Armor King (Tekken 6)

Armor King is a half-Mishima/half-King hybrid character with exceptional movement, poking, and whiff punishment who has a complete and ambiguous throw game to pressure and mixup opponents. An all-rounder villain in the ring.

Legend

cd: Crouch Dash

Starter Guide

Armor King has one of the best whiff punishing in the game with f+2,1 and cd 2 as well as outstanding movement and pokes, your main goal is to overwhelm your opponent with your movement and grabs to force them to whiff to punish with cd 2

Key Moves

These are the main moves you will want to use in a match.

f, hcf+1 (Giant Swing)

Startup	Hit Level	On Block	On Hit	On Counter
	H

65 damage (70 if it hits a wall) grab that armor king can use to mix opponents as shining wizard also has the same throw animation, but a different break, creating a 50/50 situation for your opponent

f,f,f+2+4 (Shining Wizard)

Startup	Hit Level	On Block	On Hit	On Counter
	H

Mix with the move above for a 50/50, may be hard to execute at point blank range

qcb+1+2 (Hades Drop)

Startup	Hit Level	On Block	On Hit	On Counter
	H

Another great throw that leaves you in front of your grounded opponent for more pressure

WS 4

Startup	Hit Level	On Block	On Hit	On Counter
	H

Fastest mid out of crouching to use in your wavedashes

d+3

Startup	Hit Level	On Block	On Hit	On Counter
17	L	-12	+1	+1

Plus on block low poke

d+4

Startup	Hit Level	On Block	On Hit	On Counter
h	L	-15	-4	-4

Good range, high crushing, low poke

f,f+3

Startup	Hit Level	On Block	On Hit	On Counter
18	H	0	KD	KD

Homing and neutral on block, can be ducked

f,f+2 (Demon's Paw)

Startup	Hit Level	On Block	On Hit	On Counter
17	M	-11	KD	KD

Approach tool, knocks down on hit

f+1+4

Startup	Hit Level	On Block	On Hit	On Counter
14	M	-17	KD	KD

Great range, guaranteed after a cd 4

Stance Moves

This is what you can do out of your stances.

cd 4

Startup	Hit Level	On Block	On Hit	On Counter
19	M	-9	KD	KD

Safe wallsplatting mid out of cd

cd 2 (Dark Upper)

Startup	Hit Level	On Block	On Hit	On Counter
14	H	-10	KD	KD

Amazing as a whiff punisher as it can be delayed for a huge dash

cd 1+4 or cd 2+3

Startup	Hit Level	On Block	On Hit	On Counter
	H

Starts your chain grabs, recommended to memorize all of them, more info below

Grab Tree

Combos

Combo resources can be found here.

Stance Transitions

How to get into stance.

Input	Transitions To
f,n,d,df	cd

Punishers

Use these moves when you have at least a +10 frame advantage to punish your opponent.

Frames	Standing	Crouching
10	2,1	FC 1
11	2,1	WS 4
12	b+1,2	WS 2
14	f+1+4	WS 2
15	uf+4	WS 2
16	uf+4	WS 1