This pro plays Tekken 8 COMPLETELY Wrong. (ft. Speedkicks)

[@GaspoweR]

Could just rename this to "THE ROAST OF PHIDX (ft. Speedkicks)" when you need that engagement bump

[@cherryboywriter6299]

Should be the title right now just go for the throat.

[@exiledhebrew1994]

PHIDX took a lot of heat; but thousands of players can learn from this and improve . i give PHID props for being willing to take criticism and share it. Props to Speed kicks for coaching other players.

[@ZephyrK_]

Whenever PhiDX and SpeedKicks get together, I know I’m about to indulge in peak Tekken content.

[@burni988]

I can relate so much to what speedkicks was saying about having an idea of what you want to do and then trying to force the optimal situation for that thing.

[@TribalKatz]

I call this "fishing for moves." Every time I do it, I get whooped. A fight is all about being formless like water, so the moment you blindly just do things without adjusting to the present moment, you lose.

[@Cooj11]

the way speedkicks tells a story per round is insane. and his analogy of tekken to a rhythm game is so interesting. shouts to you guys for giving out so much rich info

[@victordoesyoutube]

I don't play fighting games I'm just here to boost engagement and watch people who are way better than I could ever be

[@bastard342]

Bruhhh

[@stylahdox9276]

wanna watch me in bed @3am ????

[@TKBzr0]

keep up the good work amigo

[@reirei_tk]

Say the line, Victor!

[@soldier257]

Now you know how every sport fan on the planet feels XD

[@Sarastros07]

Thanks for this Phi and SpeedKicks, I've finally reached my goals. Flow state Good, Thinking Bad.

[@Brian-oz8io]

I swear to god I let go and started entering flow state and I flew through 4 ranks in 2 days lol. I was trying so hard to micro manage my offense and it was messing up everything

[@Radec_G]

I learned this on SF6 but for some reason cannot get on the flow with T8 (yet) there's simply to much on my plate, to many stuff on my move list, same to my opponent, to many ways of landing on the ground and wake up from it for both sides and on top of that the scenario layouts... game is driving me crazy... but i love it so far, I only hope they tone it down a little bit in the next patch, sht is too crazy

[@oxygenabuser2924]

is there a timestamp when they touch on this specifically?

[@Brian-oz8io]

@@oxygenabuser2924 it mostly takes place like between 5 and 9 ish minutes

[@oxygenabuser2924]

@@Brian-oz8io 👍

[@notoriousquinnb]

The "Yes...fascinating" sent me. I love the long form content! I don't even have the capability to play T8 at the moment, but enjoy your coverage of it, especially when it is super in-depth like this!

[@SlimeSolo]

You have an audience for this longer form content! Although it may not get the views you are looking for/expecting, this vid/vod in particular is like coaching and although im not at the same level as you alot of what speedkicks was saying resonated with me. It made me realize i tunnel vision in trying to do what move or option that I WANT instead of doing something like dash block or sidestepping to create the ideal situation for me. Thanks for the vid Phi!

[@alaskanforest77]

I love your content and the long form content. I feel it helps to hear your thought process and learning process as a discussion. Hearing you work through a problem and mistake that you make helps me reframe my mindset while trying to improve my own gameplay. Thanks for what you do and keep it up!

[@jamthepuddo]

Here to help boost the engagement, long form videos are great and I hope to see this do well so we can get some more. Good chemistry between the two of you, nice job!

[@No_Pain_No_Gain46]

Thanks for showing this coaching session. Defense feels really hard in this game, and it feels vindicating to know that even tournament players are having a tough time, but still learning gradually.

[@Rednu]

+1 for PhiDX podcast content. Love listening in the bg while I play, edit, work, etc. More of this pls.

[@AnimateDusk]

Amazing video. It was refreshing to see someone already at a pro level openly dissect their play and be so coachable. Your positivity is infectious. Love everything you post. Ive been a longtime fan but the range of content you are putting around makes you the GOAT of tekken content. Introduced so many of my friends to your channel and IMO it has been the difference between them sticking with the game and dropping it like any other fighter they have tried. Thank you for all you do and looking forward to more in the future.

[@TheTechOrc]

Love your content. I did enjoy this video. You've helped me buff my Alisa game. I'm very happy to be in Orange / Red ranks. Now if I can just get rid of my bad habits like relying too much on my destruction mode, but I'm pleased with my progress thanks to your videos.

[@prasanthraonilapu8809]

Oh cool another Alisa! When I relied on my chains too much it was usually my panic option. That gets better once you learn/get better with your other options.

[@staygoldcortez]

Long form videos with you and speedkicks are always welcome 💪🏽

[@StimYuLus]

fw the longer form stuff as well, great vid

[@Kizzercrate]

I LOVE these long-form "nuts and bolts" videos. Lots of concepts to chew on and keep in mind as we continue to learn and grow in Tekken

[@samsoniteprosser591]

Super cool to see you as a student of the game. We all have blindspots and autopilot behaviors, and its refreshing to see that you're human as well. Also a reminder that we're *always* going to be learning how to play the game, we're never at a point where we are just "good" and can win games effortlessly. I think that's why the "tips to beat x rank" videos do so well, is that there's the concept that just learning a quick and easy tip will make the dopamine hit from winning come without having to slow down and eat our veggies with watching replays and discovering our weaknesses.

[@afumado_5533]

Love the longer videos I hope you decide to make more in the future. Keep up the awesome content

[@mccollio0909]

Just throwing it out there, you're the best conent creator I've found for Tekken 8. Every video you put out, I know I'm about to learn something

[@churchism_1600]

I love these longer video they get me through shifts at work and gives me a lot to think about in terms of learning the game.

[@LordBaktor]

The point about balancing decisions between gameplay state and opponent actions reminds me of actual boxing advice I heard: "Be aware of the macro situation first and the micro second". Meaning that if you manage to dominate the center of the ring and your opponent is constantly having to evade the ropes/corner you are more likely to win than if you get a couple hits in with your back against the ropes.

[@jameswinslow2831]

This is really cool and I appreciate you for posting this. The dashing into a block then getting jabbed into a frame disadvantage leading to a kick in the face was crazy. Then watching you realize the mistakes by him pointing them out was really refreshing to see considering how good ik you are as a Tekken player. I've only ever played arcade mode Tekken on Ps2 so Tekken 8 has been an uphill climb and so far I'm Assailant in Ranked. I lose a lot more than I win

[@isilet]

I caught this session live!! It was awesome and such a good watch, glad you posted it here on KZbin as well. Learned a ton from this session and def gave SpeedKicks a follow too right after.

[@wksers_serks]

It's just something about in-depth and analysis long videos format that gets me. It's so interesting and you get to see things from different perspectives, Idk why but it really gets my attention

[@Dosimetri]

This is amazing, I know long form stuff doesn't receive as much engagement but these full conversations cover things in so much more depth! It ends up being so much more helpful for players like me who have a history with Tekken and understand the theory, but maybe not application.

[@ShadowDraftVX]

phi not going to lie you really made me invested into tekken & your content. appreciate you a lot.

[@Pwnr145]

I love this type of content, I know it doesn't get clicks as much and I appreciate you doing it 57:40 is the best noise I've ever heard

[@c16621]

You know me Phi - I am down with whatever you make - the longer the better. I never put a time limit on gaining knowledge.

[@Folkster1915]

Keep up these long unedited, podcast-like vids, there are so many videos on youtube of just raw gameplay, but sometimes you cant pay attention to the gameplay bc of work/driving so thats why I prefer these podcast because I can learn Tekken Theory by just listening, keep em coming Phi!

[@UltraFridge]

This is such a good video man, it's really cool to see mentoring at a super high level after seeing so much for beginner and intermediate players to show an example of how high the ceiling goes. Speedkicks truly is goated.

[@megamawile8540]

This is some solid insight. Going to have to put this to use myself. Thanks for this dood

[@adryanalmilla1910]

definitely love this, I've missed this stream. good thing you turn things into vids!

[@dlegend6178]

At 17:20 When Speedkicks said "You chose to be here" shit was so powerful I laughed😂😂

[@purplexedpedro]

I love this type of content and would love to see more! you've taught me so much for my first tekken that i can't thank you enough! wishing you the best.

[@JohnDoe42069]

Lots of valueable information in just one video. God bless PhiDX

[@tedthevillain]

Commenting for more long form content for mindset, strategy, and tactics of high level play. I’m grinding to be tournament competitive and your in depth conversations and analysis are helping my progression. Keep it up bro!

[@seltic2007]

This video has opened my mind and subtly change my thinking on tekken can’t wait to try and grind with this new style in mind. I’m relatively still new to tekken so like I’m never sure how to properly analyze what’s going on during the game after listening to speed then focusing on the match with his words in mind I started to understand a lil bit

[@Eanakba]

This was really helpful. I'm like you, heavy gamestate player, which is bad because i play Raven who is the opposite. I'm still trying to solidify my mental stack with the character and even just my flowcharts for oki, controlling space, etc. Downloading my opponent on top of that has been really difficult and i get decision fatigue. Hitting a ceiling around tekken King.

[@MintyPolaroid]

I don't usually got time to watch long content, buuut if you got these timestamps, it helps a lot. Able to watch 10-15+ mins and learn something without feeling overwhelmed, so thank you for adding those.

[@justinnguyen5245]

Love this style and only have I recently bought tekken 8 as my introduction to fighting games. You've grown to be one of my go to individuals in order of improving and content consumption. Thank you brother

[@breakr16]

I love soeedkicks and your tekken 8 takes. No whining. No crying. Just figuring out how to get better.

[@UnderHiver]

Just hit purple ranks for the first time, sharing this coaching definitely helped I would love to say all the drills and stuff you put out helped, but I've been lazy on the lab-work. But this "had an idea" was definitely limiting me until I took this on board Cheers both

[@willgetpaid2040]

Fire video as usual man! Loved the back and forth between you and SK. I'm definitely going to revisit this one a lot to and try to implement some of these ideas into my own gameplay.

[@Ryan-tc2el]

In a mirror match you can still create advantageous positions! Quickly go from a non-threatening distance (threat-adjacent) to a threatening distance and you're in the advantageous position because you're the first to know.

[@giantstrawman543]

On forward dash beating other movement options: 1. Stage position, forward dash necessarily moves your back away from the wall, sidestep presumably tends towards rotating you to a desired angle all else being equal 2. Moves with forward inputs, particularly f,f moves tend to be stronger/faster than moves with back inputs or up/down inputs, often even better than sidestep moves. It necessarily takes time to move from a back input to a forward input so all else being equal your move is coming out faster. Haven't finished watching the video yet maybe this is mentioned

[@duatchol7710]

Gotchu, just here for the engagement. Would love this type of content even more. Although I’m just getting into tekken and st. Hopefully the skills I learn will be translatable when I eventually return to mortal kombat

[@hyulvinji]

Loving the format! It makes things clearer. Thank you for posting this vid. Your own thought progression helped me to some self reflecting. I am better in longer sets than the ranked standard ft2. Mainly because I read habits, not strings and matchups. To improve in T8, it is time to learn more than myself.

[@AlCapwndYou]

The comparison to DDR/ rhythm games was a great comparison! Helps look at the game with a new perspective. Oh, added a like and sub because this format is great to have and worthwhile.

[@JaredMS0]

Unbelievably helpful video. Speedkicks is SO good to learn from. Well done Phi, keep working hard!!

[@Limit47]

This is exactly the type of conversation I assumed would happen if speedkicks was your coach. Very well spoken spoken Chinese. One day I will decipher this 🔥

[@FinalTale]

"What you wanted to run was defence apparently" is so good

[@MonkeyBombsRule]

Long-form content is great for in-depth analysis and also good for background noise. Hope the long-form content continues!

[@sirisaacnewt171]

This is one of the most solid chunks of advice for getting better at this game. This'll definitely be a good study on how to develop some good skills, thanks!

[@rickyhill2886]

I just love you and your videos man. Whatever the content and context, your videos will get played. You've helped me break my Garyu plateau. Pushing Raijin now, and I appreciate you helping make that happen.

[@gingerales]

Ah heck yeah, I love a lengthy video like this to have on the background. And those timestamps are excellent, thank you for them.

[@Subarashii_Nem]

Like another comment said, I also don't play fighting games but watching and learning about their intricacies is fascinating. I couldn't ever play a fighting game at a good enough level for it to be fun for me and that's okay! I just really like watching and understanding what I'm watching so these videos also help me as a fan of watching the hypest of matches!

[@greg6538]

The idea of Flow-State-RPS is really fascinating to me. Essentially, don't worry too much about doing the right thing, but hurry up and "do the thing" to force your opponent to react.

[@kadajj6717]

I like seeing your process of playing the game and learning, it gives a good perspective on how I should be thinking about the game

[@MikeXP777]

I like this type of content nice to sit back and watch idk if you remember me from Twitch

[@Dead-Eyed-Man]

Love this long form content, so hopefully this video does well. Thanks PhiDX!

[@MyRunningRiot]

I love having a video like this every once in awhile, so I hope you do more. I will say watching this on a phone is a little difficult because the reduced window size from a discord call in the already reduced stream window makes it hard to see what's happening at times. Still good shit though

[@PhiDX]

That's good feedback thank you!

[@Zlei.]

Watched this live on Twitch and now watched the KZbin video. Helped hammer in the points I heard the first time around 🙌

[@bryce0023]

i tuned in at the end of the sesh on str am and really wanted to see all this so thanks for having it up on YT so quick. i learned a lot 👍

[@epishy2902]

You’re very cool, I enjoy seeing your videos pop up on my feed. Your long videos are easily as engaging as any other, keep it up

[@jj-cz3rq]

Feel like this opened my mind about how the game works. It seems simple yet complicated. Speedkicks is a smart guy. Thanks for the video!

[@korkad_]

ive really liked how speedkicks talks about the game since i watched a particular video of him playing vs a hwoarang in ranked t7

[@trcakira8974]

Thank you both for this!

[@imanafshari6128]

Really enjoying the longer form content as well as the standard format

[@carsnanime4719]

Many gems in this vid, appreciate the conversation and insight!

[@GregInTechnicolor]

Hearing a lot of this as a new Tekken player who was taught by a Tekken 7 player a lot of my habits and struggles in Fujin ranks are starting to make sense.

[@aurastrix]

Having most videos be this long would be a bit much-there just isn't enough time every day to watch all that-but longer in-depth discussions like this one from time to time would be neat (once a week?)

[@PhiDX]

My thoughts are similar. If it's long-form I think it must be revisitable

[@brodiidias6029]

@@PhiDX THIS! was just about to comment that I love this long form content. wantched this vid when it came out and now revisiting it as ive improved and its showing me more that I missed on the previous watch

[@guslycardin]

great video!! I dash block a lot myself and always get the tables turned on me. Lots of really helpful advice here! I really like Speedkicks's teaching method lmao, pause and roast you until you can connect the dots yourself 😭

[@piratesdusilence]

Thanks for the VOD sir !

[@WrenzyArt]

This content is some of my absolute favorite. Sitting down and discussing things I am very interested about, Tekken being it, is just wonderful! Keep these coming, king.

[@malachi2807]

Phidx can't lie I'm about 3 months In as a tekken play and about 2 weeks in as a tekken 8 player watching you has helped me improve in more ways than one I play Victor and bryan my Victor is shiriyu and my bryan is orange rank ur content is great I enjoy ur longer videos I would like you to continue idk if anyone else shares the sentiment but I enjoy ur content through and through u shed light on the insane world of tekken keep it up

[@arquieter9236]

Finally got to purple rank and see myself improving every day thanks to your videos, keep it up man

[@lycanshithrope6956]

Hour long video and man said I'll keep it short. Best believe I'm watching regardless. Can't miss a PhiDX vid out here .

[@lac3603]

Im Ngl I saw Hwoarang in the thumbnail and thought you were gonna talk about K-Wiss 😂

[@aracystic28]

Phi I adore your content. It’s great to listen to when I’m training. Awesome job. You help provide a lot of insight to help change my perspective on how I approach my fights.

[@ReRaze_Over9000]

I enjoy long form vids like this because I’m in a truck most of the time. Keep up the good work.

[@iThinkMyNamesBenH]

'We had opportunities to run our game, and we chose to run defense' and there it is, my struggle with learning tekken 8 summed up

[@plasmaticname6]

please continue with more videos like these, definitely a huge help

[@nuggetsml]

i watched this one on stream live, and rewatching the matches after knowing what the answers were gave me new insight. The Leo was completely playing towards the wall punish while you were seemingly unaware of it and more focused on the man in front of you, i think technically you were better but the situational awareness gave the Leo the edge

[@micheesecake]

I love seeing how the pros learn. Also a great reminder that the learning never stops.

[@ladsbois7302]

Really good high-intermediate level content. I think I had the same problem in Tekken 7, though not as deep. Instead of dash blocking, it was dash into df1. In and of itself, I didn't find it to be a bad idea. I was trying to keep my opponent in check. However, I was not properly incorporating complementing options into my game, such as dash jab, or dash low, to make them want to crush/duck. Like speed is saying, I sacrificed my offense, and just put my opponent in a winning position. This concept is useful, and I'll start thinking about it in my gameplan more. Thank you for sharing. EDIT: I started thinking about players who have defensive styles in Tekken 8, and I am curious why some players are finding success with it The immediate example I came to is Strog (EU lars player). He got God of Destruction, with a patient playstyle. Going against him feels like I'm fighting a brick wall. I'm wondering how he's making these "do-nothing" decisions, and finds success with it. Is it the character? Is it the opponents giving up initiative? The player's unfamiliarity with the game? It's hard to tell. I think this should be explored a little more in detail. Again, thank you for your time. Edit to edit: I just watched a few replays with him on steve, and he's playing a lot more offensively. Idk if that carried over to his lars. For now, I'll eat my words lol

[@Nikeload]

Ive been followin u for quite a while eversince T7 ICFC became a thing. And I'm glad your now a leading content creator for Tekken 8 that provides videos with the main intent on educating players on how to play Tekken. Keep up da good work dude.

[@id10t31]

its crazy cause the “DDR” style he’s talking about is how i learned combo timing in Tekken 3

[@kendallmarin1010]

Ive only played t8 since it came out havent even booted up mk1

[@silver_dem0n525]

Would love to see more of this!

[@jaymanity]

Honestly this is really good video and great quality as every other vid Phid made

[@_Helm_]

this is amazing educational mindset that Speedkicks kindly shared with you and you with us. Depth on the mindset is the best gift you could give the FGC at large.

[@dendor8519]

just from the intro I know this is gonna be a good vid, keep it up Phi

[@joshuadelossantos955]

27:46 Speedkicks: Your cooking this dude.....ohhh Phi: you know how it goes... Happens to the best of us

“You’re a couple Brain-rewiring scenarios away from getting Top 8” Speedkicks, I’m fucking dying at that statement.

[@silverpuma6081]

Great informational video as always, never fails to deliver. Im not sure if its important but i kept wondering why you didnt take ur back turn mix up? I figure its part of lilis offense but it felt like u were avoiding it even on +10 ff4.

[@chokehold84]

I'm struggling too, still playing 7 when everyone else blowing me up playing tekken 8 lol keep it up Phidx ur a beast and will figure it out.

[@byVariations]

I know you said this type of content doesn't do well because it's long. But I think I speak for all players who picked up tekken 8 as their first game and are actually trying to improve that this is the type of content we fiend for.

[@souljasleet]

Saw all of this live even the match vs lily and speedkicks pulling up. I just came in to increase the engagement so everyone else can see this!

[@JMRyback]

Great long-form content, Phi. Much appreciated.