Coaching Series | How to Think When Playing Ranked Kazuya

Support me on Patreon bit.ly/33J1oOf
☑️Twitch: bit.ly/2rvjrnP
☑️ Discord: / discord
☑️Twitter: bit.ly/2sAxVlK
☑️Donations: bit.ly/2FpzNqP

[@TheMainManSWE]

Hope you enjoyed the video! I've been experimenting a bit with controllers lately. Arcade stick feels a bit slow compared to some other options. In this video I'm using the lovely Mixbox! Controller cam in case you're interested in my inputs. Next coaching series video will most likely have me use Paul!

[@ScrambledEggAbdullah]

Yes It is cool to see your inputs and love these educational videos from you ✌

[@fahdshafiq2057]

Will there be a Steve coaching video?

[@ihavetubes]

Please do more videos like this 👍

[@supersaiyan4578]

I was just about to ask about Paul.

[@elephant7812]

Awsome, as always. thks for all you're doin for the tekken enthusiasts, small players (like me) and even confirmed players since the begenning.

[@J0ulez5]

TMM doesn't mention it but you can see in the first battle that whenever one of them electrics the other goes for it too. This is because in Mishima battles you establish dominance by showing that you have the more consistent electric

[@Section8dc]

True af lol

[@GodsMakar]

in mishima battles , there are actually two battles being fought, one is of fundamentals and the other of who has faster electric, its like at some points in neutral both players think its time to electric at the same time lol

[@Syrus2006]

It's like a pissing contest, I love it

[@Red_PlaysYT]

Crazy because smash bros kazuya ditto match up does that too LOL

[@Its_PizzaTime]

God this is so true

[@lazytommy0]

Oh im going to love this series, i can tell already. This is what i have always enjoyed, just a mental breakdown of what is actually happening in a match step by step. Not just the how but also the why. The why is often more important

[@AngeloChristmas]

Me too Bru 😍🔥

[@volumemixik9562]

did we see the same video ? He just said sidewalk left and time it. And the he is only... like this, like this, like this. But he never goes why he move at that moment or why he chose this attack there etc. In this fashion i can coach tekken too. Just time your step and backdash lol. Just go watch some aris videos... this is just terrible. He understands spacing and option selects but tell nothing about it. He will do correct moves to get him into position where he can properly step or backdash etc but will never talk about those moments which are more valuable then just step lol

[@sgtpepper91]

>mental breakdown :o

[@Raivazz]

I have to say I'm impressed of the fact that after all these years you still come up with new ideas and interesting topics for your videos. This in particular was very interesting as you answer a lot of questions people have had for the longest time. Hyped to see more of this !

[@frantschou2369]

Kinda sad that he never continued with this series. Would’ve loved one with him playing Steve.

[@REPIN156]

Gonna enjoy this series for sure. Side note: Your icon might give away your identity 😂

[@ehsun7822]

Lolol 😂 i watched the whole video but didn't notice that .. you just told me But the oponents definitely notice that.. probably why that bryan and dragonuv started trolling and ki charging

[@chillskid]

@@ehsun7822 Yep, that's why he got trolled. It all makes sense now lol.

[@atsurokihara5525]

I could watch this content for hours. Such solid fundamentals. You really took everything you talked about in your lucky chloe video and demonstrated so calmly. Great work

[@disruptor6550]

Already loving the series TMM! 1 hour is quite a long time but I think it's all valuable because you are able to share you thought process during a match, your gameplan ideas, and general insight on your character and the matchups. I'm definitely looking forward to watching you cover other characters in guides like these. I think it'll be a very helpful and exciting series, keep it up Mainman!

[@lt_johnmcclane]

One hour is perfect for how long sets can last. It’s enough time to get a good variety of players and characters and lets him give his insight about adjustments that can be made mid-set. I really hope he keeps it around this length

[@nightcat9587]

I really love this concept!!, i hope many more of this kind will come out in the future even for characters i don't play. very interesting and insightful video main man

[@A9eeloH.99]

Love this! your efforts and everything you've done for this community is very much appreciated MainMan💪🏻. Thank you very much

[@atsurokihara5525]

TheCalmMan Excellent video! I really can't exaggerate. This was a great, calm insight. So good.

[@Deadflower20xx]

Thank you so much for making these!! I'm just getting into Tekken and it makes me happy there's still people looking to help others get into the game. Your style is very chill and I think you're just a naturally good teacher.

[@PunkLevel91]

This series looks pretty decent, unexpectedly relaxing. You should do more of this.

[@Guitar-Dog]

Good series, the fact you can talk so calmly and play so well is crazy

[@coachmose]

This is so awesome man. I cant wait for Lars. I think this is the best way to rearly understand a charackter from the basics up to high. Keep it upman !!!

[@Jazzadrin]

You are such an excellent teacher MainMan. You taught me and inspired me a lot over the years. I have been playing semi-serious since late Tekken 6/early Tag 2 days, and I have been very casual since Tekken Tag 1. I am terrible at fighting games, but I enjoy playing them, and you have helped me improve a lot over the years. Thanks !!

[@Xengard]

i didnt think i was gonna watch all of it, but its really interesting. the fact that you started using 1 and 1, 1 was sooo good in these matches. not only because it shuts down a lot of strategies, but also because it sets up vortex and preassure "for free". i wanna go into ranked and try that same thing with devil jin right now. im hoping you do this but with Jin as well, it must be so interesting how you use his moveset, f4 d4 maybe 2,1.... thanks a lot

[@HumbleHurricane]

I never put specific emphasis on playing to the level of lower ranks to get out quickly and onto the advanced players. Excellent, Obvious yet overlooked strategy. This is going to save me months of unnecessary stress. Many thanks

[@TheDudere]

This is sick! It is great to see you making lots of content recently MainMan. Keep it up!

[@krisztoth8475]

As a someone who is new to Tekken and started to main Kazuya instantly this was really helpful Thank you gamer 👍

[@noobmixups9102]

Mainman: please leave green rank soon as possible. *Me still trying to get out from the light blue rank : understandable have a nice day

[@Adam7180]

Where you at rn?

[@shindig9000]

I really liked this style of video! You were so chill. It was great.

[@Thabba76]

i reached vanquisher in 2 months, i'm learning pretty fast watching you, thanks for existing

[@mohamedtanakim5901]

Very helpful Series! I learned a lot watching this video. Hoping to see more of this in the future.

[@friendlykoala]

This will be great, i already love the general tips aside from matchup info, will be a great help to new players :D

[@michaelmassari39]

It's been years (like season 1-2) since tmm did this, honestly so happy these guides are back

[@midnight_alen7389]

Thank you for this video Mainman! I’m going to take ur tips in my gameplay and hopefully I’ll succeed in ranks have a good day and take care as always!

[@benjimack7681]

Man, this is incredibly helpful. Thank you. 👍👍

[@MrShinTensei]

Best vid you've come out with in a while. Doesn't just go with kaz. Good shit mainman 😁

[@abirneji]

I remember his old blue rank guide actually kinda helped me get from teals to green or something, it was really helpful

[@bestscenes4759]

As a hardstuck Yaksa, this was very helpful, Thank you so much MainMan!

[@dcdriveinn]

Love the match up breakdowns, please keep it goin!

[@oshan975]

These videos are insanely helpful and I'm raijin. never stop learning guys!

[@HoDoBoDo]

Interesting new series. I'll be sure to enjoy this. Edit: There is no point changing your name when your pfp is still the same XD.

[@Guitar-Dog]

Howdy

[@HoDoBoDo]

@@Guitar-Dog I think you're following me at this point lol.

[@avoidthevo1d]

"You can avoid annoying matchups" However, in Ranked you only encounter annoying matchups. And i still have to wait a lot of time for a match. So i basically have to rematch, and even after that there is a chance that they won't rematch themselves. And then i wait for half an hour again

[@Flash44om]

listen the end of the sentence next time lol

[@affable8696]

@@Flash44om you ask too much. Most people only hear what they want to hear, we don't listen.

[@olishonick]

I swear I can never get rematchs on PS4. Tekken online is basically dead to me it just takes way to long to actually play sets.

[@admirable_kon5083]

@@olishonick People are many times way too salty, instead of playing, having a great time and learning, they leave the match while fuming... Unfortunately.

[@admirable_kon5083]

@Imraz Khan It's not the same! LOL

[@terencema6714]

I really enjoy this concept and find it super useful.

[@marshallbaldwin5060]

Yaassss, hardly ever get to catch streams because of schedules, so any content mainman puts on YT is greatly appreciated (:

[@IKI-KIKI]

Great stuff, looking forward to more.

[@discjammer4051]

I can already tell that i will be loving this series, especially if TMM does an armor king version of this one!

[@urlich902]

Keep it mainman this was really good!

[@dragunokdaox3781]

i like these kinds of videos where the goes up ageisnt diffrent ranks and describes what to do, would love top see more

[@tvpfox]

Definitely a thumbs up to making more of these please.

[@christoferprestipino7433]

I’ve almost given up playing Kaz online. It’s just absurd the amount of effort you need to put in.

[@Kidsusanoo121]

Don’t give up

[@olaaa3103]

Love this! Great idea

[@moraissantos6260]

U are the best TheMainManSWE 💪💪🙏

[@jirkakopejska6748]

Thanks for these kind of videos, it helps me a lot! Could you please take in consider do this kind of video on Jin? I think it could be interesting due to his versatility.

[@forceofwill8012]

very interesting! it would be great to see more insights on how to counter and play against different characters :)

[@mynameisjeff6485]

Really enjoyed the series

[@nomsi4263]

This was so useful. I hope you do one on jack and jin.

[@sadokhabibidalin7957]

Man what am i doing in this video..(the kazuya at the end). I didn't think it was the real tmm until the last match due to the 1,1,2 spam. Was a pleasure getting destroyed though XD.

[@ChristopherWaddelow]

Whether you played bad or not it was enjoyable to watch. Thanks!

[@rikuheart91]

I'm a nobody to say this but I'm gonna say it anyway, in all honesty you demonstrated better understanding than all the other players in the video(we can exclude the drag but he was just trolling cause he recognized tmm by his profile pic), you were willing to try stuff and made some adjustments like throwing some homing moves when he was stepping you too much, you slowed down a bit when he was pressuring more and other few little things all the other players didn't really do even if they were higher ranks so keep it up.

[@MrShinTensei]

Good plays bro

[@TwinnNightmare]

Oddly enough, I just picked up Kaz as fun side character. Looking forward to watching this

[@ibrahimwalid416]

great video mainman, very useful.

[@runemaster-]

Nice vid. Will wait for your Paul vid!

[@igorsergeev6068]

I play Kazuya but I just sit in practice mode and do treasure battles for now, so it's very entertaining and also very informative to see how it's like online, thanks to your commentary. The trolling part seems to be the same everywhere though, but at least there wasn't any teabags or people going on mics...

[@dominiqprime5057]

I really love seeing your arcade stick in the video main man! Since i'm playing on a controller and it annoys me to always be thinking that my imputs would come out much cleaner if i'd be using the stick. So i wished an Arcade stick on this christmas just for Tekken. I already feel that this new series will help me alot! Especially with that cam at your sexy hands. Continue, MASKU EISH EISJ

[@syeborg2720]

Dont expect it to be easy either way, ur not gonna get a different controller and play a lot better because of it, lots of practice is the only way, no matter the controller

[@fonryjji]

"Since i'm playing on a controller and it annoys me to always be thinking that my inputs would come out much cleaner if i'd be using the stick" this is a common misconception people including myself have when just starting out fighting games. Trust me when I say that 90% of the time switching controllers doesn't make you better at the game, a pad is not worst than an arcade stick. I am not gonna deny that there are some advantages one has over another: 1. Executing movement using d-pad is much faster as the amount of distance your thumb has to move is much lesser compared to what you have to do on a joystick. 2. Stick is able to have cleaner inputs in the sense that it is much easier to return to neutral after a diagonal input without accidentally triggering other horizontal or vertical inputs in the process. This makes executing moves such as Nina's sidestep cancel much easier. But other than that, it really isn't much different compared to d-pad.

[@dominiqprime5057]

@@syeborg2720 I am ready to practice

[@Tenchua917]

This video was very good tmm sensei, i love it

[@pancakesonrage902]

You should do this with other characters to! Would love to see something like this for heihachi

[@carloshernandez3177]

Same, if you play heihachi what's your rank?

[@foreveruseless1292]

Would love to see this coaching series for Geese! Great video TMM

[@tyizeo1912]

Good video bro found it very helpful as I am a kaz main, my goal is to reach genbu, I’m saviour atm

[@mathwizard296]

this is really nice to learning the game thank you

[@flyingfrogofdeath9616]

Please do Lee MainMan! Would love to see you pick him up - or at least have some more gameplay with him

[@ScopesFinesse11]

You mentioned AK and I'd love to see that! Have you considered Steve? I struggled a lot with Steve when i was a beginner but he feels almost natural around Fujin, I think that would be an interesting character for this series!

[@affable8696]

Seconding the Armor King. He's great

[@MortalDaemons]

I'd probably watch everyone one of these if you did more. Jin main here learning Kazuya. Got my first couple triple electric combos today so want to learn more for sure. Still get stuck at vanquisher tho

[@valf0x]

Very interesting, this will help thanks 👍

[@shahwarjoyia7571]

Thanks main man for playing kazuya 😈 Love from Pakistan 😊😍

[@makhdoom65]

Nice series. That bryan was funny🤣

[@AngeloChristmas]

Great video main man! More like Thai please 💪🏼🔥

[@darnelljordan2644]

Hey TMM!!! Awesome video bro. It is a good teaching to hear you talk about how you're beating and talking about your strategy while doing so. Can you play Bob Richards. He's basically a Mishima. Plus you can work your way up to Tekken God Prime or even Omega. Pretty please with sugar on top LOL

[@CQJunior]

Would love to see your Lee next vid, but whoever you’ll play it’ll be a treat

[@kirin316]

Much appreciated.

[@Its_PizzaTime]

I like the advice when it comes to match ups. Sometimes you just gotta get your ass kicked by a character a few times before you understand what that character is all about.

[@antoniogriffin7135]

Agreed!!!

[@RottenWorm]

Nice video, looking foward to see video with Heihachi.

[@olic22]

Honestly a fucking banger vid. Would love to see more- maybe with another character

[@BillysKiller7]

This is such an old school tmm video. Or at least such are the vibes i get

[@h_crow221]

30:24 The moment of Bryan trolling start here

[@Xalraroz]

yes i always wanted a video like this, from a professional player like K-Wiss but from TMM is fine by me. TMM always has the best video quality out there and they are enjoyable, these are the type of videos i like where TMM just talks to KZbin without the chat or twitch.

[@KipchakWarmonger]

Helpful guide thx

[@alucard3487]

Loved it

[@cypi6210]

great video

[@FarEasternLodge]

Will you do a video and try out a hitbox? I'd love to see how different one is from a mix box and a stick

[@hdstarlord4907]

I don't play kazuya but i watched this for an hour very interesting.

[@SzyszuPL]

I think you should change your avatar and set your profile to private if you want people to not stress or troll you in this series, I think this drag and Bryan trolled because they saw your avatar

[@JinKazshima]

Would like to see you cover Jin like this

[@1991jj]

Great series! Do Marduk or Leroy please!

[@justcallmeseth]

I'd love to see this kinda style of video for Geese

[@Ninjabob568]

Thank you for this. Hopefully Jin soon

[@jellyhermit7177]

Would be sick if we get a Steve coaching video MainMan

[@RisingJericho]

3:33 Damn, and here I was in a position to actually ask to buy a coaching session

[@1100728]

nice content!

[@Kenlac92]

You should do this and maybe collab with some pros or well known players. Like kaneandtrench for yoshi

[@Idontwantyourcookie]

how much do you gain if that f4 df1,4 oki hits compared to standard ws4 df1,4 1+2 wall ender?

[@ihavetubes]

You da man

[@dibcamjaicif3490]

I like the way you play kazuya

[@breezy1547]

Maybe changing the Profile pic would help with "trolls" - the MASKU is pretty recognizeable. Nice Video tho :)

[@redhairshank19]

Nice video 👍

[@olic22]

It would also be very interesting if you commented more on what your opponent did wrong/could do better

[@Kaizer1001]

I finally picked up Tekken 7 after I saw the Tekken 8 trailer in State of Play, and I took my time picking my character and just loved Kazuya too much over every other one. I'm just having a LOT of trouble doing the F NEUTRAL D DF input for EWGP and Vortex, watched every video but still can't do it somehow and I'm getting frustrated :(

[@LordHades1196]

Lovin' the idea .. Can you play Bryan next please? If you could, that'll be awesome!

[@vinvin808]

50/50, dorya!!!! Gg’s

[@HYLOBRO]

Thank you for this, I really needed to see this. I’m always trying to enforce 50/50 mixups with Kaz in light blue ranks but the pressure is NEVER respected. I always do much better when I fight higher level players because they actually respect the frame advantage or situational advantage (not always but they understand that attacking from disadvantage is dangerous). I want to play Tekken the “real” way you talked about but I just get blown up by players picking options that don’t make sense to me, or playing characters i am unfamiliar with or playing them in a way that is obnoxious. I still have a long way to go if I can’t shut down mashers, I understand that. But I think I’ll enjoy online Tekken a lot more once I am fighting people who play with LAN connections and actually have a passing interest in frame data and Tekken mind games. That’s where the real fun will be I think:) I always have more fun when I play people in long sets in private sessions, where we can actually figure out our play styles and habits

[@leper763]

I see plently of kazs/mishimas trying to enforce the 50/50 expecting you to give respect

[@shadowsage6253]

Basically bro

[@leper763]

That 50/50 is soo aids and honestly kind of carries

[@harrytardato6029]

"real" tekken doesn't mean that the opponent has to respect every single plus frame you have. sometimes it's okay to mash or to make unconvential plays

[@leper763]

@@harrytardato6029 pros disrespect frames all the time, kazuya players often just look at frames