Tekken 7 Character Overviews

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

I've seen a few comments here and on Reddit expressing confusion at the character types. So just to clear things up: A 50/50s character has powerful throws or lows which they mix up with mids. Great if you like to get up close and intimidate your opponent by putting them into guessing situations. A Turtle tries to play defensively in order to capitalise on an opponent's mistakes. They prefer to stay in the mid-range and will need good movement to bait whiffs from the opponent, as well as a keen awareness of ranges so they can properly halt their approach. A Poking character relies on a hit and run style to annoy and pressure the opponent with quick, fast attacks. There is a strong emphasis on knowing frame data so you know when you can continue your offense or sidestep after a blocked poke. A Counter Hit Baiter emphasises powerful options that become available when the character’s moves connect on counter, which means they can attack the opponent with low risk and potentially high reward. As a trade off they often have weaker low attacks and so struggle to make comebacks, or the lows are very unsafe and require a big commitment. Rushdown is good at staying in an opponent’s face and bullying them with constant frame traps and the threat of delayable strings. Recommended if you want to be aggressive and like to have a monopoly on number of button presses. An Evasive character is good at disrespecting a character’s frame advantage and hitboxes by having stances or moves with very small hurtboxes. They work best against aggressive characters, and when used properly, can make the opponent lose confidence in their approach. Long Reach characters can control the mid range with their huge jab range. This lends them well to a defensive playstyle. Unorthodox characters are the “weird” ones. They have unconventional attack options designed to confuse their opponent, and generally require specific match-up knowledge to beat. A Mishima is defined by EWGF (arguably the best move in the game; a just-frame launcher with a huge range of uses), mix ups from a wavedash used to close space quickly, and strong jab hit confirms (1,1,2). These are powerful tools, and form the backbone of their playstyle, but take skill and practice to use effectively. Versatile characters can do it all. The expense of being a jack of all trades however is that they are generally master of none. Hope that helps! Please feel free to ask if you have any more questions.

[@T2Designgaming]

That Blasted Salami Awesome vid man. You should pin this comment for visibility.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Thank you very much! I completely forgot to do that.

[@krishbhalla4789]

Salami could you make a tier list video please?

[@naclynerickii]

+That Blasted Salami This list explains characters a bit better (even though I would omit the 'Mishima' one since all of them seem to vary as far as play style) to new players and gives them a thinking way of how they can probably play their character. I think how I would explain a character to someone would be a bit more complicated since I have been with the franchise since Tekken 1.

[@Kent-td5wb]

But can you explain the "Silly Haircut character" type?

[@Kolct]

- Versatile - Silly Haircut The ultimate character

[@jerichogalido1381]

Jin?

[@chrisap9794]

Lars?

[@christian1329]

16:16

[@everyonesfavoritesejong]

Paul got the God haircut doe

[@Shyuthrosnaevin]

"eddy excels at frustrating his opponents" i couldn't have said it better myself.

[@soversetile]

LOL

[@unicornkami3559]

I hate Eddys. Always beats my Lee's ass

[@fuego5350]

As an Eddy main I agree

[@GlJoe6904]

>Spam the Circle and Cross button in different combinations of directional inputs >Profit

[@cosmicsoul8042]

Eddy is very annoying. Petition to remove him. LOL.

[@danielandanthony8939]

The fact that the order of characters is in Alphabetical order really pleases me for some reason

[@gnodab2036]

Wish I saw this before I started it.l

[@vicloo0574]

I was waiting on Yoshimitsu to pop up until I realised haha

[@TheFatedFour]

Daniel and Anthony zafina player detected

[@sannsett]

lei, anna, ganryu, julia . they're not in the list tho

[@harshupadhyay5867]

Lol I didn't even notice it

[@dynogems]

That Yoshi heal at the end to take the round is the dirtiest thing I've seen in T7

[@Sanjixoxo]

i LOVE HOW HE MATCHED EVERY SONG WITH THE CHARACTER FROM THEIR GAME AND STAGE 20/10

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

:)

[@DarkSlay9r]

The way you associated the different soundtracks with all the characters was too good

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Thank you for the kind words :) Yeah a lot of effort was put into making sure everything synced up just right. Glad you like it!

[@meloun5798]

This video is legit professional level, I was surprised you weren't a part of some game reviewing company.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Cheers! This was actually my first time putting together a video. Initially started it as a training exercise for this channel.

[@EXTREEEEEEEEEME]

Especially Bobs haahaahhh

[@ShadeDarkcross]

Devil Jin with Snow Castle theme, Paul and Yoshimitsu with Tekken 2 songs becomes perfect! Just missed Emotionless Passion for Kazuya.

[@valtaroy3546]

"yoshimitsu is recomended for unorthodox freestyle players" proceeds to stab myself doing freestyle

[@Aflay1]

Are you not familiar with the Japanese ritual of Harry carry?

[@valtaroy3546]

@@Aflay1 Hara kiri yeah i know, it's when you screwed up and stab yourself or something. In tekken if you miss, you basically die but you can hit the enemy with it

[@Aflay1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3zYlpdrmth7htE

[@hiiambarney4489]

That's whatcha get for taking a sharp butterfly knife to practice!

[@BrokenNoah]

You mean sudoku

[@tyson1chicken]

26:12 yoshimitsu healed himself to win. Crazy asf.

[@kenmendoza6932]

holy shit

[@hunpo1]

Yoshi will do what he will do.

[@RPDragonforce]

how exactly does one do dat shit

[@jacelayvil1037]

That was crazy asf

[@ahbao4126]

@@krysta1930 he won

[@cosmic5368]

This is Near perfection. This will most certainly help newcomers.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Thank you very much.

[@BearerOfDreams]

Cosmic like me

[@Shyuthrosnaevin]

+Rikka Takanashi 👍

[@EvilDogProductions]

it helped me!

[@TheMichaelsuazo13]

Moment of silence for the characters who never made it to Tekken 7.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Amen.

[@Mad_Rex161]

SableSyndrome why did they take Raven whyyyyyy😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@TheMichaelsuazo13]

solid Snake I'm just wondering why classic characters like Anna, Julia, Armor King, Lei and Ganryu didn't make the cut when all of these characters could have been easily modified to function into Tekken 7's gaming style. These characters could have simply just been given tail spin mechanics. Even my main, Zafina, was the only one who didn't make it to tekken 7 from the Tekken 6 New Characters Cluster. Zafina could have just taken Claudio's story arc. It makes much more sense that way and it's better imo since Claudio is a half-assed pretty boy character. All of these previous Tekken characters could have fit so well into the storyline of Tekken 7 but the game fell short of staying true to its originality and the niche it has made for itself back when Tekken 3 came out. Man, those were the days.

[@pradanakusuma]

cause raven have no boobs

[@gamenerd4322]

Supreme tekken tag 3 confirmed for 2032

[@jacobpeden2273]

"It doesn't matter which character you pick, because Tekken 7 is so balanced" *Leeroy release*

[@ThaProd1gy]

Somehow he can parry 90% of the roster rage arts

[@SusiCat_]

Oh yeah its not like Negan's "Holy Smokes" is rage art dmg super balanced

[@oshoc01]

Pay 2 win in a $60 game... And I got Tekken instead of KOF 😔

[@Razzrazz90]

This man somehow managed to make Gigas actually sound viable

[@BellowDGaming]

Lars - Versitle and Silly Hair Cut.

[@ColeMeCrazy]

Forgot to add needs buffs...

[@naclynerickii]

+BellowD Gaming Lars is easy to learn. He kind of takes time to master. He's great at rushing an defensive play.

[@BellowDGaming]

#BuffLars

[@naclynerickii]

+BellowD Gaming #BuffLars

[@krishbhalla4789]

And Feng needs nerfs.

[@RoseDotWav]

When all 3 of your mains are classified as "basic" difficulty.... *cries*

[@genaralapple4908]

😔

[@AMetalLampPost]

Hey man, many had made feats from just learning the basics. -every karate sensei

[@SignorTizio]

Shouldn't you be happy about that? I mean, you don't have to do a lot of work in order to use them at their best, isn't that good?

[@markusz2844]

@@SignorTizio characters that are easy to pick up and use/learn are regarded as cheap and op, too bad I'm a masochist playing heihachi.

[@SignorTizio]

@@markusz2844 I see

[@xyon9090]

*Mistakes will not be tolerated in Mother Russia*

[@noryzthebuildguy]

Dat accent tho.

[@kishyyy4858]

losing with dragunov is hard to take in lmao

[@KingJaeTV]

Put together very well!

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Cheers Jae. Keep up the excellent work, and let's try and get as many people into T7 as possible!

[@raax7647]

yehh jae but dame this video makes me more sure to try out some other characters that you classified as advanced in your vid

[@Adrius91]

Really liked how you matched the music with the characters' personalities!

[@CattaShin]

Alisa: Poking, Turtle - Basic Asuka: Turtle, Evasive - Basic Bob: Versatile, Poking - Basic Claudio: Unique powerup, Dat hopkick - Basic Gigas: Rushdown Long Reach - Basic Kazumi: Rushdown, Poking - Basic Jack-7: Turtle, Long reach - Basic Lars: Versatile, Silly haircut - Basic Katarina: Mixupd Counter Hit, Bait - Basic Leo: Versatile, Punishment - Basic Lili: Evasive, Rushdown - Basic Miguel: Rushdown Poking - Basic Shaheen: Counter Hit baiting, Mixups - Basic Dragunov: Rushdown, Punishment - Intermediate Eddy: 50/50, Evasive - Intermediate Feng: Versatile, Evasive - Intermediate Jin: Versatile, Poking - Intermediate Josie: Poking, Punishment - Intermediate King: Grappler, 50/50 - Intermediate Kuma: Setups, Long Reach - Intermediate Xiaoyu: Evasive, Setups - Intermediate Lucky Chloe: Poking, Setups - Intermediate Law: Rushdown, Counter Hit baiting - Intermediate Master Raven: Versatile, Unorthodox - Intermediate Paul: 50/50, Punishment - Intermediate Akuma - 50/50, Unorthodox - Intermediate Bryan: Turtle, Counter Hit Baiting - Advanced Devil Jin: Mishima, Versatile - Advanced Heihachi: Mishima, Rushdown - Advanced Hwoarang: Rushdown, Unorthodox - Advanced Kazuya: Mishima, Turtle - Advanced Lee: Poking, Counter Hit baiting - Advanced Nina: Rushdown, Poking - Advanced Steve: Counter Hit baiting, Rushdown - Advanced Yoshimitsu: Unorthodox, Setups - Advanced

[@Saskaruto16]

Thanks this is very much what I have been looking for. What is Steve if you don't mind a super late comment?

[@mercer13b]

@@Saskaruto16 Steve is advanced

[@Saskaruto16]

@@mercer13b Like what actually makes him advanced though? Is it just that going for counter hits is supposed to take a more advanced player? Or the movement stuff he needs to be good at?

[@mercer13b]

@@Saskaruto16 everything, Steve's game plan is very complicated and his movements and movelist can give anyone headaches , his combos are hard to pull off and with his season 3 nerf, it takes a lot of dedication to properly play him

[@Saskaruto16]

@@mercer13b Thank you very much. I'm trying to find a character to get into Tekken with, I've played games like SC and been pretty good but I haven't been able to find quite what I'm looking for yet in Tekken.

[@Enigmacantor]

I'll always stick to my main man Yoshimitsu. Amazingly weird playstyle with lots of options. Also his customization options are always great.

[@2Bnar]

Enigmacantor LqG go watch my content if you love yoshi :D

[@CGM_Raiden]

Don't forgot the fact that he sounds so badass when he screams

[@bsherman8236]

His fashion sense is out of this world

[@TheMainManSWE]

great vid!

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Thank you MainMan! Greatly looking forward to your upcoming vids. Keep up the excellent work.

[@xenonchillzzz5318]

Hello

[@danielecolonna1830]

Masku!!

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

MUSIC: Due to popular request, here are links to all the tracks Akuma: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKPMmXihos2Na7M Alisa: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqGol3aurN90iaM Asuka: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3rOimOjd9-UaJo Bob: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIO9lGqvj6apiLM Bryan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYfEhXiLqJ6CoLM Claudio: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJeoeGyAbqZrnLc Devil Jin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3vcmHuJm5yfbbM Dragunov: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5iVdGZ7hK-ApK8 Eddy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3WvdH6lrtGLnpo Feng: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoeqe4uBhdt6pc0 Gigas: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3ickGV9p7eUea8 Heihachi: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6DRiIKkmdSUbc0 Hwoarang: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eau7Xn-Yr7x4f9k Jack-7: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHWwkqCrfbSnn68 Jin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZKxiKlsj9ybptU Josie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKLciX2hmracsKc Katarina: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGKrqoeKoJaaisU Kazumi: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noazoaWlbbF5Y7s Kazuya: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2a0fY2mj8iej80 King: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnrdfZpmoLRoesU Kuma: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rny9ppt9l8d-eq8 Lars: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZbJn6WGpNtkb6c Lee: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZC3Z3Wcbreln6s Leo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roinmnd4itynjsk Lili: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3zJqYKIZq6Zp68 Ling Xiaoyu: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qF7Ki2V-ntWWna8 Lucky Chloe: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGWak6COm9yJoKs Marshall Law: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4umdYJnZbCqatk Master Raven: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nme6c2p6hJhlqJI Miguel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIHNnKVqfJusfMU Nina: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXrYoapudsuVhLc Paul: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH21mmqgocSIipI Shaheen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH3IfGaHdtB2mMk Steve: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqLFdmdta5yGoaM Yoshimitsu: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZSwnIt7i5WMo7s Outro: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6vKeIWAmbZ5atE

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

No worries

[@PaRadaRada]

That Blasted Salami Oh my god THANK YOU! Miguel is my shit and I couldn't find the name of his music

[@slowdownthere4802]

That Blasted Salami This was HIGHLY enlighting and entertaining. Thank you.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Glad you liked it man

[@johnshepard4568]

you re passionate, we like it !

[@Raver-1601]

The secret to getting good in Tekken is really to just feel your character. I have a hard time doing electrics with Heihachi since I haven't got the feel on him but with Kazuya and Jin, I rarely have any problems with electric since I have the feel for them

[@DctrBread]

"Devil jin is recommended for players who want a BALANCED mishima character" This did not age well

[@WeedShaggy]

69 likes

[@jonnymars2254]

Dr. Bread more like the most op Mishima given every tool possible fast Low mid highs and so on.

[@ViperDivinity]

OP Mishima

[@giusepperesponte8077]

Dr. Bread he means balanced between defense and offense

[@Anivrat1]

OP Mishima? Man these green rank scrubs. He has many tools ,some flaws but yea he is not easy tbh

[@JayRacer]

Okay. This video requires more than just a brief comment. Your analyses are very in depth. This is an excellent video for people new to the series. Also, I expected to see 100 videos in your playlist and was surprised to see you only had a few. You sound very comfortable on the mic in the video, like you've been doing this for awhile. Thank you for putting this together.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Thank you! This was my first time creating a video actually, but had a blast doing it. I run an English school in Japan, so am quite used to public speaking. The channel has had an amazing response so far. Curious to see what it'll look like when there are actually 100 videos!

[@JayRacer]

That Blasted Salami you won't have time to respond to me lol. Keep up the good work. Japan must be great.

[@habiibqawiy7884]

That Blasted Salami Dude, honestly I had no idea you were Japanese... apologies

[@Noctis198]

Bandai Namco are stupid for not putting a vid like this together. Best intro vid! thank you so much for this!

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Cheers! Glad you liked it.

[@laurenbylett7237]

This is awesome stuff! I really like how unbiased you were towards all the characters. Can't wait to see you do breakdowns and essentials of my favourite characters :)

[@Doesntmatter111]

I'm a total tekken beginner and literally every character I've been messing around with his in here under advanced lol

[@bleachcool1465]

NoRapName same lol

[@amnedits4898]

*gasp* what legends

[@orlandohurvey9330]

Same here, it's how I learned to use Steve, since he was a boxer my stupid self thought "Oh he has to be simple if he only punches"

[@Rdfalcone]

Timothy Thomas hahaha thats ok though, Tekken is a game with a steep learning curve in ranked, and using simple or "easy" characters is really good to get a grip on the already complicated mechanics of such a technical game

[@fremzter]

TFW I spam buttons lol

[@xk4mix]

Great overview. This will be great for new players.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Cheers. Glad you liked it.

[@Pyca96]

That was a veeery good video! Super clean, quick informative breakdowns and no prejudice. You probably just made me come back to Tekken once again! :D

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Thank you very much sir! Now is a good time to hop back into Tekken, lots of new players. Keep up the excellent work on your channel!

[@dunemeister5718]

“Eddy excels at frustrating opponents” ain’t that the truth

[@winKoneR]

High quality production. You really worked on it and it shows. Great job!

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Cheers! Still kind of kicking myself on the audio levels in some sections, but this video was originally started as more of a training exercise to cut my teeth on Premiere Pro for the upcoming tutorials.

[@ggfhgfhgdfgfdgfdjjbjjhbjhh804]

4:02 Bob is well rounded too right?

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Hohoho

[@chakdeuk]

Hahahah

[@a.nonnymouse7655]

*badum, crash* Side story, i was playing against someone who chose bob, and when they lost, they said "YOU FAT SH*T!"

[@lazytommy0]

Pun intended but this had me rolling lmao

[@KirupinKitty]

"Yoshimitsu doesn't have many solid tools to work with in terms of poking" well he's swinging a big one around half the time

[@in3vitableTIMING]

These vids are amazing and there's a sense of pride knowing it's been brought to the world from uk players. Some ideas for future videos could be how to combat 50/50 / turtling characters (what to do/not to do) Tech traps/set ups. Or even favourable/unfavourable match ups (how to cope with natural disadvantage). Keep up the good work! It's clean valuable information you're dishing out.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Thank you for the kind words sir! That really means a lot. For now we're focusing on character breakdowns, which will cover anti-strats. I'm also planning on doing a "season 2" of Tekken Tutorials, which starts with a video on okizeme, tech traps, how to get up and so on.

[@cozyjae388]

"Dat Hopkick" 😂😂

[@a1_hp]

Thank you so much man, as someone who is new to tekken it was so difficult identify the different playstyles of the characters as at a glance they fight very similar. Great work, this was a huge help.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Glad you found it helpful! That's a big "mission accomplished" on our end :)

[@randullVO]

I come back here occasionally because of the quality of this. I'd love a new one with Season 4

[@gustadood9166]

Brilliant video. Love how you describe each character, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and give an impression on their complexity. Definitely looking forward to watching more of your stuff.

[@patmosby1100]

I am actually surprised by the high quality of this vid in all aspects. This is a huge help for me as a new player. Have my thanks & another sub. I'm looking forward to more content from a guy with one of the greatest names on KZbin, that blasted Salami

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Glad to hear it! Lots of new content out this coming week.

[@nguu6092]

wow baseball bat to stop the fire ball

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Homerun!

[@smartie354]

That Blasted Salami That was awesome skill & timing! I won't bother to think of the real-life physics of a swinging bat negating an energy source😆 That was ingenious on that other player's part!👍😎

[@dragongod666sevagoth3]

SO_sh1l_ME_ dee_ah I THOUGHT THE SAME EXACT THING!!!

[@akiragaming2k191]

Time to make a new list.... for the new characters as well

[@LeoKingdom101]

Great vid! Love that you give basic info on every character, and have timestamps in the description.

[@baumber1919]

Loved that you used the snow castle theme for Jin when he was introduced in dark resurrection

[@danielmartin6887]

First 6min: Peaceful and calmed discussion of the pros and cons of each character 6:34: (rising volume a little and a hint of contained anger in his voice) EDDIE EXCELS AT ANNOYING OPPONENTS

[@axongear9650]

I come back to this every time I start playing a new character. This is so helpful

[@thecakeisalie4444]

im not even a tekken player but i love this format. I really hope that some day someone do this with other games

[@KrsJin]

This was amazing for new and old players alike. Very well done.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Thanks! Glad you like it.

[@ShiSeKin]

When you can't think of a Type for lars.. "I dunno his hair is wack?"

[@gabedasilva7510]

This is the most well thought out overview I have ever seen for any fighting game, you not only described the characters but told all the terminology and even gave links to music used. I appreciate the hard work bro you earned my subscribe:)

[@Sumblueguy41]

As somebody who jumped from T5 to T7 & didn't learn any of the characters that were added along the way, I especially needed this. Gr8 vid, you helped an old boi catch up to the rest of the class

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Glad we could help!

[@steveempiremantra2120]

this video made me buy the game you should do this for other figthing games too youre so good and straight to the point!

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Glad to hear it! We're making one now for DBFZ and some other overviews are in the pipeline too.

[@hkay93]

Very solid video mate. I'm so glad you didn't mention character tiers or anything like that as I've found too many games where my choice gets clouded by S class or whatever. This may date the last time I played Tekken (Tekken 3 / Tekken Tag), but what happened to Lei Wulong? He was always my favourite. If he has been permanently removed, is there a similar character you might recommend?

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Yes we intentionally dropped tier listings because they're so reductive. Tekken 7 is such a balanced game anyway, you'll get the best results by playing who you enjoy. Lei is sadly MIA. If you enjoy a freestyle, stance heavy character I would recommend Xiaoyu or Yoshimitsu.

[@a.nonnymouse7655]

Lei is dlc, so is anna, noctis, geese, and someone else.

[@HentaiZero]

Wow, I'm very impressed how simple and straight forward the descriptions are. Really helpful insight. Keep it up!

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Cheers! New Tekken Tutorial on Friday.

[@Pejzal]

This channel is incredible for both newcomers and veterans of Tekken. Thank you and keep it up!! Also, thanks for including links for the music. :)

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

No worries man! Glad it's helping people out.

[@SevenSecondsArise]

I'm still sad Julia Chang wasn't in this one. 😞😥😭

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Me too. Tekken 7 needs more elbows...

[@rockafelladw]

SevenSecondsArise Forget Julia. How is there no Lei or Ogres? Blasphemous!

[@hoodedstreetmonk352]

rockafelladw I can understand Lei and Julia, but... Ogre is dead. He'll only appear on the dream match Tag Tournament games.

[@memebump7612]

SevenSecondsArise There's still more characters to be released, and a new game mode in the summer.

[@DEEJAYisAWESOME]

Meme Bump wjeres that info?

[@MuJoNeSs]

This is excellent! I'm a beginner and it helped me out a lot, thanks! =D

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Really glad to hear that! :)

[@marcushoms7581]

Steve and Hwoarang are very difficult characters and yet you have real fun when playing them.

[@joshi156]

Thanks bro. I literally just got Tekken 7 today and I've already made it to 3rd dan with Lucky Chloe. I also main Alisa... trying to learn how to use Lili

[@alipaydar370]

great vid

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Thanks!

[@naruto22lol29]

Okay now this is what i call a great vid!!! U just earned a new suscriber!! Keep up the good work man!!

[@wurble]

This is surprisingly accurate! I need to try more characters but my favorites at the moment are Hwoarang and Katarina, for the exact reasons mentioned. Katarina is so good for baiting and countering.

[@SamRykerTV]

Long time Tekken vet here. Jesus christ I really appreciate how you summarized each character. Initially i doubted I could finish the video. But your points were really concise distilling their strengths and difficulty of use. Great job!

[@normalityfailure6380]

I've been playing hwoarang since I was 7, Im so pleased he counts as advanced, I feel like a boss 😂

[@oceanmaaan5790]

@Kalle Nilsson Damn no chill

[@taliwave1946]

When gameplay from your terrible performance ends up in the video....

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

No worries man. Happened to me too. Blow ups are just a part of the learning process.

[@wukong6853]

Everyone has off days man.

[@Tuldoka]

Great video! I stopped playing Tekken after T5:DR but I would have loved to see this when I first got into it. Its very concise and the background sequences help to visualize the narration and text. Trawling through the tekken zaibatsu forums needed patience :))

[@ryanreyes5067]

Thanks for this video!I know I'm late but I just recently got Tekken 7 and into the Tekken franchise.I've already found my favourite character,that being Kuma.Thank you for the clarification!

[@allaminotsalami5889]

Me lookin at salami’s name : BROTHER IS THAT U?

[@battleriketani9407]

Probably the best tekken 7 video i have ever seen

[@VolatileViolet]

This is a really solid video. I've always been pretty keen on Tekken, but I learned a bit. Thank you.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Glad it helped man!

[@Paul_The_Spaceman]

King if the iron fist, Yoshimitsu pulls out sword. Officials shrug and do nothing.

[@kurowkarasu]

Alisa enters with *literal* iron fists that shoot rockets and turn into chainsaws.

[@alexlizard3644]

Amazing video! one of the best I have ever seen about tekken

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

:-o Thank you!

[@UFRAttila]

when u hear the good old fashioned tekken3 ost at the old characters

[@lifeonmarsstillcancelledso2885]

And Tekken 2

[@karateprincess1]

Hwoarang will always be my favourite, he is flashy and gets the job done with style rather than a punch here and a kick there, the combos are great.

[@Leitefsj]

I loved how you used Tekken 3 soundtrack while talking about some characters! Great video.

[@IzoxPizo]

Every description is spot on, gj

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Thank you!

[@SM-nc1nb]

Pizo Sama The only ones I disagree with are Kazumi, she should be considered Advanced and Paul should be basic.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Paul was a fringe case, but there's really not much that's challenging about Kazumi at all.

[@krishbhalla4789]

Shihab Malek Kazumi is not hard, she is just a bit weak no offense, and she has a small arsenal of moves.

[@maacadelic4505]

Leo is a girl? theres an option for a beard in customization lol

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Well, s/he was a girl in TTT2...

[@maacadelic4505]

Zombie00 I would've liked for them to keep his gender our choice like in ttt2 lol

[@maacadelic4505]

That Blasted Salami Nice list nonetheless, made it clear who i wanted to main lol

[@JMobster9]

Wait, didn't they confirm Leo to be female in Tag Tournament 2? I remember she had a swimsuit in one of the games. Will they make up their minds already?

[@maacadelic4505]

JMobster9 Who knows anymore.. we're all worried about anna💀

[@rambot670]

The best video to watch for any tekken beginner. Thanks for making such a great video !

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

No worries! :)

[@omgitskaiju9864]

Every time i want to pick up a new character, this is the first video i think of!

[@SuPAMEATMAN]

when Alisa came in that tekken 6 theme played oh how I love tekken themes

[@illusions500]

9:26 "hwoarang will need creativity against those who know how to defend against him" *proceeds to attack using ice cream*

[@TastyCookie.]

This comment made me laugh harder than expected

[@yerroslawsum]

Great vid & rundown of every character, helps me learn the game a little while waiting on my controller to arrive. Thanks! :)

[@KodyeWhobrey]

14:20 the opponents life bar transition perfectly

[@RAvEcREAToR23]

Hey hey! Nina also grappler! Have so much grabs!

[@CrimsonHybrid]

[Sees Asuka and Hwoarang together] [Remembers my old ship from about a decade ago, that I had forgotten until now]

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Here's a list of all the characters, grouped by difficulty (alphabetically per group, DLC included till Negan, used the amazing written guide provided in the description): Easy (15) - Alisa Bosconovitch - Asuka Kazama - Bob Richards - Claudio Serafino - Gigas - Jack 7 - Katarina Alves - Kazumi Mishima - Lars Alexandersson - Leo Kliesen - Lili Rochefort - Miguel Caballero Rojo - Negan - Noctis Lucis Caelum - Shaheen Medium (17) - Anna Williams - Armor King - Craig Marduk - Eddy Gordo - Eliza - Feng Wei - Jin Kazama - Josie Rizal - Julia Chang - King - Kuma/Panda - Ling Xiaoyu - Lucky Chloe - Marshall Law - Master Raven - Paul Phoenix - Sergei Dragunov Advanced (10) - Bryan Fury - Devil Jin - Geese Howard - Heihachi Mishima - Hwoarang - Kazuya Mishima - Lee Chaolan and Violet - Lei Wulong - Steve Fox - Yoshimitsu

[@PassionFlame64]

Thank you for putting this together. Now I want to try Bryan or Julia out and see how well I can do.

[@Jadasan]

Nina?

[@tutigseg]

I have been playing Tekken since like 2006 when I was just 4 years old and throughout the years I have mastered 9 characters only 2 basics: Asuka and Claudio 4 intermediates: Paul, Jin, Law and Eddy And 3 advanceds: Devil Jin, Lee and Hwoarang I mainly play as Jin since he is the first character I ever played as and mastered back in Tekken 3 as well as his Devil version and Hwoarang

[@ODDiSEE_]

Are you gonna do an update for Eliza? Also great video been playing all my life and thus video explained why I like the characters I do lol

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Cheers! Unfortunately Eliza wasn't available when this was made, but she'll have her own character breakdown.

[@DigitalTheory.]

That Blasted Salami so I'm assuming you'll be doing this for future dlc characters

[@TerrelleCheers1]

I feel that some characters are so high level they go beyond advanced, like master level. Yoshi is mos def a master level character and so is mokujin (even though he is not in Tekken 7).

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

I agree, but for convenience's sake we stuck to 3 difficulty levels. Ease of use is quite subjective to a degree as well.

[@amuro9624]

Terrelle Cheers yoshimistu is artistic self expression. that's way beyond advanced lol

[@DEEZ_N4T]

Imagine mastering 90% of all the characters in Tekken 6 and you play Local with your friends and pick mokujin, every round they would be facing a different character

[@cob3060]

I didn't know "silly haircut" was a play style

[@TheWeirdologist]

Years later this is still a great vid

[@Se_bito]

kazuya is perfect for players who want a defensive mishima playstyle... me: "hellsweep go brr"

[@arcangel7]

This video is amazing quality very informative and entertaining. Thanks.

[@randomcitizen19]

Excellent guide! Thanks for taking the time and energy to make it.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Appreciate it!

[@waynefmj]

I appreciate Hwoarang's arranged TK3 instrumental music being used for his overview, very nostalgic

[@krystaljava6128]

Kazuya's difficulty: advanced Me, who is practicing him after betraying Yoshimitsu and Dragunov: dam u right... 😢

[@unicornkami3559]

I betrayed Kazuya and Law for Lee

[@NurseLee]

Thanks for the video! This video is very helpful as well! Take care!

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Thank you! Keep up the excellent work on your end too.

[@gaah23]

Would love to see an updated overview with all the new characters. This is by far the best video I can find on KZbin that describes all characters. 👍

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Working on it!

[@PharaohofCulture]

your choice of music is beautiful my guy

[@fuego5350]

Somewhat unrelated but: One time when I was playing online with my Eddy, I got matched up with a Yoshi. Both rounds didnt get past 20 seconds cuz Yoshi just decided to commit seppuku

[@kurowkarasu]

It's weird cuz Yoshi has lots of tools to deal with Eddy, especially with flying, mantis stance and flash.