Wavedash 05 - Is Tekken too Hard? / Season 3 Tiers

Dinosaur joins TheMainManSWE, Frame Whisperer, Sephiblack and Legandary Mihawk to discuss whether Tekken is too bloated as well as discussing Rangchu's Season 3 tier list

03:13 Is Tekken Too Unapproachable?

12:24 Should movement be tied to execution?

21;23 The difference between “depth” and “stuff”

25:59 The effect of large movelists

34:48 Training wheel characters

44:22 Frank Tekken

47:53 Was Leroy intentionally overpowered?

50:20 The amount of stuff you have to learn 

54:47 Generic moves are often the best moves

01:01:12 Is it better to remove or normalize generic tools?

01:03:38 Why Gigas is so “weak”

01:09:50 Simple characters tend to do well in tournaments  

01:14:58 Normalizing crush moves

01:19:58 Focusing on character archetypes so players can express themselves

01:24:28 Should characters be balanced around community feedback?

01:32:55 Is Tekken 7 balanced?

01:47:57 Rangchu’s tier list

01:49:05 Xiaoyu is overrated

01:54:14 Is Zafina top tier?

02:01:01 Mid-tier Lee – strong but hard to use

02:03:20 Dragunov is overrated

02:08:58 The Goose is loose

02:12:16 Is Law overrated?

02:26:22 Marduk in tournaments

02:26:55 Ganryu too similar to TTT2 version?

02:28:53 Heihachi is underrated, but perhaps the hardest character in the game

02:42:16 Is Negan good now?

02:47:44 Lei and Miguel are underrated

02:49:30 Bryan is underrated, but his jab sucks

02:53:25 Asuka isn’t very effective at the highest level of play due to her inability to punish minor whiffs

02:54:30 Claudio is simple and has strong space control

02:59:03 Josie is risky but easy to use and also has excellent block punishment 

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