@@hamzakhurshid9000 bro I was waiting to see Jimmy do something nice with Bryan lmao bro didn't get to play the game. Atif didn't let him breathe at all
@@sleepybean9903 yeah the crowd and live chat were like that during CEO24 too 😂. But bro smashed Keisuke there and silenced the crowd too. Typical finale for pakistani players .........
I was at EVO this past week. I ran into Atif and Arslan at a nearby Walgreens. Took pictures with both super cool people in person. When I asked Atif for a picture, he was like “you know me?” I was like brooooo, you’re the best Dragonov in the world!! I was super excited to see Nobi vs Atif but it hurt to see the outcome. Nobi is still my favorite Drag player of all time. He’s still a legend in my books.
One of the reasons more people have much respect for Arslan now is seeing how Atif steam rolled through other pro players. In order to beat someone like Atif you have to be a beast. Like someone said in a previous comment the grand finals were like a Goku vs Vegeta match. Arslan being Goku ofc while Atif being Vegeta, the unstoppable warrior who dominates all warriors across the universe but fails only when he fights Goku.
The two are opposites in style, with Atif being the overwhelming offensive player and Arslan being the greatest defensive player in the game. Though when you watch Atif, you understand just why Arslan had to get so good at defending.😂
It’s not that simple. Atif and arslan fight together on a daily basis as training partners. If arslan wasn’t so familiar with atif’s play style, there’s a good chance Atif would’ve taken their match. Dragunov is significantly stronger than Nina, even if Nina is top 3 best characters in the game.
@@The_Buff_Guy But Arslan's natural playstyle is also a big factor against Atif because Arslan plays poke heavy sstyle and he doesn't really allow players like Dragunov to get their offense going. Arslan suffocates his opponents by being in their face and poking them to death.
@@yellowscarlightningscream8347 this is true. It also is worth noting that Nina is very anti-dragunov. She’s got the movement to easily evade dragunov’s big pressure tools, plus she has blonde bomb. A very powerful anti-pressure tool. Mid, power crush, heat engager, gives great follow up and Oki from heat dash, only -14 so dragunov can only launch it in heat. Very strong tool vs dragunov, it’s the perfect counter play to the character. That helped him a TON in their set.
what makes it more crazy is that Arslan made him change drag LOL. You basically give the biggest beat down in Tekken history only to have to force to another character in the next round because you can't answer your opponents attacks
Man you gotta feel bad for Nobi. Crawling through such a large pool of players to get there only for Atif to just take a massive dump on him like he was green.
Its not just that Atif is relentless on offense, its also that Atif plays perfect defense in the few moments where his opponents get a turn and somehow always makes the most optimal decisions to get launch punishes, heat engagers, etc.
@@soilsminor4715 yeah Atif probably can beat 90% of all players using their own characters. It's his Tekken IQ, his reaction speeds and his gameplay that make him who he is. also helps that he gets to practice with other monsters like Arslan every day. Pakistani players just play aggressive. It's like the rest of the world was playing Tekken differently and now realise it wasn't optimal. Pakistani players are bread to play tough
6-0 vs Jimmy, 6-0 vs Keisuke and 9-0 vs Nobi. This is serious and hilarious at the same time. Totally decimated the veteran Bryan, Drag and Kazuya masters. What a genius. As a Pakistani fan, i can tell yiu that he is considered the most talented player. Arslan considers him his toughest opponent. His 10 hour Leo mauled Anakin at 2022 rev major. Even his team members were shocked when he picked Leo.
Yeah those saying he only win playing OP character watch his matche, he did the same to Anakin using LEO what he did tk Nobi here and that wjmas his first ever international tournament @@coquifrog
As a Pakistani i know how atif is even more genius with Leo and Feng. He just used Dragonuv for the convenience. Even arslan had no answer to his feng but arslan is a genius and still won....
The fact Atif did this to NOBI man. One of the most OG and dominant Dragunov players in recent Tekken history. Man, the crowd was sad as hell watching Atif beat the stuffing out of Nobi’s corpse.
@@yellowscarlightningscream8347 In tournament Arslan is good. But for TH-cam videos. Arslan said . That I play for experiment n testing new things. But people play to beat me..😂
@@StriveToday no. I usually don’t record but the only clips I had was the grand final reset between Punk and bigbird in sf6 and the end of the ggst grand final ending. I’m still upset I didn’t record the Heihachi trailer but I was shocked, so I forgot too
Remember during the set of *Atif Vs Nobi* , not a'lot people cheered/ praised Atif, just Nobi. That's why during his set, he was pissed. So, he started speedrunning..... 12:26 In the crowd, when he won said: *Are you not entertained?!* 🤷 Remember to Check the full video of Evo 2024 live stream day 3 Top 6 (Tekken 8)
The crazy thing is Atif lost to NO ONE except arslan. Pakistani tekken DOMINATED the whole scene. Imagine just 4 pakistani's out of 4000+ people participating in evo and 2 of them reaching the GRAND FINALS. Insane.
4th one is currently not even part of offline pakistan FGC. Aqeel Zahoor moved to US in 2023. Even then he was mostly an online player because Karachi didn't have a world class offline scene like Lahore, Faisalabad or Gujranwala. Only 3 travelled from Pakistan. Aqeel still did amazing despite barely playing in online US, placed 65th.
That was hard to watch. Especially the way TMM put it with the best Dragunov in the world fights one of the best players in the world who went "I'm going to play your character". That must be so disheartening
7:35 that's exactly the face I made in that moment when I watched the EVO stream, and proceeded to do that for the rest of the set. Sheesh, 9-0. That was f*cking brutal xD
This is exactly why we keep watching your videos. Spotting moves that are invisible to us and then commentating on them. You are the best MainMan. Keep it up bro.
I heard the crowd was only chanting for Nobi and kind of booing Atif which is why Atif did the pop off at the end at the crowd. So i would take it personal as well 😂.
10:34 the devs did it by removing the Pakistani specialists characters or nerfing them too hard ex Zafina Steve Kazumi and Marduk. They were forced to pick up new characters
You miss the point. Atif steamrolled everyone (excluding Nobi in the first match they played), and the reason why is due to Arslan being comfortable with Atif’s game play. I also believe poking > oppressive aggression, which is why Nina stomped Dragunov. Had Atif used Feng from the beginning, it might have been a different outcome.
@@funkrates4778 exactly, atif won the first match from drag and he should have switched to feng after losing his first match from drag, we defo getting a reset and things would have been more interesting then.
Atif has an aggressive playstyle, and so he picks aggressive or dangerous looking characters. Like Akuma or Dragunov. He's like an aggressive Anti-Hero, not humble like Arslan who plays with girls. (female characters xD) Anyways, Atif seems like the new Anti-Hero to Arslan's saga and we're all here for it!
Funny how some people blamed the character as if the character fully carried the players like they have no actual skill. They would do anything to win its not that easy to win in big tournament like evo. Its like in tekken 7 when akuma is blamed for being op but the execution needed is relied on the player themselves and most of the time there is only one player that can actually make use of him in tournament and only atif succeed in doing that. In the end its only about the player, not their character pick choices
The Akuma comparison is wrong. That character was/is broken. It's not fair that if a player has the execution they get infinite reward. Bad character, Bad balanced i hope we never see something like that again.
@cosmedcarton i dont think u get the reason why i bring up the comparison of akuma and dragunov. What im saying is both character were broken on release, but there is no one winning big tournament before they were patched. After both got nerfed, in a similar fashion there is no one winning big tournament with the 2 character except for atif. As i said they would do whatever to win even resorting to meta bcs its not easy to compete in a stacked tournament like this. I agree that akuma is bad character but still having skill should actually reward the player and the skill is not only about execution but also a combination of spacing, defense and reading of the opponent. Apparently atif has all of them and he proved that by not giving a single win to nobi and keisuke. Nobi mains dragunov for his entire life but still cant win against atif. Keisuke kazuya gave atif a hard time with his insane execution and defense but having his gameplan easily figured makes it fall short. Having good execution alone wont guarantee u to be an evo champion after all. The simplicity of the character wont mean anything if u dont have the other skill like atif has.
bro watching atif was crazy i havent played since launch and seeing him and arslan in grand finals got me back into the game and while i was a drag main at launch i play lars and jin now but this level of tekken is fucking insane bro
That's the attitude. Drag is really strong, but he is beatable if you pick up on players' tendacies. There's alot of tier whores out there, so a lot of them get complacent and therefore punishable.
at this point you have to beat the player. Ranked is the Dragunov gauntlet, im sure you’ll know Drag better than your main by the time any balancing is done.
@ksander_9712 I'm a Drag main, a real one, so that's been my only option each time. Thankfully, his best moves are so good that scrubs can't help but spam them all the time, so he's not too big of an issue for me personally since I try to play a little bit more conservative than most Drag mains.
Funnily enough, when Arslan picked Dragunov to prove a point (his tier list), Atif still managed to beat him with Kazuya. So yep, it really isn't Nobi being under the weather, Atif is just that good. I'd even say his core fundamentals (movement, execution and character/mechanics knowledge) are overall the best in the world right now, and the only areas where he truly is weaker than someone like Arslan are his confidence in himself and his ability to handle stress (at least for now). Just my opinion though.
Atif won TWT finals of 2022 and Also Defeated Arslan in Local Pak tournament finals , and this year he was comming straight out of being CEO 2024 Champion...
yeah he was 3rd place Combo breaker, 5th Dreamhack Dallas and has won 2 dojos in Pakistan already. Insane. Him losing early to a mostly unknown US player in pools made his run impossible. He still placed top 24.
The top Pakistanis are what we thought the top Koreans were years ago.. Right now they’re simply untouchable.. We’re in Tekkistan for the time being. Incredible competitors.
This actually makes me respect Arslan even more, because watching Atif absolutely bulldoze through these top players, in fact even winning a Tournament where he beat The Jon (who himself was running through Koreans) only for Atif to lose to Arslan so handily just makes me wonder how amazing and adaptive of a player Arslan truly is 😮
Atif played the whole Losers final like his uber was 6 minutes away.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Lol😂
Atif be like : hmm good but against someone else rather than me 😂
Atif was like : how will it look if I end up this evo 5 minutes earlier (and shit happens crowd got silent 😶)
Atif playing Dragunov as if his enemies owe him money
Atif played on EVO like he's a tax collector 😅
That’s what I’m saying bro like dude is playing like he gotta save his whole family
Atif was playing as if he had a bounty on his head or something that was scary ngl
😂😂😂
😅😅😅😅
Strongest dragunov of today vs the strongest dragunov in history 😭
bro nahhh 😭
Jjk reference 😂
Atif was like : how will it look if I end up this evo 5 minutes earlier (and shit happens crowd got silent 😶)
Atif: "Nah I'd win......... 🗿🗿🗿"
Arslan; "Nah I'd win 🏆 😎............ "
Atif and Arslan are just on an entirely different level. Atif getting a 9-0 win in the finals like this is just insane
Did he also 6-0 keisuke?
@@pouterbuttercup9665 yes nobody took a round from the pakistanis in the top 6
Those pakistani players are genetically engineered to be gods at tekken.
@@pouterbuttercup9665and also 6-0 vs Jimmy. Remember, Jimmy beat AO, jodd and Yagami.
@@hamzakhurshid9000 bro I was waiting to see Jimmy do something nice with Bryan lmao bro didn't get to play the game. Atif didn't let him breathe at all
Atif wanted that runback with Arslan so bad
Atif shut that whole crowd up, nothing is better than shutting up a whole crowd chanting against you, That was brutal
100% I watched it live and oh it felt so good when the crowd got so quiet and atif was like this your champion, it was so anime😂
Same as Jordan saying F you to the hateful audience in out games that he wins with clutch shots lool
@@sleepybean9903 yeah the crowd and live chat were like that during CEO24 too 😂. But bro smashed Keisuke there and silenced the crowd too. Typical finale for pakistani players .........
I was at EVO this past week. I ran into Atif and Arslan at a nearby Walgreens. Took pictures with both super cool people in person. When I asked Atif for a picture, he was like “you know me?” I was like brooooo, you’re the best Dragonov in the world!! I was super excited to see Nobi vs Atif but it hurt to see the outcome. Nobi is still my favorite Drag player of all time. He’s still a legend in my books.
Love from pakistan brother 🇵🇰
Beast asking you know me 😂
I can never see Nobi the same way after that 0-9.
Did you published your photos on Instagram or Facebook? I wanna see plz
@@Angel_of_Peace_93 I just posted on my Shorts with him and other notable players!. th-cam.com/users/shorts59Yb2gBv9Yg?si=ydUnvAwwJOkQXojq
One of the reasons more people have much respect for Arslan now is seeing how Atif steam rolled through other pro players.
In order to beat someone like Atif you have to be a beast.
Like someone said in a previous comment the grand finals were like a Goku vs Vegeta match.
Arslan being Goku ofc while Atif being Vegeta, the unstoppable warrior who dominates all warriors across the universe but fails only when he fights Goku.
Dayummm bro you saying facts
The two are opposites in style, with Atif being the overwhelming offensive player and Arslan being the greatest defensive player in the game. Though when you watch Atif, you understand just why Arslan had to get so good at defending.😂
It’s not that simple. Atif and arslan fight together on a daily basis as training partners. If arslan wasn’t so familiar with atif’s play style, there’s a good chance Atif would’ve taken their match. Dragunov is significantly stronger than Nina, even if Nina is top 3 best characters in the game.
@@The_Buff_Guy But Arslan's natural playstyle is also a big factor against Atif because Arslan plays poke heavy sstyle and he doesn't really allow players like Dragunov to get their offense going. Arslan suffocates his opponents by being in their face and poking them to death.
@@yellowscarlightningscream8347 this is true. It also is worth noting that Nina is very anti-dragunov. She’s got the movement to easily evade dragunov’s big pressure tools, plus she has blonde bomb. A very powerful anti-pressure tool. Mid, power crush, heat engager, gives great follow up and Oki from heat dash, only -14 so dragunov can only launch it in heat. Very strong tool vs dragunov, it’s the perfect counter play to the character. That helped him a TON in their set.
Atif was the reason why Top 6 ended early
Yup grand final was fast too.
@@sheerZ8855 and Arslan was the reason for that! xD He didn't let Atif reset.
this was the most "blink and youll miss it" losers finals ever, atif didnt wipe the floor with him, he polished it to a mirror shine
what makes it more crazy is that Arslan made him change drag LOL. You basically give the biggest beat down in Tekken history only to have to force to another character in the next round because you can't answer your opponents attacks
Man you gotta feel bad for Nobi. Crawling through such a large pool of players to get there only for Atif to just take a massive dump on him like he was green.
It was horrifying to watch. Worst thing I've ever seen in a tournament.
With his OWN character
It's just life
@@xyed5571 Truest words ever.
S rank heroes if they fought Saitama
Its not just that Atif is relentless on offense, its also that Atif plays perfect defense in the few moments where his opponents get a turn and somehow always makes the most optimal decisions to get launch punishes, heat engagers, etc.
Facts!!! too many people are focused on the fact that Atif was Drag. The reality is Atif is a great tekkie player. Defense is not character specific
@@soilsminor4715 yeah Atif probably can beat 90% of all players using their own characters. It's his Tekken IQ, his reaction speeds and his gameplay that make him who he is. also helps that he gets to practice with other monsters like Arslan every day.
Pakistani players just play aggressive. It's like the rest of the world was playing Tekken differently and now realise it wasn't optimal. Pakistani players are bread to play tough
_"You either die a (character) loyalist or live long enough to get murdered by someone who just picked up your character."_
Atif was like : how will it look if I end up this evo 5 minutes earlier (and shit happens crowd got silent 😶)
6-0 vs Jimmy, 6-0 vs Keisuke and 9-0 vs Nobi. This is serious and hilarious at the same time. Totally decimated the veteran Bryan, Drag and Kazuya masters. What a genius. As a Pakistani fan, i can tell yiu that he is considered the most talented player. Arslan considers him his toughest opponent. His 10 hour Leo mauled Anakin at 2022 rev major. Even his team members were shocked when he picked Leo.
lol leo wow.
Yeah those saying he only win playing OP character watch his matche, he did the same to Anakin using LEO what he did tk Nobi here and that wjmas his first ever international tournament @@coquifrog
As a Pakistani i know how atif is even more genius with Leo and Feng. He just used Dragonuv for the convenience. Even arslan had no answer to his feng but arslan is a genius and still won....
The fact Atif did this to NOBI man. One of the most OG and dominant Dragunov players in recent Tekken history. Man, the crowd was sad as hell watching Atif beat the stuffing out of Nobi’s corpse.
It was depressing to watch. :(
I like both players' aggressive Dragunov playstyles, and this was painful to watch. 😭
It was awesome! Never boo the talent
@@coquifrog it was a lot of fun lol History or not, it's great to watch newcomers be this good
Atif is a monster, can't believe Arslan was able to stop him twice with the way Atif was dominating the whole tournament.
in actual local Head to Head I believe Atif is above Arslan
@@yellowscarlightningscream8347
In tournament Arslan is good.
But for TH-cam videos. Arslan said . That I play for experiment n testing new things. But people play to beat me..😂
@@yellowscarlightningscream8347 Arslan is ahead against Atif in tournaments head to head.
Its because Arslan defense was just absolutely insane this tournament, he changed Atiff entire aproach just by being a WALL
Arsalan plays chicken Tekken 🤮
When me and my friends were watching this in the crowd, we just kept saying “Wtf?” It was that bad of a whooping
Any chance you recorded some clips or ur pov?
Why not you were cheering for the beat plyer 😢
@@StriveToday no. I usually don’t record but the only clips I had was the grand final reset between Punk and bigbird in sf6 and the end of the ggst grand final ending. I’m still upset I didn’t record the Heihachi trailer but I was shocked, so I forgot too
It looked like Nobi's controller wasn't even plugged in...
Or his brain was playing High
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
9-0 is hilarious and insane. Never saw someone pull this off against players like Nobi etc. Game of a lifetime ❤........
@@justamanofculture12 not sure if you know he also played NOBI in the winners bracket and was much more competitive
-Knee got PTSD againts atif at gamers8
-Chikurin got PTSD againts atif at TWT
And now Nobi😢 Atif effect
so aggressive of a playstyle. never letting his enemy have their turn. what a beatdown.
Atif took his soul
Are you not entertained? Silenced the crowd with straight nines.
Atif The Butcher.
Atif was like : how will it look if I end up this evo 5 minutes earlier (and shit happens crowd got silent 😶)😂
"I'm gonna take a look at Atif butt.."
I was anxious waiting for the scene man.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣
Remember during the set of *Atif Vs Nobi* , not a'lot people cheered/ praised Atif, just Nobi. That's why during his set, he was pissed.
So, he started speedrunning.....
12:26
In the crowd, when he won said:
*Are you not entertained?!* 🤷
Remember to Check the full video of Evo 2024 live stream day 3 Top 6 (Tekken 8)
Exactly this. I dont think Atif directed his response at Nobi but at the crowd. Are you not entertained!!!
Yeah the crowd did Atif dirty. Dude did the unthinkable 9-0 and not a sound from the crowd
That last match, it was like Atif was reading Nobi's command inputs, it was insane
Yeah :(
The crazy thing is Atif lost to NO ONE except arslan. Pakistani tekken DOMINATED the whole scene. Imagine just 4 pakistani's out of 4000+ people participating in evo and 2 of them reaching the GRAND FINALS. Insane.
4th one is currently not even part of offline pakistan FGC. Aqeel Zahoor moved to US in 2023. Even then he was mostly an online player because Karachi didn't have a world class offline scene like Lahore, Faisalabad or Gujranwala. Only 3 travelled from Pakistan. Aqeel still did amazing despite barely playing in online US, placed 65th.
Atif and Arslan in this evo were like Majin Vegita and Super Sayian 3 Goku. Absolutely peak!
That was hard to watch.
Especially the way TMM put it with the best Dragunov in the world fights one of the best players in the world who went "I'm going to play your character".
That must be so disheartening
Well, they took away his Akuma. It's only fair that he would pick Nobi's character next.
Atif was like : how will it look if I end up this evo 5 minutes earlier (and shit happens crowd got silent 😶)
He just murdered the spirit in nobi that this shit is not for you anymore
10:20 Nobis chin got deleted from this set
😂
“i’m gonna try some Dragunov”
Atif was like : how will it look if I end up this evo 5 minutes earlier (and shit happens crowd got silent 😶)
Me: Nobi is the Greatest Dragunov player of all time there is no way he will lose to Atif in a-mirror again.
Atif: 12:30 are you not entertained?
7:35 that's exactly the face I made in that moment when I watched the EVO stream, and proceeded to do that for the rest of the set.
Sheesh, 9-0. That was f*cking brutal xD
Atif kicked their butts 😂😂😂😂😂bruuuuh
That's bullying so sad😂😂😂
@@رعدالأسمري-ع8ف He's my fav. TEKKEN player 😇😇😇😂😂
Damnn atif’s drag is out of this 🌍
This is exactly why we keep watching your videos. Spotting moves that are invisible to us and then commentating on them. You are the best MainMan. Keep it up bro.
Atifff plays like it's personal every time
Yeah, he doesn't win over the crowd much, but damn, he rips.
I heard the crowd was only chanting for Nobi and kind of booing Atif which is why Atif did the pop off at the end at the crowd.
So i would take it personal as well 😂.
@@zaselimgamingvideos Our conduct and behavior on the stage is up to us, as Will Smith taught us all.
atif was angry that day
On the crowd because no one cheering for him
Love the face of disbelief at 3:27 lmaoooooo
Mainman didn't have to say much in this vid. The disgusted expression really just says it all.
sad thing is people cant complain about dragunov is too op BCS its a mirror match and nobi is known for his mighty dragunov, damn this is murder
Nah, sad thing is people will still cry about Dragunov even if it's a mirror match.
After Nobi chants, Atif really got in the heads of audience just by the pop off
Atif everytime he pops off "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?"
Every second this match is violation 😂
bro made nobi look like he lost in pools
12:00 @TheMainManSWE felt that launch in his guts, be happy for Atif. It feels like everyone is rooting against Pakistani players.
10:34 the devs did it by removing the Pakistani specialists characters or nerfing them too hard ex Zafina Steve Kazumi and Marduk. They were forced to pick up new characters
Ngl arslan is goat but this guy atiff right here is SCARY AF i donno how ash manage to stop this monster
Atif to crowd: JAPAN, IS THIS YOUR KING?
The reason Arslan did well against Atif is due to his being Atif’s main training partner. He knows Atif *VERY* well.
same can be said for Atif but Arslan stopped him twice in his tracks.
That goes both ways bro, and arslan got him
You miss the point. Atif steamrolled everyone (excluding Nobi in the first match they played), and the reason why is due to Arslan being comfortable with Atif’s game play. I also believe poking > oppressive aggression, which is why Nina stomped Dragunov. Had Atif used Feng from the beginning, it might have been a different outcome.
@@funkrates4778 exactly, atif won the first match from drag and he should have switched to feng after losing his first match from drag, we defo getting a reset and things would have been more interesting then.
@@SprecheAufDeutschchicken defensive tactic 🤮😵
Completely destroys everyone, then gets destroyed by arslan
I wouldn't say destroyed. In fact it was so close Arslan was jumping when he won
@BullC6 destroyed bro.
This reminds me of Arslan vs Anakin 5 years ago at evo 2019.
When the commentator said Nobi has to wake up and it is already the 9th game 😂😂😂
Atif has an aggressive playstyle, and so he picks aggressive or dangerous looking characters. Like Akuma or Dragunov. He's like an aggressive Anti-Hero, not humble like Arslan who plays with girls. (female characters xD) Anyways, Atif seems like the new Anti-Hero to Arslan's saga and we're all here for it!
Atif was playing rock paper scissors with a bazooka in his hand.
0:38 Look at Dragunov man, so inspirational
MainMans face @ 8:11 🤣🤣
😂😂😂he is shock
@@رعدالأسمري-ع8ف for real 🤣 I had to play it back just to see it again haha too funny
@@SaintDyl 🤣🤣🤣 me too i can't stop watching
The worst thing is atif finished every round with in 30 seconds 😂😂😂
Two sparring partners with this level of gameplay will only make them stronger! I think they will own tekken 8 too.
Arslan and atif are miles better than anyone else
Funny how some people blamed the character as if the character fully carried the players like they have no actual skill. They would do anything to win its not that easy to win in big tournament like evo.
Its like in tekken 7 when akuma is blamed for being op but the execution needed is relied on the player themselves and most of the time there is only one player that can actually make use of him in tournament and only atif succeed in doing that. In the end its only about the player, not their character pick choices
The Akuma comparison is wrong. That character was/is broken. It's not fair that if a player has the execution they get infinite reward. Bad character, Bad balanced i hope we never see something like that again.
@cosmedcarton i dont think u get the reason why i bring up the comparison of akuma and dragunov. What im saying is both character were broken on release, but there is no one winning big tournament before they were patched. After both got nerfed, in a similar fashion there is no one winning big tournament with the 2 character except for atif. As i said they would do whatever to win even resorting to meta bcs its not easy to compete in a stacked tournament like this.
I agree that akuma is bad character but still having skill should actually reward the player and the skill is not only about execution but also a combination of spacing, defense and reading of the opponent. Apparently atif has all of them and he proved that by not giving a single win to nobi and keisuke. Nobi mains dragunov for his entire life but still cant win against atif. Keisuke kazuya gave atif a hard time with his insane execution and defense but having his gameplan easily figured makes it fall short. Having good execution alone wont guarantee u to be an evo champion after all. The simplicity of the character wont mean anything if u dont have the other skill like atif has.
Bro this atif is insane so proud of him both the finalists were from my country but i wish if atif would have won final he played so damn well
Atif brought one disgusting dragunovs to evo this year.
I can't see Nobi the same way anymore. Atif WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?
This was amazing to watch. Absolutely brutal, but still beautiful. I hereby officially tip my hat off to Atif.
bro watching atif was crazy i havent played since launch and seeing him and arslan in grand finals got me back into the game and while i was a drag main at launch i play lars and jin now but this level of tekken is fucking insane bro
This was just SAD! 😂. A beatdown so hard you can't recognise your bloodied face in the mirror type of beatdown is what this was.
Seeing as there won't be a balance patch in 6th months, I'm gonna put extra effort into learning how to fight draganov, I want to beat this character
Same as a Bryan main. I gonna lab him all weekend
That's the attitude. Drag is really strong, but he is beatable if you pick up on players' tendacies. There's alot of tier whores out there, so a lot of them get complacent and therefore punishable.
at this point you have to beat the player. Ranked is the Dragunov gauntlet, im sure you’ll know Drag better than your main by the time any balancing is done.
@ksander_9712 I'm a Drag main, a real one, so that's been my only option each time. Thankfully, his best moves are so good that scrubs can't help but spam them all the time, so he's not too big of an issue for me personally since I try to play a little bit more conservative than most Drag mains.
Do pokes. His key moves have high framestartup. And don’t miss punishment
I wonder if Atif could do the same thing vs JDCR if he was in Nobi's shoes!
Atif beat Nobi like he stole something.
Atif had an argument with his gf and he was venting out his frustration on poor Japanese 😂🤣
Nobi gonna get PTSD from that. Rip to one of Japan greatest
Funnily enough, when Arslan picked Dragunov to prove a point (his tier list), Atif still managed to beat him with Kazuya. So yep, it really isn't Nobi being under the weather, Atif is just that good.
I'd even say his core fundamentals (movement, execution and character/mechanics knowledge) are overall the best in the world right now, and the only areas where he truly is weaker than someone like Arslan are his confidence in himself and his ability to handle stress (at least for now). Just my opinion though.
Arslan reading of opponent strength and weakness is much superior . Atif and arslan are training partners so arslan has vast knowledge on him .
Total destruction to be honest nobi the dragnov main got dismantle by atif🤯
If I were Nobi I would go home and take a long look in the mirror after getting washed like that
How Atif plays Dragunov is scary, like really scary
He made a bo3 and bo5 set last 13 minutes combined 😭
Atif is a beast
no, his op broken ass character is.
@@hayatojin2886 Who else has played Dragunov like he did? Beating someone who is a Dragunov main for 15+ years 9 rounds straight isn't an easy task.
@@hayatojin2886no one played dragunov like he did. He may be broken but he just whooped everyone’s ass.
@@hayatojin2886 yeah i'm sure you could do the same thing if you just picked up dragunov yourself
@@hayatojin2886 he broke yours best player ass and keep cry
EVO stands for:
E - Dragunov
V - And
O - Sometimes some other characters but mostly Dragunov
Atif won TWT finals of 2022 and Also Defeated Arslan in Local Pak tournament finals , and this year he was comming straight out of being CEO 2024 Champion...
roger execution ❌
nobi execution ✅🤣
I thought knee Vs Heera T7 Steve mirror was one sided. Pakistan officially home to best Steve Nina Dragunov and Bryan in the world.
Pakistan has the best Victor as well. Its a shame Farzeen got knocked out in to 8
yeah he was 3rd place Combo breaker, 5th Dreamhack Dallas and has won 2 dojos in Pakistan already. Insane. Him losing early to a mostly unknown US player in pools made his run impossible. He still placed top 24.
Bryan Knee Steve LowHigh
Knee Bryan lost mirror to Hammad low high lost to Numan Ch @@Hattorii009
As soon as Atif popped off on Nobi was when I knew he'd lose to Arslan.
Atif playing on limited US Visa
Atif playing as if he is heat mode in real life
Atif was cooking a little bit too much
Atif was on demon time
It is funny how some drag mains say "you can block fc1,4 and d2 on reaction"
The top Pakistanis are what we thought the top Koreans were years ago.. Right now they’re simply untouchable.. We’re in Tekkistan for the time being. Incredible competitors.
There were this strong back then too, its just the world would found out later (in 2019).
An average green would have done better 😅. Savage Mainman, savage.
Mainman can you do the thug shake?
😂
This Nobi Guy wrecks with spam now gets wrecked by his own medicine 😂
Atif said I'm on my Villian Arc right now
Atif is in practice mood 😂💀
I’m pretty sure Dragunov was made strong for Nobi, so a Japanese player would have a chance, but it was no use😂
How the fuck did arslan beat this guy
Atif will dominate tomorrow in the tournament
People need to check what thejon has been doing with king against nobi ak and others, also worth checking out is numans steve he bested rangchu
This is what it looks like when Japan doesnt get a 1-2 year headstart on everyone else ;)
This actually makes me respect Arslan even more, because watching Atif absolutely bulldoze through these top players, in fact even winning a Tournament where he beat The Jon (who himself was running through Koreans) only for Atif to lose to Arslan so handily just makes me wonder how amazing and adaptive of a player Arslan truly is 😮
Nobi gained an extra o in his name