Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Season 3's second chacracter has arrived, Bob is here!
In this guide, you will learn how to
-deal with his key moves
-punish him correctly
-use Xiaoyu's toolkit and evasiveness
-handle Bob's stances
First impressions:
Just like in Tekken 7, Bob's poking game and neutral game seems to be very strong. While he kept his identity from T7 intact, the addition of his scary heat moves and the g clef heat engager makes him even stronger than back then.
In general, I can see a weakness to SSR which comes in handy as we can do SSR AOP with Xiaoyu. There are multiple strings where going straight into (SSR) AOP can work as an option select, so we really need to practice these situations.
Speaking of practice, due to his big body hurtbox our BnB standing 3 combo route will not work, so make sure to lab the right combos against Bob's -14 moves. You can either go for 3, ff3, and then continue with RDS db4, or go straifght for db2 after the standing 3 - it also depends on the pushback as db2 can whiff as a followup. Waning Moon works well against his power crush.
His hatchet in heat and the uf1 natural combo string, the g clef, the stronger 12f punisher in heat, the overall combo damage, good lows, and wall carry...I do believe Bob is very strong currently. I can see him being placed in the top 10 at least right now.
So we need to get ready for this matchup!
Enjoy!
0:00 Intro and general overview
1:19 Key Moves
1:21:38 WS/FC/SS Moves
1:31:03 United Step
1:34:54 Spinner Ball Stance
1:40:35 Throws and Parries
1:42:20 Heat Engagers and Heat Moves
1:53:38 Transitions into Spinner Ball
1:56:53 Final Thoughts on the Matchup and Summary
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Season 3's second chacracter has arrived, Bob is here!
In this guide, you will learn how to
-deal with his key moves
-punish him correctly
-use Xiaoyu's toolkit and evasiveness
-handle Bob's stances
First impressions:
Just like in Tekken 7, Bob's poking game and neutral game seems to be very strong. While he kept his identity from T7 intact, the addition of his scary heat moves and the g clef heat engager makes him even stronger than back then.
In general, I can see a weakness to SSR which comes in handy as we can do SSR AOP with Xiaoyu. There are multiple strings where going straight into (SSR) AOP can work as an option select, so we really need to practice these situations.
Speaking of practice, due to his big body hurtbox our BnB standing 3 combo route will not work, so make sure to lab the right combos against Bob's -14 moves. You can either go for 3, ff3, and then continue with RDS db4, or go straifght for db2 after the standing 3 - it also depends on the pushback as db2 can whiff as a followup. Waning Moon works well against his power crush.
His hatchet in heat and the uf1 natural combo string, the g clef, the stronger 12f punisher in heat, the overall combo damage, good lows, and wall carry...I do believe Bob is very strong currently. I can see him being placed in the top 10 at least right now.
So we need to get ready for this matchup!
Enjoy!
0:00 Intro and general overview
1:19 Key Moves
1:21:38 WS/FC/SS Moves
1:31:03 United Step
1:34:54 Spinner Ball Stance
1:40:35 Throws and Parries
1:42:20 Heat Engagers and Heat Moves
1:53:38 Transitions into Spinner Ball
1:56:53 Final Thoughts on the Matchup and Summary
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