TRAPPED in the RED RANKS in Tekken 8

Made it to mighty ruler 2 days ago. Here are the patterns I noticed from red players: 1. If you are far away from each other in neutral, they WILL do a running move to get in and get plus frames. Side step/walk when far away or when you see them start to dash forward and whiff punish. 2. Red ranks abuse power crush and heat burst like crazy. You need to be hitting them with your fastest lows and get them to start crouching asap. Then you start hitting them with your big mids. Also start grabbing them early because grabs will beat armor. 3. Abuse grabs in general. Hardly anyone can break them at this level. Just don’t use 1 break grabs because everyone is mashing 1. Start practicing grab breaks on your own time 4. Try to always be plus and take your frame advantage. It’s crazy how much people still mash at these ranks. You’ll be frame trapping people over and over and they will still mash. 5. Start offensively side-stepping if you know you are -4 or better 6. If they heat burst to get you off them, expect them to heat smash right away. Let them waste their heat. 7. Everyone at these ranks has a trick they abuse. Figure out their trick and they will crumble most likely.

Don’t worry about your rank so much, just work on getting yourself better. From the last chart we had your rank means you’re better than approximately 65% of the players that makes you good at the game, so at this point I recommend you just focus on small improvements on yourself and eventually you will continue to move up. Which leads me to my final thing have fun in the red ranks because once you get to blue rank people start to plug when they lose and it becomes less fun.

I've played over 300 matches in Garyu. Still here.

I sympathize with you, beacuse i felt like i was this 2 weeks ago while being stuck on Tenryu, then i started to noticed during my repley, what i needed to work on and try to make some my own drill in my freetime, eventully last friday i got to Mighty ruler after 4 hours intense focusing, while drinking my tea. i just wannna tell you don't worry. as i really love your videos you are better than most garyu and shinryu players, since most of people in red ranks tend bad habit on using rage art. but yeah really looking forward to your next video ^_^

4:41 that's very true even in purple and blue ranks (they'd start mixing it up of they notice you blocking though)

I have some tips as someone who's been playing since Tekken Tag 1 haha: 1- Defense is super important. Even when you don't know the matchup (bc seriously there's just too much characters and moves/ strings in the game), then just block. It's not always your turn to press and that's why you end up getting obliterated so quickly. A lot of opponents like to frame trap you (even when they don't even know they're doing it, they just see what moves work and clip their opponents in a row, thus they abuse it) 2- look at your opponent's character more than your own. This way you'll learn their flow charts and habits a bit easier and the animation of the moves they're using often. It's very important to try to try to memorise the animation of the moves. This way you'll know better how to defend against it later on in ranked. 3 - frames are so important. For too long in T7 I was too lazy to learn then. I finally did like literally a month before T8 came out and even though some frame data changed, I was still given a headstart. With frames come punishes, so know your main character's 10, 12, 13, 14, and 15 frame punishes. I'd usually just use the 10 and 15 (especially when I'm unsure about the opponent's moves on block). The 10 frame punish is safe and the 15 frame one you'd only obviously use when they whiff a launch or you block their attempt at a launch). 4 - Remember not to just be linear in the match. A lot of moves ppl throw at you can be sidestepped. Granted it's hard to know when you and which moves, but you'll learn the more you play and there are popular ones like the running 3/4 moves of most characters which is like a flying kick (or punch) than can be stepped. Many opponent (especially in low level) like to do this. 5 - Just have fun! Worrying about your rank can make you nervous wnd anxious during the match. It can also make you mad if you lose. Its important to have a clear mindset as mood can really affect the way you play (been through that, it was not fun haha). I notice that when I'm patient and trying to read the opponent instead of just throw flow charts at them, i play way better xx

Good games and a good voice over! If the Red Rank Purgatory sometimes feels too bloody suffocating, remember the words of Miyamoto Musashi: "Anyone can give up. It's the easiest thing in the world to do, but to hold together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart that is true strength."

This journey is mad informative for even us Blue rank players (hardstuck Kishin) keep up the great work

Really enjoying this series Enjin and love how you're tackling tekken. keep it up and i hope you reach the rank you want dude! :)

I also suffer from Acute Analysis Paralysis. It's inevitable, the mid-match overthinking. Meanwhile your opponent presses ALL the buttons. Things will improve as you become more comfortable with your character and the game mechanics, then you'll be on your way to a sweet, sweet flow state. Keep at it, good luck out there!

80 matches already! I can hardly believe it. You're right about keeping things simple: I've met Jin players in purple ranks who use very simple gameplans, but it takes a solid defence to counter it. Though, another important part is to keep your gameplan simple, but unpredictable as well. I think what happened with that Tenryu Law at the end is he downloaded your flow chart and punished you hard for it. Here's hoping for Shinryu before game 100!

keep your head up bro. I'm also a beginner and am a Jin player stuck in red ranks.... almost same journey as you fr lol. The problems you talk about in this vid are so relatable

7:32 Please remember you can't launch all blocked lows haha. The animation is very important in knowing when you can launch. The character will stutter in their posture a bit when you block a low that can be launched

Using ff2 is great for catching people on run ups and you can use 21 for frame traps and mix lows into it. Wave dash into 2 can prevent combos from hitting unless they’re ducking or use an unblockable attack. Also use f4 without holding for a counter hit and pushback. Def check out Devilster for a great example.

the shirt and necklace fire btw

I was in the exact same boat as you bro. When I first reached garyu, I could not win any matches for the life of me and I kept getting demoted to orange and back to garyu repeatedly. But after rewatching my replays and watching helpful videos from PhiDx and other tekken pros I escaped red. Right now I feel like you’re still figuring out and adjusting to playing your character. And you’ll eventually find out how to win and excel.

All players out there shouldn't feel bad about not being able to perfectly execute your gameplans right at the start. Practicing something in training mode or against ai is completely different to playing a human opponent either in person or in ranked. It takes me a while myself, but practice makes perfect as you gain a sense of comfortability and confidence in your play. Great video as always btw! We need more channels like this that can make Tekken's overwhelming systems seem so approachable.

I got jin to flame ruler awhile back and got bored and changed to zafina which my zafina is currently at raijin . Having played jin against many characters that blow u up against a wall u urself have really good wall pressure and damage. While in heat utilize ur b1+2 especially against a wall ! followed by ur df 3 kicks for sweeps . db4 4 3 against walls aswell it picks up at the end even if the oppenent is layed against the wall at a lower position B42 when u got them in a wall splat is a great way to reset the wall splat for added damage / pressure Ff2 is super important when u expect a wake up when there down aswell as f3 to keep them from pushing up / being agressive One last thing ur armor move needs to be used to stop pressure . With these tips u will have enough to address many player's in red ranks to respect the punish damage especially on walls

im a beginner too! started as reina, switched to dragunov, now playinig jin only! i got to tenryu so far but i didnt really rank yet as jin (switched controller type and only labbed so far). joining the journey! :D

As a noobie king main, good to see throws working out for different characters