Make sure you always press d/b to cancel the backdash to block. It's very important. Since you play with Nina, you don't necessarily need to backdash. You can use what's called the "Hayashida-Step" (or H-Step). Just tap the following:

QCB~U~QCB~U~QCB~U~QCB~U, etc. If done fast enough, it will look like she is gliding diagonally to the background.

Nina has a reversal. It's done with either b+1+3 or b+2+4 I think. The reversals (and parries) pretty much act as they do in MK:A in terms of recoveries; that is, if you mis-time them, you will get punished. Some parries (only) have better recoveries, such as Jin's parry.

Also, I forgot to mention that very few attacks are un-parriable / irreversable, and trying to parry / reverse them will get you punished. Most shoulder attacks belong to that category.

Certain low attacks are also un-parriable using d/f. There are very few of them. For example, Marduk's d+4 cannot be low-parried.

Yoshi has some crazy stances and odd-looking moves but it's nothing to panic about once you learn his silly tricks. If he is in the Flea stance, use jabs to float him quickly. Also, watch out whe he's in that helicopter stance as he has a fast low attack from it.

one of things i am learning about this game is pressure. if you can put pressure on your opponent; you can setup for some insane mindgames. perfoming safe moves and punishments are what setup for the high levels of play in tekken. i do have more thoughts on this; but i would like either jadeown or dave to comment on this. then i can get a better perspective on this maybe

yea gexx man, thats my tactic with bryan, constant pressure.

its a really good tactic, and i mix it up 50/50 with him and kazuya, good for dire situations.

OOOHH you mean when he starts jackin his sword off?

Yoshimitzu's my fav so far, eventhough I haven't checked out DR yet.
I was playing soul caliber II for the 1st time in a theatre arcade yesterday and Yoshimitzu was in there too, he looked different but I think he had the exact same moves. I forgot who I was, I was some dude with crazy ass num chucks.
play you guys when T6 comes out.

thanks for the tips especially the Nina ones. i still use her even though you told me to stop a while ago LOL right now i pick eddie mainly but also that Christie girl since she is a eddie clone basically. i also just picked up Devil jin.




also those folks at Namco need to add more words for the americans during prefight instead of Come on. all of them say "Come on". do we not know other words??? i know its fluff.

I think the Asian characters say more stuff, lol. Lili's, Ling's, and Asuka's quotes are sometimes funny.

"It's time for my afternoon tea. Farewell."

^^^^Priceless!

lili is stupid, she makes the same damn motion for every single one of her little gay ass quotes.

and honestly i rather not hear them talk very much, which is why i like bryan, kazuya, deviljin, feng etc.

...which is why I pick the ones that talk a lot just for you Bryan, lol.

really

christie, asuka, lili, xaioyu.

nakms the perv of tekken picking all girls lol.

he wont even pick kuma, it has to be panda.

i hate the animals...why have animals on a fighting game.

Yes I am the pervert of Tekken. I fantasize about the females 24/7. But how do you know Panda's a girl? Panda's are also males genius. Either way they all kick your ass.

ggs to dan and nakm in tekken

speaking of which why did you leave early dan?

Tekkenpedia is so much better.

Same reason you left fool! Cuz of "bullshit".

nah that was fucking stupid though, my throw connected, it froze a little bit, then in like a really fucking fast motion it showed you ducking then hit me.

it wouldnt bother me if it didnt look like my throw connected, but it did thats what pissed me off.

i left because you kept bitching about lag WHEN NAKM AND I were dealing w/ the same extact lag. i saw all the pauses and such. my bitch dealt w/ it and so did Nakm you could clearly see him get frozen while your moving and vice versa. you kept bitching so i just said fuck it, dude cant have fun im not gonna play.


if you dont think nakm and i were dealing w/ it we'll do it again and ill cap to show you. he didnt bitch once!!
when he and i fight that shit doesnt happen. from what i see in this thread it happenes when you and he fight and i had issues the last time when i fought you. put 2 and 2 together there buddy...

^^^Aha! So you did hear us!

But yeah Bryan you, like, need to calm yourself when lag takes over. Sometimes I feel like leaving so you're not yelling into my mic. Like Dan said, we weren't going on a rampage, lol. I don't know about him, but I just laughed at it and moved on.

And f.y.i. the sweep I did with Ling Xiayou. The one where she makes you flip side-ways, (SS, 3). Dude those types of sweeps, you can juggle off of. Even though they're touching the floor you can get a combo in. Kind of like an OTG in MKD. That's how I mostly got you with B+3 then 2,2,1 after doing her SS,3. Then again that's a typical combo with Ling Xiayou users. It takes a little over 1/4 of your health bar.

there is funny lag. i will laugh

then there is bullshit lag. which accomplishes in pissing me off.

but since it bothers you that much that i dont like stupid lag (not actually lag it was delay)

ill get off the mic when im pissed, happy little girls?

and dan, im extremely competitive in whatever i do.

even when im not trying i still dont wanna lose.

im an mma fighter bro, i dont like to lose. (this being said im undefeated)

like i said im competitive, just tell me to calm down or some shit and ill try to cool off.

Nah, we probably just won't play you anymore.

you say that now lol

Oh now what! You think I can't go a week without playing your ass? Get over yourself, there's plenty of people I can play on DR, lol.

Heehee I see you all on Tekken DR pretty soon by the end of this year maybe during summer hopefully ^_^ So I can kick all your asses when I get it. Heehee nothing wrong with tekken girls.. Cause I know I -USE- them all not because I'm a female player, but because I know how to use em. :p

you should put some of your MMA fight videos up. I would really like to see one.