Rank isn't a very useful metric, but as a basic frame of reference you're looking to be able to play at a competent level in masters before you're less likely to get washed in bracket. Grandmaster is more indicative of grinding (similar to Strive auras if you know the tower) than anything else, because it's point-based and not MMR-based.

If you want to be a bracket demon, you lab, play long sets against good players, and you... play in bracket. I don't think ranked is very important.

The difference between the highest rank and a Top8 in TNS must be as high as the difference between the highest rank and the lower ranks.

Whatever the game, TNS level is insane.

The gap between Master and the lowest rank in the game is smaller than the gap between Master and people who place in brackets

I got to masters the other week, entered my first dunkin yips (EU online weekly like TNS) and got fucking destroyed 0-2, there's a big skill gap between low masters and high placing in bracket. IIRC the last stats had masters at like 10% of the playerbase now? But honestly if you wanna get good enough to win brackets you do just have to enter brackets and go get wrecked by top players until you improve.

Master rank is its own rank. Grandmaster is top 10 for each character. That being said, there is no recommended rank to get top 8 in tournaments. Yes, a lot of top 8 placers are likely grandmaster, but there’s actually plenty of really good players who don’t play ranked or play very little because they already have the fundamentals to do well. For high placing tournament players, ranked is mostly a side thing for practice (quality of said practice is questionable) and they could climb the ladder without much effort if they cared.

You’ll see some top finishers be a high placement in ranked, but a lot of good players just play long sets with other good players as well and/or they take the time to lab things out in training mode.

Pick Kuma and spam heat smash

Alisa chainsaw spam imo

Let us know the results.

hwoarang and just roll your face over the 3 and 4 buttons

Block more

You have 0 chance lol. Learn a good low attack combo, and a good overhead attack/combo. Basic mix ups is about the only thing you can learn in an hour that might actually get you a win

Practice your inputs on both sides. At tournament you will most likely will not be able to pick your preferred one

I just practice whatever I’m in the mood to practice. You need to practice everything at some point and it’s not like there’s any one thing that’s going to make or break your tournament when you’re new.

Practice your combos and some punishes offline. If you're mostly an online player you'll drop them cause of the different timing.

A lot of people here saying practice the game.

Dont practice for the tournament, dont do anything in particular for the tournament. Nothing you can do in the short time (im assuming) before the tourney will matter in the long run if you're fairly new. You could argue that stuffing your brain with matchup knowledge and all that right before would be beneficial but I personally wouldnt bother.

Instead, go with the aim of meeting as many people as you can, building connections, getting advice, joining the community. The people you will meet are the people you will learn the most from. Trust me, in my experience, the community around you IRL is the best thing to learn the game with.

Or just forget my advice and train. I dont wanna stop you from having a blast.

remember to have fun.

I’m playing as Clive at the moment and he’s my new main. I don’t know if you know him but he’s from ff16 and play amazing. But honestly just gotta do lots of practice but like someone said here just play who you like and just train with them. I’m a fan of ff so I was just happy Clive just came in the game😂

Hey, it’s completely normal to get confused and have things go over your head. I’ve been playing this game for some time and even I let myself get hit with super slow moves at times due to boomer reactions 😂

Take it one step at a time. Learn something new, go into a match and at the very least try to recognize that you missed what you were practicing. Recognizing your mistake is half the progress

Shoot me a dm if you ever need help or want to run some games 👍

A lot of things will fly passed you and will leave you with wonders and frustrations. I recommend with each milestone of ranks go to quick match to help with just getting a feel for the game. Other then that maybe find a nice community to ask questions to

Find a character you really like, don't worry about tier lists or anything & stick with them. Make sure the controls feel good to you, if you have to mess with the button config that's perfectly normal. Playing the Arcade Quest is a really good way to pick up some basic mechanics & terms. Once you've got that down, I'd suggest finding some beginner/fundamental videos on YT. PhiDX has really good tutorials. As you're practicing the basic fundamentals, take some time to see what your moves do. There's a lot, sure, but you don't have to learn them all at once. Just pick a couple, try them out, & do some trial & error. This way you'll simultaneously get comfortable piloting your character while learning the basics. Once you have a decent grasp on the basics & you have a good idea of how your character plays, it's A WHOLE LOT EASIER learning more advanced stuff or other characters.

Once you've picked a character you wanna commit too, try looking up specific videos or Content Creators/pros that cover/play that character a lot.

Remember everyone sucks at Tekken for a really long time. Don't feel bad about not understanding something, take your time & try to have fun. Learning with a friend makes this process a lot better imo

Training Practice Training Practice Training Practice

Arrive early, play casuals. DO NOT play in the tourney cold.

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Try feel comfy playing on the tourney setups. As if you are playing at home. You know how Tokido takes his tape measure and organizes the position of the chair and monitor before he plays his set? Something similar adapted from Korean SC guys. If you need a better chair than what they provide (even if the plush esports chair), have it ready to be used when you get on the setup. Also get used to the hardware setup they have. There is a possibility your locals may not be using low lag monitors. So you have to figure out the specs/setups and it will affect you pre tourney.

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Don't expect much either if its your first time playing in this setting. As you have will have to manage through your first time tourney anxieties.

Get a good amount of sleep

Take a shower

Drink more water.

-Take time to warm up in casuals if possible. Last thing you want is to tilt off a dropped BnB mid match

-It's a great opportunity to make friends! Ask people for tips after matches, and if they seem nice or you want to get in more games with them, ask for info to add them

-Don't be dissuaded by big names, focus on more important things like matchup notes

-If you lose your first game, take the time to breathe in rematch menu/stage select before rematching. Otherwise you may be giving your opponent an advantage in terms of momentum

-Test their knowledge of the matchup and see if they know the basic mixups or not, if not you get to go to town lol (I personally know nothing about Eliza besides fireballs)

Diamonds are pretty much the only thing not counted. That being said, you would have to amass a huge amount of them and dump them all in necrobear at once to really have any advantage.

Even then, there’s no way to know if others are gonna do the same

Everything is taken into account now. Pointless to save up.

diamonds are not taken into account, so they can be used to pump NB for a win

Any character suggestions guys? Who should compete?

First tourney could be Z saga characters and next tourney could be DBS characters

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I am somewhat in the same boat as you. I only just recently started my fighting game journey with MK late last year and picked up Tekken just this weekend. This game can be incredibly overwhelming so it is important to isolate key points of improvement and work on them one at a time.

A quick note for someone who is completely new to the fighting genre is the names of buttons and some terminology. I will assume that you are using a gamepad (PS/XBox controller), as someone who just entered is unlikely to use anything like an arcade stick. A great place to learn input terminology and verbage used, as well as getting a quick overview of each character is available via this Google Doc by u/Fergus2k8 where they provide a great little read for people who are just getting in to Tekken for the first time.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CG-ZUE6EqqQk7QSfc1feddeS8411f8t38EMFQ1Le9Cc/edit

When you are trying to see if you like the way a character feels, I highly recomend trying the character out in the practice tool to see if you like their moveset visually.The great thing about Tekken 8 is the special style (L1/LB on gamepad to toggle). Special style massively reduces your move list, but it makes it FAR easier to use the character as you don't need to learn the specific commands to do combos, but instead can focus more on the mechanics of the game, which is INFINITLY more important than learning your character at the start. Once you decide on a character, I recommend sticking with them throughout your initial learning time in order to minimize your mental stack as you learn Tekken first.

The game has a built in tutorial (kind of) in the form of the arcade quest game mode in the Offline Tab. It is with this that you learn about things like the very basic inputs like normal punches and kicks as well as ducking and dodging to more advanced techniques like power crushes, wake-ups, and other defensive tools. It is a somewhat decent tutorial, but I feel that I am still missing a relatively large amount of information. It drops a new tutorial after each stage that you clear, so you can't directly flow from one tutorial to the next until you complete the game mode. I still highly recommend the game mode for an introduction to Tekken, as while it is somewhat slow in introducing you to the mechanics, it allows you to learn those mechanics against reasonably leveled bots and uses missions/goals to utilize the mechanics in these bot fights. As you play through this game mode, try playing through without special style, so you can familiarize yourself with your character's buttons without risk, but in a semi-live environment, so you can see what does and doesn't work to a degree.

Combos are the most enticing part of playing fighters to a lot of people, but it is something that I personally like to learn last, and this is especially true in Tekken in my experience so far. That being said, there are two tools that Tekken 8 has in the practice tool that allows you to learn/practice combos. I personally prefer to start with the "Practice Combos" section within the practice tool. This is good as you are still learning a character so you can experiment with differing launchers, fillers, and enders, but the list of combos is relatively small. The other tool is "Sample Combos" which is also accessible through the practice tool's menu. This list is more extensive than the prior option, but is less hand holding as well. These combos are nowhere near optimized, but they are relatively easy to execute and that is what matters in your early Tekken learning period.

Other external resources I would recomend looking at are PhiDX ( https://www.youtube.com/@PhiDX ) and Rooflemonger ( https://www.youtube.com/@rooflemonger ). PhiDX does a wonderful job of teaching and preaching general fundamentals for the game that translate across the roster. Cannot recomend this channel enough. Rooflemonger is great for introducing you to Tekken as a completely new player, covering things like character gameplans, basic fundamentals, and basic game mechanics. I would recomend watching Rooflemonger's Tekken intro videos before getting into PhiDX as PhiDX is more focused on gameplay and impoving, whereas Rooflemonger is more focused on introducing Tekken.

The last tip I can offer is to find someone to run games with. I am lucky enough to have a friend who picked up the game with me, so we are both learning it together. Playing games with someone who can provide feedback can help a lot with regards as to how they are feeling you out and some tendencies you may be displaying. Plus it's more fun that way IMO. I understand this isn't always possible, but it has been a great help for me personally.

Edit: I can actually help you get some games in today if you are interested. I am east coast and currently still at work, but I get off around 3 EST so any time after then I should be good to help. DM me if you are interested and I will shoot you my info.

I have to say this because it boggles my mind how many beginners do this.

If you are a beginner at tekken : DO NOT WASTE TIME WITH PRACTICING COMBOS RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

Here is a step by step roadmap on what to focus on if you are a complete beginner

-You first need to learn what frames are and how to use them.

-Then you need to learn how to defend. How to block, how to break throws and training your brain to react to lows. And using the knowledge of frames you acquired previously, how to counter and punish

-Then you realise there are moves where blocking is less effective. Thats where you will need to learn to understand and use movement to sidestep, bait whiffs etc etc.

-And finally once you have aquired that previous knowledge, start practicing combos to make use of the opportunities you made for yourself.

Now for characters specifically :

When you pick up a character, dont bother learning the whole movelist. Look up the key moves for your character. Learn those key moves, and over time and more moves and strings.

Tekken is a game where if you want to rush things you get nowhere because there is too much to learn and you need to "program" your brain. Do it step by step, take your time. Make sure you own any knowledge you gained. Over time you will see improvements.

And dont forget to take breaks, especially if you feel like you hit a wall. Breaks help your mind process learned information and keep a positive frame of mind.

Depends on how you learn but I think it’s best to hop into practice and just focus on your characters moveset and getting comfortable and familiar with it…. Then go play a few matches, after that you have to self evaluate, better defense comes with time so just know that’s a work in progress but your offense you can improve right away just through learning your moves… if your opponent is just standing there blocking and punishing you, learn your lows, if you’re getting ducked a lot, learn your mids… wanna improve your heat usage check your heat techniques and do so til you get as far as you can on your own with the character… combos you can learn any time but how to really utilize your moveset to its fullest will help you a lot early on

My opinion, don't worry about frame data yet. Just focus on blocking and practice punishment training in the practice mode. Block everything, learn when to punish, and rinse and repeat. Go slow and learn about highs, mids, lows. You'll figure out some mixups and which moves are quicker/best in what situation naturally. Eventually, start learning frame data, but it's not as important for beginners as a lot of people say. Tbh it just confused and overwhelmed me at first. Blocking/punishment is much more important than learning combos so keep that in mind too.

To clear the guest characters, seeya Noctis.

I love the guy, but seeing him again wouldn’t have the same effect

Note that this is for T7

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