I have to say, thank you so much for the videos you’ve been doing. Thanks to you I’m finally understanding Tekken and fighting game mechanics and language as a whole. Because of you I’m finally playing Tekken rather than just watching. Finally understanding what I’m doing wrong when playing and actually learning.
Watched this video. Proceeded to win 90% of my next matches . Promoted to Raijin in an hour after being hard stuck fujin for weeks.. Game gets so much easier. Wow great video.
Thanks! Your videos are insanely informative. Ive been a SF player since SF2 and ive always liked and respected Tekken but never fully immersed myself until 8. I actually never donate but for you, I will. Thanks again.
His comic avatar overlayed on PhiDX's camera feed, lighting up when speaking and having accurate mouth movements but always the same facial expression no matter how intense the situation, cracks me up 😂😂
i love how you're showing folks how to use training mode more effectively! it was fun to hear Masayoshi popping off whenever you showed off something he hadn't tried before, or explained a part of the interface that wasn't clear! now that i think about it, the idea of "recording actions" for the opposing character in a practice setting, and "playing them back" at the player's demand, isn't really possible in many other genres of games. (maybe racing games?) clear demonstrations of how that works, and how powerful these recordings can be for training, would be very helpful for players who are new to fighting games.
Very fun to watch you pick up on a flaw and workshop it with a less experienced (but talented) player. The lightbulb moment when you explained the guaranteed damage from the red -13 move was also really cool. Also very good to know the general knowledge of lows being unsafe (as always with a few exceptions), that gives me a clear goal for the next few days, punish the lows instead of just blocking them. Props to OfflineTv for stepping outside of their normal games and really embracing the Tekken 8 stuff.
I love how you can hear the meta unlock in John's mind when he's realizing the practice mode and frame advantage stuff, and you can instantly tell that this alone is going to get him back into grinding the game, because now there's limitless grinding and analysis to be done. He LOVES this stuff
This was fun as hell to watch. I'm on Red ranks as well, and although I know about these things, it's incredible how I've been neglecting basic fundamentals (and of course, struggling...) Keep it up!
this is gold in terms of passively absorbing tekken knowledge as a beginner. the chapter marks are so so nice. the mental cheat sheet helps so much. you're doing the lords work 🙏 I'm definitely taking notes rn
Damn the more I watch these tekken coaching videos the more I feel respect for those that make it to blue or higher without coaching. Imagine how strong some of those unknown blue + players would be if they had solid coaching.
Thanks for explaining so cleanly the function of punishment, and demonstrating some of the deeper tools in practice mode. Excited to put this stuff into practice!
This was my 1st Tekken i ever played consistently and competively online and I was really starting to struggle a bit in Destroyer and this video gave me so much info that I think I needed. My main problem was my defense and punishing (especially with characters like Lee, Hwoarang, Lili, etc) and the segment with the practice settings exposed so much information I never knew. I'm literally gonna go practice now and hopefully it helps me get over the hump, thank you so much!!
this is my first tekken game, currently raijin rn. been self teaching a lot but watching you break down this stuff helps a lot. john’s spacing after some practice could genuinely carry him to purple rank if he improved on it because he has those combos down. besides that i just wanted to say you’re a fucking genius for being able to play all these diff characters and show people how to punish. i was stuck in red rank on hworang for awhile. then i saw you coach OTV playing diff characters and i decided to learn a few and i got all the way to blue rank. keep up the amazing content bro
7:45 one of your recent videos you said when you backdash and create space people tend to run up and low, unless they’re azucena. I played a Xiayou, did the back dash parry like you showed in example to her, then faced and azu and tried and got blasted for it like you mentioned. 😂 but I’ve ranked up twice in the past two days thank you for the help!!
Just wanted to say, as a brand new TEKKEN player (im only yellow rank) this video about punish and your controller review were amazing. For that I am subscribing and hoping I get the chance to be coached by you one day. Have a wonderful day!
I think we witnessed the birth of a labbing fiend. That said, after he's mastered T8 training mode and leveled up his game, I'd love to see John how learns an older fighting game that doesn't have all of the shiny current gen training mode features.
I would kill for a coaching session like this. I feel like I am not making anymore progress and have a really hard time diagnosing how to get through that mental block. There are just some things that I really struggle with that I cannot seem to improve on. Either way love your content. Keep up the great work.
3:08 is so real. I use a leverless for SF but it deels incredibly foreign with tekken so ive just been sticking with pad. Pulling off electrics in practice mode with leverless no sweat, actually playing the game with it and im fumbling
Thank you so much phidx!! Your content is helping me and I def need to learn some more:) I’ve been struggling with understanding input buffering! One day, if you could, could ya make a video regarding it?
i like to think about advantage frames as being able to act x frames earlier than the opponent. different method but same result. It was great seeing his reaction to learning about frames. I'm new to tekken but ive played a bunch of guilty gear so i know basic stuff
33:31 "Do I really have to worry about his lows?" 'Nah, lars's lows he really has to hit a lot of them. As long as you're not getting counterhit it's fine' immediately gets ch launched by a low. the timing was just too perfect. haha
CNS (central nervous system) strain on leverless is very low, especially when compared to pad or even lever. Have tried all of them and leverless absolutely is the best by far as long as you dont play Mishimas. Now, for Mishimas this would not be as straight forward as you loose some control if you want to be fast, but that might be probably doable once gotten used to.
Hey Phi, I love all of your coaching videos, I am a ps5 player used to playing on ds5 but I just bought a Razer kitsune and honestly my hands just don’t know what to do, do you have any advice on drills to help adapt to a hitbox?
Amazing Video. This is the video I share with all my friends when I want them to understand the fundamentals of punishment. I consider myself an intermediate+ player and I was wondering if you would be open to doing a similar video to help me transition to the next level. I typically underperform at tournaments and ranked and I feel that there is something missing from my understanding of high level tekken.
yo i did not know there was a punish trainer, aside from the replay tip thing which i used for a couple chars but thats nuts i need more time in the lab lol
not punishing properly is a big thing for me to. i got pretty good defense and whiff punishment but it's always with a simple jab or some i dunno low thing. the ws 2 for a launcher just does not work in my brain as the timing is so weird to me. i always press 2 before he is actually rising from crouch :v if i could actually launch on every oppertunity i would rise past red rank i feel.
I picked up Reina a couple weeks ago after playing my main King (since T3), I learned no combos for like the first week and just did pokes/footsies trying to learn. Also Personal Opinion: If you are reading a low that doesnt stagger, you have no reason not to low parry.
What did you think of that approach? Was it effective? Also, the reason I don’t personally low parry every low poke I read is because it requires more certainty around the timing it’s going to come out at, but otherwise I agree
@zenodio3D I used to hopkick a lot, it got less effective when I get poked out of it. I try to parry lows like drags d2. I also can't block slow lows at all lol. I just think I have so much time then I die lol
@6thdim I thought it worked well, gave me a better understanding of the character in neutral as well. Not trying to plug my own channel on someone else's vid but it's up on there. I'll low parry trying to steal my turn back.
@@Blind_Death yeah, but the good thing is your opponents combo damage doesn't scale very well since you were airborne when they poked you out of the hopkick. Sometimes I think I eat more slow lows than fast ones 😅 There's a lot of stuff I haven't to relearn, I had a long break from Tekken before 8 came out.
So satisfying. Rewatched about 5 times and came to the conclusion that phi had read john liked that move woth drag and just threw it with knowledge that he would do that move even though it wasnt really his turn but john chose to use a more unsafe move at that point
Thank you for everything you do for the Tekken community 🙏 keep up the amazing work coach
Flippy flop
Im learning all my tech from him and Swe and im having a blast. Gotta love these guys ^^
Follow up. What rank are you now my dude 😅
7:25 I was REALLY hoping he was gonna say JUH-DUH-CRUH.
"jay-deck-errr!" LMFAO. I think Phi is actually acquainted with JDCR
I have to say, thank you so much for the videos you’ve been doing. Thanks to you I’m finally understanding Tekken and fighting game mechanics and language as a whole.
Because of you I’m finally playing Tekken rather than just watching. Finally understanding what I’m doing wrong when playing and actually learning.
Thank you so much for the kind words and generosity!
Watched this video. Proceeded to win 90% of my next matches . Promoted to Raijin in an hour after being hard stuck fujin for weeks.. Game gets so much easier. Wow great video.
What an endorsement 😁
Genuinely the best T8 content creation happening now, I love how much support there's been here for new people hopping into Tekken
Thanks! Your videos are insanely informative. Ive been a SF player since SF2 and ive always liked and respected Tekken but never fully immersed myself until 8. I actually never donate but for you, I will. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for the generosity!
His comic avatar overlayed on PhiDX's camera feed, lighting up when speaking and having accurate mouth movements but always the same facial expression no matter how intense the situation, cracks me up 😂😂
I love how it is like he is sitting on your lap or something bc of the avatars overlay.
Gives it Tekken grandfatherly advice vibes.
“Do I have to worry about his lows?” Phi- “no he has to hit a lot unless u get counter hit” *proceeds to get counter hit* 😂😂😂
Ya I think that low is busted
As a 20-year veteran of Tekken I'll say this. He learns very quick and if he sticks with it, he will become an amazing player.
I'm a veteran too and I agree, this guy has potential
@@marco19878I’m also a veteran , he is good
@Krugmatik 38
@Krugmatik I graduated high school in 2003
@Krugmatik I got an old Tag 1 cabinet in my game game room I rebuilt
I honestly think OfflineTv brought a lot of new players to Tekken and I’m all for it ❤
It also brought a lot of Tekken players to Offline TV.
Like I had 0 knowledge that these people existed before Phi started coaching them.
i love how you're showing folks how to use training mode more effectively! it was fun to hear Masayoshi popping off whenever you showed off something he hadn't tried before, or explained a part of the interface that wasn't clear!
now that i think about it, the idea of "recording actions" for the opposing character in a practice setting, and "playing them back" at the player's demand, isn't really possible in many other genres of games. (maybe racing games?) clear demonstrations of how that works, and how powerful these recordings can be for training, would be very helpful for players who are new to fighting games.
23:36 the best part of this video is when Masayoshi understands that negative frame data means he can punish! 😃
Very fun to watch you pick up on a flaw and workshop it with a less experienced (but talented) player. The lightbulb moment when you explained the guaranteed damage from the red -13 move was also really cool.
Also very good to know the general knowledge of lows being unsafe (as always with a few exceptions), that gives me a clear goal for the next few days, punish the lows instead of just blocking them.
Props to OfflineTv for stepping outside of their normal games and really embracing the Tekken 8 stuff.
OHHHHH! A lot of things make sense now. It feels so good to learn with people at my level.
I love how you can hear the meta unlock in John's mind when he's realizing the practice mode and frame advantage stuff, and you can instantly tell that this alone is going to get him back into grinding the game, because now there's limitless grinding and analysis to be done. He LOVES this stuff
i don't even play this game, but i'm here either way
Welcome to the community
Welcome. I’m still gonna snake edge you with no remorse. 🐍
Welcome. I will still snake edge you with no remorse 🐍
Same😅. Sucks to be poor😢
@@mariocruz591go work. 3 hrs of minimum wage and you can afford the game 😂
This was fun as hell to watch. I'm on Red ranks as well, and although I know about these things, it's incredible how I've been neglecting basic fundamentals (and of course, struggling...)
Keep it up!
These emotions come from a very clear ability of understanding that certain possibilities exist. Good luck to him. Nice.
At this point PhiDX is like a college professor who puts videos of his lectures online for people to watch.
Bro's channel is so underrated this is insane info for free!
this is gold in terms of passively absorbing tekken knowledge as a beginner. the chapter marks are so so nice. the mental cheat sheet helps so much. you're doing the lords work 🙏 I'm definitely taking notes rn
When he was talking about punishing lows all I hear in my head is Aris yelling "While standing 4! While standing 4!" at some poor Paul player
I’m at about 30 hours of playtime in ranked and stuff is really starting to click. Love your videos! I literally watch everyone that comes out haha
Damn the more I watch these tekken coaching videos the more I feel respect for those that make it to blue or higher without coaching. Imagine how strong some of those unknown blue + players would be if they had solid coaching.
Thanks for explaining so cleanly the function of punishment, and demonstrating some of the deeper tools in practice mode. Excited to put this stuff into practice!
This video singlehandedly helped me as a beginner so much
Wow im also on red ranks, sharing the same issues as Masayoshi… This video is so helpful.
lol John saw the light , he was so shocked after knowing the fundamentals , ggs boiis ,
great teacher and great student
This was my 1st Tekken i ever played consistently and competively online and I was really starting to struggle a bit in Destroyer and this video gave me so much info that I think I needed. My main problem was my defense and punishing (especially with characters like Lee, Hwoarang, Lili, etc) and the segment with the practice settings exposed so much information I never knew. I'm literally gonna go practice now and hopefully it helps me get over the hump, thank you so much!!
It's so cool watching you coach one of them at the level where you can teach a decent amount by playing against him!
You are a blessing to all new players. Thank you so much!
this is my first tekken game, currently raijin rn. been self teaching a lot but watching you break down this stuff helps a lot. john’s spacing after some practice could genuinely carry him to purple rank if he improved on it because he has those combos down.
besides that i just wanted to say
you’re a fucking genius for being able to play all these diff characters and show people how to punish. i was stuck in red rank on hworang for awhile. then i saw you coach OTV playing diff characters and i decided to learn a few and i got all the way to blue rank. keep up the amazing content bro
7:45 one of your recent videos you said when you backdash and create space people tend to run up and low, unless they’re azucena. I played a Xiayou, did the back dash parry like you showed in example to her, then faced and azu and tried and got blasted for it like you mentioned. 😂 but I’ve ranked up twice in the past two days thank you for the help!!
same with Dragunov and Nina
A Dragunov player asking "is he afk?" In response to jailing his opponent is hilarious lol
Most helpful channel on RUclips for learning Tekken, thank you
Watching this made me feel like my gameplay leveled up x100. Thank you!
Just wanted to say, as a brand new TEKKEN player (im only yellow rank) this video about punish and your controller review were amazing. For that I am subscribing and hoping I get the chance to be coached by you one day. Have a wonderful day!
this video is gold, every second of it, subscribed
LOL it’s always so interesting seeing someone learn how to lab for the first time.
I think we witnessed the birth of a labbing fiend. That said, after he's mastered T8 training mode and leveled up his game, I'd love to see John how learns an older fighting game that doesn't have all of the shiny current gen training mode features.
“I’ll catch you on the flippy flop” idk why but that sounded cool af to me 😅
I think everybody at 34:56 let out an audible OHHH! When he hit the launch punish after the low block.
Dude your videos are so helpful even just listening
Best intros and outros in the game, i love exposition haha
I had no idea you can select anything in punish training 😬😳🔥🙏🏾.
This vid is awesome
I would kill for a coaching session like this. I feel like I am not making anymore progress and have a really hard time diagnosing how to get through that mental block. There are just some things that I really struggle with that I cannot seem to improve on. Either way love your content. Keep up the great work.
Bro your videos are helping me so much thank you keep it up 👍
36:24 this is how people become good, it's not about winning, it's about learning to get stronger
I picked the best time to up my tekken game 😊 thank you
I Love this channel so much. Itz so wholesome.
Heheh 33:37 was funny with "As long as you're not getting counter hit, it's fine" with an immediate counter hit
3:08 is so real. I use a leverless for SF but it deels incredibly foreign with tekken so ive just been sticking with pad. Pulling off electrics in practice mode with leverless no sweat, actually playing the game with it and im fumbling
This was the funniest coaching i've ever seen, that guy is funny as f
Thank you so much phidx!!
Your content is helping me and I def need to learn some more:)
I’ve been struggling with understanding input buffering! One day, if you could, could ya make a video regarding it?
Love this guy's enthusiasm
Cant wait to see how he has developed in the follow up video
Not me watching all phidx videos yet can't even afford tekken 8, good stuff phi!
i like to think about advantage frames as being able to act x frames earlier than the opponent. different method but same result. It was great seeing his reaction to learning about frames. I'm new to tekken but ive played a bunch of guilty gear so i know basic stuff
33:31
"Do I really have to worry about his lows?"
'Nah, lars's lows he really has to hit a lot of them. As long as you're not getting counterhit it's fine'
immediately gets ch launched by a low. the timing was just too perfect. haha
Oh baby fresh PhiDX straight outta the oven
Im just getting into this game, but that aside, i really like listening to you talk 😂
He got to RED ranks without knowing the Basic.... HE GONNA BE A MONSTER!!!!!
as a fellow dragunov main yes we do really need to learn fundamentals ngl
“That’s what that means!?” Bro i feel you 🥲😂💯
You can do a flck jab before f2,2 on that combo on steve
33:36 "as long as youre not getting counter hit"
*immediately gets counter hit*
We have the same BGMs but placed in different stages, you have great taste lol
CNS (central nervous system) strain on leverless is very low, especially when compared to pad or even lever. Have tried all of them and leverless absolutely is the best by far as long as you dont play Mishimas. Now, for Mishimas this would not be as straight forward as you loose some control if you want to be fast, but that might be probably doable once gotten used to.
youre such a homie for this one I just hit wall and this is gonna help
I'm emotionally dependent on PhiDX content
Hey Phi, I love all of your coaching videos, I am a ps5 player used to playing on ds5 but I just bought a Razer kitsune and honestly my hands just don’t know what to do, do you have any advice on drills to help adapt to a hitbox?
can someone pls tell me the music playing at 8:26 during their first match c:
Francoise's baseline
This looks so helpful and fun. Do you get paid to teach or is this just for this one person?
2:31 i never noticed the ufo in the background what the hell xd
I'm from LOL too need this coaching !!
i now can low parry well. but sometimes it screws me over if i look for it too much. mids will catch me
Me before match: analyze, neutral game, punish, sidestep, play with dignity and patience.
Me, a Feng player, as soon as match starts: TIO!!!!!!
Perfection 🔥🔥
I just realized I got really good for some one who start very late in tekken 7
Amazing Video. This is the video I share with all my friends when I want them to understand the fundamentals of punishment. I consider myself an intermediate+ player and I was wondering if you would be open to doing a similar video to help me transition to the next level. I typically underperform at tournaments and ranked and I feel that there is something missing from my understanding of high level tekken.
Watching john’s session compared to lily’s is crazy
Yo this video was so damn insightful Jesus … shit I wanna pay for some coaching now lol
yo i did not know there was a punish trainer, aside from the replay tip thing which i used for a couple chars but thats nuts
i need more time in the lab lol
i need a coach like this sweet jesus
Great vid
Phidx is the future goat tekken content creator
He should pick asuka to start. That is the intro character. So they learn the power of defense
Finally someone who doesnt blame junglers. Ps: I cried
not punishing properly is a big thing for me to. i got pretty good defense and whiff punishment but it's always with a simple jab or some i dunno low thing. the ws 2 for a launcher just does not work in my brain as the timing is so weird to me. i always press 2 before he is actually rising from crouch :v if i could actually launch on every oppertunity i would rise past red rank i feel.
I learned a lot from watching this
Drag job is so annoying to fight against I main jun and the power crushes just come out so fast
How do you reach Tenryu without knowing the basics about punishing. Is dragunov that OP ?
People in blue ranks still don't punish
Hey, @PhiDX, how does one get you to coach them like that? Do you sell these sessions?
I wonder if Masayoshi has ever seen Father if not hope he does
37:20 After he disconnected he cringed so hard on his stream for saying "Catch you on the flippy-flop" 🤣
I picked up Reina a couple weeks ago after playing my main King (since T3), I learned no combos for like the first week and just did pokes/footsies trying to learn.
Also Personal Opinion: If you are reading a low that doesnt stagger, you have no reason not to low parry.
A launching orbital or hopkick is generally better though.
If it's a hard read, otherwise it's more risky, obviously.
What did you think of that approach? Was it effective?
Also, the reason I don’t personally low parry every low poke I read is because it requires more certainty around the timing it’s going to come out at, but otherwise I agree
@zenodio3D I used to hopkick a lot, it got less effective when I get poked out of it. I try to parry lows like drags d2. I also can't block slow lows at all lol. I just think I have so much time then I die lol
@6thdim I thought it worked well, gave me a better understanding of the character in neutral as well. Not trying to plug my own channel on someone else's vid but it's up on there.
I'll low parry trying to steal my turn back.
@@Blind_Death yeah, but the good thing is your opponents combo damage doesn't scale very well since you were airborne when they poked you out of the hopkick.
Sometimes I think I eat more slow lows than fast ones 😅
There's a lot of stuff I haven't to relearn, I had a long break from Tekken before 8 came out.
was a good watch 👀
9:26 sickest b1 ever
So satisfying. Rewatched about 5 times and came to the conclusion that phi had read john liked that move woth drag and just threw it with knowledge that he would do that move even though it wasnt really his turn but john chose to use a more unsafe move at that point
Hit battle ruler. First tekken with dbfz being my first FG🤙🏽
masayoshi is a natural