Paul tutorial-Practice Part2[How to hit Smasher/Death Fist]
Doctor’s max rank of Paul in TEKKEN7
-22 dan(Seiryu)
If you haven’t checked
my previous articles
on Paul, please click below.
In this article,
I focus on how to hit
Smasher effectively.
*You may call it
Death Fist, but I would
say “Smasher” in my website.
1.Practice to do quick Smasher
For sure, it will be good
to do Smasher very quickly.
I remember, once in TEKKEN5,
there is a famous player
in the Arcade.
I was watching his Paul play,
and found his Smasher was
so quick that it looks like a
right upper cut or something to me.
“Wow, very fast!”
I said in my mind watching his
play behind him,
when I was 20 years old.
So first of all, check your speed
and quickness of your Smasher.
If you can hit Smasher after b,f+1,
it is quick enough.
2. Make sure you can do Smasher any time
It is also important
for you to do Smasher
any time, and anywhere.
For example,
2-1.during step dash
2-2.during side step
2-3.during back step
And I will show you
when to use these
in online matches.
2-1.during step dash
If you can do Smasher
during step forward,
it will be useful.
You will do it in combos,
as screw combo.
Besides combos,
sometimes you do it as Whiff Punish,
when you see they
miss some moves.
2-2.during side step
Personally, I do Smasher
during side step a lot.
As the result,
you can delay the
timing of your attack.
2-2-1, whey they try to attack,
2-2-2, whey they try to sidestep,
Smasher during sidestep might hit.
In, 2-2-1 situation,
you may dodge their moves
and “Smash”!
And in 2-2-2 situation,
their sidestep and your sidestep
will occur in the same time,
and you will face them
face to face.
And your Smasher
won’t miss.
They don’t want you
to change the timing of moves.
2-3.during back step
It sometimes works,
that you step back
and do Smasher without thinking.
After Craudio’s Low kick,
I expected his 4 during rising.
And I didn’t confirm his
moves at all.
It worked after all.
3.Make scenario to hit Smasher
For sure you won’t hit,
Smasher if you just
do it randomly.
Try to make scenario
to hit Smasher.
3-1.How do you make them crouch
It is obvious to do Low attacks,
to make them crouch.
For example,
Demolition Man(d+4,2,1+2)
and
Pump in Pedal(3, during side step)
are the good Low moves,
to make them crouch.
But they are not enough.
You need to do High Attacks
to make the crouch more.
Try to think,
“Make them crouch for the High”
and
“I will keep doing the High until they crouch”
Hassou Strike(b+1+2)
Kawaragoma(half circle back+4)
Thruster(half circle forward+1)
are the good High attack moves.
I know you might think,
“There is risk to do High attack.”
but try to think,
“Until the crouch”.
I sometimes do,
High and Low only,
for the first and second round.
And from the last round,
I mix up with Mid and Low.
And I win the match.
It is a “scenario” of hitting Smasher.
3-2.How do you make them reactive
It will be a great damage
with Smasher counter hit
when they are moving.
And you can get Clean Hit
if you hit it in close range.
It is important to
make them think
“Something is coming!”
So if you do Low attacks
like Demolition Man often,
they will be moving
when you get closer.
4.Delay Strike
Delay Strike is a technique,
“Wait for a moment, then Strike!”
It will give them to think,
“Something will be coming!”
I already wrote an article
on this technique.
Please read the article first.
TEKKEN basic tutorial:Delay strike
Personally, I think
this technique will get you
a good shot.
I also don’t feel ok, when
they wait for a moment
with me.
See above. Make a moment
without anything.
That makes them fear.
5.Fear them
I know it is an abstract idea,
but if you make them fear,
you can control them easily.
I won’t feel fear with Paul players,
who do Smasher too much.
Because it is predictable.
To make them fear,
you need to
get Whiff Punishment whenever you have chance,
do small moves also,
do Low Attacks and reduce their vital,
etc.
Please check my video above.
Few players revenged against me.
I don’t know if they have other reasons,
but for sure some players felt “Fear”.
Conclusions
It is very fun to hit Smasher.
But you need to create
a scenario to hit it.
Please copy what I wrote above,
if you think it is worth trying.