Paul combos (Tekken 7)

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. df+2): 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

Crouching recovery (e.g. CH FUFT.3): ws3 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

Mini-combos

[22] (df+1,1),2
[22] b,f+2
[21] f+2+3
[21] SS.1: [+28] qcf+2; [+24] f,f d+1+2; [+20] f+1+4

[22] b,f+2
[21] SS.1: [+43] f,f qcf+2

qcf+3+4: [55] qcf+2; [51] f,F+2:1; [44] f+2+3

CH (f+2,3),1: [62/80]^[1] qcf+2

[26] CH (f+2,3),1
[20] CH SS.3: [+33] b+1,2; [+30] d+1+2

[24] qcb+1: [+19] f,f qcb+1^[2]; [+16] f,f db+2; [+13] SS.3

[22] (qcb+3,2),3: [+16] db+2

[16] CH qcb+3: [+16] cc db+2

↑ Won't clean hit unless at the wall.
↑ Without the dash, can whiff vs staying down. With the dash, need tight timing to still hit side rolls and standing up.

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

Instant while standing 3 is done with d~df~n+3. This isn't faster than the universal method, but has some forwards movement that's needed for some combos. It can be input in 4 frames with d~df~b~3, but this isn't practical and no staples require this speed.

Active frame

Crouch dash iWS

Frame

Input

State

1

d

2

d/f

3

4

5

6

7

3

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Universal iWS (fastest)

Frame

Input

State

1

d/b

2

d/b

3

d/b

4

d/b

5

d/b

6

d/b

7

3

⋯

19

Crouch dash iWS (fastest)

Frame

Input

State

1

d

2

d/f

3

b

4

3

⋯

16

Be sure to avoid d~df~f+3, as this gets qcf+3 instead. On keyboard/hitbox, this is most easily avoided with SOCD, i.e. d~df~f+b+3.

[28] CH qcb+1
[27] CH qcb+4
[26] CH ub+2
[26] CH (b+2),1
[22] qcb+1+2
[21] qcf+1
[13] df+2
[13] uf+4
low parry: [+56] qcf+1 iws3 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+53] qcf+1 2 f,f 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+51] qcf+1 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+51] 3,2 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+48] b+3 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

[28] uf+3,4
[27] f,F+3,4: [+42] iws3 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+37] 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

[20] CH 4: [+37] 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+34] f,f b+1,2 S! qcf+1 f,f d+4,2:1+2

[26] CH (qcb+3,2),3
[21] (f,F+2),2
[16] b+3: [+51] 3,2 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+49] 3,2,B~4 S! qcf+1 f,f d+4,2:1+2; [+48] iws3 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+46] 3 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

[20] ws2: [+44] 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+44] df+1,B~4 S! qcf+1 qcf+2; [+34] df+1,B~4 S! qcf+1 b+2^[1]

[20] f,F+4
[12] CH FUFA.3
[12] CH FUFT.3
[10] CL FDFT.3
[12] CH FDFA.3: [+48] ws3 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

CH qcf+3: [65] iws3,2 S! qcf+1 qcf+2; [61] iws3,2 S! d+4,2:1+2; [52] d+4,2:1+2

CH db+2: [70] b+1,2 S! qcf+1 1 f,f d+4,2:1+2; [64] b+1,2 S! qcf+1 1 f,F+2:1

[20] CH (3),2
[20] FC.df+1+2: [+56] f,F+4 ws3 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

[25] CH (ws3),2
[25] CH (2),3: [+51] qcf+1 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

↑ If the opponent holds back for a tech recovery, (b+1),2 hits them in the back for 22 damage. If they stay down, (b+1),2* hits them for 28 damage.

Rage

[15] R.1+2,B: [+59] UF,4 iws3 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+58] qcf+3+4 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+54] UF,4 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

[24] qcb+1+2
[23] qcf+1
[14] df+2
[14] uf+4: [+73] R.1+2,B qcf+3+4 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+71] R.1+2,B UF,4 2 f,f 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

[30] uf+3,4: [+56] R.1+2,B qcf+3+4 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+49] R.1+2,B iws3 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+48] R.1+2,B UF,4 df+1,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

Wall

Regular carry (30% scaling): [+36] 3,2,B~u qcf+2^[1]; [+32] df+1 1 qcf+2^[1]; [+24] 3,2,B~2; [+16] d+4,2:1+2

R.qcf+1+2 W! ender: [+40] qcf+1 W! 3,2,B~u qcf+2^[1]; [+36] qcf+1 W! df+1 1 qcf+2^[1]; [+28] qcf+1 W! 3,2,B~2

Regular splat: [+69] R.1+2,B <uf+3,4 W! 3,2,B~u qcf+2^[1]; [+66] R.1+2,B <uf+3,4 W! df+1 1 qcf+2^[1]; [+57] R.1+2,B <uf+3,4 W! 3,2,B~2; [+42] df+1 1 qcf+2^[1]; [+38] df+1 1 qcf+2^[1]; [+30] 3,2,B~2; [+30] qcf+2

uf+2: [104] qcf+2 W! 3,2,B~u qcf+2^[1]; [100] qcf+2 W! df+1 1 qcf+2^[1]; [92] qcf+2 W! 3,2,B~2; [79] 4 W! df+1 1 qcf+2^[1]; [71] 4 W! 3,2,B~2

[23] qcb+1+2
[14] df+2
[14] uf+4: [+55] f+3 3,2,B~u qcf+2^[1]; [+51] f+3 df+1 1 qcf+2^[1]; [+43] f+3 3,2,B~2

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 Only works vs Gigas, Jack-7, Kuma/Panda, and Marduk.

Float

[4] 1: [+42] ws3 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+39] qcf+1 df+1,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

[4] 1
[9] df+2: [+37] 1 f,f 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+37] 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

[11] ws3: [+37] 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

[21] ws3,2: [+25] qcf+1 f,f d+4,2:1+2; [+24] qcf+1 qcf+2; [+20] d+4,2:1+2

[18] f,F+3,4: [+33] 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2

Back-turned opponent

[22] qcb+1+2
[13] df+2: [+51] qcf+1 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+44] 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+44] df+1,B~4 S! qcf+1 qcf+2

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.

df+2: [+60] qcf+1(x3)^[1] iws3,2 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+53] 2,3 f,f 3,2,B~4 S! d+4,2:1+2; [+49] 3,2,B~4 S! qcf+1 f,f d+4,2:1+2

qcf+3+4: [73] f,f b+1,2^[2] S! qcf+1 d+4,2:1+2

↑ qcf+1 loops are frame perfect links. The input must be timed perfectly and done in exactly 3 frames.
↑ Borderline impossible. Need a frame perfect dash and frame perfect b+1. Doesn't work vs Kuma or Marduk.

External links

[1] Won't clean hit unless at the wall.

[2] Without the dash, can whiff vs staying down. With the dash, need tight timing to still hit side rolls and standing up.

[3] If the opponent holds back for a tech recovery, (b+1),2 hits them in the back for 22 damage. If they stay down, (b+1),2* hits them for 28 damage.

[qcf2-slump-4] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 Only works vs Gigas, Jack-7, Kuma/Panda, and Marduk.

[5] qcf+1 loops are frame perfect links. The input must be timed perfectly and done in exactly 3 frames.

[6] Borderline impossible. Need a frame perfect dash and frame perfect b+1. Doesn't work vs Kuma or Marduk.

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