Which Character Should a Tekken Newcomer Pick?

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I'm PhiDX, I play Tekken professionally for @ParagonFGC and ArcadeShock.

[@whizthesugoi]

"Character choice influences the skills you learn and how well you learn them. That being said, pick who looks cool to you, if you don't have fun learning you won't learn to begin with" - Majas, 2021 or 2022 idk

[@SonOfTheNorthe]

"Strong Pokemon. Weak Pokemon. Such is the selfish conception of people. A true Pokemon trainer should use their favorites.

[@tabkg5802]

Ah yes Majas. The evil twin of Anuyij and F-Nairb

[@DrEcho]

​@@tabkg5802and Yummy Stew

[@barba3377]

Truer words where never spoken. I started playing Tekken seriously with Tekken6, and despite being widely regarded as a "difficult" characters, i sticked with Raven because he was so cool. Now i'm stuck mighty ruler in T8, but that's besides the point 😅

[@arjunratnadev]

I like Bruce Lee and Boxing so it's either Law or Steve and mostly I'm trying to enjoy learning Steve and King looks epic pulling off those great wrestling moves too

[@truesuce]

not even new to tekken just love to hear phi talk abt this game

[@datguy6745]

same hahaha

[@liabilitylinda3501]

Me watching this video even tho I picked my mains years ago 👁️👄👁️

[@datguy6745]

@@liabilitylinda3501 also same, and i already have a pool of next mains i decided on once i finally get out of redrank with Reina x)

[@panbrzozka9265]

5:21 nice jumpscare

[@blksmiith]

bird

[@guilhermearaujo4414]

FNAF aah bird

[@forsak3n749]

@@guilhermearaujo4414that bird looks a bit like you.

[@guilhermearaujo4414]

@@forsak3n749 Thx for the complement pal

[@abraxe5469]

@@forsak3n749naw it looks like you

[@pixelbomb97]

And that's why I play Kuma. Because I'm a dork that likes making bear puns when I win. He's the only one that makes learning matchups bearable. 😉

[@Vert_GreenHeart]

I see what you did there...

[@MisanThrope-cu1mw7fj3p]

Good to see a man who can bear his burdens with dignity.

[@yogxoth1959]

Wise words. I’ll have to hibernate on that.

[@pkshd]

Have you gotten any grizzly responses from opponents that you beat?

[@pretzel_aksmash353]

This is the only acceptable reason to play bears lol

[@moremiso]

Thanks for taking a very common, tired old question and making it really interesting. "Every character will hold you back in some ways and boost you in others." Great stuff.

[@DrEcho]

5:22 🕊️

[@MisanThrope-cu1mw7fj3p]

Absolutely agree. Learning a character you don't like is just work. Learning someone you enjoy watching and\or feels good playstyle-wise is pleasure, even if you aren't winning.

[@SunOfRay]

bro i cant thank you enough im new to tekken and i was confused on how i can improve but your guides helped me a TON. i hope to be good as you one day

[@shindig9000]

Well said 🙏 Feels like some nice extra context was added in places where other videos don't usually cover as well when it comes to this topic.

[@ToluElswordCEO]

i already subbed after the last video, as someone who played tekken in his younger days and finally with tekken 8 i have time again to pick up one of my fav games to take it more seriously, ive been studying your videos to the best i can thanks!

[@facksmasheen]

As you start to run through all the most common beginner questions it might be a good idea to have a FAQ playlist or something that could be linked to in twitch chat with a command. When I'm around I try to answer as much as I can, but the barrage of repeat questions gets a little tiring. Nice to see the stream (and YT) blowing up 👍

[@tyleryft4484]

I’m brand new to tekken and I picked Dragonuv because I liked that you could make him look like Toji and he has sick grappling and throws. I played some training to get some strings and throws down and overall just felt how he moved. Jumped into ranked and started getting blasted, still quite fun 😃

[@00Clank]

As per usual the advice in just about every single character-based game is to pick whichever you think is cool and the rest will follow. I do like the extra spice of nuance about how once you feel a degree of mastery learning another character can be a good way to expand your skills.

[@inspectorkenobi]

I never took fighting games seriously but thought i might try it with tekken 8 and get some fundamentals. Sure i watched some tierlist for which character is easy to pick up and tried those characters but in the end i didnt have fun because most of them didnt fit my style of playing. After that i played every character a bit and stuck with steve. He may not be the easiest character but i have fun with him even when i lose. It makes learning so much easier and better.

[@LuminousHilt]

I loved that you started with asking, "What is your goal?". I've seen too many scenarios where someone who plans to play casually is devalued for being a casual player. And the only suggestions given are for pros who want to play sweaty. I appreciate your patience and attention to the casuals. Thank you!

[@PhiDX]

Games are meant to be fun! Some of us are nerds who take it extra seriously lmao

[@drewneuwirth1052]

Thank you for answering my question! Means a lot to get clarity!

[@SerpenSquamata]

The Lili and Reina explanations really helped to understand a bit of their gameplan and what to be on the lookout for when facing them.

[@ValbrandrLeonhardt]

I've been playing Lili since T6, and I have to agree with this guy, she is kind of a scrubby character. The game plan is very much still to fish for ch and whiff punish, but she has so many free damage pokes.

[@ddok907]

Very informative and satisfying video! Loved it :)

[@gelatobear9159]

5:22 pidgeon

[@GloomDev]

This is great advice and very insightful. My character crisis was stressing me out haha. I'll play who I wanted to play without fear of being 'held back'. Thanks.

[@alfredmanzano680]

This is the best advice for any fighting game.

[@thecasualspeedrunner9813]

This is great advice! I got stuck at red with yoshi in this game, so I decided to give him a break and learn a new character I always liked watching, Dragunov. Specifically I liked the patience and more defensive play style of dragunov can play so I learned him that way. Now my defense is much better and im punishing lows that are seeable because I practiced my defense in lower ranks then where my yoshi was at.

[@c4ffeineaddict]

Your channel js growing so fast!

[@ddreamlezz]

Thank you PhiDX this helped out as I was on the fence between Lee and Asuenta but after this I'll stick with Lee as I just love his personality, his cool looking combos, and just his marvelous personality

[@CRACKK]

Lee the GOAT.

[@nozushii]

Tell everyone to play Lili, she is the ultimate being

[@kaztheunbreakable]

I love how lili mains flocked to this guys page and never left

[@nozushii]

You know I was a phidx fan before he even played Tekken8 right? Like I was watching his youtube before it was even poppin, because I liked how smart he was. I loved watching his noctis and wish that character was in Tekken8.@@kaztheunbreakable

[@Reydriel]

@@kaztheunbreakable We would have never guessed he'd become a Lili main lmao, ONE OF US ONE OF US

[@Dracobyte]

Great guide!!

[@arbaman4676]

Dude your outro is so fire

[@mccollio0909]

You King stuff resonated with me totally. A was a noob a year and a half ago in Tekken 7 and chose marduk. Shot up to red very quickly, but he limited my fundamental learning massively. The irony is I started maining Dragunov to learn fundamentals... And now he's the one on steroids in tekken 8 😂

[@goddi2055]

best outro fr love it

[@Madolcheplayer]

In fgs I tend to pick well-rounded characters as they make feel like I get to enjoy all aspects of the game with them, have tools for most situations I find myself in and I am less likely to lose or win based on gimmicks and/or loop-sided matchups. From what I’ve heard Jun(my main), Jin, Shaheen and maybe Leroy are the well-rounded characters in Tekken 8; would maining these characters make you less likely to stunt your growth in certain aspects of the game? And more specifically, what are the ways maining Jun would “stunt my growth in certain ways”?

[@Divin3Valor]

PhiDX is a man of culture, I approve

[@zacksomers1811]

eddy was my main in t7 which was my first real tekken game.i learned him because i remember getting cooked by him as a kid on like tekken 3 at the skating rink, so i said i wanna learn how to actually be good with him. so i did. but i eventually started seeing the holes in his kit when i ran into higher level people and saw how easily most of his stuff can be shut down. so i started learning others, and im a masochist who likes an execution challenge so i learned electrics(still cant figure out how to pewgf), i learned Lee, i learned Leo and dragunov with their stance cancels, (didnt make it to bryan taunt stuff it is hard) but the thing i really learned while doing all that was you can get really good at whatever character you want in tekken and they can all stomp any other character once youre good enough. but the biggest thing that made me better about branching out and getting a taste of more characters is that you can know your combos perfect all day long, but if you dont understand what another player is thinking on their character then youre gonna have a way harder time stopping them from enforcing their game plan on you. my advice for picking a character is start with who you think looks cool, maybe go watch a combo video of what they can do, if they still appeal to you after that give them a shot. execution in tekken can be scary for everybody not just new players, but if you love the character and you keep wanting to play them you just have to stick to it and you will get better and more wins. it's called practice for a reason. and you know what they say, practice gets perfects.

[@SoldierLuka]

I mained Kazumi In T7 cuz "looks cool and has a tiger" and fell in love with her over time. In T8, I'm really enjoying Reina a lot! She might over take Kazumi in my heart with more time, but I am committed to Reina for the foreseeable future. Picking someone who you "vide with" or "feels good in your hands" is so important. Not just in Tekken but every Fighting game

[@bennymountain1]

Milk toast character vibes with no personality users, shocker

[@JordansMortalKombatAdven-xn3qo]

I’m actually deeply interested in getting to a tournament level of play so I can go to at least local tournaments once a week in my hometown so, yeah hopefully this will help me find my character for that

[@beefyboi64]

I'm playing Jun cause she's who I learned on back in TT2. I've barely played since so I'm still intermediate at best, but I love the way her moves seem to flow so naturally from one to the other and it's been fun to see myself improve. Getting familiar with her move set has helped me spot the many gaps in my fundamentals (if anyone has good advice for spotting and reacting to low sweeps/launches please lmk). But yeah, I think getting familiar enough with one character so that you have access to all their tools will inevitably make you notice your fundamental weaknesses in defense/movement/reaction/etc.

[@jamiebuyers]

I naturally gravitate towards Paul. I'm a good keep out player who likes to play defensively, punish and bait out a counter hit/launch then combo for massive damage then pressure to kill or revert back to defensive once my turn is over. Paul is amazing at that but I worry like Tekken 7 that his gameplan becomes very tricky to implement at higher ranks due to certain moves just being unsafe that you can get away with in lower ranks. I've always loved Bryan and he is similar imo with more depth and way higher skill ceiling so I'm taking his opportunity with T8 to commit to fully learning him, having lots of fun so far and lots of losses which is all good because the wins are super satisfying as I learn knowing the sky is the limit with him.

[@alncdr]

The problem with Bryan is he's not harder because he gets many new opportunities, he's harder because he lost some of his tools, has wack heat and heat smash. It's like playing Tekken 7 in Tekken 8

[@vampirecountingmoneyup2248]

phish putting out great videos

[@edern337]

I immediately picked Victor when I started out and stuck with him so far, but I kinda hit a plateau around red ranks so I figured I should try other characters to broaden my skillset and I feel like I opened Pandora's Box. So many characters that seem interesting and I really want to play.

[@barcster2003]

Every character does different stuff.

[@Pluggstat1on]

Bro I literally just subscribed just Because you literally said everything I Been feeling. I use hwoarang cause they don’t have my favorite character from tekken 7, I love kicking fighters. So I’m pretty much stuck at a plateau with him where I need too learn more moves, & I Been losing Back to Back since Becoming ranked assailant & want too Be a tekken King lol

[@joaomarcosgsp7515]

Hello! I'm curious you mentioned Kazumi for a character that teaches you everything in t7, but not Shaheen. What areas do you think he may not teach you very well in t8?

[@garymichalles8383]

Clearly, he just forgot about Shaheen... because everyone forgets he's even in the game😂😢

[@GammaBeastBoy]

So i have been maining victor since the game dropped. i had to take a break cause my controller broke. its coming in a few weeks and I'm debating rather i should change character/ pick up a secondary. the options are nina (played her a bit in the beta), raven, or leroy. I have every intention of going t o local tournmets and want to really get good at this game. i do enjoy vicotor a lot but i see his flaws already. im not opposed to staying with him but im also open to moving him to a secondary or dropping him for another character. im willing to put in the time to learn so with that in mind what should i do?

[@JoaoPCPimenta]

In the end you’ll have to train and spend a lot of time with any character so just choose the one who’s fun to you! I was being stubborn about learning Xiaoyu because her style was so pretty, but learning her was feeling like a chore. I just played Nina the other day and she’s more difficult because of execution but I just have fun playing with her and it doesn’t feel like such a chore anymore.

[@fiecons3190]

Hey Phi! Just here rewatching your tekken 8 videos just cause they’re all so informative and helpful! I just started taking tekken seriously and have been practicing Nina for quite a bit now! Is there any chance at all that you could do a video relating to using Nina? Thank you!

[@cikame]

I think it's entirely about picking the characters that appeal to you, if you like someone's aesthetics you'll stick with them. When it comes to just starting and learning the basics i'm surprised Paul didn't come up, i've always seen him as a learner character in the past, i taught a friend basic combos using Paul because his moves are straightfoward and easy to read, he's got an uppercut, a hop kick, a fun power move that gets you used to doing moves after QCF, i tend to go for complicated characters but i've actually been thinking about picking up Paul so i can experience the simple life.

[@cikame]

@@rhinoman86 Oh don't worry i would change the awful hair.

[@aomafura3374]

I mained Anna and T7.. spent months trying to break through purple ranks. Decided to switch and main bears for my defense. Now I have both at blue ranks. Its great

[@mjackels1377]

My main from 7 (Bob) isn’t in 8, and I was trying to find a new “main”. There are characters who I think are cool and sick designs, but their move sets don’t feel very natural to me. Like I love Raven’s design, but I don’t vibe with the move set naturally. I can sit there and lab for days, but my progress is much slower than finding a character I feel better with naturally. Lars has so far been my favorite, with great launchers and mixups and aggression. His combos are fairly complex and nothing like what I’m used to from Bob in 7, but the core kit felt good and I’ve forced myself to make adjustments in order to start mastering his combos and tweaking them to my liking. On top of that I do think his kit feels so rewarding and visually stunning! Finally jumped on ranked for the first time a few days ago and I’ve been going on some crazy runs like 20 win streaks 😅 jumped up to Orange ranks pretty fast, hoping to get at least to get blue+ Thanks again for your insight Phidx! Hope to meet u at EVO this year! Gonna be interesting to experience it at the new venue 🤙

[@xleaselife]

I haven't played Tekken since Tekken Tag 1, and I was by no means serious with that game. I spammed all day long, never learned any mechanics. I picked this game up because of Reina. I love everything about her style, design and persona. I am having so much fun learning how to play, and I've seen myself improve astronomically just in the span of a few weeks, while fully understanding I'm still a beginner. My determination is to stick with this game for the long haul, and see how far I can take my skills. P.S.: Phi's videos have been my primary courses for learning. This man is such a good teacher.

[@syahrules]

I remember when I first started playing Tekken 7 again 1.5 years ago. I picked up Dragunov and was going through so many wins with my aggression until I plateaud so hard. I finally watched a JDCR video about beginner characters and picked Paul and Shaheen. These characters really taught me proper game fundamentals. Then I picked up Steve it taught me to be patient. PhiDx was definitely on point with how each character has its own flavor and how it can help you grow differently

[@SGHNTZ]

Actually if you need to be aggressive with a character to be effective with them, then that's never a good beginner friendly character, a beginner friendly character is who will teach you not only how to poke, but also how to block.

[@Brieg_Skald]

Interesting point of view and that confirms my opinion about picking your main, thank you for this video. It doesn't matter if you want to play a hard character if you're a beginner as long as you like it, you just need to be aware it will take time to be at ease with it. If you're okay with that, just enjoy and don't care about the rest. You could pick an easy character that you'll learn in minutes but you'll have to catch up with deadly mecanics instead. Either way, the result is the same. Heads or Tails, the coin is still the same coin. It just changes the perspective but if you don't like the coin at all, then it's pointless.

[@mikoroyamagata139]

Stunning growth is real from every character, since I use Shaheen I'm used to attack with my lows, but when I used Reina, I felt that how I play doesn't work on her, so Imma just learn more HAHAHA

[@armoredsushi1619]

As a new Tekken player, I really like Steve and his play style+looks. But man, it was tough trying to understand him.

[@KDRAH]

I was in the same boat. I probably lost like 65 games in the beginning trying to play him because everything was super confusing. I stuck with him started practicing more and then I started to win games. now I reached warrior rank, its not much but considering that I was close to giving up on steve makes it mean more to me.

[@stoolpigeon9350]

Yo that pigeon at 5:21 though. Spooky.

[@matrix3509]

Just play who you like. You're enjoyment of the character will carry you through your losses.

[@despicableree58]

As a new player, a beginner character from the suggestions in the video was perfect for me. After improving online, I eventually felt comfortable branching away from my beginner character. If a character feels too difficult at the start, there’s always picking them up later once you feel more ready.

[@prodbyayoj]

This is why I picked up Raven. He's hard af to use to me (mainly because of BT shenanigans), but I faced my fears and made it all the way to Red Ranks. I'm having a blast learning him, and best believe I'm not dropping Raven any time soon!

[@kbigglesworth]

*opens character select for the first time * Me: “I want my opponent to have no idea how they lost. I want to have no idea how I won….” YOSHIMITSU!!!!!

[@caseyogden7105]

picked up the game as lee, absolutely loving it

[@markshonk450]

Bc this is my first tekken my plain was to learn a new character each weekish. Is that a good idea or just pick one and stay with that character

[@OctopusH2O]

Pick one and stay until you get tired of it, if that doesn’t happen within 5 days/ a week than you have found your main

[@johnm.636]

What's your thoughts on hworang... You skipped over him... I'm hard stuck at Garyu rank with him..😅

[@Kaizer_Ulysses]

8:11 relatable

[@aren_gee]

I consider myself a beginner due to me not having the money to buy hardware to play Tekken, even during Tekken 5 as a student. Now that I can play Tekken 8, my go to character is Asuka and I immediately fell inlove with her (more due to her tomboyish personality lol). A lot of videos online say she's pretty easy but I haven't figured out how I should play her yet so my losing streak with her is 18. kek

[@staygoldcortez]

Bryan/yoshi/king main here. Avoiding learning Mishimas since T1 😂 gotta do it soon

[@exiaR2x78]

Picking characters you actually like I feel like is applicable to every fighting game. Im on a SF player but my main isn't in SF6 so I was playing Ken who I like and ended up being top tier but I dont like Ken enough to grind it out with him and hurt my motivation with that game. Tekken 8 has Jun who is probably my favorite Tekken character so im more motivated to grind it out with Tekken 8

[@yolimap]

KING

[@haiderdurrani16]

PhiDx you are my Tekken Messiah right now 🤲

[@kylespevak6781]

I played Law (mashing) my whole life. Cleared the whole roster's arcade modes on the hardest difficulty and fell in love with Hwoarang, who I hated in 3 funny enough. Trying to figure out a secondary

[@coconut_tv0564]

If u like rushdowns, who should you pick?

[@Vert_GreenHeart]

I intend to main a lot of the cast in the future but for now Jun is my main main second is Lili and third is Kuma, i just enjoy playing those 3 every singlr time and thats what matters.

[@aktzinthor9257]

As a brand new Tekken player picking up Lars, would love to hear your thoughts on him at some point :D

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodbe5996]

That line about liking your character is so important. I started playing Larz and I'm really happy with my main choice. It doesn't matter if you win or lose, it's about just having a good time and getting good.

[@El-Burrito]

Ive been trying to learn Bryan. It's crazy to me when I see people land multiple TJUs in a match because I can't even land one, but there's so much other stuff for me to work on before that becomes a problem

[@valvilpro]

Hey! Do you have an easy character to recommend for learning juggles, wall carry (the air game essentially) i'm stuck in the reds with Reina but because I have almost 0 air combos... I don't know why I feel like everytime I launch the enemy instantly drops on the ground and I can't udolize properly the window to do some things

[@OctopusH2O]

Im not the one that should give advice since im a beginner but what helped me learn a couple of combos is doing the combo challenges, then trying to implement things from the challenges but add some other move i like/that works

[@usnfindley]

Reina main here. After a launch, df+1, 1 is a great tool to keep people in the air. Gives you plenty of time to plan your next juggle attacks. I usually ewgf x2, df×1, 1, f+2, 3, f, 1+2, 3, 4. But df+1 is a great tool to float people.

[@valvilpro]

Plenty of time for me feels like a fingersnap, i guess i just suck @@usnfindley.. It's really hard for me to make people "float". I can do EWGFx2, b4, wd14 or just spin into 222qcf2 after electric but that's on occasions. Being able to wall carry with df1 is kinda harder for me but maybe it will come overtime. It's just crazy how everyone seems to know how to make people float and juggle correctly

[@mylinuxstruggle5495]

Man I have so much to say on this. I agree with the spirit of the video. I agree with 90% of the commentary. However here I have a different opinion on Alisa. Alisa is a character that you need strong fundamentals and whiff punishment to win with. Alot of the other characters you mentioned have a strong gimmick that can be used to cheese lower level of play. However you are getting blown up with Alisa without fundamentals. There is no way to reasonable switch into chainsaws unless you punish / whiff punish. Majority of her damage comes from pokes and she still has to take a lot of risks on those pokes. So that means in an extremely offensive game you have no way to maintain high pressure without outside of chainsaw and you lose your turns repeatedly even while being advantage from pokes. So that means you have to block and side step to evade damage.

[@PhiDX]

WR2 goes into chainsaw now

[@mylinuxstruggle5495]

@@PhiDX it's duckable and can be side step compare it to Azuceena for example it's not even close. I feel like it shouldn't be re-actable but alot of people side step duck to force you to mix it up with run up d/b+4 which is launch punishable or iwr 4,3,4 which is punishable on block for the mid option to prevent the duck. Her iwr 2 is a high so it's dangerous. Alot of players will duck and eat the smaller damage mid that can be stepped or blocked that's why d/b+4 is important but that's also a low block.

[@SGHNTZ]

The thing is with Tekken is that every character can be played fundamentally and it makes me kinda feel bad saying which character is easier to learn and which one is an expert character, even tho let's say someone like Bryan(My main) is harder to win with than with most of the characters it doesn't mean that if you want to win with Yoshi in higher ranks you can just spam flash and flowcharts, because a better, or let's say a more patient player will start countering these stuff.

[@MysticLlamaMan]

I picked Alisa cause she has chainsaws and beats people with her head.

[@WontonPapiGaming]

Waddup Phi!!

[@Vert_GreenHeart]

Im between casual and climbing ranked and i went with Jun, have so much fun to olay her but its not easy to be optimal with her but thats a provlem with every character to reach that high level.

[@OblongOtter]

Would love a video spending however much time on each character, just going "play this character if you want to get carried by counter hitting" or "this character loves doing sidestep into whiff punish on hard reads." There are other guides out there like it, but I still want one from phi's perspective

[@graescaleZ]

Bro, you got a like from me in the first 2 minutes of this video. Preach!!!

[@doktor3196]

I'm jin and devil jin main. I want to pick up Reina too but need to make some progress with my two guys first.

[@coryharris1939]

Getting through ANY fighter without liking your character is a nightmare.

[@DedeGzz]

As for king stunting growth by learning him as ur first ever tekken character in short yes at least in my case. I just started playing a week or two ago and the first character i picked up was king learned the fundamentals of the game using him AND his unique abilities and thats what fucked me up. Like for example im constantly trying to grab my opponents during a juggle when im playing kazuya because i dont comprehend in the middle of the fight that only king can grab opponents mid air and so i drop hella combos and get punished really hard. Fun character tho i would just pick a more fundamental character if i could go back in time

[@usnfindley]

Been a heihachi main since tekken 1. Picked up reina because ahes heihachis daughter. Barely play ranked, but my next rank up will be red. She is a beast. Raven is my secondary at warrior rank. Steve will be the next i pick up. And ill pick up kazuya again soon after. Pick a chatacter you enjoy using whether you win or lose. If youre having fun using your character, you'll learn pretty fast.

[@duckyworthy]

first tekken game for me and i’m playing kazuya because wave dash looks cool 🙂

[@aeonchronos]

Also going with what you’re saying I may not be good with Bryan but I still enjoy playing and wanting to get good with him and once i get blue ranks with him I’ll want to play Dragunov Feng Steve or Mishimas

[@EseaGhost]

PHI I GOT A REAL QUESTION NOW FINALLY OMG. Dude since i main kazuya rn, and kaz might not teach me some tekken stuff, what char or chars would be the compliment? Perhaps shaheen?

[@PhiDX]

Mr. gost you should just get your Kaz suuuuper good

[@EseaGhost]

​@@PhiDXok bet ill just keep workin at it 🫡 ty

[@MyNameIsZwei]

Im new and im enjoying Zafina. The grind is crazy though.

[@ishansingh2222]

Yes sir, I am stuck with Nina 😅. I play other characters too. But Nina is damn hard. What are your thoughts on Nina?

[@Lloydzilla]

I also came from T7 Noctis to Lili! Hoping Lidia comes back though she was super fun.

[@pqueolrac]

i just started playing Tekken 8 this week. my inner child bought it for me 😅. i used to just watch others play tekken as i used to be young and broke. now, i am just waiting for my arcade stick as i want to practice the "dorya" godfist move before deciding to main a Mishima character. for now, i am looking for maybe practice another character that excels in poking. my friend said pick claudio, i guess hes ok but any other char i can practice?

[@SneharthoDey]

Lei main here, since my forte is to have fun with complex stuff, I'll be trying out Ling before Lei returns.

[@azuredream9032]

Ha. Those 2 in the thumbnail are my mains xD but between the 2 i recommend jun as a good first pick simply because most of her moveset connects incredibly well and she has extremely good air combo's/wall carrying in addition to having a good poke game as well for spacing. But ultimately just pick whoever appeals and resonates with u the most.

[@DrakeHunter324]

I'm a Bryan main but I took a lot of Tekken off since 5. Bryan is the only character I can remember the moves of since then. Might pick up Leeroy too though. I like his defensive offensive style.

[@myv112]

I am a new Tekken player, my goals are having fun playing the game while try harding to beat my friends :D, and also climb in ranked game as far as I can, any suggestion ? I'm a total noob to Tekken, last time I played was Tekken 3 kek, I was 7 years old

[@hizasama]

Yo I have the TTT2 character select music on too. Based.

[@davidlewis-laurent8876]

Are there any characters that you shouldn't choose as a beginner? I think that would be good to cover as I'm picking Raven as I've always wanted to play him and this is my first Tekken where I'm actually learning but I heard he's a conditioning character which means I have to know know what players are going to do and how to make them do. Things sounds pretty tough for a beginner, but I'm pretty committed to Raven

[@barcster2003]

If you want to play it just keep playing him. I will say his unique stuff is the shadow clone moves. Knowing what other characters want to go for can help against opponents but practicing things like charging up with Paul won't help you with raven.

[@dominicwilliams214]

Yeah it is important to like your character for example i play grandblue as well and i play charlotta. I do lose a lot because of some of her issues. Do i get pissed yes. But i always come back to her to try to get better since those Ws are so much more rewarding

[@K1DPUNK_]

Any tips to help me get better because I learn combos but idk any fundamentals to f that’s what it’s called such as how to open up you’re opponent my punishes etc

[@PhiDX]

Check out my beginner guide! And look for character guides that show your key tools, punishes, and combos!

[@whinemax]

Panda/Kuma is seriously underrated for new players. They are super goofy and fun to play, while having one of the simplest 72 damage combo that works from any launcher

[@heroicsquirrel3195]

Im interested in having fun and getting to around purple/blue rank level of skill, not really interested in getting to tournament/pro level and i picked yoshi/dragunov and im dabbling with azucena/ anyone else that takes my interest that day, im genbu now so seems to be going well