i'm (not) sorry.

[@Driblex1003]

"You were supposed to destroy them not join them!" - Obi-Wan

[@jeffersonpenha]

Bro !!! Perfect

[@akarapongboonrat9338]

😂 Join the King side🎉

[@icecream2150]

That's right come come this side nice side 😂😂

[@guppy9186]

oPhi-wan

[@Kuukeksi]

(Mainless)King

[@xsnowpirate10x]

Ayo you might be on to something

[@akarapongboonrat9338]

Bro im also Mainless King😂 in Tekken 8

[@kronksstronkstonks6360]

"Ive lost, I panicked. I lost composure. I did not follow ANY of the lessons" - Phi, also Me every time I get encouraged to boot up Tekken after watching a Phi video before big dumb button masher brain kicks in and I panic electric til the bills are too expensive.

[@Itsjfell]

@@kronksstronkstonks6360 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Loryuo]

I was the clive and when i saw your name pop up, i was like, "not while i'm still learning how to play tekken properly". ggs

[@ThisIsNotSGHNTZ]

"Still learning" you played well dude

[@TheLighth18]

"PP King" is wild ngl 😂

[@666slateran666]

King is probably the coolest grappler in any fighting game imo. Who doesnt love a dude who only communicates in roars?

[@sstanford1331]

😭😭

[@andreirving779]

@@666slateran666 King never breaks kayfabe, even at funerals.

[@versatilelord8893]

There are many incredibly designed grapplers in fg’s Tekken doesn’t have that many grapplers but the ones we do have are fantastically designed Everyone knows king but Jack and Marduk absolutely deserve some credit here

[@666slateran666]

@versatilelord8893 I'm a Jack main! So I totally get it bro. And I was wishing for Marduk instead of Clive lol

[@levisamom5069]

@@versatilelord8893 Don't forget the most badass looking grappler... armor king who actually plays quite distinctly from king despite sharing some moves

[@Fgeitas1]

PhiDX, this feels like a XMAS present for me! Thank you! Always nice to hear your input, and as a (really bad) King player that just hit Fujin, I cannot be more thankful for this video! Happy Holidays Phi!

[@lonewander6772]

"Imma run away alley kick" All King players.

[@666slateran666]

Alley kicks are awful, any real player only uses them to close out a round

[@KrisDee1981]

And that's what Phi did. It's actually a great round ender.

[@lonewander6772]

@@666slateran666 Tbh most people try to close out a round with a low considering how scary mids are in Tekken. That's how you can bait a low and low parry them for a comeback. Then you go for a mid knowing they will be looking for low round closer. Lows are generally weak and unsafe, like the alley kick. But if you know it will end a round because of that pixel of health you do it. And alley kick is a great example because of the low profile and range of it. DB+3 goes farther, but the slower startup hence reactable property makes it riskier to throw out in that it is almost guaranteed to be low parried.

[@aqueelkadri8371]

18:53 TheJoker PP Raven POV prolly be like: "Ok now I've got this King player really frustrated so I'm just gonna backdash a bit and he's gonna be cautious looking for my unsafe moves which opens my opportunity to do the unblockable.....you can't sidestep it to the left King player. Then we do a single backdash because he's gonna spring kick and we whiff punish it with our power crush and go into heat. Now with +17 we mix him up with a dick jab and then at -5 we do a d4 then backdash to make his retaliation whiff then get back into range and do a low poke into a frame trap. Ngl, i don't really know if its a frame trap but yall should do it anyways cuz it hits sometimes. And now we're gonna wait for the King to whiff his panic hopkick and kill him with the heatsmash. And thats how you play Raven guys. That worked out so well. Thank goodness that King player matched into me during this demonstration"

[@stevencote2012]

Your reactions to other opponents is great, man. Took notes and will definitely try this out. Thank you and happy holidays!

[@tenquestionmark_s]

The thing about king is that he jumps from a difficulty level of 2 to about 8-9 once your opponent has decent anti king.

[@npaz24]

Bullshit, he still have a tone of moves and panic moves to adjust his gameplay

[@BFScoring]

@@npaz24Facts lol, out of every character King is the one character I have absolutely 0 respect for and believe they wouldn’t be able to play other characters well.

[@WessleyJordanian]

Thank you for giving King his recognition

[@yuekanezawa6720]

as a king main since the original tekken (yes I am that old) it's nice to see you play him!

[@yuekanezawa6720]

a few of my go to moves are: 1,2,1, 1+2 , the alley kick into a 1+2, back+4, forward 2+3, hold 2 then sidestep + 4 (this one is the start to a chain grab) .

[@KrisDee1981]

Bro by doing alley kicks for anything else than round ender you basically send the message to your opponent "Please kill me"

[@yuekanezawa6720]

@@KrisDee1981 bro chill lmao I only do the scummy alley kick spam when Im vs my friends lol

[@yuekanezawa6720]

@@KrisDee1981 besides old habits die hard lol did you know how hard it was to be a king player back in tekken 3? lol

[@KrisDee1981]

@@yuekanezawa6720 Yeah I even played King in T1 in Arcades. BTW I didn't mean to upset you. I used to spam alley kicks and db4 myself, but eventually I learned to play him safely.

[@genesishandboards]

Keep em coming! I really enjoy these videos of you playing different chars it's a nice chill vibe!

[@KaviWar7]

21:30 You can nullify Clive's f 1+2 with db 1+2 armor.

[@Mone_M1]

love your content, always will be rooting for you! thank you for giving us so much tekken knowledge this year 🔥🔥🔥

[@JKess-rh6fc]

Blue rank King here, but my general game plan is to bully my opponent with mids to condition them into standing guard, which is ideal for King's throw game. That means a lot of neutral: df1,2 (don't always finish the string), df2,1 (don't always finish the string), hop knee, df3 (catches SS to King's weak side), f4 (this move has 110% accuracy, lol), and crouch jab. Reserve FF*2 for high crushing and long range poke, you don't want to condition the crouch, and you don't want this move to get stale, it's a fantastic tool. On defense, utilize king's high crushing strengths (atlas hammer-high risk but high reward, ff*2, duck>wr 12, duck>fc-f2...etc), armor (b3, and muscle armor, etc.), and CH options (B1, FF*2, and shove, etc.). A well-timed duck into fc-f2 can high crush and result in 70+ dmg combo, with little to no risk. Throws are an obvious strength, so find a playstyle that allows those throws to be "unexpected" or fully capitalize on your plus frames.

[@stopmakingsens3]

I lluv my buff jaguar masked mexican man

[@Da_Mang0_]

even tho im new in tekken and competing on the FGC in general, i have always stayed on the community and looked at fighting games the nerdy frame-MU way in all those years, i have never seen someone explain things as good as you, love ur content!

[@Theophiloz]

Lol, this is so sick. I'm currently learning how to play King as my third character. Thanks, dude!!!

[@pl1mkickstart61]

yo tysm for ur content. I've learned so much from u, helped me a lot climbing and getting better. much love 🤝

[@gd-qh9wj]

we got to see BP coach you next time that sajam chipotle stream was amazing

[@auntyaja]

Honestly, as a King main struggling with leaving blue ranks, watching you struggle at the same stuff that I fail on and lose your composure because of choice paralysis or panic makes me feel way calmer about my gameplay. Cheers for this video, I didn't learn any new tech or combo, but I did learn something more important: Keeping calm and avoiding predictability

[@alejandrorenteria3466]

Been a King player ever since the T1 days. Can honestly say this is the strongest King has ever been in any iteration. But as strong as he is, you still gotta find the openings. Nickel and diming your opponent to death while waiting for the big damage is a tried and true King strat.

[@laku-tikku554]

Ffn2 setups into a frametrap giant swing on regular hit, df1 also works as a frametrap on block with giant swing. Really helps with conditioning if youre not gonna do nothin

[@harpot678]

Against passive players I've done -6 into giant swing (df2). I swear it's almost a real mindgame as well because I feel that Giant Swing has tracking properties so it beats opponents doing sidestep after my move. Or maybe not and I'm just delaying my giant swing slightly, and because I held the F input for a little bit I realigned before the grab came out.

[@thefabledenglishman6000]

df1 is -1 on block. It isn't a frame trap with GS. The biggest issue you run into at high ranks is also people just spamming SSR after every jab or ffn2 or whatever. Nobody ever eats a frame trap like that.

[@harpot678]

@@thefabledenglishman6000 It is a frame trap cuz most good non jab moves are like frame 12 and people try doing those moves if they block something they think is slightly minus.

[@thefabledenglishman6000]

@@harpot678 That is sort of stretching the boundaries of what is considered a frame trap. You can still just jab interrupt. You can argue that df1 creates mental frames due to the mid follow-up, which allows for a throw, but that's kind of it. Tbh, in reality, most better players SSR every time they see df1 in anticipation of a throw.

[@harpot678]

@@thefabledenglishman6000 Nah most players are in Mighty Ruler or below

[@NuclearFrere]

Thank you so much. I've watched every King main's tutorials and guides, but your breakdowns are the best. Sorry for being a King main, though. (i'm really not, i love Wrastlin')

[@MrLGDdestroyer]

For all the king shade you throw, it looked like you had a lot of fun playing king there! 😂Thanks for the vid, ill try to incorporate your lessons into my king strategy!

[@bertojo]

Oooooooh yeah, we're going PLACES now

[@arpadszabo661]

I only dislike King when i’m trying to learn him or when i play against a good king lol. Like, i get it why his damage is so high, because its absolutely not easy to execute and i take that over a modern control Zangief in SF6 killing you by pressing triangle 3 times, but i just can’t help feeling like its bs when a King also deletes my health bar. Learning how to escape the tons of throws he has is literally impossible.

[@8bit_pineapple]

Learning the throw breaks isn't that bad. Gs is a 1 break Crouch dash throws are 50/50 between 1 and 2 Jag step throws are also a guess between 1 and 2 For chain throw multis you alternate between three way guessing 1+2, 2, 1 and just guessing between 1 or 2. Bigger numbers are often better damage i.e. from crouch throws 1+2 leads to more damaging routes than 2 which is more damage than 1. This is just true for cd throws, as they removed a lot of King's throw routes from his other multis and now 1 and 2 are equal. You can hold the break button during multis in T8. Example: King grabs you with a multi - guess 1 or 2 During the multi - guess between 1+2, 2, or 1 (prior bigger numbers) If you take damage guess between 1 or 2 Repeat if it happens to be a multi with more than 3 steps. If King manages to screwdriver you, its because you messed up 5 guesses -- and usually this is because you arnt playing the RPS game All other King throws follow the normal Tekken arm rules. Some multi throw extensions are unbreakable - but that doesn't really effect defence imo.

[@tugsuumovies1999]

The throws he has that breaks the rule of "leading hand tells you the break" is the giant swing and isw (unique anim, similar to a 1+2), and his chain throws(1+2). I guess there's also irish whip and rko, but irish whip is always 1+2, and u cant break rko

[@thefabledenglishman6000]

@@tugsuumovies1999 Irish whip, muscle buster and RKO all have unique animations. The only true mixup is GS and iSW.

[@ScorchedEclipse]

@@thefabledenglishman6000 well his crouch dash 1 and 2 grabs also have a 1+2 animation right? that and i see kings do crouch dash muscle buster too making it a 3 way guess o-o

[@thefabledenglishman6000]

@@ScorchedEclipse Yeah, but watch carefully. King's CD crouch throws have a delayed animation which allows good players to fuzzy guard them. It's not the biggest deal, because you can still just GS or iSW out of crouch dash, but it's the main reason why you used to see Armour King players use crouch dash chain throws in T7 but King players rarely did so. AK's CD chain throws have no delay in their animation.

[@Boostioluciottv]

cant forget the best move THE BACKFLIP!!

[@florre5326]

One very good move is to mask down downback back 1+2 with a wave dash

[@TheKidOfOnions]

Thank you for releasing this on Christmas 🙏💯🙏

[@defmos630]

10:34 Hey man, I thought you were cool.

[@PabelekPL]

I didn't expect to see PhiDX playing King 😂 That was super funny, we need more of it.

[@adrianthomas4163]

yes... YES!! Welcome brother!

[@marioster2]

I’m glad you’re playing him. It’s not easy being a king main

[@skidzzthewiz9226]

It’s pretty easy

[@marioster2]

@ ok.

[@Hyper496]

It's the easiest character only used by brain rot players, look at PhiDX here just spamming throws and heat smash, even a toddler can do that, ewww

[@Ace-of-spade]

@@skidzzthewiz9226😂okay green rank

[@AvatarofHermes]

@@Hyper496yeah that’s why this easiest character always wins at tournam- oh wait he doesn’t

[@PotatoBoi25]

Phi playing King?! What is this, an early Christmas present?

[@Nighthawk112]

"PP Law Episode 1" Merry Christmas Everyone

[@kajetanmiliankovic3183]

for ch df2,1 you dont have to microdash vs male characters (except leroy fsr)

[@mttsgrandfather2812]

Great video. Funny how someone pulls off a move on you and you’re saying great job. They do that to me and I’m yelling why am I so bad.

[@ElVato1984]

🔥🔥🔥

[@justyouraveragesadboi]

The Mainless King,MAINING King

[@TheRedRationalist]

Uh-oh. Phi just drank the King Kool-Aid and had fun doing it. Another a King main inbound.

[@AllSmite]

i do wonder what would be the ideal fightstick Like ball top or bat top and buttons for King play? and as for leverless is it worth playing king on it or just not worth it verse fightstick?

[@robertduerler2226]

Looool that last match

[@dark3rthanshadows]

King is life

[@Warsheep2k6]

either df 343 or just shining wizard/gswing at the wall its not that complicated when you already had a tornado, combo from FF1 is just ff4 or ground throw combo from CH b 1,2 is 1 isw

[@remofalius]

Playing like a green rank with GoD execution, what a wild combo to see

[@PhiDX]

LMFAOOO

[@shinygekkouga52]

In regards to every dropped df2: real, could’ve been me.

[@jamesking7952]

King is really hard to play with at first then becomes easy. You have to have Defense, grab alot with different grabs, and be aggressive with little bit of patience. You also have to use his kicks more with the jabs to open people up for more grabs I do all his grabs mainly multiple continuous grab in one sequence most people don't know how to break it does the most damage

[@renegonzalez8181]

One of the videos that I have enjoyed the most from you. I´ll keep watching this PP King episodes 🤣

[@0kills]

That match vs raven. Thanks for teaching me what not to do with king 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cvonia3745]

King also has the best damage from a low parry since you can just go straight to shining wizard for easy damage

[@KrisDee1981]

45hp is an average low parry combo. Lili can do piss easy 49hp or 54hp if you have good execution. You can also use heat burst, carry it to the wall, and get 65-70 with pretty much every character.

[@nuggetsml]

LMAO phi got inspired after playing the "main swap"" in the sajam chipotle event

[@frankcastle_1984]

Welcome to the zoo, bro! *happy jaguar noises*

[@Avelohn]

I really clicked this video just to see blasphemy on Christmas. King is the bane of my existance

[@adelhamad5185]

yo phi you dont have to micro dash after df2,1 to get the pick up against male characters except leroy and leo(if he counts as male idk), and you can just do isw after lowparry, if you dont know the followup combo, amazing video tho, love seeing you talk about the big guy :D

[@enochexe1620]

@phidx What shelf do you use?😊😊

[@Blobz0r]

Thanks for the awesome videos. Love hearing the thought process and the strengths/weaknesses of each character. Would be awesome to see you do a set or video with Lil Majin to talk about king

[@LegionaryAssassin2277]

He said PP again

[@pjsnyder82]

Great video!

[@HerbalTeabag]

lets goooo 😸

[@prosketch95]

Buff King. He's too honest

[@wuztron]

MY TIME HAS COME

[@memoriesbroken69]

as a wrestling fan i can't play king cus I don't wanna do the optimal shit I wanna do RKOS, Pedigrees, tombstones and chaingrabs and end up osing.

[@chrispabon5491]

Okay so I’m new to tekken I’m a king main in rajin I don’t understand how to connect the shinning wizard after side step jab from the df2,1 combo it always drops for me any tips?

[@andreirving779]

Timing practice in the lab. This is the way.

[@chrispabon5491]

@ I don’t understand why it’s dropping tho like I’ve seen ppl hit it without blue spark but when I side step jab the grab whiffs after like there in a different hit stun or is it a frame thing

[@andreirving779]

@@chrispabon5491 "Instant shining wizard" is what you're looking for, there are some tutorials out there. Grab em & practice...but yes, it is a pain in the arse to get down.

[@KrisDee1981]

I don't have speed for iWR moves so I just do SS 3+4 for easy 67hp, or I go for wall carry.

[@masoo1614]

First, you don't need a sidestep, you need to sidewalk and then do the 2 jab ( it is important, since the sidestep isn't enough for you to realign with the opponent ). Second, you wanna make sure you dashed enough before sidewalking. Third, you can do the slower shining, you don't need the blue spark one...so take it slow and make sure you actually do the shining.

[@MrDyran21]

Also F + 3 is the key to the F F * 2 , 50/50 mixup

[@thefabledenglishman6000]

Not a 50/50. You can step f3 after ffn2 on hit.

[@Ty_J_Maxx]

wahhh im so sad i missed this live

[@Kibzdabibz]

Mainless King ❌️ Mains King ✅️

[@michaelhasatail1450]

King is the man!! I love him haha

[@jonnynotokay2003]

If only we remember we can rage art if we don't know how to do a combo

[@TheRedRationalist]

4>shiningwizard is actually very VERY nice

[@WinterTY]

I like how phi make the PP series to play the chars, but TMM make the how to beat series againts the chars

[@Lynellf]

Grapplers and fighting games...

[@T-kingmayhem]

DF 2,1 only requires micro dash for female characters, Leo and Leroy. Outside of that you can just input the DF 4,3 without a microdash.

[@KrisDee1981]

Also after the tornado, SS 3+4 is easy 67hp for anyone who struggles with execution. On female/small characters d2+3 and d3+4 is guaranteed, right???

[@Itsjfell]

people say king is broken and easy....yet watching you try to get wins with him should make people realize he is not easy to get wins with....

[@andreirving779]

Piloting King is way more technical than people care to admit.

[@Ace-of-spade]

only noobs and who starts playing T8 recently say king is broken yet he is broken and still wondering why we don't have a king player winning EVO or TWT or even king mirror match at any major tournaments!!!

[@Gabi24492]

@@Ace-of-spade people say Alisa is broken and that's pretty universal and you haven't seen tournament success with her either

[@AK-sw1nj]

@@Ace-of-spadewhat kind of stupid argument is this? are you joking?😂😂😂

[@NahNah-et1ej]

Bro Fergus got TGS with King using special style only.

[@ArcaneDime]

KING IS THE GOAT 🗣🗣🗣

[@No__feelings]

Pp casually doing the df2 side step instant SW pisses me off lol like hate king all you want that shit hard af 😂

[@nathan24-_-2]

i really hope he's a DS3 fan cuz MainlessKing is both hilarious and great

[@Cooke45]

I've been playing "King" since Tekken 1. Started with "Paul", moved to "Nina" and then ended up with "King". I don't like how easy his throws are in Tekken 8. There are too many "King" players these days 😊. GG.

[@bahamatwinllamas]

We need a Phi Plays Shaheen video. Not a lot of guides out there for Shaheen players.

[@wolfie6096]

I badly wanna see Phi play Paul. It would be interesting to see on what Phi would think of Paul when he plays him in Tekken 8.

[@RyuOuDonte221]

Also fun fact jaguar sprint cancel is safer then what people think

[@elzyanhadji7331]

NOOO PhiDi . . . don't give them such good advice🤣

[@awmannnRAMEN]

Hey where is the mod to show how much health each player have numerically? Thanks in advance.

[@OffMeta-Gaming]

PhiDx seen that video of that king losing to jin's punish

[@mikepuffer2635]

okay phi im sorry. I get that you do a guide for a character you are not 100% familar with and that you are still learning. But once you mention ffn2 you need to talk about ffn1+2 aswell since shove is actually one of kings top 5 moves and is in direct proximity to ffn2. Buffering grabs into muscle armor aswell plus some cheeky rules of thumb like "use your knees and elbows as a way to call out sabaki characters." Sidestep hopkick is also very very crucial. Most other stuff is not as liniar though so i can see why you refrain from talking setups much. + it makes sense that you dont know everything. We can for another episode for sure get a specialist like chenzho federer or sol naciente in. Great guys always ready to help. Rip legends that gave up the game, like dropkick_andy, the man that taught me isw in T7. AK tv is also the nr 1 combo artist for King.

[@FieryAnubis]

I love King. I love Armor King. Since T1. And I don't care about the haters. It just feels good.

[@Thejoker5629]

Yo that raven was me if he was hitting his combos he definitely would’ve ended me

[@sahantastic]

Phidx joins the gang guys😎

[@GalacticFGC]

PP KING

[@hydrowolf363]

I love PP especially with KIng my main.

[@9janime]

Kings heat smash is so oppressive you have to rip it before the timer runs out or its a massive waste

[@KrisDee1981]

I don't understand why this BS still does 60hp. Should be nerfed to 50hp like most HS are.

[@itzdcx]

Jun is Predicable

[@GabeReim]

PP KING!!!

[@GaraOsmanEx]

abahhabahgaaggaha 18:51

[@TuffCatDad]

Shoutouts to the PP KING 💪👑

[@misantrope6267]

I watch way more tekken than I play, so as a watcher I really love seeing every single character being played, I just don't want to see them OVERPLAYED, I wanna see lots of different matchups

[@Voxoono]

im usually not a fan of smurfing for educational purposes but at least i learned something! =)

[@AFrogNamedAtlas]

punish powercrush mids with throws, especially on king