tips how to get better in the game?

[Terra]

Hi guys, Tekken 8 is practically my first fighting game of this type, I tried some practice and then boldly went into online matches, I have Fighter rank on Kazuya now, but I have problems memorizing all the combos and just mashing my dpad like crazy. Also my blocking skills suck because I forget I have to stand still and then proceed to get 75% of my health down.

[progste]

coming back to practice mode to refine what you feel it's lacking is an important part of getting better, you canget more consistent with your combos and more precise with your inputs, you can also set a couple of moves at random from the opponent to train your blocking.
Also holding back is better than standing still, sometimes your character won't black automatically if you press nothing.

[天佑中共🐥the strongest]

https://youtu.be/I6_LAMfapdY
https://youtu.be/45Iqxq9svZQ

[kryeed]

i'm a newbie too. At the stage i'm in I tend to watch for some move my opponent favors so i can see why i fall for it and how to counter it. Not at the solid combo phase yet, more down to find out when it's 'my' turn

[MOSLEY]

The short answer is "practice". The long answer is "practice more".

It just takes a really long time to get better at fighting games. A lot of that will come naturally with time as you become more comfortable and have to think less while you're playing.

A lot of it will also require you to hit the lab and spend time figuring out which moves you should be using when, how to beat various things that your opponents like to do and generally getting better at pressing your buttons.

[p00se2]

learning resource collection :

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1778820/discussions/0/4147320536951162839/

[unclassified]

patience and time. focus on little things first so that you dont continue to mash but know what you are actually doing. the first step is to learn your charackter and how to use his tools. that will take a while and its always good to look at good player on youtube how they use them to learn some good habits.