So after playing every other day, and about 9-10 hours yesterday and today (worse than drugs) I have some thoughts.
-Shaheen is the only character I would consider "broken". Safe on strings, launchers, etc. Extremely fast frames and recovery. Free OTG damage for 50% combos. Free mixups off of slide. Good range. Good everything. No wonder all of Asia has him ranked S or SS. Crazy. It's almost certain that he'll be toned done for the console version.
-My main Bryan. What can I say? He is amazing. Godlike footsies. Still requires game knowledge and great spacing to maximize him. Many counter hits lead to juggles, more than most. He capitalizes one of the most off of the new ground breaks and juggle system. Qcb3 now can combo off of counter hit, 3+4 crumples like T6 on counter, etc. Amazing wall carry. Taunt cancel is still good, especially near the corner. Still one of the best characters around if you are strong with your footsies. My main since T5 5.0, and no reason whatsoever to change. Very pleased.
-Josie. Played her the 2nd most because I like her more than all the other new characters. She's fun to play and really good, somewhat different than Bruce. She doesn't have the range or the damage that Bruce had. She has a little more difficult execution than Bruce also. In return she has a few faster moves, strong pokes, strong low pokes, and more cancel opportunities into dash stance cancel and a new back sway stance. A solid replacement for Bruce imo. She plays more aggressive than Bruce with better and faster mixups. Back sway 1 is a crumple on regular hit, allow free combos on a good read. Her cancels make opponents want to push buttons, which they lose. This girl is danger. I'll be riding her and Bryan this go around as my duo.
-Steve. If it wasn't for my new found Josie, Steve would be getting his usual #2 spot. Just as good as ever. Combos are a little diff, and for what it's worth he feels "easier" on the execution in this game for his BnB's. 112 can duck cancel now. With the changed oki system FF2 is a killer on grounded opponents. Overall, Steve is still Steve.
-Asuka. Depressing. She just isn't that good. Unless you're just a fan there's probably not much of a reason to use her. Low damage, weak mixups, suffers from oki change, crappy frame speed, unsafe, just bad. Bad. Not "worst in the game bad (I think), but pretty damn bad. I wouldn't main her unless I was a true loyalist. Hoping there really is a console patch because she is severely outclassed right now.
-Claudio. Tekken 7's Shinnok, but even easier. If you want a character that has all the tools while at the same time is one of the best, pick up Claudio for 5 minutes and you're set.
-Jin. My friend main's Jin so obviously I've played more Bryan vs Jin than any match. This is probably his best version since the T3 and T4 days of doom. He "has everything", just not as absurd as DJ or Shaheen and not as braindead as Claudio. If I had to pick the prototype character that should represent the game it's him. His footsie game is super solid, he has a lot of defensive options, just a strong overall toolset with nothing out of whak. Though my endless T4 salt would never allow me to touch this character, I can say after having played him many times now that he is legit. Better than I thought and no doubt better than T6 and TTT2 Jin.
-Kazumi. Not sure what to say here. She seems "ok" but her gameplay feels very one dimensional and repetitive for her best success. Wasn't really feeling her.
-Paul. There is some dude who plays TTT2 religiously we've been running into that uses Paul. Seems pretty good in this one. Feels like fighting TTT2 Paul. Not sure if it's because this guy is just better using his old tech or the character hasn't changed. Need more time.
-Law. Very, very, very good. He's Law on steroids. Double edge sword, Super high reward/Super high risk. When he's on, he's on, but lots of getting punished if you make bad reads or wrong pressure options. Kind of like Ermac without OS. But stronger of a character.
-Heihachi. Oh do I miss the days of EWGF'ing opponents to death. Hey Heihachi? Remember when you were a Godlike character? Yea, the good ol days huh? In seriousness, he's still good, but kinda toned down so I didn't use him too much (yet). Only a little because whenever I started with him good players came so I had to bring out my Bryan/Josie. I need to see if the God of Top Tier has fallen to mid for myself though.
-King. My friends secondary. Picture the King you know. Now picture him better in every way. This is what happened to Jin and King, and lucky me to face them for years.
-Lily. Laughable garbage. So garbage that when you see someone pick her you should begin to laugh.
That's all I got for now. Any questions feel free to ask. Oh and yes, the game is utterly amazing and I'm taking an extended lunch break to go play tomorrow instead of eating since I can walk 5min there. Yes it's that serious.
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