Tekken 7 Guide: Kuma & Panda

[@Merlin_tk]

The character's I've forever wanted to pick up, but always dropped because of lack of helpful information. This definitely solves that. You really did a good job on this. Edit: And Dennis too!

[@FrameWhisperer]

Thanks a lot mate. Kuma deserves to be played!

[@Merlin_tk]

No party like a BEAR PARTY!

[@bugglemagnum6213]

I've been spamming b2 for hours

[@Mattimaro]

0:49 Introduction - Character Overview 3:07 Block Punishment 10:17 Top Moves 30:57 Lows 36:44 Hunting Stance 49:05 "Rock'n Roll" Throw 49:33 Combos 56:57 Wall Combos

[@mirjamheijn5214]

how is this not top comment?

[@gustadood9166]

This needs to be top comment!

[@L_O_V_E_L_A_I_N]

Minor corrections and stuff here and there: Kuma has an i11 block punish from standing - 1,2. This does 1 more point of damage than 2,1 and gives you 4 more frames of advantage on hit (+6 vs +2). Doesn't matter too much, but useful if you can remember to use it. If you need to punish something that recovers in crouch (and is safer than -15), d/f+4 works for i12 and d+1+2 is decent at i14. He also gets b,f+2 at i16, which is notable as it's an S! first launcher that punishes Deathfist and similiar moves at almost all ranges. Kuma's standard jab poke is not 2. It's actually f+1, which has the generic jab frame data (i10, +1/+8/+8). 2 is -1 on block. Just be careful not to accidentally go into f+1,1,1 as good opponents will launch you on block. You're right, there are better options off f+1,1,1 - b+2,1, b+2,1~3+4 HBS d/f+1,1 S! WR+1+2 does a whopping 73 damage (the initial launch isn't actually an S!, though it does look a bit like one). You are very wrong on d/f+1,2,1,2, it it actually worth considering. If the first hit is a CH, the whole string is guaranteed AND launches for a ton of damage. As the third hit is safe at a very comfortable -4, you can toss this out every once in a while to see if it does its magic. For some reason though this only works if the first hit counters, a CH on any later hit will not yield a launch. Be aware that b+1 into HBS is launch punishable on block, if your opponent reads it he can just hopkick. But then, of course, you can just do b+1 and punish his hopkick. Another decent tool for up close is u/f+1 (jumping safe mid, KND on hit into free f,f+2 or crouch cancel b+1). One cool thing about d/b+3 is that it's only -8 on block, but against better opponents you'll likely just get low parried anyway. Another low that's kinda decent is b,f+2+3. It does a grip, knocks down and blows the opponent far away, is only -12 on block and can be charged, becoming unblockable after a while. It's very gimmicky, but can definitely catch people off guard. HBS d+1+2 on CH actually gives you a free HBS d/f+2 for a full combo. Even better. HBS d/f+1,1 has a small delay window between the hits, allowing you to potentially hit confirm the string. HBS f+1+2 (the throw) is unbreakable. HBS 1+2 has crazy evasion. It goes through dickjabs. Seriously. But that only works on Kuma's head and maybe a bit of his torso, it doesn't evade Drag's d/f+4 for example because that reaches all the way to the middle of the character. HBS b+1+2,1+2 can't be low parried, it must be blocked. Minor, but could come up. I think Kuma's best option off f,f+2 is u/f+1+2, b,f+2 S! b+2,1~3+4 HBS d+1+2, HBS d/f+2. You can also do the other ender with HBS d/f+1,1 for wall carry. One more wall combo I like is b+2,1~3+4 HBS 1,2. Less damage, better oki. This may have seemed very nitpicky, but I did like the video a lot, it's great to see more people liking the bears. Thanks for the guides.

[@Solarson]

L O V E L A I N Hope he notices your comment, thanks for the time you Had writing all of that! Also Quick Note I know there is a secret tech about HBS b1+2,1+2 having a "Just frame" version can tou talk about it if you know something? I think it does more damage and wall splats.

[@Carsu12]

HBS 1+2 evades some hopkick and other mids sometimes

[@TheFilipFonky]

HBS d1+2 on CH does a nosebleed stun that can be teched to avoid the launch, or am I wrong?

[@Diet_Black]

L O V E L A I N you should make a video

[@djbenjaminjay1984]

L O V E L A I N thanks for all the clarification!

[@InfernalSpyro]

Yessss! I finally found an in depth tutorial for the Bears, especially when they are not as explored as much. Great guide!

[@FrameWhisperer]

Yay!

[@anthonycarella1779]

Great beginner tutorial. I main bears and hang out in red rank with them. This was interesting. Some notes: -WR+1+2 should be abused, heavily. Not only because of the frame advantage, but because it stays active for a very long time (something not so common in Tekken). Aside from going into HBS raw (3+4), and WR+1+2 is one of the safest ways to get into HBS. Also a great combo ender to give mixup. It can be walked, so beware of that. -f+1 is a great poke and has a pretty good hit box. It's also +1 on block. Worth throwing out if people are trying to run in on you with WR moves. -d/b+4 is more akin to a slow hellsweep than a snake edge, if that means anything. It's a slow hellsweep, but from it's animation it's more so that then a snake edge. -d/b+3 is a low poke that leaves Kuma still standing and is +3 on hit. I know you mentioned it, but it has amazing frame advantage. Not to be confused with 2,1,3. Even though the last hit looks the same, 2,1,3 leaves you at -3 on hit. -Kuma's roll (ROL) should be thought of as a different stance than HBS altogether, being that you access it without going into HBS by doing FC, d/f+1+2. Kuma also has a couple moves off of his lay down positions, depending on which way he is laying down. He also has three moves out of hit sitting (SIT) stance. -CH HBS d+1+2 into d/f+2 is guaranteed and will lead to near-half life combos. The opponent can hold back if they get hit with the HBS d+1+2 to fall out of it, but if they don't hold back the launch is guaranteed. -The HBS f+1+2 throw is unbreakable. -After landing CH f+1,1,1, you can do b+2,1~3+4 (HBS), d/f+1,1 (S!), then end it however you want.

[@darfsodius5141]

More than your average bear bones guide. Those wishing to akumalate knowledge and fatten up their skills need to look no further.

[@peterkunckles4324]

No pun intended

[@Ditto-.]

😂

[@rexstar7687]

Your guide about kuma is the best around. And it still rules after a year and 2 seasons! You should be proud. Thanks man. This is so good to see some love for all the char. Keep it up.

[@bracoyote96]

It was hard to find a guide on bears. It's a little old now but you got me hyped to try the character out and gave me a basic understanding of how it works. Just what I was looking for. Thanks 😊

[@ronaldedwards6837]

Exactly what I was hoping for last night..a Kuma guide. Thank you man

[@Theterminato2013]

Excellent guides as always. I just wish we got an option to color Kuma’s fur to make his Polar Bear palette.

[@kyahboii]

SAY NO MORE! WISH HAS ALREADY BEEN GRANTED!

[@brioche3073]

bear players are the bane of my existance

[@Awesomemt2018]

Brian Hontiveros Just lost a 45 match win streak to the panda bastard. Fuck em all.

[@heii0hi126]

Trying to learn them even though i know i will be hated

[@hoassyoass2480]

Picked up Kuma a few weeks ago. Amazing to play when I just want to have good old party fun in Tekken.

[@alrosacia]

Great.. you don't see any content with this debt with kuma.. thanks a lot ..

[@3seven5seven1nine9]

I know you aren't being sarcastic but you read as so sarcastic lmao

[@joenitrate]

Awesome! I hope you never stop doing these tutorial videos man, they are top notch in quality.

[@relayone1944]

Fantastic. I love when tutorials are BEARable. Seriously though wanting to pick up Kuma ( even though I like Panda's 🐼 rage art more ).

[@MrDrumStikz]

Great video. Could you please turn on your inputs on while you’re in practice mode?

[@protopigeon]

THis would be great yeah

[@method190]

I just started Tekken 7 and I find a lot of fun playing Kuma.

[@ok_shibba]

I always picked Panda as a joke, I suppose I could actually learn the character. Great guide! One note though, you should add a caption of an input for the move you're talking about, it would be great when you want to listen to what it's doing first and then try it on practise mode.

[@memebump7612]

Just finished watching, awesome video, buddy! If you do a more advanced video about Kuma in the future, I found a KZbin channel called J-Katz and he has some of the best Bear oki's I have ever seen. Love how you used Paul to beat on in the video btw.

[@FrameWhisperer]

Thanks a lot mate. I want to make more bear stuff soon. And Paul as well!

[@KonaKyostu]

I've been feeling Heihachi lately but I would love to see a guide from you about him, you're really the only youtuber I learn a lot from. I always try to play the character from each guide you've released to see if I have a feel for them and I still learn a lot but there hasn't been a character yet that stuck with me besides Josie .

[@tomdalley84]

Thank you!! Currently at Fighter with panda but videos are few and far between!

[@lwazinkasawe3887]

Hmm a Nina guide would be amazing... Keep up the good work dude

[@Greenalex89]

Makes me wanna hit the training room with Kuma again. Decent guide as always..

[@jettmanas]

Got the game recently & have been trying to main him (or Jack). Thanks for the guide. Looked up combos in-game & on another guide. What launcher combos are you doing near the end? Listening, watching and reading subtitles, I couldn't tell. df2,1>something and ff2>something. I hope to focus on easier combos since I'm not great at Tekken.

[@aidanakbar1789]

Bear players thank you good sir, very nice job explaining everything .

[@PerfectlyLegalPierre]

Great to see a guide on such a underused character.

[@SachinYadav-ng2zp]

Perfectly Legal Pierre

[@Succer]

Thank you so much. I'm completely new to Tekken and this helped a lot.

[@2spliffs41lifetime]

Good work Frame! ive actually started playing some Gigas after ur tutorial vid as i was looking for a second main and really enjoy him! and now u bring a tutorial for the other char i was interested in :) good shit man

[@MrSuckeragi]

Fellow df1 lover and addict here, missing my girl kunimitsu but Love my bears still, great vid never thought about the mid kick. Back 1 is my fav with cancel and power crush its trully OP imo

[@wamslaah]

Yo love your tutorials! Btw can you maybe in the next one show the command history? It sometimes helps figuring out which moves exactly you are using. Other than that: Great guides dude!

[@FrameWhisperer]

Thanks a lot mate. I get a lot of requests for that, so I will consider it even though I don't like it much myself.

[@wamslaah]

Thanks man! I'd love to see you do a Lee/Violet guide. Wanna learn that character but there aren't many good guides out there and i got used to the high standard of your guides so i'm kinda picky xD

[@tytk]

thanks for all the helpful vids

[@FrameWhisperer]

My pleasure!

[@Jumanza]

Thank you for all the videos my friend!

[@AntoniusTertius]

How do I prevent fps from dropping when using Kuma? (I don't want to wear that armour of his)

[@waaaweee6934]

is this applicable for season 3? really wanna learn kuma and this seems to be the best guide

[@GreenTeaGamin]

you have the best tutorial videos. thank you so much

[@JakSeRodiCZ]

Hi, really nice guide. You mentioned that HBS d+1+2; df+1,1 on CH is combo, that is nice, but you forgot to mention that you can do after HBS d+1+2 on CH df+2 for high damaging full combo. And that is in my opinion very important and powerful option.

[@frozenbo7amza]

HBS df2 is a guaranteed launcher after hitting BHS CH d1+2

[@ksenia3789]

Kuma is the one of my favourite characters

[@tomdalley84]

Please may I ask what rank you are at with the bears?

[@reaperofsouls321]

The rank decal looked like a Savior to me o.o Might of gone up in rank since then though.

[@leviloaker2754]

Is there any chance we could get a Nina guide please? There's a lot going on with her and it'd be great to have a comprehensive guide on how to actually pick her up. Thank you !

[@FrameWhisperer]

There are a lot of requests for her so maybe I will look at her next. Or maybe Eliza.

[@leviloaker2754]

FrameWhisperer Tekken Thanks for the reply, love your guides man, an Eliza one would be interesting too, she's quite an enigma

[@boanoitemarcos]

Thank you so much for this! Your channel is awesome

[@Terji]

love your videos. my fav resource for educational tekken videos (and japanese lol). Will you be doing more of the "how to beat" series soon? those were awesome

[@maqpi8335]

Did anythign about bears change?

[@darfsodius5141]

Does anyone know if Kuma has any knockdown lows that get a guaranteed follow up at the wall?

[@Eilenbrat]

Thanks, excellent guide as always.

[@arsenalgunner21]

hey @framewhisperer tekken can you help me out with a miguel combo? its Sstance 1+2 , ff3 , db2 , df 1 , SS 1,2,1. its the combo from your miguel guide. The problem I have with it is the df1. It hits randomly, i cant figure out what makes it hit or not. I experimented with timing and distance but still cant figure out whats wrong. Hope you read this :)

[@FrameWhisperer]

Good question mate. To make the df1 hit, perform a side step right after the ff3 spin move, before performing db2. If the side step is deep enough, the combo should work every time. Hope that helps!

[@arsenalgunner21]

thank you so much! I'll try it out.

[@Kdubya469]

Great tutorial, Thank You. However you didn't go over a combo after doing D/B+4 so I think we need an advanced tutorial for that and maybe combos after parry or after wakeup 3.

[@alrosacia]

Finally made it to yellow ranks as Kuma / Panda .. your tips was a big help ..

[@HERO_OMAR]

Thanks far the guide bro i really like it he will be mine 5th character 😊

[@oniondetective2536]

This is good, I only wish they show which button is which 😭 I have to found out myself but other then that it's 👌

[@leandrodavid6256]

Awesome! Well detailed

[@samdecoster3794]

Thanks for the video

[@MoluskToeCheese]

This is amazing, thank you!!😙👌

[@konan5741]

Can you please make a guide for Steve, Hwoarang and King?

[@robbinniklasson3570]

Love your vid man keep it up

[@plankton67js]

Did you ever touch T5, T6, TTT2 Bears 🤔?

[@Darkthoughts-z7r]

all of this is exactly the same for panda?

[@FrameWhisperer]

Yes, everything.

[@3seven5seven1nine9]

Yes, I'm watching this video to learn to play Panda and it's all perfect

[@theHedgex1]

The bears have never been more powerful than in seven. Even after the rangchu Nerf.

[@johnythelordb3348]

Hey there great vid. Just wanted to point out that df1, 2, 1,2 on ch Gives A Full Launch!! Otherwise really great video

[@DEANDRE_DTS]

Kuma is awesome

[@TGregers]

Great tutorial man!

[@igordrotsky5677]

did hunting against kazuya, ate alot of mids, still learning to improve

[@modestwharf2477]

I'm new to tekken can someone give me some recommendations on beginner characters

[@FrameWhisperer]

Welcome the community! Shaheen is ideal for new people. If you prefer a defensive playstyle, try Alisa. Miguel and Leo are also good options if you don't mind a slightly larger movepool and some stances.

[@roosolini7105]

Modest Wharf24 just don’t pick Bryan

[@sushi6823]

@@roosolini7105 why?Thats the 1st character I mained seriously in tekken,his not that hard because he is great at wall carry and easy combo with big damage. The only bad thing is he heavily rellies on CH

[@reaperofsouls321]

All the new characters basically.. They're made for new players because they're really low effort up to a certain level of play

[@lonestar6709]

Paul is pretty useful. Easy to learn, hard to master. Oh, and the hot chick, Katarina. Just spam her kick moves like crazy and you'll get results. Just avoid characters like Steve, Bryan and Nina. They take hours of practice.

[@raymondjaysarte7048]

can anyone explain how to safe block hunting stance?

[@FrameWhisperer]

They will do either a mid or a low after entering the stance. My tip would be stand block 80% of the time because the mids are much more dangerous. As soon as you block a single move, throw a fast low poke. It will interrupt the next HBS move and usually catch the bear if it cancels the stance and stand blocks (which is what good bear players will do).

[@johnsmite4890]

My Panda winrate is 0%. Nice video. Thx.

[@chris-jn4ut]

Good guide bro !! Plss Make one for bryan or hwoarang or lee ❤❤

[@rickyp.7273]

slow fox I have an intro guide on lee if you're interested check it out 👍

[@tomdalley84]

Can't see our boy making a Bryan guide with how he feels about the character! Surely a guide will only be 5 min anyway? Just spam the high and low launchers forever right?

[@daken5950]

Jin guide maybe soon?

[@mythilicar]

I'd love to see a devil Jin video. ty c:

[@thatchbro1234]

Lets go!

[@emanuelstude4912]

Is kuma and panda the same?

[@bastinelli443]

Yes

[@akwitthatg7261]

I thought it was a meme I was dead wrong

[@blank9132]

Maybe.. Steve next? That would be awesome ^^

[@GameNaPar]

Atlast found something for my bear

[@syndicatebeast]

Noiice

[@grumpykuma2569]

Great guide. Now do one for panda..... :)

[@dylank6191]

Lili guide, when?

[@Xpid07]

I'm waiting for Knee to pick a bear in his next tourney.

[@megadeth101]

i was expecting a devil jin guide. you know, after Qudan's historic win. but i guess this is ok too.

[@FrameWhisperer]

Well, he was amazing but I always just make what I feel like instead of planning it out. Feels more genuine that way yknow.

[@krishbhalla4789]

MainManSWE has a Devil Jin guide.

[@johannhowitzer]

Still waiting for that sweet Lili knowledge bomb.

[@WUZLE]

Man, Kuma is tiny these days. He used to be 9 feet tall. He's not even 7 feet tall here.

[@cloudshifter]

The buttslap is op

[@muhdhisham6081]

Please make asuka tutorial

[@dianavalero2869]

I dont even know how to play good but been whoopin people with Kuma.

[@Jose-xm3tq]

Are you sure 2,1 is a !10...? Jack has the same move and it is not !10.. I though Kuma/panda !10 was F1,1....?? Anywho.. nice Vid Thx!!!

[@FrameWhisperer]

I'm sure it's 10! Jack's is not just like you say.

[@Jose-xm3tq]

FrameWhisperer Tekken Nice. My kid mains Kuma I showed em this Vid

[@orbraude]

Please make part 2

[@RedeXebluE]

RANGCHUUUUUU

[@TheNamesJedi]

please do eddy!

[@DaPradaGap]

This is ironic haha, i just put him on practice mode like 5 mins ago

[@Kukzzzz]

Ball Deep In The Bacon thank you

[@UnBR0k3enAngel]

Ball Deep In The Bacon you're doing good work...

[@qararmwibowo660]

Do Devil Jin

[@Gokufansclub001]

48:00

[@thekilleravocado3836]

thirty one damooge

[@FyuyuR]

This is gonna painful... But I gotta watch this. Know your enemy... God I fucking hate bears and those bitch ass bear players. -_- Since i'm actually commenting for once I'll just take a moment to thank you for your amazing content and character guides, helped me a ton. Keep up the good work man, thank you for your time and effort.

[@ZiegenMeisterV1]

You dont!

[@Prettiboimico]

The hair graphics on the bears are soooooo bad

[@yarinice1]

Don't let him fool you, he's actually a terrible, terrible character. Gigas is better than the bears.

[@crakface]

all 4 hits on df2,1 is a launcher on counter