r/Fighters • u/RainbowPunch2203 • 1d ago
Equipment Should I buy a fight stick?
I recently got into tekken because my friend is asking me to and I'm quite interested in the game but my problem is that I'm not familiar with using a controller and I have trouble trying to execute a move that require pressing 2 inputs at once so after I do some research I feel like the fight stick is a combination of a keyboard and a controller so I need an expert opinion on this
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u/gorgonfr 1d ago
Stick, pad, leverless, all require time to learn and are valid choices for Tekken. Pad is probably even the best choice. You should adjust your expectations. Learning Tekken is fun! No one starts on Master level.
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u/Dragon-Install-MK4 1d ago
You can bind buttons to hit two buttons at once in the controller settings of the game,
Now regardless of whatever you play on you will have to get adjusted to the device you pick to play on fight sticks / lever less may feel off to you aswell also there not all equal in terms of quality some may feel really bad to play and some will feel fantastic
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u/Legitimate-Beat-9846 1d ago
You don’t need to if you don’t want and you can just bind 2 inputs in 1 button with the extra buttons a controller has. I always do 1+2 and 3+4 to the lt and rt buttons since i could
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u/PsychoCrusher1717 1d ago
I mean if you're not used to using a controller I don't think it matters too much which one you choose, they'll all take time to learn. Leverless might be good for you if you're used to a keyboard, thats basically what most newer players use now.
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u/Individual_One_111 19h ago
I use this as a pad player. Dpad is micro switch buttons…. Arkodd padbox. It’s a nice middle ground if you don’t want to go leverless
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u/Mobile_Fudge_4744 11h ago
Stick is the most fun way to play but it doesn't make you better at the game.
You'll be worse for a little bit until you get used to it
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u/derkyn 9h ago
I've never had a proper lever for fighting games, but I had an arcade one and I enjoyed it. Even I'm thinking of geting a fight stick because I'm so tired of having to repair the d-pad of the ds4 or any gamepad that I have bought before it so many times.
Does fight sticks and leverless solve this problem?
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u/GeneralBrwni1 Virtua Fighter 6h ago edited 6h ago
Arcade stick is something you should only really use if it's specifically more fun or comfortable for you, and nobody can really tell you what your own preference is. As far as general ease of use, most people lean towards gamepad (most games have macros for multiple button presses, so I have trouble with square+triangle but not circle+triangle, so I'll bind a macro for that if I need to). If you want the controller that gives you the greatest advantage, you would pick leverless (basically a fightstick but the stick is replaced with 4 directional buttons).
If you really think that your only problem is pressing multiple buttons at once, and you don't like macros, and you can't get used to leverless (if you have PC fighting games, keyboard can be a stand-in for leverless so you can see if you like it), then maybe arcade stick could be the best option for you, but I still recommend testing it out first if you can, like if somebody you know has an arcade stick you can borrow.
Keep in mind that any controller you pick will require practice to have less inputs that you mess up, and any controller that you aren't good with right now you can get better with if it's what you want to (or have to) use. The only thing I would say is that sometimes poor quality pads can be difficult to use, like some d-pads are really hard to hit the down-back direction, and then you can't block low and just die.
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u/TryToBeBetterOk Virtua Fighter 1d ago
If you're not used to a stick, it'll take a while for you to get used to.
Try a leverless controller as it's all buttons. Think of it as 4 dedicated buttons for WASD movement, then buttons for the attacks.