A Smash Player SOLVED Ranked in Tekken 8

0:00 - Intro
1:48 - Ranked Strategy
4:55 - Game 1 (Warrior vs. Warrior)
11:01 - Game 2 (Garyu vs. Vanquisher)
15:04 - Game 3 (Tenryu vs. Mighty Ruler)
20:20 - Game 4 (Tenryu vs. Mighty Ruler)
23:22 - Game 5 (Tenryu vs. Tenryu)
27:22 - Game 6 PROMOTION MATCH
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Intro/Outro by SKONK - / @bigskonk
Intro/Outro track by KEIFERGR33N - / @keifergr33n
Edited by: / @averyxfgc
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I'm PhiDX, I play Tekken professionally for @ParagonFGC and ArcadeShock.

[@CONEYZZ]

Thanks for your Beginner Guide, helped me out a TON starting out!

[@supersonic7218]

The legend himself!!

[@MatthewMorganReddwood]

Coney my GOAT😭🙏🏿

[@PhiDX]

AYYYYY

[@CROWGUN]

Armor kick, armor kick, armor kick…..

[@IceeSwirl]

Bro saying starting out like that wasn't 5 days ago 😂

[@reysinx3345]

Seeing Coney become a celebrity overnight in the tekken community out of everything is very funny to me

[@cartmansnipples]

I had no clue what the story was and to hear its Coney is absolutely hilarious and amazing all at once

[@MasterHeracross]

And now many tekken players hate him either cus their jealous or bc he plays King often both. Grow up you guys 🙄.

[@heyimmk5226]

"use the tools your character has - you don't get bonus ranked points for being honest" words to live by ❤

[@dpokan]

Yeah but I don't have to respect the guy who won a sword fight with a shotgun.

[@HeimTarch]

@@dpokan expect respect isn't worth shit when you're dead. if you have an RPG , use it

[@Hermelin69]

"A fight is about who's left standing. Nothing else" Kazuya knows ya'll are bums and even told you to fight to win smh

[@CONEYZZ]

​@@dpokan Your respect is not a prize worth earning

[@k-yo]

Yeah, I used to feel bad and cheap using King's power crushes. But fuck it, if it works, it works. Now at Ruler I need to keep my fundamentals in check.

[@anuraexe]

Coney was elite in Project M and Brawl. Competent in 4 and Ultimate because of legacy knowledge and skills. He doesn’t even play it like that anymore he’s mostly been a commentator. He knows how to learn and how to take a few good tools and use them effectively. Very conscious player in all genres. He got far in Street Fighter 6 as well. He’s just a gamer, that’s my goat 🙏

[@mjeezyca]

Nerd

[@reguba3534]

A lot of comments aren't impressed by this achievement, but I've been playing Tekken for a little while and I'm not purple rank yet so how can I speak on anything? I think Coney is actually amazing at dominating the lower levels of many games. He's good at seeing the win condition and sticking to it. Picking King might mean you can simplify the game into real-time RPS, but the man knows how to play RPS. If anyone knows anything about Dedede in Brawl, this will all make sense

[@AodinValar]

Picking King is like being a professional boxer and you get to beat up kids in high school

[@YaGirlGumption]

"dominating the lower levels" sounds like mid to me. I mean purple ranks is rad for his first Tekken experience but this video feels like a lotta glazing for what's really generic fighting game knowledge applied to a different game. I started with smash too, and it's not like I suddenly forgot what the hell spacing and whiff punishment was the moment I picked up Tekken.

[@reguba3534]

@@YaGirlGumption What is lower level in a game is very relative, could be mid to some. When I saw a graph showing ranked distribution, more than 80% of ranks were below purple. I think top 20% is pretty good. What you say is generic fighting game knowledge I think severely over-estimates the average person who has picked up and played a fighting game I've met a lot of gamers who are more concerned with honesty and "playing sick" than actually seeing the game in front of them, and I think it's worth commending someone who can break it down to the base elements. Feel free to think this video and comment section is all a fuss about nothing, we're all talking about casual gaming here. It just seems like a lot of people here are missing the forest for the trees and deciding to rain on someone's parade because of it

[@Kekkai_]

It is, in fact, a decent achievement cause people overhype King waay too much. At lower ranks it's easier to dominate with characters with many plus frames strings, safe launchers and CH pressure but because King has the best grabs and low ranks don't know how to deal with grabs they cry about him the most. I'm not impressed personally, because I know Time = Rank and if you grind the game enough you will for sure get a high rank if you are even a little bit decent especially this early on. Content creators obviously have this time and since it's early and popular, these content creators are beating up people who mostly don't have time to play games all the time. Getting past blue ranks is pretty impressive since most people above that aren't casual players. This is like people getting Master ranks in street fighter all over again lol

[@baconbitz7804]

I think a lot of people don’t remember how they played 4 days in cause I was mashing like crazy trying to find moves I liked

[@aznkim1127]

I played Smash a shit ton. One thing I want to highlight is that when I first started playing Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 the concept of Okizeme came very naturally. This is because it’s basically the same idea as what we call “Tech Chasing” in Smash. I assume this is why this was also one Coney’s strengths given his long history with Smash.

[@hermankermit-warm1121]

Dude let's not pretend it isn't being King and he's getting hard carried - or are we all now saying once you can mash in yellow you may as well be purple rank? Reallllllly?

[@DudeBroEasy]

​@@hermankermit-warm1121it gets real at blue. Below is character dependent

[@DudeBroEasy]

​@@hermankermit-warm1121it gets real at blue. Below is character dependent

[@DudeBroEasy]

​@@hermankermit-warm1121it gets real at blue. Below is character dependent

[@gaarafan89]

​@@hermankermit-warm1121 This is a real scrubby thing to say lol

[@bortle]

the way you have broken down tekken for first timers, PhiDX, cannot be understated. I’m not an elite FG player, but your tips and videos have seriously helped me learn what tekken is all about. Thank you!!!!!❤

[@Bonaby]

I don’t know how Coney would feel about that “Smash Player” label 😭

[@BeretBay]

lol man is the storyteller of all time 😂

[@KobunLaunch]

his ass aint playin smash ICANT

[@PhiDX]

What should I have said 😭

[@user-kh3jj4rx2v]

Lol he's just a commentor. He's booty at SSBM 😂That's not even shade, he's jokes about it all the time. (Also you should do a video on *how* to generally practice. I'm curious to hear your thoughts.)

[@kgeo2686]

@@user-kh3jj4rx2vIt’s all relative. The laymen would thinks he’s incredible at smash

[@PeppoMusic]

It is almost like the okizeme mindset and respect you must have for being at a disadvantagr and also taking the advantage when your opponent is grounded can be carried over from recovery and ledge grab plays in Smash. Both limits the options of one player a lot, where they risk getting punished by picking unsafe and offensive options. And both allow the other player more mixup and picking options that beat the limited safe options.

[@TDSpyder]

I've played smash for years and yes, this is on point. In smash you learn a very intricate advantage state compared to other FGCs, because of tech chasing in smash.

[@VannTango]

Agreed. In Smash, you have to rotate your options from the ledge or the opponent will blow you up. I wouldn't be surprised if smashers have better than average abare when they pick up FGs.

[@dikkebal]

ghost of standford kelly is still screaming 'Pick a Top Tier''

[@Evilj82]

I always go back to that clip every so often.

[@patricksreels]

an absolute classic

[@CapcomSwagg]

Bro fought a Feng, who is top tier lmao. Y'all keep acting like it ain't skill.

[@Sharkofspace]

@@CapcomSwagg It's not skill. He literally picked King because he wanted to cheese people to death instead of actually learning how to play the game. It's not like that's a secret lol.

[@re-gaming3913]

​@@Sharkofspace If it works even at higher ranks and the character is designed to play this way, can you really call it cheese?

[@fireren25]

Honesty is self applied mental stack. Opponent gets pressure for doing nothing.

[@monocyte2210]

What does "honesty" mean in fgc?

[@shovelhead4201]

@@monocyte2210 Honesty is an arbitrary limit some players put on themselves where they will refuse to use moves or strategies that feel too strong while condemning other players for using those strategies. Honesty is the opposite of cheese and it has no place in a competitive environment (within reason) imo. The devs gave everyone a set of tools to undercut everyone else's tools. No point not using them.

[@Shirikatsu]

@@shovelhead4201 The only useful notion of honesty IMO is in the context of characters, not playstyle. Anyone using honesty as a play-limit is stupid. If you're playing a character, use them, if you want to be honest, play an honest character that doesn't have what one considers cheap or OP.

[@TreyMM-qz4wg]

​​@@shovelhead4201no. Zackray is an honest smash player and was considered the best in his country (Japan) at some point. Honesty is about consistent results instead of relying on gimmicks. No one said "don't use strong strategies" lol.

[@Vespyr_]

​@@ShirikatsuThis is still a form of honesty, and is still self limiting in some way. If the only reason you're not playing Dragunov or something is because he's S+ Tier and he otherwise would fit your playstyle you're going to war with smaller bullets.

[@aqueelkadri8371]

I woke up in the middle of the night to catch the tournament live and I'm just glad that you are still alive Phi. I thought you were gonna have a heart attack

[@Renegade0Funk]

Great stuff as always man. Your content just keeps getting better

[@fluffyisyermom7631]

Honestly of all the tekken videos ive watched, this was the most helpful. You explain waking up on block. What a punish is and emphasize the mechanics like Your turn Auto grab on armor :) im still having issues with knowing when jts my turn personally but after this video. I feel like i can take that grain of intuition and do better

[@petrkucera2426]

Mr. PhiDX. You are literally my Tekken 8 coach. Im attempting a long time to beat my friend on this game, when we are partying. He is goat in this game. We both pre-purchased this game and we are having so much fun. Your guides help me a lot to understand this game more. I still have a lot to learn and he is still punishing every mistake I do, but thats the way how to learn the game mechanics. Thank you so much for your content

[@wopehk9354]

One of the most fun things about Tekken and fighting games in general from a spectator standpoint is watching people adjust and figure out what works for them. Even at lower/inexperienced levels it’s so cool to see people’s brains work it’s like doing math in real time

[@onizagru]

I played a ranked match where my opponent was pulling out some old Street Fighter 4 Ultra behavior, and he whooped my ass for the first couple of rounds until I caught on to what he was doing. It's neat to see what kind of behaviors that other fighting game franchise players bring to Tekken 8.

[@castelgelin]

What kind of behaviors?

[@onizagru]

Just the classic of doing a combo, running in on their wake up to grab/frame trap, wake up 'supers' with heat smashes and rage arts, playing the classic SF4 aggression cards. It was kind of neat to see Tekken not played like a cautious footsie game. Though it didn't really work for them in this style of fighting game. @@castelgelin

[@Renzo9898]

Phi can I just say how good your intros are?! Youre quickly becoming one of my favourite content creator. Glad to see you keep growing!

[@XSprouted]

Backdashing and whiff punishing is the biggest thing that got me to purple in 5 days. Especially at round start (which Phi already has a video on lol). But often times people at lower ranks will toss out a launcher or jab string right at the start and a single backdash can make that whiff and give you a free punish. If you happen to land a launcher as a whiff punish then you get the start the round with a 40-60% lifelead and you're at or near the wall. It's an insane position to get in the opening seconds of a round. You also don't need to korean backdash a million times either. Just 1 backdash, or 2 if you can cancel even once, is fine in 99% of situations. I've backdashed during people's strings and made them whiff the final hit giving me a free whiff punish. Second thing I think would be pumping the brakes sometimes when you're at full screen away from each other. Just mindlessly running at them with a big running move (unless you're Azucena) is an easy way to get sidestepped or getting stuffed with a big move they just throw out because they're scared. If you just run and stop just out of range of someone they might throw out a move that you can whiff punish again. I'm still doing this to people in high red / purple now. That said, I'll probably be here for a while lol. I think I've reached the point where I need to stop playing Street Fighter and start learning other character's moves and properties.

[@P-Likan]

Very educational and expertly presented. You are a credit to the community, thank you.

[@bbqchippiez2003]

Competitive Smash player here too who's also getting into Tekken. Your guides literally helped me to getting blue ranks in 2 weeks they honestly are super super helpful i love this game lol

[@chiyue5676]

as a tekken player learning smash the latter feels impossible to play so kudos for making the transition

[@Ghakimx]

Reminder that when Poongko entered the Tekken scene with Akuma, he gave the top players a run for their money. I welcome Coney doing whatever he does best.

[@danlima2068]

Lars CAN block in limited entry, that high kick is a launcher and heads into limited entry because it makes the move safer even on whiff. That’s “safer” not safe. You should be able to launch as when he goes to limited he’s still committing to 16 frames it’s just high crushing. On block it’s plus 4, so he doesn’t get his limited entry options as the mid/low mix is 16f. Remember that it’s limited entry so he doesn’t get to do the mix up for free there if it did get blocked. But he DOES get his low kicks (all minus even on hit) and wake up 4, none of those get him into stance so we’re Gucci even if they do hit….only the while standing 4 will leave him plus 6 on hit, which lets him try for a button into stance. But if you block the move or the next stance attempt it’s your turn. don’t let Lars steal the turn away cause he looks like he’s gonna blow you up. He’s not, he’s minus af Lars can’t block in both his other stances. That important because he only gets to run his offense on HIT. so for the people that struggle against Lars remember that if he hits your block and tries to start going crazy he’s super vulnerable it just looks scary. Launch him like the champs you are friends 🎉

[@WeMissDimebag]

Yeah it’s funny because I’m Raijin and basically the only difference I noticed in A LOT of purple players vs red players is that their flowcharts are a little tighter, they run their offense much faster, and they’re way more willing to block. There are some purples that got their by being more solid but honestly for the most part the gap is not that large and if you can just learn how to punish properly and punish people for mashing, you will get to purple with just that.

[@fieclaussell9879]

20:09 Against high power crushes like this (or Jin's zen 2, or Hwoarang's backlash), you can do a single jab to freeze the armor move then duck for a ws punish.

[@kayanims]

Sajam has no idea the hornet nest he created by setting up this tournament. He needs direct sponsorship from Bandai Namco

[@supernicral]

What's the notes app that Phidx uses?

[@zadenhomunculus8652]

Seeing Coney come to TEKKEN and climb the ranks is honestly super hype.

[@paulolivo9618]

Let’s goo coney! Let’s go phi for the technical explanation for his play style

[@alex2d]

I knew Coney was going to excel when I watched I think his second night with the game. He recognized opponent habits EXTREMELY quickly, I knew as soon as he learned the answers to what he was seeing instead of just being able to identify them, he'd be a menace.

[@THENIGHTMAREINC]

A friend of mine picked up Tekken for the first time and within a week hit red ranks with Kuma. I was kinda flabbergasted. It took me a year of T7 to hit that bar.

[@Supersmallpig]

Man this is really important to newbies back to I was a newbie I got hit by same stuff again and again. It could help the newbies build their confidence. ❤

[@Zel-Veraan]

I'm booting up right now to apply these tips. 8 is my first Tekken game. There's a TON of fundamentals I'm currently lacking but learning to play fighting games well is something I love.

[@Zel-Veraan]

Followed these instructions and IMMEDIATELY ranked up. Standing jab is a super power.

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

very interesting to see how smash players approach games like sf6 and t8.

[@RyanBedecki]

kazuya main in smash on smashbox coming to tekken maining reina, it has been a blast. The concept of neutral helps massively

[@DjAfroThunderDj]

Where's the link for the tournament? 0:54

[@senspideyfan]

I do wonder if there's anyway to tell when you're plus or minus by observation alone. Going to the lab or to the replay to do it seems really inconvenient, and the animations on the characters aren't very clearly indicating when it's their turn or my turn (unless it's obvious like blocking a rage art). I guess I'm wondering if there's anyway I can "learn on the job" and pay attention to specific animations or sound effects instead of memorizing frames in practice mode.

[@LEWfromdaHOU]

You can absolutely learn "on the job".

[@senspideyfan]

@@LEWfromdaHOU Nice that means I'm not wasting my time. I'm still gonna use the training mode for stuff I REALLY struggle with of course but it's nice to know my approach isn't ineffective.

[@assassinonprozac]

You can jab after a move and if it counter hits their jab or d/f 1 or punishes the move you can work your way up from there using increasingly slower moves, you have to really pay attention to what move you counter hit but you can do it (but frankly, this is a more time consuming process than just going to training mode).

[@BuckshotBill118]

Hey, Phi, would you be comfortable doing an anti-Lars guide? I'm tired of guessing every stance mix up. Are there any fuzzy ducks or moves to look for that his turn is definitely ending.

[@mediaproductionpro]

I’m a fellow smasher, and I honestly play King very similarly. I think that’s just the natural response based on how we are used to interactions working in smash. Props to Coney for hitting purple in 4 days though, that’s crazy.

[@FFXfever]

It's not even a smash thing. Most competitive players of others games that I know immediately pick up the concept of oki. In a game with a bazillion interactions, oki is the only part of the game where the win con is clear, so simplifying it to that is the easiest thing to do. It's basically the same thing as getting a piece ahead in chess and trade down to simplify the game.

[@monocyte2210]

Ive been playing tekken since T1. Back then we did not have a lot of resources to really get a deep dice in the game. Now we have so many creators like Phidx creating contrnt and tutorials.

[@Arnuld15Governator]

I'll say one thing that has accelerated me to purple ranks. Just hold back at the start of a round. So many people just love pressing buttons at the beginning of a match. I've had opponents get really frustrated because they expect me to start pressing buttons but I just block. I usually let my opponents have a few free lows, but then I start blocking or low parrying lows during my next match. I'm working on KBD atm but I cannot stress how OP blocking is in Tekken 8.

[@rodionlee2533]

Yeah, just do it with a game plan as random kbd is the easiest way for parking your back next to the wall.

[@monocyte2210]

Or you can dash back at the sart of the round for the safest

[@Jaynesslessly]

gotta give him props, bro went on twitter, asked for the most braindead character that requires the least amount of effort with the easiest flow chart, and just spammed 6 ish moves to upper intermediate in record time. it really shows how easy it is to break a fighting game if you can embrace cheese

[@do-khyi]

If anything it just showcases a bunch of flaws with the game itself.

[@BennyC023]

Bro is in the top 15% of ranked players, stop gatekeeping and just admit he’s good?

[@Heskeyali1]

@@BennyC023 Pretty sure it just shows how rank is an awful reflection of skill at such an early stage of the game. The guy is new to the game, and I think he deserves all the praise in the world for picking it up as fast as he has. However, that doesn't change the fact that regardless of the rank, this was some piss poor Tekken gameplay.

[@BennyC023]

@@Heskeyali1 if you wanna watch top level gameplay; you ain’t gonna find it with a dude who’s just picking up the series.

[@Jaynesslessly]

​@@BennyC023 did you see his twitter post? he literally asked for the most braindead guy to flow chart and straight up said he doesnt want to put in any real effort in winning and only wants to use around 5 attacks, im straight up regurgitating his own words not even intending to discredit him

[@TheWandererBard]

Any other Jun gameplay in ur vids? I'm a few days into this game and barely have a clue how to play her

[@blueye95]

I recently hit purple as a newcomer, 100 hours in so seeying Coney hit purple so fast was almost a little upsetting. But its fine, more things to learn from ^^ Finnily enough my promo match was also a mirror. He found the hidden cheat code and many things you point out ring true. Matches where i do really well is where i can throw all my strong tools with a few reads here and there (including the power crush :D). Also Oki in smash is called techchasing and thats a fundamental skill in smash, so no mystery it translates well to Tekken.

[@Xanek]

A Super Smash Player (Derogatory) Jokes aside, nice that people are noticing Coney. Though Coney said on stream that he doesn't like Tekken and doesn't know if he'll really play it past the Sajam event

[@ruve_9074]

He knows hes about to hit the wall where scrubbing it out wont work anymore

[@WizardyDylan]

bro he has a kid and doesn't wanna learn 3000+ moves to fill out his game

[@kibbylol]

@@WizardyDylan u only use like 8 its more learning matchups and he cant just spam stupid shit and win so its annoying to learn and lab to get better happens with literally every competitive game

[@cloudstrife8436]

why is it derogatory tho? u do know that Harada and tekken team were heavily involved in designing smash right? They are just different styles of games and I like both games. Def. Tekken is much deeper and I personally like it more but that doesn't make smash any less competitive

[@KobunLaunch]

bro its an obvious joke of a youtube comment, no need for a paragraph lmao.@@cloudstrife8436

[@tobiasvik3278]

I wish I could agree with the statement that you can make it to blue rank by just being aware of frame advantage. But at purple rank it really feels like blind aggression beats out a clever defensive player almost every time. Aggression always keeps you safe and plus in this damn game. I'm stuck on purple, btw. :)

[@MessiahBoi]

You say it's not to demotivate but goddamnit it's definitely doing that LOL. Then again, when you work full time and go to school full time, you really can't and shouldn't be comparing yourself to someone who's job it is to commentate, entertain, and stream all day! Not taking anything away from him either. He's a great player at any game he plays

[@TreyMM-qz4wg]

Haha he doesn't play anymore he just commentates. Truth is smash kids are just ahead of their time

[@eggjones6039]

26:00 7 dang seconds to put em in heat 😂

[@anuraexe]

30:08 mom look! i’m in a phidx video because coney passed me in ranked 😂

[@jonwhite549]

Smash is lumped in the party/platform genre but as a tekken player since tekken 1, smash can help with reaction timing in any game because the speed and pacing is so much faster than any other fighting game and there’s so much to pay attention to.

[@ISM_KITSUNE]

great fucking vid bro. just subbed. so much value in this vid!!!! looking forward to more vids from you

[@guffingtonreal]

Before I picked up Tekken seriously again, I was pretty good at Little Mac on Smash and various characters in Rivals of Aether and now I'm pretty good at Tekken too.

[@Enigma366]

Honestly as a mishima player, I’d love to see you look at Super. He made it to ruler with Reina very quickly and he’s not even that much of a fighting game player.

[@woahblow4127]

Already knew it was King. Grab mixups are one of the biggest parts of smash. Tekken and smash are some of the most movement/distance control games as well

[@TreyMM-qz4wg]

Grab mixups aren't that big in smash. It's just one tool in the many bags of tricks we must use. Our game is twice the difficulty of tekkens.

[@woahblow4127]

@@TreyMM-qz4wg na grabs are half the game. In every smash game they're the most consistent kill option and damn near every character has multiple ways to kill off a grab at different percents

[@kujakuu]

understanding your character will get you somewhat far, but to actually be good, you have to understand all the other characters

[@joydutoy864]

Guys pls help me i picked up jin and im stucked in ganryiu and i cant Do electrics and im thinking to learn a New character. I dont know i think jin is to hard for Me. What you guys think?

[@nelsoncontreras7047]

I just saw King. And it all made sense

[@Vespyr_]

Yep. That's all this is.

[@SaikaDX]

True shit, man

[@lukagrlanovic81]

Noob cant tech grabs get gud

[@nelsoncontreras7047]

@@lukagrlanovic81 some king grabs are not predictable sir

[@Blind_Death]

You say "smash player" then I saw it was Coney...lol. Actually part of why I came back in T7 was Kazuya in Smash

[@juhanakaarlehto7754]

13:21 I think coney was fishing for the low wake up attack that dent used earlier

[@NicoSleepyLeen]

That Lars made me think about how much i dislike Jun and her moves, especially that awful hopkick I've seen it countless times but my brain can't pick it up

[@Foggen]

"This is for the championship!"

[@dasamster]

TL;Dr is play King, spam knowledge checks against newer opponents, win

[@Gekidofury]

All the way to purple?

[@ranges787]

@@Gekidofuryall the way to prime obviously 🙄 let’s be real he could have picked steve and people would come up with some excuse

[@andreirving779]

​@@ranges787"Whine about the character that my lacluster defensive skills are totally trash against" - Tekken Forever

[@coolguy101084]

Thanks for tips. I am struggling in red ranks with hworang

[@CapcomSwagg]

Ain't this the guy that did the "do smash players know fighting game characters?" Video?

[@NorbertoRivera-mm2qn]

I think its fair how he plays, everyone has a diferent fighting style and he is learning but its also refresing to see a diferent playstyle

[@FieryAnubis]

As a King main since T1, I'm very proud of Coney.

[@milesmobley9564]

I think almost all fighting games help when it comes to Tekken. I’ve come from UFC and Fight Night. And that helped me with defense, spacing, and countering.

[@BushinAjnin]

Your Video was definitely helpful 🫳 a lil Interaction for the algorithm. This is Inspiring to me at least. Good & Boring are often in the Same room, so digging out the Intel is helpful

[@SleepyDice]

Ngl, when I saw "solved Tekken" I thought the plugger problem got taken care of lmao.

[@nota_2526]

Now I want to see pdx try and learn melee

[@starb4453]

Watching those games got me like "Do i want to be right or do i want to win" 😅

[@northdakotabeast1547]

Lars' DF+3~f is +8 on hit and transitions into DEN(Dynamic Entry). If you try to hit a button after getting hit by df+3~f, the DEN 1,2 will CH you and heat engage Lars.

[@TheXell]

I literally tought a friend about blocking on wake-up yesterday after noticing that he got hit by 2-3 running attacks every time he got knocked down. I shudder to think what entering online-play without knowing this would be like.

[@1wakuralain]

Hitting Rage in seven seconds is Absolute King Factor lmao 26:00

[@Craft2299]

This might be patting myself in the back but, whenever I see videos like this where someone explains solving something, like a lifehack in video games and then I already figured it out, if not much further, I kinda feel bad because despite being better than the average, I still feel like im terrible.

[@monocyte2210]

Ive been playing tekken since T1. I think T8 has managed to get so many new players to the community. Everybodys welcome here

[@ChiefTakinawa]

Bro I HATE when my promotion matches are mirror matches lmao good on him 😂😂😂 I wish I had more free time to dedicate to fighting games, but it’s cool to see people who don’t normally play Tekken loving it and not being discouraged.

[@simpson6700]

Mirror matches are fun, i usually just knowledge check my opponent and copy their stuff. It's pretty funny how many people can't deal with their own gimmicks that they've been using for hundreds of matches.

[@RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS77]

I feel like I should be using my armor moves as King way more often than I am after watching this

[@sstanford1331]

Throws single handedly got me 70% of my losses😂 hasn't stopped me tho

[@CreamyFSGaming]

Punish game also seems to work wonders! People love to throw out their coolest moves. (which are usually punishable) You gotta work for those situations.

[@luxhikarimusic4663]

I'm a smash player and after about two weeks in I'm almost mighty ruler. Gotta push through and learn some more matchups though

[@zeronim1965]

With same basics got my Alisa to Battle Ruler... But what i see in Raijin, Kishin, is unreal for me. They hit you and going in holy sturdy defence for time... I try every way to attack but they block it easily. And i dont have enough knowledge of the characters.

[@gaberyan6283]

I just got to mighty ruler today on dragonov, I swear to god where the fuck did he find opponets like these? The people I am facing are playing so much better than pretty much anyone shown in this video, this was honestly painful to watch. I think imma try to pickup king that B3 looks particularly broken, from the looks of it, it can't be more than -12 on block, hits mid, clears the entire stage and has a startup of what looks to be 19-22 frames.

[@majones117]

People in the comments underselling how much Coney has learned just because he plays King. Go watch his matches from the group stage of the tourney. He knowledge checked people and then adapted his play style to his opponent without any live coaching. He is a smart player and earned his purple rank. Hell, the dude almost never uses any grab but his generic even if it keeps getting broken. He's a legit smart player.

[@weiwu1442]

it goes to show how important pure fundamentals are in tekken.

[@theguardianarchives433]

King is an easy character

[@Vespyr_]

Let's be honest. King carries people. It's really that simple.

[@OctopusH2O]

@@Vespyr_only against unprepared players

[@Vespyr_]

@@OctopusH2O Which is around 99% of players. It's a fighting game. Believe it or not but most people have not so much have done a round of Tekken. So a character like King will absolutely carry you against the great majority of players because he gets major combo damage for free and beats most players buttons.

[@steamyrobotlove]

The man learned to block... ... HAX!!

[@lainzero4549]

So Phi you made a monster now your team has to face him hahaha

[@anormal920]

Hey PhiDX, I recently picked up Tekken 8, and currently am going through the ranks. I am a Dragunov main currently sitting at Cavalry, and after watching this video, I see that you have a very keen eye for small details that "make up the whole product", so to speak. So, seeing as you are an experienced Tekken player, I want to know if I could send you some replays of recent matches to see if there is anything that I do decently, or if there is anything I need to improve upon. If you would rather not (as this could possibly lead your comment section to be filled with a lot of copy-pastes of this kind of message), I respect the decision.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodbe5996]

It's weird to see Coney in a Tekken Video... But he's a pretty good king.

[@MrLookatme12345678]

With this being a turn base fighting game how do I develop good button discipline I’ve always only played basic anime fighters 😭

[@SLOMOisSLO]

Next up, short video discussing frames and such 😁

[@Vespyr_]

Doesn't this just say more about Tekken 8s over accessibility, and less about anyone's individual skill? Maybe I'm wrong but I don't think a healthy ladder should be this easy for beginners to climb with balanced characters. This is literally my first Tekken and I made it to Mighty Ruler in a month. Is it really the achievement we think it is? It doesn't feel like it is.

[@TreyMM-qz4wg]

No. You're just used to hearing smash = party game for noobs when in reality it's always been the most difficult fighting game including street fighter, mortal Kombat, fighterz, Skullgirls, guilty gear. Smash always had the most fundamental skills to master with sharp movement as well

[@Vespyr_]

If you say so. I've not played a fighting game since Street Fighter IV, am learning leverless for the first time, and I made it to Purple. But alright. ​@@TreyMM-qz4wg

[@FFXfever]

About your second half comment, not necessarily. There will always be a bell curve, with half the player base needing to catch up to people who already have transferable skills. This may be your first Tekken, but I bet it's not your first competitive fighting game.

[@1AdA-Greats]

Then again doing this with kazuya is different than doing it with kazuya or Jin king kinda helps you through ranked you gotta take that into account

[@UnksaWhy]

After this guide i got all the characters to god of destruction and my wife come back with the kids and all my debt was paid ty phidx

[@bskyzzz]

**plays king**

[@sergioskaramitsos674]

Very nice. Would you consider reaching Fujin within 4 days an achievement as well for someone who never played tekken before @PhiDX ? Used Victor, he sure carried my ass.

[@TheCray98]

I need a blue rank guide big PhiDX

[@lizardking3268]

I have thousands of hours in melee and I play very similar but with dragunov. Not sure if smash players are different or if these are just broad strategies.

[@realspookyhd9878]

Just made it to purple on Leroy. The tools he has seems to be weak all around or a gimmick in 8 though and I think I may need to consider a new character....

[@Ymyeh-lr8wj]

I hit the purple ranks in 4 days too out of the games release. Unfortunately I stayed there... It's really not that hard getting there... its the getting out thats killing me.

[@lagiraffthannoo651]

Smash player: *holds back and blocks* Tekken players: OMGGG!!!

[@dtalg]

I know glazing is unreal!

[@hermankermit-warm1121]

It's literally 1% smash experience 99% being King or are we all now saying you can be in masher yellow ranks and you may as well be in purple, do me a favour let's see Mr block break his own throw mixups and hand him Kazuya so he has to, you know, earn damage rather than being given it for spamming 8 moves.

[@Blubbernugget12345]

@@hermankermit-warm1121dude no reason to be salty, I’m a king player and one of the first things I learned was what each break to my throws was, cause if I notice someone breaking with 1 a lot I switch my grabs to 2 breaks or 1+2 breaks. I get there’s players that abuse their tools but almost all of kings grabs function the same way as other characters, you can tell which break it is from either his hands or his moves before the grabs

[@govegan92]

​@@Blubbernugget12345except for the 3 most important throws

[@CONEYZZ]

​@@hermankermit-warm1121You know they hated Picasso for his art, too