Hiya. King main here :3 just wanted to contribute by adding to this The jaguar step throw is wild, leads into muscle buster at the end and is currently King's most damaging throw, more than RDC. If the King player is on pad (like me), they can bind Ki charge to a button (like me) and go into that grab from jaguar step, spam Ki Charge (L3 for me), and get 116 damage. Best counterplay for this is to simply mash 1 if you see the King spamming this on you. Same for the reverse arm slam grabs. If they're spamming ki charge, spamming 1 will get you out of the chain. Now, experienced King players will, as Phi mentioned, will know mixups for this. For instance, I never go for RDC, I just end with dragon sleeper. I can mash out L3 at the end of the chain to guarantee it, I've never even practiced the input for it before in my life, but I can guarantee dragon sleeper every time I see them break my RDC. Same for Kings Bridge, if I see you break it, I'm doing the sharpshooter instead because it does more damage than STF. Another thing, with my back at the wall, I don't ever go for giant swing. It's so easily telegraphed. You'll know what it looks like at lower ranks especially (hi, orange rank here) when the King player CHOOSES to play with their back at the wall. Be cautious here. The King can also just opt for a Hangman's throw, which is a 1+2 break, and go into a Shining Torpedo for 51 damage. 55 if they blue spark it. Also, if the King is literally refusing to play neutral and is only going for throws, just duck him and punish. But again, beware, every situation you could think of where King might want to throw you or it might look like he's about to go for a throw, he can combo you with a mid launcher instead if he calls you out on your ducking. For my King mains. Jaguar step 2 into pedigree to go into heat, or d1+3 to floor break and combo. crouch dash into while standing 1+2, then f1+2 for a big combo. And make sure you can spark your ISW and giant swing on command because you can use those to get running power bomb enders on combos (ISW) and floor break enders (GS) for more damage. Also, random fun fact, King's heat smash is the most damaging in the game and it's not even close, dealing 64 damage, with Jin's coming second at only 57. King's heat smash can also be used in combos and can floor break. If you heat smash on a floor break stage and then spark your giant swing input, it does 93 damage. For a 3 hit combo. Half their health. Guys, watch out for King. Considering how much they've buffed throws in general on Tekken 8, King is kind of... in a spot right now.

@PhiDX

6 ай бұрын

You're a real one

@AndyNocturne

6 ай бұрын

@@PhiDX jeez, thanks man haha. You too. Really been appreciating the content lately.

@FF8Alexander

6 ай бұрын

Let me get this straight: you can now basically spam ki charge to continue a chain throw without knowing the actual inputs?

@AndyNocturne

6 ай бұрын

@@FF8Alexander yup. I literally have no clue how to do the 116 damage chain grab out of jaguar step. I just mash L3 and do it.

@PhiDX

6 ай бұрын

@@FF8Alexander you always could

The biggest crime of the tekken community is gaslighting people into thinking that this warcrime of a character is hard to play

@rances4418

5 ай бұрын

I mean it depends on the level legacy players are of course going to think he’s hard. They know how to counter him and usually won’t be thrown us newbies however 😅 yeah.

@andreirving779

4 ай бұрын

Lol, cry a river. Most of his throws are things that you can duck under. It's a wrestler character, grabbing you should totally be a thing.

@Gibbysaurio

4 ай бұрын

@@andreirving779 the problem isn't breaking standing throws, he has unbreakable throws, an ez mode mixup stance that just kills you, crouching throws, oki throws, chainthrows, an ambiguous throw mixup, his heat smash is broken, he has a million counterhit buttons as if this grappler character needs to have an insane counterhit game, throws come out at like 10 frames now, are homing and basically unbreakable on counterhit. You are probably just a carried King player, literally as autistic as Azucena, Feng and Dragunov players.

@calleocho2107

4 ай бұрын

@@andreirving779100 damage from grabs should be a thing too? Idc if it’s rare that it’s done every once in a while, but that’s just bonkers.

@andreirving779

4 ай бұрын

@@calleocho2107 All of his chains can be broken, there is no single throw that's 100 damage. Closest to that is a wall splat giant swing(70), which as shown in this vid, can be broken. Round out your defense, work on your throw breaks.

"Stop King from throwing you." King - we'll see.......

@mrchocoslave7859

6 ай бұрын

"Stop King from throwing you" "Roar"

@vegita4real

5 ай бұрын

Can’t stop everything. Especially when U kno how 2 switch it Up.

UPDATE: You DON'T need to mash to break the chain throws, holding the button will work just fine.

@Julmahuvi4

25 күн бұрын

What really??

@andreirving779

6 күн бұрын

@@Julmahuvi4 Yep

You sir, are a fucking saint. These are easily some of the highest quality tutorials I've seen for tekken

@ChaosTool93

6 ай бұрын

110%

@JackCrossSama

6 ай бұрын

King players hate this man, find out why!

Lil Majin would like to speak to you...

@oolongpantsu3437

6 ай бұрын

Lil Majin plays legit and does not abuse throws. Especially online he basically never does the scrubby chainthrow BS.

@cool-aquarian

6 ай бұрын

Lil Majin who ? It’s been ages since he last played at competitive level.. maybe sometime back in 2018.

@Nanashi-sz6wc

6 ай бұрын

​​@@oolongpantsu3437 Even when he does, why would that be bad? It seems like Lil Majin applauds people who play around noob traps, and it's the players fault if they don't play around it and they learn.

@professoremil

6 ай бұрын

@@cool-aquarian I personally don’t think that makes him any less of a legend. You can’t give someone their flowers then try to take them back just because you don’t like them or something lol, but that’s just me.

@solarsloan

6 ай бұрын

@@oolongpantsu3437 just try to tech the throws, the whole point of the video is that you have to guess.

This is incredibly helpful, but its really putting into context why king frustrates me so much, there's so much nonsense you have to both react and guess to just to get out not even get a punish on him, and if you mess up his throws are a super long cutscene, compared to grapplers in other fighting games where the interaction around command grabs are very simple, easily punished if you call it out correctly, and if you get grabbed the grab is short, potemkin and zangief just send you up and then straight back down rather than holding you in place for what feels like a full minute.

@mrpeanut188

6 ай бұрын

We're just trying to help you stay hydrated, it gives you time to take a drink during a match #teamh2o #staymoist

@afroraykun

6 ай бұрын

The sheer length and damage of a chain throw inflicts such mental damage. King is one of those characters every Tekken player would bitch about if he were a DLC newcomer, but because he's had all this wild noninteractive shit for 20 years, people give him a free pass.

@tyler2102

6 ай бұрын

He really is for ass players I think personally.

@someguy5418

6 ай бұрын

@@afroraykun He also gets a free pass because those animations are sick. If I mess up a knowledge check, I'll take watching a cinematic elaborate chain grab over watching Hwoa literally press the same button 10 times for a 100 damage combo

@virtualbalboa180

6 ай бұрын

Now you know how so many players feel when a single jab gets turned into a 12 second, 25 hit combo. At least you can break kings throws.

New to tekken but people tell me it’s about seeing what the enemy does and react, and then there is king where you litteraly have to gues because the previous made statement doesn’t apply anymore

@MakiKata59

5 ай бұрын

Right ? Like who designed this guy

@kenzol33285

4 ай бұрын

skill issue ur trash at the game

@harlankane7626

4 ай бұрын

He's an exception of course. He relies heavily on throws especially in low ranks. He lacks some other tools for balancing reasons

@aynrandom3004

26 күн бұрын

@@harlankane7626 in tekken 8 lol? king is definitely viable without his throw game. They even dumb down his throw execution in this game

@harlankane7626

26 күн бұрын

@aynrandom3004 I was saying in low ranks people rely on his throws. He's a very casual friendly character

Leaving a TLDR up front is so real, dropping a like and a sub. Mans the real King

Hands down one of the most concise and informative throw break guides out there, the way you explain things are really engaging too and don't feel overwhelming. Appreciate your work!

There used to be a throw breaker app on the Play store/Apple store that would have some GIF's of Tekken 7 King, King, Jack and a few other characters doing throws and you had to press if it was a 1,2 or 1+2 grab, and if you got it right you got a gif of you correctly breaking it. Was released around like 2019/2020 and honestly, I think it was one of the most helpful things that I have ever seen. Great content and glad people are learning throw escapes and breaks. Not having chickens in this game is a shame, I understand that they were super niche, but I still wish they were in the game. Regardless, excellent content and thanks for making a comprehensive guide and cheat sheet!

@TyroneJhonsonBBC

5 ай бұрын

Name of the app

@BladedStrider

5 ай бұрын

@@TyroneJhonsonBBC I think it was called "BoxeR's Throw Break Trainer" or something like that. He was an AUS player/app developer. Might have to jump through some hoops to find it, as I don't think it's on either IOS or Play Store anymore.

@TyroneJhonsonBBC

5 ай бұрын

@@BladedStrider thats okay i might find the apk on google thanks!

Somewhat related but i actually broke a throw on reaction today, let's goooooo

@isaacmendes1926

6 ай бұрын

congrats bro

@AKTalal

6 ай бұрын

Good job. Im yet to break a throw

@afroraykun

6 ай бұрын

@@AKTalal Six months of training and I can just about break 40% of throws against a good player who mixes them up (more if the opponent just uses the same one over and over -- more common than you think; usually it's a 1+2 command grab that people will favour.) It takes time =)

@AKTalal

6 ай бұрын

@@afroraykun bruh ive been playing tekken 7 for 2 years and i would break 1 out of 10 throws lol. Throws just aint my thing

@PhiDX

6 ай бұрын

Yes!!

You’re always making the perfect videos that address my exact frustrations with this game. I would love to see like a general strategy guide against the typical characters that beginners have trouble against.

This is a great presentation! I’ll be referring back to this video to practice! I’m new to Tekken, so it’ll be nice to not get bodied as much by King!..

@Terareflection

6 ай бұрын

it will be the first of many! good job!

AWESOME, thats exactly the video I was looking for! Thank you very much PhiDX!!!

Just got done watching your previous throw break video, which was incredibly helpful, and then I see this and it's precisely what I was looking for. I'm always eating the frickin' Tomahawk throw and had no clue how to deal with it! Much appreciation for these kind of videos 🙌

you know what I haven't seen on youtube is a playlist on how to play against each character. how to counter them, their key moves etc. And I think the way you explain things and write them down on the side would be perfect for that. I swear it would be one of the most watched playlists for tekken on youtube. Please think about making something like that it would be awesome

@ribber9740

6 ай бұрын

watch blasted salami too

UPDATED INFOGRAPHIC: pbs.twimg.com/media/GFiZnZeXsAARzwn?format=png&name=medium

@libertyafterdark6439

6 ай бұрын

Very nice Chicken wing being 1+2 is killer to know Everyone likes to try the RDC 🤣

Your timing on this video is great! I just made a list of things I want to improve and execute on and this one was on my list. Fighting against a King was no fun for me and I didn't go for any rematches. Hopefully I will improve and that guide will help me getting started, thanks!

These videos are nice... I watched your previous video about grab-breaks (with Dragunov) and it is so well-informative and helpful. You earned yourself a new subscriber!

I really really hate fighting king players, if they’re good or bad it doesn’t matter if they get desperate and I make a mistake all of a sudden I’m being grabbed 4 times

I am always overwhelmed by normal throws, im planning on practicing your drill from the last video, but when watching your summary again i am just confused how people can do it. @22:30 when king does the arm breaker right in front of your face. at frame 2 both of his arms are buried into Nina's face, up to the elbows, you are telling me you can see what arm is infront of the other?

@PhiDX

6 ай бұрын

You don't react to the arms for these throws. King's are guesses.

Love these videos so much. They will definitely help to make online feel less threatening, even if it's still a guessing game is better to know what to expect. Thank you for the great video!

we are not tried of you talking, you provide so much helpful content that really affects us all. keep it up! and thank you.

KING WILL NEVER GRAB ME AGAIN POG

@heroman1322

6 ай бұрын

*gets grabbed by King* 🫵🐆👑

@ArchieGamez

6 ай бұрын

*gets RDC to death*

@kaz1073

6 ай бұрын

then gets grabbed by a normal throw

@sukalyanmajumdar1196

6 ай бұрын

thats brutal lmao ​@@kaz1073

@AGGINYZARCENO

6 ай бұрын

Counter hit throw and he still has one unbreakable. You might not ever eat a full chain throw again. But you getting thrown lmao, that's his game.

It's starting to become a child thing that appeal to anything to take advantage. I had two of these situations....and another five with Victor, similar. It looks like it's all AI bots, I'm turning off the multiplatform option, it's improved

Great videos! I appreciate the amount of work and thought you've put into them. Thanks for taking the time and energy.

So if I see king or drag at this point Alt f4. Gotcha

as a king player, thank you! i know all the legacy chain throw inputs and i can't even explain to friends half the time what to do against them because no thoughts head empty i just throw people and let them figure it out. i'd much rather have people be in the know than be completely ignorant to this stuff, keeps the game more competitive

@charlievazquez5124

6 ай бұрын

All you king mains are asss 😂😂😂

@Asesino1535

6 ай бұрын

@@charlievazquez5124The throws aren’t the only thing king has 😂, sometimes you guys just gotta get tossed and slammed like monday night raw .

@watchmesquatch

5 ай бұрын

You have no skill if you play king. Sorry not sorry.

sick stuff phi. Loving the content, its really helping. had quite a few of my new to tekken friends benefit massively from your last guide!

@PhiDX

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Your guides are great, thank you for your work!

Finally I can beat Lil Majin.... 👀👀

@dacbiet

6 ай бұрын

Haha my man Majin will always find a way to

@Strongclaw47

6 ай бұрын

Problem with that and this is coming from a King player. We don't need throws to beat a player, Its our main gimmick sure, but its just a gimmick we still have other moves to rely on and combos

@NamelessAwarenessG

6 ай бұрын

Yea sure Lil bro, In your dreams

As a King main, this will help to actually improve on how to mess with people. Gotta grab them when they least expect it and that's how I'll get them :)

@SnazzyZebrah

6 ай бұрын

My personal favorite is saving my leopard sprint for unnecessary tense situations. They never expect an rko on a round ender 😂

@BhosdikeSaale

6 ай бұрын

We always expect grapple from a king so ur sentences r void

@SnazzyZebrah

6 ай бұрын

@CustomerService1232 I will simply drop kick your ankles then :)

@kyore789

6 ай бұрын

@@BhosdikeSaale a good king player don’t need throws just put them paws on you

@BhosdikeSaale

6 ай бұрын

@@kyore789 He does need grapple.. without it he is nothing

I am impressed. To the point, and very precise. I wish more people get inspired by you and present things as well as you do, sir. Thank you for existing.

love the through breakdowns keep it up!

I'm new to Tekken, and my Problem right now is that my friend is playing Special Mode King and he doesn't have to do the Visual Cues for the Big Swing for example. He mostly spams anyways, but now knowing he has throws that look the same is bothering the hell out of me.

@Harada_Real

6 ай бұрын

crouch

@FaiI4Ever

6 ай бұрын

@@Harada_Real Knee

@mattiguess8094

6 ай бұрын

poke him, you cant rlly do jabs in special mode i think

@watchmesquatch

5 ай бұрын

Stop playing against him. He's basically playing Mondern Zengief, he cant be taken seriously.

Why train grab breaks when you can mash and say Bismillah? 🦍🦍🦍🦍

@heroman1322

6 ай бұрын

😂

Thank you for such awesome and detailed advice!

aww man! I knew someone like you would come along to help the newcomers. I’m glad it’s still guaranteed on counter!

@watchmesquatch

5 ай бұрын

You're a sad little troll. Literally dogwater with your baby made chain throws, huh?

Yeah Im already sick of these king players

@kenzol33285

4 ай бұрын

cry noob

So king is just broken, got it

Thank you! Saved me some time experimenting in practice mode

What a channel! Keep em coming, chief! Excellent content !

This is why he’s cheap

Stop making this character overpowered. He’s now just one button 70% HP no skill needed.

@shmixedNshmooved

6 ай бұрын

Lol wut

@starcraftnewbie

5 ай бұрын

Scrub

@qthestruggler2715

4 ай бұрын

Cry more. Learn the matchup. You’re a bum. Good players break throws. Cope

@SuperDave118

3 ай бұрын

Big scrub energy here.

Bless your tutorials, I'm excited to mash 1 and pray against the long throw chains :)

Awesome video, didn't know about the guaranteed unbreakable full multi throw. For me this video is the epitome of the: "Harry, You Don't Need to Sell It To Me" meme.

Thanks for the cheat sheet. Stayed for the vibes and Info

Thank you so much for this video! I didn’t even own the game yet when I started this. I kept seeing how king charges into a throw and throw combos. Your explanation is incredible! I finally got the game a few days ago and I dodged that charge throw and the King was just standing there for a solid second! I punished in response. He also froze when his throw was interrupted for a second and I punished him for it. I managed to win really easily after those instances. 🎉

Love the cheat sheet, brilliant. Keep up the good work.

Man, I was watching your channel for a while without subscribing, but wow, this is top notch tutorial so count me in your community !!!

Thank you for making these!

I've been looking for this video so long. Thank you so much PhiDx!!!! 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👏👏👏

Great video. I was just looking for a guide after eating shining wizards non stop. Time to put the guys on 💯

Thanks for all the work you do to teach folks new to the game!

Appreciate this! Going to work on this. I got bodied by my first King who knew the chains. Git caught by the grab that comes from the spin.

You can plink 2,1 buffer 1+2 if your really fast at it and see the throw coming. It works now, the break window must be larger in 8. That armored flex move also cancels any armor break stun, learned that one the hard way.

Thank you for the video, I was meaning to search how to tech Kings grabs for a few days now. 😂 Glad this video popped infront of me.

A Godsend of a video, I never knew it was this complicated with different buttons breaking different grabs. No wonder I was getting literally rolled on

Was waiting for this video from someone, ty!

Thabk You!!! I needed a way to get out of that Heat version of Jaguar Sprint Throw

been waiting for this since yesterday cause you just seem to makle the most sense to me

Complete newcomer to Tekken and I actually want to PLAY King but this was still a fascinating watch. Really anjoying your videos, thanks mate

Thank you for this tutorials, you and Blasted Salami have been a great help!

I’m a king main and I’m actually really happy you made this, its insane the amount of people I’ve hit the rdc or the burning hammer with lately, usually I only throw those out as a move to see if they are still paying attention now I get them like once or twice a match

@watchmesquatch

5 ай бұрын

Because they require 0 skill. Congrats.

@i-link-l9758

4 ай бұрын

@@watchmesquatch cry more

one of *the* best guide video channels out of any guide channels for competitive games.

Damn man! That's some real good material in terms of tutorial. I'm gonna start your break grab training a little bit everyday. But now talking about King... even you explaining in depth how they work and how to avoid I can't believe that some part of it is literally luck based😢

This video is absolutely incredible. I'm brand new (only ~15 hours) and I've been getting wrecked by Kings. This should help A LOT, especially while I'm trapped in the low ranks. Thanks!

The depth that he understands king and the game itself on top of how someone high level uses king is wild. Had to sub!

commenting for the algorithm, great video. you're genuinely a really good teacher

Such an amazing channel. Subscribed!

Appreciate you making this video 🙏 big help

I knew what to do since Tekken 3 - like mashing the right buttons, now I just have to memorize the inputs. THX! 🙏🏼 I'm on Arcade Stick as well, SON! ❤

Idk if youre planning on it but I really think a match up series by you would pop off. As someone from anime fighters who is spoiled by the dustloop wiki and other resources, its really frustrating in tekken to not have detailed resources for this kind of stuff. If you had something that went over important moves to punish or your usual detailed neutral breakdowns for beating different characters I think itd be dope.

I would note that with Giant Swing being the only 10f throw and jabs being +1 on block, you cannot jab King back of you block his standing jab or you're going to get CH thrown. You need to crouch or backdash or do a move that crouches throws. GS catches jumps so you can't jump it.

Commenting for the algo. Great video. Concise and informative. Thanks mane.

I'm a beginner King Main in Tekken and that d/b+3 while buffering a throw is so awesome I'm spamming that in ranked. Thank you for teaching me 🙏

Helpful, thanks for cheat sheet version. subbed.

Tekken 8: Introduces Unbreakable grabs. King Players: *THIS IS WHERE THE FUN BEGINS*

Thanks for the guide!

Got thrown into a demotion by King yesterday, wake up this morning to a Phi video with the counter play! Thanks so much Phi, really appreciate all your great content 👍

Subscribed you’re awesome for this I’m gonna keep coming back to this

Thanks for the lesson on telegraphing useful 💯

The best Tekken 8 tutorials on KZread free. Keep doing what you're doing!

Amazing guides :) thank you

This really helped me bro. I appreciate it.

I'm going to watch this video repeatedly, and memorize it because those King chains and crazy throw damage has been a pain. Thank you!

Do more of these pls, I’m soaking up so much information

Beautiful guide!

Thnx for the tech!!

Awesome stuff, as always

Grerat Vid... As a KING main you showed me 1 or 2 things to consider. Thank you.

@watchmesquatch

5 ай бұрын

Gross.

The throw chart is very nice, thank you!

Great video, love your content man

Excellent vid. Thank you!

best thing about this guide. is that not only is it teaching me how to beat king. its teaching me how to PLAY king. as a king main. great stuff.

I just came back to Tekken after 4 to 5 years...jesus, im terrible. Thank you for the time and effort in making this content, sir.

Thanks so muchfor this video bro! Also how do you do the quick forward dashes like that at 12:18 I always get the sprint

Thank you! I know what to practice against next

Stayed for the whole vid, ty for the cheat sheet!