Miguel strategy

Standard 33/33/33 playing Tekken:

Wait: Movement

Use Miguel's superior movement and annoying 50/50s to bait out a whiff.

Whiff punishers

Up close:

Farther away:

Mix up your approach tools and timing

d/f+1[~f] SAV -2 on block, +5 on hit
- Weak to SSL
- Combines interrupting their keep outs and making a lowish risk 50/50 out of nothing
d/b+3[~f] SAV +4 on hit.
- Weak to SSR
- If they don't duck
u/f+1[~f] SAV +4 on block
- If they duck
- u/f+1~f SAV d/f+2 guaranteed on everyone but Dragunov, Fahkumram, Marduk, and Miguel (tall characters)
f+4[~f]: homing, +7 into SAV on hit, longer range
- Important tool for tracking, both up close, and far away
d+4: Long range low, +0 on hit

Example you can do with d/f+1

Approach opponent with d/f+1. Usually it's blocked, sometimes it hits
E.g. d/f+1 blocked is -2
- If you tried to do d/f+1~f SAV mixup, you'd lose to jabs or counter hit attacks
- Use your superior side step and back dash to make mashers and dick jabbers pay, by making them whiff
- d/f+1,2: If they mash after d/f+1, then the 2nd hit will CH and KND into free manual SAV 2
  - CH (d/f+1),2 3+4 SAV 2
Once they stop mashing, you can add a SAV mixup 50/50. Here's some examples:
- Low and a safe mid, d/f+1~f SAV d/b+3~f SAV b+1 -> run around
- d/f+1~f SAV 2 high damage, safe mid
- d/f+1~f delay to see if they guess, or side step, or try to attack
- d/f+1 into d/f+1 or u/f+1. Don't have to enter SAV
- d/f+1~f SAV d+4,3: In case they are timing their ducks for the slower SAV d/b+3

How to approach some who is trying to keep you out

Back dash or side step if they are being predictable to try to bait a whiff
Jab: 1 and 1,2 are important to interrupt the opponent timing.
d/f+1
- 1,2: Tracking isn't very good, but sometimes the 2nd hit track
- Sometimes do 1,2,4 to interrupt opponent, but risky since they can duck and launch 3rd hit
d/b+3+4: i12 generic low kick with superior range
(d/f+1),2:
- 2nd hit CH KND into free manual SAV 2
- Helps stop mashers after d/f+1

Jabs: 1 or 1,2
d/f+1
d/b+3+4: i12, quick low to crush highs or beat slower attacks and interrupt your opponent
4: Magic 4 counter hit launcher. High, longer range hit box
b+1: high, small hit box
- Starts a high damage juggle on counter hit
- Very short range and doesn't track anywhere
- Can be used to interrupt strings or flow charts
d+3: high crush low
- +1 on hit and long range
- However is slow at i20
d+1+2: mid, high crush, long range
- -12 on block
- Wall splat and wall break
Manual SAV:
- At long range, can manually enter SAV with 3+4 and can use SAV attacks
- E.g. SAV 2 or SAV 4 or SAV 1 as keep out

SAV (Savage) is Miguel's special stance that has a set of moves specific to SAV

d/f+1[~f SAV]:
- This means, you can do d/f+1 and choose to enter SAV stance or not
- You may enter SAV stance regardless of if the attack whiffs, is blocked, or hits
Enter "manual SAV" stance anytime with 3+4
- Takes 8 frames and you can be hit during this

SAV 2: i16 mid, high damage single attack from Miguel
SAV b+1[~f SAV]: i14 homing mid, shorter range. Very good!
- SAV b+1<4: Delayble 2nd hit and 2nd hit is a CH launcher
  - SAV b+1,4: Natural combo
SAV d+4,3[~f SAV]: i15, low, mid string. High damage. -2 on hit.
SAV d/b+3[~f SAV]: i19, low, high damage
- CH SAV d/b+3: Free damage. Can do manual SAV d/f+2 (3+4 SAV d/f+2) or f,f+2,1 3+4 SAV d/f+2 (difficult)
SAV 1 strings: i12 high strings
- SAV 1<4: Delayable
  - SAV 1,4: Natural combo, wall bounce
  - SAV 1<4: Delayable 2nd hit, not a natural combo on delay, 2nd hit will wall bounce if it hits
SAV 1<1: Delayable
- SAV 1,1 or SAV 1<1: natural combo KND into free d/b+3,4 -> 50/50
- SAV 1<1: 2nd hit is a CH launcher
SAV b+3[~f SAV]: Power crush, high
- SAV b+3~f SAV d/f+2 is a combo on hit
SAV 4: homing, i16, CH launcher, KND on normal hit with free 3+4 SAV d/f+2
SAV 3<3: i15 mid, high
- Delayable two hit string and a hit confirm
- 2nd hit launches on CH

Sometimes you need to counter with a knee or elbow to stop certain types of reversals or parries

All mids:

NOTE: You can also bait them out to whiff and whiff punish their parry/reversal

E.g. Zafina or Xiaoyu or Eddy

NOTE: d/f+1 has a high hitbox, and whiffs on many special stances