I'm currently in my fighting game training arc, and I gotta be real with you: It's been a bumpy road. It's not easy to do away with those button-mashing habits, and taking a fighting game seriously for the first time can be a dizzying info dump with all that frame data, move list and optimal combo malarky. With Tekken 8 right around the corner, I'm desperate to take my learning to the next level to become a better player.
Thankfully, I was recently able to nab some tips from Cuddle_Core at the Tekken 8 Red Bull Pindrop event. An American professional player signed with Cloud9 and Red Bull, Cuddle_Core has been competing in Tekken since 2015—mostly playing Alisa Bosconovitch and Ling Xiaoyu—and has more than a few accolades under her belt. She was the perfect candidate for me to interrogate (politely beg for tips) on how to actually try and Get Good.
