Falcons|Joka has released his first tier list for Tekken 8. For those that aren’t aware of him, his recent tournament placements include a third place finish at Thunderstruck 2024, fourth place finish at Crossover 2024, fourth place finish at CEO 2024, and 33rd place finish at Evo 2024.
All 35 characters currently in Tekken 8, including Heihachi Mishima, have been divided up into one of five different tier categories — S tier, A tier, B tier, C tier, and D tier. All character placements have apparently been ordered within each tier group.
According to Joka, the strongest characters in Tekken 8 right are Dragunov, Nina, Jin, Alisa, and Yoshimitsu. This combatants tend to be the top ranking fighters in most other tier lists.
A tier consists of Feng, Kuma, King, Law, Ling Xiaoyu, and five others. It’s interesting to note that none of the DLC fighters have been positioned in either the S tier or A tier categories.
Eddie appears to be the strongest of the DLC characters right now with him being fourth from the top of B tier. Of course, Heihachi is also in B tier, but came close to falling into the C tier group. As for Lidia Sobieska, she’s said to be the worst DLC character and the second worst overall.
The only character occupying D tier is Panda. Needless to say, the addition of the Electric Wind Godfist to Kuma’s arsenal has had a huge impact on his viability considering that Kuma and Panda are very nearly identical to one another in terms of their movesets.
Check it all out below:
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