Miguel

Miguel
Stances	SAV (Savage Stance) – 3+4
Fastest launch	i15 – uf+4 (standing) i14 – ws2,2_4 (crouching)
Fastest CH launch	i11 – b+1 i15 – SAV.4 (during stance, high) i15 – SAV.uf+3 (during stance, mid)
Fastest wall splat	i12 – f+2,1
Sabaki	SAV.b+2 (high/mid punches)
Archetypal moves
Mid check	df+1 (standing) ws1 (crouching) ws4 (crouching)
Hopkick	uf+4
Stature kick	db+3 db+4 SAV.db+3
Snake edge	SAV.db+4
Generic moves
Remapped	d+4 → db+3+4
Missing	d+2
External links
Lore	Miguel Caballero Rojo

Archetype

Overview

Miguel, the angry Spaniard, is a close-range brawler that likes to get in his opponent's face and pressure them with effective pokes and mix-ups from his Savage Stance. He was first introduced in Tekken 6 and has returned in every installment.

He is a solid character with decent tracking, combo damage, counter hit tools, okizeme, pressure, and exceptional movement. Despite this, he struggles with long-range punishes and lacks moves with built-in evasion, with the exception of b, f+1. Miguel wants to be either right in front of the opponent or dancing just out of range to whiff punish with his good hopkick or f+4,2.

NOTE: Everyone likes to joke around with the fact that Miguel has T-Rex arms. This is due to the frustration players feel when Miguel can barely hit someone who's right in front of him with a generic 1 or 2 jab. He has high jabs, kind of the opposite of Kazumi's jabs. The only range issues he has are with 2 (for i11 punisher 2,1) and d+1 (duck jab).

Many speculate that Namco personally prefers Miguel having short range with his generic jabs as they want to re-enforce the idea of Miguel being close-up and in your face.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

• An angry latino
• Wonderful counter hits (b+1, SAV.uf+3)
• Irritating lows with decent range (d+3, db+3, d+4)
• Great backdash
• Powerful mids in Savage Stance (use SAV.2 alot 😌)
• Great mix-up potential
• Being handsome 😎

Weaknesses

• An angry latino WITHOUT the chancla (Harada pls add him in Tekken 8 or I will come to Bandai Namco headquarters and ewgf everything)
• Short range on jabs
• Dealing with turtles
• Long-range punishment
• Minor hitbox issues with some moves like db+2 and df+2,1

External links

• Miguel Discord
• Applay's Beginner's Cheat Sheet
• Setups and Oki by Mellow Link
• Miguel Character Guide (Season 2) by Frame Whisperer
• Basics guide by Xiang Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
• Season 4 Combo Doc, which includes a tab for 'BnB Combos' (Bread 'n Butter means staple combos)