I love these tournament analysing and commentating type of videos, you give great insights into the game and I catch many subtle points to improve my tekken thanks to you, really appreciate it!
For some reason, every time Joka and superakouma fight, they bring out the absolute best in each other, every match is right down to the wire, with crazy plays and high drama coming from both sides Rivalry of the year.
That was just sick. The finals couldn't get any more intense, and the tournament in general was super hype as well. And having 3 EU players in top 3 just shows how good EU has become lately. A few years ago people have been laughing at EU, and now EU is a force to be reckoned with. Grats Joka!
Joka is no joke! I watched this live and just knew TMM would have to give a reaction of Heihachi winning over Akuma. I really think Joka is going to really keep improving even further from here. I've been so impressed with all of his performances I've seen this year, he is so solid. I like his Feng but love his Heihachi! Maybe this single victory will give the iron grampa a slot on Tekken 8
My i was routing for JOKA so bad ( cuz i m heihachi main ), fck he finally proved that hei is also for tournaments unlike many pros are rejecting hei for no reasons
This doesn't really prove that Hei is good for tournaments though 😅 But Hei is decent vs Akuma. Back then when Rangchu won with Panda, it didn't mean Panda was suddenly great for tournaments. Tier lists do matter to some extent, but at the end of the day it depends on the players and how well they perform during that match. Joka was just better that day and that's it.
Bro no way Mid tier Heihachi just beat an arguably top 3 broken Akuma!! I hope this inspires more players to use their OG characters again. What a win. Great content by TMM.
@@disruptor6550 can’t disagree with you man. It’s amazing this game been out all this time and we still get great tournaments like this. I really hope I’m tekken 8 the characters will be more balanced. Characters like Eddie, Yoshi, Kazuya, Hwo etc get more love.
@@disruptor6550 akuma is pretty overrated. without meter hes pretty dogshit and has little moveset. With meter he is a beast if you have perfect execution, but nobody does not even super akuma which is why “on paper” means nothing. Because nobody can execute said paper perfectly and constistently. Even if you are perfect with execution, his meter build up is quite slow. Super akuma never competes with the asians
I know Akuma is broken but I love the audacity of the chat going "Haha get destroyed scrub" when akuma loses and "omg akuma so broken hüüüü" when akuma wins
the difference between joka’s heihachi and jdcr’s heihachi is nuts ong while joka shows us the craziest sides on while being bent towards aggressive gamestyle jdcr shows us the best heihachi can get in any situation in other words jdcr plays heihachi till he is at the limit as a character but joka shows us the creative side
Yeah this is the problem, JDCR thinks you can only play Korean style and win and he writes off Hei on this principle. He doesn't embrace the party/risky side of Hei. Hei himself is generally underrated on tier lists because of this same philosophy (unsafe lows = useless). Hei only needs a lifelead and in theory his lows can go out the window, and only one d4 is needed to gain that lead ;)
@@user-wg1gd5gg7s exactly you need to sometimes take high risks for higher rewards uk hei is a character which when played with creativity can dominate anyone legit ANYONE but if you limit him w playing safe (prolly cuz he actually is the hardest character to main in this game) you can still dominate people but the chances of you losing rises atleast 10 folds
That utility on f4 to keep him on the ground was insane!!! This Finals are educational, interms of strats I think hei's f4 is also there for akuma jumps, hiden anti air, to me atleast. WP both Congratz to Joka,a very inspiering player. Great comentary
I don't dislike Super Akouma, but often it's just hard for me to root for an Akuma player 😅 Especially when the opponent is a Heihachi. I'm not even a Joka fan, but it's hard not to root for the good old iron grandpa.
@@disruptor6550 I couln't agree more dude, i'm a Mishima fan but i've been watching SuperAkouma play for a while now so i'm kind of a fan and honestly, i think Akuma had such hard and easy-to-drop combos (and still does, as we can see in the video) before qcb+3+4 that it kinda made him """""""""""""balanced""""""""""""". Anyways, any side of this match was fair to root for
@@matheusqc5405 Oh yeah absolutely. Akuma is definitely very hard to play, and I appreciate that Super Akouma is a character loyalist, that's rare these days. But when you have Akuma (the #1 strongest character on paper) going up against Heihachi (the arguably hardest tournament character in the game and also mid tier), I just can't help rooting for the underdog.
I think Arslan plays Zafina because he likes to play with female characters and in Zafina's case, she is also a H-tier character. Look at his kof matches, he plays with girls as his main team on that game as well.
Hey, TheMainManSWE, I recently just started playing Tekken, I started on Tekken 6 PSP, planning to buy Tekken 7 to practice online, I'm still hot garbage at Paul Phoenix but I'm getting there, planning to practice Heihachi in Tekken 7 but I'm just currently training with Paul ATM...
Hei is far from the worst character in the game, but yeah, he is arguably the hardest tournament character in the entire game. Mad props to Joka for pulling this off, especially vs the #1 character on paper.
I love seeing 2D vs 3D. It’s like seeing a mash of both worlds. I do hope we get at least 1 2D character, like ryu or ken. I’d consider them more fair.
Pad is not some super difficult tool lol. It is far superior to stick in many ways. Source: 16 years Mishima player on pad. Biggest downside is replacing my rubber contacts on a 3-6 month rolling average lol.
It usually takes me a while to guess who plays what character, but as soon as i seen this guy i knew who was playing akuma 😅 he is the representative of what all 2d/females users look like 😂
I hate akuma so much from the bottom of my heart, he has no business in tekken, to see him getting destroyed like that felt really satisfying. No more guest characters ever please, just give us characters that are originally designed to be in tekken ! No negan, no noctis, no bullshit please.
That tackle in the last round of the second to last game was genius, completely unexpected, you would never read that in the 9th game of the set
Seeing a Heihachi winning and Akouma losing? This couldn't be better
Akuma is pus of the game. He shouldn't be in the story at all
@@TheColossusAgro I think he's talking about the player not the character
@@wesley_that_dude3437 is the character or otherwise why he would say "heihachi"?
@@davipenha cause heihachi is high skill, it's cool as fuck seeing him take it
@@wesley_that_dude3437 Akuma is high skill as well, but Old man is more hype lol
i'm really happy that, more and more players are representing heihachi in tournaments, really hype to see The Iron Grandpa in competitive play
That "nerf Heiachi" on chat tho 🤣
Absolutely incredible matches, one of the most entertaining I've ever seen!
Yeah, the set couldn't really get more intense than this. Absolutely nail-biting.
I love these tournament analysing and commentating type of videos, you give great insights into the game and I catch many subtle points to improve my tekken thanks to you, really appreciate it!
For some reason, every time Joka and superakouma fight, they bring out the absolute best in each other, every match is right down to the wire, with crazy plays and high drama coming from both sides
Rivalry of the year.
I didn't know the absolute best means dropping half of the combos and random extremely punishable moves. The absolute best in Tekken seems amazing.
@@squazer bet you’re fun at parties 👌👌
@@sirbumfluf very irrelevant and overly used answer. Buy yourself some originality, it might make you fun at parties.
40:42 This set was too much even for the monitor
That was just sick. The finals couldn't get any more intense, and the tournament in general was super hype as well. And having 3 EU players in top 3 just shows how good EU has become lately. A few years ago people have been laughing at EU, and now EU is a force to be reckoned with. Grats Joka!
Holy crap, that was an amazing Grand Finals. Joka really had Super Akouma stressed, especially after the reset. That really messed him up.
37:04 i honestly felt bad for akouma at this point
I laughed my ass off like main man
Was waiting for your video to get uploaded, so much excited for your reaction on OTB
Joka is no joke! I watched this live and just knew TMM would have to give a reaction of Heihachi winning over Akuma. I really think Joka is going to really keep improving even further from here. I've been so impressed with all of his performances I've seen this year, he is so solid. I like his Feng but love his Heihachi!
Maybe this single victory will give the iron grampa a slot on Tekken 8
My i was routing for JOKA so bad ( cuz i m heihachi main ), fck he finally proved that hei is also for tournaments unlike many pros are rejecting hei for no reasons
I wouldn't say for no reasons hahaha
This doesn't really prove that Hei is good for tournaments though 😅
But Hei is decent vs Akuma. Back then when Rangchu won with Panda, it didn't mean Panda was suddenly great for tournaments. Tier lists do matter to some extent, but at the end of the day it depends on the players and how well they perform during that match. Joka was just better that day and that's it.
It doesnt change the fact that Hei is trash in tournament settings.
He is a good matchup for Akuma because Hei has no usable lows.
Im glad that real tekken won. Props to Joka.
This is so canon lol. Heihachi is still the king of iron fist! Nice match!!
Bro no way Mid tier Heihachi just beat an arguably top 3 broken Akuma!! I hope this inspires more players to use their OG characters again. What a win. Great content by TMM.
He's honestly top 1. There are a few others that are very very strong right now, but Akuma is undoubtedly the #1 on paper.
@@disruptor6550 can’t disagree with you man. It’s amazing this game been out all this time and we still get great tournaments like this. I really hope I’m tekken 8 the characters will be more balanced. Characters like Eddie, Yoshi, Kazuya, Hwo etc get more love.
@@curlykingjt7145 Yeah absolutely agree. Tekken 7 is still hype after so many years, but let's hope T8 turns out to be a very balanced and fun game!
@@disruptor6550 akuma is pretty overrated. without meter hes pretty dogshit and has little moveset. With meter he is a beast if you have perfect execution, but nobody does not even super akuma which is why “on paper” means nothing. Because nobody can execute said paper perfectly and constistently. Even if you are perfect with execution, his meter build up is quite slow. Super akuma never competes with the asians
@@zephune9506 so you're saying tier list is bullshit
I know Akuma is broken but I love the audacity of the chat going "Haha get destroyed scrub" when akuma loses and "omg akuma so broken hüüüü" when akuma wins
This was epic. I wanna go home and play Tekken but I'm at work 🙃
lol fuqqqqing same
Y'all get back to work.😠
What do you do for living?
😂😂
I get to play Tekken 3 in work if it's raining or too windy 😂 haven't lost yet.
the difference between joka’s heihachi and jdcr’s heihachi is nuts ong while joka shows us the craziest sides on while being bent towards aggressive gamestyle jdcr shows us the best heihachi can get in any situation in other words jdcr plays heihachi till he is at the limit as a character but joka shows us the creative side
Yeah this is the problem, JDCR thinks you can only play Korean style and win and he writes off Hei on this principle. He doesn't embrace the party/risky side of Hei. Hei himself is generally underrated on tier lists because of this same philosophy (unsafe lows = useless). Hei only needs a lifelead and in theory his lows can go out the window, and only one d4 is needed to gain that lead ;)
@@user-wg1gd5gg7s exactly you need to sometimes take high risks for higher rewards uk hei is a character which when played with creativity can dominate anyone legit ANYONE but if you limit him w playing safe (prolly cuz he actually is the hardest character to main in this game) you can still dominate people but the chances of you losing rises atleast 10 folds
That utility on f4 to keep him on the ground was insane!!!
This Finals are educational, interms of strats
I think hei's f4 is also there for akuma jumps, hiden anti air, to me atleast.
WP both
Congratz to Joka,a very inspiering player.
Great comentary
Amazing! That was unexpected!!
This Match was hype as fuck!!!
8:19 POV: when your ex dp wakes up gets blocked
8:29 the “surely he won’t block again” or POV when you input a fireball but you get dp
OTB Choken 7 Grand Finals:
Super Chokuma vs Choka
But seriously super hype set, edge of your seat stuff! Heihachi in Grand finals?!
I'VE NEVER SEEN SUPERAKOUMA WIN A TOURNAMENT. EVERYTIME THAT I'M WATCHING HIM, HE'S ALWAYS CHOKING... That's incredible. I'm not even surprised 😐
MY BOI HEI
love the faces SA makes, nervous boy
The emotional damage at 37:04 🥴😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
It seems European Tekken is getting very competitive
Take THAT Akuma players
Salty
@@tinkywinky6181 just a bit yeh
all 3 of them
@@tinkywinky6181 salty because akuma is #1 broken
@@zacktheslayer6564 Lol wouldn't That be Leroy?
Love it when u do commentaries on matches mainman
This was insane. Some of the best entertainment on TH-cam.
This Was So Hype and Fun to watch and it's Awesome to see Heihachi.
Most entertaining grand finale off 2022💯💯💯
8:31 he thought he was playing street fighter for a moment
30:24 I love how everyone including MM has the exact same reaction
Hopefully these two make it in to TWT Finals in February. This rivalry is really good to watch.
Loving the commentaries !!
Super Akouma vs Joka = Rivalry of the year
lol, I know Super Akouma is tired of choking .... so many 2nd place finishes this year
Damn, i hated this result. Super Akouma just wasn't acting like himself there. Wish he won though.
I don't dislike Super Akouma, but often it's just hard for me to root for an Akuma player 😅
Especially when the opponent is a Heihachi. I'm not even a Joka fan, but it's hard not to root for the good old iron grandpa.
@@disruptor6550 I couln't agree more dude, i'm a Mishima fan but i've been watching SuperAkouma play for a while now so i'm kind of a fan and honestly, i think Akuma had such hard and easy-to-drop combos (and still does, as we can see in the video) before qcb+3+4 that it kinda made him """""""""""""balanced""""""""""""". Anyways, any side of this match was fair to root for
@@matheusqc5405 Oh yeah absolutely. Akuma is definitely very hard to play, and I appreciate that Super Akouma is a character loyalist, that's rare these days. But when you have Akuma (the #1 strongest character on paper) going up against Heihachi (the arguably hardest tournament character in the game and also mid tier), I just can't help rooting for the underdog.
@9:09 - Shots fired at LTG 😂😂😂
I think Arslan plays Zafina because he likes to play with female characters and in Zafina's case, she is also a H-tier character. Look at his kof matches, he plays with girls as his main team on that game as well.
Waifu connoisseur Arslan
H-tier?
It's pretty normal tho, usually you play with what you like, no wonders Ganryu isn't played at all despite being pretty good
GanryWho?
I hope to god Nina is good in t8 so Arslan plays her
That aged well
Fire vid hope you do more commentary vids
I feel like every time I see a situation where super akouma needs to come clutch and close it out, he always ends up choking.
9:00 best analogy
glad joka won!!!! true tekken characters winning against 3d street fighter chars 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽.
8:45 theres no way hes from smallheath
Yep. Brum scene is super strong.
bro doin reversal dp like it’s street fighter
Joka playing with gamepad respect
Really goes to show how far you can go with a good ass 1 1 2
"if tiers weren't a thing"
Rangchu who plays Panda in tournaments.
I glad u r appriciating pakistani players like u just say kashi snake he is also a beast like awais honey
Its nuts how I knew who played what Character b4 the game started
Hey, TheMainManSWE, I recently just started playing Tekken, I started on Tekken 6 PSP, planning to buy Tekken 7 to practice online, I'm still hot garbage at Paul Phoenix but I'm getting there, planning to practice Heihachi in Tekken 7 but I'm just currently training with Paul ATM...
Imagine winning a tourney with arguably the worst/hardest character in the game , against the strongest character , damn
Hei is far from the worst character in the game, but yeah, he is arguably the hardest tournament character in the entire game. Mad props to Joka for pulling this off, especially vs the #1 character on paper.
I love seeing 2D vs 3D. It’s like seeing a mash of both worlds. I do hope we get at least 1 2D character, like ryu or ken. I’d consider them more fair.
No more 2d crap please.
@@khroxas a guy with the last 3 alphabets as a name has no place comin at me😂
That was a tournamente right there🔥🔥🔥
09:10 ''he is throwing dp's like ltg playing shoto.''🤣
Akuma is to Tekken what Kazuya is to Smash ultimate.
LOL
the timing at 23:50 lmao
EIIISSHH!!
"How did he drop that" !!!???
wow. that was something. I would not have picked Hachi. His hands must be in pain with all that pad play. amazing.
Pad is not some super difficult tool lol. It is far superior to stick in many ways. Source: 16 years Mishima player on pad. Biggest downside is replacing my rubber contacts on a 3-6 month rolling average lol.
@D where do u get rubber contacts for ps5 controller? I just cnt find it online and my both controllers are rdy for change lol
Joka trying to convince harada to keep heihachi in tekken 8
That aged well. But more like namco needs the money
@@anso3886 loool. Idont think they even confirmed it at that point that heihachi is dead
you gotta watch the jeondding vs atif butt fight in rev major 2022. it's crazy good
In a tournament filled with the likes of Arslan, Anakin, & SuperAkouma, you'll see some old dude with no fucking low to the top.
Lmaooo like my 5th time watching this and I only just noticed Arslan at 39:14 being wholly unbothered
Best top 8 ive ever seen
SO FUCKING LIT!!! The old man!!!!
Didn’t find a older picture of sa for the thumbnail?
FINAL FINAL FINAL FINAL ROUND!!!
This was an all-timer.
This is a great seven year war reenactment
lol @4:13 I died at the term "ghetto perfect"
Passive-aggressive behavior example here by Mainman
#AkumaForTekken8
Yooooo that ultimate tackle would make tekken 2 Kazuya green with envy
It usually takes me a while to guess who plays what character, but as soon as i seen this guy i knew who was playing akuma 😅 he is the representative of what all 2d/females users look like 😂
i got bit confused here, why changing side? is there any thing that i missesd here hmmmm
this is the joka i remember. wish hei is back soon!
Which jutsu technique was that?
Joka won.
Now ALL the Tekken comunity rejoyce.
im going to the octoberfest tournament in atl wish me luck
yo would you do a reaction to Hellish Quart? If you are not already familiar with it it would be great to see your reaction to it.
did anyone else noticed that during these matches everyone is hyped except Arslan like it is not a big issue
Kwiss was the perfect coach for joka. Mans has beaten super akouma a handful of times.
damn i got hype watching this
Wow….just wow 🎉
mainman gotta cop the supreme x tekken merch
Joka from Birmingham MY CITY CMON ❤️
That was some real good ass tekken.
Guys just stick to your favorite character if you master him you could win every tournament.
Nice 👏👏 imagine kazuya with haihachi jab's and poking 🥲
I still want Tekken X Street Fighter
holy shit this set was amazing
9:10 "DPS like low tier god playing a shoto" GTAB..as if he would sully his magnificent fingers by playing a shoto 😂😂😂
Akuma can definitely punish ff2 akuma players just don’t like to settle for small punishes
I hate akuma so much from the bottom of my heart, he has no business in tekken, to see him getting destroyed like that felt really satisfying.
No more guest characters ever please, just give us characters that are originally designed to be in tekken !
No negan, no noctis, no bullshit please.