King combos (Tekken 7): Difference between revisions

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Overview

King has an incredibly straightforward and simple combo game. There is very little variety and knowing just a few combo routes will cover the vast majority of his launchers. At the most basic level, King does not require any complicated inputs to perform effective combos. He requires no dashing, no manually timed inputs. This makes King easy to pick up while still leaving room for optimization and mastery.

Bread n' butter

Bread n' butter combos are juggles that:

Work on as many different launchers as possible
Work on all body sizes

Launchers that require unique combos go straight to § Staples.

Regular launch (e.g. uf+4): f+3 df+4,3 df+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

Crouching recovery (e.g. CH FUFT.3): cc f+3 df+4,3 df+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

Low launch (e.g., db+2): df+4,3 2 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

Instant screw (e.g., CH f,F+1): S! f,F+1 df+4,3

Mini-combos

CH f,f,n,1+2: [43] b+3:1+2; [37] f+2,1

CH (1,2),1: [37] 2,1

CH db+4
CH BT.d+4: [44] d+2+3

JAG.2: [23] d+2

f,n,d,DF+4: [38] d+3+4^[1],4,4,2

ub+1: [42] f+2+3; [41] f,F+4

f,f,F+3: [45] f,F+4

CH (df+4,3),d+4: [40] FC.df+1

CH df+2,1: [45] d+3+4,4,2

CH d+3+4,4,4,4: [58+] FC.df+2 ...

Staples

Staple combos are juggles that:

Can be done consistently by a skilled player
Either work on all body sizes, or the characters it does work on are comprehensively listed
Are not strictly worse than another combo listed in terms of difficulty, damage, wall carry, and oki

[13] uf+4
[18] CH u+4
[18] BT.uf+4
[20] ws1+2
[25] uf,n,4: [+54] 4 f,f df+4,3 1,2 f,F+1^[2] S! f,f,F+2+4; [+52] 4 f,f 1,2 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

CH b+1: [67] ssr f+3 df+4,3 1 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

low parry: [54] f+1+4 df+4,3 1,2 f,F+1^[2] S! f,f,F+2+4; [50] f+1+4 df+4,3 1 f,F+1 S! f,f,F+2+4; [47] f+3 df+4,3 df+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

CH 4: [71] b+2,4 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

CH f,F+1: [64] S! f,F+1 df+4,3 f,n,hcf+1^[3]

db+2: [68] df+4,3 2 f,f 1 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4; [66] df+4,3 2 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

[25] uf+1+2
[22] (b+2),1+2: [+50] f+1+4 df+4,3 1 f,F+1 S! f,f,F+2+4

CH db+3: [74] ws1+2 df+4,3 1,2 f,F+1^[2] S! f,f,F+2+4; [72] f,f ssr f+3 df+4,3 1 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

ss2: [64] S! f,F+1 df+4,3 f,n,hcf+1^[3]; [60] S! f,F+1 df+4,3 1 f+2,1

CH f,n,d,DF+4: [77] f,f ssr f+3 df+4,3 1 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4; [72] f,f f+3 df+4,3 df+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

CH f,n,d,DF+1+2: [82] 4 f,f df+4,3 1,2 f,F+1^[2] S! f,f,F+2+4; [80] f,f ssr f+3 df+4,3 1 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

d+1+2: [78] UF,n,4 df+4,3 1,2 f,F+1^[2] S! f,f,F+2+4; [76] UF,n,4 1,2 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

FC.df+1: [74] ws4 df+4,3 1,2 f,F+1^[2] S! f,f,F+2+4; [65] ws2,2 S! f,f,F+2+4

FC.df+2: [73] ssr f,f f+3^[4] df+4,3 1 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

JGS.1: [73] ssr f+3 df+4,3 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

[31] (f+2),d+1,2
[16] (f+2,d+1),2: [+45] df+4,3 2 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

CH BT.3: [73] f+3 df+4,3 1,2 f,F+1^[2] S! f,f,F+2+4

Rage

uf+4: [76] 4 f,f 1,2 b+2,1 S! R.db+1+2 d+2+3

R.db+1+2: [85] ssl b,n^[5] 3+4~4 f,F+1 df+4,3 f,n,hcf+1^[3]; [79] UF,n,4 1,2 b+2,1 S! f,f,F+2+4

CH f,f,n,1+2: [74] f+1+2 R.db+1+2 u+2

↑ May whiff in the open
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 The trick is to buffer the f,n into recovery of 1,2 and press F+1 after that as soon as possible. See King's Jaguar Hook into Screw | TEKKEN 7 Tips by RyzingSol
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Motion input is bufferable.
↑ Can be inputted as f,F+3 as there is no move with that command.
↑ Sidestep cancel.

Wall

Regular carry (30% scaling): [52] 1 R.db+1+2 db+2+4^[1]; [44] 1 R.db+1+2 u+2; [31] 1,2 db+1+3^[1]; [21] ssl b+4 BT.1+4^[2]; [17] 2,1 f+1+4^[3]; [16] df+4,3,d+4^[4]

Regular splat: [46] 1 R.db+1+2 u+2; [44] 1 R.db+1+2 db+2+4^[1]; [44] ssl b+4 BT.1+4^[2]; [36] f,n,hcf+1; [35] 1,2 db+1+3^[1]; [22] 2,1 f+1+4^[3]; [21] df+4,3,d+4^[4]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Throw is breakable
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 BT.1+4 catches any wake-up option.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Good oki.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Most reliable. Can be used on low splats.

Float

1: 1,2 b2,1 SW

Back-turned opponent

f+2,d+1,2^[1]: [111] 2 b+2,1 S! uf+1+2*

↑ Possible to connect after b+3:1+2 if opponent decides to stand up

Stage break

Howard Estate: big boy break all the walls combo here

Extras

Extra combos are juggles that are:

Strictly worse than one of the § Staples; or
Too inconsistent to be a staple; or
Joke combos for style points.

Combo Structure

King's combos can be broadly divided into two categories: launchers that require an immediate d/f+4,3 pickup and launchers that allow for a filler.

Requires df+4,3
Launcher	Damage
db+2	21
(f+2),d+1,2	31(15+16)

Allows Filler
Launcher	Damage
uf+4	13
ws+1+2	20
FC d/f+2	21
d+1+2	21
uf+1+2	25
(b+2),1+2	22
uf,N,4	25
CD+1	20
JGS 1	21
CH b+1	15
CH db+3	20
CH CD+4	25
CH CD+1+2	28
CH BT 3	21
BT uf+4	18
FDFT 3	10
CH FUFT 3	12
CH FUFA 3	12
CH FDFA 3	12
Rage Drive	24
Low Parry	-

ub+1 cd+4 WR+3 CH f,f+1 CH f,f,N,1+2

CH 4 CH df+2,1 CH d+3+4,4,4,4

Fillers

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[1] May whiff in the open

[1,2_f,F+1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 The trick is to buffer the f,n into recovery of 1,2 and press F+1 after that as soon as possible. See King's Jaguar Hook into Screw | TEKKEN 7 Tips by RyzingSol

[buffer_GS-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Motion input is bufferable.

[4] Can be inputted as f,F+3 as there is no move with that command.

[5] Sidestep cancel.

[breakable_throw-6] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Throw is breakable

[BT.1+4-7] 2.0 ^2.1 BT.1+4 catches any wake-up option.

[oki-8] 3.0 ^3.1 Good oki.

[df+4,3,d+4-9] 4.0 ^4.1 Most reliable. Can be used on low splats.

[10] Possible to connect after b+3:1+2 if opponent decides to stand up

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