Her moveset is very good. Her safe launchers and panic buttons are strong enough to put her on higher tiers. Her problem is in her basics/fundamentals. Worst jabs, worst backdash, bad fundamentals, meh block punishers, meh lows. She's very bad in "small Tekken". That's the thing that holds her back. Sometimes both sides are playing very defensive, very carefully that its impossible to use big moves, and entire fight devolves into jabs and pokes. Only small Tekken works in those cases. And Asuka is always at disadvantage for those. Always an uphill battle. That kind of matches gets more frequent as you rank up higher.
How is she good? Your offense is locked behind slow frames OR linearity OR poor reach(I am looking at you d1+2 and 1+2). Her defensive tools are ridiculously strong but top players know how to play around it. Punishment sucks. Poking is awful. She is nowhere top 10 or even top 15. Bottom 5 imo.
@@StasionSpasski She is not a poking character to begin with.... She is an extremely good defensive character with lots of evasive attacks, parries and panic tools which makes it really difficult for someone to get in.... Her parries are stupid good, her can-can is a low high but since it's a jumping attack u can't low parry it also it Jails on block, u need to have a strong read to block the low so that u can duck punish the high or else it's just a safe jail free pass for her... Her heat is super good as well her heat smash mix up doesn't even let u move u have to take the mix up no matter what... Running 1+2 is good ff1+2 is good, her range attack is really good as well so u can't just whiff against her casually.... She is definitely definitely good....
Nope, she's not. She is what you want her to be depending on your playstyle. She can be low tier with me and she can be high tier with kingreyjr and fergus.
I don't think she is bad, but I do think that she is heavily overshadowed by Jun Kazama, who let's be real here, does exactly everything Asuka can do, but a hundred times better. That's why few people don't pick Asuka. That's just my guess.
There was a time where Jun used to be top tier. I guess she has been getting nerfs and I haven't checked on her for a while. I still think she is, in some ways at least, a better choice than Asuka.
I just started Asuka, im trying to come up with my own playing style and not play like everybody else.. she can end a match in a hurry if you know what you doing 😂
If you have skill, d1+2 is reactable, my friend is tgs and I’m tg 90% time he is reacting it and I’m not predictable at all (as others high level players and players at tournament) on high ping (more than 50) it’s almost impossible, we have 30 ping with my friend
Yes.. she lacks good lows.. good strings.. too linear as in moves can be too easily side stepped/walked.. running both punches is very good but can be ducked and launched punished.. biggest issue is her moves are too slow compared to the other characters.. KingRey dominance is testament to how good he is as a tekken player and his dedication to Asuka as he has mained her for at least a decade and has put in the work and grinded to get to this level of success
@@ayobez4580 well it almost sounds like ur saying it’s the player not the character, which is why I responded with that comment. Almost like ur discrediting asuka
@@ayobez4580 but it does answer one thing. That we are all human and we make mistakes. Imo there is no character in 8 that is weak. All characters are viable but it’s just some characters that are better than most and that does IT better
