getting hit while holding back / blocking

[Ghastper]

idk how common this issue is but it feels like when im holding back or tapping back i get hit anyway. Is this a skill issue or is this common
Im not negative literally just tapping block button after getting hit and i get launched

[=\[P]/=]

it happen to me when i play online
and more often when playing with wifi opponent

[Shalashaska0988]

Same

[Paff]

me too.. sometimes tapping back means that you get caught while back dashing but sometimes even when I am committing to fully press back i still get caught...

[FerSantander]

Might be the rollback thing. Happens offline too?

[Worst Loki NA]

that is literally my entire experience with tekken for the last two months. Holding back? not blocking apparently. Holding down back? not crouch blocking apparently. Its every game no matter if they are console or pc, wifi or Ethernet. Its just a broken game that they are trying to get what cash they can out of before the community finishes leaving.

[Sirlion]

it is VERY common.

[RobBrawlBeast]

Originally posted by Ghastper:

or is this common

Yes.

Originally posted by ttv/Clay_The_Pigeon:

Its just a broken game that they are trying to get what cash they can out of before the community finishes leaving.

lmao

[Malarkey]

Dash blocking seems pointless at times. But I do it anyway.

[MehDagon]

you get couple of frames of neutral guard when backdashing which is different to holding back. if you're negative enough and you get neutral guard some attacks will still hit you even if you didnt press anything apart from just tapping back.

[トリッシュ]

Originally posted by Ghastper:

idk how common this issue is but it feels like when im holding back or tapping back i get hit anyway. Is this a skill issue or is this common
Im not negative literally just tapping block button after getting hit and i get launched

are you sure you aren't pressing back many times instead of holding? I don't have this issue

[Zagryzaec]

Originally posted by Step on me, please:

Backdashing is meant to be evasive. You don't block during it.

b db alone will make you block incoming mids and sometimes lows or highs but as soon as you release db to get the free b input causing your character to backdash (b db b aka KBD) you are wide open.

Was a thing in T7 as well but less noticeable in the more defensive meta while backdashes in Tag 2 were strong enough that you were less likely to get cliped.

I used to think that i got cliped during db but nope.

Which means inputing bb and then do b db b or backdashing for the sake of backdashing is bad practice now.

You do block during backdashing since Tekken 7. I also learned it recently.

[Scott Clam]

Just goofy ol' Tekken 8.

[Lord Pendragon]

I believe roll back was a mistake.

[The_Late_Shift]

Originally posted by Lord Pendragon:

I believe roll back was a mistake.

I believe only giving 3 ranged options for rollback settings is a mistake. OP could probably set his rollback to like 2 frames and just deal with delay and be happy but only has the option of Fluid, Response or Standard of which the rollback frames seem to be dynamic within a range making the game feel sloppy. Why obfuscate it at all just let the user set a range in accordance to what they need.

[SEATEK The_LEFTY]

It seems, at least in my experiences, that the issue also occurs after blocking heat dash , heat smashes or once the opponent lands a heat engager on you.

If you simply hold back or down/back quickly after eating or blocking anything above it doesn't seem to consistently or reliably "register" that you are still blocking.

I did some testing and it seems that the back input or db input is "lost" during these exchanges.

Try it next time you are playing and let me know if it improves anything for you.

Because that seems like a pretty big bug imho.