It’s been a week since Tekken 8 was released worldwide. Players are already beginning to get a feel of which characters are the most popular from their online sessions.
AlietteFaye recently constructed a character popularity chart based on the Steam version of Tekken 8. From this, we can see which characters are showing up the most often.
As it turns out, Reina, one of the three newcomers, is actually the most popular combatant right now. She’s being played by 8.23% of the top 10,000 players, or 823 players.
The other newcomers, Victor and Azucena, also appear to be quite successful among the fans as they are being played by 6.47% and 4.00% respectively. This makes them the third and ninth most popular fighters.
Panda, Zafina, Shaheen, Leroy, Raven, Nina, Xiaoyu, Kuma, Jack-8, and Claudio are currently the least used combatants right now, with all of them seeing less than 2% usage. This is not always a one-to-one comparison, but often the more popular characters tend to rank higher on tier lists while the less popular ones end up being perceived as being weaker in fighting games.
Check out the graphic of the chart below:
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