Armor King (Tekken 6)

Armor King (Tekken 6)

Character

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

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		-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

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
10	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