Assuming you’re serious in thinking it’s a bad suggestion, I disagree. Help me does seriously play mokujin, and his videos of mokujin can give you a good idea of how to play such a character. Seeing how Help Me moves with him gives you an idea of the pace you’d like to set, ways to quickly realize what character you’re playing, and also good general tips on movement and strategy as a whole. Everyone should watch his mokujin.
Of course if you mean it’s retarded in that he’s retardedly good, yes, Help Me is amazing, lol
I’m sure he can tell what character he’s playing from the stance they have.
I said it’s retarded because you’ll be better off watching videos of characters you’re still having trouble using rather than watching Mokujin specific match videos.
Mokujin does however have longer/shorter limbs than the character’s he copying (for example, when he copies Xiao, he’ll have longer limbs, when he copies Marduk, he’ll have shorter ones), so maybe that’s a reason to watch Help Me’s Mokujin. Help Me definitely utilizes this difference to his advantage…but I doubt anyone in the world other than Help Me himself would be able to really use Mokujin’s unique limb length effectively.
Yes, technically you can just watch character specific players for maximum learning efficiency, but I also agree that Help Me’s Mokujin is a sight to watch. As someone who aspires to some day become proficient with all the characters, I look up to Help Me’s Mokujin as a long-term goal.
And the differences in limb length will make a difference for someone like me who eventually wants to get a good grip of all the characters. T5DR had a section in TZ for Mokujin that while small, had specific combos laid out against each character.
I understand where you’re coming from, though. I’m probably not gonna get to that stage for a while so at this time limb differences is still not priority for me.
My theory is that most people in the FG community are hardcore and thus, tend to stick to the 1 or a few characters rule and really don’t see the need to learn every character in-depth except how to fight or defend against them. I embrace a learning all the characters philosophy simply b/c I toned down my hardcore-ness and in a way became more of a casual player, but at the same time the benefit was I learn a game much faster and my defense becomes better because I know what to expect. That’s another can of worms though.
If anything, people should just watch Help Me’s Moku to admire his amazing skill with a broad range of chars.
I’m also looking to see if there are any other Tekken pros like Help Me who play all the characters really well. In fact, are there any people like that for SF4 and the other games? Hmm…interesting.
vs the “watch characters you need to get stronger with” to improve your Mokujin…
Sure, strategy is strategy. On the side of combos, however, your point is flawed. If you think you can just x-copy character combos from everyone, think again.
*and you already mentioned the differences in arm length…if you think you can use the same set-ups as Moku-Jack as Jack, you’ll find yourself poorly mistaken and it could cost you the match
But that’s just it, you aren’t always better off watching specific videos. Help Me’s Mokujin can show you a simplistic, EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE way of playing every character. He hasn’t mastered every character, but he has mastered the basics of tekken. I would actually suggest that people watch his Mokujin before they ever go near watching character specific matches, just so they learn the basics of movement, getting up, and general mindgames.
There are a shit ton of people who will watch character specific videos, learn their bound combos, and still have no clue how to get out of oki mixups, or manipulate the stage, or use basic baiting and punishment tactics. That’s why you watch Help Me.
quick question. can somebody explain to me what all this tekken god, tekken emperor, tekken lord stuff is? is that how you tell whos the better player is? im new to tekken so ye.