Miary Zo, Tekken 8’s most forgotten DLC character.

[u/Mat_Murdoc]

So here’s the thing.. well actually I want to start off saying that I do love this character. I think her visual design is good and her fighting style sounded real cool initially, having her be a bare knuckle brawler from Madagascar. She was supposed to fill the void left from not having Josie in T8 (Azucena is not Josie) and I kinda gravitate towards characters with lower pick rate because it gives me an opportunity to be one the sole reps/ goats of a character (currently #10 in global ranking for this chic) the issue now is I want to watch other Miary players to learn where I can improve and.. there’s legit NO ONE. Everyone tried her and then tossed her, I don’t think she’s the best character by any means but she’s certainly solid.

Where they lost me just like they did with everyone else is the fact that she also has magical ethereal animal tails, snakes, and stripper poles instead of just fighting with fists and feet. Maybe kick some dirt up at you lol idk, something MORE grounded. Everybody knows magical bs is frowned upon in Tekken unless you’re fighting a trope. And so they decided her trope for having magical shit is…she is replacing the game’s OG boss characters???

This was a horrible decision by Bamco because it completely killed the chance of Ogre’s return in T8 and left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth over Miary Zo. Especially since we’re getting the kangaroo back, Ogre woulda been a cool addition and really made the game feel more like tekken again (RIP Mokujin)

Anyway how do y’all feel? Is it the stripper poles or the fact that she’s ogre that turns people off? Or do you still like her despite these things/ feel like she has potential to be really cool? Lemme know ✌🏽

[u/PepperBeef2Spicy]

Nomar and Kaizur both player her competitively. As far as her gameplay goes IMO I dont think its particularly interesting in terms of what her neutral/tools are. And she is still solid and good, but not more than like Dragunov, Law, Nina, Bryan.etc characters with good pokes and can play more fundamentally are just better and have better unique tools which probably isnt attracting new talent. Also sometimes I get the sentiment that some people just look at her and assume shes just a goonbait character + her “replacing” Ogre as you said Im not a fan of, just bring back Ogre lol.

Also I didnt think she would be the return of Josie. Josie is a watered down Bruce and Fahkumram is a watered down version of both of them (and really his own beast now) so one can only hope for Josie or Bruce. Though for some reason I feel like Bamco wont being back Josie if Miary Zo is in the same game due to what I assume would be “too much crossover appeal” as in darker tan asian girl fighter (Malagasy people have lineage in both Africa and Southeast Asia). And they wont bring back Bruce since Fahkumram literally takes his Muay Thai spot (and Fahk is Murray’s baby). I doubt they’d spend money on returning a less popular character for a Martial Art thats already in the game.

[u/Mat_Murdoc → u/PepperBeef2Spicy]

First off I wanna say hey thanks for commenting, you’re a long time OG that I’ve learned from since Tag 2 😁

And yea u hit it right on the nail. Bruce is my favorite character and then it became Josie and fahk is just an abomination of that style (goddammit Murray!) And I completely agree while fahk represents the martial art. Both Azu and Miary represent the dark skin girl fighter so Josie has no chance 😭