What to do against king?

[WickedChaos]

King was my favorite character when I was a child in Tekken 2 and 3 and now he is my most hated character, the ranked against him are anoying with 20 holds, i can evade some of them but the spamming is just zzzz

[Zagryzaec]

If he spams throws just duck and launch every time.

[Cannon Fodder]

Originally posted by Zagryzaec:

If he spams throws just duck and launch every time.

lmao yeah ok, and when they're not spammy braindead children, and know how to mix up? I either duck and get rocked by strings that finish in grabs, block and get 50/50d by a 2 hour grab cutscene, or keep distance and HOPE I can poke him which is just so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ boring and rarely works.

[gauldath]

I pray xD

and try atack her legs

[Low Tier Leper]

Duck

[Super Cosmic Space Magnet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/208437271282581506/340973918334484483/KingChaingrabChartCorrected.png


Just memorize this chart lmao



.... Okay that was facetious. There are some rules that can help you mitigate King's "death by chain throw". These won't work so well at higher levels of play as King players can vary the way they do throws and execute quickly enough that the movement inputs aren't as obvious to you. For intermediate levels of King, this is what I've found helpful:

If you didn't happen to break the first throw, you'll have time during the animation to identify what it is - and there are only three to remember:



If he pushed you to the ground and broke your leg, mash 1+2. This breaks King's Bridge, which is the most damaging outcome of that chain. It is overwhelmingly likely that if the King started this chain, it's because he wanted to do King's Bridge.

If he broke your arm, mash 1+2. This breaks Rolling Death Cradle - same logic applies as leg break.

If he did some sorta suplex thing which leads into the incredibly long chain, mash 1. The super secret King tech that they all use is that if you bind a shoulder button to ki charge you can just mash it and it will always execute the same throw chain. The chain that comes out with this method is broken with 1 mash.


This isn't an ideal solution of course since skilled Kings will adjust and learn other chains, but this little rule of thumb is the one that requires least effort and works well enough for me.

[Zagryzaec]

Originally posted by Cannon Fodder:

Originally posted by Zagryzaec:

If he spams throws just duck and launch every time.

lmao yeah ok, and when they're not spammy braindead children, and know how to mix up? I either duck and get rocked by strings that finish in grabs, block and get 50/50d by a 2 hour grab cutscene, or keep distance and HOPE I can poke him which is just so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ boring and rarely works.

https://youtu.be/9QbU3hSQmGw?si=WvuHATn_Hi-2AYUp

You supposed to read him, just like any other fighter

[HighLanderPony]

Bend over and pray.

[カイラ]

Use it against them, most King players suck at countering throws, I made 1 rage quit last night as I just chain threw him.

[Killjoy]

the most trash players come to the forums to complain LMAO!

this is literally my first time playing fighting games and im purple ranks already.

[Badman*Kazuya]

Hes broke ass. You will never get a rematch outa me vs King win or lose. That RKO move is ridiculous. What is Harada smoking?

[HighLanderPony]

Originally posted by KING*KAZUYA:

Hes broke ass. You will never get a rematch outa me vs King win or lose. That RKO move is ridiculous. What is Harada smoking?

Still expecting Harada to do good design. kekw

[Cozmic Chaos]

Making those chain grabs mash friendly was a mistake.

[willy bammy]

King has some range problems, most of his gap closing moves are slow. Keep some space between you and him. Also asides from just learning to break throws visually, you can usually guess which throw a King is doing based on the situation

[JacketGFX]

The amount of free damage he gets is insane, King mains that run defense for their character are coping immensely

[Behind You]

Originally posted by Cannon Fodder:

Originally posted by Zagryzaec:

If he spams throws just duck and launch every time.

lmao yeah ok, and when they're not spammy braindead children, and know how to mix up? I either duck and get rocked by strings that finish in grabs, block and get 50/50d by a 2 hour grab cutscene, or keep distance and HOPE I can poke him which is just so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ boring and rarely works.

Skill issue clearly, bet you're like 3rd-5th dan.