How To Master The Wavedash 

Adrian you make Tekken accessible to the masses. You are the Main Man

Glad I'm not the only one who gets hyped over wavedashing

its all fun and games until you wavedash into a df2

I did a real life wavedash and had Kodee and Speedkicks laughing on Twitter two years ago lol

The "10 successful repetitions" technique has one benefit that was not mentioned: It develops a muscle memory where you will feel the mistake, even before you see it in the command history.

Wavedash looks cool because it looks like a speedrun secret hard to do cancel technique that is beyond casual player's mind

Someone doing a wavedash in game is saying "I'm going to hit you." Someone doing a wavedash in real life is saying "I want you to hit me."

0:50 Because its technical and hard to do, it adds worth to the movement. I felt so cool doing my first tripple w-dash into 1 with jin in game.

Playing ranked as Jin got a bit easier after spending a week in practice mode following your advices from your Jin video, now will go back to practice mode to learn wavedashing

5 years later and this guide holds up amazingly. Playing on arcade stick for the first time and this helped me go through the motion slowly even though I have played a lot of heihachi on pad

Thank you for the tutorial, and believe it or not someone did fight like that in real life. Joe Frazier fought with a bobbing weaving motion that looks a bit like wave dashing. It was such an effective form of movement he was able to beat Muhammad Ali, not with that alone but it helped.

Literally a genius at explaining how to execute it, just gotta practice it a lil more my self. I was already familiar with wavedashing, but you just made it so much easier thanks so much.

Main man made me the biggest devil Jin fan boy and I love his cringey poses at the end of winning fights. I just want to get good enough and play him and win. Keep making great tekken content love you bro

thank you! Not just for the wave dash but this tips of deconstructing a hard task on more simples ones. (kinda basic but i didn't know it was that helpful) it's so powerful now i know exactly how the wavedash works and what i do wrong (i also wondered how could you do ff4 so fast after a wavedash on kazuya ) and i think this is exactly why you have such a strong execution it's because you practise in a much more efficient way than the others. So yeah thank you !

I love when you start going off topic at the beginning of the video, it always makes me chuckle

if my muscles haven't memorized how to do a fkn haduken yet, they're all fired

The problem I have with wavedashing is it’s very dangerous to do unless you can lightdash. If you just get large crouch dashes it’s super-obvious. Lightdashing conceals your attack windows with a lot of motion so you can run straight up to someone and they won’t easily be able to pick out a moment of vulnerability because you reset your attack window so frequently. To me that’s the really scary part of a wavedash done right. It causes your opponent a lot of stress because the risk vs. reward of trying to break it up is unfavorable and could be the exact moment you attack and they take CH damage (and that’s why the Mishima 50/50 is, at least, above average if not fantastic; paralyze your opponent with uncertainty and cloud their ability to respond to the myriad of options you have to open them up). The opponent can SSL but the wavedash realigns so it’s not a perfect solution.

im trash at wavedashing but this has helped loads just need to keep trying!

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Thank you MainCoachSWE I really been trying to get it down failing in practice but randomly nailing it in matches. I'm gonna use "quickly-er" in everyday speech

This video make me understand how to wavedash. Perfect tutorial video Mainman. Perfectly and completely explained.

You are actually the main man. Outstanding work as always. 10/10.

Thanks for explaining to not skip steps as well as you did. As a new player, you saved me big time.

It looks like your character is doing the peek-a-boo motion from boxing. That's why it looks good.

thx alot TMM i can wavedash now u made me understand the basic concept for crouch cancelling into forward

did a crouchdash on accident my first time. I went to practice mode, to check the move list and found the wgf. Did a wavedash by accident one time, and had to figure out how to do it myself, because i didnt know what it was, or that it was important. My wavedash is perfect now.

I keep spinning the top of my ball off when I’m dash cancelling, lol

Mike Tyson wave dashed in his prime(literally not even kidding)

Df2 or similar launch beats wave dash probably all the way up to tournament. Wavedash in American online is just asking to eat damage. It is good after a knockdown though, but even then you only need a few. I’ve gotten really good at two wavedashes and two “Korean “backdashes at a time and I can get by on that. I get out of rhythm if I do more, but it’s all good that’s all I need.

Thanks for this tutorial, I was planning on playing a mishima for tekken 8 now I have blister on my thumb from the exercise technique but I am somewhat confident on doing a wave dash on both sides thanks to this 3 step program

Kazuya crouch cancel twin piston guide plz

well wavedash is a little bit like a boxing technique, but you usually only do it once to get in on your opponent

I mained as Kazuya and vanilla Jin in T3 and TTT as a kid, playing a lot vs friends. So I learned to do a pretty respectable crouch dash back then. After that, I didn't play Tekken until T7, except for a little bit of T5. I didn't really have to practice that much to do the more advanced crouch cancel stuff, like the wave dash, ws, f, ff move mixups. I could also do a decent korean backdash immediately, without any practice after just watching a Aris video where he explained the inputs. When I realized that you were just stacking P2 crouch dashes, I had pretty much already learned to do it. So, TMM is correct. Learn the basics. For me as a kid, that's all I knew, and being so comfortable with the basics enabled me to pick up more advanced stuff in a negligable amount of time.

Is that animation for resubs posted anywhere? It's freaking hilarious.

watched for 5 mins and figured it out Thanks for simple explanation

The Main Man indeed decided to step my Tekken Prowess up watching you

To answer your question in the beginning its because in game, the spacing and timing is faster than in real life. In real life, we couldn't cover that much space Also there is somewhat a real life wave dash in real life. That it a Dempsey roll by boxers like Mike Tysom. Altho not 100% similar but the bobbing motion looks cool. And like wavedash, Dempsey roll makes you unpredictable for a jab, straight etc. Except in tekken it's high mid or low

Serious fg players: Transcendental ability Casuals: lolwut😂😂😂

Godlike guide! Can you do something similar with kr backdash? The way the break things down makes it so much more accessible!

0:18 when I'm with my girlfriend and I whip out my controller and start wavedashing:

Everytime someone wave dashing at me i instantly think im about either get a kick to the face or sweeped to the floor

When I get enough money to become one of your students you know damn well I’m gonna become one of your students, you’re my inspiration to play this game

Wavedash Practice *Each step no mistakes step 1: 10 crouch dash step 2: 10 coruch dash forward step 3: 10 crouch dash crouch dash step 4: 10 crouch dash crouch dash forward step 5: 10 crouch dash (2x) forward 2 (devil fist/demon paw) step 6: 10 crouch dash (3x) forward 2 step 7: 10 crouch dash (4x) forward 2 Homework before and after I get off the game everyday as much as I can. Thank you senpai 🙏🏽😤

This is one of the things I'll be needing, given that I've just reached green ranks.

is it normal that my hand starts to hurt after I actively try to wavedash on dpad?

Ay just in time as I got a fightstick yesterday. Perfect, my guy.

I always wanted something like this when I learned the electric. At least I have a methodical approach for the wavedash now.

player 2 wavedasher reporting in, I still want to get the wavedash down on player 1 side tho :(

It made perfectly sence :) Thanks alot for this great Guide!

joe frazier always wavedashing when boxing

Okay this is the best explaination I have seen on wavu wavu. Thanks TMM.

Actually...in real life there have been boxers that made wave dash look quite real..aka peak a poo style.. used by floyd patterson, Joe Frazier and Mike Tyson lol

Wave dash isn’t so unrealistic. Look at Tyson feints in his prime. Not dissimilar.

No one could have taught it better 👍🏻👍🏻

Wavedashing, the one thing I’ve practiced the most, worth it.

It's hard to hear the tutorial over the screams of Lars being pushed down a set of stairs by kazuya

I suck at wavedash from the right side. Yes you read that right. Anyone else find it way easier from the left as well?

I broke 2 D pads trying to do this!!!!😤😤😤😤😤

I just now realized I already learned this without realizing it. Practicing EWGF helps.

4:57 lmaoo

"How to master using stick"

I’m laughing so fucking hard at that intro and the Japanese voice thing 😂😂😂

Anyone else’s hand dying trying to do this on the d-pad😭

Thank you so much for this 🤘 Grand Sensei

I can’t believe it was this simple holy shit. Was practicing earlier today I’m pretty good at the QC because I’m always spamming Bryan Hatchet Kicks on the homies LOL

Not sure why you think this would be dumb in real life; a single wave dash is basically the startup for a double leg takedown irl.

Kung fu monk kickboxer did it in a match

great work...!! Can you please make another video on devil jin about how to perform all possible option during wave dash like you explain how we can do ff2 during wave dash. similarly, we can do ws2 during wave dash. please explain all moves input and how can we do during wave dash. It will very help full for me and others how just started devil jin. Thanks in advance

Hey MAIN MAIN SWE :D I have the DBFZ Edition of the panthera, has sanwa stick and buttons, are they too sensitive for the execution required for this game? I let go of DF, and sometimes it inputs F again afterwards, i know it could also just be me, but searching for more answers :)

How doable is this on a PS4 controller?

1:16 I always laugh at this part because it’s actually hella easy to say 🤣 Still a great guide though MainMan 🔥🎯

He wavedashes into my heart

I have 2 questions : - 5:32 is it ok if I do f*d,d/f instead of f*hadouken - Could you also make a "How To Master The Korean Backdash"

I've never had luck doing a full qcf. I have a much easier time just hitting the corner in my square gate and releasing to tap forward with my thumb again and repeat.

Honestly i have to thank u .. I mastered the wavedash in two days and all thanks is to u .. i still can’t do it as fast as u but finally i can make the combos i want to .. i will practice every day

Make sure you learn on both player 1 and 2 sides as well

Can you do a video with the pad please

I just realised how good Bryan would be with a mastered wavedash. A lot of his decent/good moves are ff+_ inputs.

Would you recommend trying this with an Xbox controller? Or is it just best to buy a decent fightstick controller. (Trying these precise inputs with just my thumb sounds like a nightmare).

Mastered this 2 days ago thanks to my main man thx

Bro. Because of your helpful guides on kazyuya. I have decided to take him as my main . In your PEWGF guide you said to do f,df,2 for pewgf but I get 14 frames electric when I do so need help

While it may be true that mike tyson doing this in real life would look very weird it is mostly based on the upper and the lower extremities of the person for example if a person is good with balancing it's whole body and has fast reaction time then a person might be able to do at least a mini wavedash but ofc this kind of tactic would only be good for experience fighters and should not be used in pro fights for this can be mostly used as a exercise of balance and endurance.

Nice content. Any plans to make shorter, more concise and direct guides? Thanks

Mike Tyson did it peek-a-boo style

Player 1 Mishima swinging by and asking what's wrong with my/everyone's hands that player 2 is easier, even with practice I feel like I only started playing fighting games a week ago on player 2 ;__;

Joe Frazier actually bobbed similar to this if you ever look up his fights.

Amazing tips, thank you!

The wavedash looks cool to us because we know how hard it is to do (fast) genius ;)

can you please do a backdash guide have some problems with it on the left side is less difficult than on the right

TMM, can you do a tutorial on how to clean up wavedash inputs on keyboard/Mixbox? Mine are too slow, and I feel like I can make then much faster.

well. is it normal that the froward input while releasing from d/f doesnt come out? like i need to input that extra, but i dont see you doing it. my button history shows f,n,d,d/f and thats it.

After wachting it at the first time I fucking understand this shit.Thanks

im just curious who uses analog and who uses d pad? i feel analog is better but sometimes it does accidentally jumps?

1:51 rip headphone users

My thumb hurts but it’s worth it

Am I the only one that's tried and succeeded wave dashing in real life? Yes? Ok I'll wait in the corner...

I’ve been playing tekken since T1 and still have trouble with a high level wave dash lol. I can do a slow one but the fast one is kinda tough for me.

Surprised this just came up I just watched your old video on it.

I love you MainMan! I can crouch dash perfect but didn't know the secret to waivu waivu waivu! Thanks!

How about on pad