Month: January 2018

If you are an experienced Tekken 7 player who strives to keep a competitive edge, one need not express to you the importance of of landing a while standing/rising launcher. When reacting to an opponent’s botched sweep, it is especially important to realize that blocking is only the first step, and that a well-executed while-standing launcher can turn the tides immensely in a player’s favor.

YouTuber Scallywag 93 has created a useful visual guide that ranks 39 while-standing launchers by their execution speed. Spanning a majority of the Tekken 7 roster, this handy video can help most players determine when — or if — they should use a rising attack as a punishment option. This is also useful in helping a player determine what to expect as punishment, should they find themselves on the business end of a botched sweep situation.

Check out Scallywag 93’s while-standing launchers rankings below, and swing by their channel for more Tekken 7 tech of this nature.

Source: Scallywag 93

It seems like no matter what fighting game you play, there always seems to be a few characters that are considered “bad” or “low tier.” While every player may have their own personal tier list in mind, there are a few common factors that most would agree make a character not worth the effort.

Using Street Fighter V‘s Ryu, or rather his Seasin 2 balance changes as an example, YouTuber TrueUnderDawgGaming covers what he believes are the key factors that make a fighting game character underpowered. In a brief yet very insightful video, he lists a character’s lack of basic mechanics, weak core mechanics, or a player’s inability to achieve a character’s playstyle as the three top reasons a character would be placed at the bottom of any tier list.

Check out What Makes a Character Bad? by TrueUnderDawgGaming below, and be sure to check out their channel for more fighting game analyses.

Source: TrueUnderDawgGaming

Lars has certainly fallen from grace in Tekken 7 from his days on the top of the tier list in Tekken 6. A lot of players commented that his damage output has fallen off somewhat in the most recent iteration of the game. Looking at this combo video, however, may leave you thinking, “What nerfs?”

While this video has some heavily technical combos for the character, it does show that Lars has some amazing corner carries and huge damage output at times. It also showcases two different 100% combos on the Howard Estate against Kuma and Jack-7, showing how dangerous Lars can be on that stage.

Source: Savage Ogre