Snazzy the Dragon

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Snazzy the Dragon @snazzy12/11/2023, 7:18 PM

Tekken is probably the least approachable fighting game on the market right now

A) If you try to go online and fight, the lowest possible levels of online matchmaking are obviously filled with smurfs. I'm not the best player but there is no fucking way that I should be losing 15+ matches in a row at 1st Dan
B) The resources are geared towards either hyper-beginners ("here is what the punch button does") or hyper-advanced players ("memorize this frame data")
C) The community is insanely dismissive if you are having trouble. Google "How to beat [Tekken character]" and you'll see genuine requests for help brushed off as "get good" or "this is a super easy matchup, how are you losing?"
D) There are so many combos that take off half your health, meaning you get punished for mistakes insanely hard. This is really demoralizing for new players.

I'm trying to practice and learn for Tekken 8 but I'm honestly getting really frustrated.

#tekken

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Shadowhare @ThatShadowhare12/11/2023, 7:36 PM

I definitely associate Tekken with some of those points as well sadly. It's a fun series casually, but I'd never try to "get good" at it out of fear of losing the last remains of my sanity xP

Big Lesbian @0xB16B00B512/11/2023, 7:44 PM

As always, the best option is probably to join a Fighting Game Discord, and ask questions there. I'm a part of the RTVS Fightzone and they're all pretty chill. If you're looking to improve, then finding a community of Actual People is deffo the best play.

Snazzy the Dragon @snazzy12/11/2023, 7:47 PM

Yeahhhhh but then it becomes like "I don't wanna bother someone while I'm learning"

Big Lesbian @0xB16B00B512/11/2023, 7:55 PM

I guarantee you there are so many Fighting Game nerds who are so bored and so badly want to teach someone how to do something cool.

Edit: I could recommend another, smaller Discord, the Furry Fight Club, but there aren't too many Tekken players there, and I don't know if anyone could really help teach you how to play T7.

frank @frank12/12/2023, 12:51 AM

as someone who recently tried learning tekken i definitely understand this frustration. there are some built in tools in tekken 7 that can help you practice without even needing to engage with the community or online but aren't well advertised.

take the character you want to learn into training mode, then pick whoever as your opponent. then open the training menu and select "punishment training". it will basically take you through a bunch of really common moves and show you what to press to punish it after you block it, specific to your character, and those moves.

then, you can try out the sample combos (not from the move list), and they will show you a few combos from each starter, ranging in length. these two things are not the end all be all, you will find ways to punish not in the training, and you will find combos not in the samples, but they are a great jumping off point.

in the sample combos, you will kind of learn what moves can be used in what situations, and you can start to mix and match those elements to extend them or create your own combos, and it gets you thinking about what's possible to follow up with after a punish. similarly, the punishment training will give you solid options to fall back on and cycle through if you don't know how to punish a specific move, which is where a lot of frustration can come from when facing new opponents.

there's a lot to learn, and i'm still a beginner myself, but i feel like those two tools will help kind of open your mind up to the kind of game tekken is.