How To Beat Yoshimitsu In Tekken 8

[@BSJINTHEHOUSE420]

You just have to hope the Yoshi confuses himself doing Yoshi things.

[@schmittywerberjaegermanjenson]

Lol that really happens

[@TheJuanVargas]

Facts! Yoshi isn’t my main but I swear he even messes with the pilot!

[@ALLmasked]

99% of this is correct. that 1% will be tournament players.

[@laughingman7467]

"the snake will eventually eat it's own tail" this could happen 20 - 35 Tekken seconds into the match.

[@JaCKso00onBOY]

I’m a yoshi main and I used to get stressed sometimes under pressure😂. You know, stabbing myself and die from spinning when low health. But now I’m calmer. I’m at Kishin now, trying to reach Tekken King.

[@TheProswagonist]

"You see that bad breath move the Yoshi player just whiffed? No you didn't. Get that idea outta your head." - Speedkicks

[@jimdino77]

Sort of like Hworang’s backlash

[@miguel-xe2wl]

bro that shit is plus on whiff

[@sai6724]

​@@miguel-xe2wlreal

[@AngeloGene]

@@TheProswagonist Kazuya can duck into while crouching df 3+4 to knock Yoshi down into a guaranteed steel pedal. But still, yes... Yoshi's bad breath is annoying.

[@iseefood4522]

​@@AngeloGene Anyone with a full crouched move that attacks while crouching will work, seemingly like lee FC DF4 and Jun FC DF1

[@teddyhatenoise8315]

18:00 really did blow my mind

[@yNoun2k]

So lack of MU Knowledge? Okay

[@teddyhatenoise8315]

@ yes, you learn information by not knowing it beforehand yes.

[@Pepsimanv2]

@@yNoun2ksry sir. We don’t know every move from every character.

[@Omur-h2v]

Brother, "How to beat" videos are top tier. Instant like♥️, hope to see more of these

[@ShadowOfMassDestruction]

Hoe to beat Yoshimitsu: Step 1: Look at him on the loading screen and sigh. Step 2: Put your controller down as he flashes and unblockable sweeps your character to the ground. Step 3: Gaslight yourself into thinking it wasn't your day and you got outplayed.

[@Baobao-qf3wv]

[@neocrimson3542]

I feel almost the same with king mains they always so type of cheese even when I beat them I don't feel good

[@jayb67]

Yoshi player here! I would like to add that others should be warry for his (F, F, 1+4) moves. It's an advancing move that leaves his back to you for potential mix-ups (F, F, 1+ 4, N). He also has an unblockable attack from it and an INSTANT KILL too (F, F, 1+4, F). The easiest solution is to either jab him out of any of these moves, or to back away/sidestep/sidewalk. He does not have any homing moves from backturn and his unblockable variants are linear mids. Hope this helps! Note: If the instant kill attempt is whiffed, Yoshi automatically dies -- giving up the round. You'll seldom see a Yoshi try this at higher ranks given the risk, but I've robbed a few rounds off of opponents with this little gambit.

[@laughingman7467]

Oh the harakiri insta-kill move is soo CHEESE online XD

[@GhostTTV]

Ahh yes, the seppuku cheese

[@Evilj82]

Ah yes, the yoshi right of passage, attempting the suicide kill. I remember going for this often against my friends in Tekken tag 1 in my first Tekken.

[@Dopameme]

Yoshi is criminally unfun to play against, he just gets to stop you from taking your turn all game.

[@meejmuas8686]

Spin does prolong the mixup more but he has frames that can be punished like anyone else. If he spins simply to avoid damage and not to whiff punish, he's losing the exchange for not using it to whiff punish and losing health For flash, aa long as your arent spamming moves that touch your body with Yoshi's, flash wont work on you

[@djw_tekken8490]

Exactly and this video comes from mainman who got trolled hardcore by that yoshi and blocked him

[@Topgamer357]

He’s always been like that. The problem is his damage, healing, and attacks are much stronger now.

[@guilhermesouza1908]

people mashing jabs and moves is not fun lol idk what ur talking about dopameme

[@guilhermesouza1908]

@@Topgamer357 healing is the same for all characters delusional lobo made a video about it, attacks are still the same but what changed is his combos that are easier to apply. damage wise what character dont do insane amount of damage lol he was low tier in tekken 7 because he had low damage dont justify that.

[@kerberos1826]

Congratulation MainMan, probably my favorite tekken content

[@Deltaclaw]

Nice overview! 19:50 minor correction, if Yoshi enters DGF on block from his heat smash, his running 3, or his 3,1 (already mentioned), his f1+2 will beat jabs

[@user-mt2ov5lq8p]

DGF = Doesn't Give Fucks. makes sense.

[@barba3377]

"Yoshi is the character in the game with the highest amount of mid-to-high strings that have to be ducked" Oh Boy, can't wait to hear you take that back if you ever get to Raven.

[@eleanorepiening3611]

My Raven friend’s favorite saying is “HARADA!! MAKE RAVEN’s BACK TWO HIT MID AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!”

[@MidnightPlus1]

The only time a Tekken player gets flashed is when they play against Yoshimitsu

[@gibbybibby5031]

As a yoshi main: Every character who has a delayed hopkick use that shit if the yoshi tries to swordsweep you in neutral and make him pay for it.

[@doowagoflame4368]

RIP Jack

[@gibbybibby5031]

@@doowagoflame4368for jack: just panic b1 get highcrushed and die

[@GClefCannon]

this was great advice in tekken 7 but in tekken 8 for some reason they added like 15 frames before you are actually in the air when you try to neutral jump, so you will almost never have the time to jump after seeing a sword sweep, you'll just get swept :( - tekken god yoshi

[@gibbybibby5031]

@@GClefCannon i don’t know who started this but I don’t feel like it’s true. I know I can react to it with slow ass uf4

[@GClefCannon]

@@gibbybibby5031 uf4 isnt a delayed hopkick... actual jumping moves still get their jumping status early, neutral jumping is what's slower in T8- if you try to train with neutral jump-> delayed hopkick you'll find its not practical

[@kjwong4730]

The unblockable sword sweep gets me every time. Its kind of OP

[@jasonmontoya4749]

The how to beat serious is quickly my favorite series of yours so good please keep doing more characters!

[@The_Geni]

I mean this one is mostly just misinformation

[@AgoraphobicNews]

fun fact: no one is as flashable as yoshi. You just have to see it to believe it in a mirror match :D

[@thekrakenwagon927]

the blocking low attack into mashing the punish actually a game changer for me

[@meejmuas8686]

Some of the Yoshi moveset here has always been with Yoshi in prior games. T8 though has just updated his useless moves into useful ones in a tasteful way. This is what propelled him to be a top tier balanced machine

[@tekken8topreplays]

I was at shock to see that spinning low kick punish🔥

[@tristanderoo]

Thank you for pointing out the duckables. That always helps immediately

[@meejmuas8686]

@tristanderoo the 3,1 is duckable on 1. But be careful as Yoshi can switch it up and do 3,2,1+2. It that counters that duck and will deliver a bunch of damage

[@RationalMinded]

To this day day, I can still remember asking myself a month after the game was released "..is it me or is this character really f****** good?" I'm much better with the matchup nowadays but every single round feels like an uphill battle. Same sentiment for Jin...

[@crazy911wman]

Its rly good to know that majority if yoshi players are carried orange ranks

[@gibbybibby5031]

@@crazy911wman and y’all even complain and lose to those, smh

[@crazy911wman]

@gibbybibby5031 I rarely lose to yoshi. They dont even block in tekken king and above ranks

[@gibbybibby5031]

@@crazy911wman i mean yes a lot of them are ass, but it’s not really on them when they keep getting away with it. In tekken 7 he was seen very rarely and not knowing the matchup was a good excuse back then. But with him beeing toptier and having way higher pickrate there is not an excuse anymore imo.

[@crazy911wman]

@gibbybibby5031 So you dont see a problem with character being super tricky with great fundamental tools, insane combo damage, broken setups and just being best character in the game? I dont get what you mean

[@VillainessAO]

@@crazy911wman Facts lmao, if you know what he wants to do then it's easier to handle him

[@djmj1000]

His df2 and bad breath, quick evade are now very similar to his strong tekken 3 days. People dont know he was top 5 tier there. His flash had little more range and was a tech roll breaker and flea dealt massive damage on opponents on the ground. 8f jab. 9f fubuki knee. He lacked punishment and inconsistent combos though and his stances had weak transitions so they were big commitment.

[@shozaenglish]

I’m currently learning all of Yoshi’s moves. I was pretty amazing to know that his ass hits in Flee.

[@mik0z474]

Finally, a hand cam.

[@ALPHA-SOLIDUS]

You finally decided to hard lab yoshi.

[@vv4983]

He plays yoshi

[@ALPHA-SOLIDUS]

@@vv4983 I know, saw some of his vids.

[@sleepenjoyer-on2dr]

he did not really hard lab considering the lack luster information on flash. He is pretending as if yoshi can just whip out flash whenever he feels like it, when in reality it gets countered by specific moves, strings and throws. It's really dependent on the matchup. He also did not talk about various setups and tricks that a lot of yoshis online successfully abuse (such as df3 having a crouch status which yoshi can use to buffer sword sweep and hellsweep). This is babys first introduction to yoshi and feels more like a salt video. If you want more in-depth stuff look at actual yoshi mains such as flashimitsu, rosesnevercry, keebe omega, lambkin etc. They all have really good videos showcasing yoshi's bag of tricks which mainman seemingly has no idea of. He plays yoshi in a really vanilla way which works great for him bc he's obviously very skilled, but a lot of yoshis (esp above blue ranks) play different and will knowledge check you with "hidden" setups and traps.

[@ALPHA-SOLIDUS]

@@sleepenjoyer-on2dr Yeah I can't tell you how much I get slapped for trying to flash particular attack follow ups even if it's NSS flash, blows my mind how it fails sometimes.

[@Boostkami]

This isnt hard labbing honestly there is so much more you can bust up yoshi for

[@Gibson4411]

Best series on KZbin. Thank you

[@TSOTSO511]

There is a lot of misinformation here but I will just point out to 12:50. This is not a real trap. You can get up kick him if he fully hold his guard break and will have high plus frames after. The counter play to this for Yoshi is to not hold the guard break. But then you will be able to tech roll and launch him for it.

[@rafaelvelez6596]

I cant WAIT!! To see all these Yoshi players get deranked once the patch drops. I CANT WAIIITTT!!!!

[@dekker_]

Great video. I'm still shocked with the 17:12 and I don't intent recovering until I test it.

[@The_Geni]

he is wrong about it being 14 frames tho its 13

[@gibbybibby5031]

@themainmanswe if you took the time to do this video, why not show how both options of his walloki can be launched if you have the read. This stuff wouldn’t be as obnoxious as it is if it wasn’t heavily punishable. Also could’ve mentioned that most his stuff is very linear including 3~4, sometimes even when the first hit hits the second whiffs and you get a full whiffpunish if you are ready.

[@nayd5043]

Almost all of the oki traps and setups get countered in the same way: stay on the ground.

[@The_Geni]

@@nayd5043 except with yoshi where his main trap wants you to stay grounded

[@589amf]

We need "How to beat akuma" before he drops

[@AceHatake]

Love these general rules. Keep doing more plssss. Zafina and xiao if possible

[@RickRockerMusic]

Thanks! That was very helpful 🙏😎

[@inzezvie3172]

Basically what this video says against yoshi, its easier to counterplay the player than the character.

[@The_Geni]

this is also just filled with misinformation plenty of counter play to yoshi

[@rafaelvelez6596]

FOUND THE YOSHI MAIN!!​@@The_Geni

[@роматарасов-о8л]

now i am working and cant watch this, but this vid crucial for me we need to cover as many characters as can, keep up, great mainman!

[@Tachyon10007]

17:25 you have 13 frames if do 14 frame hit you will trade (it will be a counter so your launch would be useless)

[@worldofedwards]

Flea when u hear the whiff is when the hurtbox activates thats why it works sometimes and doesnt the other

[@Raidou-x7f]

Thank you, excellent video. I've learned new things!

[@umbrae1608]

Xiao yu next?

[@nayd5043]

Too much to break down in a single comment but one thing that people do not realise because it's hard to sidestep usually is that her tracking is not very good, especially in backturn/stances. Hypnotist is usually a gamble but if you're at the wall and she is in heat it's best to eat the low and block the mid unless you get a good read on them, because the mid can be up to +20 at walls, while the low is punishable, so Xiao is more likely to use the mid first if she still has lots of heat time left, as she will be able to go back into the mixup again. If she is abusing 3 step hypnotist (AKA the "charged" version where the low launches) you should try to dickjab her as soon as you see the wind effect, there is a small delay where she cannot cancel into anything when that happens and her fastest option is a high which will get evaded, the others are too slow, since the third step "wind" effect always happens at the same timing you can practice and be consistent at this.

[@umbrae1608]

@ god this character sucks. Thank you for the tips!!!

[@TheOceanManTV]

That auto low block is a real game changer

[@chrisbenavides7696]

Great video. You are doing the Lord's work!

[@Vincenzo-og]

these guids are much better than that 8 min guids

[@ronj08]

you scrubs are lucky our leader Eyes Musician is doing his mandatory military service. Otherwise he'd win every major T8 tournament. 👿

[@TipsWith3rdHeaven]

Lol

[@jimdino77]

Idk. Knee is strong af right now. Eyemusician isn’t bodying other Koreans like that

[@AboveElevated]

Eye finished his service 31th of August. Hes doing tournaments since

[@thmistrapillay1811]

Eyemusician the GOAT. With this version of Yoshi he'd Top 8 any tournament 🔥

[@meejmuas8686]

Sin is up and coming. He has very strong fundamentals and his combo knowledge is top tier

[@Andrep5150]

Love your videos ❤ can you start time stamping your steps?

[@EndreHagerup]

Damn great advice right here, loved the vid

[@Praabb]

thank god, i have been waiting for this

[@AdrianoBela]

The Halk tua got me 🤣

[@MichaelSS]

Just wanna mention that you should also memorize what frame traps beat flash in order to reduce the amount of guesswork you have to do. You CAN take your frames as long as you know exactly how many frames you have to take. Tekken 8 incentives using your actual frame advantage and not mental frames

[@doowagoflame4368]

I never thought about it like this, I'll lab it out, thank you

[@MichaelSS]

@doowagoflame4368 awesome. Post what you find here and it might help someone else too 🤗

[@sleepenjoyer-on2dr]

Yea he should've gone more into detail about flash. It gets crushed by certain stuff by evasive moves/launchers as well as power crush and grabd depending on the frames I think. Tbh I dont think flash is broken it's just very lab heavy and annoying to deal with

[@Trik_LZ]

its weird that TMM dont even talk about that, for me thats a big deal againt yoshi (and power crushs in general since they are all 7f startup attacks)

[@Trik_LZ]

@sleepenjoyer-on2dr u can frame trap with slower moves too since flash is so fast it comes out before ur slow move and gets punished

[@AngeloGene]

In the blue ranks, I beat a Yoshi recently with Kazuya. I know a bit of the match up since I am a Yoshi main. xD Anyways, with Kazuya... db4 helps a lot. All Yoshi gets to punish you with is his WS 4 into a stance transition. You get decent reward for little risk. Whenever Yoshi ducks in your face, a fancy way to counter the sweep is to jump back into a WS2 launch. It's super satisfying to pull off. Always look for Yoshi ducking in your face. TMM already explained this, but never take your turn after a plus frame. Always sidestep, backdash or block afterwards to bait the flash. Manji spin kicks... If you manage to block one even one of his spin kicks, immediately mash WS 4 on them. Even if they finish the string with the mid kick, you still get to hit them first. Duck the second hit of Yoshi's 3, 1 string and launch. Same with the second hit of Yoshi df 1, 2 but be fast because the string does jot stop there. There's a follow up sword mid, or his spinning mid slaps.

[@lordofrage3117]

there is a 4 extension, after df1, so once you start duck df1,2 yoshi can adapt

[@AngeloGene]

​@@lordofrage3117False. You automatically block the mid extension. df 1, 4 is jailing string that cannot be delayed. Game does not allow you to duck until the 4 hits. It's been that way since T7.

[@AngeloGene]

​​@@lordofrage3117But to be fair... I love using the move against players similar to you, because even if they are aware of the 4 extention, they think it's a mix up. And most players do not know that the 4 extention is punishable. df1 string is so abusable if they think there's a mix up.

[@gibbybibby5031]

@@AngeloGene Never taking your plusframes against yoshi is also kinda dumb. If you have conditioned the yoshi to think you will not press you start to take your frames here and there. The mindgame should be played by both players. Also most characters have moves that beat flash, you can use in those situations.

[@guilhermesouza1908]

@@AngeloGene he poorly explained it lol look at delusional lobo video way easier to see who is being biased and not knowing the entire story

[@williamjonsson4629]

Give us old f1+2. Wall pressure wont be broken and yoshi loyalists will be happy

[@The_Geni]

its already not broken he just doesn't know what he is talking about all you need to do is roll to the right

[@gerronovmabutasky263]

please do hwoarang next

[@ProwersEdits]

The only reason I have a slightly positive wr vs yoshi is because he has so many good options that the whole playerbase suffers from analysis paralysis.

[@thmistrapillay1811]

How to beat Yoshi: 1. You don't 2. *_Evil-ishly laughs in Yoshi Main_*

[@WafflesOWNz]

12:42 can you not hold forward and interrupt it?

[@The_Geni]

you can actually do anything there and interrupt it hopkick toekick the weird flip kick like actually anything other than rolling will stop it he just doesn't know what he is talking about most of this video is misinformation you should go watch delusional lobo he just made a video correcting everything

[@lerey74]

18:06 saying to look at his finger while doing a finger

[@davida7229]

Just pull the mainman special amd block every yoshi player, that's how u defeat them 👌

[@BRYBORG]

Yoshi the only character that’ll have the operator confused

[@JUYAN16]

3O years later, Yoshimitsu and Kunimitsu are the only Manji clan members we've ever seen. Makes me think they're the only members.

[@The_Geni]

ummm because they are?? did you miss the part where bryn killed the rest of the clan?

[@Invader.Xim.]

how to beat yoshimitsu :plug on loading screen

[@theftking]

You just kinda hop kick and hope.

[@peri3138]

i love these videos

[@keithooi9920]

Main yoshi here, yoshi is only one which beat all character if you know how to use his move against all character mix up. whatever u teach here its quite hard to use against pro player.

[@duckman2796]

Yeah we know. Like he said this is just to give us a chance against someone thats broken.

[@sleepenjoyer-on2dr]

While the bad breath smoke in itself is hard to punish, it takes a while for it to come out. You dont have to respect it

[@Trik_LZ]

so you do what? punch the air? its an keep out move bro u are getting the wrong ideia, if some yoshi use this as a mix up move then thats yoshi skill issue (as always, most of them has low fundamentals skills)

[@sleepenjoyer-on2dr]

@BOTTrik use a wr attack or long range launchers.

[@The_Geni]

@@Trik_LZ its a fucking high just crouch and WR its a 21 frame move

[@CorvoTanuar]

You know what, maybe a doctor degree isn't so hard compared to Yoshi match-up after all. I shouldn't complain on my study.

[@barracudaboi790]

Yoshimitsu is playing Sekiro in Tekken.

[@Noum77]

A game that promotes aggressiveness yet there is one character you can't pressure smh

[@The_Geni]

man the one character that stops people from mashing like clowns

[@phamphamphamhanni]

never been this fast

[@tristanderoo]

Did you actively walk under his flea sword jump to avoid getting caught? Smooth move

[@kinko143]

I'm just red ranks and might be pretty ignorant. But with one of the previous videos I saw a T7 Leroy fest in high level because he's so broken. Why does this not happen with T8 yoshi?

[@Deltaclaw]

The meta in high level tournament play is offense while minimizing risk, because usually all mistakes are heavily punished. They need simple, reliable moves and gameplans that are effective. Yoshi is strong but the reliable tools he does have, other characters do far better. Movement, mixups, frames. His strong tools like flash, spinning evade, unblockable setups, etc. all need reads and carry risks. Risky gameplay isn't viable long term across tournaments at the highest level.

[@kinko143]

Thank you! ​@@Deltaclaw

[@The_Geni]

Its because he isn't anywhere close to the best character people just really really like hating him no that some of his moves are better in t8

[@jmyers112]

Good stuff

[@chrispabon5491]

I’m new to the community but I never thought I’d hear in tekken you gotta jump

[@PandaVsGames]

We all need help in this match up. Pray. Lmfaoooo. Truly busted character, lets see how long it takes for bamco to do smth about it

[@TheOneAndOnlySame]

How i beat yoshi pluers online : I drop the controller and let them do the work and have zero fun for 3 rounds .

[@tekijiyuu]

thanks

[@jarubyjane]

what happens if you get hit by the first db3 then block the second one on reaction does it automatically block on his own too?

[@TheClawMaster_1]

Do a move that's plus on block and hold back then launch flash

[@abirneji]

one of the biggest traps people run into when fighting yoshi is being scared of his strings they are almost all flimsy and not worth respecting I can only think of maybe 31 is probably the exception since you can mix it with 32 and it's hard to fuzzy

[@The_Geni]

I love the amount of misinformation in this video its actually crazy

[@FrancescoFerrara81]

tekken is a fun game

[@ancientplayercham4939]

I'll save you all the 24 minutes of video how to beat yoshi; Be plus on hir or block, then wait. (They will do flash) Punish his flash. They look dumb. You're welcome.💁

[@Allomoite3232]

Does mainman not use a stick anymore?

[@joeborvon3187]

Please do Hwoarang and Lili next.

[@Packypage]

didnt know Mainman switched to a mixbox

[@kelvinmonteiro6485]

He had it or was sent by mixbox as a sponsor, but i remeber about 3 to 5 years ago e reviewed a mixbox

[@joe.a6021]

I been watching you for a good minute MaindaddySwe. I love you but this here is not it... This is a 1 minute video at max. How to beat yoshi: "you don't".

[@Bro-_-670]

1:35 HAWK TUAH

[@NotGyros]

1. You don't 2. One and done

[@ShinHeiLong]

How to *cope* with Yoshi...

[@TheAndrzejPan]

Please do kuma next ;-;

[@guilhermesouza1908]

people wanting yoshi to get nerfed are no diff than lowtiergod.

[@lambcurry1yt417]

Gotta reverse engineer this video and get Yoshi tips

[@DarkLess89X]

the first time in the history of Tekken that someone is committed to countering the flash thinking that that is his strong point since he has been in Tekken for a long time and in Tekken 7 he did even more damage. One thing TMM doesn't say is that your character has 100% some safe mid misses that don't lead your character to advance against Yoshimitsu, for example in the case of Brian uf4 orbital. how many Yoshimitsu's I've destroyed using orbital I've lost count. yes the orbital also works against unstoppable sword cutters 🤭 study your character don't complain if your opponent always flashes you because you don't know what to press it's the exact same thing when you are +frame and your opponent doesn't respect your frames and sidesteps you Launcher.

[@sharmz7540]

So what I’m hearing is make sure to look out for flash but if you just try to counter he could still full launch you and kill yiu so just hole for the best

[@doowagoflame4368]

You gotta work on timing and having the ability to refrain. If the yoshi doesn't know when you're gonna hit they cant flash you. Easier said then done admittedly

[@SuperBrineTK]

damn u r so pro, why did u blocked SCHIZOPHRENIC69 Mr.TheMainManSuiii

[@FullAdDariusBR]

18:05 Yes, I can clearly see your finger.

[@Reyesthesoulful]

Since we're here.. let's talk about how broken hwoarang is.

[@Andreus9733]

It's easy to beat Yoshi, if you see him on loading screen use alt+f4

[@magliochettti_tk4233]

Best move in tekken of all time and its not even close 6-8 frame hit launcher/heat engager. unironically better than akumas d1/d2 in t7 somehow

[@dpc107]

Can you do a video playing Tekken 5 DR online with an emulator

[@xiinartz]

not the butt attack 💀💀💀💀💀

[@chuddlz]

If Yoshi is so broken, why isnt it another Leroy situation where he's like 50% of characters in TWT?

[@The_Geni]

ive been saying that for so long now everyone crys about him being the best my question is why is no one playing him in tournaments