Paul

Paul
Heat	Gains guard breaking moves. Deathfist launches and wallsplats.
Heat Smash	Low, i18, -12
Heat Engagers	uf+2 qcf+2 f+4 qcb+2 f+2
Stances	Sway (SWA) - qcf Backsway (BSW) - qcb
Fastest
Launch	i14 – b+3 i15 – df+2
CH launch	i15 – qcb+4 (mid)
Wall splat	{{{splat}}}
Archetypal moves
Parry	b+1+3 (high or mid attacks)
Mid check	df+1 (standing) ws4 (crouching)
Power low	d4,2,1+2
Generic moves
Remapped	(none)
Missing	(none)
External links
Lore	[Phoenix]
Twitter	#T8_Paul

This page is for Tekken 8. For Tekken 7, see Paul (Tekken 7).

Paul Phoenix is a strong, fundamentally sound character that can easily be mistaken as an overpowering, damage output machine. While he is capable of eye-watering damage, his greatest strength is in his ability to shutdown aggression, due to his toolkit being both extremely compact while also being built around blowing up opponents for mashing or not being precise with their dashblocking.

His df+2 is a very compact launcher with deceptively quick recovery that excels at clipping overconfident approaches, and his extensions out of df+1 that utilize his backsway (SWA) are great keepout tools against any opponent that wants to pressure after blocking a df+1. Moves like df+1,1, b+2,1, 3,2, and d+1,4 can be delayed to further complicate the gameplans of aggressive opponents, as well as f+1+4, which is a shoulder tackle that almost instantly shifts Paul 90° to the side for a knockdown and good damage.

Furthermore, Deathfist (qcf+2) and Demoman (d+4,2:1+2) make up one of Tekken's all-time classic mixups. Deathfist is a fast, astonishingly high damage whiff punish tool that becomes even more powerful in Heat, and Demoman is a just-barely-reactable i26~i27, L,m,m string that does great damage and knocks down. Compounding this already potent mixup, he is one of the select few characters with a Heat Smash that hits low, giving Paul an even more terrifying mixup while in Heat.

Strengths

• Massive Wall Combo Damage
• Unexpectedly Evasive (Sway Plus on Block Setups/Crouch Dash)
• Safe Launchers (DF2 and B3)
• Low Heat Smash
• Will Kick Their Asses

Weaknesses

• Very Steppable Key Moves
• Vulnerable to Strong Keep Out
• High Damage Non-Wall Combos are High Execution (QCF1 loops ect)
• Subpar lows
• Can't Do A Backflip :(

Key techniques

QCF1 Execution

importance

★★★★☆

value

★★★★★

dexterity

★★★☆☆

rhythm

★★★★☆

Demoman

importance

★☆☆☆☆

value

★★☆☆☆

dexterity

☆☆☆☆☆

rhythm

★★★☆☆

Standing punishment

-10

24

-11

24

-12

33

-13

38

-14

76

-15

79

-16

79

-18

88

79

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

Crouching punishment

-10

5

-11

18

-12

18

-13

37

-14

38

-15

80

-18

88

80

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

	Median
	Short range
	Hard
	Wall
	Meter/Rage

External links

• Paul 8 minute guide by TheMainManSWE

• Joey Fury's Paul Guide

• One Punch Man Paul character guide