Why Your Wavedashing Is Useless - Tekken 8 Beginner Tips

[@PaperTigerLive]

'Don't play high level Tekken by yourself' 'Even a toddler can mix you up' 'Why are you playing chess when your opponent is eating the pieces?' Some gems were learned today

[@ryanhuot4926]

“Can’t bluff someone who doesn’t know what’s going on” is also pretty good

[@liquidsnake23]

@@ryanhuot4926 lol this was realization back early 2000's when i was first playing online sf2hf on 360. I played like everyone knew and sometimes would get beat up thinking they wouldnt. Example "wake super".

[@natayaway]

eating chess pieces? * kureiji ollie intensifies *

[@hanyu_dada]

@@ryanhuot4926 nah that guy a fish, bet - bet - bet on fishes is profitable af

[@solid3180]

bs a mishima must wave dash i play kazuya for over 2 decades trust me

[@brandongray9469]

'Why are you playing chess when your opponent is eating the pieces?' Great line😂

[@Guitar-Dog]

I forgot that line. What's the original video

[@Sharkofspace]

It's also the reason Tekken 8 isn't fun. Why learn how to play when the guy who's eating the pieces will have infinitely more success than you?

[@Guitar-Dog]

@@Sharkofspace 'Tekken isnt fun because mashing fun' Noobs wouldn't be online mashing if it wasn't fun

[@TrueYankeeFan]

​@@SharkofspaceI don't usually just respond with "Skill issue", but skill issue

[@losk.s6555]

Lmfaoo

[@reirei_tk]

Adapting your playstyle to counter your opponent -> high level Stubbornly sticking to whatever you personally think "proper Tekken" is -> low level

[@ardidsonriente2223]

Perfect comment.👏

[@rikyoh130]

But stick to wavedash electric is always godlike and coolness

[@zeropolicy7456]

This is honestly frustrating to be on the receiving end of. There are matches where the opponent starts off cautious and respects everything. And then as soon as they realize I'm a scrub, they start playing like they're fighting a bot. And it makes me feel like shit. Lmao.

[@sourcesauce]

@@zeropolicy7456 thats the point

[@zeropolicy7456]

@@sourcesauce And people say Tekken isn't toxic.

[@justjuniorjaw]

When you do something in Tekken, you either do it to start something or to stop something. Truly a game of something happening.

[@yuulb.alwright4333]

Truly something is happening in tekken

[@OctopusH2O]

Well, unless you’re a Yoshimitsu player.. 😂

[@spicykaraage641]

Tekken is the most something of all fighting games.

[@GIR177]

"[You should] hide the best techniques of your main characters until appropriate. It's also a perfect example of why you don't necessarily want to be flashy. If you want to win by any means necessary, you first have to realize exactly what IS necessary." -Seth Killian, Domination 101

[@Titan-lw5hr]

This is a very good quote 😮

[@tanikaze7697]

yeah i play exclusively Kazuya and i swear to god i have only like 3 different moves lmfao

[@gwen9939]

Coming from other fighting games this is very much a similar situation around big plus frames, frame traps, spacing traps, oki, and counters/parries. If they don't know that you are in an advantageous offensive position, they won't respect it. High level players will respect it, but will also be able to simply block it until your turn is over or reversal through your offense if you just run the simple frame trap, meaty, or mix-up you get from your advantage, so against those players you get to push your advantage with for instance movement options that layers the mix-up even more. In 2D fighting games you don't try to respect the reversal or delay tech on wake-up if they've only shown to wake up with a button or a jump, you just meaty them and get another combo for free.

[@sweetshoez]

True. When strive came out I could get to celestial by only doing meaties lol. But I can’t figure out this game yet 😭

[@HawooAwoo]

I'll also add this: never give respect for free. Especially at lower to mid intermediate levels of play people will favor offences that are really strong only if their opponent stands back and takes it. Sure ducking against King or mashing against Dragunov after a blocked wr2 can be dangerous on paper but a lot of the time you'll find that these King and Dragunov players don't know want to do against these tactics. Force them to start using things that aren't their strongest offensive tools.

[@afroraykun]

Really valuable video. Particularly appreciate that you countered the idea that playing 'simply' is 'cheese.' Only throwing scissors against an opponent who only throws paper isn't cheese; it's using the correct option based on the patterns you've observed. Throwing in a bunch of rock just to 'mix things up' isn't playing smart in that context; it's playing suicidal.

[@drinkmorewater8791]

stop caring about the low iq idea of "cheese" and the problem is solved

[@no_nameyouknow]

Yeah, when someone complains that their opponent is 'just mashing' while they are losing to said opponent I am just thinking, they are not insulting their opponent here they are telling on themselves.

[@aqueelkadri8371]

I'm loving how your twitch stream just spawns a youtube video out of one question from chat and you just dive into ranked head first to demonstrate your point. Live problem + Live solution = Great tutorial

[@Domebuddy]

in low skill level tekken, most people dont even know the moves that they spam are unsafe, because no one is punishing it.

[@hermankermit-warm1121]

Welcome to Tekken and the masher ranks. All they care about is hitting attack buttons furiously, not exactly the best way to learn, but most are too fragile to take all the L-s it takes to get good at this game

[@remon.d8341]

Reina is a perfect example 👍 so many reinas i see do those double kicks from the ground, i saw the replay and noticed it was - 13 ( im steve) so i can do a 13 frame move in my own mixup lol

[@jacuzzisquirt]

@@remon.d8341literally the only reason why I as a Reina player do those kicks is because no one punishes. If an opponent punishes me for it. I’ll stop because it allows me to gauge their skill. I personally say out loud when I do unsafe shit so I have the mental note

[@sheeeeeesh3622]

@@jacuzzisquirtSaaaaame bro, I do stupid and unsafe shit just to see if I get away with it.😂 Ill stop if they start punishing me.

[@neruneri]

@@hermankermit-warm1121 It's not even Tekken, it's literally all games. If you're trying to apply your learned "common sense" to a game situation and the other player has none, weird shit happens. A funny example of this exact same thing happened a decade ago in CSGO, with the player Stewie2k who at the time became infamous for not having any common sense in regards to playing around smokes, and constantly ate people up online because of that combined with his good mechanical skill.

[@aFutureSelf]

Sounded like he's using wavedash to be stylish.

[@SAKA701]

Is it not tho?

[@ShikiRyougi05]

​@@SAKA701no lmao

[@vegaspony]

​@@SAKA701it looks cool when you wavu wavu in someone's face and then schmix them. not so much when you do it into their df2

[@hermankermit-warm1121]

​@@SAKA701only if you're also turned on by your naked mum, it serves zero purpose in Tekken 8, but that's Kazuya players for you, like MMS they would just wave dash and electric all day if they could, it sends them all gooey to think you're sat there impressed, totally unaware all normal people are like - 'look at this friggin melt'.

[@dako91196]

Classic Mishima player

[@sebbbi2]

Awesome video! The key to learning Tekken is to watch what your opponent does and try to beat that. When you start losing to backdashes and steps, then you start applying wave dash. But you don’t do it blindly. You do it when you need it. Keepout still exists in high level too.

[@shauku77]

I like how you answer the question.

[@OK-JAI]

Indeed, spent hella stream time to show that u gotta be simple when playing ppl who do what they wanna do.

[@MMSR_Reds]

this video couldn't have come at a better time. I've been attempting to use wavedash in my neutral but kept getting hit by mids, and was baffled. Thank you coach PhiDX

[@Ryan-vc9if]

what isn’t really mentioned in the video is that wavedashing is great for oki pressure, and thats how you can make your opponent fear it. Doing it after a knockdown means you won’t run into a mid. They can mash wakeup options but once you know they are doing that you can just delay slightly and launch lol. Then once they stop using wakeups is when you can string a bunch of wavu’s together and they won’t press

[@MMSR_Reds]

@@Ryan-vc9if ooooh that's a great point. I'll try that out, thanks!!

[@HorizonEdge]

Mid ranks are pretty funny. It's really the point where everyone trys to play their own game and hopes the opponent isn't allowed to play theirs. It's why 1 and dones are so common. They don't want their opponent to adapt AND they don't want to adapt themselves and have to change how they play their own game.

[@LastPrimeGaming]

I used to be a 1 and done but I have to see if it was luck if they can adapt or if I can adapt to them

[@skrongg]

Phi was legit having fun with this one. MORE

[@shinryuzero]

I remember when some koreans visited our country during the start of Tekken Tag 2 and the pique of T6. They learned that in each country, people play differently and things like Korean Wave Dashing and Back Dash can actually work against them. Koreans and mostly western players rely on frame data which is not bad at all, on the hand, in some countries like mine, we rely on visual instincts. Yes that's a word. I'm not a high level player or anything, but, Tekken boils down to understanding which button or direction to use against a character's staple move. Since everyone uses Mishimas, Bryan's, Steve's, etch. people have much more familiar and ease adapting to these characters and their staple moves. Ironically, the characters that has more options to either counter, grapple and juggle you at all directions - or in other words, characters that are rarely seen being played are the things we worry about. The reason? Muscle memory. Both in the hands and in the eyes. And yes, the eyes have muscles. And there are Six Muscles of the Eyes. Characters like King, A.King, Nina who actually knows how to use chain grabs (A lost art), Kuma and such weird yet simple characters (Maybe not the case with Nina or the Kings if you throw in their chain throws) are much scarier to people here if we see signs that these guys are pros. It all boils down to understanding when to adjust - when to get defensive and offensive, when to strike or counter with what your character has and using moves that normally people didn't even think one would use on that character.

[@Sekleff]

honestly your outro slaps hard man. Please keep it.

[@jacobsteele9825]

7:00 - Now that you mention that, it might by why I'm stuck where I am in purple ranks. After having watched and admired so many high-level players I try and mirror their playstyle since they're such professionals at the game, yet at the end of the day I always lose to textbook mixups and pressure while trying too hard to focus on my own defensive ability. Essentially, I'm getting too into my own head when I play this game.

[@depictiongames9758]

This is why you are such a great creator, a lot of us try to replicate what we see other people do without knowing why. You explain why you do what you do so well

[@hypnotoad1390]

I'm just happy to see you don't use the turtleneck sweater for Dvj anymore in Tekken 8.

[@PhiDX]

oh thanks for the reminder

[@lainzero4549]

What have you done

[@robertwood1689]

Funny enough I also use the turtleneck lol​@@PhiDX

[@hypnotoad1390]

It’s all my mistake

[@Villainnous]

You jinxed it man

[@beruni777]

A common advice I see directed towards new players is “look up how pros play your character”. However, this advice should come with nuance. High level sets involve mind games that are pointless to emulate at low level play against mashers! You can not play mind games against someone playing mindlessly!!! Instead, take the “look up how pros play your character” advice and focus on trying to identifying the key moves. Ask yourself “what moves do they use the most often”, “in what situations are certain moves used”, “what moves are used for whiff punishing/keep out/approach/pressure”. This is what you’re trying to emulate before getting into the advanced strats!

[@bennymountain1]

Better advice would be "look up how pros play your character against your opponents".

[@via_negativa6183]

It's certainly useless if you haven't sufficiently intimidated your opponent to respect your advance or applying a correct mixup with it. Most people learn wave dash without understanding the application of it.

[@bradwideshot8448]

PhiDX low key makes these videos to show off his mechanical skills. And I'm all here for it.

[@anuraexe]

dude you’re the goat i’ve learned so much more about tekken and competitive philosophy in general. you explain and show things so well

[@unciervoenciervado]

Wavedash block is actually one of the closest things to feinting Tekken has! It feels very good to use

[@Guitar-Dog]

I think it was nene the dragon Vs Qudans and nene obly moved forward with crouchdaah block

[@OctopusH2O]

Sounds like a nightmare for pad players

[@Guitar-Dog]

@@OctopusH2O it's just forward qcf back

[@ViperDivinity]

@@OctopusH2O it is even harder in stick. Don't sugarcoat pad players.

[@xgenkyokai]

Thanks! U really dummy proof explaining tekken for me

[@v-g-lant]

To anyone that needs to hear it wavedashes are a tool for pressure …….it’s used for observation of your opponent and if done fast enough you can actually duck under high attacks and get a super big whiff opening it has to be used with skill tho and it’s also good to cover distance and make your opponent think to either interrupt you out of fear or defend against your next attack bc you don’t miss

[@KoeingseggCCM]

As someone who's loved watching high level Mishima players for years (but is an absolute beginner at them), fucking thank you for at last giving me my ticket into learning the Mishima's and Jin for real. For years, I've had the wrong perception of the Mishima's, always imagining that you needed to learn the wave dashes immediately, or else. Looking at that video though, it's maybe helped me to give me a compass to strip all of that bullshit, and focus purely on basics, at least until I build enough muscle memory to incorporate the really slick shit that people like Qudans, Devilster, Keisuke and Anakin are known for.

[@SolidSonicTH]

That IS a good question. I have wondered this myself, especially when I've experienced being put into paralysis when confronted by someone doing to me. I've always wanted that fear from an opponent and figured the reason I couldn't make anything come of it was down to my wavedash being too slow to really set up stuff without the opponent realizing they don't have to stand there and take it (the transitions between each crouch dash are too slow to give the opponent any need to stop playing until I commit to my option). I thought one of the best times to go for it is against a grounded foe (meaning they have to stand up into a 50/50 situation) but spring kicks eff with it.

[@MundoSD]

This explains question and video response summarizes well my frustration with trying to play Devil Jin how I think they should be played, vs what I end up having to do to win. Also terrifying to see you can just pull out a Devil Jin like that to demonstrate and wavedash into EWGF so effortlessly lol

[@EbonySeraphim]

This is great advice and something I learned organically and quickly the first time I ever played Tekken (5) ever online or in a competitive environment. In college, my first tourney at the gaming club it was immediately clear I was not on the same tier as just about every other player based on the one or two warm up matches I played. I managed to get lucky and my first round was against the other guy who was just about as bad and clueless as me and I managed to win. The next opponent definitely had competitive knowledge, and though he came out strong, I made him bleed after I decided to press some buttons and ignore his advanced looking movement. I forced him to play a more "casual" Tekken on my level of whiff punishing, mixups, and frametraps not even knowing those names and having only the slightest of intentionality behind some sequences and made it a close seeming match at the end of the day. I've played a lot of Tekken online since then and to this day, when I see players going ham on movement I laugh because either it's probably someone trying to "style" on me, or they are too stupid to realize I'm not even good enough to react properly to that bullshit. Bruh, I will press a button. Your movement better actually be clean and making me whiff, or do some dangerous and very punishable options. But again, when I'm warmed up competitive, I'll have those moves understood and worked out.

[@squeezylemon1162]

Great point after great point. Love the way you articulate this

[@Malugako]

Seriously I’m that Kaz player who try’s to wavedash and apply the blender while it’s not working and switching back to King 😂😂😂 this is such a good advice… it sounds so easy when you hear it but hard to apply. This is the first Tekken Im really improving my skills and this channel helps

[@unseeninja83]

Lily is another that has this option. Her dew glide is very nice for movement but at the beginning the main thing you should learn with the movement is dew glide canceling. It allows you to poke and retreat when you get it down. For the aggressive players this is probably the best thing to learn since you can keep the pressure but slowly learn to back off.

[@natayaway]

dewglide cancel is the same as all qcf cancels, yes? tap up mid stride?

[@killersmoke147]

It's like you spoke directly to me when you said a lot of players get frustrated cause they try to force an option which is why I think I need to work on adapting to my opponent while applying good pressure and proper punishment. Thanks for the video this really helps!

[@gamrage]

"Don't force an option because you wanna do it." There's a lot of characters this applies to.

[@kamilnowak4329]

"Most people are gonna mash, because that's all the know" For some reason this sentence sounded so philosophical xD

[@anish.r.j1555]

Honestly even at high level most of the times you really only need like 2-3 consecutive crouch dashes, also very important to be able to cancel them into blocks. If you watch Qudans play he does these wavu-feints that really are just crouch dashes canceled into a block. I think what happens is that new Mishima players know their character has difficult execution and start obesessing over it, thinking they should just always do Electris/Wavus. In practice when it comes to Electrics/Wavus , especially crouch dashes its more about when you them rather then just doing randomly for the sake of it.

[@Glockman470]

I can confirm this when i play kazuya i have an itch to throw electrics in any situation because first of all it looks cool and second it starts combos so i can flex on my opponent. So i wonder why am i losing when my whole intention is to throw out flashy moves not to win the match. I have to work on this

[@vergil3800]

@@Glockman470it hurts the most for kazuya since that’s his launcher and it sucks when you can’t seem to land one

[@michaellee8853]

@@vergil3800Also hurts when the opponent is launch punishable but is in a high crush state. Cough Cough Xiaoyu

[@xSnarfsx]

Low level player, been playing Jin. Wave dash pressure is obviously pointless down here. But it's been good doing 1-3 wave dashes to close distance because they don't expect the timing of the moves to come out. That's basically been it's only use for me.

[@RurouniiJay]

This is a great conversation that applies to things in real life and in video games. If you dont know WHY youre doing something, you might be better off not doing it until you understand why you do it, when and where you should do it, and how you should do it. People wanna do the wavu pressure but dont actually know WHY its happening and WHY it works. Even at the highest levels of play, mishimas rarely succeed because they are characters that live and die by the sword, a lot of top players will just df1 or keep out to shut down wavu/electric pressure, and usually they wont even give them the chance to start the mishima pressure.

[@rookie1405]

Would love to play Devil Jin I think he looks so sick but the execution barrier is scary.

[@yasuraoka8341]

if you like it then it's enough to try him c:

[@giacomo6555]

I'm trying it, electric are so difficult to do and can can are lauch punishable. I think without electric it's impossible to play

[@GrownManPat]

I think a lot of players misunderstand the use of wavedash. Often times, it's like a badge of honor to showcase that you can do it, but often there isn't a plan around it.

[@Therudicle2]

I remember a game I played against a Reina and they kep wavedashing me. I remember saying out loud "you think you're JDCR? gtfo of my face with thtat" and launched them into the game winning combo. So yeah don't just wave dash cuz you seen high level players do it. There needs to be an established level of "intimidation"

[@Jainko]

Any character can "wavedash" if you just do a forwards korean backdash (➡️ ➡️↘️➡️ ➡️↘️➡️...). With Jack for example you can do: ➡️ ➡️↘️➡️ ➡️↘️⬇️↙️1= fcdb1 ➡️ ➡️↘️➡️ ➡️↘️➡️ ➡️1=ff1 That's an ancient jack strat to mix up jackhammer and his main low poke in a very ambiguous way. If you play any other character with strong fc moves I highly recommend this technique

[@kanikanegi6579]

Ur outro dance is 🔥🔥❤❤

[@rikuwru]

The way he's using the guy he's fighting as an example for a lesson while the guy is probably trying his ass off is funny as hell. Like I would be mad as hell if I was being used as a test dummy when I'm trying my ass off.

[@TheDivoture]

irrelevant, but I just saw the outro for the first time. Absolute fucking gold sir

[@matthewa9273]

Just to add to your opponent 'eating the chess pieces' idea; that first, you have to enforce the rules of the game. Then you can play the game together. So, once you've set up respect for counters and punishes, then the movement begins...

[@call2arms]

I wanted to learn to play Devil Jin in T8 (Bryan main) and I was frustrated cause I was stuck in Tenryu/Mighty Ruler, cause I was expecting people to be scared of wavedash, and getting hellswept… I was just getting raw launched in the face… Then I just decided to jab check pressure, shackle people into +8 frame traps, and used throws all day. Now I’m a Fujin. LOLOL another example of Chess vs. Piece eaters.

[@MrSamuelAdam4]

That's like 80% of the player base of Tekken until you hit blue or higher.

[@call2arms]

@@MrSamuelAdam4The moral of my Devil Jin ranked story, is don’t forget to play scummy. Lol

[@mrpotato7734]

Tips to do jab check pressure correctly? I just get blown up as a CH from opponents

[@call2arms]

@@mrpotato7734 If you are getting CH’d off jabbing, you’re either leaving too big of a gap between jabs and jab strings, swinging too big after a jab when they aren’t conditioned yet, or you’re being too obvious coming in for a jab.

[@0kills]

Ah yes. Wavedash pressure. That's when I wavedash and end up pressuring myself 😂😂😂😂

[@jonathanhernandez352]

Thanks to your guide about frametraps and your basic game plan tips I stopped just trying to mash electrics and hellsweeps like this and went from being stuck in Warrior to Vanquisher in a single session, people really do be mashing unsafe moves left and right at these lower ranks lol

[@iiedgemasterii2849]

So I just recently picked up wavedashing with Jin. So far I only use it to close distance quickly after ending a combo or if I know that their scared, then I'll go for a low or mid mix after getting a knock down. But watching this video was pretty neat info and helps expand my knowledge and gameplan. I also have a tendency to play pretty defensive and simple to seewhat my opponent does before I make my own moves and plans.

[@edo_koganey]

Very good video, you don't have to use very advenced mind games if you fight against a masher It can be very frustating to get destroyed just because you play too serious when there is no need. Btw nice outro its my first time seeing it, keep it up bro love your content ! (I'm french 🇨🇵 sorry if I made mistakes)

[@dotjj]

Your videos are so helpful, I can't thank you enough! I try to watch every vid to grow my brain. Keep going!!!

[@genosupgrades]

Might be biased but this is the best tekken channel

[@l3rion]

i love your outro for no reason at all 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Kaktanternak]

It has a purpose! Wavedashing boosts confidence, and I mean that unironically. When I do a wavu into an electric I instantly feel just a bit better.

[@Darko22602]

Bro perfect timing, Yesterday i did terrible against my friends. Exactly what i needed.

[@floramerano6293]

Phi just woke up and he's already talking about Tekken. 😂

[@The_Buff_Guy]

Love when you go into heat and DJ’s all like “mmm, chi-cken nugget”.

[@Horrormovie_DS]

I was doing this and it was just handing free damage opportunities to my opponent! Your video helped a lot- I’ll stick to those fundamentals while I learn the game cheers

[@snkenjoyer4989]

"don't play high level tekken by yourself" is a fantastic quote

[@Rhyhmx]

This goes for everything, don't expect people to respect your little tricks and setups or 4D big brain plays when 99% of us in lower levels don't even know our own character perfectly. I've been hit by hop kick that was -35 if not lower simply because I tried too hard to outplay someone who never realized in the first place that they were about to get exploded if i just pressed anything without thinking which was the right play so far for most of the matches at my lvl.

[@ShinEeeeT8]

Everytime I go into youtube after losing and making lot of blunder on my Kazuya, I always ended up on this kind of video it exactly tells me the answer I needed.. damn. I have to change my option again

[@prancinfairy]

this man is a content MACHINE.. Birds are fruit

[@shiftynevers]

Great words my man!!! Even though I've played Tekken for years, my mind gets overloaded sometimes. This really helped me reset my mindset and think about things correctly. Thanks again, keep it up!

[@nathanbreen1495]

The more I learn about Tekken the more I think that the solution to most of these problems is fundamentally the same. "How do I get them to respect my wavedash pressure and stop mashing?" By giving them a reason to stop mashing

[@346ask]

This is my new favourite tekken channel

[@PCproffesorx]

Dont play high level tekken by yourself is a perfect quote. I am by no means high level, mid reds but I will find myself trying to play a solid game againt lower level mashers I remember yesterday being down 2-0 against a Lars, and then I just decided to stand back a bit and watch, he was whiffing so much I just used the same launcher probably 15 times in a row off of every whiff and beat him the next 3 games handily. He adapted a bit in the second game and wouldnt give me as much space to just watch him whiff over and over again but I still managed to catch him enough times.

[@Zachebi]

Another good tip is dont show your opponent who you really are right away, i always start off with a fake playstyle thats much less aggressive than what i really am. I like to start of by seeing their reactions to jab spam with frame trap throws and mids, either they’ll keep stand blocking and eat the throws, try to duck and eat the mids, or try to spam and just keep eating jabs. Seeing how long they take to counter and what they prefer to do gives me an idea of whats going to work. Very quick way to tell what kind of player you’re up against. Worst case scenario you’ve conditioned them to duck the first hit, which can be exploited.

[@inPHILLtrate]

There's no reason to think ten steps ahead of someone who isn't thinking beyond their next

[@kurayamik1]

PhiDX: "Modern problems require modern solutions" 🧐

[@Von_D]

10:18 Off-topic, but do you speak Japanese at all? I've been learning for just under ten years and can consume whatever Japanese media I please without subtitles, but "Mushikera ga" just wouldn't register to my ears until I heard you say it since that's not a word I hear often enough. The echo effect doesn't exactly help either. I just assumed it was a heavily slurred "Koroshiteyaru", but now that I hear it, I'm kinda kicking myself.

[@PhiDX]

I don't but my friends do

[@slyhow]

3:03 - it was labeled as "he just mashes" You have to understand that you are not invincible wavedashing forward. I have 0 issues hopkicking you out of your "trying to style with my mishima" bs as an Alisa into a full combo. A 1 Jab, a d3 or a db4 works for a lot of characters to safely get rid of this shit, dickjab for fucks sake. There is no reason to be intimidated of a prolonged wavedash. As stated by PhiDX here, just go for an option immediatly. You're much better off with it most of the times.

[@FlyMoloGaming]

I’ve watched so many tekken videos and this advice if applied right is likely the best tekken advice

[@drewgunner14]

Great coaching as always.

[@JinAndJuiceTM]

I think this video was the message that I needed.

[@고수전사]

first video ever seen from you, yo useem like a super nice guy, subbed.

[@BecomingYourIdeal]

Frame trap and counter hit to get them honest when they are honest the point of wave dashing is to get them to freeze up for a mix up

[@wutever8167]

Honestly, this applies to every competitive game. People in low, mid and high level will play differently and you have to adapt. Good players can lose to the dumbest plays because they don't see them coming.

[@Urieal79]

You are like pure gold! love your stuff

[@Tomi-2042]

I use with King Wavedash mostly for oki pressure or if they are to defencive. Mixing up Multithrows and Mids is nice.

[@SotitoFox]

That deserves a super wabedash tutorial

[@badomen8262]

I'm sadly in some in between where I'm just scrubby enough to want to mash but scared enough to one the power of wave dashing. So i just freeze and get mixed to death. Gotta learn to side step appropriately.

[@thato8000]

Excellent explanation 🔥! Well phrased

[@25thJamzy]

Lots of Tekken players have an ego problem. They want to feel high level shit but get dunk'd from the simple shit.

[@Nobbi_Habogs]

This question is like "Why i dont overtake if I swap the lane and try to pass?". Because you have to accelerate first. Only then it makes sense to try to overtake. This here is exactly the same. You have to punish his aggression first until he start to not mash. Then can you use wavedash as pressure.

[@borisgut559]

Correct, that being said I will do it anyways, winning is nice, winning after you countered their attempt to stop wavedash and watch them slowly getting scared feels much better - as of now I am battle ruler, which is unfortunately still the low level in this game, but if your opponents don't want to play your game, you can either play their game or force to play your game if you are capable enough

[@olah547]

To beat mashers use keep out moves

[@alvinkim1305]

Godlike content. Consistently.

[@ohanski]

Thanks phi this has been a real problem for me since i had to switch mians for tekken 8 thanks!

[@Richardk-ps7tj]

Haven't played online since t7, but in yellow ranks whenever I would start off a match by backdashing and doing ss electrics and whiff punishing, most people stop mashing and try to play defensively. Then you get to wavedash and do mixups.

[@StardustSynchron]

I can’t even wave dash as a filthy casual but this was pretty interesting discussion

[@kipzonderkop1994]

You have to put the fear in the opponent before you wavedash pressure them and force them to be defensive. If the opponent is mashing, then you’re just moving forward into the opponent’s moves but with extra steps.

[@Zachebi]

If they mash highs does it not duck them tho

[@kipzonderkop1994]

@@Zachebi wave dash involves you going up and down, if they are mashing, they’re not thinking high or mid, they’re just mashing and you will get hit at some point. Besides it uses a lot of energy to wave dash, why not just stand at a distance and punish?

[@Zachebi]

@@kipzonderkop1994 ah good point, i’ve noticed the wave dash into ninas chain grab has just dodged a lot of highs when ive attempted it, but i dont rely on it unless i see a pattern

[@Zachebi]

@@kipzonderkop1994 some moves have built in wave dash so its just about whats good for the situation i guess, i like to be very aggressive and ducking highs looks cool

[@CanvasSensei]

"Don't play high level tekken by yourself". One of the quotes of all time.

[@luffyandgokuskits]

Bro that music from the story was from tekken 6?! Lmao and I was begging for the story music to be available but yeah. What others are there ?

[@Cameron00]

I was having the same issues with my wave dash pressure in orange ranks. I have ultimately dropped wavedashes from my gameplay for now as opponents literally never block at my rank. This player base confuses the hell out of me, they will jab out of all pressure but will get 100-0 with just 1,3,4 from Jin.

[@exdruidic7726]

"dont force an option just cause you wanna do it" not me on lili throwing my TNS match tonight against a victor on stream because matterhorn is flashy. i find myself just reverting to "eh it looks cool and is satisfying when it hits" rather than "this can instantly lose the round if i whiff"

[@itsjefferson4654]

3:20 exactly i'm a beginner kazuya and i always wanna force out and electric or hellsweep lmao

[@mochfarchan8135]

CHESS PIECES EATER... god that sounded like a derogatory term🤣🤣

[@Tyrant180]

Thank you for this info. Very helpful