Uninstalling Tekken 8

Today on Tekken 8, I thought I would show yall my current skill / challenge I'm facing in this game. I honestly am trying my best not to stop playing this game out of pure frustration. It's taking everything in my power
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[@skywalker1217]

RIP to Akria Toriyama that man gave us a lot

[@Atcturus]

@@happythoughts8291so..?

[@Geokuzan]

​@@happythoughts8291 He didint even know you either bro

[@mystic6121]

RIP to the legend

[@alexapex4836]

@@happythoughts8291and? His creation connected us all so stfu

[@Rat-Voice]

I once acted like Goku in grade one, and just felt one of the girls private areas to make sure she was a female.

[@JOHNBPARKOUR]

AFRO, you said EXACTLY what your problem is at 3:05 You have a plan of things that you EXPECT to work in your head, then you fall apart when they don't. THAT is why you are hard stuck. you need to be able to adapt to each situation and make reads on what your opponents like to do but instead you hand that information over to them first and the rock your shit, play more patient, and pay for the download. you will hit purple my man

[@derickwhitaker9196]

Bro just helped me in the process of helping Afro

[@nolife910]

This right here. He needs to become Mahoraga instead of summoning Lotus all the time.

[@jbazley001]

Yeah it seems like Afro isn't a reactionary player. Fighting games are all reactionary against higher competition.

[@Kunnazy]

Best way to view it is that Tekken is like a boss rush game. Everyone you fight is a boss and you have to learn their attack patterns, adapt if things go wrong, and take advantage of their weaknesses. You'll die again and again but eventually there will be a time where you just breeze through it.

[@cursebarklee41]

Yea that’s true the amount of times I switch my styles in ranked with the same character is crazy, so much so that I’m flying through the ranks and I just got Strategist in like 2 days. I just started ranked. Afro just needs to be calm and mix em up more often than not.

[@Rikent]

When I went through something similar I had to remind myself why I'm playing ranked. Sure, it felt good to climb and the first few days of playing is amazing as I cruised through the ranks. However when I reached the rank I'm supposed to be at, the massive influx of serotonin that I get from climbing was suddenly gone and I stopped enjoying the game. I realized that I had to shift my focus from wanting to climb ranks, to wanting to get better at the game. I started my learning process by not spending as much time in ranked anymore. Instead of spamming games I went for a walk or took a break whenever my brain was fried and during the break I'd get a ton of different ideas to try out and would get excited to get back in the game again. I also saved some time for analyzing replays, practicing new things and rehashing the old stuff that I had learned, instead of spending all of my free time on ranked. Once I managed to change my mindset successfully, I went from hardstuck for 2 weeks in Eliminator/Garyu to Tekken King in 2-3 weeks. Climbing ranked kind of became a passive by product of my learning process instead of my only goal in T8. I enjoyed the out of the game learning so much that I one time did not play for a few days and when I came back I'd jump from Tenryu to Fujin.

[@bionicallyacomputer292]

nice, that's all facts

[@Frozenfidget]

Definitely this. Focus should be on improving at the game. When you get stuck in rank mentality and being "good enough" for X rank you tend to spiral. Also, not to shoutout other channels but PhiDX has a great video going over this very concept.

[@gorgebekarov6025]

Man, the fact that you're stuck is good. Before, when you felt that you were better you didn't see most of your flaws, and now you've become aware of them, which is progress in itself. Everyone has that one phase where they are stuck. Just keep at it and you'll reach purple.

[@Rimuru346]

Rip Akira Toriyama

[@user-rbyee]

🙏

[@pancakes7483]

This is a tekken video...

[@johnjuandemarco]

@@pancakes7483 I’m guessing you didn’t pay attention to or understand the thumbnail

[@pancakes7483]

@@johnjuandemarco nigga, he didn't mention anything about dbz in the vid. He just showed the Yamcha pose as the thumbnail. You definitely go to vids and say rip to someone when the video topic isn't about that at all

[@Nanashi094]

@@pancakes7483you might have brain damage

[@JordanYTT]

LEGIT ADVICE: Here’s a tip I hope helps. I think the biggest help for me when I got stuck in this rank, was to watch more higher ranked gameplay of the characters I lose the most against. It’s truly matchup and frame knowledge from what I’m watching from your gameplay. Your offense is good but on defense you press buttons when characters still have plus frames on specific moves and they abuse them on you once they realize you don’t realize it. Since your using dragnov abuse his plus frames but not just those moves. After a plus frame move throw in a 2, 1 to keep pressure and you’ll force them to press a button eventually but your frames will still be faster (in most cases) because after your mega plus frames your throwing out a ten frame punish to keep your turn. Hope this helps bro 💯 we should run maybe I can throw a hint or two! 🤙🏽 good luck in the tourney 🫡

[@JordanYTT]

Update: ALSO huge tip for dragnov, after your QCF 4 (your overhead leg plus frame move) your put into your crouch sneak, you can immediately follow up with DF 1, 4 which is a nice pressure move that throws many people off guard, pros like JDCR use it all the time (obviously with caution, not just spam) but after your plus frame overhead sweep you gain good pressure and can mix up with some of your throws, a 2, 1 ten frame jab, your D2 low sweep, and many more options, makes dragnov very viable. Hope this helps 🤙🏽

[@sylents8005]

Learning frames is a cheap way of getting good

[@vincentbabb7332]

Yes because alot of times people will knowledge check u most of those guys probably playing since tekken 7 so they already kinda have a head start

[@vincentbabb7332]

​@@sylents8005yes learning safe strings and also his counter hit combo starters

[@boblipsmacker]

@@sylents8005just say ur stupid

[@KrpticUnknown]

As someone who’s watched hours of you play atp, I’d say one of the things that bothers me is that you hold on to your heat until the death of the universe. if youre getting pressured, or youre pressuring someone who manages to break said pressure with a poke, use it. esp if you’re bellow half health and they pressure your guard. bc then its kill or be killed. thats my two cents, good luck 😂🙏🏾

[@XGKOnTop]

YO KRYTIC WTF you gotta make some more Cory beats dawg jk but yo wsg

[@AngeloGene]

To Afro and ALL players stuck in the Red Ranks (coming from a Fujin player). Do this exercise and follow this step by step. I promise it will help a lot. 1. Go to practice mode with your character and a character you hate the most. Pick any stage. 2. Go to the "Practice Settings". Go to "Training Mode" And select "CPU". Then go to "CPU Difficulty" and set it to "Ultra Hard". 3. Now, go back and play against the cpu. Dash in your opponent's face and hold your back. * You are NOT allowed to duck. Let ALL lows hit. If you get hit by anthing, keep holding back to "standing-guard". * You ARE ALLOWED to tech grabs if you can. * You are NOT allowed to attack... yet. Now we really start the exercise: 4. After blocking, steal your turn back with: *Jab - input: 1 *Crouch jab - d1 or db1 depending on the character. *Your fast mid poke - df1 for most characters. Dragunov included. Used if you need a bit more reach. If your standing jab connects whether on hit or block, you can go for a Mid or low/throw mix-up. If your jab whiffs, resume stand blocking and look for opportunities to steal your turn again. If your mid poke hits, go for your mixups. If it gets blocked, resume stand blocking and look for opportunities to steal your turn again. This is how you play Tekken. "Small Tekken" specifically. Yes, there are other options like sidestepping after hits and blocks, but you can worry about those WAY later. Now, just a tough love type of message. If you don't have this skill, you are not qualified to be in the Purple ranks. Legitimately, at least. BUT if you master this... Welcome to the dark blue ranks, Fujin at the very least.

[@DanyalElia]

Stealing turn is a must have instinct in tekken, especially in t8 where there are too many BS and gimmicks...

[@faisaalkamara4181]

im gonna steal this exercise to help teach my friends. ima raijin player trying to teach my friends new to the game and they’re around reds too

[@OriginallyLynx]

RIP Akira🙏🏻🕊️ On to the video topic, keep ya head up, stay focused and put everything you’ve learned to use especially those throws against opponents who can’t tech them. Down 2 is your best friend as well

[@mxthd3302]

RIP toriyama 😞

[@888ccg6]

Next year, when you're more experienced and nutty at the game, you're going to look back at this video and laugh Afro. Don't give up man. You're the iron going through the fire right now. Consider joining some character discords and talking to other players that main whichever character you want to learn.

[@tdm-ty]

I feel like the only thing holding you back now is just character knowledge. I’d recommend taking advantage of the replay feature in this game. IT’S AMAZING!!! If you wanna learn how to deal with a certain move, when it’s your turn, or when to spam a button, use replays.

[@Poser9000]

I noticed in ur stream u like to raw rage art ALOT which is good sometimes but i recommend for the most part to always do ur launcher before it so its guaranteed like ur df2.

[@Durielhall]

Naw you gotta see his resent vods he be good with not pressing that

[@KILLKAM-]

does less damage in air tho no?

[@Yerocco]

@@KILLKAM-guaranteed damage is better than potential more damage imo.

[@ninjabros6282]

Now that is some good Advice Especially if you are at that Last Pixel of Health and get it off cause that Boost from Less Health does WONDERS I can definitely tell you from what I've been seeing

[@ninjabros6282]

​@@KILLKAM-If Health is Low Low it's still Big Damage and could really clutch it

[@kara-sanmart208]

Not just Tekken8 in Life generally our Boy Afro said “I know my flaws, it’s just not that simple to overcome them” is the REALEST SHIT IVE EVER HEARD

[@Knivess0]

Read a book.

[@kara-sanmart208]

@@Knivess0 maybe you should read, I said “heard” not seen ina book… go touch grass

[@Knivess0]

@@kara-sanmart208 What's the last book you read? Hungry caterpillar doesn't count but I could give you some recs, based on your interests. Just remember we need to work out our minds just as much as our bodies.

[@TMD4263]

​@Zx2Solomon stop hating.

[@suvid9490]

@@TMD4263he not hating, he’s not even wrong, Afro has all the technical and mechanical skills necessary for purple rank, all he is lacking is the mental, the decision making

[@kidlif3853]

I needed this laugh after a terrible day 😂I can definitely relate to this frustration

[@skullzproduction1]

gz on not getting demoted 😅 I understand the struggle cause I also feel this way with fighting games. I tend not to play these kind of games like tekken, street fighter, db fighters. My main struggle is with smash cause like ik what I'm doing but sometimes my brain be lagging behind

[@brandongray9469]

Don't uninstall!! It's already impressive that you've reached Shinryu on your first Tekken game taken seriously I was going through the same thing as you struggling for Tenryu but I took a break and came back trying to focus more on the fundamentals and that's when I started getting to high purple and blue

[@kingsleycy3450]

Just enjoy the journey bro. The 2 biggest disappointments of growing up: realizing you are never going to become an astronaut, and never becoming a Tekken master

[@sirshady9209]

Ngl thats a crazy statement 😂

[@yass3425]

Lol

[@Destroyerballs416]

Jokes on you nerd, tekken masters like me love traveling to space (I don't even own tekken 8)

[@kevinchan7204]

All the love man you’ll get out of it a good advice is watch people come out of ranks not jump to highest level possible really helped me alot started 4 days ago and hit purple with king cause i was watching matches alot on those ranks specifically

[@sadbxi0357]

Aye, keep going hit the lab more practice more stay more patient you'll get there man

[@BlaqMagiq99]

Been playing since a kid with Tekken 2. One thing that really helps is actually training with other characters, especially the ones you have the most trouble fighting against. That way you get to know their moveset so you can anticipate their moves and options

[@edowado6245]

I think it's a bit too early for that at the point he's at. He's still learning drag, the restriction will help him learn his char as well

[@ado1199]

There is punishment training for that though.

[@Dallas4090]

@@ado1199punishment training doesn’t cover everything

[@SirBranDon24]

It's tough in them Tekken streets. Don't give up!

[@Ifrit_Alucard]

Afro you the goat you just got to believe in yourself and have the confidance to achieve your goals

[@TheSkyrocketYT]

This is a plataeu in fighting games. You have a best of 3 to learn what your opponent does, abuse what weaknesses you find, and keep doing that each individual game. The opponent will also be trying to adapt to how you play, and when you see they change up how they play to counter how you are, then you switch your gameplay to throw them off. This is the way of fighting games.

[@afrogenix]

Just gotta come back stronger. Dont forget that big win streak you had. It felt GOOD

[@coreboppp]

BEEN WATCHING YOUR STREAM VODS GOOD LUCK AFRO!

[@JTMclarenF1]

Bro I saw the post the other day about your stream so when I sae this I died laughing😂😂😂

[@yuzuki2385]

The yoshimitsu experience is always mindbreaking lol Also whenever I reach a plateau I do player matches and pratice characters that I struggle with or attacks that I struggle to handle. I usually just go to practice mode and train my defense or reaction speeds on a certain character I struggle with and then just place all types of inputs from them that I struggle with and set it all to random to just try and block or punish it until it gets easier to see it coming. Plus you can still rematch the people you lost to and test yourself against them, see how it goes….if they’re account isn’t private. Good luck with the grind Afro, don’t give up.

[@DrunkenFistLeee]

Don’t give up yet Afro! This series has been amazing and you’re getting better! You’ve got this keep the grind up brother

[@flashtheshapeshafter]

I felt that rant in the beginning on a personal level, back in the day playing mvc3 I generally feel like I was getting better then I just lose for over an hour back-to-back losing rank after rank I felt like I was about to break something

[@aramisreeves1298]

Yooo long time fan and now it’s time for me to emerge. Brother you got the tech, stop talking YOU out of YOUR game. If anything you’re your worst enemy. Onward to victory my boy 🤝🏾

[@HecTicMoose]

It’s okay Afro, you are not the only one struggling at these red ranks with the “up and down”(I also am struggling lol). A good thing to do is to just take a step back and relax for a little and come back to it! Tekken is an extremely difficult fighting game and it’s probably one of the easiest to get frustrated at too. There’s a lot of layers to unpack in this game and all it takes is time brother. Keep your head up ❤

[@WhyIsThisVisible]

I love the use of Zant's boss music from Twilight Princess in the last fight to make it feel like you're stuck in a loop, rehashing everything you've done up to this point and losing your mind.

[@firefox7628]

To see Hashirama Senju's own blood not only defeated, but in the YAMCHA POSE?! Damn...

[@nhemesis_productions3008]

I honestly feel the exact same way. I’ve had a Blue rank promo like 20 times today and then go on a losing streak and then I finally get back to promo and then go back down all over again. I’ve almost uninstalled it too 😭 You doing great though man, keep it up.

[@knives2635]

im in the exact same place on king trust me i feel the vibes, keep it strong i know we can both get through red

[@c0wboys4life]

Crazy I was just watching that stream like 40 minutes in and I must say Twitch Afro is hilarious….ya boy need anger management classes or something 😂

[@cerebralassassin1025]

I've had the same road block in T7. I guess one thing that might help is to focus less on that shiny new rank and focus primarily more on enjoying the game and learning how you can further improve on your main. The more you dwell on your losses and lack of visual progress by not ranking up is just letting you lose sight of the things that should matter more. But hey, you do you, brother. Glad to see how far you've come so far and can't wait to see how much farther you'll go as long as you keep at it!

[@stanthepanman1485]

I couldn't be there for the tournament so I watched it back, AFRO YOU WERE COOKING ON THERE LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO

[@Cashmere_Gaming]

This is my first Tekken and i love it, i never was into fighting games other than Def Jam and some Dragon Ball Z games but Ive been playing this game with Shaheen and now i understand what Ive been missing all these years. This game is a mind phuck

[@demonjj3638]

Toriyama isnt dead.A man only dies when he's forgotten.

[@TMD4263]

By that logic he is immortal.

[@demonjj3638]

@@TMD4263 exactly

[@KuroSenju]

That's fax

[@derekurbina7371]

I hear practicing movement and combos before going to sleep helps the mindset and skill growth

[@zZBadMeetsEvilZz]

New sub here! I'm happy that you've been enjoying this game and it is EXTREMELY good that you are now at the point that you've essentially plateau'd. You've gotten pretty far doing what you've been doing. I've watched a couple of your videos now on Tekken but you've essentially played the same until now you're at the point where you have to evolve your gameplay and mindset. You're at that point where you have to learn punishment. You're at the point where you cannot simply out mash your opponent consistently. Learning matchup, your own character's strength, and simply blocking effectively will get you a long way. You aren't even maximizing your damage when your turn goes your way because you only get a string in or a simple grab. And as you get higher, those simple tactics will be less & less reliable. Cant wait to see growth 🔥

[@turtleboss9848]

honestly I get the rage, I’ve been there too with every new fighting game I learn lol but you just gotta stick with it and keep playing as you learn the game more, the rank progression will come. just try to remember it’s new to you so not only are you learning your character but you also are learning every character you go against as well it’s a process. best advice I can give is don’t only play ranked mix in just quick matches too so you’re not so hyper focused on your rank it’ll clear your head a bit more and allow you to play smarter

[@amondanomad9443]

Take our energy Afro.

[@Kevin03341]

Take me afro

[@sagarrajan7385]

🙌

[@ShinobiAct-Revised]

Nothing wrong with taking a break or two man sometimes taking a break a coming back will do better for you

[@sasugalex]

your growth in such a short amount of time is pretty exceptional my brother, im in the same boat. never really played tekken before 8 and now i’m fighting to get out of tenryu, and i struggle with my one formula that brought me up here in the first place. especially because sometimes if i’m locked i can use it against the purple ranks too, but that doesn’t cut it when i’m playing against someone with a brain because they’ll just adapt to me and punish until i want to backflip off a building. but recently i’ve been seeing progress and steady improvement by trying 2 new things that i think will help you out a lot too. 1, punishment practice with combos and options i never thought of, ive come up with new plans for new scenarios that have helped me shake things up against opponents who can adapt to my play style. it helps to sit in the lab, and run 2 or 3 more plans over and over until you know what to do if plan A doesn’t work. if your brain works in steps like that then have plans that are the opposite of your bread and butter to force your opponent to adapt to something new on some mahoraga type shit. and 2, MOST importantly, im sure you’ve heard it a million times but patience is key. for me, if i’m getting my ass kicked i like to drop back and treat it like a dark souls encounter. we all have movesets like those bosses and if you wait and watch you’ll know how to defend and how to punish. it’s been nice watching your tekken videos because in a weird parasocial way we’ve been progressing at the same rate. i’m sure there’s a lot of people out there like me too, so don’t let us leave you behind my brother. you got this shit easy

[@mclambtj]

Rage arts are a bit more challenging to time stamp where to use if you're using it as a comeback tool due to damage scaling. However, what i can tell you as a tip is that what makes rage arts special is they erase gray health. So low health scaling aside you can use them as combo extenders; if you're opponent has more gray health than you do and you have the ability to rage art.

[@tylerfowler7724]

Ik your struggle Afro I was fighting a Paul earlier today, sidestep completely behind him and go for my 14 frame punish and somehow before I hit him he was able to fully turn around, punch me in the face, get full combo, and kill me. I stared at the screen in silence. The round after that I use my rage art and it hits him but just knocks him away and doesn’t actually do the rage art to the point that both him and I just stood still for a good 10 seconds wondering wtf just happened. If I may quote a meme “god I fucking hate this game” *gets on*😂

[@thinktoodeep101]

You're being way too hard on yourself. The growth that you have had in this game is legit impressive. You make some of the same call outs that I would make (i.e. when they are on the ground and you choose to go low) and some of those get blocked too. You're just at the level now of playing against people like this. As long as you keep putting time in, something else will just click just like when you started to learn how to stream effective combos. This is one of the toughest humps to get over, but we are cheering you on, bro. I would say if you haven't done so already, to just take advantage of the replays and lab with how to counter situations that you struggle with.

[@janencarnacion5696]

Yo Afro I have some things that I can get you on. First watch a man named JDCR, he’s one of if not the best drags in the game. You can learn what moves he does in certain situations so you won’t need to. And next learn a tech that only drag can to named “sneak canceling”. Your current juggle combo isn’t gonna cut in those ranks because of how short it is. You can use it for wall combos like you did in the start but only for those OR if your opponent has enough health to where they die from it. Sneak cancellations increase your damage from 70 to 107 or 90. Also please play more patient, in the ranks you are at now doing > > ^ will get you punished like crazy because that’s what they look for. I hope this finds you well.❤ (also sneak canceling is hard to pull off, I recommend that you do moves while the other one is still playing. And once you do pull it off, practice it on a hard or ultra hard Reina cpu because Reina is the hardest character to hit combos on. Stay safe)

[@Diispaceyone]

That Yoshi gameplay was dope as hell

[@brond.8009]

pressure is bad advice against purple and blue ranks, patience is really the only way to escape red and purple. jab, then block, try to fish for opportunities with dragonuvs 10 frame punish.

[@Ace_Da_Gamer]

Im not that good at Tekken but one issue I saw in these fights was you started each round the same way, it gives the opponent time to read and react to your moves. I don't play Drag but im sure he has different tools to start the fight, but thats just from what I saw so take it with a grain of salt. You are not that bad tho Afro, keep up the grind. You got this!

[@deathmetalinyourface]

Right now, in Street Fighter 6, I'm just ranking up with my prior fighting game experience in Mortal Kombat and with the practice I put into the game in the lab, but I know I'm going to reach a point in the ranks that I'm going to have to know certain knowledge of my opponents characters. Maybe you've reached that point. Also, training your brain on what to do in certain situations is really helpful.

[@kylermcintosh8022]

Hope your tournament went well!

[@dannythekhexpert6468]

I love just not watching the tekken vids yet and just enjoying the story that each title entry tells on their own lol

[@56sketch]

I feel the frustration bro. Afro if you're reading let me tell you that you have the fundamentals, you have the tech and like you demonstrated in practice mode and against Q, you know how to use it. It doesn't come as easy in fight because we get worked up and I think that's your main issue. You gotta calm down bro and that doesn't mean have a negative mindset. You gotta think positive, keep your cool and the tools will come to you when you need them. I'd say grab a post it note and put it on your monitor and write "calm down" or something like that. Look at it when you get worked up and breathe. I feel like you might already know this but let it hit home, its holding you back. You got this bro, see you in the tournament.

[@kiracoon]

Learning when it’s my turn has been a huge issue for me too. Also you gotta remember to adapt to your opponent it absolutely kills me when you notice they don’t tech grabs and you don’t abuse it 😭

[@talon.brigade8366]

Look at the replays. Just made it to Battle Ruler but I've lost so damn much lol. Awesome Nier music playing in the beginning btw.

[@therealjimbo3206]

rip Toriyama, it pretty much started with db for me. I wouldn't have went down that rabbit hole if not for him. it's weird the amount of sorrow you can feel for somebody you've never met

[@LuisCastro-zk5fh]

Rip Akira a legend

[@jdez095]

Hey Afro you did AWESOME on the stream today in the Tournament. That was fuckin hype! Cant wait to see your video on that. Real quick: One thing Dragonuv gets during his heat is that some of his regular moves become launchers, keep an eye out for youtube videos that focus on Dragonuvs strings during heat mode. You tend to heat smash right after activating, (i do this too sometimes) but honestly all that does is takes away some of my overal versatility because most of my attacks for Yoshi are far more enhanced during heat mode and knowing the ones to use for launchers is super helpful in getting my opponents health down during Heat

[@kylevorster5336]

Dude I was so fucking proud watching you kick ass every time you showed up on Sajam's stream.

[@russell9723]

I don't interact much in KZbin or anything, but I do like your videos a lot and been here since Naruto storm era. I juat have to say that you are doing great. We have all been on the same plateau you are right now. The majority od the people are in red ranks right now, so it is normal that you have this back and forth. It is good to have a game plan, and if it works for a couple of rounds, abuse the hell out of it. However, the moment the opponent adapts change. They duck, you launch. For example, on the first three hits of your main string, people know a low comes next. Anticipate that and do a launcher. Doesn't work, then start side stepping. There is not a printed formula. Just know that you have made an incredible amount of progress from when you started. You said it on one of your streams, take the loses as learning experiences. And remember, taking a one day break from the game also helps with the frustration. You come back stringer

[@bionicallyacomputer292]

fax

[@kotamajor7317]

Sending a purple Yoshi at this man during his lowest moment is cold, Tekken.

[@thmistrapillay1811]

As a Yoshi main..... ngl....... that shit was hilarious

[@WoW4Short]

Despite the struggles you’ve went through in this one you have excelled tremendously. I’ve really enjoyed watching your growth within this series. Keep grinding KING 👑 💪🏾

[@cybcx404]

Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result is called insanity. Expecting 1+1 to equal 3. You will be here for awhile. That will never change.

[@Bladerbashz]

Hey Afro I got a few tips. One of the things I noticed is that you don't duck as much as I think you should. Ducking allows you to avoid highs and block lows. Poking with 10 frame jabs can help to get your turn back during neutral or where you can. Also learning common lows for characters. During your first fight against Paul, he got you with a low that I see happen often when I fight Paul's. Either way you're doing really well if this is your first Tekken game. Just take it a bit slower and enjoy the game don't quit!

[@CGM_Raiden]

He’s need better matchup knowledge to be ducking which hopefully comes with time

[@olainpusey9202]

brovi am always tell you afro I am good at fighting games I love them whether it be tekken, soul caliber back in the day, bloody roar, Mortal kombat, when I get stuck and frustrated getting my ass kicked, just cool off go into training put opponent on CPU mode select a hard difficulty and try to block and counter everything that gets throw at me and when I master that I fight with people and wreck them

[@trehubb6144]

Was watching the stream yesterday. Definitely find someone who can help you fight against Devil Jin/Kazuya. Also please add in a basic High kick. That as a opening move would be good for you.

[@slydog2678]

As a long time Dragunov player one of my favorite ways to keep pressure going is the use of his forward 3 kick grab. Use it more for checking knowledge on if they can tech an unexpected grab. And if successful follow it with low kicks or if they can react quicker use a rising forward 2

[@mclambtj]

7:26 the combo that Jwong taught you this is a heat engager. It's a great pressure tool because it's still + on block or they get hit by it. If you're not using it for pressure specifically then the best time to use it would be in moments like 11:57. A good way to tell when you activate your heat raw vs a heat engager is to look at how much gray health you have, and the distance between you and your opponent. You want enough space to hit the combo without being interupted by their own jabs or counter hits. Heat engagers regenerate gray health; but activating raw heat does not. You have to deal damage to regen.

[@biscuitkrueger3321]

Rip akira

[@user-oi1fi8sq1d]

afro look, as drag, one of your go to mids(used when opponents are ducking) is back 4,3 this is a heat engager. also USE YOUR DOWN BACK 3!!! it’s a very nice 50/50 since if they don’t block, they get sent into a combo, if they do then you can cancel it into a grab that grabs low and also heat engages, it’s a risk but if you can read your opponent it’s extremely useful. praying for you brother

[@Halfrican16]

Bro I’m in the same spot as you! Not quite as high ranked but I feel you… the only thing I can suggest is when you have them blocking is to keep up the pressure. I notice when I try to switch that strategy up is when I start too get COOKED.

[@JustAnotherRandomGamer]

I think the reason you are frustrated is you are too focused on ranking up 🙂 Don't mind losing, and focus on improving your fundamentals, (movement, side stepping, poking, mixups etc.) Whenever you feel stuck and don't improve, watching high ranking players replay using your character against characters you are struggling against helps a ton! 🙂 I'll be rooting for your team in the tournament!

[@suvid9490]

As someone who has competed in 2 different fighting games, you truly are one of us, one of us, one of us, one of us, also, some things to keep in mind, don't try to play like you want to be the best, play like you want to beat the best, its a small but useful change in mindset. The idea is, don't be afraid of failing, be afraid of not trying your best to beat someone.

[@bionicallyacomputer292]

daym

[@addfun2594]

@lifeofrio seems like your little brother sometimes lol cannot wait to see the matchup. Watch both your guys content all the time

[@BFG_Guzma]

Piecing everything together is the most frustrating but most satisfying part of the climb. Stick with it and you'll get there. You've learned a lot in a short amount of time so you're just dealing with information overload. It happens to everyone man. You got it.

[@OGSweetMeat]

No, leave it installed 😡

[@thediamondangel5171]

Bro Akira died bro Akira toriyama died bro 😭😔💔

[@c0wboys4life]

No shit Sherlock

[@zackwyatt169]

and you had to say i twice apparently

[@cavelstone9545]

​@@zackwyatt169And he said bro 3 times. Bro is serious, bro

[@KeepRockKin]

@@cavelstone9545bro is serious bro I just know it bro !

[@KingBongHogger]

We in the same boat. I got up to Tenryu and now it feels like I owe every opponent money based on how hard they beat my ass.

[@Puma-qc8js]

One thing that really helped me get the download of my oponent was to take the first stock and wasted on only blocking, teching and trying figure out their Gameplan. That gives you so much info on how to aproach and gives you the upperhand. So thats my recomendation Analyse and then execute.

[@dimension40gaming]

8:53 that move can be cancelled into a grab by pressing square and triangle at the same time. you can also use the double forward with X and O to do a wide kick and a roll kick respectively. i like to use the roll to close distance but it can be sidestepped

[@arpadszabo661]

Idk, seeing someone getting angry that he is not hitting purple rank in his first Tekken game ever in a month is stupid funny Edit: btw, if you are so mad at a game that you’re actually screeching at your screen, that’s a great time to turn off your ps and go outside, eat, sleep, whatever. But you’re not going to improve in a triggered mental state when you’re sure that what you’re doing is good and it should work (obviously its not good) and just do it over and over again and get demolished. Like, listening to you, i’m sure my blood pressure was raised by feeling how angry you are.

[@Bloodwolfz4]

Bro shut up, he’s obviously making content and here you come with advice no one asked for. If you think what you have to say is so important make your own channel.

[@sidknee1738]

Two important things u need to learn, frame data and when to hit them with a punish counter. Watch your replays even if u do win and see what u can do better on, etc

[@SpiralLoopFade]

My boy afro going through it You the goated afro you got this also rip to akira toriyama he was the Legend

[@DroptimalXay]

Dont beat yourself up so much man, I know its a lot but you’re improving. I’d say go and watch the replays and when it pauses throughout the replay takeover so you can see the things you can do to punish/beat these situations they put you in. Im having the same issue hitting these ceilings but doing that and playing against the people/character I have issues with really help me a lot. It’s highspeed chess/mindgames imo You got it though fam. Take your time, a break if you need to and come back when youre ready 👍🏾

[@newtonsclaw5304]

I believe in you bro I think the way you are learning it might be harder at the start but will pay off in the long run than learning things to cheese bad players

[@meeka1626]

I think one of the main things you could work on is what moves you have to use to punish which moves. There's a lot of times youd block some attacks you could punish, but you attack back with an attack that's too slow. I think if you learn the moves you use and how quickly they come out, you would do wayyy better

[@markes654]

What I noticed inranked is a lot of people in your current rank don’t react well to mix ups also learn to confirm hits on the ground. When you have your opponent pressured heat is a good way to keep them under that pressure

[@BvLee]

Zant's theme vs a Yoshimitsu is really fitting tbh lmao

[@genofighter6703]

How to get through these platous is simply changing your thinking to caring less about ranked and more about honing in step by step gameplans no matter how many times you lose, especially in tekken when losing is your key for learning can't get mad at it, just gotta embrace it and move forward wish you the best man

[@thefatedking]

What helped me get out of red ranks was utilizing combo strings and moves that hit mid and are fast frames. My mid combo is 13 frame which is solid and it doesn’t leave you too vulnerable after the string. The power of mid hits is that if your opponent tries to duck, they get hit. Mix up high and mid combo strings for close up pressure. Then throw some lows in there.

[@Banditsam]

The “plan” you think you have is a flow chart for the opponent. The higher rank you get, the more keen people are to picking up your flow chart. For example, almost every round you start with the armor move. Your brain is on auto pilot so you might not notice that, but a good opponent will and punish you for it. Switch up your play style every round, be less predictable. If you really want to get good, learn the frame data and punish blocked moves accordingly. Good luck Afro! I enjoy watching your progress.

[@sr3412]

You doing good afro just remember to mix your highs, lows, and mids. If they block high go low, if they block low go down forward 2 or over head. And if they block too much grab them. Keep going💪💯

[@yoodie2854]

Fatigue is a very real thing, what worked for me was taking a break from the game for a week. I came back stronger than ever.

[@ScribblingPonPon]

Imma be honest man, you’re making so much progress in a short amount of time. And right now you’re at that phase where you feel like you’re plateauing, but it’s actually just the application phase of your training and all the things you were taught. Maybe a change of pace would benefit more towards applying your training. I haven’t played much Tekken, so I don’t know how good the CPUs are, but I always found that when fighting CPUs in fighting games, it’s a lot easier to focus on practicing combo applications and getting used to what other characters do. You’re doing great man. All the love and keep it up.

[@ScribblingPonPon]

To further this point, a lot of pro players play against computers when learning a new character in fighting games; Maximillian Dood, Justin Wong, Brian F, Kizzie K. They may not need to do it as much anymore, but they translate that mindset of learning into their online matches. This isn’t a method that you have to use, however, I thought I’d share what works for me in multiple fighting games. (And continue to watch your replays. You’re very good at identifying your own habits, and watching replays will just elevate that.)

[@UberVilla]

keep goin man!