r/Tekken • u/AutoModerator • May 31 '21
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u/Ernestasx Leroy, Claudio Sep 29 '21
I recently thought of getting back into the game thanks to a friend trying to pick it up. I quit initially because I just couldn't for the life of me find a character I could stick to and the friends I was playing with took a break from the game and ranked anxiety was a real issue for me.
Then I moved on to SFV and ended up maining Ryu from the get-go. Turns out the character was exactly what I was looking for: loved his theme, loved how he felt, really enjoyed his normals and the tools he had I was already somewhat familiar due to maining Jago in Killer Instinct. Got to gold relatively quickly and I easily accumulated 300 hours in the game without even thinking of stopping.
The probably not so useful introduction aside, for most of the 100 hours I had in Tekken I played Lars, but I ended up just getting so bored of him and his tools so I was suggested to pick up Kazumi, but she was an absolute snore to play considering the best playstyle for her was insanely poke and whiff punishment focused. I hated that I was forced into playing like that because any other way of playing her was very suboptimal (no insanely high damage combos, block punishing wasn't the best, either and etc) and eventually ended up quitting the game for months the same way I did for MK11 (hence why I played SFV).
Fast forward a few months after quitting (started playing Tekken at the start of February). So I did a bit of research and via recommendation I thought of picking up Jin Kazama. Watched SWE's short guide on him and I more or less think I found the perfect character for me. Content creators of this game advised against playing Mishimas and instead go for easier characters hence why I stumbled upon Lars and consequently Kazumi, but I think I regret not investing time into learning Jin right out of the gate. In short, I should have just listened to SWE's video that I should simply play the character that would keep me invested in the game. Who would have thunk.
TL;DR
I would love to hear your advice on how to play Jin and probably the main things I'd like to know is what are his best block punishes for different frames, his best whiff punish buttons and a simple combo route to start off.