< Tekken 5
Tekken's controls are split into two sets, attacks and directions.
- Four attack buttons: left punch, right punch, left kick and right kick.
- Eight directional inputs: up, down, left, right and the corresponding diagonals
Universal Inputs
Movement
- Holding forward (
) will make you walk forward
- Holding back (
) will make you walk backwards and guard mids and highs.
- Holding down (
) will make you crouch and duck highs.
- Holding up (
) will make you jump.
- Tapping forward (
) twice will make you dash forward.
- Tapping backward (
) twice will make you backdash.
- Tapping up (
) will make you sidestep into the background.
- Tapping down (
) will make you sidestep into the foreground.
- Tapping up and then pressing and holding the input (
) will make you sidewalk into the background.
- Tapping down and then pressing and holding the input (
) will make you sidewalk into the foreground.
Knockdown Options
Misc
- Tapping diagonally down-forward (
) right as a low attack connects with you will make your character do a low parry.
- Tapping back,back then diagonally up-back (
) while your back is against the wall will make your character do their wall jump attack.