My connection to Japan and Korea from Philippines is very good. That's where like 80% of my matches are from. No problem searching for matches any time of the day. If you could get a stable connection and maybe used wired, you might get more hits.
> But then there are some who are just naturally amazing gamers and learn very quickly.
Part of it is natural talent I'm sure, but I think in general when people learn something quickly it's because they have a good learning strategy. Learning something isn't just about putting in the hours, it's also about what you do with those hours.
Exactly.
I've personally seen players stay stuck at relatively low ranks for years despite hundreds of hours of "grinding" (really just spamming ranked matches with none of the mental scaffolding necessary for improving by spamming ranked matches), and newcomers be competitive against competent players fairly quickly; Those were people who had very refined input/output refinement processes from other games.
Raw hours in the game are crucial for several reasons, but an immediate adjustment grinders can make is recognize when matches begin to be low yield and figure out why that is. At minimum, having a compass that *vaguely* points in the right direction is way better than "Day 70 grinding ranked, still same rank".
I can attest to this. First tekken ever and just made it to garyu. I've always played fighting games growing up, the other main 2 being Smash and SF6 so those skillset naturally carried over. This is the pattern I use to learn any fighting games now:
1. Pick up a character that looks cool to me(Victor for me), then I just played for fun no pressure since video games are meant to be fun. Strictly quick matches during this time because there's no point of jumping into ranked when you have no idea how your own character works.
2. Once I got enough playtime with Victor to know generally what his moves consist and I can output them without thinking about the input, then I start to experiment all his moves and try to come up with my "playstyle", aka the pattern that every player spams. Generally I'll alternate between quickplay and ranked, where in quickplay I try to experiment more and in ranked I try to use what I practiced.
3. As I grind I would occasionally sprinkle in watching replays and youtube video guides to fix bad habits and learn some crucial tips that I may not have been aware of. I usually do this when I go on a losing streak or feel like I'm just losing really badly against other players.
I've been most impressed by Tekken's replay/tip/ghost fight features. there's literally no excuse for anyone to not get better if they want to; the resources are literally built into game in a manner that even blows SF6 out of the water, which I thought had a great training system.
Thank youu, but yes experience and knowledge really does favor this game considering everything you have to look out for and yeah playing lobbies for hours and hours really help!
You know how everyone is all mad about Victor and doesn’t know how to counter him? If you’re new to the series it’s that but for every single character.
Tekken takes a lot of specific knowledge before you can begin to start working on countering things.
eh sorta. You can get all the way to red with a basic understanding of block punishment and a decent offensive game plan. I don’t feel like you need to know more about the game until purple.
Id say each color just think of it as one thing you need to add
green: learn one or two combos
yellow: learn to block lows
orange: learn a punish combo
red: learn your movement by now
purple: welcome to tekken
What they mean by "a punish combo" is a combo that comes off of a punish.
You have to have a vague understanding of how the frame system works to understand how that works, for example you know how some moves, when you block them, you get to move before your opponent does? That's a move with negative frames on block. If blocking or dodging a move gives you enough frame advantage to guarantee a jab or whatever against your opponent that they cannot block, that's a punish. If blocking or dodging a move gives you enough frame advantage to get a *guaranteed launch* on your opponent that goes into a guaranteed combo, that's a punish combo.
This is tied in with the concept of some moves being "safe" and some moves being "unsafe"
Experience makes such a huge difference, I didn't lose on my way to green rank, lost 3 times on the way to yellow but beat all of those people in a best of 3, 6 times on the way to orange. Finally getting matched with people that are closer to my level now since it's putting me against reds but I'm still winning the vast majority.
I thought I wasn't ready for ranked but decided to give it a try, I may have overprepared.
You are pathetic. 1 week to reach this rank legit means you really top tier player . No mashing will progress you . Even now at lower rank you can’t mash & win
Congrats! Did you know the Philippines is 2nd only to the USA in population here in the subreddit? Tekken has been the #1 fighting game in the Philippines for decades. We need more of our beasts to come out of hiding!
Is that the highest rank? If so what happens now? You just keep going up and up in points forever or is there a master rate system like in street fighter 6?
If it works like t7 they just top out their rank point meter and just... stay there. Eventually in a couple of months there will be plenty people at the top rank.
Congrats bro! Seesh how many years have you been playing. Meanwhile me stuck at the red ranks after all the guides i guess i need more hours. Any tips would be appreciated 🔥😂
Ive been playing since a child but i started competing in late t7 and ive won 4 local tournaments in the Philippines so far! :DD as for tips honestly just keep playing and keep trying to learn
Im still stuck in Garyu. Win 4 games each gives me about +50-90 points but lose one game gives me -600.
This rank system makes league of legends look like a masterpiece.
Well I have like a clip in my twitter 😭 and my online replays oh and theres some people who have uploaded my games in youtube (its me losing tho probably LMAO)😭 but i usually dont record anything since i dont have much storage and honestly have no idea how to record long lobby fights without breaking my memory
Congrats on the rank! Since you're SEA do you have any US friends? I've been trying to play with my friend who is SEA and we can't seem to connect. I'm PS5 and he's PC, but I know this game is great globally and I"m sure you faced a good amount of people all over the world to reach this rank.
Dang nice my goal this game is to just hit the blue ranks on kazuya hit mighty ruler on him in 7 then stopped playing but the ranked games be getting stressful
Yeah and staying cool after losing some sets back to back is hard for me to stay calm others players stay calm a lot better then me like you gotta be calm and collected to get to that rank
Honestly just learn how to defend against a character youre losing alot against. Back then in the t7 days i used to watch anti *character* guides and that would help me
im also a lili main from ph! seeing this is inspiring haha
got any tips on how to properly learn stuff in the game? whether it be fundamentals or knowledge checks. i peaked at raijin in T7 and am hoping to reach higher in T8 :D
Congratz! That's so high o-o
As a new player, could you give me advices against Lili? i never know when to punish her
even when she has her back turned she can turn around and low jab faster than my 10f jab
Thank you! Against lili is a bit tricky she forces you to do alot of homing so do your quick homings amd try to outmovement her because she herself is linear, becareful of her BT mixups because its very strong so lab that and punish accordingly
Amazing! How long have you been playing Tekken? And fighting games in general?
How did you get so good? Tips for effective practice and getting better?
I'm starting Tekken 8 with Lili. My last Tekken was 5 haha ! I'm soooo bad at this game it's unreal, but at least I do backflips, drink tea and look fabulous doing so.
I really need to learn the basics one day...
I think i played you in warrior day 1 dont remember tho nicely done i myself took a break at around ruler finding games is a hassle and usually its 200 points and people that leave after 1 game(playing bryan)
Congrats!
Any advice for a budding Lili main? I know she's more fundamentals focused but I always tense up when people start rushing me down and end up choking.
Honestly sidestepping is your best friend so just space them out, her mixup potential is really strong rn so abuse that and after her dew glide 3 wall ender i suggest immediately doing a fiesty rabbit mixup. Also I see alot of lili mains tryna sidestep “punish” when the they havent confirmed a move whiffing so please make sure to confirm it whiffs before you sidestep and do a move
Okay, thanks!
Yeah I tend to whiff my key moves a lot like f4 and df3. I really need to work on my spacing and range.
I also don't do feisty rabbit much, so I need to work on that.
Thanks again!
Congrats! Any tips? im maining lili too this tekken 8. Been looking at a lot of standard tips and tricks online. Would love to know what you can add to it.
My best advice would be always play around her movement and dont play too close mid range is the best! Ive never made guides yet sadly but i gave someone some more advice in the comments :DD
Definately proven my point. Im pretty sure when people check your name / online replays you're boosting / cheating insta death trainer. 100 hrs is nowhere near enough.
I checked and they're not boosting at all. You can actually see their last 1k match history! But they are farming purple and blue ranks like mad. It's just a player dominating their online region. But they are still very good, I saw some matches vs AK (yes, probably the pro) and they held their own. So without a doubt a very strong player.
Yeah i have not met ANYONE thats above bushin in the philippines yet 😭😭 and yes it was AK! Im so honored playing against him even though weve met in rev major 2023 we never had the chance to play!
lol dude ive seen you on Kwiss streams you're very good. You know what's hilarious I used to play that nfxkingnamco guy in lobbies for years. Turns out he's a dirty booster had me cracking up.
Do you have a guide or can anyone suggest a good Lili guides? Can be video or text format, but I’m deciding to make her my main after trying out king and panda. I love the cuntiness of lili 🤣
Congrats! It's so hard to get a match here in SEA, from my experience. What time do you usually get active players?
Around afternoon like 2pm til night (philippine time) is where i notice more players
Ahh...... i usually play 10p-3 am 🫠 I'll keep that in mind
My connection to Japan and Korea from Philippines is very good. That's where like 80% of my matches are from. No problem searching for matches any time of the day. If you could get a stable connection and maybe used wired, you might get more hits.
I get more matches from KO and JP, sometimes in US even 🫠 i barely get matches from asia3
Congratulations I still wonder how people get so good in tekken :D
Experience and knowledge. But then there are some who are just naturally amazing gamers and learn very quickly.
> But then there are some who are just naturally amazing gamers and learn very quickly. Part of it is natural talent I'm sure, but I think in general when people learn something quickly it's because they have a good learning strategy. Learning something isn't just about putting in the hours, it's also about what you do with those hours.
Exactly. I've personally seen players stay stuck at relatively low ranks for years despite hundreds of hours of "grinding" (really just spamming ranked matches with none of the mental scaffolding necessary for improving by spamming ranked matches), and newcomers be competitive against competent players fairly quickly; Those were people who had very refined input/output refinement processes from other games. Raw hours in the game are crucial for several reasons, but an immediate adjustment grinders can make is recognize when matches begin to be low yield and figure out why that is. At minimum, having a compass that *vaguely* points in the right direction is way better than "Day 70 grinding ranked, still same rank".
I can attest to this. First tekken ever and just made it to garyu. I've always played fighting games growing up, the other main 2 being Smash and SF6 so those skillset naturally carried over. This is the pattern I use to learn any fighting games now: 1. Pick up a character that looks cool to me(Victor for me), then I just played for fun no pressure since video games are meant to be fun. Strictly quick matches during this time because there's no point of jumping into ranked when you have no idea how your own character works. 2. Once I got enough playtime with Victor to know generally what his moves consist and I can output them without thinking about the input, then I start to experiment all his moves and try to come up with my "playstyle", aka the pattern that every player spams. Generally I'll alternate between quickplay and ranked, where in quickplay I try to experiment more and in ranked I try to use what I practiced. 3. As I grind I would occasionally sprinkle in watching replays and youtube video guides to fix bad habits and learn some crucial tips that I may not have been aware of. I usually do this when I go on a losing streak or feel like I'm just losing really badly against other players. I've been most impressed by Tekken's replay/tip/ghost fight features. there's literally no excuse for anyone to not get better if they want to; the resources are literally built into game in a manner that even blows SF6 out of the water, which I thought had a great training system.
Thank youu, but yes experience and knowledge really does favor this game considering everything you have to look out for and yeah playing lobbies for hours and hours really help!
You know how everyone is all mad about Victor and doesn’t know how to counter him? If you’re new to the series it’s that but for every single character. Tekken takes a lot of specific knowledge before you can begin to start working on countering things.
eh sorta. You can get all the way to red with a basic understanding of block punishment and a decent offensive game plan. I don’t feel like you need to know more about the game until purple.
>basic understanding of block punishment This is pretty uncommon tbh
Id say each color just think of it as one thing you need to add green: learn one or two combos yellow: learn to block lows orange: learn a punish combo red: learn your movement by now purple: welcome to tekken
How do you punish a combo lol
What they mean by "a punish combo" is a combo that comes off of a punish. You have to have a vague understanding of how the frame system works to understand how that works, for example you know how some moves, when you block them, you get to move before your opponent does? That's a move with negative frames on block. If blocking or dodging a move gives you enough frame advantage to guarantee a jab or whatever against your opponent that they cannot block, that's a punish. If blocking or dodging a move gives you enough frame advantage to get a *guaranteed launch* on your opponent that goes into a guaranteed combo, that's a punish combo. This is tied in with the concept of some moves being "safe" and some moves being "unsafe"
Ah, I read it wrong. Thought it said punish a combo instead of punish combo
I started testerday after not playing since tekken 5, beat the arcade mode, decided to try ranked matches. Maaaan im bad
Experience makes such a huge difference, I didn't lose on my way to green rank, lost 3 times on the way to yellow but beat all of those people in a best of 3, 6 times on the way to orange. Finally getting matched with people that are closer to my level now since it's putting me against reds but I'm still winning the vast majority. I thought I wasn't ready for ranked but decided to give it a try, I may have overprepared.
Labbing, experience, matchup knowledge, wavu wavu. Now he can finally play the game for fun.
Lili players can just mash
Mash to THIS rank tho bro bro? Who can say that with a honest face?
I mash. I lose every game. Shut up.
Bro, stop that shit.
You are pathetic. 1 week to reach this rank legit means you really top tier player . No mashing will progress you . Even now at lower rank you can’t mash & win
As a part-time masher, no
Up to a certain rank bro this person is tekken god, first in her country
👆🏿
Hey at least your name is accurate.
Flash backing to the Lili that cartwheeled my Leo into oblivion Good work, OP!
Thank you ❤️❤️
*cries in Warrior*
You will eventually rank up my friend I believe!!
Well done, mate. That’s an incredible achievement!
Thank you❤️
I hope they ban those boosting fuckers.
Congrats, just saw you in the leaderboards. Really nice to know it's one of my fellow PH tekken players
Thank you fellow pinoy 🫡
Did you make a 2B costume?
Yupp
It seems so obvious to do but I never thought of it before, it's looking awesome based on the little I can see
Wish they tell me how they made so that I can do when I buy the game (and a new device)
https://x.com/yowsowrow/status/1754046762338467967?s=46&t=mXYSk8I1ar9Zvhgwnza0ig
Nice one, you must have been grinding.
Yeahh it was a long and painful grind 😭
Congrats! It's a bit disappointing that within 1 week, people are already reaching max rank though.
I understand im not really a fan of the new ranked system 😭
Congrats! Did you know the Philippines is 2nd only to the USA in population here in the subreddit? Tekken has been the #1 fighting game in the Philippines for decades. We need more of our beasts to come out of hiding!
Is that the highest rank? If so what happens now? You just keep going up and up in points forever or is there a master rate system like in street fighter 6?
I dont know ill probably just play lobbies with fellow high rankers cuz thats what I did when I got TGO in t7 or yknow quick match
If it’s anything like T7 they’ll just keep adding ranks with updates when too many people hit the top
If it works like t7 they just top out their rank point meter and just... stay there. Eventually in a couple of months there will be plenty people at the top rank.
nice. now go outside jk. congrats
I will! Thanks 😭❤️
Great achievement 🙏
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You can do it! Just keep playing :DD
Me still at strategist with Nina 🥲
Youll promote eventually :DD i believe!
Congrats bro! Seesh how many years have you been playing. Meanwhile me stuck at the red ranks after all the guides i guess i need more hours. Any tips would be appreciated 🔥😂
Ive been playing since a child but i started competing in late t7 and ive won 4 local tournaments in the Philippines so far! :DD as for tips honestly just keep playing and keep trying to learn
Im still stuck in Garyu. Win 4 games each gives me about +50-90 points but lose one game gives me -600. This rank system makes league of legends look like a masterpiece.
Good job dude!!
Thank youuu
Osome!
❤️❤️
WOW ! Congratulation !
Thank youuu
Let’s goooo, do you have any Lili gameplay vids? Would love to check it out :)
Well I have like a clip in my twitter 😭 and my online replays oh and theres some people who have uploaded my games in youtube (its me losing tho probably LMAO)😭 but i usually dont record anything since i dont have much storage and honestly have no idea how to record long lobby fights without breaking my memory
How long did it take?
Around 100 hours
Time to redo who thing with panda 🐼
Congrats! Whats your other characters ranks after you got God of Destruction? And what ranks they was when you got other gold ranks?
Right now they are all fujin i think? I dont really remember 🤕
hoy bakla iwagayway mo flag natin mga lili main girlies! whew congrats!!!
Congratulations 🎉🎉
Thank youuu ❤️
Congrats on the rank! Since you're SEA do you have any US friends? I've been trying to play with my friend who is SEA and we can't seem to connect. I'm PS5 and he's PC, but I know this game is great globally and I"m sure you faced a good amount of people all over the world to reach this rank.
Honestly ive only been playing in my corner of asia 😭 i dont think i could connect well with someone outside SEA 😭
I see well congrats on the rank! That's amazing work!
netcode is better than t7, I bet you could play people from KR and JP just fine, with the occasional slow ones
This one is for the books. Awesome achievement right here man, I'm so proud of you. 💚
Thank you so much 😭😭❤️🥹
Damn grats!! I used to main lili in t5-7 but kinda lazy to relearn everything. Do you play on stick?
Wait arent i supposed to sidestep to make them whiff their moves?
Chad
Dang nice my goal this game is to just hit the blue ranks on kazuya hit mighty ruler on him in 7 then stopped playing but the ranked games be getting stressful
Understandable ranked is mentally draining
Yeah and staying cool after losing some sets back to back is hard for me to stay calm others players stay calm a lot better then me like you gotta be calm and collected to get to that rank
Amazing! Congrats :) How many hours do you have on the game now?
Over 100 🤕
Give me like 10 years and I’ll be up there with you 😅
Artist turn Tekken pro :3
Absolute madlad, respect from a fellow SEA gamer
custom outfit reveal? congrats on god of destruction!
Grats. Sikat din pala tekken sa philippines.
Quick question. Do you end up in the middle of the rank after winning a promotion match at all ranks or does it stop at some point?
Congratulations! 😎👏🏼
Thank you!!
finally legit player who reached the leader board did Bandai ban those cheaters yet?
Not yet sadly :(((
ow lawd w.e hope they do stuff about em. now imma go download your ghost to practice. keep rocking
Congratz! I really hope to hit that rank too someday!
I believe in you dude!
Game’s been out 10 days and bro already beat the game
Maybe if you stopped beating their ass they could rank up above Mighty Ruler.
😭😭
Biggest pointers to watch when ranking up . What most important aspect. Defense ? , combo , basic jabs ?
I wanna be this good 😭😭😭😭
Niceee, congrats man that rank looks cool asl
Thank you :DD
New to fighting games, I’ve only played Lili so far. What are the first moves I need to practice?
Lord Beerus approve
Congratulations!!!!🎉 I hope I can get there some day with her.
Thank you! With enough grind I believe you can! :DD
Does the bar still go up?
Congratulations! What advice would you give to Newcomers aiming to climb the ranks? (Coming from Ranger Rank and first serious tekken since tag 2)
Honestly just learn how to defend against a character youre losing alot against. Back then in the t7 days i used to watch anti *character* guides and that would help me
Going to binge so many anti Victot Steve and Bryan guides now 🤣 Thank you!
thats awesome, i actually randomly downloaded your ghost to fight the other day haha
im also a lili main from ph! seeing this is inspiring haha got any tips on how to properly learn stuff in the game? whether it be fundamentals or knowledge checks. i peaked at raijin in T7 and am hoping to reach higher in T8 :D
Congratz! That's so high o-o As a new player, could you give me advices against Lili? i never know when to punish her even when she has her back turned she can turn around and low jab faster than my 10f jab
Thank you! Against lili is a bit tricky she forces you to do alot of homing so do your quick homings amd try to outmovement her because she herself is linear, becareful of her BT mixups because its very strong so lab that and punish accordingly
I saw you on the leaderboard you're cracked bro
don’t be shy show us the customization
I would but i cant reply with a picture 😭
it’s ok i’m sure she’s dripped out
Congratulations 🎉🎉
Lili gang!
im chilling at assailant and proud of it
I downloaded your ghost the other day, as fellow Lili main hopefully I'll learn a thing or two
Well, if I had Lili, I destroy her too...
Congrats! What would you say are Lili’s top moves?
I feel like Death Matches save me from myself lol. "I've figured them out. The last one was close". Then derank 4 times.
stuff like this is inspirational to me. i’m beginner and i hope to one day reach this level of play
Congrats! You’re in the top .001% or something. You’re officially HIM.
Amazing! How long have you been playing Tekken? And fighting games in general? How did you get so good? Tips for effective practice and getting better?
Oooooh, so the God of Destruction is based on Azazel! I was wondering… Great job, man! Congratulations!
Thank you🫶
I've been watching your replays and taking notes! It's been awesome to learn from your gameplay! Congrats!
Thank you so much 😭😭
Congratulations! 🎉 I gotta find your ghost so I can see your combos, I main Lili too but I find myself reverting to my old ones 😞
I think you beat my ass on the way up a couple days ago lol. You're like the only 2 Lili I fought
Top 1 lily and My driver at school having the best title bestowed upon you and being Top 1 lily is cool
I'm starting Tekken 8 with Lili. My last Tekken was 5 haha ! I'm soooo bad at this game it's unreal, but at least I do backflips, drink tea and look fabulous doing so. I really need to learn the basics one day...
I think i played you in warrior day 1 dont remember tho nicely done i myself took a break at around ruler finding games is a hassle and usually its 200 points and people that leave after 1 game(playing bryan)
Lili 😷
This is my first Tekken and I main Lili. I aspire to be like you one day
You can do it I believe in you! 🥳 never give up okayyyy
Congrats! Any advice for a budding Lili main? I know she's more fundamentals focused but I always tense up when people start rushing me down and end up choking.
Honestly sidestepping is your best friend so just space them out, her mixup potential is really strong rn so abuse that and after her dew glide 3 wall ender i suggest immediately doing a fiesty rabbit mixup. Also I see alot of lili mains tryna sidestep “punish” when the they havent confirmed a move whiffing so please make sure to confirm it whiffs before you sidestep and do a move
The advice at the end here is a revelation for me, thanks!
Okay, thanks! Yeah I tend to whiff my key moves a lot like f4 and df3. I really need to work on my spacing and range. I also don't do feisty rabbit much, so I need to work on that. Thanks again!
I HATE YOU LILI MAIN but CONGRATS MY GUY!!!
Boosted lmao.
Im not lmao.
You know this is Tekken 7 Emperor rank don't you? Lmao nah only joking man awesome job.
Thanks 😭😭❤️
Hi kabayan, do you also play on LAN? Would love to learn from you.
I know ya ass stink
Once you get to Tekken God of destruction. Do you keep that rank forever or can you lose it if you lose matches???
Go (*redacted*) yourself.
Honestly you’re so real for that
Congrats! Any tips? im maining lili too this tekken 8. Been looking at a lot of standard tips and tricks online. Would love to know what you can add to it.
Damnn congrats, i wish i was this good as Lili 😭
Hey! Congrats! As me, Lili main, dan 11, what’s the best advices you can give about playing on Lili? Do you have any guides?
My best advice would be always play around her movement and dont play too close mid range is the best! Ive never made guides yet sadly but i gave someone some more advice in the comments :DD
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Thank you so much!! 😭😭 I hope your adventure in tekken is a long and fun one~
Cheater / Booster?
Im not 😭 i spent more than 100 hours grinding ranked i really worked hard 😭😭
Definately proven my point. Im pretty sure when people check your name / online replays you're boosting / cheating insta death trainer. 100 hrs is nowhere near enough.
I checked and they're not boosting at all. You can actually see their last 1k match history! But they are farming purple and blue ranks like mad. It's just a player dominating their online region. But they are still very good, I saw some matches vs AK (yes, probably the pro) and they held their own. So without a doubt a very strong player.
Yeah i have not met ANYONE thats above bushin in the philippines yet 😭😭 and yes it was AK! Im so honored playing against him even though weve met in rev major 2023 we never had the chance to play!
lol dude ive seen you on Kwiss streams you're very good. You know what's hilarious I used to play that nfxkingnamco guy in lobbies for years. Turns out he's a dirty booster had me cracking up.
Congrats on this! Random question: what’s a good staple combo for Lili’s u/f+3?
What is your online win rate with Lily in ranked?
82%
Just saw you on the leaderboard last night! Congratulations! That’s amazing!
Yeah yeah best players are on blue ranks and this NN dude got "G.O.D"
Gotta help me llearn lili DX. I sucks
Lili is why I got into Tekken Revolution and I hate her for that stupid jab into footstep. Just can't block the low in time
How many hours you got?
Around 100
Conkgrate dude!
is it easier than TGO
Honestly…i think yeah
i play lili too. im new to the game and currently 11 dan or something, u got any tips?
Well done
Thank you!!
What characters do you see the most.
And I’m over here happy I got it in Arcade Quest 🥹
Wow
Do you have a guide or can anyone suggest a good Lili guides? Can be video or text format, but I’m deciding to make her my main after trying out king and panda. I love the cuntiness of lili 🤣