mids hit when you are crouch blocking?

[Black Oozaru]

new to tekken so im confused, im pretty sure i cant block mid attacks when im crouch blocking, or im tripping? in other games you totally can like MK or SF, and they have the overheads to force you block standing, but im getting destroyed and i think this is something i miss understodd in tekken

[North Korean Backdash]

Tekken works differently, mids (non-special at least) can only be blocked standing and stand block is the default preferred option if you don't want to get blown up by mid launchers. You block low on reads or to duck strings etc.

[Spooky7.62]

Mids are overheads and standings attacks

[Boss]

Tekken is the opposite to what you're used to. Your default block standing, and use lows to open up the opponent. You crouch to block lows and duck under highs

[天佑中共🐥the light]

what is youtube?

[Black Oozaru]

thanks, so basicly mids are overheads, that will helps a lot.

[progste]

standing: block high and mid, lows hit.
crouching: mids hit, dodges highs, block lows.

Basically always block high unless you expect or see a low coming or you want to dodge and punish a high.

mid vs low is the basic 50/50.

sidestepping can also dodge some attacks but don't do it blindly.

[Sirlion]

Crouching makes highs whiff, but you cant block mids. You need to be stand blocking to block mids, but then you cant block lows obviously. Crouching in tekken is extra risky so people try to make you duck all the time obviously.

[Zagryzaec]

Originally posted by Boss:

Tekken is the opposite to what you're used to. You default block standing, and use lows to open up the opponent. You crouch to block lows and duck under highs

Actually tekken is the original, The standing block with the back as command is the best and oldest of the designs. Im actually surprised why people went with crouch blocking and overhead as alternative.

[Rutabaga]

Originally posted by Zagryzaec:

Originally posted by Boss:

Tekken is the opposite to what you're used to. You default block standing, and use lows to open up the opponent. You crouch to block lows and duck under highs

Actually tekken is the original, The standing block with the back as command is the best and oldest of the designs. Im actually surprised why people went with crouch blocking and overhead as alternative.

True for 3D-fighters, but if you come from a 2D background, it might be confusing as in most 2D-fighters, you block pretty much everything except for overheads by crouchblocking.

Also, Virtua Fighter is the true OG so far as i know, and to be fair Tekken didn't really incorporate 3D movement until Tekken 3 (i guess with exception for Kazuya who still had the shadow step). So even if you count Tekken as a 2D-fighter, there are still older games that have the more traditional crouchblock.

[Zagryzaec]

Originally posted by Rutabaga:

Originally posted by Zagryzaec:

Actually tekken is the original, The standing block with the back as command is the best and oldest of the designs. Im actually surprised why people went with crouch blocking and overhead as alternative.

True for 3D-fighters, but if you come from a 2D background, it might be confusing as in most 2D-fighters, you block pretty much everything except for overheads by crouchblocking.

Also, Virtua Fighter is the true OG so far as i know, and to be fair Tekken didn't really incorporate 3D movement until Tekken 3 (i guess with exception for Kazuya who still had the shadow step). So even if you count Tekken as a 2D-fighter, there are still older games that have the more traditional crouchblock.

How long ago are we talking about?

I mean I did played older fighting where crouchblocking was blocking everything, like 8-bit street fighter 2 turbo on nes analogue but can't say it was default defence - more like complete turtling. Did it even had overheads?

[Rutabaga]

Originally posted by Zagryzaec:

Originally posted by Rutabaga:

True for 3D-fighters, but if you come from a 2D background, it might be confusing as in most 2D-fighters, you block pretty much everything except for overheads by crouchblocking.

Also, Virtua Fighter is the true OG so far as i know, and to be fair Tekken didn't really incorporate 3D movement until Tekken 3 (i guess with exception for Kazuya who still had the shadow step). So even if you count Tekken as a 2D-fighter, there are still older games that have the more traditional crouchblock.

How long ago are we talking about?

I mean I did played older fighting where crouchblocking was blocking everything, like 8-bit street fighter 2 turbo on nes analogue but can't say it was default defence - more like complete turtling. Did it even had overheads?

I don't even think there is a legit port of SF2 on the NES (bootleg for sure, but official? Not sure there.), but you might be right that SF2 didn't have overheads. Not that it matters much, since again, in 2D-games crouch blocking would still be the option you used since it covered most options.

I think 3D-fighters handle mids better with Tekken and VF being good examples, and i think that is pretty much proved by the addition of overheads in 2D games over time. But that wasn't really the issue. I think it just makes sense to crouchblock a lot more if you come form a 2D-fighter background, and in Tekken it's the other way around. You only duck if you expect a low since the risk/reward ratio for ducking a lot is terrible.

[Necropants]

yes you have to think of tekken differently. Think of lows as overheads in other games. Stand block almost exclusively unless you get a read on your opponent then block low.

and yes Tekken's way makes more sense it's the 2's games that are weird you are just used to that cause all the 2d games have always been like that. Ever seen a fight where everyone just crouches with their guard up?

[天佑中共🐥the light]

lol yea most of intense moments of (mainly traditional) 2d fgs are basically just 2 ppl crouching, menacingly
https://youtu.be/Gb44Oc4r3PE
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