The long road for Tekken 7’s competitive scene is finally approaching its end after six and a half years (and even longer in arcades), but we’re not there just yet.
Thaiger Uppercut 2023 is going down this weekend as the last Master Event for the Tekken World Tour in Tekken 7’s life, and we’ve got the breakdown now of which characters the top players are using to try and punch their tickets to the finals.
Anyone whose been following the scene for a while now probably won’t be super surprised to see that Feng is at the top with 4 out of the top 32 maining him, but no one was able to place higher than 13th with him at the event.
Instead, it’d be Leo interestingly enough who’d have the most representation and be in the top 8 as well thanks to Ayorichie clinching a spot on the finals day stage.
Speaking of top 8, we’ve got 8 different fighters making the top cut as mains which is great to see including Bryan, Bob, Marduk, Claudio, Lili, Kunimitsu, Noctis and Leo as mentioned before.
Some of the major contenders of past years like Akuma, Geese and Kazumi are also still present, but seemingly more likely in the backup spot now while Leroy and Fahkumram are totally absent from the upper brackets.
Moreover, we don’t have anyone in the top 32 with Mishima blood either, which is an interesting state to see for Tekken.
In total there were 21 unique mains picked in the top 32, and that represents the top 24% of attendees this weekend.
The last TWT battle to earn points will be going down shortly to make it to the finals next year, and you can check out a breakdown of the most popular characters at Thaiger Uppercut below.
• Feng – 4 (1)
• Leo – 3
• Steve – 2 (1)
• Akuma – 2 (1)
• Bryan – 2
• Marduk – 2
• Kunimitsu – 2
• Master Raven – 2
• Claudio – 1 (1)
• Zafina – 1 (1)
• Lei – 1 (1)
• Eliza – 1 (1)
• Bob – 1
• Lili – 1
• Noctis – 1
• Nina – 1
• Julia – 1
• Alisa – 1
• Katarina – 1
• King – 1
• Geese – 1
• Shaheen – 0 (1)
• Kazumi – 0 (1)
• Lucky Chloe – 0 (1)
• Anna – 0 (1)