Tekken 7 Discussion Thread

Fergus_ wrote: »

@Eoin, he's from Belfast. Unsure of his previous tekken history but he has competed in an UK tourney abroad in DR and played some T6 as far as I know.

Definitely the best Wang and Pappi I've played ever

To expand on this: back in 2008 he came 4th at Battle of Destiny - a tournament which offered a flight to Las Vegas for Evo a couple of weeks later as its first prize, attracting players from all over Europe (first and second were brothers from Poland) - right behind Ryan Hart. The Poles were unable to travel to Evo, so Ryan got the flight and went on to win Evo.

BigStupidGuy wrote: »

I never met Simon actually, where did he come from anyway? Was he around in your day Domonator?

Can't say I remember him. Which characters did he use?

Is nina too complex to pick up getting into tekken ?, I've heard so much contrasting stuff from different people over characters to get into the game with, someone told me paul and the mishimas are a good way to get into it

Fergus_ wrote: »

Loool Dave, I actually remember that now. That's so bizarre to look back on now. Just a wee heads up, Tekken players refer to Xiaoyu as Ling and she is indeedy in T7 as well as Law. Not too far off on my predictions

Lei and Julia are my next 2 chars to be revealed.

Fixed now. The Wiki page I grabbed the T7 chars off had them listed alphabetically, but by first name like weirdos, so I missed Ling, Marshall and Sergei on first pass, but I caught Sergei on second pass before posting the pic.

Is the T7 roster not actually confirmed then? I thought it was all done and dusted and was the best Tekken ever because it has a Street Fighter character in it.

Here is your shortlist for what you're waiting to be confirmed:



I think from what I played on the 3DS I quite enjoyed Dragunov, Lars and Lili; but didn't play Lili much because you called her as not being in T7 :pac:

UberPrinny_Baal wrote: »

Fixed now. The Wiki page I grabbed the T7 chars off had them listed alphabetically, but by first name like weirdos, so I missed Ling, Marshall and Sergei on first pass, but I caught Sergei on second pass before posting the pic.

Is the T7 roster not actually confirmed then? I thought it was all done and dusted and was the best Tekken ever because it has a Street Fighter character in it.

Here is your shortlist for what you're waiting to be confirmed:



I think from what I played on the 3DS I quite enjoyed Dragunov, Lars and Lili; but didn't play Lili much because you called her as not being in T7 :pac:

They're most likely adding more characters. I got my money on Lei, Julia and Lee at the moment.

airmax87 wrote: »

I can remember a lot of her commands from other games, should most transfer over ?

Yep, the character's movelists change very little from one tekken to another.

Fergus_ wrote: »

I believe he used Kazuya in DR/T6 and then switched to Wang/Pappi in TTT2.

Doesn't ring a bell. Or maybe I just can't remember as I stopped playing back in 2010.

Welcome back!

I remember back in 2009, when a tournament was being organized in the XGC for T6, that someone from Northern Ireland asked could we not put "Ireland" in the tournaments name, rather say R.O.I. instead as it implied that it was the entire country competing. Is there a rivalry between north and south?

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

First I've heard of it, and I've been doing tournaments since Soulcalibur IV (2009)

I'd say the rivalry now is more scene/skill-based, without regards to country.

Sound. Can't wait to get back to playing Tekken competitively.

UberPrinny_Baal wrote: »

While I'm asking random questions and holding people to their answers:

What character who is in Tekken3D/Tag2/7 is the most braindead easy to play and win with. Toppest tier with lowest skill requirement basically :pac:

I wouldn't pay too much attention to tiers, every character is good if you play them the right way. Here's Knee using Gigas: (a lower tier character) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBfYMG8PauY

It depends on your play style, are you fast and have good technical skills? Then maybe a Mishima character. I myself was never fast enough to use the Mishimas effectively so I chose Marduk and King as my mains. The only thing I can say is to try every character, see which one you like and and grind it out in practice mode to learn all the moves, juggles, frames and safe moves.

Here's a tier list for Tekken 7: http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/news/2015/6/16/tekken-7-nobi-shous-tier-lists-karei-vs-kagemaru-match-video.html it may be outdated at this point. Also, study the best players in the world's matches on Youtube, you can learn a lot from them.

The Domonator wrote: »

I wouldn't pay too much attention to tiers, every character is good if you play them the right way. Here's Knee using Gigas: (a lower tier character) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBfYMG8PauY

It depends on your play style, are you fast and have good technical skills? Then maybe a Mishima character. I myself was never fast enough to use the Mishimas effectively so I chose Marduk and King as my mains. The only thing I can say is to try every character, see which one you like and and grind it out in practice mode to learn all the moves, juggles, frames and safe moves.

Here's a tier list for Tekken 7, it may be outdated at this point. Also, study the best players in the world's matches on Youtube, you can learn a lot from them.

My question was partially a joke.

I already knew everything you just wrote. I'm not new to fighting games. Thanks for linking the tier list though (I like that Dragonuv is good).

That said, I don't play Tekken, own a copy of a main series Tekken game or even really like Tekken. I won't grind in practice mode, do any research, learn any moves or expend any mental effort in this endevour whatsoever.

So with all that in mind: Who's the best/easiest character if you're awful at the game and might just end up playing T7 at a friend's house one day?

Edit: The universal rule of fighting games is to use whatever you're comfortable with. If you're used to pad you might find the jump to stick initially very difficult, but eventually wonder how you ever managed without it (like myself).

If you are based near one of the cities that have regular casuals, your best bet is to arrange to come on the same day as some Tekken stick players. Anyone would be willing to let you try out their stick to see if you like it before dropping cash money on your own one.

There is a topic for buying/selling fightsticks on this forum here.

The Domonator wrote: »

I'm just curious, how many people use Controllers or sticks to play? I've always used controllers to play but I would like to try my hand at a stick. I'm finding the pad too limited when it comes to movement. Which stick brands would you recommend? I can't buy one until Tekken 7 gets released because I don't know if the game is getting released for PC, which will save me having to buy a PS4.

As much as I love stick, for some reason (muscle memory?) I think PS1/PS2 pad is superior to stick for Tekken.

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

As much as I love stick, for some reason (muscle memory?) I think PS1/PS2 pad is superior to stick for Tekken.

What about DS3/4? I can't decide between this which I prefer more for Tekken.

If you play claw style like I do on pad, pressing 2 buttons at once is fine.

Especially once you get used to button buffering, ie holding down 1 and pressing 2 and it will register as 1+2. Very useful if there's a sequence of buttons that allows you to do it such as Asuka's 2,1,1+2. I can just do 2, then press 1 and hold it then press 2 again for 1+2 ender.

Although there are some moves in the game that you can't button buffer during combos because it's a standalone move like Lars' DE 1+2 as it must be done out of F3 stance.

I feel its easier to press simultaneous buttons on stick though. Especially when you're trying to break 1+2 grabs in the heat of the moment and you get 1,2 or 2,1 on pad. One of my biggest annoyances atm.

I used to use a PS2 pad with a converter for Tekken back in the day. There's just something about the PS3 pads L2 & R2 buttons, I never liked them.