Hwoarang Full Starter Guide

My attempt to make a guide for Hwoarang. Hope you guys enjoy it & find it to be useful. Unfortunately I couldn’t break every detail down however this should be more than enough to help you guys get started with this character.
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00:00 Intro
01:21 Announcements & Disclaimers
03:48 Notations & Binds
09:33 Gameplan
11:55 Stances
16:08 Key Moves
42:34 Bad Hwo Habits/ Rant
52:04 Punishment
1:01:17 Pressure
• A proper beginner guid...
1:06:49 Combos
1:19:05 Wall Enders
1:21:59 Outro

[@LeN752]

LFF = pokes and RFF = aggresive is a good way of looking at it since it made it less overwhelming for me to learn his moveset better since I can divide it into those sections. very nice!

[@swankygamez69420]

Glad it helped out.

[@Humanwall123]

I got popcorn and I'm putting this on the home theater screen

[@swankygamez69420]

Have a great time

[@KaizikuM]

Haven't played Hwo since he was Baek. Started two days ago, and this is one of the best guides. F34 f3~4 has been bugging me because you're the only one that explained how to do it. The notations don't look the same on a lot of guides, really love this vid.

[@swankygamez69420]

Glad it helped. Thank you

[@siya3625]

My Hwoarang journey begins. Thank you ❤

[@swankygamez69420]

Good luck

[@dayji.]

Thank you for putting time into making this, been wanting to improve with hwo more

[@swankygamez69420]

No problem, I hope it helps you out

[@Nesoyu]

Hey i just wanted to stop by and say thanks for these videos youve been putting out. Its a great insight into the character and i hope to continue seeing your channel grow!

[@swankygamez69420]

Thanks, I appreciate it

[@alecrambles3259]

Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for the videos bro… I really wanted to get good with this character since I haven’t played since tekken 3… I’m always looking for people to play with

[@swankygamez69420]

Me too, please feel free to join the Discord I’d love to fight ya

[@yeahno555]

This dude's videos are criminally under-watched for how much information he dumps into them. I have a Google doc that is just transcribing every move he mentions. I'm at 4 and a half pages, I'm not even halfway through the punishment section.

[@swankygamez69420]

Thanks for appreciate it. Hope it helped

[@yeahno555]

​@@swankygamez69420 Bruh, if I'mma be honest I didn't even take notes in school. That's how easily this information was digested. You're a life-saver.

[@swankygamez69420]

@@yeahno555 thanks man. I appreciate it

[@ayanlemohamed5060]

Are you able to link it? Would love to see it.

[@swankygamez69420]

@@ayanlemohamed5060 link what exactly??

[@b1llc0llect0r3]

#1 whiff punisher is definitely DF21 with the bears. Range is insane

[@IXIKAYAKOxSAEKIIXI]

Hwoarang doesn’t have a low or grab from crouch dash so it’s less of a threat. King has one too, but he has grabs to go for

[@swankygamez69420]

Right, but you can apply those from crouch dash by canceling it, it’s hard but do-able but I get what you mean it can be a little unthreatening

[@expelectrik]

thanks

[@swankygamez69420]

No problem, thank you for watching n hope it helped

[@jaerin18.2]

15:40 took me a second to get that gem.

[@swankygamez69420]

Glad you got it, XD

[@XxalmanzorxX]

Love When b3 and backlash was launchers un T7

[@swankygamez69420]

Yeah I miss backlash being a launcher but it is what it is… I think I’d have been okay with a guaranteed follow-up on hit & a CH launcher. But that may have been too much, lol

[@XxalmanzorxX]

How do you punish a low parry with a consistent combo? I found a 43 damage combo but I'm not completely conform with it.

[@swankygamez69420]

You’re talking about a low parry combo for Hwo right? One I’ve found easy is u3, 2, F3, Uf3+4 ,4,4,3. I’ll be putting that in my full guide if that makes things easier for you.

[@coolguy101084]

Thanks for the guide. I’m grinding in red ranks 😂

[@swankygamez69420]

Keep at it, Red ranks is nothing to sneeze at

[@XxalmanzorxX]

After the Hunting Hawk I found easier whe the third hit doesn't connect jus do b4 as the last hit.

[@swankygamez69420]

If that works for you that’s perfectly fine, I’m pretty sure they do the same damage regardless. I prefer uf3 cuz it leaves them at my feet so I can apply pressure when they’re trying to get up.

[@jaerin18.2]

Hey swanky ive been really curious about steve fox and lee so if you could make a video like this for them that would be great thanks.

[@swankygamez69420]

I’m thinking about doing something for Lee but idk Steve yet I’ll see what I can do

[@binacake7467]

You should do custom lobbies on stream it would be helpful fighting more experienced players like you

[@swankygamez69420]

That’s what the Discord is for. I can do recordings or streams if everyone is okay with that which I think would be a lot of fun

[@binacake7467]

@@swankygamez69420 That would be awesome, is there a link to the discord somewhere the one in the description is expired

[@swankygamez69420]

@@binacake7467 thanks for letting me know, I just updated it so it should take you there now

[@GalvaGunn]

I've noticed something strange with Hwoarang, if I do 2f3 from standing, it's a true string, but if I dash up and do 2f3, the opponent is able to block. Anyone know why that is?

[@swankygamez69420]

I never noticed that before, lemme test that & get back to you.

[@CheMalik]

I can't for the life of me figure out how to drag uf 3+4. The opponent always falls to the ground before the 2nd 3+4 comes out. How do I fix this?

[@swankygamez69420]

Honestly you gotta practice,,, are you holding f, so itd be uf3+4f??? If speed isn’t an issue it could be the combo you’re trying to do is too long they may be going out of range

[@babayaga9805]

How to do labs with opponent character?

[@swankygamez69420]

You gotta find the move or moves you opponent likes to use & find its frames, if it’s Step-able and try to work around it. Some moves are still safe but generally take away a turn so you can learn to take advantage of the situation.

[@Sven_j]

What rank are you with hwoarang

[@swankygamez69420]

Right now just Fujin, I might be able to go further but I haven’t tried yet. Basically from there I feel I have to learn the match ups to progress easier

[@Sven_j]

Do you have any tips for landing backlash after just frame sky rocket (jfsr) I can land it quite alot but there's still alot of times my backlash doesn't come out quick enough due to the delay before going into right foot stance after launching them with jfsr

[@swankygamez69420]

@@Sven_j you just gotta relax. You might be trying to press too soon

[@Sven_j]

@@swankygamez69420 I believe its actually the opposite from what I've trial and errored. The correct way to pull it off consistently is animation cancelling ur right foot forward stance with backlash immediately before letting your stance switch fully animate if that makes sense

[@swankygamez69420]

@@Sven_j maybe. I’ve done it so long I don’t think about it but it’s hard at first regardless. Just don’t try to take on too much at once, if it’s difficult just have your current combo handy n just practice between matches n what not

[@Humanwall123]

I cannot for the life of me perform the 3+4, 3~4 during a combo. It's impossible

[@swankygamez69420]

You just gotta practice, if you’re still newer it might be too much for now, just focus on learning the character & what you can do for now

[@DevaughnEC03]

Are you missing the kick all together or are you unable to perform the backlash ?(rff-3~4) try tapping f, f+3+4 to close the gap while shifting into stance. If the attack is missing.

[@swankygamez69420]

@@DevaughnEC03 what he said

[@Humanwall123]

​@@DevaughnEC03 So whenever I attempt it i just shift stance and then shift back no matter how much i try to "piano" the 3~4. I can do it fine while standing still (eg. after a jfsr) but never while moving forward. Guess i'll keep trying @swankygamez69420

[@fillfreire2169]

17:34

[@swankygamez69420]

What about it?

[@DDHDTV]

while this is a good guide, it's a bit too much for me as a beginner. personally I'd love if this was a progressive tutorial. starting with really only the most imporant things for beginners and then have a 2nd video or chapters for bringing it to the next level and then a 3rd for advanvced players

[@swankygamez69420]

You’re supposed to watch n try n learn some now, n come back n learn more later. It’s a full starter guide, I have other guides where some of these are more broken up like a tutorial for beginner combos, another for HEAT, etc. Just gotta look bud

[@DDHDTV]

@@swankygamez69420 good take, will come back later! just hard to filter what i should remember first :D

[@swankygamez69420]

@@DDHDTV punishment is always a solid start imo… defense is always difficult but if you do manage to block something it might be nice to get in some damage while your at it

[@PhajEsTeeb]

The move hwoarang noobs I see abuse most is LFF 4444

[@swankygamez69420]

A reason I pointed it out, if you see them use it duck it & launch them for it. Get them to stop

[@TevenOG]

no disrespect but i still wanna ask, why should we listen to you? are you a high level hwoarang player?

[@swankygamez69420]

Well then don’t,,, go watch someone else.

[@TevenOG]

@@swankygamez69420 i just wanted to ask💀

[@TevenOG]

@@swankygamez69420 i still learned smth from your video

[@swankygamez69420]

I mean I’m only a fujin who wants to help newer players out, rank doesn’t mean everything but it doesn’t mean nothing, I have the knowledge, I personally just suck. But if you don’t think that’s enough then it’s not. It just is what it is

[@TevenOG]

@@swankygamez69420 well i think its enough