Tag Throws are a special type of throw in Tekken Tag Tournament and Tekken Tag Tournament 2. They can be performed by every character with the exception of Devil and Kazuya Mishima when they are paired together in Tekken Tag Tournament. In a tag throw, the first character will grapple their opponent, tag out, then the second character will tag in while attacking.
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Generic tag throws are performed by pressing 2+5. The initial throw does not deal damage, only the tagged character's move deals damage. If the opponent tries to get up before the attack connects, the damage will be lower as it registers as a juggle.
A tag throw can only be performed while standing idle, crouching, walking forward, or walking or dashing back. In Tekken Tag Tournament, pressing 2+5 while dashing forward or running will cause the character to skid to a stop and tag out, leaving them open to attacks. However, if the 5 input is buffered prior to dashing or running and then 2 is pressed with 5 still held, the grab will occur. If 2+5 is pressed while tagging in, the move will not initiate. Additionally, with the exception of Ling Xiaoyu in her Hypnotist stance, a tag throw cannot be performed during a special stance, for example Hwoarang's Right Stance; pressing 2+5 will cause the character to tag out (in the case of Hwoarang), or no move will occur at all. Reverse Tag Throws (e.g. while back-turned) are not possible; the character will simply grab in the wrong direction.
In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, there are a set of generic tag throws that are dependent on who the current lead character is and occasionally depending on the partner as well.
Special, character-specific tag throws also appear in both Tag games. These are performed by inputting one of the character's normal throws and pressing 5 after the throw connects. The damage varies from 35-50 depending on the throw.
These throws are usually performed by pairs of characters who have some kind of connection to each other (e.g. Father and son Marshall and Forest Law can perform a special tag throw).
Generic tag throws are escaped by pressing 2 as they are treated as a right-handed throw while special tag throws are escaped by the input that breaks the initial throw. Additionally, in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, all Tag Throws now reduce recoverable health.
All generic throws in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 have special escape animations when the escaping characters are a tag team, but will change to generic escape animations when the character is solo.
Generic Tag Throws[]
Tekken Tag Tournament[]
- Boomerang: Eddy Gordo, Tiger Jackson (27 damage)
- Demon Scissors: Angel, Devil, Heihachi Mishima, Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima (25 damage)
- Falling Tree: Lei Wulong (15 damage)
- Foot Stomp: Julia Chang, Michelle Chang, Wang Jinrei (27 damage)
- Kneel Kick: Anna Williams, Nina Williams (20 damage)
- Front Layout: Ling Xiaoyu (25 damage)
- Hammer Heel: Baek Doo San, Ogre, True Ogre (Baek: 15 damage; Ogres: 20 damage)
- Knee Drop: Alex, Armor King, King, Roger (27 damage)
- Neutron Bomb: Paul Phoenix (20 damage)
- Pancake Press: Ganryu, Gun Jack, Jack-2, Kuma, Panda, Prototype Jack (26 damage)
- Poison Wind: Kunimitsu, Yoshimitsu (10 damage; Yoshimitsu can chain to Bronze Fist increasing the damage by 1)
- Rainbow Kick: Forest Law, Lee Chaolan (20 damage)
- Snake Edge: Bryan Fury (17 damage)
- Thunder Fall Kick: Jun Kazama (20 damage)
- Trample Attack: Bruce Irvin (15 damage)
- Tsunami Kick: Hwoarang (13 damage against the Jacks, Kuma, Panda and True Ogre, only the first kick connects; 15 damage against all others, only the last kick connects)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2[]
- Release German Suplex/Flying Kick (or Diving Clothesline if partner is King, Armor King, Marduk, or Jaycee)
- Float Over Double DDT (King, Armor King, Marduk, or Jaycee paired each other)
- Mule Kick/Running Shoulder Tackle
- Forward Electric Chair Drop/Somersault Cutter
- Double Suplex
- Camel Clutch/Chest Kick (Nina or Anna paired with someone)
- Elbow to kick/Sliding Kick (Women only except first character is Nina or Anna)
- Beat Down (Men only)
- Kicking Beat Down/Double Knees to the Head (men only)
- Double Rock Bottom
- Throw to Double Hammer Fist (Larger characters only)/Tornado Kick (if the team is a big character and small character)
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Trivia[]
- In one of the promotional photos for Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Dragunov and Bryan Fury are performing the Camel Clutch/Chest Kick generic tag throw in the photo (which is exclusively used by Nina or Anna paired with someone), but they can't perform this tag throw in the actual game.