Basticle posted:

I haven't played a Tekken since the PS1 but had a lot of fun with the demo so I bought it.

Is there an equivalent to supercombo.gg for Tekken?

Basticle posted:

Seltzer posted:

Mids so while you could do a launch or a strong mid most people using her are gonna try to not be obvious about chilling in that stance (using moves that transition to it and not being in it for a long time) so a classic df1 would be a good option to check it, especially since if you misread her going into stance you're not very negative if you're blocked. Kinda like how people quick jab eddy to float him out of handstand before he can get going.

Her D 1+2 throw is absolute cheese while people still have no knowledge on her/vs new players in general. Fun to use. Long range high crush throw. It's called an imanari roll irl and i think ufo throw or something in game.

THE AWESOME GHOST posted:

I haven’t played Tekken much since Tag 1, but this one looks really really good

I play a lot of FGs but I’m not very good at Tekken I feel like it’s a completely different skill set. Is there some sort of guide for “hi I know you play these but here’s what’s different”

unattended spaghetti posted:

Agree completely. Also cares about video presentation and doesn't engage in obnoxious content creator behavior.

Orv posted:

I mean there are definitely characters that fit the more like, grim, grounded aesthetic of Tekken which is definitely part of why I've always felt like it's cooler or 'more real' than other fighting games. But this is also a series where a man with a jaguar head is a Mexican professional wrestler and the main conflict in the story is that some people just genetically have a bit of Satan, The Devil in them. Bryan is a cyborg but also kind of a zombie and he's Real Mad. It's an inherently dumb series and the head of a ninja assassination clan being some posh, John Wick French guy feels pretty on point.

That's subjective, of course but I'm definitely in camp it works.

RME posted:

Gon is actually a licensed/crossover char so his rear end is dead forever

Solus posted:

Whats the vibe you get when you're facing a mirror matchup

I'm 'maining" King at the moment and when I meet another King it's 100% hype but i feel like two Kazuya mains would be filled with anger

Weird Pumpkin posted:

Can you tell if the simple mode is on for your opponent?

Seltzer posted:

Thanks for the link but yeah it's still early days on there just by looking at the Azucena guide. The BnB combo they list does 2 less than the one I learned off youtube 4 days ago and has less wall carry though its definitely a lot easier.

The one I use for the record is DF2- D2,3,- 4,- 4,1,2 (run to close distance) f2,1,4. The timing is a bit tricky though, I could explain if anyone needs it.

Nice Van My Man posted:

Fought 4 different Reinas in a row in ranked. She certainly seems to be popular. I was also Reina (beat all but 1!).

Sinatrapod posted:

That seems like a really reasonable distribution of character choices, honestly. It looks like a huge disparity on that graph, but it's close enough where individual experience can run completely contrary. Like personally I've seen a bunch of Howarangs and Ninas and even a few Kumas, but I don't think I've fought Vincent once.

Kind of a refreshing change after wading through the Sea of Kens, honestly.

Shockeh posted:

I feel like there's a lot of sneaky macro players out there.

Like, absolute shitters who can't block to save their life, have no concept of spacing or movement around the arena, know precisely one combo, but can chain EWGFs flawlessly 9 times in a row.

Unlucky7 posted:

Went online for the first time ever with Paul. Got completely washed by a Feng using Special Style, but won 2-1 against a Reina afterward, where I got a little better about breaking throws and remembering "Oh yeah, I have Deathfist".

Speaking of breaking throws, is it a thing where I start to notice which hand they lead with and breaking with that, or is it still kind of a 50-50 thing?

Tibbeh posted:

So I've been a Julia main for years and pretty much stuck to couch matches against friends exclusively. If I pick up T8, who would feel closest to Julia for me to try?

Attack on Princess posted:

The multilingual convos are just Tekken being Tekken.

There's edge cases where it happens IRL with closely related languages. When people don't technically speak the other language, but understand it anyway.

Nice Van My Man posted:

Speaking of Tekken and ages Feng is only 27 and Dragunov is only 26. That's some Hans Moleman poo poo. I guess a life of Iron Fist Tournaments will do that to you.

Tekken probably has the best fighting game story, which is to say extremely terrible. Maybe MK but I hate time travel and multiverses.

SyntheticPolygon posted:

Opening song is good tbh

unattended spaghetti posted:

Is there a good rule of thumb for stuff that is jab punishable without looking at the numbers?

Buck Turgidson posted:

Hey is there a way to make your side alternate every time you reset in practice mode?

unattended spaghetti posted:

Also, I need to start using a non optimal combo to capitalize because I get plenty of counter hits thanks to all the evasive moves Feng has. Been more worried about learning to create those opportunities rather than capitalizing on them.

unattended spaghetti posted:

How do you mean? What am I looking for there? There are some situations where I feel like I can get it reliably—the db3 I mentioned above—and some where I really can’t guarantee it—df1 or the second hit of Feng’s 1 string which hits mid though it is not a launcher I don’t know what state that is but they’re definitely open after it—so I’m wondering what it is I’m looking for. Do you mean just like setting the counter hit to random and practicing followups kinda like hit confirming?

Mode 7 posted:

What I love about playing zoners is the combo of being able to repeatedly stuff their approach by either smart space control or predictively shoving a hitbox into where they’re going, and being able to condition or frustrate opponents to get them stuck back in my zoning blender.

Seltzer posted:

-RA's being -16