The Electric Wind God Fist is one of the most infamous moves in Tekken due to its strength and requiring precision. And using all buttons makes the EWGF extremely reliable on Hit Box.
Throughout this guide we will teach you the basics of EWGF on Hit Box and provide some tips to improve your mastery so that you can fist, hook, and skyrocket your way up the ranks to God of Destruction!
- Understanding the Basics
- Standard Electrics
- Diagonal / "Perfect" Electrics
- Reach Method / "Cheater" Electrics
Understanding the Basics
The first thing to understand is that in order to get the "electric" of the Wind God Fist you must press the Down-Forward direction at the same time as the attack button. Mistiming this will either lead to a standard Wind God Fist or another move all together. Press DF + 2 at the same time!
Secondly, what you will learn in this guide will be applicable to other characters and moves in Tekken 8. Here is a short list of who this technique will be useful for:
- Kazuya Mishima
- Electric Wind God Fist
- Jin Kazama
- Electric Thrusting Uppercut (DF + 1)
- Electric Wind Hook Fist (DF + 2)
- Devil Jin
- Electric Wind God Fist
- Reina
- Electric Wind God Fist (DF + 2)
- Electric War God Kick (DF + 3)
- Hwoarang
- Lethal Sky Rocket (DF + 4)
And lastly, when studying the videos below, turn the sound on. One of our biggest recommendations for learning is to get as many senses involved as possible! Hearing, feeling, tasting, smelling, etc., makes for better long-term memory in general. Listen to the crisp button hit for D+F+4. Feel what it is like when hit the buttons on the same frame. Keeping this in mind will significantly speed up your road to mastery.
Standard Electrics
Player 1 Side
Down + Forward + 2
EWGF requires you to hit the attack button (2) on the EXACT same frame as the Down-Forward. Mastery of EWGF requires us to think about our directions in terms of buttons: "Down" into "Down + Forward." Since we are already holding the "Down" button, the finale can be simplified to Forward + 2!
My personal technique is to automate the Down button and only mentally think about Forward + 2. To do this I slightly raise my Index Finger (or Ring Finger P2 side) to delay the Forward input. By doing so the Down button is automatically hit before the Forward. Now I can focus only on timing Forward + 2 and not the EWGF motion as a whole!
This will all happen automatically in your muscle memory. In hindsight I did not do a great job demonstrating this concept in the videos here. It became so second nature that I forgot... (Oops!)
TIP: Turn on input history and practice only the Forward + 2. Your hands will synchronize quickly as you watch your input history for consistent just-frames. Focus on the sound and the feeling of hitting Forward +2!
Player 2 Side
Down + Forward + 2
Diagonal EWGF / "Perfect" Method
Player 1 Side
Turn on input history and practice the just-frame Down + Forward + 2. It is the tricky part of the input, so it is best to begin by isolating the hard part and focusing your efforts there first.
Player 2 Side
Down + Forward + 2
PEWGF:
Mastering this motion is required for the Perfect EWGF, meaning the motion was input in three frames. Linking a counterhit Down-Forward + 2 and then timing a PEWGF is one of the hardest moves in Tekken (and any fighting game). It is out of the scope of this tutorial, but this is the input to master. Please let us know if you would like to see a PEWGF breakdown tutorial in the future.
For now we are focusing on the characters who share this motion. For Kazuya it is an alternate way to throw out Electrics, but this is a privilege! Heihachi cannot do this for electrics... but it is the input for his Omen Thunder Godfist! If you main Heihachi, attack with 1 instead. Forward * Down + Forward + 1.
Reach Method / "Cheater" Electrics
Down + Forward + 2
Instead of using just your left hand, you can press Down + Forward + 2 all with your right hand. This allows you to ensure that the presses happen on the same frame.
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