This is Joka's best tournament run so far by beating every Pakistani competitors and beats Knee as well. He's good with mishimas. Ahsan did played well. He deserve a sponsor.
@captaintacosauce3220 I think skills still transfer between the two games. This one being more aggressive doesn't instantly nullify Arslan and Knee's years of experience with Tekken. Specifically with Knee, being good at Tekken 5 did not suddenly make him bad at Tekken 6 onwards.
@captaintacosauce3220Even Knee isnt as good as he was in like T5 prime, but ppl still find it very impressive to beat him. Just bc a game evolved doesnt mean their skills also reset. Its the same fundamentals of the game.
Actually no, in this game both knee and arslan and players like them got nerfed heavily, because of how tekken 8 works. The game is really bad when it comes to defensive playstyle so players like knee or arslan who relies heavily on defensive playstyle having difficult time and will need time to adapt. Not saying that joka didn't play well because he did. But what do you think will happen if they play tekken 7 right now, who has more chances of winning arslan vs joka or knee vs joka?
pretty sure he was the first ever GoD with Reina. Joka is not joke at all, he is an amazing player, and the thing is, he is a very versatile player with plenty of GoDs right now. bro is an actual Jack of all Trades.
Yagami from Australia was the first GoD with Reina, but I know that Joka got it very very early on as well. Pulling the Reina out against was such a great choice though because it completely shifted the game, Ahsan had a lot more control against Feng and when Joka picked Reina the tone of the match was a 180, now she's the one dictating the pace of the match
FT3 is of course better, but it's a huge issue when you have hundreds (or thousands) of people in pools due to time. This event was fine because it's invitational with a set number of planned players.
Agreed. I see a few people saying that Reina is easy to use by spamming ff2, not knowing that it can be countered fairly easily and it's quite risky if u cannot judge the distance and timing of the ff2
He knew the matchup but he couldn't adapt faster Ahsan made a lot of comebacks in the tournament. T8 is weird cuz rounds can end in less than 15 seconds. T8 is not fun to watch than T7 in my opinion.
Agreed! I mean yeah doing power crush on FF2 on block sentai mixup is kind’ve risky, but he didn’t go for it a single time. Was ducking for no reason against Reina seeing as how Joka barely did unblockable grabs and only did one hellsweep the entire set. Doing quick stand up against sentai grab is usually a bad idea since its a setup for FF2. He let Reina do F2, 3 into sentai without checking her. He wasn’t really stepping after blocking Reina’s F4 and even let Joka do it back to back a couple of times. Either he doesn’t know the matchup well or he just played poorly against her that day.
yes what you say at the end i also feel like it, the last tournament was a real snooze fest and i really lost hoped. But this WAS NUTS so many hype and tense moments again and holy moly EU won
Joka got to use ff2 quite freely. No punish for unsafe mids, no ducks, no jab floats or power crush (heat engager on shaheen), etc. Joka had great ff2 timing, but it felt a bit like his opponent was not prepared for the matchup when ff2 was blocked.
Yeah matchup knowledge as well as confidence makes a huge difference. Sometimes disrespecting your opponents offense is a good mental reversal if it works a few times. As a Yoshi main I just flash Reinas all day trying to run up on me and usually they crumple because they can't run their offense anymore.
That was sweaty ngl but Reina pick was more strategic rather than optimal, I feel, though we can see that ff2 needs some retweaks. I watched how Joka played Reina before and it's completely different from what he did here, still congrats to him, he basically was on an opponent's territory and still won.
I dont think people understand how insanely good the production is. In Pakistani, we have almost never had proper gaming events at all. So this is amazing, I am so happy!!!
Britain getting some rep let's goooooo. People going "nooooo he's British Pakistani" but he literally chooses to rep the UK, lives in the UK, y'all are just saying "noooooo doesn't count he Pakistani" cuz he won. If he lost none of you would be desperately trying to nullify his nationality lmao. If you're born in the UK, live in the UK all your life, you're British...
I know devs will look at the current meta and say Nerfs. But even post Nerfs Drag Feng Azucena are showing up everywhere. The low tiers need actual buffs not just bug fixes or unintended behaviour. Like give Steve his Ch launchers back along with his combo damage and wall carry. Same with Zafina's movement and neutral poking. Give the low tiers something to compete with these busted POS
It's crazy that thr number one feng in the world, playing Feng on the winners side of Grand finals is considered an underdog against a shaheen player. The power of the middle east.
It feels like Joka was so nervous he was just relying on Ahsan not knowing the Reina matchup. He didn't take a single option to deal with ff2 spam the entire set.
It was a very good counterpick. High stress environment, semi-new character which he's decently used to who's been out of the spotlight due to other broken characters. Very strong mixup, especially without the opponent knowing counterplay which introduces a lot of risk. All's fair in love and war, he earned that win damn hard.
@@singeringstar5096 every tekken character is about pressing buttons, the difference is that when reina presses a button, you can essentially always launch punish it for an appropriate response
@@Doublejho Look Imma Tekken King in ranks and I can play against anybody I have more than 70% of winning I have defeated all the characters convincingly except that Biatch You know why? Because people are exploiting her explosive speed and not giving me room to breath Watch the match closely here now ...Ahsan waited ages for just a punch because he was scared He was crumbling...Joka pressing 10 buttons while Ahsan doing just 1 against her But against Feng even tho he's OP the match was equal
“People don’t play Reina in tournaments because she’s difficult”?? Lol, How did TMM come to that conclusion when the game just came out. Reina is strong with busted neutral pressure, what’s difficult.
I cannot seem to break out of Garyu with this character despite everyone putting her at the top of tier lists lmfao I guess that's what happens when your carried by Lei Wulong for several years😅
It is because Joka travels a lot in Pakistan for local tournaments and has experience with Pakistani style. He practices a lot with local talent here whenever he visits.
Knee is not above Arslan. Arslan was third in this tourno, knee Didn't even make Finals Top 5 best players atm: Joka >> Chikurin >> Ahsan >> Arslan >> Lowhigh and then the rest
BTW, that announcer got a raise :)
GOOD! he brought the hype!!
Hell yeah
Well deserved, holy Baaz was a blast to watch
he belongs to the ufc hahahhahaha
Nice
We need that announcer for every professional fighting game finale.
According to world-renowned psychologist Dale Wilson, the only reason Joka picked Reina is because he wants to marry her.
That's why I picked her
Get off his nuts
@@Paul_Franksame
😂😂😂
i am sorry but reina is already my wife
This tournament was 100x better than the evo this year
this is the pakistevo
yeah fr
Absolutely, gifted players only
Evo hasn't happened yet bud. That was Japan.
@@roninhubbard9059 Evo Japan hasn't happened yet?
This is the 4th time I've watched this grand finals. More stacked than Evo Japan!
Bro 1 round alone of baaz was more hype than the entirety of evo japan 😂
Yeah. That octagon made it even cooloer
I mean. Pakistan is better than Japan and there were 0 paki's at evoJP soooooi
This announcer made the event so much fun.
This is Joka's best tournament run so far by beating every Pakistani competitors and beats Knee as well. He's good with mishimas.
Ahsan did played well. He deserve a sponsor.
This aint just the best tournament run, this is the BEST tournament run of all time. The man beat the top 3 players of tekken 7
the madman beat knee and arslan in the same tournament and won it
@captaintacosauce3220 I think skills still transfer between the two games. This one being more aggressive doesn't instantly nullify Arslan and Knee's years of experience with Tekken. Specifically with Knee, being good at Tekken 5 did not suddenly make him bad at Tekken 6 onwards.
@captaintacosauce3220Even Knee isnt as good as he was in like T5 prime, but ppl still find it very impressive to beat him. Just bc a game evolved doesnt mean their skills also reset. Its the same fundamentals of the game.
Actually no, in this game both knee and arslan and players like them got nerfed heavily, because of how tekken 8 works. The game is really bad when it comes to defensive playstyle so players like knee or arslan who relies heavily on defensive playstyle having difficult time and will need time to adapt.
Not saying that joka didn't play well because he did. But what do you think will happen if they play tekken 7 right now, who has more chances of winning arslan vs joka or knee vs joka?
pretty sure he was the first ever GoD with Reina. Joka is not joke at all, he is an amazing player, and the thing is, he is a very versatile player with plenty of GoDs right now. bro is an actual Jack of all Trades.
Yagami from Australia was the first GoD with Reina, but I know that Joka got it very very early on as well.
Pulling the Reina out against was such a great choice though because it completely shifted the game, Ahsan had a lot more control against Feng and when Joka picked Reina the tone of the match was a 180, now she's the one dictating the pace of the match
GoDs?
@@bernardorodrigues7048 God of Destruction.
I watched this live and believe me, every match was heart beating. The hype was so real. The best tournament in Pakistan.
Bro making this sound like a MMA world championship
You got that right that was basically an MMA ring btw. Every match took place there even from the start. UFC ring for training
I love it when Shaheen says Have a martini when he enters heat mode
I love it when Victor yells for Shaheen and he is -16
And bro is Muslim too 💀
What about when Feng says fasho in an ny accent
@@matavelhosTKOK I swear I thought it was Victor screaming when Shaheen yells. They both sound so similar lol
Probably the goofiest looking heat mode pose lmao
Bros suppose to be all serious and he comes out like "All aboard! 💪🏽🚂"
Need this announcer at EVO asap
Nah EVO dead. It is time for new tournaments.
What we need is more Pakistani tournaments with tons of international players
@@GrandoSilver EVO ain’t never dead but do you tho lol
Fuk evo
He just splooged in the intro 💦
WHAT!!!??? 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️
I did too
Gotta give credit to Ahsan Ali, not having his main Lei in T8 and still making it to the finals with a second pick is damn impressive.
AHSAN USIN HIS 300IQ rage art for 47 times in row to win a round xd
Let's get it, love me some Reina game play.
best tournament of teeken 8 so far every match was so hyped
Honestly, coolest shaheen I've even seen
first to 3 > first to 2
give people more time to adjust
FT3 is of course better, but it's a huge issue when you have hundreds (or thousands) of people in pools due to time.
This event was fine because it's invitational with a set number of planned players.
Haven't been this hyped watching a grand final in quite some time, so glad I made the jump to a fighting game finally 😄
"watching these matches makes me want to play the game more" same
we need that announcer here in america for evo and twt finals
I'm the guy with the glasses wearing ghost of Tsushima shirt at 8:09
must have been so hype to be there, even watching this was hype as all hell
@@orhblin brooo it was soooo amazing, the audience was goated, the announcer was goated and the matches were absolutely crazy
That's cool as hell. The energy there is nuts lol.
Exactly Man this Tournament better than evo japan Really i appreciate Baaz have had such a Awesome Tournament ♥️
joka is top 5 in the world in this game
Based on the guys he beat top 1 is not even false it’s between him and chikurin
@@pranavjain8774 needs more accolades but he is up there.
After hard work i relax watching fighting game channels
One is yours continue friend
Bro the announcer is fking sick bro
Joka: "I'm technically Pakistani"
"I used the stones to destroy the stones 🗿"
The thing is people think they can do the same thing and just spam FF2 to win with Reina. That's how she ends up with such a low win rate lol
Agreed. I see a few people saying that Reina is easy to use by spamming ff2, not knowing that it can be countered fairly easily and it's quite risky if u cannot judge the distance and timing of the ff2
As a Reina main im happy to see how Joka is winning the tournament with her😅
TMM more Reina ranked pls❤
Edge of my toilet seat the whole time
The second time I've seen Reina pulled out against Shaheen. My own bias says shes a hard matchup for him and these matches are reinforcing that
Is it just me or did it feel like Ahsan didn't seem like he knew the Reina matchup that well?
He knew the matchup but he couldn't adapt faster Ahsan made a lot of comebacks in the tournament. T8 is weird cuz rounds can end in less than 15 seconds. T8 is not fun to watch than T7 in my opinion.
Agreed! I mean yeah doing power crush on FF2 on block sentai mixup is kind’ve risky, but he didn’t go for it a single time. Was ducking for no reason against Reina seeing as how Joka barely did unblockable grabs and only did one hellsweep the entire set. Doing quick stand up against sentai grab is usually a bad idea since its a setup for FF2. He let Reina do F2, 3 into sentai without checking her. He wasn’t really stepping after blocking Reina’s F4 and even let Joka do it back to back a couple of times. Either he doesn’t know the matchup well or he just played poorly against her that day.
He was trembling against reina ..
@@huzaifawajid4333 agreed. I had the same feeeling. He does know the matchup but couldnt adapt. And T8 aint fun
@@codeine_ninjayou don’t fight reina, you block and die against reina.
i had a feeling he is winning. even the day before when they were doing team exhibition
Ahsan making dua was so good, S tier video
yes what you say at the end i also feel like it, the last tournament was a real snooze fest and i really lost hoped. But this WAS NUTS so many hype and tense moments again and holy moly EU won
Reina finally won a tournament 👍🏻❤️
Congratulations to Joka 👍🏻.
Reina abusing isn't imppresive you know? There are plenty of tier whores abusing her, just like Dragunov, or Feng..
@@GodKingIssei Joka won with Reina among the best players in the world,No one can do that easily regardless of the character.
@@raiden7554 I don't question him being good player, but it is surely much easier to achieve when you play a broken character.
@@GodKingIssei pretty sure shaheen is sleeper too, though
@@Doublejho Honestly? I'd rather see him than another fucking Dragunov or Azucena, at least for now.
man those last 20 seconds were hilarious. looking like my games
Holy shit, I've never been more hyped before a tournament has even began like this.
pretty sure joka is pakistani too😂
Yup😂
Then why's he choosing a British flag lmao
@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN can't be both? He is half
@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN On todays news, man discovers dual-nationality!
he's from the uk, he competes for the uk.
Joka got to use ff2 quite freely. No punish for unsafe mids, no ducks, no jab floats or power crush (heat engager on shaheen), etc. Joka had great ff2 timing, but it felt a bit like his opponent was not prepared for the matchup when ff2 was blocked.
Yeah matchup knowledge as well as confidence makes a huge difference. Sometimes disrespecting your opponents offense is a good mental reversal if it works a few times. As a Yoshi main I just flash Reinas all day trying to run up on me and usually they crumple because they can't run their offense anymore.
Before the final .. finalist should face to face poses just like MenaRD and Tokido at Evo... It will be great ....
Watching that live makes my heart burst for a moment
That was sweaty ngl but Reina pick was more strategic rather than optimal, I feel, though we can see that ff2 needs some retweaks. I watched how Joka played Reina before and it's completely different from what he did here, still congrats to him, he basically was on an opponent's territory and still won.
Man Pakistan is really keeping Tekken alive ! The hype i so sick ! Evo definitely needs to learn! 😂
@themainmanswe
You need to see the Jon vs Lowhigh...that was the match to watch!
I dont think people understand how insanely good the production is. In Pakistani, we have almost never had proper gaming events at all. So this is amazing, I am so happy!!!
Britain getting some rep let's goooooo. People going "nooooo he's British Pakistani" but he literally chooses to rep the UK, lives in the UK, y'all are just saying "noooooo doesn't count he Pakistani" cuz he won. If he lost none of you would be desperately trying to nullify his nationality lmao. If you're born in the UK, live in the UK all your life, you're British...
As a Pakistani this is 100% correct.
The announcer watched Wrestling/ WWE to hype that. Lol
At least we know who to blame if sugar mommy Reina gets nerfed 💀💀💀
Well as a Reina player this kind of gives me hope…. Then I look at the fact that I’m only level 13 and come back to reality
Bro this event is where it needs to be!!!!!! ❤ I love more of this for tekken tournaments PLEASE
If he was built more he would look like a one to one representation of a Pakistani gigachad.
LET'S GO REINA LEGION
🦾
Now harada has to give us the True mishima hairline for reina
Guy had some balls
That announcer must really love Bruce Buffer
Pakistani Player won a Pakistani Tournament.
IS is proud, alot of fingers in the Air these Days.
GG
He's representing the UK lmao, y'all would not be trying to claim him if he lost let's be real.
@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN how can u represent the uk when u are not british and when u dont have found Jesus?
And when u Raise Fingers in the air to Satan?
i think we should explain joka how masks work. wore it throughout the fight, took it off for a hug
well reina getting gutted next patch. ashan played the match-up like a red rank.
swe please explain that intro
That's what Reina does to people 😳😳😳
Cum
I watched this video at work and had the same reaction and all my co workers looked at me 😅
EEYYOO BOOOIIIISS🎉🎉🎉!!
The next Bruce Buffer lmao
What a guy Joka is ❤
That’s why I love Tekken ❤️
Scariest Shaheen I've ever seen...and yeah as a Reina main I'm taking notes on this...
1:03 look at the sky double palm 🤣
Holy shit that was awesome.
W announcer🔥🔥
Your gonna tell me Reina is hard to pilot then I just watch joka spam ff2 lol.
you're clearly trash at the game
i mean that's reina's real strength, she controls the neutral, so that would be the most optimal move to do
@@jervaniwilliams9071 no shit
you can 10 frame string on block. ashan could have played a lot better. but if you think you can beat ashan with ff2 reina do it lolol
@@young8584 still not hard to play
I know devs will look at the current meta and say Nerfs. But even post Nerfs Drag Feng Azucena are showing up everywhere.
The low tiers need actual buffs not just bug fixes or unintended behaviour. Like give Steve his Ch launchers back along with his combo damage and wall carry. Same with Zafina's movement and neutral poking. Give the low tiers something to compete with these busted POS
Mark my words reina will be broken tier in a few months when everybody realizes it.
"A British player.." 💀 😂
Does that flag mean something else?
@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN He's like Spag, he's from the UK (hence the flag) but he's of Pakistani origin, he says it himself later in the video.
Just a criticism, can u please do the sound louder from your reactions, I mean from the video you watch, because its always really quiet
It's crazy that thr number one feng in the world, playing Feng on the winners side of Grand finals is considered an underdog against a shaheen player. The power of the middle east.
What controller is Joka using exactly?
MainMan out here throwing pakistan's elo
💜Reina👑💜
WHO is the best Mishima in the game currently ? Still devil Jin or is it Reina ?
it's most likely reina
Reina,
jin
Devil jin is weakest mishima right now and jin is the strongest. Reina is the 2nd.
ASUKA IS MISHIMA??? WTF ARE YOU SOMING💀💀💀
It feels like Joka was so nervous he was just relying on Ahsan not knowing the Reina matchup. He didn't take a single option to deal with ff2 spam the entire set.
It was a very good counterpick. High stress environment, semi-new character which he's decently used to who's been out of the spotlight due to other broken characters. Very strong mixup, especially without the opponent knowing counterplay which introduces a lot of risk. All's fair in love and war, he earned that win damn hard.
Or he was picking Reina because he was in the winners side.
@@fauxfirefuri call Reina a fraud
Shes all about pressing buttons nothing else and Joka took advantage of that
@@singeringstar5096 every tekken character is about pressing buttons, the difference is that when reina presses a button, you can essentially always launch punish it for an appropriate response
@@Doublejho Look Imma Tekken King in ranks and I can play against anybody I have more than 70% of winning
I have defeated all the characters convincingly except that Biatch
You know why? Because people are exploiting her explosive speed and not giving me room to breath
Watch the match closely here now ...Ahsan waited ages for just a punch because he was scared
He was crumbling...Joka pressing 10 buttons while Ahsan doing just 1 against her
But against Feng even tho he's OP the match was equal
had to smoke a pack for the amount of stress those match gave me hooly
“People don’t play Reina in tournaments because she’s difficult”??
Lol, How did TMM come to that conclusion when the game just came out. Reina is strong with busted neutral pressure, what’s difficult.
I really wish if you were there too main man
TMM keeps doing what I used to do with the weather. Changing the outcome by jinx.
15:59 Spag is never going to shut up about this ...
ff2 for the 1856th time for the win
I cannot seem to break out of Garyu with this character despite everyone putting her at the top of tier lists lmfao I guess that's what happens when your carried by Lei Wulong for several years😅
In this tournament a very good King played. His name is The Jon, he managed to beat Knee out of the tournament
U luv watching TMM reacting to tournaments
Funny thing from this Reina match is, there was barely an electric 😂
I noticed that too 😂 but the good thing with Reina is that she doesn't desperately need the EWGF to win matches, she's got a lot of options to win
Does someone know how Joka uses a DS4 pad on the PS5 for Tekken 8?
He uses brook wingman fgc converter
6:20 - Joka is British PAKISTANI...makes sense why he is so good haha
Lives in the UK, represents the UK, Pakistan only tries to claim him when he wins lol
It is because Joka travels a lot in Pakistan for local tournaments and has experience with Pakistani style. He practices a lot with local talent here whenever he visits.
❤❤ as always!! Keep it up "man" get it lol
100% agree with the @TheMainManSWE this tournament 10x >>>> better than Evo Japan 2024.
Knee -> JDCR -> Arslan -> Joka . It's time
Momo dog>>>>>>
ngl momodog is cracked
Knee is not above Arslan. Arslan was third in this tourno, knee Didn't even make Finals
Top 5 best players atm:
Joka >> Chikurin >> Ahsan >> Arslan >> Lowhigh and then the rest
Broken S tier announcer already got me 😂😂 bro
Ahsan's Shaheen combos made me cringe 😢
great now both my mains are getting nerfed 😅. Amazing set from Joka and Ahsan!!!
absolutely amazing!!!
Winning with Reina without landing a single Electric..