There’s a strong case to be made that TM|Arslan Ash is the current top dog in Tekken 8, especially considering his prestigious victory at Evo 2024. He’s clearly the type of player that understands where Tekken 8’s meta game is right now.
As such, he recently released a new ordered tier list for Tekken 8. Characters have been divided into the S Tier, A+ Tier, A Tier, B Tier, and Trash Tier categories.
According to Arslan Ash, the top 5 combatants in Tekken 8 right now are Nina, Feng, Yoshimitsu, Jin, and Dragunov. Notably, these five fighters are often seen as top contenders on other players’ tier lists.
Alisa, Steve, Hwoarang, Law, Claudio, Shaheen, and Bryan have been labeled as being A+ tier characters. Though not as strong as the other five, these are stated to be viable picks for tournaments.
All the DLC characters have been positioned in the B tier group. This suggests that they’re struggling a little bit considering that they’re only a tier category away from being labeled as “trash.” Notably, Heihachi is the highest ranked among them, but Arslan Ash notes that “Heihachi is so bad without Warrior mode activated.”
The worst characters in the game are said to be Raven, Panda, Lars, Lee, Azucena, and Devil Jin. Players will have a difficult time making these sort of characters work in tournaments unless they get buffed in a future patch.
Check out the new tier list below:
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