The concept of moving around the stage while looking at my opponent was one of the biggest perspective shifts for me to finally start playing Melee at a competent level, I can definitely see how that would relate to Tekken
when i tell you that it took forever to realize not looking at my opponent was my main problem playing any fighting game, im talking like years. wild how simple yet effective it is.
dude, that bit about not watching your character was an enlightenment. It makes so much sense now that I think about it, I have no experience in fighting games so that did help me out a lot. Also mental stacks are a very prominent concept in Rocket League as well, I feel kinda dumb for not linkingm y hands to my brain. thanks Loops! great video
Im new to Tekken and fighting games as a whole. The first steps to learning something new are always the hardest, and in something like gaming where the general idea is to just turn your brain off and have fun, fighting games seem to have quite the barrier to entry. Your insight is very helpful to get past those barriers and have fun with a genre that is unmatched when it comes to personal satisfaction. Keep up the great content.
Keep grinding bro, I’m in the same boat as you basically as I started playing fighting games in the last few months. It gets easier the more you play and get comfortable for sure.
Damn nice to see new people picking up fighting games, fighting games can be the most rewarding experience in gaming. Trust me been playing them for 10 years plus, and only now I feel good enough to pick up a new fighting games quickly. Tho im a slow learner
"in something like gaming where the general idea is to just turn your brain off and have fun" ...I've never seen it that way in my life. It's fun. I don't turn my brain off. Are you describing naps?
I know your channel isnt a Tekken channel but its been far the most help to me for Tekken as a new player, all your vids actually really come across how a newcomer sees and feels during the game
Hey man. I just came across your content and I wanna let you know I'm proud to see someone have a positive attitude towards the game and promotes it through content. I hope you grow exponentially through your blossoming career~
Thanks, Loops. I tend to be a little too hard on myself with getting overwhelmed with how much characters have but this is a good refresher and reminder that its okay and I need to slow down and focus on the now and take things one at a time❤❤.
This tip is why actually putting time into practice mode is so important. Teach your brain and your body to do the moves/strings/etc without watching your character to confirm the right thing is happening. It's like learning to type without looking at the keyboard. If you really want to next level this, just do a bunch of combo/punishment or whatever training one night, get a few things down and then don't go online. When you go to sleep, all that training will basically get hard coded into your brain and your body will reliably do it from then on.
The metal aspect that you mentioned is a game changer no pun intended, but what you said applies to real life also. We so focused on data and stats, frames that we forget the present moment. I lost a few games today. But after watching this video suddenly im smacking the shit out these opponents
really love your videos. i’ve been struggling with fighting games for a long time and tekken is the first game i really want to put 100% effort in to. your videos as a beginner are so helpful dude you have no idea. thank you
Man, it never actually occured to me that newer tekken players might not be looking at their opponent during the match. Im gonna mention this to my friends who are new.
Me casually wondering why i struggle with reading throws for teching throws while staring intensely at soley my character. Haha great video. I feel this is going to do wonders for my game :D
I came from smash ultimate, where looking at your own character is quite important, I kinda picked this up when I started playing tekken but I’m not really comfortable with the movement but these are great tips and I will be using this when I get the movement down
I think just remembering that spacing is also part of your defense is important. The distance from your opponent opens up some options, and closes others. Understanding your options while keeping your opponent from having all of theirs is key. What I still don't understand is the wake up meta (okizeme)
The concept is you look your opponent when they start a string , you look at your character when you get an opportunity but the problem is you can't 😂thats the pain
My biggest tip as a player who is not good enough to give tips is try and think about what attack you would do next. If I block a few mids in a row, 9/10 low rank players will go for whatever low they have, but mostly its gonna be a game sense thing that develops over dozens and hundreds of matches.
Great tips. When people get into games like dota they get told the same thing, its gonna get hella confusing until youve been hit by every ability in the game, its frustrating but been tryna keep that in mind.
I play King who has almost 200 moves and I literally try to use about 3/4 of them! Ive been playing King since Tekken 1 so Ive had alot of time to memorize every link throw, SS move, power crush, etc... Dont beat yourself up because Im getting hit by all kinds of crazy new movrs and I love it! Im also winning alot of matches just because people cant break link throws 😂 well at least up to assailant rank!
So it finally clicked for me in a sense of I realized that “this is my space too” so I went from being more defensive to offensive. This is my space to side step into and punish you for whiffing.
I lowkey needed this. I'm trying to work on my defense and I'm standing block and gauging these ghosts before I go online (which I hear isn't the best since the AI tends to only do the most optimal combo and doesn't reflect much of real players), but they just low sweep launch me into a 8+ combo for 1/3 hp. I spent an hour trying to learn blocks, but I'm getting fucked. I know I'll need block fundamentals for higher ranks
could you please make videos looking at high level player gameplay and try to breakdown their game strategy for newbs on as many characters you can? i would enjoy watching that and it seems like something you would be good at + a decent source of consistent content.
I’ve played other fighting games for years so I know to look at the opponent that’s basic I got to purple within 4 days but i noticed I’m getting hit by so much garbage I shouldn’t be like super slow lows, I’m still uncomfortable side dashing idk if it’s harder for me since I play on dpad rather than the thumb stick on console, but compared to mk1 and sf6 block in tekken feels so weak, like it feels like even when I’m plus in frames I still can’t attack
Blocking in this game is bugged and does not work 100% of the time. This is just a fact. I’ve played enough to be able to make this judgement no problem.
