- 30 July 2021
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Beating Bob's 2,1,4 (all characters)
(Check out our glossary as you read this article for definitions of the jargon used)
This list is based on version 4.20 of Tekken 7. You can watch the accompanying video below and use the tables below for reference.
Base characters
| Character | Easy | Hard | Wall | Rage art | Rage drive | SWL | Evasive move | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alisa | b+4,4,3+4 (1,2,1) and f+3,2 | ff+1+2 and d+3+4 | 2,4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | |
| Asuka | d/f+2,1+2 and b+3 | lol | SS2 and d/b+1,2 | Yes | No | No | - | |
| Bob | d/b+1+2 into b+2 or b+2,2,4,4 | CD1 and u/f+2,3,3+4,4 | u/f+1+2,1+2 | No | No | No | b,f+1 | |
| Bryan | SS1 or SWR 3,3,2 | f,b+2 | SS1 or 1+2,2 | Yes | Yes | No | - | |
| Claudio | f+3+4 into 3+4 or 2,1,2 | SSR dash uf4 | b+1 or b+4,2 | Yes | Yes | No | b+3+4 | |
| Devil Jin | SS2 or d+3+4 | EWGF or SWR d/f+3,2,4 | f+3 or f+1+2 | Yes | Yes | No | b+3 | |
| Dragunov | d/f+2 (don’t double tap sidestep) | - | b+1+2, u/f+1 or b+4,3 | Yes | In Theory | Yes | qcb2 | |
| Eddy | SS3+4 | b+2,3,3 | SS2 into b+2,4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | b+1+2 and d/b+3+4 both at wall | |
| Feng | f+3,4 or f+1+2 | - | f+3,4 or f+1+2 | No | No | No | u/f+2 and b,f+1 | |
| Gigas | d+2 | b+1 | Launch into throw | Yes | Sure | No | - | |
| Heihachi | b+3,3 or b+1+2,1+2 | EWGF or ff2 | f+2,3 or b+2 | No | Yes | No | d/b+1+2 even at wall) | |
| Hwoarang | d/f+2 and b+3 | JFSR | d/f+2 and b+3 | No | Yes but No Point | No | b+1 | Don’t use f+3 |
| Jack-7 | d/f+2 and d/b+1+2 | f,f+1+2 | d/f+2 and f+1+2 | Yes | No (Too Slow) | No | - | Can’t SWR but can SSR |
| Jin | d+3+4 | EWHF, CD1 | EWHF, CD1, b+4 | Yes | Yes | No | Parry | Parry is only +14 |
| Josie | d/f+2 and b+1+2 | CD2 | d/f+2 and f+2,4 | No | Yes | No | b+3+4 inconsistently | Can sidewalk to back easily |
| Katarina | 3,3,3,3,3 or d/f+3,3 into u/b+4 | SWR u/f+4,4 or ff2,4 (both need specific timing) | 3,4 | Yes | No | No | b+3+4 inconsistently | Very Poor Options |
| Kazumi | u/f+4 and f+3~f, 2 | d/f+1,2 and 3,1 | Yes | Yes | No | d/b+1+2 inconsistently | ||
| Kazuya | SS3 or iWS1,2 | EWGF, ff3, iWS2 | d/f+1,f+2 | Yes | Don’t | No | - | |
| King | SS2 | Immediate u/f+4 ord/b+2 | f+2,1 or b+2,1 or f+4 | No | Yes | No | ||
| Kuma | d/f+2,1 or f+1+2 or b,f+2 | ff2 | f+2,1 or d+1+2 | Yes | Yes | No | - | |
| Lars | f+1+2 (not recommended),all launchers except uf4 | f,b+2,1 (recommended) | f+2,4 or f,b+2,1 | No | No | No | d/b+1+2 | |
| Law | d/f+2 and SS3+4 | junkyard on the side | No | Yes (Don’t) | No | b+3+4 | Punishing on this axis is beneficial to Law | |
| Lee | f+3,3,3,3,3,4 or SS3+4 | d/f+3,2,3 on the side | f,f+3 | Yes | Yes | No | - | Other launchers work if done immediately |
| Leo | d/f+2 or SS1+2 | f,f+4,3 | No | Yes | No | d/b+3 | Armour move too slow to punish | |
| Lili | d+3+4 (recommended) | d/f+3+4 or iWS2 (recommended) | 2,4 or f+2,3 | Yes | Yes | YES | b+1+2 (strict timing) | She can sidestep both sides very easily |
| Lucky Chloe | d/f+3,3 or 2:2 | (hard)f+4,4 or 3,4 on the side | Yes | Yes | No | f+1+2 and d/b+1+2 (recommended) | launchers are very inconsistent and give bad combos | |
| Master Raven | immediate d/f+2 (no 3) or f+4 or b+2,2 on the side | qcf4 or ff3 (not recommended) into f+1+2 | f+3,2 or f+2,3 | Yes | No | No | b+1+2 | |
| Miguel | d/f+2,1 | f,f+3 | f+2,1 or f+4,2 (avoid f+1+2) | Yes | Only Immediately | Yes | - | Punishes must be immediate (which is possible because of his good movement) and will always be off axis |
| Nina | Immediate d/f+2 or all her launchers | f+2,1,4 on the side for proper axis | f+3 | Yes | Yes (No Sidewalk) | No | - | Everything meaningful works. Don’t go for d/f+3,4 string though. |
| Paul | f,f+3 | qcb3,2,3 into b4 or qcf3 | u/b+2 or f+1+2 into d+1+2 | Yes | No | No | b,f+2 and f+1+4 | don’t use demo man or qcf+3+4. |
| Shaheen | d/b+4 into 4,1, d/b+2 SNK 4,1 or d/f+2 into d/b+2 or 2,3 | b+1 into f,b+2 (unless they duck) | d/f+2 | Yes | Yes | No | - | Avoid using d/b+2,1, f,b+2 and u/f+4. Learn the off axis combos very well. |
| Steve | b+1,2 or qcf1 | Deep step: u/b+2, (if they don’t duck) 2,1~f PXB1,2,1 | 4 DKR 2 or qcf1 | Yes | No | No | 4 | b+2 into d/f+1+2 works. Sometimes you get a situational combo with d+2,1 f+3~2 |
| Xiaoyu | u/b+3+4 | f+3,1,1+2 into f+1+2 | AOP1+2 | 90% success | No | No | b+1 interrupts | don’t bother with AoP. Make a deep sidewalk to get to their back. AoP loses to (2)1,4 |
| Yoshimitsu | SS2 or d/f+2 | f,d,d/f+1 | d/f+2 or f+4 | Yes | Yes | No | b+3 and b+4 (no punish guaranteed) | Stick to SS2 |
Guests and DLC
| Character | Easy Punish | Hard Punish | Wall | Rage Art | Rage Drive | SWL | Evasive Move | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akuma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | He has to either armour with d/f+1+2 or use DP2 |
| Anna | b+2,2 into ff4 | d/f+3,3,3,1 into ff3 | d/b+3+4,3 or f+2+3 | Yes | Yes | No | - | - |
| Armour King | SWR b+2,1,2 | Dark Upper | b+3 | No | No | No | b+1+4 | If using f+2,1 then delay the 1 |
| Eliza | 2,2 DP 1 | b+4 DP 1 | b+3,4 | No | - | No | b+1+2 | Worth practising. Tailspin immediately after launch. |
| Fahkumram | quick SS4 | ff+1+2 | 3+4 | Yes | Yes | No | - | Avoid SS4 and strings at the wall |
| Ganryu | SS1 | SWR 2,1,2 or SWR 1+2,1+2 | b+1+2 | Yes | Yes | No | b,f+1 | Walls can really inconvenience |
| Geese | 2,f+1 or b+3,2 | - | 2,f+1 or f+4 | Yes (No Rave) | - | No | EZ PZ | |
| Julia | b+4 | SWR 1,2,1,1 or SWR 4,4,1 | d+1+2 or ff+1+2 | No | Yes | No | - | Very Big damage potential |
| Kunimitsu | d/f+2 | SWR jab strings | f+2,3 | No | Yes | No | - | Surprisingly little options and conversions |
| Negan | d/f+2 or 4,2 into 1+2 | lol | 1+2 or b+1+2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | f+2+3 | Alot of his movelist connects |
| Noctis | b+4,1+2 | d/b+1+2 or SWR 2,2,2,2,2 | f+4,2 | No | Yes | No | - | His standard launchers are extremely unreliable |
| Lei | SS4 | ff+3 | 3,3 | Not near wall | - | No | d/b+1+2 | |
| Leroy | 1+2,1+2,1 | f,f+2,2 | f,f+1+2 | No | No | No | u/f+1 Parry (+12) | Alot of his movelist doesn’t work |
| Lidia | 3:2 | ff3 or b+3,4qcf1+2 or qcf2,2bff1+2 | Yes (Cool Cam) | Yes | No | - | ||
| Marduk | d/f+1 or u/f+1+2 | f+3,2 | b+3+4 | Yes | Yes | No | - | Alot of his movelist connects |
| Zafina | f+3 or f+2,3,4 | SS1+2 into d/f+3,4 | f,f+2 or ff4 | Yes | No | Yes | strange interaction with b+1+2 | d/f+2 and rage drive work if the sidestep is really short |