Tekken Pro breaks down how to overcome a plateau 

I hate that speedkicks explanation on spacing and movement within that space is exactly what I needed to hear but I would have NEVER found this gem of information if I wasn't subscribed to Diaphone and if I didn't decide to watch this video specifically. This is what I mean by fighting game knowledge is hard to find. It's difficult to find what you need simply because you don't know what you don't know and can't figure out how to search for something like that.

The part is about tekken being a "fast game" despite it being "slow" in a literal sense is SO true, and its true of most 3D games, because the amount of decisions you are constantly making is so high. This is partly because less stuff leads to full combos than most 2D fighters. I'm a huge fan of the soulcalibur series, and that game FEELS really fast despite it technically being even "slower" than tekken if you look at frame data, for two main reasons. #1: the movement is cracked, side stepping is even stronger in SC than it is in the past few iterations of tekken. #2, so little of your hits will convert in to combos, so you are constantly thinking like "okay im plus 6 at this distance with this specific hit, what can i do with that?" And on top of that the game has very string defense options so the rps is quite deep. So you are constantly making decisions instead of just auto piloting into combos/oki all of the time. Its not uncommon for multiple rounds in a row to be won without a single launch, death by 1000 cuts type of deal. Its certainly not for everybody but man i wish calibur got the love (and the netcode) it deserves😢

I like that you included some ranked at the end to try and implement, ty. A lot of times these sorts of vids end with the knowledge, which is still very useful, but seeing you learn and apply helps a lot as a viewer.

This video was so fire.....

Great info, I'm stuck in purple as well so this is gold!

As someone playing Tekken 8 seriously, really trying to learn the game, this video was so dope. It helped me see the game a bit differently and realized now some of the things I can work on. W vid.

the way you show examples in your videos when you guys are talking about specific moves is genius. and very immersive, amazing cuts and edits

congrats on blue ranks, actually being good at tekken feels so nice since there are so many different options in this game and makes your gameplay feel really individual grinding up purple ranks as well currently and hope to play you in blue ranks soon

Loved the video and awesome advice from speedkicks! I'm at Garyu with Asuka right now, and now I need to get to some grinding.

This helped me more than I thought. I was also stuck in Mighty Ruler. After this vid, I went on a win streak and just hit Flame Ruler

You're almost at 100k, congrats!

Thank you very much for making this kind of video, it's something I don't see a lot of people talk about and something I personally just beat

That was a great session. Sometimes I would forget something as basic as a jab check too, but it's so important. At least until my opponent keeps doing high crush moves haha. Then it's important to mix it up with a mid check

i learned alot from this video. thnx alot for sharing this with us. shout out to speedkicks for the help

God dang I think this finally got the one jab concept clicking for me. After hearing the how and why in various vids over the last two months, and losing to it, I think I finally get it lol. 🙏 THX!

Just the video I needed. Also weird me and you main the same characters in every game. It’s pretty crazy.

It's interesting because a lot of these Tekken fundamentals I just kind of ran into and it instinctively got baked into me after thousands of matches so it's kind of interesting to just hear it being conveyed in words

Good info as a Victor main, I'm at flame ruler, but suffer from almost the same problems. You've got a sub from me!

Peoples custom character either be waifu or JJK

Ok this session also opened my eyes I keep getting lost in the midrange game

Man great stuff here!

an upload from my father once again

I’m a Nina Flame Ruler and I hit my ceiling. Time to train 💪 Thanks for the upload

The fact that you say you dont know what to check your opponent on plus with AND youre in purple ranks just goes to show how braindead Victor is lol

I have like 6 hours on the demo of tekken 8 because I've been a bit tight on money and juat with what little amount of content i have i can say I'm loving this game, can't wait to buy it!!!

id really appreciate if you could do a video on the fundamentals of fighting games, as new player and someone who really wants to get in the fgc i always hear people talking about getting good at fundamentals but not everyone talk about what they are, i know im probably asking for something stupid or to simple that it shouldn't even be a question but i would really appreciate a talk about this topic, anyways thanks for everyone on fgc for being so welcoming

I seriously confuse this dude with brain_f all the time

lol'd at 24:27 "poor guy having to play me after SpeedKicks coaching"

I spent 1 week mashing my head againt Ganryu and even got demotef to Eliminator. But I managed to get to Shinryu. It felt great

I wouldn’t call purple rank intermediate, if you count the total number of people that purchased Tekken 8 and you were in the top 1%, I am in the purple rank and that puts me on the leaderboard of the top 10,000 (so I’m sure this applies to you as well) for arguments sake let’s say 1 million copies of the game was sold which is definitely more. What is 1% of 1 million the answer is 10,000. So your in top 1%. Now taking into consideration that the majority of people that purchased a game are not good at it and do not play online matches (mainly because they play for fun) out of the competitive people playing you’re probably better than 80% of them at purple. Intermediate would be orange rank.

3:43 LOL spot the SF player

Currently on the mighty/flame ruler plateau. Hoping to get out somehow

I main victor so damn im about to try this

Stuck in Fuji playing too patient and not enough mix up grabs

Im a Reina main and NEED to get out if orange ranks im in Vanquisher, help🥺🙏

Funny how at 24:43 your camera comes back into focus the moment you say focus, lol.

One of the easiest things the double jab is a game changer single kicks

1 Jab is mad good lol people get salty that I use it to much, which I probably do but it’s super useful

2:20 is that Shinobu Sensui? Edit: How tf do I find speedkicks?

Shhhiiiiiiiiii… get me TO Mighty Ruler. 😂

diaphone's custom would be fine if he kept victor's beard, without it he's absolutely cursed

I'm having problems with people who seem to have perfect defense. I play Steve Fox so it sort of feels like everybody knows the matchup so well which puts the onus of skill on me. Specifically, I feel like to improve my defense needs to improve. I'm thinking about just getting every character to rank 15 to improve my sense of match-up knowledge.

1:11 I'm sorry is that a Jeremy Fragrance outfit you've made 😂

Bro went against DennyMaz 🔥🔥🔥

My platoue: Got into red ranks -> lose a lot -> get demoted -> win some matches -> get promoted again On and on Shit's hard :(

Get out of purple ranks by using a cheese character to get to Gold ranks

Playing Victor? MightyRuler Victor is like Warrior Bryan 😂😂😂

Fuck, I struggle with a lot of the same things as a 2d player moving over to Tekken, this video is so incredibly helpful!

jab is good jab is lyfe use em jabs

Dude casually destroyed DennyMaz after getting the best advice one could get in this game

Dont call top 2,000 intermediate 😂😂😂

You shouldn't rush to get out of purple, you should really take advantage of your time in those ranks to learn the game. You still have many bad habits like mashing "expulsion" after eating moves on hit, I saw it on your stream a few times. The difference between people at blue and above is that they have all learned when to press and when not to, they understand the game and will take advantage of someone who mashes fairly quickly

Lmao was that Tom Brady at the end?

diaphone going to tekken therapy huh

purple ranks on T8 are red in T7

I wanna play you to help, cause I learned some Kim tech from you

Bun bo hue is good shit

yooo victor needs a KFC Colonel skin!!

f1 is best move in the game lol. SK the goat

Why is speedkicks named Bun Bo Hue 🤣 based name honestly, Vietnamese food is top tier

I thought you were naked at the start when you said "my goat"....

Just throw them, your char has bugged unbreakable throws.

Carried by victor

Takeaway = jab

Victor is a gimmick character like gon was in Tekken 3

Unless you only want to play against the same 10 people over and over again, I would stop ranking up much more.

GET UP KICKS ARE SAFE? WHAT?

No offence but a victor gives an explanation or trying to tell you something, nah..

I literally cannot get any further than garyu cause while I'm trying to pressure with Lili they just mash and it screws me over

Spoiler alert it's Victor

Soriz to master

is the pro player vietnamese? he got bun bo hue as his username

engagement comment xd

10:00

Diaphone being mighty ruler gives me hope 🥰🤣 I’m sitting at flame ruler and I haven’t taken tekken ranked serious since t6 🤡 I just need to lab matchups and I might be able to hit top ranks. Keep it up bro you can go far!

Im stuck in eliminator or lower hahahahahaha

Victor is busted bro, just grab and cheese till max rank! 😂

You hit a wall becasue your BS dosent work anymore likely youll fall out of purples as people understand more and this patch happens being frfr

As an elitist, victor disgusts me

7:34 literal twins

You are playing Victor, what plateau? 😂

Tekken 8 they make it abit easier than Tekken 7, it's easy to execute combo wave dash and ewgf easy yeah i guess it's for the new players, especially the special style. Need balancing in the game. Dragunov is ridiculous, Hwoarang is yeah Hwoarang mash it you win, King is strong with 50.50 grab, Jin easy friendly to play, Victor grab is bug and when everything is lost "EXPRESSION" 😂. Nonetheless it's a great game.

I don't get the advice of being at range 2. This is the range where you can be mixup to death in neutral.

I don tunderstand how people get high ranks in tekken, but then can not get outof the higher rank. Tekken is the only game where you can button mash, and or play tactical. So yall just be fighting people that trade iwn? or fighting lower rank people or some sht? Cus when I play tekken, I get to a point where people are more patient, then I switch characters, or play a little more patient too, and I start winning again. I don't get how people get stuck in low ranks and high ranks ina game where you literally have to learn everything you do, because at a very clear point, button mashing become incapable. Im ppretty sure yall just play bad players, then get boosted from the hours when no good players are on, and youstart getting clapped in the rank because your rank is inflated, and you don't actually suk you are just boosted af

bluds a victor player

You're a grear youtuber but im gonna be honest, it's not really hard to rank up with victor, he kinda flows well into high ranks. if you wanna test yourself try a less gimmicky character.

its mainly bc you played Victor you got purple ranks lmfao. Pick up Kaz or someone with literal no tools and see how sweet shit really is online lol. You just get so much juggle and wall carry mechanics with Victor its borderline easy mode. Meanwhile I am trying to get frame perfect links with Kaz, Victor players just mashing easy pressure

Yeah u got no fundamentals playing with that bot character then u hit a wall n are like wtf I thought I was really good

Your being carried by Victor... Nobody knows the character yet...

Victor being a cheap ass character

Victor, such a cheap char

Victor takes no skill 😂😂😂

I love how the first thing this dude teaches is dash jab. What an absolutely useless coach. At this level you will die for dash jabbing. His issue is not movement. Its the inability to create space via other means and maintain space. This is the most fundamental skill in intermediate tekken. Its a shame that people will fall for this trap as I have in the past. This does not make you better. It just makes your learning of the game inconsistent. Saj

Who you play, how you play, garbage. no respect 🤷🏽‍♂️

Going to take those 3 tips to try and get out of red. Struggling with the same things 🫡