These are very good tips Mr. Croft. I started Tekken with this game, and have now made it up to blue ranks. These tips go over some of the things that I had issues with that were preventing me from ranking up until I figured them out. My biggest one was the first tip. I was using down forward 3 so often, and I found myself using basically just 3 moves outside of combos and it made me very predictable and I couldn't get out of red ranks until I stopped relying on just a few moves.
I'm so grateful that you do these tutorials . I've been binging your videos the past few days because I'm struggling so hard to get used to tekken 8 ling. But I feel like I have found my spark again thanks to you 💖🙏🏻 now it's time to practice even more #lingnation 🎉
Hey hey Mr. Croft, thank you for all the hard work you've done to Ling Nation people! You've been big inspiration for me to pilot Xiaoyu since Tekken 7 and never tilt on opponent While I still can't chain iws2 in combos, never reached high ranks or do setups properly, but damn it feels so rewarding to actually condition opponent into wakeup option you want to get out of them: commit hippity hoppity jump over for rds4, floating with ff3/rds3 or held ws2 or go nuts with unblockable. May the Ling Nation stay strong 💪
I'm eliminator and i lost yesterday 21 games and won only 7. And as Mr.Croft says i playing absolutely wrong way from the beginning. Got a felling that I'm gonna be 1000 mathes orange player. Every player was way better than me. But I'll keep trying and this video is a great help
This is great I was just checking out your guide you put out a couple months ago idk if the patches changed anything glad I see this video. Xiaoyu is a hard character to learn 🤧
Love vids like this, helped me hit purple rank and now it’s time for blue. I’m gonna try to work on adding this to my gameplay n not rely on Df3/DF4 , thanks again 🐐
Oh great advices, i would give exactly the same advices if some1 ask me... You are great! I learned all the follow ups thanks to you and im not used to punish with throws but the poking game of xiao its what i love of her, i love to kill ppl without even worring with combos and, suddenly, u see the chance to launch them and they dont even expect it, so many ppl duck to low parry my RDS d3, but i still have RDS 4 😈
I don’t even play Ling but I still watched it, tho lowkey wanna pick her up. The problem is I’ve put a lot of hours on Raina, that I don’t want to switch.
Put urself an milestone, me for myself i played Leroy till Tekken King, after that i wanted to learn other chars so i'm prepared for the Higher Ranks. So i Chose Lili and xiao in that Case till I have them on Tekken King and then the next chars etc.
Just hit red ranks with her, I knew about all these tips but I feel like I struggle with the opponent's moveset more than I do with her's. Also possible to give tips on defending while being against the wall? Your videos are very welcome, thank you
Awesome tips! Respectfully, I disagree with your first one. I think it is the biggest fallacy in the Tekken community. I hover around TG/TGS, and much more often than not people won't block SE. That's also true to gods of destruction. You just need to know when to use them, aka not when it's an obvious neutral moment when you're both hyper alert. And if they do block, that only opens up the mindgame for the snake's edge cancel. In fact, I keep a note of how many people I hit with snake edge cancel into her RDS snake edge (it's a gimmick, but trust me that it works), and so far I'm on 158/169 hits lol. Against GOD opponent I'm on 37/42. EDIT: also, you can get 1 more damage if you do 3+4 after S4 CH
You can probably throw out a snake edge probably once per set. More than likely near the end of matches where the opponent expects you to play a certain was and when they will least expect it
Thank you for that comment. Respectfully, this is exactly the mindset we should actively try to avoid. Being able to land a snake edge is not the point. When it comes to moves that are super minus, launch on block, our decision making should not revolve around the question whether my opp is able to block it or not. In fact, it should be about developing a strong neutral game and preventing ourselves from becoming too risky in our gameplan (e.g. too many whiffs or using too unsafe moves). Relying on snake edge is a bad habit and even if you're able to hit your opp with it, everytime you are putting yourself at risk of getting launched, and THIS is what we should focus on more. Maybe I should make a video about this topic 😁
@@Lingnation Thank you for replying! I wouldn't say I rely on snake edge, and I am aware of the risk/reward it brings to the table. I don't throw it around willy-nilly, maybe once a match. Most of the game I play neutral, but I do enjoy the extra layer it adds to the gameplay. Especialy at higher ranks, people get extra frustrated when they are hit by that move, and it adds to their mental stack. Sure, I can get launched for it, and I do on occasion, but I personally enjoy the reward (and a little bit of the risk too 😅). I'm by no means a pro, nor do I aspire to be. I'm happy with reaching TG-TGS considering this is my first Tekken 😀 and your videos helped a ton to get there!
Do you play Zafina at all or are you just in practice mode with her? I main Zafina but since hitting fujin started practicing with Xiaoyu a bit, I'm curious if you have any thoughts on the differences between the characters.
Playing Xiaoyu straight forward is probably the most effective way to play. Messing around with too much movement is unsafe. I don't understand why Namco gave her all these transitions with bad frame or situations where you are airborne that allows you to get floated. Movement only works efficiently when your opponent is scared to attack and allows you to run your offense. If your opponent doesn't respect your movement or your offense, it's easy to get punished for too much movement.
Stupid question, but what is the thing she's doing when she waves her hands around and looks like she's casting a spell? He does it a lot during the last section of the video before demonstrating moves.
Anything except keyboard… most keyboards have built in prevention of pressing certain keys at once, it’s kind of a nightmare for a game where you need a lot of multiple inputs at once
How is this a beginner guide when you're using fighting game lingo. I have no idea what a 1+2 is. Please be considerate for beginner players and explain without fighting game lingo
@@Justin-ud9rr Please be careful with your choice of words. Nowhere does it say it is a beginner guide. And secondly, these are five tips for players who just started to play this character, not the game. If you want a Tekken 8 Beginner guide in general, explaining inputs and mechanics, you will find that as well on youtube. Cheers!
@Lingnation yeah I didn't mean to come off like that. Im just super frustrated with this game. Tekken 8 just is a very bad experience if you're a new player. Everything is just so complicated in this fighting game.
Hey Croft Joshua/triple7 here. I played in tournament online and offline and placed top 8 and also won a major. I've never had a true main and wanted a conversation on some things about ling because i am switching over to her as a main. I play all the characters in the cast except eddy, hworang, raven, Lei. I had 18 omegas in t7 and 3 destructions in t8 mostly because i travel often now. Im now picky about who i talk with because I've been playing since middle school and am now 24 but that comes with having great and bad experiences. I would appreciate your discord name so i can learn some key advanced things. Thank you.
Absolutely perfect timing. I've just started playing Xiaoyu more and couldn't find a concise guide to build a foundation on. Cheers!
These are very good tips Mr. Croft. I started Tekken with this game, and have now made it up to blue ranks. These tips go over some of the things that I had issues with that were preventing me from ranking up until I figured them out.
My biggest one was the first tip. I was using down forward 3 so often, and I found myself using basically just 3 moves outside of combos and it made me very predictable and I couldn't get out of red ranks until I stopped relying on just a few moves.
Perfect guide bro, easy to follow, and I learned about the 2+3 grab follow up properly 👍🏾
I'm so grateful that you do these tutorials . I've been binging your videos the past few days because I'm struggling so hard to get used to tekken 8 ling. But I feel like I have found my spark again thanks to you 💖🙏🏻 now it's time to practice even more #lingnation 🎉
Klieseeeeeens, thank you!! Also feel free to reach out if you need any help, you know where to find me ☺️
Great video! I'm going to CEO this weekend and this was a great refresher for the basics
i just realize u can punish power crush or + frame. and i didnt know the combo ending with ff34 + ub 4 giving u more than 70 damage, its insane. ty
Hey hey Mr. Croft, thank you for all the hard work you've done to Ling Nation people! You've been big inspiration for me to pilot Xiaoyu since Tekken 7 and never tilt on opponent
While I still can't chain iws2 in combos, never reached high ranks or do setups properly, but damn it feels so rewarding to actually condition opponent into wakeup option you want to get out of them: commit hippity hoppity jump over for rds4, floating with ff3/rds3 or held ws2 or go nuts with unblockable.
May the Ling Nation stay strong 💪
Thanks so much! Keep going! 💪
Fantastic video, looking forward to more!
I'm eliminator and i lost yesterday 21 games and won only 7. And as Mr.Croft says i playing absolutely wrong way from the beginning. Got a felling that I'm gonna be 1000 mathes orange player. Every player was way better than me. But I'll keep trying and this video is a great help
Thank you Andron! And don't give up, you'll make it you will see! I'm here to help 💪
i'm so happy to hear you're doing more videos like these!! great format.
Thank you so much! More is on the way 😇
crazy how ive sorta picked up on the ideal moves to be using just playing with my friends (im obsessed with this game)
Best takeaways are 1 and 4. I use df3 and RDS d+4 waaaay too often. I also have a hard time against turtlers so I need to up my poking game a lot.
WAKE UP HONEY ANOTHER MR CROFT TUTORIAL JUST DROPPED🔥🔥🔥(its 4:23am where i live)
This is great I was just checking out your guide you put out a couple months ago idk if the patches changed anything glad I see this video. Xiaoyu is a hard character to learn 🤧
Mr Croft, The Best!
nice! , cant wait for the advanced tips, thank you
oh im addicted to cali roll. as soon as they tried to punish with jab its over
Love vids like this, helped me hit purple rank and now it’s time for blue. I’m gonna try to work on adding this to my gameplay n not rely on Df3/DF4 , thanks again 🐐
Real nice, ty for paying attention to beginners xD
More ,we Need MORE!.
Thank you so much sir .I would love to learn xaiyou but she seems difficult tbh
Lets goooo more MrCroft videos
Oh great advices, i would give exactly the same advices if some1 ask me... You are great! I learned all the follow ups thanks to you and im not used to punish with throws but the poking game of xiao its what i love of her, i love to kill ppl without even worring with combos and, suddenly, u see the chance to launch them and they dont even expect it, so many ppl duck to low parry my RDS d3, but i still have RDS 4 😈
I don’t even play Ling but I still watched it, tho lowkey wanna pick her up. The problem is I’ve put a lot of hours on Raina, that I don’t want to switch.
Put urself an milestone, me for myself i played Leroy till Tekken King, after that i wanted to learn other chars so i'm prepared for the Higher Ranks. So i Chose Lili and xiao in that Case till I have them on Tekken King and then the next chars etc.
In timestamps there's a typo in 1st tip, rds d3 is kinda good poke
Appreciate it 🙏
Thanks for the tip
I lov this thank you
Reached bushin it helped me watching u alot
Great video! Can you type combo after grab f2+3?
f3,1 -> 2 -> 1,2 -> ff3+4 -> ub4
I need a '5 Xiaoyu tips not for beginners but for not that good players' video for myself 😭😂
Great video 🙏🏻
Just hit red ranks with her, I knew about all these tips but I feel like I struggle with the opponent's moveset more than I do with her's. Also possible to give tips on defending while being against the wall? Your videos are very welcome, thank you
Awesome tips!
Respectfully, I disagree with your first one. I think it is the biggest fallacy in the Tekken community. I hover around TG/TGS, and much more often than not people won't block SE. That's also true to gods of destruction. You just need to know when to use them, aka not when it's an obvious neutral moment when you're both hyper alert.
And if they do block, that only opens up the mindgame for the snake's edge cancel. In fact, I keep a note of how many people I hit with snake edge cancel into her RDS snake edge (it's a gimmick, but trust me that it works), and so far I'm on 158/169 hits lol. Against GOD opponent I'm on 37/42.
EDIT: also, you can get 1 more damage if you do 3+4 after S4 CH
You can probably throw out a snake edge probably once per set. More than likely near the end of matches where the opponent expects you to play a certain was and when they will least expect it
Thank you for that comment. Respectfully, this is exactly the mindset we should actively try to avoid. Being able to land a snake edge is not the point. When it comes to moves that are super minus, launch on block, our decision making should not revolve around the question whether my opp is able to block it or not. In fact, it should be about developing a strong neutral game and preventing ourselves from becoming too risky in our gameplan (e.g. too many whiffs or using too unsafe moves). Relying on snake edge is a bad habit and even if you're able to hit your opp with it, everytime you are putting yourself at risk of getting launched, and THIS is what we should focus on more. Maybe I should make a video about this topic 😁
@@Lingnation Thank you for replying!
I wouldn't say I rely on snake edge, and I am aware of the risk/reward it brings to the table. I don't throw it around willy-nilly, maybe once a match. Most of the game I play neutral, but I do enjoy the extra layer it adds to the gameplay.
Especialy at higher ranks, people get extra frustrated when they are hit by that move, and it adds to their mental stack. Sure, I can get launched for it, and I do on occasion, but I personally enjoy the reward (and a little bit of the risk too 😅).
I'm by no means a pro, nor do I aspire to be. I'm happy with reaching TG-TGS considering this is my first Tekken 😀 and your videos helped a ton to get there!
Another great video
I forgot Xiaoyu has a snake edge loll
Waning moon is now 14 frames
Yeah I mentioned it in the description 👍
Do you play Zafina at all or are you just in practice mode with her? I main Zafina but since hitting fujin started practicing with Xiaoyu a bit, I'm curious if you have any thoughts on the differences between the characters.
4:32 so funny because I really under use waning move
Is there going to be a video about movement in this series? I am really struggling to dodge certain hits with xiaoyu
Here it is!
ruclips.net/video/xsY_BF7i_es/видео.htmlsi=K7s9STKQt5JwO7tz
@@Lingnation sry, ty
Playing Xiaoyu straight forward is probably the most effective way to play. Messing around with too much movement is unsafe. I don't understand why Namco gave her all these transitions with bad frame or situations where you are airborne that allows you to get floated. Movement only works efficiently when your opponent is scared to attack and allows you to run your offense. If your opponent doesn't respect your movement or your offense, it's easy to get punished for too much movement.
It feels like the ender uf4 > ws 4 is not guaranteed as it often misses people who remain lying down
That‘s why you have to quickly SSL before doing uf4, you need to be a bit off axis
Stupid question, but what is the thing she's doing when she waves her hands around and looks like she's casting a spell? He does it a lot during the last section of the video before demonstrating moves.
That's a ki charge (next hit is a counter hit), press 1+2+3+4 for ki-charging 🙂
hi what is that sparkly gold thing you do with her? at like 11:32 for example? what is that and how can i do it?
That's ki charge. Press 1+2+3+4
I did way too many b41 and AoP 3+4
ok ive seen a video before where you did a combo off of CH RDS 3, am i incorrect?
Incorrect, no combo off of CH RDS3
@@Lingnation ty for the clarification
maybe its standing 3 that you saw
what controller are u using? would you recommend keyboard?
hell nah don't play on keyboard, I think he is using ps4 controller
Anything except keyboard… most keyboards have built in prevention of pressing certain keys at once, it’s kind of a nightmare for a game where you need a lot of multiple inputs at once
Can I trouble anyone to transcribe the Waning Moon (2+3 throw) ideal combos in Tip 3?
Bf31 rd2 then ff3+4 into ub4? Did I hear that right
@@blazaybla22 use this ff3+4, 3+4
ub4's damage got nerfed
@@blazaybla22 yeah, thanks
Are you swiss?
@@angelo-witt Austrian!
How is this a beginner guide when you're using fighting game lingo. I have no idea what a 1+2 is. Please be considerate for beginner players and explain without fighting game lingo
@@Justin-ud9rr Please be careful with your choice of words. Nowhere does it say it is a beginner guide. And secondly, these are five tips for players who just started to play this character, not the game. If you want a Tekken 8 Beginner guide in general, explaining inputs and mechanics, you will find that as well on youtube. Cheers!
@Lingnation yeah I didn't mean to come off like that. Im just super frustrated with this game. Tekken 8 just is a very bad experience if you're a new player. Everything is just so complicated in this fighting game.
Hey Croft Joshua/triple7 here.
I played in tournament online and offline and placed top 8 and also won a major. I've never had a true main and wanted a conversation on some things about ling because i am switching over to her as a main.
I play all the characters in the cast except eddy, hworang, raven, Lei. I had 18 omegas in t7 and 3 destructions in t8 mostly because i travel often now.
Im now picky about who i talk with because I've been playing since middle school and am now 24 but that comes with having great and bad experiences. I would appreciate your discord name so i can learn some key advanced things. Thank you.
Fantastic video 🙏🏻