Why Everyone Hates Eddy Gordo In TEKKEN 8

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[@Boogard]

What do you guys think about Eddy in this game? And which character do you want to see me cover next? Also Join my Discord! discord.gg/QrJe9YjG

[@chefvideogame]

I think Eddy is cool, but I feel like capoeira is at an unfortunate disadvantage because of how it’s implemented in Tekken. I think dance fighting can definitely work because you have characters like Manon or Elena who do it very well, but I think it works for them better than Eddy because their movesets are shorter and more expressive. Eddy’s moves are flashy, but they also look similar to one another, which makes it harder for people to understand which of the 80+ attacks he’s doing. Karate, Judo, Wing Chun, all of these are easier to read.

[@avgoldhead7207]

I can't stand him but, I respect him. Been fighting him since Tekken 3.

[@wintertajima4875]

I personally hate hwoarang more than eddy 😂 some people are straight up demons with spamming strings.

[@artsq1550]

Man, I barely holding myself back from insulting you for such hard case of framing. Sorry, but spending less then a minute to say about MAIN reason why Eddy is hated feels like hard-coping. The fact that he is DLC IS the main reason for such hate. And having an option to "lab" him only in replays is not even close enough for redemption. With character like this you either give him obvious weakness that does not require labbing, or you DO NOT release him as a DLC. Or you actually give an access to him IN TRAINING. Otherwise he is an example of straight Pay2win character, and no measure of how weak he is on a PRO level compensate for it. And it's not about his unique style. In T7 people tolerated Eddy way more. And Hwo in T8 is also a pain in the neck to deal with, yet somehow people hate Eddy more, so maybe there's another decisive factor here, don't you think?

[@chefvideogame]

@@artsq1550I don’t think Eddy being DLC is the reason for the hate. Lidia is DLC and I haven’t seen anyone hate or even mention her after she released. Could it be the heat system? Either that or it could be the fact that stances in Tekken are stronger as a whole.

[@formless_dev]

Not being able to lab characters without buying them is scummy and really hurts the online experience. Thats true for every fighting game with DLC characters, but matchup knowledge is particularly important in Tekken. They're basically telling the playerbase that they have to pay extra for a character they might not even care about, just so they won't get stomped by said character online.

[@TOAST-FACEKILLAH]

They need to fix this

[@mr.assasinnorm3632]

Or you can use ultimate option: just frame alt+f4

[@Filterdeez]

​@@mr.assasinnorm3632plugging🤢

[@azuresaiyan9005]

Under normal circumstances I would tell people to learn the matchup, but Bamco not letting you even study a character during replays unless you paid for them is so incredibly scummy and needs to change.

[@xodiac-gg7049]

I personally think that u should get the ability to lab against a character even if u dont own them. Then if u wanna use them u gotta buy them

[@parrisxsummers]

So you want half of the character for free?

[@flamingpaper7751]

​@@xodiac-gg7049I actually think all characters should be playable in training mode. You can't use them anywhere else, but you can actually play them and decide if you'd like to actually play them more

[@eki8647]

@@parrisxsummers yes the game is a joke without this feature

[@parrisxsummers]

@@flamingpaper7751 I’m confused why yall think a character should be free…

[@ar3k417]

Good video but i think you really missed the point, Eddy isn’t shit because he is spammy, Eddy is shit because his spam looks SO ambiguous, his animations tell you NOTHING about how his move will act and they are at the same time so weird and same-y you just can’t distinguish them in match unless you have 5 years of experience fighting Eddy.

[@OblivionsAbyss]

Exactly his animations are hard to read

[@bigbadbusta3871]

Good point. I always get bamboozled by low attacks where the character jumps up because in the rest of the game 70%-80% of the time jump moves are mids so Eddie is packin in that department

[@GRMuchoDinero]

The same thing can be applied to Hworang to some extent.

[@jforgotten2620]

@@OblivionsAbyssThey’re only hard to read if you don’t know the matchup that was the whole point of the video lol. Almost every character is like that to some extent. It’s just hard to learn his matchup cuz of the pay wall

[@OblivionsAbyss]

@jforgotten2620 bro he's not fun to fight I win 80% of the time most people suck at this game

[@TheProswagonist]

What i hate the most is that Eddy is so wildly different from his OWN gameplay in previous games. So even if you do know the matchup is tag2 or 7, you sure don't know it now. And this is clearly intentional cause Lidia and Heihachi are the same way, like bamco is forcing you to buy them just to not get steamrolled by the scrubiest players using them.

[@aren5900]

@@TheProswagonist nah forget about old eddy, this is a completely new character with kazuya size movelist, they cut off half of it and the other half is remade. I can tell you as a fact that no old eddy main likes this new capoeira character aswell

[@bigbadbusta3871]

I think the main part that adds to the frustration/hate for Eddie is ironically the lack of eddies in matchmaking. You 100% have to put the time in to learn the MU but because most people have to and are probably too busy learning the MU’s of the rest of the more common nightmare characters like Alisa, Ling etc. They can’t justify putting the time in and I’m kinda in the same boat. Why learn the Eddie MU when I only see one once a week when I could lab king who I see every time I play? Like in this video it really is easier to just complain like I’m kinda doin right now lol. Eddie, Shaheen, and Zafina are what I like to call Taxes Characters because it’s easier to just avoid in ranked at all times because how little of them there are.

[@artemxiv1317]

Most annoyin thing about Eddy - YOU CANT LAB THIS MOFO , if you dont bought damn dlc.

[@konranbaka1452]

You still can learn him. Anyone has access to internet and KZbin. I bet that already exists a lot of guides how to beat Eddy or any other characters. Of course, not having direct access to learning tools is suck and Namco deserve huge fist up their ass, but let's be honest - it's just an excuse. People can lab and have time for it. Most of them just don't wanna do it.

[@shishable5087]

Here's a fact. Everyone hates playing against eddy in every Tekken game. It has always been the case. 😂

[@devilangel4655]

Nope! Hwoarang

[@theanti-hypemonitor9079]

"noone likes queing up for tekken" correct

[@JunKazamaFan]

Nice to see JimMashima's 3ddy get a shout-out. That stream was peak entertainment.

[@Suvam260]

Eddy is reverse dragunov and both hated just at the opposite ends of the skill spectrum

[@jailbrokendsi7333]

I hate eddy because I mained him on t7, he used to be a fundamentally solid evasive character with good mind games. Now he just is a mixup basic knowledge check character. He is basically the more normal version of whipping out the bears now, but then they made kuma tournament viable, after butchering such solid character

[@13Kr4zYAzN13]

As also an Eddy main, I definitely miss the player creativity that he used to have

[@OctopusH2O]

He was awesome in 7

[@jailbrokendsi7333]

@OctopusH2O An understatement. Peak. I want Ganryu back I gotta style on em.

[@Infamouslilbill]

If yall ever see Eddy go into handstand after you blocked his string, just jab. Or rage art, or heat smash. Damn near nothing he can do

[@Oby1KaToby]

Yeah man. Overhead kicks work as well. Eddy is all low moves

[@Matt_Underwood]

There are a couple of ways Eddy can get around it, but only the elite Eddy players know it, so it will work against mashy Eddy's, but much better ones, it won't

[@newkeyo]

Yeah be careful with this one, handstand counter hit 4 2 , gives me a full combo, and if you start poking me out of my handstand I'm going to bait you with this one all day because I know you're just waiting to press when you see me getting in the stance

[@Oby1KaToby]

@newkeyo king is more of threat to me the Eddie any day of the week lol insta lost with king lol

[@newkeyo]

@@Oby1KaToby King is definitely a tough matchup for sure, most kings are very spammy, One of the things you can do is back 33 to stop his jab pressure, It's a counter hit launcher guaranteed if you get the first hit, once he starts to respect that, you can just range him out with your pokes

[@ascended8174]

Literally any character can be broken to a casual if they don't know the match up. Tekken is "Knowledge check: The game". JimMashima getting to orange doesn't speak much about Eddy's design. It speaks more of the players tbh

[@giannisblaxos9277]

Thank you for the respects ... I'm an Eddy main myself and I know that he is mid and a lot of people complain without labing the matchup .. I also play jin and drag and I'm not that high on ranked as I am with Eddy ... I really like the character ... He speaks to me

[@newkeyo]

Likewise man, I'm one of the few legacy eddies that actually think he plays better in this game than any other game he's been in, He's unsafe as shit But just like other players have to lab him out to figure out the fake pressure, we have to do just as much work to make you respect our stances

[@biquiba]

Sonic background music = like. Eddy appreciation = like. Unfortunately I can't like this video twice, but it surely deserves it!

[@sylehu7056]

Lars is far more annoying in my opinion

[@gdorfssb]

But you don’t have to spend $7 to lab Lars.

[@sylehu7056]

@@gdorfssb indeed

[@dogboyton3166]

As someone who started playing Tekken as a whole in April (Eddy’s release month): I hated this guy. I eventually just started mashing in his face because I had no idea how to win with fundamentals. Nowadays, I do understand his options at a reasonable level and don’t get knowledge checked as much, but it’ll take a while for me to shake my negative feelings towards him

[@ALIVE-co]

Such strong words here, EVERY casual player hates Eddy? Bro what 😂

[@newkeyo]

I really wish they would give people the opportunity to lab the character out honestly, I feel like it would make a lot of us, Eddie players so much stronger and help us justify buffs because he really does need them especially in those higher ranks. Also, to help the people in the comment section if he ever goes in a handstand he does not have a low in that stance unless he has his stocks so just block high and jab him out of it and it'll make his life that much more difficult.

[@RaymonZX200]

Eddy has always been one of my Secondaries (along with Ganryu) so whenever I fight an Eddy I know what to do and what to expect I think playing a character you struggle against is the best way to learn their weaknesses.

[@NeloAngelo44]

I enjoy fighting Eddy in this game 😂 probably have like a 90% success rate

[@maffuw]

I love eddy this is my first tekken and he is my main. Ive tried him in older tekkens and hes a lot harder imo in those. A character like alisa i think is harder in 8 than in past games, just less to think about in older games. Now she has a lot more good stuff, shes better, but a little more complicated. Now i think eddy is less complicated than previous editions. But im new to tekken and havent been playing for as long so i wonder what other people think

[@Diu1999]

Old Eddy players say he doesn’t feel like playing Eddy but I think he’s meh.

[@13Kr4zYAzN13]

I think the common trend when he dropped is the people having the _MOST_ fun with him were _new_ Eddy players. Legacy players were struggling because we had to rewire from T7, if not basically EVERYTHING

[@lancelot2099]

Eddy being a match up check is the biggest problem in mind. Knowing what to mash on, what strings aren't while also dealing with his evasive panic buttons means both you and eddy are guessing. Its frustrating playing a character that forces a lot of checks and attempting to manage risk reward when the character has stuff like u/f 1, b3+4, and SS3+4.

[@Skizzy03]

This video makes me feel so glad one of my frequent training partners mains eddy lol. He’s easily in my top 5 most practiced/comfortable matchup’s.

[@nicholasley5665]

lol I’m an eddy main and my training partner is a Leo main. When either of us faces each of these characters in ranked it’s game over 😂

[@wafflaaar1067]

there are 3,3,3 reasons why peeps hate eddy, but what do I know

[@AngeloGene]

What makes a character annoying? Easy answer. Everyone. Or more specifically, anyone you don't know how to deal with.

[@Matt_Underwood]

Eddy in Tekken 7 was difficult to lab, and I do understand that paying to lab a character is very stupid and annoying, but in Tekken 8, he is so much easier to lab, and it is worth it because there is really not much difficult to understand about him. Take it from an Eddy main since Tekken 3, his movelist has shrunk like 45% to 50% and so many tricky things he had were gone. Both of his stances are so easy to understand and to beat. Handstand = Hit him with a quick low or low hitting mid. Relax = Stay out of range of the 50/50, that is literally it. Trust me, he is really nothing special, he looks cool, and has cool moves, but he is so much more riskier in this game than Tekken 7. Lab Eddy, don't complain.

[@sp_airwalk]

Nah nothing but facts

[@AvatarofHermes]

am i the only one who finds eddy to not be that annoying?

[@liv3vil-Kei]

I actually liked fighting him in T7 and I never learned the MU. With Eliza I just back jumped (avoiding all his lows and mids) into divekick.

[@bdo333]

I hate his killmonger haircut

[@ongogablogian8435]

Could always give him a Chipotle™ hat

[@bdo333]

@@ongogablogian8435 I would never (I totally would)

[@retroman3960]

Can we have Christie back now, Harada?

[@aghilesbessad6946]

I have to disagree with you, Eddy is stronger in this game than he was in t7, now he can guard when in negativa , he has +frames moves, his B1 4 3+4 is a counter hit combo that guarantees rlx 3+4 for more than 50 DMG out of a 13 frames move that tracks to 1 side, you can hit confirm B2 4 ,you can hit confirm b33 , his standing 4 has an extension. And he can actually sidestep, for me they really improved him , but he is still a little bit weak

[@artembochkarev6285]

What eddy lost from t7 1) Counter hits are gone. df2 counter hit 15 frame launcher - gone and now has worse tracking, ss2 counter hit launcher plus on block elbow completely removed, b33 is now confirmable yes but you cant really threat with finish string on block since its -15 and negativa now count as crouch so easy launch. 2) Evasive moves nerfed. db1+2 was save normal hit launcher, now only have guarantee throw. His sidestep move now -12 on block. ss3+4 now high with shitty hitboxes. All mid crushes on stances were removed completly, no damage scaling from stances. 3) Stances are butchered. You cant escape handstance fast, you can only escape into negativa. Handstance has zero mixup without charges (no low, grab is reactable). Handstane has zero mid crush moves. Negativa is now acts like crouching so all mids will hit you and launch you normally. You cant escape negativa fast like in t7. Negativa turned into hellsweep casino with risk reward highly not into eddy favour. In most cases simple backdash will completly neutralise negativa mix since hellsweep neads clean hit. 13 from negativa is not natural anymore. 4) Stances are butchered but game forces you into them. Running forces handstance, 10f punish forces negativa, 12f punish forces handstance, ff3 forces negative, uf4 forces negativa 5) Charges are useless. You dont have time to gather them and use in same round, it happens super rarely. The ways game want you to get charges are mid high string (usable only as whiff punish, but why i want to use it as such when i can use normal launcher, if you use it as it is - enemy ducks high and you die), using hellsweep from negativa (enemy block or use hopkick - you die), using mid mid from handstance (in which you dont wonna go anyway without charges, enemy has no reason to duck handstance without charges). Even concept of charges is forcing to enter handstance to mash mixup from it (both attacks stepable by the way and interruptible by fast attack, so all that hard work to farm to charges risking life actually gives you another shitty mixup locked behind stance). 6) A lot of moves eddy has times when he is in the air, hit burst in tekken 8 bound him during these moves and allows for full combo from enemy. Eddy is much weaker from t7, and the only way game wants you to play him is to mash mixes from negativa, forcing another mindless casino 8 50/50 playstyle which is boring and gives no satisfaction not for attacker and not for defending player.

[@sp_airwalk]

@@artembochkarev6285this man is spittin

[@Vert_GreenHeart]

More like why everyone hates Tekken 8 right now...

[@Vert_GreenHeart]

​@@xander6522 Bamco is mostly to blame for this, they been pulling anti-consumer moves left and right.

[@zer0cx110]

No we don’t

[@Flintc08]

@@zer0cx110 yes we do. game is ass in its current state

[@RaWMajkeL]

Eddy is a very weak character. People will complain about everything man. Every character will knowledge check you every time. King, Lily, Reina, Raven, Law, Claudio... each of these characters is way better and stronger and you also have to learn the matchup

[@Lay_rue442]

All the other characters you mentioned you can learn the matchup, but you have to pay extra to practice against Eddy in this game. It’s bullshit

[@RaWMajkeL]

@@Lay_rue442 Well that's the case with every DLC characters then, not only Eddy. Good luck playing a good Heihachi. Also, please don't act like there aren't billions of videos named "how to crush eddy in tekken 8". You just hating on a character

[@AlexanderMartinez-kd7cz]

it's a simple principle, a character's frustration level equals the ease of using it divided by the ease of countering it. while it's actual power level equals it's reward gained divided by it's risks taken assuming both players know the moveset. eddy is so easy to use that a bot pressing 3 can cimb ranked and so hard to counter that you have to dedicate hours to studying him specifically. but assuming both players know the character his tools aren't actually good. ergo he's both complete cancer and terrible at high level. designer skill issue if you ask me.

[@Rickxekken]

Casual player here. My Eddy playstyle is just me spamming 3 and 4 randomly. Forget about mixing up the opponent, I mixed up myself sometimes.

[@Skyhawk619]

Are you gonna do a video about Marshal Law?

[@nicholasley5665]

Hi! I’m a first time Tekken player and an Eddy main. You’re right! I love him for his design and unique fighting style. As I’ve grown to understand the Tekken meta more and have learned just how “hated” he is, I’ve been shocked. I’m Bushin ranked and STILL get messaged for “spamming,” even though I haven’t spammed his 3,3,3 since my first week of playing him. People can’t seem to get it out of their heads that Eddy is much more than his 3,3,3, and, outside of lower ranks, it just won’t work. I have also come to learn just how suicide-y he is. Slow wind ups, extremely unsafe moves, and an over-reliance on stances make him feel super gimmicky. But, honestly, it’s his extreme mixup game that’s allowed me to flourish with him as someone new to the game. I’m not a Tekken pro at all. But what I AM good at after 25 years of gaming, is reading my opponents’ minds. And being able to condition my opponent and mix it up on them is what’s allowed me to succeed with him. I do feel I’ve hit a ceiling with him but that’s mostly because I’m not very good at sidestepping or knowing all the frame data. But I’m definitely getting there. As far as I’m concerned, if there are people reaching God of Destruction on a character (namely, ANY character), then I can too. And that’s why I’m fine with all the hate. I love Capoeira as a dance/martial art, and I’m gonna continue playing him :)

[@JayGaming-p2u]

He’s definitely a tricky character but he’s not THAT much different from TEKKEN 3 & tag so if you have a clear understanding of his move set and stay low and on the offensive he’s manageable to beat.

[@aren5900]

Big thanks for this video, eddy gang appreciates this a lot!

[@GingerLoyd2901]

I’m an Eddy main and I have to say that the only people that think Eddy is broken are people that don’t have experience against him. When I play someone and I can tell they know nothing about him I steamroll them. If they are familiar with him though it’s very difficult some of his most important strings can be interrupted so easily without fail you just need to know how. His damage is also very low.

[@unknowndevil88]

and that is way you main him, youu cheese loving guy

[@Matt_Underwood]

Wow, hold on, I agree with most of what you said, and it will be very difficult to win with Eddy if the opponent knows the match up very well, but Eddy's damage is NOT low. When Eddy gets you, either on counterhit or combos, he hurts like a mfer. Get a counterhit with Eddy and he does 50 to 55 damage with just 2 moves, that is almost a full combo. Eddy hurts, but will get punished just as hard if you are doing something wrong

[@Filterdeez]

Had problems with him when i couldnt lab him. Now that i can lab him, Eddy isnt a problem. Now Drag, Alisa, King and Xaioyu.....

[@newkeyo]

​​@@Matt_UnderwoodI think it's just in comparison to the rest of the cast, he definitely hurts. In some instances I've been spamming down back 4 and it's the easiest 40 damage you'll get in the game and it's guaranteed. But it's not nearly as bad as Paul, Nina,or king . You guess wrong with one of those characters, and you're taking a ton of damage on top of a vortex

[@Lion144yourfutureMaster]

You can't deal with or understand Capoeira.

[@bluyinn]

If he gets in a hand stand just do a jab while crouched.

[@juliocata2039]

Just block it’s not that bad if your complaining about him being too op just learn jab

[@tezd3735]

Kool played u last night didn't even knew you were a KZbinr good video

[@Davidb5212]

EDDY video is here!

[@acemaison2834]

Theres a few layers to learning a match up that can be considered not easy and thats having to know all the character + & - moves . Options and the basically their popular flowcharts , thats not adding the fact every player is slightly different in how they approach the character depending on how forward they are . Eddy is very button pressy and floaty so trying to understand what they are doing can be overwhelming to some so the phrase "Learn the match-up or Lab it" can be more of u asking a bit much of some with so little time as is to basically pick up eddy to just dunk on him. no one is gonna pay money just to be able lab him and its not about the price of him its about how dumb it is to need to pay at all for just practice. So dear reader im not going buy eddy to learn a character i barely see just in case a eddy main appears just cause i hate him , i rather take the L then do all what i stated for one DLC character. This can be applied to Lidia & Heihachi too btw. and any other future dlc . Word to BANDAI "Make dlc characters optional to be labbed in practice or replays "

[@ImaNeedHalf]

He’s kinda in the same strain as Hwo, very unorthodox and annoying to fight. But these guys are better than characters like Alisa and Law who I could hand over to a 4 year old and watch them go to work.

[@Nico00]

Yes buying the character just to lab them is scummy. But you can download a Eddy Ghost and play him in Super-Ghost Battle and ''Lab'' Eddy like that.

[@LowBackPain94]

#buffclaudio and fix the terrible internet connection

[@On30utcOme]

As an Eddy main, I hate how cheap he is in 8. He was a defensive player in previous games and u had to know how to kdb to punish . Now you can just spam 3 and still get a 3-0 whitewash. I also hate that his Negativa isn’t a lot now

[@moxdegiourno7984]

I bought him and he is mostly a 50/50 mixup character with good backdash and a knowledge checker, however most people dont know that he kinda sucks compared to his T7 moves that was much better tbh a lot of his moves right now are too unsafe or leaves him at -6 or -9 and the startups are like 17 to 23. Most opponents i beat are mostly from knowledge check or dont have low awareness the others are from whiff punish only and i had to play footsies and defensive if he was not a dlc character or if players are able to play him during practice there will be few hate on him tbh

[@YukkiRuiii]

The only thing to hate about Eddy is you have to pay for him to play and lab him but after that theres nothing to hate cause the character is so damn bad like his pressure is fake as hell, he basically has to go on a suicide mission to get any offense off as his moves are unsafe as hell, he has shit damage for a tekken 8 character like if someone is in Beginner to Red ranks sure Eddy is a menace (tbf everyone is a menace in those ranks) but the higher you go the character just struggles

[@gasgy]

Could you do a updated ranking of most cheesy gameplay? The characters that benefit the most from using a knowledge check gameplan these days. Realy liked your difficulty tier list, but though cheese and dificult influence each other, they aren't the same.

[@Evaded-nm7sr]

I think eddy wouldnt be that hated if u could check what u did wrong against him but since u need dlc to even check in replay is beyond shitty

[@Mokujinko]

In 7 he didn't feel too much of a threat. Now though it's just buttons on buttons. I hate guessing for my life plus it feels like he has more safety and fewer opportunities to punish but it could just be that those opportunities have changed/ moved.

[@six7388]

Completely indistinguishable animations + Evasive and unpredictable stances + Inability to learn said animations and stances without forking over real life money Quite possibly the worst combination for Character ‘design’ in any fighting game… especially Tekken

[@fancyhermit7]

Maybe it's because he's completely unrecognisable, doesn't really play like his traditional self, lost his identity as a legacy character and has a easy one button combo

[@theonlysven7787]

noone hates eddy

[@jediarcher16]

It seems like Eddy the character was caught within the payment wall controversy storm this time around and that didn’t help. But Eddy is just like every other character at high play I feel like. When you get past Atleast Kishin, the knowledge checks for everyone starts to go out the window. It starts to become your fault if you fall for things that are out here, so for that, I do think he should openly labbable even as an Eddy main myself. I don’t play Eddy because he is a spammy knowledge check, I enjoy his spacing control, and his ability to control the pace of the fight. He truly is “rhythm” based. Eddy will always be my favorite character just because of who he is and his entire countenance/style. I really want Eddy to win more tournaments. Many Eddy players consistently have been ranking in the top lineup like jeondding and nomar, he’s a good candidate for a character due for a buff lowkey 🌚 i mean come on tiers aren’t everything but are we seeing this?!

[@nep401]

Even Atiff struggled against an Eddy

[@sasukeakatsuki7042]

I used to beat up a lot of Eddy players way back in older games. But in Tekken 8 he's like one of my most hated match ups. A lot of casuals lose cuz they don't know how to low parry to interupt strings. But why does Eddy have so much plus moves in Tekken 8 I can barely interupt him while he's changing stances anymore sometimes its even a trade. Not to mention that new hellsweep move.

[@sasukeakatsuki7042]

Plus he's faster now, that break dance break dance thing used to be slower. How is it always his turn in Tekken 8

[@ivan-fs]

I think I'm gonna be the black sheep here and say: I actually like when I see him on the versus screen. Yes, he's spammy, but so easy to counter and punish. His Negativa stance is nowhere near as hard to deal with like in previous iterations of the character. He's actually my best matchup. But if we're talking about Alisa and Dragunov, yeah, fuck those two!

[@YungBl3ss94]

Eddy is actually punishable in so many ways and with that being said it takes skill to not set yourself to be punished with eddy. Eddy you can’t really lab him especially if someone is actually good with him .

[@thmistrapillay1811]

Literally a bot pressing 3 blows up most beginners and intermediates.... somethings up

[@gdorfssb]

Fam. I do agree labbing the Eddy matchup is what to do… But you haven’t once acknowledged that you can’t lab him without first BUYING him. I don’t want to spend money on a character just to not get cheesed. That’s the main issue.

[@Boogard]

I literally acknowledged that in the video as one of the reasons people hate him

[@luker3970]

You did NOT watch the video lmfao

[@mohnishtripathi1540]

LAW NEXT! I also hate Paul's punch and it takes a lot of blood

[@MegaBat91]

Eddy is pretty easy to beat, and he is still the most annoying character in the game.

[@luKB01]

I was going to buy Eddy when he came out, but genuinely the only thing that stopped me is the change in his animations, mainly his handstand stance. I know it’s something so silly but the way he holds his legs when in his handstand just doesn’t look as cool :/ Also I gather that his gameplay is quite different from his Tekken 7 playstyle.

[@devinshelly9749]

He was most hated in Tekken 3 😅

[@RandyGarcia1]

eddy has the best mixups in the game

[@ericalfon1620]

Why you hate eddy? "Because you're weak" that's why. 😂 His moves ARE annoying, but doesn't mean can't be handled.

[@hazmat7118]

because he is brazilian next question

[@Sloppyjoey1]

OUT OF TOUCH ALERT. But seriously, he's annoying for the same reason people hate Hwoarang. Eddy / Hwoarang straight up require the enemy to know more about them than they need on the enemy (at most levels of play). They're just unfun to play against because of the unreasonable amount of homework & blender of abilities and frames to study. It doesn't mean they're OP, but people would way rather fight Paul.

[@konranbaka1452]

Great video. I playing Eddy since start of Tekken 7 and NEVER feel that i get carried by him. I heard many stories about how op he was in the past, but never experienced that myself. At my level everyone knows how to beat my ass so i strangle a lot before achieved Tekken Emperor rank in T7 (still cannot escape blue ranks in T8). I agree about stupidity of Bandai Namco design that people can't lab DLC characters without buying them, but to be honest - it's just a pathetic excuse. Anyone have access to internet. After watching any random 7-9 minutes guide average player can easily improve his skills against 95% of Eddy spammers. This matchup really not that hard. Specially comparable to characters like Lin Xiaoyu, Yoshimitsu or Ley Wu Long. If somebody agree to play with me I'll be more than happy to help them. Not only with Eddy. I'm playing with 21 different characters in T8 and on pretty high level.

[@devilangel4655]

Hwoarang. Eddy, King, Law Annoying

[@VineetKumar-mk9lp]

Im an eddy main since tekken5 But still didnt bought him in T8 And unable to win a single rank match against him till now 😅 And i also hate to lab characters often 😂😂😂

[@cemtokgoz]

Eddy is nice and solid character.ı hate most Over powered jin,stupid azucena and lili

[@Jylstin]

This probably the most positive why everyone hates character video😂 Eddy can be annoying but Eddy players themselves have it rough having to work very hard as his kit is extremely weak and mostly revolves around 50/50

[@666slateran666]

Hes so annoying to fight against 💯

[@playharderscrub]

All my homies hate Eddie 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@cyberlox2ndgigdixon211]

Well in my opinion no such thing as "spammy" just lack of knowledge!!!!

[@Xbox.4388]

I don’t hate Eddy and he’s my 2nd main

[@maartenbondt9600]

I just hate that some of his low the ground moves are mids. I learned how to beat him, he’s not that strong. But his animations are just annoying

[@TheGaara802]

Do you respect us victor mains? I'm new to Tekken but still

[@AlaaHbSam]

I would rather play against eddy than alisa or nina or law

[@nWo_remiix]

I play yoshi so i cant really talk about tricky, mix-up stance based characters lol

[@Flintc08]

yea you get carried as well good point

[@nWo_remiix]

@@Flintc08 learning yoshi isnt easy but for me its worth it since he's such a strong character, does great dmg, has tons of mix-ups & requires some pretty good execution to really get good with so why not just fully commit to him theres tons of characters that get played all too often & im not really a huge fan of that to be honest, everybody has a drag or a feng on standby, victor, & nina seem to get alot of attention too but for me i love yoshi i think he fits my playstyle like a glove

[@catman2278]

just a friendly word of advice from a fellow KZbinr who has been making videos for nearly nine years and has not grown an inch and subscriber count defending a character like Eddie is going to make you lose subscribers because you're defending a character that everyone hates I understand where you're coming from and I agree with you but a majority of tech and fans are going to unsubscribe from your channel just because you're defending Eddie, it's said really 😢

[@Shane-ry6fr]

Whats crazy eddy in tekken 8 is easier to block but mf be mad though. Idk Eddy is my main tho

[@Flintc08]

Naw i didnt come here for an "Eddy is super honest" take. He's locked behind a DLC wall. I know for a FACT i aint buyin this character. And wont be buying him in the near future.

[@fobo3361]

For me its the fact he's brain dead easy knowledge check slop, while taking a toddlers level of skill to play I played an eddy who was melting my health bar, cuz i haven't fought that many eddy's and his animations are impossible to read, but i noticed he was just button mashing, so i decided to just mash jab, he immediately had no clue what to do, just eating my jab over and over, he gets so far by just mindlessly flow charting, and as a Bryan player whose game plan relies on spacing and precise counter hit timing, it sucks to fight against, obviously everyone in tekken 8 has knowledge checks and can be played in a mindless flow chart way, but eddy seems to just highlight this part of tekken to the extreme

[@burningphoneix]

Why you always showing my boys Mishima KSA and Federer2009 getting stomped by Eddy? 😡

[@mayankdhasmana3405]

What is the point of this video? You just narrated the same thing you said in the first 30 seconds over and over again for the entire duration of the video.

[@seamusmarquis2992]

Can you make an anti eddy tutorial

[@Letstalkcod]

Eddy is the character you pick up when you lack deductive skills and adaptability.

[@lordyorha4184]

I needd to buy this garbage so i can learn his matchup fuck no

[@dreamnail]

lol can't lab him without paying 8€

[@darlingimscared]

Pay to learn.