I’m making Tekken King after this

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I’m pretty sure I played this exact person, and I always bait out the flashes and destroy him

This is beautiful

actually insane that you gotta respect yoshi at all times cause of flash & spin lmao

Loved the vid! Did you get a new mic?

Damn. Nice video. I'll have to get some coaching from you

We're escaping Bushin with this one

0:11 it just felt necessary to say NIKOOO 🤣

I just noticed that yoshi is moonsault 😂

I wish more creators (esp Lars players) explained their thought process, it's always helpful. Cool to see you fight Moonsault Slayer too lol

Is it your choice always not to be optimal at the wall and not chose higher dmg in favor of just continued preasure, beacuse I'm sure you know all the wall commbos :)

Man, you hate that Flash move. Anyway, back to studying your video...

Welp im learning alot but my old man reactions keeps messin me up. Gotta do alot off adjustments to this. Whats nuts is it takes more set to get a good read to it.

NikoXWorld vs kaizokuLars soon

i just noticed you were fighting moon Sault slayer small world

It may sound stupid or I'm suck at this game, when you say that Leo is gonna rage art and you can cancel it ? How? Can you explain it thank you

As a Lars main since his first appearance in Tekken 6.... I'll say he's in a place since Tekken 8 dropped where any significant nerfs will cripple him like the changes from what he was like in Tekken 6 and Tekken Tag 2 going into Tekken 7. And any significant buffs MIGHT make him busted

I'd love lars hellsweep to wall crunch again currently no reason to really do his old hellsweep if it wall crunched it would be so nice to have that option

The Issues 1) Struggles to get offense going 2) Bad lows 3) TERRRIBLE neutral The Solution Get Offense Going/Bad Lows DB1,3 is a VERY risky move and therefore it should be plus to allow a SAFE transition into limited entry and force the mixup of LEN 1 and 2. Risking the round is a VERY reasonable trade-off. Make 1,4 and DEN4 more plus on hit to go into limited entry SAFELY. Or change DEN4 to the same move as FF4,2 or FF4,3. Both moves can be sidewalked completely so it's not a bad trade-off and gets Lars offense going. Add the mid mid move from Tekken 6 as you said. These things give Lars a possibility but no guarantees. That's fair. TERRIBLE Neutral Make the last hit of DB2,1 track both ways. FF1+2 is steppable and walkable and has a ton of start-up so you get counter hit often using it in the neutral. Lars has to risk the possibility of getting launched by using DEN in the neutral. DB2,1 on block ends his turn but gives him a fighting chance in the neutral if the last hit tracks both ways. Make DF2 safe if he cancels the stance. That's a pretty obvious change that's needed. Make the flip like it was at release and floor break. That's the solution to Lars in my opinion and makes him tournament viable.

B1 needs to be below -4 cuz he needs a homing neutral to check opponent if he sidestep cuz lars is a very linear character

2:13 lili moans😩

thanks, mate. amazing vids on your channel. finally, i found complete tutorials and so valuable tips!

The devs said Lars don’t deserve plus frames 😂

This made me confident in the match up.

I dont know. but I think the devs should do something with his DF4. It's pretty much free for a change. What do you think guys?

that "I have battle scars with this character" hits home 😅

Hey dear channel owner, regarding Lars' standing plus-frame lows -- the new moves you said you wanted him to gain -- I think it is impossible from the designers' perspective. It goes against the original design intention of Lars. Lars is designed to have a "high evasion" trait. His moves are based on acrobatic styles and typically feature evasive properties (like the high-evasive moves db13 and full crouch df1+2, and the spatially evasive move db1+2). The characteristic of his moves is to "tease" with the opponents rather than to overwhelm them or gain a substantial momentum advantage for himself. And if you think it over, you'll find that the standing lows in this game are typically given to those real martial-art characters like the ones based on karate, taekwondo, and kickboxing, while a character like Lars, who is based on fantasy, is deemed not to have these kinds of moves.

It's funny how in T7 there was that time where F+2,1->SEN->1 was a bugged natural combo that gave Lars a 10f 34 damage punish. This was considered absolutely gamebreakingly OP and was removed within three days. Nowadays that seems so tame - you could give that back and he'd still be less gross than the Drags of the world. I don't really care all that much though. I loved Lars right the way through T7 and I still love him now - he's at least got enough juice that he can comfortably play online against any challenger. I rarely feel like it's not even worth playing, and matches with a Lars are always exciting and fun to watch. If Lars were to one day return to the Tag days of being the king of Tekken, I may even lose interest in him. I like where he is now :)

I dont agree with powercrushes punishing over 50% of lars kit, i think its crazy that my opponent can just press one button to completely ignore my pressure and its even worse if their powercrush is a heat engager. Lars isnt even the best stance character when his entire kit revovles on being a stance character.

Big Facts. 💯

Idk where else to put this but I’m coming out of ranked and I’m tired of losing to Lilis and Juns just pressing buttons, not playing tekken with me. Do you think you’ll do a video on them in the near future?

completly agree bro! we need better tools!

You’re literally the best Lars user I’ve seen so far. Thanks for representing us Lars mains 🙌🏽

These 10 things can fix Tekken 8 Lars forever ♾️ #1. Df 2 safe on Block #2. More Neutral lows #3. All the Tekken 7 CH launchers #4. SEN 4 as MID #5. SEN into instant orbital (SEN uf 4) #6. Tk7 2,1 (3,4) that can go into LEN when you press 2,1 and hold down. #7. D2 being plus 2 On Block #8. Make db 1,3 plus again #9. Tekken 7 (DEN 4,3) #10. Lastly Lars might need new moves on these mappings (bf 2,1), (df4) (uf 2) (d 3+4) (up back 1+2) Bonus: bring back Ki charge LEN 2 and uf 3+4 into LEN 1

Played Lars for many years and I think in some ways T8 Lars is weaker than T7 S4 Lars, and obviously much weaker than 6/Tag2. Bottom line is Lars was never compensated for the removal of df2 from standing, BUT I understand why they changed it because it made him too easy. I think Lars doesn't need much in this game but the following is very important: 1) 111 wallsplats/knd again, no reason to nerf when Dragunov can still do it 2) Make b4 i14, makes it more useful in frame trap situations and it's also an iconic move. It's not a ch launcher so it's fine to be i14 imo. 3) Bring back d3+4 vs grounded, and fix the frames of the stomp without stance transition, it shouldn't be -3 oh. 4) db13d needs to be +1 again. Agreed. 5) b1 needs to have more frames and the airborne spin property, coming out of T7 b1 got a huge nerf no more ch knd and no more screw system means no more reliable float combos. Make it +6 oh and change the airborne animation. and 6) Many characters got improvements to standing lowhigh strings, but why is Lars d31 still useless? Fix it. 7) They should make his standing 4 do the airborne twirl like other moves. Currently it serves no purpose unlike in 7 when it screwed. It's not a big deal, just would be nice for combo routes from ws1 and ff2. And that's it, that's all he needs. He doesn't need much better lows or some type of stature kick low, he's not that kind of character and that will break him. He just needs the stuff back that he already had and some improvement to his neutral frames via b1 and b4.

What settings do you use for tekken on controller?

‼️What Lars needs in T8‼️ *Everysingle Tekken 7 CH launcher, and I mean like EVERY SINGLE ONE! Bring it back

‼️SEN should have a instant uf 4 option. (SEN UF 4!!!!)

SEN 4 should be a MID A MIDD. If you disagree then enjoy getting duck punished and poked out of it to death

Ayo your Nina is cleaaan tho

Dude as a lars main from t6 i love your vids im tk with lars in 8 but ive been kinda stagnant in growth realizing some characters are a pain for lars lately .i learn something new from you everytime i watch your vids ...keep doing what your doing bro

I think he only needs buffs to stances, AKA, forcing people to respect stance transitions make them all plus on block or give them all super armor, and making the follow-ups true 50/50.

That's her identity....bullshit

Hey Niko, great video! Helped me out a lot. Could you maybe do one on Lars vs Steve? Been struggling against him a bit (it just seems like he can literally interrupt you out of everything) looking forward to more vids in the future 🗿

Lars and Devil Jin has to be the coolest characters in the game bruh, they cold as hell.

Let Lars mains enjoy his buffs, Lars sucked in Tekken 7

I find d/b+1+2 to be one of the most puzzling rewards for a CH into DEN 1,2 Heat engager. b+1+2 is a better take back move and even then....b+1.

his lows are ass. They dont exist. I just block high and grab counter him all game. Easiest fighter to defend