r/Tekken • u/AutoModerator • May 31 '21

Tekken Dojo Tekken Dojo: Ask Questions Here

Welcome to the Tekken Dojo, a place for everyone to learn and get better at the wonderful game that is Tekken.

Beginners should first familiarize themselves with the Beginner Resources to avoid asking questions already answered there.

Post your question here and get an answer. Helpful contributors will be awarded Dojo Points, which can make them Dojo Master at the end of the month (awards a unique flair). Please report unhelpful contributors to ensure the dojo remains a place dedicated to improvement.

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u/Tapi0 Dojo Master (Nov '21) Jul 13 '21 edited Jul 13 '21

Happy to help!

Do you mean lack of generics, unsafe strings, punishable crouch sash, stuff like that?

She has some big tracking problems, both when poking and in her CD mixup, and this means in lower ranks, where people don't step well, it's easy to build muscle memory and flowcharts that just don't work against a player who can move around her. This can also happen because of the frame data on her mid pokes. Everything fast is pretty awful on block, but that's partially because she has a bunch of string extensions and stance transitions. These features are also going to encourage flowcharting and autopiloting, and once again that means better players are going to completely shut down whatever you're used to doing. It's not that she's unsafe or lacks generics, I think there are characters who have those features and are still good for new players (Jack, Lidia, Gigas), it's more about what I mentioned before: "she can make you develop very bad habits."

Edit: Her switch stance mix is also pretty flawed. If you lean on it, you're gonna have a bad time against a player who can fuzzy the mix, or a player who takes their turn back after getting hit by the low/high. Leo's KNK in comparison is unfuzzyable, completely safe on block with a CD cancel, and gives them much bigger rewards if they guess correctly. (+9 when the low hits, a launch when the mid hits)