Understanding Frame Data

Frame Data describes how much of an advantage or disadvantage a character is at after a move he or she performs is on block or hit.

Every attack in Tekken 7 has some Startup Frames and Recovery Frames on block, hit, and whiff. How fast a character recovers from an attack determines whether you can punish the attacker or not. For instance, every character’s 1 is a punch with 10 Startup Frames and is +1 on block. It means that if Player-A did 1 punch and Player-B blocked it, Player-A’s next move will come 1 frame faster than Player-B’s.

It is important that you have an idea of what your quickest attacks are and how to punish your opponent’s misplays. Now coming to attacks that are -10 frames or higher on block, all of them are considered punishable. Punishing an opponent depends upon a variety of factors like your character’s moves, wall-placement, etc. Generally, an attack that is -10 frames on block is punishable with a quick 1, 2. You can launch an opponent for a combo if you manage to punish an attack that is -15 on block.

Finally, coming to whiffs, every whiffed-attack in Tekken 7 is punishable. You can force an opponent to whiff an attack by moving out of its range, sidestepping, or by crouching the High attacks. For instance, if you manage to whiff Law’s 1, 2 by crouching as Jack-7, you should easily punish it with your WS + 1 with a quick follow-up combo.