Tekken 8 Complete Beginner Guide for Lili - Best Combos and Tips

Hello, welcome back to a new video. So

today I want to show you my tips and

tricks to playing Lily in Tekken 8. Lily

is probably not one of the easiest

characters to play, but she can be very

rewarding, and I want to show you some

things I learned that have really improved

my gameplay. So Lily is kind of a

defensive character. She focuses on very

powerful kicks. The problem is these kicks

kind of take a long time to actually

perform, and you risk getting jabbed or

punched in the face if you're trying to do

kicks. So at the beginning of the match,

what I used to do was I used to spam

attacks because I was trying to get lucky

and try and get some quick hits in the

beginning of the match, which sometimes

you can get if you're lucky and the

enemy's a bit of a noob. But that's kind

of a bad and risky way of starting the

match. What you want to do when the match

starts is you want to back off and start

guarding or crouching or maybe doing some

sidesteps like that to try and get a feel

of what your enemy's like. Is he

aggressive? Is he also defensive? Is he a

noob? You can get a sense of what their

playstyle's like and by backing off and

giving some space in between you. So in

practice mode, you can see at the bottom

left there's something called attack

startup frames, and that basically shows

you how quick it takes to perform a move.

So the fastest attack you have for Lily is

probably 1 and also 2. That has an attack

startup frame of 10, which is probably the

fastest attack you can have. So at the

beginning of the match, you don't really

want to rush in and spam attacks,

although if that is what you want to do,

the safest and quickest combos to do in

the beginning Uh, 1, 1 does a quick double

jab, and 1, 2, very quick.

This, um, number 1 jab is a 10 startup

frame, number 2 jab is also 10, so those

are very quick. So you can do a 1, 1, 3,

which is a quick combo, or a 1, 2, 3,

which does a low kick, or a 1, 2, 4,

which does a very powerful kick. So those

are good, very quick combos. If your enemy

is really quick, like Hawawang, whatever

his stupid name is, and also Victor and

Steve, they do really quick jabs. And if

you try and start off with a kick like

that or like that, these are very slow

kicks. I mean, look at this, that's a 30

startup frame. You'll never get that,

you'll never pull that off if they're

jabbing you because the jabs just be way

faster than any of these kicks Lily has.

So these kicks, they're pretty powerful,

but they do expose you to a lot of

vulnerability if the enemy is just trying

to quick jab you like that. The quick jabs

will always hit you in the face before you

get to pull off any of these kicks. So you

really got to be careful with the kicks

and only do them when the enemy is down

and safe, and it's safe to do a kick. So

you want to play it safe and stick to

these jabs like that until you have an

opportunity to whip out a big kick

like that, or, or like that, or like that.

These kicks are powerful, but they are

very dangerous and risky for you. So what

I recommend is when the match begins, you

kind of back off, you go into defensive

modes, do some sidesteps. You can also do

Feisty Rabbits like that, which is back

and 3 or back and 4. You do

these spins, and if you hold down 3 whilst

doing the back spin, you can actually do 2

spins like that. Or back and 4, hold down

4 or hold down 3, and she'll do 2 of them.

Now this is very useful. There's a pretty

good combo you can do that launches them,

and then you can then do some combos on

them. So you do back and 3 and 3 again and

then 2 like this, and that

will launch them. And it's pretty

reliable. Sometimes they do block the 2

and ruins the whole thing, but a lot of

enemies— I mean, a lot of other players

don't know how to block that, or they

don't expect it. So you do back and 3 and

then 2, and then you can do a 1 and 2 to

do a 3-hit combo for 53 damage. Or you can

do a different kind of combo like this

one. So that's a 5-hit for

55 damage. It is 3, 2, 3,

does a nice little 3-hit combo. She has

some other launchers, but the problem is

they take a long time to do. So you've got

down-right-2 like that, but it's a 16

startup frame. It's pretty slow. You won't

get to pull that off if the enemy's right

in your face jabbing you like that all the

time. You won't be able to do that. So you

need some distance, like maybe around here

is good distance to be able to do that.

Maybe you like stun them a little bit,

stun them like that, and then do it. Or

you can do right, up, and 3, which does

a high kick, but that's also kind of slow.

15. So these are 16 and 15 launchers,

they're pretty slow. And then you also got

this one, a 17 startup frame, it's also

very slow. So I found the most reliable

way to launch them is by doing this,

because they usually don't expect that

launch from, from the low pose like that.

So when I have successfully launched them,

my favorite combo to do is probably the

spin somersault kicks. So for example, I

do the back thing like that, and then I—

let me try that again. I do the back

thing, and then I do the uppercut, and

then I do these somersaults with the back

kick, and I keep spamming the back kick

because it does pretty good damage. And

then sometimes I'll do this down 3, 4,

which is a pretty good way of kicking

them. So this down right 3, 4 held

together like, um, like that, it's really

good, really useful, but it is dangerous

if you try to do that when the enemy is

trying to quick jab you. It's very

dangerous to do, so I don't recommend

doing that spinning somersault when you've

knocked the enemy down. So for example,

you do this, and now you can do it safely

and do some back kicks. So that's a very

useful way. She's got this jumping

somersault, which is like a grab where you

land on the shoulders, and I found the

best follow-up move to be right and 4. So

let me show you. So do up and 3, 4

together, and then you keep spamming right

and 4, and it will always do that middle

kick, which is pretty powerful for 4, a

total of 49 damage. You can do other

combos, maybe like this, and it'll do

around the same damage, but it's harder to

do and there's more risk of you

accidentally mistiming the combo. So I

always do, I always do up and 3, 4,

and after that I do right and 4, and I

just keep spamming it. But the best thing

about it is after you've done the kick,

you can then link into the somersaults

like that and do back kicks and do that as

well. So you can do a pretty powerful

combo if you can pull this off and do the

kick, because they'll kind of bounce off

the ground. You can see them bouncing.

Watch, he bounces, so it gives you a

small opportunity for time to do the

somersault kicks, which are my favorite.

But unfortunately, the somersault thing is

kind of tricky to pull off. It only works

if the enemy's right in front of you, so

if they're kind of far back like, like

that it won't connect. And if you're this

far back, it will connect, but it won't do

the landing on the shoulders thing. So you

have to be right in the enemy's face. So

it's kind of risky because all they have

to do is back off and then they'll dodge

if they can, because it's quite

telegraphed as well. You can kind of

obviously see it's coming, and then you

just have to back off to avoid it. So it

is a bit of a risky move, but if you pull

it off, the reward in the amount of damage

you can do on them afterwards is pretty

good. Okay, next thing I want to talk

about is how to get up off the ground once

you've been knocked down. So I'm against

the bot right now, and obviously he knows

I'm on the ground, so he's only gonna do

attacks that hit me. But the thing is,

when you go up against real players,

especially if they're noob players, once

they've knocked you down, they kind of get

cocky and overconfident, and they'll start

trying to spam more combos expecting you

to be spamming the buttons to get up as

quickly as possible. I do not recommend

trying to spam attacks to get up as

quickly as possible, because what happens

is as soon as you get up, they've already

started doing like a new combo expecting

you to be getting up straight away. So

what I do is when I get knocked down, I

just kind of lie on the ground for a bit

to see what they do. And you've got 2—

you've got a few options. Number one, you

can get straight back up and block like

that, or you could press 1 to roll out the

way if they're trying to do some kind of

attack like that, so you could roll out

the way a bit. But what I like to do is I

like to see if they're gonna spam combos,

and once they've finished their combo and

missed everything, I will then jump up

like that and kick them in the face and

then do some quick jabs and try and regain

composure and try and knock them down like

that and do some kind of combo of my own.

Knowing how to get up well is very

important because some of the really good

players you'll go up against they will

just constantly knock you down, and they

might actually just take 50% of your

health in one juggle, and you might only

have one chance to get up well. And if you

screw up the getting up part, you'll just

get juggled again. And I've had times when

I went from full health all the way down

to 0% health, and I couldn't even stand up

because the enemy was so damn good. The

problem with trying to get up as soon as

possible is it's kind of predictable. If

you just stay on the ground you're very

unpredictable because then they don't know

when you're gonna get up and they'll kind

of screw up. They might try to do some

kind of low combo to kick you on the

ground, or they might anticipate you

getting up and start trying to do a mid

combo. And then you can just kind of

surprise them by suddenly getting up and

doing some kind of low kick like that.

Okay, so we'll do some real matches

against real people. So when the beginning

of the match starts, you don't want to

rush in. You want to kind of be defensive

and try and trick him into attacking you.

So you can then get out of the way and

then do a counterattack. And then also

focus on doing quick short jabs to try and

find where his weak point is. Try and do

some low kicks, some mid punches and jabs,

and try and sneak in some kind of way to

knock him down.

So as you can see in the beginning of the

match, I'm playing very defensively. I'm

trying to Look for a weak point, try and

take advantage of him randomly attacking,

and then take advantage of his blind spots

by spinning around him like that and

trying to do some knockdown moves, some

powerful attacks like that. That was a 1

and 2 together to do that powerful palm

attack or whatever it's called. And then I

do some spins, Feisty Rabbits, into the

spinning kick. I don't remember all the

names for the moves. And then block his

jabs. And also, when you get knocked down,

remember what I said earlier— don't just

instantly get back up. Just lie there on

the ground and see what he does. And if he

starts randomly jabbing at the air, then

just spring up and kick him in the balls.

Usually works. So right here,

I do the shoulder kick into the mid kick,

and I accidentally failed to do the

somersault move, but that would have been

a great time to do the somersault.

Combo. So what happens is usually you'll

end up doing some kind of face-off, like a

standoff, where you're both just blocking

each other's moves and you're trying to

get in a move that actually knocks your

enemy down. And you

want to focus on the 1s and 2s, do quick

jabs, because your kicks are gonna take

too much time. So I'm just trying to poke

to try and unbalance him,

and I went for kick in the ankles.

So yeah, I hope this video was helpful. I

improved a lot with my gameplay by

avoiding certain things like rushing in,

spamming attacks, trying to get up as soon

as I could as soon as I get knocked down.

It really has improved my my ability to

defend myself against players. I still am

having a lot of troubles fighting really

good players where they just kind of

bounce you all over the place, but you

know, I just got to practice more. But I

have gone up a level in skill thanks to

these little tips, and maybe they'll help

you too.

Round 4, fight!