How the Pros Master New Characters INSTANTLY 

And if you wanna start playing right away: - What your jab string does - mid poke - low poke - power low - keepout button - whiff punish button - pressure button - i10 & i15-16 punishes - i11 & i15 ws punish - a super shitty combo that works on every axis on every launcher, even if it only does like 40 damage I had to start doing this because otherwise I'd just waste so much time trying to figure out everything before even hopping into the game.

You’ve been putting out the best videos this past weekend during the beta test. Thank you for all your work. 💪

Learning a new character is like learning a new musical instrument. To get high level with a character you've got to devote a ton of time in practice and compliment it with real world experience. Don't think there are really any shortcuts but you've got some helpful tips. Mastery of a character is a constant journey. You can spend years on one character and still learn new things.

please bro give my brain a break

It was a tough first day with Azucena. Then day 2 learned fundamentals and evolved with each match. Tekken 8 has easily accessible tools to help you learn moves despite not having a proper training mode in the beta.

So i actually did this exact thing for Jun and noticed how good that order of:stances, punishers, good moves, combo was. Didnt really have much time unfortunately so i didnt go that deep, but still. Also something very good i think google sheets was fantastic for this. You could have so much information on your monitor at the same time. I had first a punish tab where i compiled punishes as i found them. Even a few options for different punishes. Like for example for i13 standing f34 for a wall splat and decent damage or f31 to get i to stance if i want to risk a mix up. (I might remember those inputs wrong but but my point). next ont he right i had my stance options all of them just listed out. At the bottom left i had my "good moves" and bottom right i had a place for comboes though i didn't have enough time to look into them almost at all so i just remembered the one combo i kept doing.

Some Azucena specific tips: 1,1 is an exceptional string for learning offense and defense. It's -9 so you end your turn when it's blocked but you can use it after blocking something you suspect is unsafe or if you think you can get a counter hit. I also use it as a poke or whiff punishing something fast. You enter stance at an advantage on hit which means you can attack right after. If your stance attack hits then you can continue the momentum.

Amazing teaching tool Phidx not only because i want to main azucena and you just helped me understand much better the character but as a newcomer to the franchise this certainly will help me develop good matchup knowledge in general when labbing

Can you make a Tekken guide for players coming from 2D fighters like me? Sure something like that would help a lot of players transition

I remember trying to lab Nina on Tekken 7 and learned so much (or at least enough) that I ended up playing her instead

Thanks, you're a very good teacher. I'm going to add this method to my toolbox when I start out with T8.

Awesome! As my friend Jacob and I want to learn the game we definitely will be using this alongside your beginner’s guide series for Tekken 8

Really glad you mentioned geppopotamus. I do similar breakdowns of moves but is to quickly get all the frames, properties and damage in an easy to read format, so I don't have to lab them all myself. That way I can quickly compare moves with similar properties to find the unique benefits of each. The biggest thing they're missing is guaranteed followups, so first I check a couple punishment guides to be sure there isn't stronger punishers than the data implies. After figuring out optimal punishment, I'll summarise all the stance and full crouch moves first (usually already familier with a lot of crouch moves from learning punishment) then split all other moves by startup frames to compare them. Finally, if there's any moves were the data seems objectively worse than another move, I'll check them in game, and usually the "worse" one has either longer range, or a more decptive animation. I don't really have a method for learning how well moves track, but its usually pretty intuitive from the animation, and you figure it just by using them enough.

@PhiDX this is awesome and as a matter of fact, I’m planning on learning Azucena so this should really help me out anyways, yes this should work for any character but, since I plan on using Azucena as my main, regardless of what other people think of me as a Tekken newcomer I don’t care, I’m playing who I think is fun to play and Azucena is definitely the most fun.

Not just pros who do this. I haven't played in tournaments in a long time so wouldn't consider myself a pro but I always take notes on all the key moves needed. Homing movies, good pokes, frame data, consistent optimal combos, i10/i12/i15 etc punishes. Day 1 I did this Azucena and when I ran matches I barely lost any games because of my knowledge on her moveset. I been doing spreadsheets for Tekken characters since Tekken 3 LMAOOO

I literally start with new characters by learning a what are the strong neutral poke tools and counter hit launchers.

I tried her and fell in love with her style and stance. Didn't have much time to learn her deeply but just her basics strings in order can play Online and enjoyed. Yes her 1,1 is very Strong, can backdash use as whiff...

I appreciate your videos. Leveled up my game a lot!

I knew the concept of all these things (i10 i15 and lowpunish, stance transitions etc), but i never thought about an approach like this. I always just looked up key moves other people figured out, but this is much better to develop your own playstyle. I think its really dope, will do that with Reina once the game drops. Thanks, great Ressource!

Amazing can you do a video for each character with this kind of summary breakdown, showing all the main things we need to know for them?

Learning a new Tekken character priority list: Hopekick combos df1 low poke 12f punish

I always start out with the combo challenges(or sample combos pre-T8) so I know what moves are gonna be essential. Once I get used to the combo inputs, like doing them without a guide. I try to take the moves out of those combos to neutral. You can usually identify from those moves which launcher was a df2, a df1, 1jab etc. Then I fully learn the movelist after by doing them one by one on my own. After that, I go for a test run on ranked/quick match. I mostly start out playing dry(df1, low poke, df2 etc.). Then it evolves from there by trying out some moves that aren't the generics.

Just set opponent to stand then guard all. Remember all natutal hit strings and see which ones keep you plus and then go from there

This was super helpful! :O Curious, what note taking app do you use?

Why are you searching for a match the whole time? Great content as always, thanks!

This worked for me INSTANTLY. 2 months later

Do not try to duck running moves. Sidestep them if they look linear like Azucenas WR 2,3

anyone else forgets there combo in a rank match an then just end up spa ing grabs in a panic lol or is that just me on jin lol

You should really make a video where you go through loves one by one and explain and show why that move is good or bad, because it just feels like you did all the work and you just paste everything in that notepad, i think itll be more helpful to see the whole process

Super useful! Thanks.

whats is the app you are using for notes?

Thank you so much!!

How filthy scrubby casuals ( me) learn new character instantly: 1. 1+2 grab 2. power crush 3. any char specific low 4. i12 punish 5. some launcher and the most basic of juggles 6. press random buttons, see what lands add it to the arsenal 7. progress 8. get blown up 9. learn new move 10. goto 6, once new all moves are learned goto 11 11. learn cheap thing 12. apply cheap thing 13. cheap thing doesn't work goto 11, if no more cheap things goto 14 14. learn tech trap, plus on block move 15. apply 16. understand that your overall character knowledge is much deeper 17. watch PhiDX video: "How the Pros Master New Characters INSTANTLY" and understand that scrubby ways take more time, should have just do 17 first...

Wish you would make that txt file downloadable

Someone at Tekken loves Latinas and coffee

check whats + check whats safe + check what moves frame tap + learn max dam combos and the rest is just all about fundamentals

Cant wait to deep dive characters with now knowing how to do so :). Great Guide! I often lose my turn way too easily while it feels like the enemys turn is so much longer and he keeps going. So i wonder how do I keep the turn? Do you have any advice?

This is great, thanks

you make really good t8 content

That's why you download the [REDACTED] if you're on PC. ngl idc if its frown upon.

Read the caption. First thought: Playing cracked Demo.

Great videos 🙏🏻

yes but does the character i wan tto play have big ditties?

is there a reason you don't turn off the match making search when walking through these guides? lol. you can go to matching settings in the menu and turn off quick,player,ranked match for now and turn it on after

16:49 the last tedious part? I live for this shit. I would gladly take a class on Tekken characters lol

The biggest problem with this move list is that Sony insists that all their buttons are white now.

casual player here. what moves do you generally label as safe? like plus moves?

What program are you using to write in as you play the game at the same time?

Imagine when you’re new to tekken and have to man all the characters 😂

We need more of this type of video On how to learn faster, better and more systematic

She can fill in for miguel

The entrance barrier in this game is a lil ridiculous

Wow dude. I think youre the azucena that completely bodied me online

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what is the notepad he is using?

pog

you make it complicated just learn the key moves and go crazy until you learn it

Sorry but I have to write about it because it was driving me crazy. It really broke the video flow for me when every like 5 sec there was opponent found pop. Please disable the que pops during the recording. Other then that great stuff. I want to get in tekken from 0 and was looking for something that can put me on right learning track.

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I watch videos instead of labing. I block punish just fine. Single mindedness is what pros have and talent. But film is crucial imo

Suzy is a boring, lama-lame character. :(

This is gold!