and Reina have been amazing. Best way of learning characters i've found so far. Would be awesome if you made one for each character :) keep it up
Took a break from learning Reina, decided to play someone drastically different. This gameplan works out pretty well, I'm holding my own without even having to combo. Just condition them to block high and then mix them up. Still trying to figure out when I'm safe to use b1+2 or when I can use df1,4 but overall this has been pretty effective.
the main thing that really made dragunov a very strong character in the current patch of the game is his absurd amount of damage, aside from that his gameplay can be learned like victor's
It's representative of a lot. It was 69000 replays to start with. He made an update with over 600k replays. Dragunov is most popular, and has the 6th highest win rate in purple ranks and above. What's more is that Dragunov is the only character in the top 10 of both usage and win rates. The closest one is Lee who is the top 10th most used...but only 13th in win rate. Everyone in the top 10 in win rates are at the bottom half of the usage rate. Just shows how strong of a character Dragunov actually is. And Anakin is right. I have over 2k games with Bryan and really hardstuck in Rulers right now. Picked up Dragunov the other day, went from Dominator to Shinryu in less than half a day, and still finding a lot of games easy before I stopped for the day. And 95% of the time, I use the same 5 moves Anakin did. Drag really does carry players.
D2, D2, D2, D2 this dirty low will chip away dmg right away. Plus right after using it go into crouch players can just do FC1,4 Very good crouching move I see JDCR abusing like crazy since it’s natural on hit.
@@thondush are u sure? I tested it in practice mode the ai is able to hit me with both hits during FC1,4. I couldn’t block the knee once hit with the first attack. I’ll check again today. That would be odd considering that all my online opponents were being hit with it & none blocked the knee.
@@thondush "Natural" means that the followup hits of a string will connect if the first hit does. They're saying that FC d/f+1,4 is a natural combo; if the first hit connects, the second hit will. You're thinking of "neutral", which means neither player is at frame advantage. You're correct that d+2 is no longer neutral on hit.
It's HONESTLY just practice man. I've recently started labbin iWR2 and I'm getting it like 60% of the time. I suggest doing F*FF(2). Gotta make sure that last Forward input and 2 are hit on the same frame otherwise you won't get it
@Ace_EX the last part isnt true. The 2 input needs to be at least 1 frame after the last forward input. And its not a just frame, you just need to be fast.
@@derrickrobinson7269 its one move. Block after and ur good to go. There is no knowledge check here. Bryan is the easiest character to deal with in this game. No scary lows, no throw game, no panic moves, no weird strings. Try to play him.
@@derrickrobinson7269 its one move. Block after and ur good to go. There is no knowledge check here. Bryan is the easiest character to deal with in this game. No scary lows, no throw game, no panic moves, no weird strings. Try to play him.
its be cause once you learn five moves , you dont have to learn sidestep or most system mechanics and your mixups are single player at + 7 , you can literally be bad at tekken and make it to red ranks or better plenty of examples
@@CELINExDION Not enough, nerf damage remove +7 from db3+4, make sidesteppable wr2 and b4,3 more pushback from qcf4 then the character can be considered normal
As I say this game does not reward skill. You could learn how to do fancy combos and then some one comes and learn how to do the 4 plus frames move everyone has and spam it. This is what this game is about.
bro i just realized every mechanical move of this character is just his WR2 rage drive in T7 was just blue WR2 His heat smash is just 2 WR2 😂 Sergei darunning2nov
You say that bryan has safer launchers? (i havent touched a tekken since T3 and i was a kid). For now i learned just combos from jet upper, orbital, b1 CH and 3+4 CH@@derrickrobinson7269
I was the first hwoarang, never thought id find myself playing against a pro player. Couldnt do anything lmao ggs
GGs!
we all know how you felt
Even the king player who's much higher than your rank struggled a lot, keep it up
Anakin by far has the best guides and he goes in match to actually show the gameplan.. nobody else does that
MainmanSWE does it as well
@@ericwilliams7945 nah
PhiDX does too
Okay, but he does@josie6564
@@ericwilliams7945 mainmanswe fanboys are weird
You ain't gotta expose us carried ass Dragonuv mains like that 😭
i respect your honesty haha
Just picked up Drag the other day just to take a break from my main (Bryan). It was pretty tedious getting Bryan to Ruler...meanwhile I'm cruising through red with Dragunov with the same 5 moves, already knew 3 of them since they were already strong in 7. Db3+4 and qcf4 just makes it hella a lot easier. At this rate, my secondary will have a higher rank than my main. 🤣
Went from Dominator to closing in on Shinryu in less than 3 hours yesterday...and I've never played Dragunov outside of just trying him out, and for fun games with friends.
@@thetrickster4899I wish I knew how to play Bryan. His counter hit tools look so cool
@@Y0kemeisterpick him up he really isnt that crazy, mostly just getting a feel for your opponents timing and the execution on combos and some moves being a bit more difficult
@@thetrickster4899literally my story too, struggled for a lot with bryan into red.. dragunov im winning like crazy and it feels like im on autopilote
this vid got me to Ruler, thank you Anakin. I was really underestimating jab usage.
Congrats!
@@TkAnakin Thanks dude, also your commentary helped a lot to just going through every button your pressing was awesome
I hate when king's players can actually break throws😂
if they keep breaking a certain throw use a different grab they usually always expect it if they know that certain grab
These guides you've done with Dragunov and Reina have been amazing. Best way of learning characters i've found so far. Would be awesome if you made one for each character :) keep it up
I wanna thank you for this, because it actually helped my jack gameplay. It revealed a giant flaw in my gameplan, i was playing too safe.
This made me realize how little I'm jabbing.
"People are just not breaking grabs, guys"
Lili player proceeds to break 47 command grabs
I swear to god this video changed the way I play dragunov completely, you are the goat
Great gameplay especially fundamentally with the jabs and stepping back/side stepping.
Took a break from learning Reina, decided to play someone drastically different. This gameplan works out pretty well, I'm holding my own without even having to combo. Just condition them to block high and then mix them up. Still trying to figure out when I'm safe to use b1+2 or when I can use df1,4 but overall this has been pretty effective.
the main thing that really made dragunov a very strong character in the current patch of the game is his absurd amount of damage, aside from that his gameplay can be learned like victor's
I can't fucking wait for Armor King to be added to this game
shouldve been in the base roster
@@High2Lows nah dlc money goes crazy
calling that plugger was hilarious lol
Drag got such a dope update! They gave his mixups mixups lol
Can you easily sidestep Drag's Running 2 like in Tekken 7 now?
I haven't tested it in Tekken 8
Kinda you gotta like Sidewalk it than Sidestep from what I seen.
yeah, super linear still
SSL easier than SSR I think
Yea its easy i be destroying him just by sidestepping
2-1 into sneak is also a good move
Is it still +7 after patch 1.05
Bro that character use chart was just made by some random Twitter user. It's only 10,000 players. We should not be giving it so much weight.
It's representative of a lot. It was 69000 replays to start with.
He made an update with over 600k replays. Dragunov is most popular, and has the 6th highest win rate in purple ranks and above.
What's more is that Dragunov is the only character in the top 10 of both usage and win rates. The closest one is Lee who is the top 10th most used...but only 13th in win rate. Everyone in the top 10 in win rates are at the bottom half of the usage rate. Just shows how strong of a character Dragunov actually is.
And Anakin is right. I have over 2k games with Bryan and really hardstuck in Rulers right now. Picked up Dragunov the other day, went from Dominator to Shinryu in less than half a day, and still finding a lot of games easy before I stopped for the day. And 95% of the time, I use the same 5 moves Anakin did. Drag really does carry players.
Worth noting db3+4 is -15 on block (launch punish) so careful spamming
nice no need do combo , just doing tab tab and tab 😁.
D2, D2, D2, D2 this dirty low will chip away dmg right away. Plus right after using it go into crouch players can just do FC1,4 Very good crouching move I see JDCR abusing like crazy since it’s natural on hit.
It used to be natural, now its -1. Its still a good move, but you only really get big a reward in counter hit since it sets up your full crouch mix
@@thondush are u sure? I tested it in practice mode the ai is able to hit me with both hits during FC1,4. I couldn’t block the knee once hit with the first attack. I’ll check again today. That would be odd considering that all my online opponents were being hit with it & none blocked the knee.
@@thondush "Natural" means that the followup hits of a string will connect if the first hit does. They're saying that FC d/f+1,4 is a natural combo; if the first hit connects, the second hit will.
You're thinking of "neutral", which means neither player is at frame advantage. You're correct that d+2 is no longer neutral on hit.
@@DeathsIntent96 i meant to say neutral my bad
@@thondushd2 always been used as a mind game it gets opponents to hesitate so he can set up pressure
Thanks, that was an easy to follow dragunov guide
I play drag cuz I genuinely like his character but I’m stuck in destroyer… am I done for ?
just saying this is one of the best dragunov guides out there. he shows the moves and immediately shows how it works in real matches
The drip is horrendous
+7 Go brrrrrrr
I played him at the end of 7, I deserve this
Sometimes I forget how good Anakin is at Tekken
hello complete noob here, how do I WS Down foward 2 with dragunov on a ps4 controller. Like physically how
can anyone list the 5 moves, this goes too fast I can't follow :( thank you
d2, db3+4, FCdf14, WR2, b42.
thank you so muchhhh@@BigDaddyWes
@@BigDaddyWes What about qcf4? You missed the main one lol
@@IWantToStayAtYourHouse So, aren't these 6 moves. Plz you tell me the five moves given by Anakin.
Can you do a yoshimitsu guide ?
yeah im ALSO playing him way to honest 6:40
Any tips on getting blue spark WR2 and how to practice it? Anakin be hitting it every time 😂
It's HONESTLY just practice man. I've recently started labbin iWR2 and I'm getting it like 60% of the time. I suggest doing F*FF(2). Gotta make sure that last Forward input and 2 are hit on the same frame otherwise you won't get it
@@Spectre_EX1081 thanks bro - do you think me using the Xbox Controller has anything to do with it? I miss using the DS4! 😭
@@iffysaqibi510 Naw you should be fine unless it's just a super old controller and the sensors are acting weird. Otherwise it's all just practice
@Ace_EX the last part isnt true. The 2 input needs to be at least 1 frame after the last forward input. And its not a just frame, you just need to be fast.
Just do it as fast as possible there's no trick to it. If you do f, ff2, they won't come out as fast because of the delay
nice vid
what did they do to my boy ;( from second main in 7 to hating him in 8.
I played against you
Can somebody help me with Dragunov’s trap/ set up?
I found out those :
Qcf1 on block ss df2
D2 fc14 / D2 ss df2
B421 on block 121
D1 on block 121
Poor Hwo...
@AfroSenju tap in brodie
so bryan is now the most honest character,i like it !
Hatchet kick is still much better than dragunovs
Always has been brother
b1? hatchet kick? multiple safe high launchers? SHAHEEN!?
@@derrickrobinson7269 its one move. Block after and ur good to go. There is no knowledge check here. Bryan is the easiest character to deal with in this game. No scary lows, no throw game, no panic moves, no weird strings. Try to play him.
@@derrickrobinson7269 its one move. Block after and ur good to go. There is no knowledge check here. Bryan is the easiest character to deal with in this game. No scary lows, no throw game, no panic moves, no weird strings. Try to play him.
Um not enough pressure from your drag MORE PRESSURE ANI MORE!!!!
Bruh y did my main from tekken 7 have to be popular man I happy when nobody was using him
its be cause once you learn five moves , you dont have to learn sidestep or most system mechanics and your mixups are single player at + 7 , you can literally be bad at tekken and make it to red ranks or better plenty of examples
Drag always had a high pick rate in T7… Mans was always popular.
Dragunov IS broken
dragunov is an easy character~ jack main
You make this sound way too easy. Ur experience is what made everyone look like nubs. I in no way could do what u just did even by spamming.
I was the law that played you. I couldn’t do shit against your dragonov. Dragonov is a pain in the ass in tekken 8
GGs!
You need to learn to sidestep. SSL for WR2, SSR for QCF4. Easy
@@IWantToStayAtYourHouse the sidestepping in tekken 8 kind of bad. Even moves that aren’t homing moves track pretty hard
@@IWantToStayAtYourHouse Not easy at all, hush
What they are waiting for nerf him? The coming of Jesus?
They already did lol
@@CELINExDION Not enough, nerf damage remove +7 from db3+4, make sidesteppable wr2 and b4,3 more pushback from qcf4 then the character can be considered normal
hatchet kicks aren’t supposed to be steppable, that’s kinda their point but yeah he does a lot of damage still
@@CELINExDION there is a comma read again
@@EraseTime not sure what a comma separates here, it’s just a scrubquote all the way around no matter how you parse it
Wifi for life. AND WHAT
As I say this game does not reward skill. You could learn how to do fancy combos and then some one comes and learn how to do the 4 plus frames move everyone has and spam it. This is what this game is about.
Looks so damn boring to play as Drag
Nah he fun as hell he gripping people tf up 😂
@blackmound22 yeah. I decided if can't beat em join em. I was wrong. He's fun.
And the fact I low parried a dragnouv main consistently making him think devil jin and victor are op
bro i just realized every mechanical move of this character is just his WR2
rage drive in T7 was just blue WR2
His heat smash is just 2 WR2 😂
Sergei darunning2nov
Dragunov seems so strong, but anything in your hands does 🥲 Hope to see a guide of sorts for Bryan too in the future!
Bryan damn near just a harder Drangunov with safe launchers lol. Except you replace wr2 with b1
You say that bryan has safer launchers? (i havent touched a tekken since T3 and i was a kid).
For now i learned just combos from jet upper, orbital, b1 CH and 3+4 CH@@derrickrobinson7269
Mf makes him look easy af 😂