Tekken 8 Shaheen Character Guide: All You Need to Know

Tekken 8 Shaheen Character Guide: All You Need to Know

Shaheen is a great first choice for players coming into Tekken 8. He covers most of the basic gameplay ideas in great fashion and leaves the door open for you to try to either master his fighting style of move over to another character.

If you plan to stick with Shaheen going forward, then after you learn the basics here, we highly recommend you watch pro player Ghirlanda's guide on the character.

However, this text guide is intended to give you a wider scope, and teach how to work up your way up with Shaheen so you can start taking names in Tekken's Ranked mode.

Shaheen's Gameplay

Fundamentally, Shaheen is a character who tries to chip away at his opponents' health. His immobility allows for this, as well as fishing for good whiff punishes and opening up opponents in the neutral. Once you have heat, you can start to be more proactive in your engagements and face down your opponents with the engaged.

An interesting side effect of being a simple character that is in contrast with other members of the Tekken 8 roster, Shaheen's defense focuses on Tekken fundamentals: Blocking and side-stepping.

Punishers

• 2,3 – great 10-frame punisher that gives you lots of options.
• snk df1.2 – great mid that removes the gray health.
• f2,3 – decent damage, deals 36 at the wall. Doesn’t wallsplat.
• 4,1 – a 14-frame punish that leaves you close to the opponent.
• df2 – a universal 15-frame launch punisher. Not bad, but go for the hopkick instead.
• f,N,4 – nice damage but there are better options.
• FC db1 – Shaheen has a good crouch game, and this is a nice punisher.
• WS4 – a generic WS punisher.
• WS3,3 – nice damage, wallsplats. Gives a tornado as well, keep it in mind.
• WS2 – oftentimes the best thing you can do.
• db2,1 – good option from afar if you can confirm it.
• df3 – great range, also tracks.

Launchers

• uf4
• df2
• WS2
• uf3
• CH b4
• 4,1
• WS1

Shaheen's Bread & Butter Combos

• Launcher d2 41 f23 tornado db2df snk3
• 3d/f d/b ws1 41 f23 tornado fcdf2 ff3
• D2 41 f23 tornado db2df snk3
• 41 f23 tornado db21
• 3df snk dbws1 f23 fcdf2 ff3

Wall combos

• fcdf2 !w fb2 df41delayed 3
• fcdf2 !w fb241b4
• fcdf2 !w f23 df1b4

Heat combos

• 3d/f d/b ws1 41 f23 tornado fcdf2 heat burst db21ff b4
• 3d/f d/b ws1 41 f23 tornado fcdf2 db21ff d2

Rage combos

• 3d/f d/b ws1 41 f23 tornado fcdf2 RA