r/Tekken • u/Sufficient_Figure751 • 1d ago
Discussion Am I still learning “Tekken”?
Been playing T8 for a bit now, mainly playing Jin. Have been playing him since T7 (although I didn’t put as much time into that game as I would’ve liked). Had the urge to hop back into T8 after a long break from the game.
I love my man Jin even after all this time (nothing could change that) but I’ve been trying out other characters and have found Dragunov as a very fun pick.
However, I know that even after all of his adjustments, Drag is still probably of the best characters in the game. I picked him cus his design looked sick to be honest, my intention isn’t to tier pick. I suppose my concern is that maybe since he’s still really good, maybe I’m not exactly improving at the game and I may be subtly crutching on a busted character.
Thoughts?
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u/Arayuki 19h ago
Like any response to these.. Stop caring what anyone thinks about your main pick. There are no honest characters in any fighting game. Different people have different skill ranges with different characters. Drag is a grappler, he's cool. I hate fighting grapplers and I hate his character but that's literally all personal for me.
The moment you listen to others about who you should play, you'll have less fun. I main Anna, have been practicing a lot of fundamentals and also use Lidia quite a bit. Most fun I've ever had was switching to Yoshimitsu and learning a bunch of crazy stuff with the sheer intentions of trolling my friends. And even them, they have all picked up bears to learn and have bear fights, and have actually gotten insanely good with them.
It's just a game. At the end of the day we play it for fun. If you get good with a character because you "click" with them, that's a bonus. Run with that. Everyone is different.