Lil Majin VS Tekken 8

[@AfroSenju]

Had to fix something if you saw this video when it first dropped. We're good now!

[@smokeintokyo7432]

We know what you are.

[@TheNommerz]

You took it down when I was half way through lmao I didn't even realize the audio and cam were messed up

[@jatryas]

i thought i was trippin

[@dariustheghost]

I ended up watching the whole thing

[@Crazyfayze]

Yo check out Rise of the Ronin, they got multiple videos explaining BTS and combat.

[@MitchJustChill]

Lil majin the man who Suplex'd the gods of tekken. The small story behind how he did all that is so crazy. King always had a following. He is a all time favorite grappler of anyone who has ever heard of him. Problem with that, he isnt that great. High play tekken people are gonna know the breaks and King is on the slower side when it comes to most characters in tekken. People still loved him so when a Man went the distance with a fan favorite. He became a legend in many eye's of the FGC.

[@Wendy-rm8yn]

🤓☝

[@bumblorsanchez8982]

With how invested in tekken Afro is getting, it’s great that he’s checking out this run from majin. He’s also a creator if Afro wants to bring on someone else for training other than lotus

[@DrezzyEFTP]

Me and lil majin went to the same high school, ive been saying comments here and there on almost every afro tekken video, but i think my comments get blocked

[@mclovinx6264]

@@Wendy-rm8yn you didn't have to do him like that 😂 , the comment was full of passion.

[@MitchJustChill]

@@mclovinx6264 Man got his IP address in his name Wendy-Rm20w9e9392. I'm chilling.

[@CorockDragneel]

The story of Lil Majin: -Goes in Bae-cation - Shows his Girlfriend EVO - Gets 3rd place playing King in Tekken 7 - Refuse to elaborate

[@Dinodude21]

Goat?

[@FahmiZFX]

@@Dinodude21 Undisputed.

[@ichibi87]

The people's champ

[@Dubulcle]

​@@FahmiZFX Cap

[@Kingmain707]

​@@DubulcleTechnically, He's just there and didn't prepare or analyze Quidans and the other Korean former champions current playstyle since his just there for vacation. But hey, He still manage to reach top 3

[@peepss2616]

The fact lil Majin was just there because he was on a vacation with his GF in Vegas and the date and time just coincidentally gave him the opportunity to compete in EVO, then he made history.

[@MrKami123456]

😂😂😂 proof or your full of it

[@derroz]

@@MrKami123456all you gotta do is look up all the videos about that EVO event and you can fact check that…

[@GeoNidas117]

@@MrKami123456it’s true Lil Majin states it himself in one of the videos Afro was talking about basically describing how he picked up a character that yiu don’t see much in EVO especially at a time when Korea was owning Tekken

[@Mastermonkay]

​@@MrKami123456 how do you not know the lore🤣🤣

[@mamamia5905]

@@MrKami123456Lil Majin has talked about this before. It’s what makes it even more impressive that he made it so far.

[@RoyJrthe2nd]

Lil Majin's fight against JDCR in Evo 2018 is probably one of the greatest Tekken sets of all time.

[@reheatedpizza7292]

He’s the goat to me for not having to wear headphones either. People that can play high level with everyone screaming behind them are nuts.

[@Psykotik_]

LOOK AT THE TIME!!!! LOOK AT IT!!!

[@bayurhegiana6969]

"Took off the headset!"

[@stroodlepup]

It's almost 37 level

[@danielmwaura9]

2:20 The differrence is that higher level players are better at masking the grabs and making them more unexpected. Mindlessly spamming grabs at higher ranks won't work, unlike in lower ranks.

[@orizach01]

also king has a literal 50/50 grab mixup from his crouch dash as seen in that clip, where the same 1+2 animation plays but it's actually a 1 or a 2 break, you just have to guess

[@KyeCreates]

Actually, spamming grabs does work for all characters at high ranks. At the very least you have a free 50/50 for 40 DMG and no punish with a positioning of your choice. If you are even a little good, you can mix all of this up with mids and various other things to make people freeze up for even more grabs.

[@MistWarrior8633]

keep in mind he was going against all Korean top players and Korea was dominating the scene in Tekken until Arslan Ash showed up. But during that year and all time before that, you rarely see an American player reaches top 8 in Tekken. That is why Lil Majin is a legend.

[@steviegreenthumb4720]

So a lot of how lil majin and high level king players make those grabs land is by treating them like a straight mix up, with the command grabs, they all require a very specific break, but also he doesn't do the obvious things in a lot of cases, eg, everyone expects the shining wizard (running knee) grab when you sprint up to them, so he would spend time in earlier rounds conditioning them to certain responses, then hit em with the grab mix ups to catch them off guard and hide what specific grab he could be doing if that makes sense. King has some really cool mind games he can play with.

[@Ulquiorra105]

Also, from my understanding, King is a very high risk high reward character, and so when you're at a major tournament you just gotta go all in with King, you can't play it safe, and Lil Majin went deep into his "bag of tricks".

[@KyeCreates]

​@@Ulquiorra105idk, a lot of his tools are very safe and provide crazy pressure.

[@justaliljello5198]

@@KyeCreates King has a whole bunch of tools now he didnt have at the time of that evo tbf.

[@tdm-ty]

Unlike most characters King’s throws have multiple options from the starting throw. That’s why they can’t tech cause they can’t guess right.

[@MasterChief-md1qm]

Basic grabs are more likely too work at lower rank to mid rank. Higher rank it’s more of catching your opponent off guard

[@JDWalker495]

The flashbacks in this arc go crazy We get to see the top tiers in the verse

[@kingvinny6805]

7:17 "Look at the time, Look at the time. LOOK AAAAAT IIIIITTT!!!" I need to set that as my Alarm.

[@odd02]

JDCR is a legend

[@dariustheghost]

3:10 The way how Lil Majin plays with his controller is very unique to me.

[@ikurryi]

Had me go back an look but yea that’s a pro stance forsure

[@Negate_Logic]

He's a claw style master.

[@ZeOnexify]

Every Tekken player pad players play like that, they have to press two buttons at the same time

[@youcallmejr4683]

Lol, its the most common way players play on pad controllers.

[@rugrat2396]

Holy shit I just realized I hold it similar I don’t have to have it on my lap though, I put the end of the right handle in between my thumb and palm

[@JustDextin]

Alright Afro, the blue spark grabs are from two specific king throws. Forward-Half-circle-forward 1 or 2. Or simply just forward-back-down-forward. If you do the input very quickly the blue effect at 20:04 shows up. With blue spark, the grab does more damage and has a smaller tech window. (And gets a cool cinematic camera!)

[@RenardtheFoxx100]

You can also get the blue spark from his muscle buster ( down, down -back, back + 1+2) and his Tomahawk throw ( forward, forward, forward + 2+4). Have to input them very fast to get them.

[@tugsuumovies1999]

@@RenardtheFoxx100idk what u guys are talking about lmao, his giant swing tijuana twister blue sparks need to have a clean input, and muscle buster don’t have blue sparks yall

[@0testamony]

Afro is gonna have a meltdown tryna decipher this lmao

[@DanielGonzalez-xo4vs]

Lil Majin the once reigning *King of NA (*Main King and Iron King). Now chilling in streams and KZbin. Competitive Tekken players still use Lil Majin Kings play style as a good reference in the fighting scene. Glad you found this hype compilation. Truly a great part of Tekken history.

[@celestialparrot1]

TheMainManSWE recently released a video on fighting King that does a good job explaining why reliably escaping all his throws is a pretty tall order, and not even the best Tekken players will be able to do it if the King really knows what they're doing. TLDR, King has several throws that require different inputs to escape, but some have the exact same animation and are total 50/50's. So banking on being able to tech King throws reliably against the right King is essentially just gambling your life away

[@matrinezkevin11492]

Yeah I always get bodied expecting giant swing and instead I eat a Tijuana twister. I can only imagine how much harder it is when playing against a master at King like Majin

[@PKLO9727]

King’s ground grabs and ground slams are CRACKED! It looks like you got to play King like a WWE Champion than just a pure grappler 😂

[@darwil3317]

that’s his bread and butter, kings grabs are important because that’s his shtick. but running just neutral and having better timing to get these moves off is pivotal.

[@danielmwaura9]

14:17 Grabs are actually stronger in 8 than they were in 7. It's probably just because you were watching the Tekken 7 highlights, so it seemed like the grabs were happening more often.

[@BirdmanDeuce26]

I read on Majin's own video comments section that people think(feel) the throws are busted because the game (so far) encourages rushdown, so people keep repeatedly walking into throws in the middle of trying to maximize their combo; that true in your experience?

[@dbarthecoo]

stronger, but everybody this game automatically knows to duck any grab. only way to really get them off this game once you reach anything above green rank is off counters or while someone is mashing. I've masked them, switched up to low dropkick off heat they somehow know to block then duck the grab still next time. super fast reaction. lol

[@thetrickster4899]

​@@BirdmanDeuce26 not in the middle of a combo. It's the counter hit that's harder to break. When people are rushing down, a ch grab becomes really hard to react to.

[@thememelords9491]

@@thetrickster4899 a counter hit grab's break isnt reactable 10-12 frames for the throw itself, counter hit throw break is like 10 frames, 20~ frames total king's blue spark throws on counter hit are 17 frames, mega unreactable

[@tchanthaphaeng]

My waitress at the Chinese Restaurant: How was your food? Me: 6:04

[@fattflubberfat]

Lil majin has 25 years of tekken knowledge bro dominated his local scene for years

[@iZoneoTT]

Lil Majin is someone I've been watching for a couple years and i don't even play tekken like that. Dude is a monster on the sticks and has a good personality

[@PiccoloNamexio]

"this geese guy seems pretty boring" Oh no... No no no, he's the coolest 2D fighter ever

[@ShaggyBlack]

Dawg I’m so glad you going back and watching EVO clips. It’s a beautiful thing man I’m so hyped for you Afro

[@jeffreyjohnson3179]

The man the myth, the KING, lil Majin is forever goated

[@Ekim2F94]

Lmaoo this HAS to be a series Afro its so funny seeing your reactions to these legendary vids glad you got the bug.

[@dswizzle2457]

Afro keep it up man proud of the Tekken growth you’re goin through Brrother. Keep goin everyday you’re improving your skills even if sometimes it doesn’t feel like it 💯🔥🔥🔥

[@abnormalegor5500]

Can I just say how awesome it is to see you upload again? This channel gives me something to look forward to when the brain's doing backflips on the regular. Seeing how passionate you are about improving and growing as not just a Tekken Player but, content creator in general (streaming on YT, movie length videos), its truly inspiring. Proud of you, dude. Much love to the SenjuGang.

[@yamulaw4660]

Your learning from one of the best to do it in tekken, he is more amped to utilize grabs when he can so they are not telegraphed. lil majin definitely learns the character he matches up with so the counters/techs are there. That and most people are readable. Afro you got this mane, patience and timing, then execute.

[@MrFLYIN22]

grabs definitely have their own mind game with king. his grabs break the rules of: left hand forward is 1 break, right hand forward is 2 break. He can mixup depending on how King sees you break, making his throws a consistent threat. And he has a crouch throw so you cant just duck. his throws are his counterplay

[@Em0tEddY13]

5:13 "why the dragunov" meanwhile man doesnt realize its THE JDCR XD

[@keithlaurendinejr.1255]

Yoooo Lil Majin x Afro! This is insane!!

[@ArtistRei]

11:59 The Blue Spark that LilMajin was talking about refers to a frame perfect grab that is harder to tech (break) and deals more damage, same concept with Electric Wind God Fist (EWGF) that Mishimas use that are super powerful but are hard to execute in matches.

[@Initial__Z]

I been watching lil majin lately funny u checked him out. I don’t play tekken but watching and learning how to be strategic and combination and timing range. Shows u wanna get respect bro.

[@cainhurst17]

Lil Majin moment was the hypest ever

[@Wikidsik]

man watching these really makes we want to get back into fighting games, already debating buying tekken 8.

[@dimitrijetomic6054]

Imma have to admit im loving the tekken arc. Keep it up afro

[@Swayz3696]

Bro Lil Majin is so dope man, I love watching his fights and clips, he is my favorite easily.

[@luigidude1000]

King and Steve, man those characters bring me back to when i was first playing tekken, they fr are my favorite characters and always will be, just keep practicing man, its worth it

[@anyanythingthing]

Hell yea I'm so glad Afro, lookin up Lil Majin clips

[@bbcmeatwad9097]

You a real one for this Majin the King 🐐

[@ab2tall]

Lil_majin is a legend. Super cool, super chill, super humble dude. And he's a boss at Tekken. 2018 EVO was so hype, the cheers were insane

[@Vagabond_Shinobi]

Your enthusiasm to learn tekken is not only genuine and honest content that gives me joy but its also hype as fuck because its a fighting game im locked in

[@infinitygauntlet101]

You can tell at 4:38 that Noroma is having fun and acknowledging Majin as a great player with that smile.

[@toXXic501]

talking bad on shinblade at the end is crazy talk lol

[@BlackFighterz]

I would in general gather more Tekken knowledge before trying to compare between 7 and 8. King is extremely rare in tournaments so the reason lil majin is landing these throws is because he is mixing them up well by staying unpredictable, not the character. Thats not somebody every player can do at that level.

[@moyasuFGC]

Majin vs Jesandy was amazing to watch, the 2 best kings in the world. Phildx did a great breakdown of the match

[@EzioZ]

Facts

[@VirgoDurai]

Man you hip to Majin now I’m excited!

[@kazkilla1]

What you saw in Tekken 7 evo were highlights, in reality he’s not grabbing that much & when his is is likely getting teched. The throws are used more a a mixup to set up other stuff, then when they focus on that they get hit by the grabs

[@rickywilson8862]

My Boi calling the Avengers

[@tranquilk5912]

2:13 you're right.....can you smell what lil majin is cooking 😂😂

[@Aarameshi]

Ohhhh hell yea this is dope, ever since i started watching tekken 8 videos i started seeing lil majin vids in my feed ive seen clips of his tekken 7 evo matches and a few tekken 8 matches.

[@demetersyx3042]

When a king fights a steve it's like dante vs. virgil from DMC

[@Ekim2F94]

Yes. Yes Lil Majin absolutely put King on the map and inspired many such as myself to get good at tekken and main Armor King! To this day many including myself believe he is the best king in the world despite his hiatus. Truly an American Tekken hero whos return we all cant wait to see in T8! You gotta get a video with him Afro! 💪🏽 would be legendary brother.

[@camodeano3003]

It’s not fair that he just has access to to all of the GOATS of Tekken lmfao he needs to struggle through the ranks like us little guys 😂

[@sunsaintapollo11]

ngl using TEKKEN to get good at fighting games is masochistic asl. Thats like learning how to cook by working at a 5 star restaraunt

[@tranquilk5912]

4:28 this is why in your previous videos I kept saying never count yourself or your opponent until you either see perfect, KO, you win or you lose..... because stuff like this...... COMEBACK

[@crossover0909]

This tekken series is too good man

[@fhedrickcaoili]

afro goin on this training arc while rdc playing duck games on stream😂😂😂

[@Jayshonj99]

Afro you’ve been doing good, it’s hard to get into but man is it addicting

[@ShikiRyougi05]

To answer yout question regarding if grabs in T8 are worse than in T7: Throws are actually significantly stronger in 8 due to counter hit throws and the different throw break windows. But they are still reactable and once you get into those blue ranks most people will tech most of them, which is why majin is not using them as much.

[@Toanon]

I gotta say I hope Afro decides to play the story mode so he can lose his shit at the final battle

[@theanonymousfanatic]

Lil Majins evo run was the reason I'm a King main, literally made me fall in love with the character

[@ruimonteiro6070]

Everyone who started playing Tekken after 7 has seen this video, including me. And at least for me a whole new world opened up after this video and at least I found out the Hype of Tekken tournaments and pretty much instantly I became Lil Majin's fan.

[@anasmartian2587]

These Tekken thumbnails going craaazyy

[@briangreengrass2244]

i watched this fucking live and as a soul caliber player originally i was immediately sold on tekken 7 after this haha

[@tranquilk5912]

19:35 yeah that wall combo is very effective and works best if you punish/carry to the wall to complete the string

[@sounghungi]

2:20 King has grab mix ups. Characters like Dragunov have a 1, 2, and a 1+2 break which is the same for King but King has moves where the animation is completely independent of the break button. The cues that tell high level players what break it is is often the movement before the grab, for example, running and grabbing is going to be shining wizard which is a 1+2 break. But King can also do a true mix up with his crouch dash grab. The crouch dash grab can either be done with 1+3 or 2+4 and depending on which button combo is pressed it's either a 1 or a 2 break. The animation is complete identical though. 14:30 Grabs are actually better in 8 because they can counter hit moves and if they do the break windows is like 8 frames. Also blue spark is when you input a frame perfect move on certain moves. Dragunov has a couple and you've done them before with crouch DF+1, 3. They usually give more damage but I guess with King the break windows is shorter.

[@Jurico_Noes]

Yo afro Geese is a Character from King of Fighters a fairly popular 2D fighter and at that time and in general for Tekken 7 he is considered a top tier character up there with Akuma so yeah these 2D projectile throwers were good but Tekken Gods beat those 2D characters

[@Shawn-lr6hn]

Yooo it looks like Afro is losing mad weight! Good stuff brother!

[@Afro_Blue]

excited for a king arc, hes the peoples champ. just wanna see you feel the character out and check out his move list

[@DrezzyEFTP]

Finally lil majin, and i commented on almost every tekken video about lil majin

[@geb230]

Been a fan of majin ever since I saw his fights @ evo. Then found he has KZbin to only become a bigger fan. My guy is humble and just a goat

[@thetrickster4899]

No real levels to it. Just that there are grab mixups that are more ambiguous than others. You're watching highlights so of course you won't see all the throws being teched, but if you watch the entire tournament, throws are being teched way more than they work. King's grabs aren't hard to do in low ranks, but the higher you go, the techs happen more so you'll need to mask them behind plus frames and setups. One of King's most important throw mixup is hidden behind an hcf input f,hcf+1/2 (Giant Swing/Tijuana Twister) and is easier to use buffered behind a jab or df1 or a down jab, but if you have good execution, you can also do an ambiguous mixup between shining wizard and giant swing.

[@SheepChamp]

"dont want to sound ignorant" Nah man, thats how you learn in fighting games. Asking questions is the best way to learn.

[@JLMAN47]

I need to see afro react to a top Mishima player. New to Tekken myself and when I saw Ulsan wave dashes, electrics and spacing it was crazy to watch.

[@kazkilla1]

The “poke combos” are just to maximise distance and get to a wall so they can do a wall combo and then pressure at the wall.

[@00Clank]

He wasn't playing against a random Steve, ShinBlade is THE Steve, so it wouldn't be a foregone conclusion on who wins that especially with the game so fresh. Wish you luck on trying out King and maybe Steve. You understand enough of how to move and how the game feels that trying out characters now gives you a much better idea of if you'd like how they play versus deciding purely on aesthetics.

[@Legacy51718]

He going crazy on 8 bro

[@Mrgraduation]

No matter who you main Afro Im in your corner 💯

[@T_o_n_i]

Maaan reacting to those evo highlights again got me hyped. Afro I gotta thank you heavily for watching this guy go ham in evo, this shit literally my childhood 😂😂

[@crippledextraterrestrial]

King's grabs are unique like Lotus told you before, when people tell you that your grabs will get teched at high level, it's because when you do the grabs by spamming Ki charge, the routes it takes you are very basic and basically everyone at high level knows how to tech them. But when you know King in and out, you can switch between grabs, so when someone might expect you to continue onto a 1 break grab, you can swap to a 2 break, and then back to a 1 break etc.

[@Beamken]

When you see him spamming one move and then grab it’s to condition them to hold block instead of mashing and teching the grab by accident, if they’re slow enough by the time the grab happens they’re still holding back

[@OK-JAI]

Grabs aren’t hard to tech, it’s 50/50 i push a button to get a certain grab, and u have to guess what button I’m pushing and push the correct button to beat it, new button to every level of the chain grab

[@OK-JAI]

And with him grabbing less in 8, it depends on the character he plays and position, he was playing lee, lee has probably the best neutral in the game, so if he was to end the combos with grabs it would put them neutral and that’s kind of a risk against good lee, so he did smaller combos for guaranteed mixup afterwords, like when he lost to the lee and he said “I had to guess all that” was because lee puts u in pure 50/50s

[@user-kun2147]

Majin vs. JDCR changed my life forever. That was the hypest set I have ever seen and it was the primary reason why I took an interest in fighting games (Aside from Moment 37)

[@ziforyu]

the challenge on the high tier gameplay is that they're so good at reacting that you HAVE to hide your grabs and make sure that your enemies cant see it coming. LilMajin showed the world that properly hiding your grabs with your attacks will make it possible that you can even grab the gods of tekken

[@TehCorebear]

Grabs are BETTER in 8 than in 7. The reason he doesnt go for as many grabs is because at high level people are looking for them. Much more ducking which means he can threaten mids more to condition them for the eventual grab or two. At lower ranks not only do they not look for grabs they dont tech them as well so you can be more grab spammy.

[@joshjones9749]

Lee is cracked as hell too lol. Very complex but an absolute goon when mastered.

[@fearbreazy5558]

Watching majin make it to top 8 is truly inspiring, I always thought king looked cool but after watching majin slam people and pop off, I became a fan of king im not good at him but the hype I feel watching him chain slam someone is the reason I love games like this

[@tranquilk5912]

2:31 yes we are sure. What we mean is when you were using king on that chain grab people could tech them. Playing king you NEED to be smart, just like Doto when he uses king and pulls a 1 2 string into a grab you need to do stuff like that. Just as you mix up with highs and lows pokes, it's not always grabbing with king.

[@pixeleyes4891]

Wow the direct comparison from tekken 7 to 8 is crazy

[@tranquilk5912]

King was an S tier type of character for a long time, but I personally would say yes, putting king on the map was majin because before that you would mostly see some Bryan's in tournaments but not many king players

[@S_Scaling]

Majins face is amazing

[@mrpotato8707]

haven't watched the channel in awhile but bro has been working out he looking good.

[@youngfargo8099]

afro don’t let no youtuber or anybody bully you on how to play tekken. I always believed that you should take something, make it your own and see how far you take characters because everyone’s ceiling is different. Who knows ? maybe you could exceed where lil majin couldn’t ?

[@thorrezz9778]

Lil Majin 2018 Evo run is one of the best runs imo. The Fights the crowd and commentators. Everything about this run was just exceptional

[@roblucci2366]

Grabbing at that level is high risk The players can anticipate them and punish you.

[@darwil3317]

Best advice i can give you afro is utilize practice and replays. You have so much potential honestly I would keep playing both drag and king and peep all their moves little by little. neutral pokes into setups make this game. movement as well as course.

[@moyasuFGC]

Jesandy is the best king in the world right now, he beat majin multiple times. Also, kings grabs are his 50/50s, some of his throws have Identical start up animations but different breaks.

[@BoopaKing]

King primarily uses frame setups to get throws, but being too throw happy will cause your opponent to duck so they can sidestep the always terrifying 3-way mix of getting grabbed by King. So the way you get throws is ironically enough not going for throws until your opponent forgets how dangerous they are.

[@tranquilk5912]

3:45 if you didn't know, lil majin pulled a king you win outro from previous Tekken games

[@ImJustGeoffrey]

2:20 he got hit with an unbreakable grab, when the grab flashes purple its unbreakable