Hidden Dash Mechanics that Tekken 8 doesn't explain 

This is just one of those “how many dollars for this jin combo” videos aris used to do and I love it

Shout out to that guy for potentially making PhiDX's first asuka focused video a reality

I discovered this messing with Zafina's combos and felt like an accomplished newbie. I always get such a good vibe from discovering little tricks/nuances on my own while labbing stuff in fighting games.

Man this was so helpful. In a world of no-commentary combo display videos, this deep dive into the mechanics is so valuable.

I remember I had to discover all this shit on my own when playing Tekken 7, im sure people will thank you so much for these specific guides, Im sure I wanted a guide like this 7 years ago lol

Your explanations are so amazing, keep up the great work 😊

THANK YOU!!! I have always struggled with combos that required dashes in between moves and been really inconsistent with them. Been looking for this info! Really appreciate all your hard work Phi!

I actually figured this out for myself when practicing optimal bryan combos but nice to hear it more indepth. nice vid!

They really went crazy with Asuka's physics

2:00 are you kidding with those jiggle physics?????

Dude, this frame date display is amazing! Thanks for the info

Your videos are a godsend. They are soooo helpful. I have been playing Tekken since 5 but I am learning so much from your videos, def improving heaps on fundamentals. Would appreciate it so much if you did a video on how to land King’s running 2 jab before the iSW post screw. ❤️

I was just practicing this combo last night and ran into the same problem, Phi the goat as always

Haha I wish this video was released a day earlier! I had to figure this out myself last night in practice mode (I'm new to Tekken and main Claudio and a lot of combos have instant while running 4) and it took me forever. Great information for people learning combos!

Dude I have been playing tekken for 30 yeras now, causally. This is so cool to know. Great format. You are killing it!

I'm glad Phi has validated my hold ups with my personal experience of staring deeply and intently at the combo route instead of the screen when I first learn a combo

I was struggling with Jun combo enders until a month ago because I didn't know about the deep dashes. Nice to spread the knowledge

You saved my life thanks again Phi! love your vids and streams man! ❤

this is perfect! I literally started playing asuka yesterday and couldn't figure this out at all, thank you!

Thanks a lot PhiDX! Your tips are very helpful on that hard journey!

Good call with the thumbnail 👍

If I was a streamer this is the exact kind of content I would make super analytical breakdowns that would clearly explain hidden concepts

today i learned something new.. thx phidx

Bro this game is your time to shine, i hope only good things to your channel.

Thank you for this vid, just sent to all my friends getting into Tekken!

I literally was struggling with this on stream with my chat last night. Thank you. Scientific method, I see you PhiDX 😉

its cool to see this! a lot of new players struggle with this, especially for deep dash combos

I swear, you always find the topics that are most relevant to my development as a player somehow lol. Was just struggling with this in Lili’s combos

All three Asuka players are happy about this one 😂

The simple frame info thing you showed is gonna help me with electric combos. I'm still having trouble knowing when I can start inputing again

How have i not known about the simple display of frame data..... I've been trying to master some tighter combos and this is gold!

Learning the fact that you cant buffer movement inputs but only attacks has just broken years of execution barrier for me 💀

Those Aris got me back into Tekken after not playing 6 or 7 really! These viewer combo videos definitely get old but still a ton of fun every once in a while.

Thanks for the combo! My post bound moves are only UF3, F1+2

Hey Phi, love your videos! They're such a great help. Was wondering if you could do a video for intermediate/advanced players covering how to prevent "flowcharting" or falling into patterns? I find that sometimes I fall into a pattern or flow when I'm pushing the aggression on my opponent or I react predictably to his attacks. I'm in Raijin rank and any tips on remaining in the fight and keeping a broken rhythm to make it difficult for my opponent to read me would be greatly appreciated by us all! Trying to keep pushing my rank further but have hit a bit of a plateau. Again, really love your content and helpful insight.

Whoah, we're going deep with this one, boys!

Re: looking at the inputs. Sometimes I practice with my eyes closed focusing on the rhythm of the combo. Really helps dial in consistency as the last step for me

Phi you da man!! I’m VERY slowly getting better. But not too bad, I can steal a round or two lol.

Also worth noting there are combos where if you’re late or not deep enough on a hit, you’ll get the next hit but not the following hit. These can be devious to troubleshoot.

When I was landing with asuka, I also had this issue. I didn’t realize deep dashing was a mechanics I was subconsciously learning.

I love how I also think the same way and use Reina as a test dummy because of her hitbox

Good video. I spent a lot of time for training Jun combo with dash)

Broo I love your guides

The ability to see character actionability is goated for learning how to apply electrics

I figured this out on my own while learning Jun's combos that use her ff2 into genjutsu. I couldn't find out why I couldn't connect or why I got f2 instead until I figured this out.

I am loving these tutorials. I've played teeken since tekken 2, but I am still able to learn from these. Also sharing with my Tekken group.

legit giving me Mr. PhiDX vibes haha

I love seeing people lab and help players out in understanding the game.

I've been an asuka player since tekken 5, and this is a great breakdown for new players or people who can't quite get the combos. Great video!

I have limited tekken fighting game experience but I knew about the holding for dash attacks been absorbing as much info as I can lol

Keep up the good work, sir.

thanks phidx, i can now do my deep dish combos without fail, hot and ready :)

oh wow imma experiment on law dss with that buffer thing since moves come out too late during the jab strings

I figured this out just the other day practicing a Jin combo where my finisher wouldn’t connect unless I deep dashed so the opponent would be in range

that's funny... What you said about Reina being small bodied hurtbox wise applied to Heihachi in T7 as well AFAIK. Surely it's not a coincidence!

dude, tekken has so much depth like jeeesus

When buffering the first forward input. How close to the second input does it need to be?

@PhiDX can you help with the new DSS mechanic for law? Combo enders 4,3 or 4,3,4 to F4 (legend kick) seems to not connect at some point regardless if bluespark or not. So i'm wondering if there is any issues with how far the opponent is in the combo

i only clicked for asuka

Funny you say it feels like T7 Aris because it feels like you're a slightly more gormful equivalent at this point. Really nice, concise info in your vids. Your style of explanation makes more nebulous intermediate concepts a lot easier to understand.

I've been playing Leo and Steve, was thinking of picking up Jin, could you do a little guide on any of these characters?

damn, I didn't know u could buffer the first forward, that's huge, thanks

I knew about delayed timing, but never heard about deep dashes

12:34 I second this. I was doing a hard lee combo, and it took me like 2 hours of labbing a character I had never played and figuring out his tech, mainly iws. Lee has a mist step, like kazuya. This allows lee to do mist step, and similar to wavu iws cancel, as soon as lee is crouching, you input back then neutral, and you can do an iws move. Combo is as follows. While heat is already active. Ws2,3 ff3(HF Heat dash) d2 4,u3 b2(mist), iws1,2(mist) iws1,2(mist) f2,1 wall, dash df1, f3,3,perfect4(T!) 3+4(hitman) low slump (hitman)uf4 ub3 Very technical combo, and requires lots of timing knowledge. This does 121 damage. I was trying this out for about 2 hours then had to go to work. I cane back and I hit the combo within 5 minutes. Practice, then take a break, then come back and you will dominate combos I promise you.

yooo what song is this for the character select screen ??

I struggled with dash moves and didnt use them much in neutral because I felt like im putting myself at risk of getting counterhit. Delaying dash moves is very cool, covers more distance and is especially good for moves that do chip damage. Great video again.

Good info.

Hey phi how would be the best way to get combos that need both a dash and say immediately f+ 3 for instance without it turning into a WR move?

Oddly enough i was having trouble with this same asuka combo lol I really wish there was some kind of side notes to know when to micro dash or long dash with these combos

Tkanks for awesome work. I'd have another question. Is it possibile to instant dash block in Tekken 8? Everytime I do a dash and try to block my oponnent's move, I get hit. Is there any cancel mechanic possibile (like with KBD) or there is no solution and after dashing there is a period when you cannot block?

@PhiDX Hey could please make a video explaining side stepping mid combo? I kinda understand that sometimes you need to SS to realign the axis or the combo will drop but I hope you can elaborate on how to know when and to which direction to SS.

i think now you can buffer a dash in tekken 8, you can dash and hold the second forward input during the buffer window then press the button after you start moving

People of the future will say, Phi used to do this. Pog

12:40 oh... Why did I not think of that when I was learning a combo with Panda. I do that when I'm trying to learn stuff on guitar, I get pissed, check Discord or RU-vid then comeback and do the riff one take.

With any combos, what really helped me is what he was saying about not looking at the character, & looking only at the inputs. Initially anyways. Keep doing the combo non stop until it lands properly, working out any timings etc. Some characters you need to really be quick(Jin), whereas some you can input slower. The combo challenges makes it so every input is on one line, which also helps a bit. Still can’t do bf inputs consistently though :(

Can you store the first input of an EWGF?

These are the details that separates players. My main is Paul and throwing the forward mids are crucial. But I never knew holding the final input was the game changer

wow thanks for the explanation, now I understand why sometimes EWGF > EWGF does EWGF > df2 for me sometimes. If you plan on doing a EWGF guide, I feel like it would be worth mentioning as the videos I've seen only mentions d2 and WGF

invaluable info and i'm only 2 mins in. holy shit you're the best

about to learn Asuuka just for jiggle physics

You missed something. At least something I wished I knew about when starting off Tekken. The absolute fastest forward dash attack you can do is when you press and hold the second forward and press the attack AT THE SAME TIME. Like how you do EWGF by pressing df and 2 simultaneously. What I used to was pressing the attack after pressing the second forward. This made things like Lee's WS2,3 to f,F+3 and Asuka combos way easier once I realized it. Even helped a lot with whiff punishing using a dash attack. I have been Tekken casually for years and learned it from Aris' iWR tutorial xD.

I wonder how you'd approach stance based offense and defense. I play Yoshimitsu and I am trying to develop my bag of tricks. I shot up the ranks quickly and started plateauing at orange/red ranks when opponents realized they can start jabbing me out of stance changing. What keeps me in the game is up back 1+2 in heat because that does a chunk of damage and it heals too.

I do have a question. When labbing in Tekken and training certain scenarios (i.e whiff punishes or side stepping) are there certain characters I should train against that will give me the best experience in gaining that type of knowledge? @PhiDX or anybody that may have some input on this.

vic has a nasty deep dish combo but my deep dishes are tragic. did a god damn normal internet search, and of course whis has a vid on em. i hope to make my deep dish combos more consistent after i learn what the hell im doin.

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what is the song playing in that stage? please tell me

Yeah I found it annoying how the combo challenges never told you that you had to wedge in a dash input between sections.

hey i was struggling with some king combos and i wonder what i am doing wrong. The combo ends with a dash into standing 2 into isw but when i do the dashing 2 i get ff neutral 2 (the low) instead what am i doing wrong? Do i have to cancel something?

This makes me curious on Shaheen al gaul (hold down, then up 2) move. If you can charge the down persay

Hey man, nice video. Next time I’d appreciate if you showed how to confirmed king’s DF2,1 on women. Can’t seem to figure it out. Lil majin makes it look so easy lol

Yeah it took me a while to realize it was "Dash". Tekken doesn't explain neutral and double tap inputs at all!

Can we get a movement guide? I've been watching some pros play and I don't understand what they are inputting whenever they are trying to bait stuff. Also how useful are backwards dash moves? For example Victor teleport

I jus found out that I could hellsweep with Kaz after a heat engage with a buffer input!! Was a game changer

Em qualquer país sério esse cara iria ganhar uma indenização enorme Ainda mais com essas provas gravadas

Same concept for Lee'ss BB4 FF3 ender.

@PhiDX do you coach Console Players as well? I play on PS5 and I've been looking for someone who can help me get a better grasp on the game as this is my first time actually committing to playing. Steve is the character I'd like to main I've played multiple fighting games before but usually on and off because I was more casual.

I don't know for tekken 8 haven't jump on it yet, but Asuka has some enemy position timings, where moves should hit or float but enemy wasn't in the exact position for that move to float or hit, it's some thing that really annoyed me in tekken 7, had to do a good bit of practice to muscle memory the character states.

Avoiding the puddle Infinite Azure 200 bucks combos Those were the days.

Asukes bounce is crazy wtf 😂

u see they buff king