Pro tip. Always play ranked, and look at it as a matchmaking system for YOUR skill lvl, and not a prestige. Ranked is basically a mode that is design for you to be placed in a level where you will be challenged. So dont stress over rank, see it as the way to play. period. Win or loose doesnt matter, a good match matter. ;)
I noticed that a lot of decent T8 and SF6 player are afraid to play ranked so you end up running into people who knows full strings but have unranked accounts. Makes casual feel more competitive than competitive
@@GuerrillaGorilla023Basically new to the series and whenever I do quick match I swear I'm always getting placed with unranked accounts that have a tekken score of 100 yet know every full sting and move imaginable for their character lmao so i agree.
@@roanlo1213 I prefer the Guilty Gear Strive model where your win rate at a certain skill level locks you out of the floor until your win rate drops (for casual anyway).
To add to the replay function; there's actually a function to play in the replay. the opponent will do the moves they did as normal during the replay, but you'll have full control. It's a great way to lab against real players
It's such an awesome feature, so convenient to be able to pull up the reply after the match and just go back to the specific moment you wanna lab rather than having to dig around in the character's movelist to figure out what exactly they were doing to you 😅 hope we'll see this in other fighting games too going forward
honestly this helps a ton! I love switching characters when i get bored of a character i've been playing, but it could always feel overwhelming when moving to a new one
I swear the fgc in Australia is near dead especially as a newer player. GGS on lower levels quite literally have 0 players, luckily I actually connect with people in oce in Tekken
I chose Jun yesterday after playing Reina every week at my locals (No ps5 yet) and just went straight to matches with my friends in casuals. Learned on the fly, and it was pretty fun!😊
People, please dont sleep on Ghost AI...at least fighting the AI of other human players in this game! I'll say, downloading the AI ghosts of others online players has helped me quite a bit. Understanding opponent characters, challenging the ghosts of well known players to get an idea of how they play, asserting combos in a less stressful environment has made the game enjoyable for me. I haven't had rank frustration. Also fighting my own ghost has shown me some of my own weaknesses as I've gotten better. For now, I play friends I know and sharpen my skills with the help of the AI. The "AI" behaves in a way that feels much different from the games base "CPU".
this dropping right as im picking up characters to learn, algorithm coming in clutch. I’ve always had struggle picking more than 1-2 characters in tekken
I agree with the very first part. Go into practice mode with a new character and first learn a combo with decent damage. Learn a couple key moves and go into player matches. Ofc you will get whooped most likely but then you discover some weaknesses you beed to improve at. Also personally its more fun to just match people, but only if im not completely clueless about my character.
Yup, Genuinely about 4-5 moves and a super basic combo string can get you very far in beginning to understand your character in Tekken, it's not as bad as it seems.
Fantastic guide, and I've been playing the same character since I started a week after launch, and I agree that playing other people is the way to learn. I know some moves and combos, but even now it still goes straight out the window when my opponent starts using moves I simply have no clue how to deal with and/or just can't react to. Basically, I feel like I'm going to be a beginner for years to come, and that's ok.
I love the tip that key moves section gives. “You don’t know how good a move is in a real match.” For me I’m not much of a frame data player so I don’t understand it that much but I can see people who are looking at the info on the attacks and assuming it’s useless is straight up dangerous to throw out. At the same time those are the moves that they are having the worst time because of their assumptions. People are unpredictable especially in lower ranks so testing a move to see if it works is the main way to see if it’s actually useless or not. You may end up using it as your clutch tool or combo starter.
Not expecting to win is a very important point. If you lower your expectations and "play to learn" rather than "play to win" you're gonna find much less frustration and rage in your time playing. Then you play more of the game you spent 70€ on and it feels worth while. I did this once in SF6 and I had a fun time. Though I still get stuck in training mode making up combos all the time, playing against real people is scary but I eventually will, not expecting to win.
One of the biggest things I think makes learning Tekken hard is there are a lot of moves/strings I would consider noob traps. They seem great, it's probably safe, natural on counter hit and all your friends get hit by it but it has a glaring weakness you don't even see yet. Take Law's junkyard for example, it's got fast start up the mid is safe and there's even a mix up. A lot of people rely on things like this then run into the guy that low parries the second hit in the string every time
How do you feel about beginners playing characters that are normally considered "difficult" for example I hear Bryan Fury is hard but he's the one that calls out to me the most love his style and ferocity and I remember loving him growing up on Arcade older versions. Does this type of "Difficulty" only really matter in the much higher ranks and at this level is it more negligible.
I play with Kazuya and they say he's difficult too, but he calls out to me as my main. Play with who your comfortable with if you really love that character you'll practice and get better with time. I'm still a beginner with Kazuya and some moves are difficult to master but I love a challenge and I do alright on ranked. Good luck 🤜🏾💯🤛🏾
Great video. Most of the begginers guides seems made for advanced players somehow. Would it be too much if I asked you for guides on the individual characters, using the same structure you used here? "This us Jin. This is Jins pokes. Jins lows etc... bet a lot of people would watch it instead of a 1 hour video of the character
Great guide! I'm now at intermediate levels and struggling some and need to figure out a reasonable carry combo, but my issue is... I'm maining Lee, and I feel like his are very difficult. Meanwhle I'm now getting full-screen carried by Leos and such, one wall to the next. But no one really explains it simply in guides, and the B2 loop is way too difficult to keep up (I can do two, maybe 3).
The best way i learned was to pick a character you like and just going ranked straight away. I also had a friend who is a blue rank and was able to explain stuff over discord. I learned alot from them. The little combo challanges also helped alot for me because it thought me which moves would make a good combo. I am around 80 hours in now and finally made it to red ranks.
Hi, would you consider making a video like this for every fighting game. This is the only how to play vid for fighting games that I have actually found helpful.
Okey but what do i do when they consistently throw shit my way? Like, i can't seem to get anything into anything, the just keep attacking and attacking
Go into the Replay mode, switch on frame data and use the replay takeover feature and practice situations u r having trouble with. Cycle through all your options ducking stepping, block then punish etc. And practice till u r consistent If u still need help there are plenty of 'how to beat [insert here]' vids online
Pro tip Your gonna get your ass whooped a lot and that’s ok but you have to go through it in order to be good and practice the moves of one character don’t bunny hop and TH-cam combos and also use the punish practice settings to know what moves to use instantly after a person attacks you another great feature is ghost mode when you play someone online you can download their player and train against them that’s how you get insanely better also it can be played offline as well
I got 14 year old videos on my channel of tekken 6😂 i still just play hwoarang and i still play the same way i wouldnt say i button mash because i know what buttons will do what but im not one to sit and learn specific juggle combos i just freestyle 😂
The only player i've fought with is my f**king brother who only does "L1 assits + random button spam" and i cant play online cause i dont ducking have ps+ no more in ps4.
Imagine saying it’s too much info on a video that main topic is to teach that info smh just say you lazy, every other comment is thanking em for the info
This is a fallacy - different characters have different execution levels. Playing a brian or Kazuya is much harder than playing a Shaheen Or Ling. Lee will be hader because he has just frames you need to be able to do. Every character's d/f +1 can have different frame data or properties. Don't assume they are the same. Backdashing is much weaker in T8 - you gotta be careful with it. Running in on people is stupid in a lot of cases, because you can get SWed, or people can play "keepout" on you. Please realize that what this guy is telling you is very remedial, and you can't use these suggestions every round the same way every time. In Tekken, a lot of the time no approach is the best approach. Backsway blows are usually punishable, so don't spam it. They can get your mouth blown out if you are getting blocked. Reina's d/f +2 doesn't launch. Only use your 15 frame move when you block something that is -15 or higher on block. LEARN YOUR CHARACTER'S FRAME DATA!!!!!!
Pro tip. Always play ranked, and look at it as a matchmaking system for YOUR skill lvl, and not a prestige. Ranked is basically a mode that is design for you to be placed in a level where you will be challenged. So dont stress over rank, see it as the way to play. period. Win or loose doesnt matter, a good match matter. ;)
I noticed that a lot of decent T8 and SF6 player are afraid to play ranked so you end up running into people who knows full strings but have unranked accounts. Makes casual feel more competitive than competitive
@@GuerrillaGorilla023Basically new to the series and whenever I do quick match I swear I'm always getting placed with unranked accounts that have a tekken score of 100 yet know every full sting and move imaginable for their character lmao so i agree.
@@roanlo1213 I prefer the Guilty Gear Strive model where your win rate at a certain skill level locks you out of the floor until your win rate drops (for casual anyway).
Ranked is just full of cheese characters.
@@TigerCreekTechyThen you have no reason not to learn how to deal with them, that simple.
I love that you stressed in the beginning to play other people. It’s always good to practice, but learning from a real match is the key!
To add to the replay function; there's actually a function to play in the replay. the opponent will do the moves they did as normal during the replay, but you'll have full control. It's a great way to lab against real players
Wow, that sounds incredibly helpful
That is honestly so fucking insane wow
It's such an awesome feature, so convenient to be able to pull up the reply after the match and just go back to the specific moment you wanna lab rather than having to dig around in the character's movelist to figure out what exactly they were doing to you 😅 hope we'll see this in other fighting games too going forward
I cant for the love of god figure out how to do that in replay
honestly this helps a ton! I love switching characters when i get bored of a character i've been playing, but it could always feel overwhelming when moving to a new one
Bro is building up the Australian community to have people to play with 🤝
I swear the fgc in Australia is near dead especially as a newer player. GGS on lower levels quite literally have 0 players, luckily I actually connect with people in oce in Tekken
I chose Jun yesterday after playing Reina every week at my locals (No ps5 yet) and just went straight to matches with my friends in casuals. Learned on the fly, and it was pretty fun!😊
i started with reina and just went to jun too love ur taste 😂🤝
That Phantasy Star loading screen sounds .. I peeped 2:45
People, please dont sleep on Ghost AI...at least fighting the AI of other human players in this game! I'll say, downloading the AI ghosts of others online players has helped me quite a bit. Understanding opponent characters, challenging the ghosts of well known players to get an idea of how they play, asserting combos in a less stressful environment has made the game enjoyable for me. I haven't had rank frustration. Also fighting my own ghost has shown me some of my own weaknesses as I've gotten better. For now, I play friends I know and sharpen my skills with the help of the AI. The "AI" behaves in a way that feels much different from the games base "CPU".
Incredibly useful video. I remember using your tekken 7 version of this for the longest time
this dropping right as im picking up characters to learn, algorithm coming in clutch. I’ve always had struggle picking more than 1-2 characters in tekken
Thanks man...... I am actually a first timer to this series. It feels so different when compared to MK11👊🏻😉
These games really Couldn't be any more different. Wish you good luck and have fun with the game.
@@leandrooliveira3070 thanks bro....u too enjoy the fun 💪🏻
This is my first Tekken and this is literally how I learned the cast. I come from Smash and like to learn the entire roster
you bring a massive banger at the end when u said you ll focus more on your opponent than your character once you master your own style of play
Very true! It’s hard to read your opponent when you’re still practicing your move list.
I agree with the very first part.
Go into practice mode with a new character and first learn a combo with decent damage.
Learn a couple key moves and go into player matches. Ofc you will get whooped most likely but then you discover some weaknesses you beed to improve at.
Also personally its more fun to just match people, but only if im not completely clueless about my character.
Yup, Genuinely about 4-5 moves and a super basic combo string can get you very far in beginning to understand your character in Tekken, it's not as bad as it seems.
Bandai should ask you to do these official guides instead of mainman. Very digestible and easy to recommend video ❤
Mainman does official guides?
Fantastic guide, and I've been playing the same character since I started a week after launch, and I agree that playing other people is the way to learn. I know some moves and combos, but even now it still goes straight out the window when my opponent starts using moves I simply have no clue how to deal with and/or just can't react to. Basically, I feel like I'm going to be a beginner for years to come, and that's ok.
I love the tip that key moves section gives. “You don’t know how good a move is in a real match.” For me I’m not much of a frame data player so I don’t understand it that much but I can see people who are looking at the info on the attacks and assuming it’s useless is straight up dangerous to throw out. At the same time those are the moves that they are having the worst time because of their assumptions. People are unpredictable especially in lower ranks so testing a move to see if it works is the main way to see if it’s actually useless or not. You may end up using it as your clutch tool or combo starter.
I’ve seen a few of your shorts and vids recently and I gotta say, you make some good content. Will be watching more!
Good advice and really interesting visuals chosen to go along with it.
Thank you so much for this! I wanna try out so many characters in Tekken 8.
quality vid as always man 💯
Love the PSO sound bites. A true man of culture.
Really really enjoy your vídeos!!!! please continue dude!!
I use your tips since tekken 7 and i have like, 10 characters on Fujin, playing like, 2 days with each.
A really reliable and good technique.
Great vid! Thank you for taking the time to give out tips on fundamental stuff.
This is actually a really good video for beginners. Thanks
your editing is top notch, good video.
I missed you brother - I remember the same kind of video for tekken 7.
Not expecting to win is a very important point. If you lower your expectations and "play to learn" rather than "play to win" you're gonna find much less frustration and rage in your time playing.
Then you play more of the game you spent 70€ on and it feels worth while. I did this once in SF6 and I had a fun time.
Though I still get stuck in training mode making up combos all the time, playing against real people is scary but I eventually will, not expecting to win.
One of the biggest things I think makes learning Tekken hard is there are a lot of moves/strings I would consider noob traps. They seem great, it's probably safe, natural on counter hit and all your friends get hit by it but it has a glaring weakness you don't even see yet. Take Law's junkyard for example, it's got fast start up the mid is safe and there's even a mix up. A lot of people rely on things like this then run into the guy that low parries the second hit in the string every time
best tekken video i ever watched
bro used the pso2 loading sound and thought I wouldn’t notice
How do you feel about beginners playing characters that are normally considered "difficult" for example I hear Bryan Fury is hard but he's the one that calls out to me the most love his style and ferocity and I remember loving him growing up on Arcade older versions. Does this type of "Difficulty" only really matter in the much higher ranks and at this level is it more negligible.
I play with Kazuya and they say he's difficult too, but he calls out to me as my main. Play with who your comfortable with if you really love that character you'll practice and get better with time. I'm still a beginner with Kazuya and some moves are difficult to master but I love a challenge and I do alright on ranked. Good luck 🤜🏾💯🤛🏾
Great video. Most of the begginers guides seems made for advanced players somehow.
Would it be too much if I asked you for guides on the individual characters, using the same structure you used here? "This us Jin. This is Jins pokes. Jins lows etc... bet a lot of people would watch it instead of a 1 hour video of the character
Thank you for this zug!
Wow someone actually remembers Bomberman Hero.
Bomberman hero music, let’s go
The tips are cool and all but I'm here for the classic PSO loading screen noise on scene transition
Thank you , this help me a lot 😊
Just pick kazuya and spam hell sweeps. Simple
I might just do that 😂
Excellent guide
0:36 what character is in the right?
Reina
Great guide! I'm now at intermediate levels and struggling some and need to figure out a reasonable carry combo, but my issue is... I'm maining Lee, and I feel like his are very difficult. Meanwhle I'm now getting full-screen carried by Leos and such, one wall to the next. But no one really explains it simply in guides, and the B2 loop is way too difficult to keep up (I can do two, maybe 3).
The best way i learned was to pick a character you like and just going ranked straight away. I also had a friend who is a blue rank and was able to explain stuff over discord. I learned alot from them. The little combo challanges also helped alot for me because it thought me which moves would make a good combo. I am around 80 hours in now and finally made it to red ranks.
6:07 Was it a coincidence that the word “carries” was played over footage of this move 😅
Very helpful thank you! next video when? :D
I see what you did at 6:06 👀
where did you go!?
"Everyone and their dog knows how to punish it"😂😂😂 please tell this to all those low and intermediate cheese lords damn
How do I find my hardest hitting string
So should I spam electric wind god fist on jin? Looks like a perfect move in all scenarios
alisa should be on here, easy and yet still a strong A tier
It's easy to learn it's hard to get good
How do i install all tekken characters? Do i have to buy Deluxe DLC or Ultimate DLC?
Hi, would you consider making a video like this for every fighting game. This is the only how to play vid for fighting games that I have actually found helpful.
I main xiaoyu in i learn her combos very well
What about the "special" controls? those just a bait or worth learning?
How do you watch your own replays from online?
guys i need to know what's the song on the outro?
ping pong ost:3
Okey but what do i do when they consistently throw shit my way? Like, i can't seem to get anything into anything, the just keep attacking and attacking
Go into the Replay mode, switch on frame data and use the replay takeover feature and practice situations u r having trouble with. Cycle through all your options ducking stepping, block then punish etc. And practice till u r consistent
If u still need help there are plenty of 'how to beat [insert here]' vids online
how do you have so clean game (like tekken 7) , i want it🤭
5:03 is no one going to talk about what happened here?
oh heres the actual tutorial lmao
Pro tip
Your gonna get your ass whooped a lot and that’s ok but you have to go through it in order to be good and practice the moves of one character don’t bunny hop and TH-cam combos and also use the punish practice settings to know what moves to use instantly after a person attacks you another great feature is ghost mode when you play someone online you can download their player and train against them that’s how you get insanely better also it can be played offline as well
Just pick hwoarang and spam strings lol
Yup. U know how thos game works
I got 14 year old videos on my channel of tekken 6😂 i still just play hwoarang and i still play the same way i wouldnt say i button mash because i know what buttons will do what but im not one to sit and learn specific juggle combos i just freestyle 😂
Algorithm 💪
You sound like that guy from that blasted salami
The only player i've fought with is my f**king brother who only does "L1 assits + random button spam" and i cant play online cause i dont ducking have ps+ no more in ps4.
Like all is cool, but counter hit on whiff punishment?
Really?
Why did you not explain what a whiff is ????
whiff is when the opponent presses a button and the move does not hit you
never talk shit to this guy. he uses duck duck go..
Vid could be 2 sec. Long with Auto combos. 2222222222222 xD
Too much info for most beginner tbh just try a few character and stick with the one u like the most there's enough character specific guides
Imagine saying it’s too much info on a video that main topic is to teach that info smh just say you lazy, every other comment is thanking em for the info
@@e_withdaswag4184this might overwhelm the viewer though but this video isn’t too bad in my opinion and is very informal
I hate learning new characters
This is all wrong. You just need X and O for Eddie.
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Finally!!! I learn wtf those numbers are!!! There's no numbers on the controller so I'm always like "WHERE ARE THE NUMBERS?!?!"
no more peon popups :[
This is a fallacy - different characters have different execution levels. Playing a brian or Kazuya is much harder than playing a Shaheen Or Ling. Lee will be hader because he has just frames you need to be able to do.
Every character's d/f +1 can have different frame data or properties. Don't assume they are the same. Backdashing is much weaker in T8 - you gotta be careful with it. Running in on people is stupid in a lot of cases, because you can get SWed, or people can play "keepout" on you.
Please realize that what this guy is telling you is very remedial, and you can't use these suggestions every round the same way every time. In Tekken, a lot of the time no approach is the best approach. Backsway blows are usually punishable, so don't spam it. They can get your mouth blown out if you are getting blocked.
Reina's d/f +2 doesn't launch. Only use your 15 frame move when you block something that is -15 or higher on block.
LEARN YOUR CHARACTER'S FRAME DATA!!!!!!