Tekken 8 Jin Changes | Patch 1.05 

Nerfing the tracking of heatsmash means to say that we can no longer blindly throw it on good opponents. Ff2 range is reduced as well as the pushback, we cant use it to pressurize opponents against the wall despite it being a safe. Jin's defence still stays strong. Pokes are still there. They just reduced the moves that we used to violate i think. You're more experienced than me. Its been only 2+ mnths I started playing jin. You tell me if I'm wrong.

Imo they should do this to EVERY heat smash. Also make it so that the second/third hits in heat smashes that are strings don't come out on wiff at all. Dragunov starts on one end of the stage and ends up on the other so even if you sw it successfully you can't punish him.

The demon paw push back seems like the biggest nerf. And the last hit of smash not tracking. Happy they didn’t do too much overall tho. Jin is in a good place. He’s not broken and everything he does has a fairly straightforward counter play. Hopefully this will be the last of his adjustments👍

You can parry heat burst which is a huge buff for Jin

Im gonna lose so many points getting adjusted to the new FF2 range 😂

Lower level Jin mains will have to do much more in neutral in my opinion. There are many Jins who basically just spammed ff2 due to it's insane range and pushback so I think it's good that it was nerfed. Devil jin didn't need the nerf though LMFAO

As a Jin player I definitely agree that Jin's Demon Paw and Heat Smash needed to be toned down. The phantom range on Demon Paw was ridiculous, along with its pushback. Kazuya and Paul, on the other hand, are going to be a pain to deal with going forward. I was in practice mode testing the new Kazuya buffs and he is so much easier to use now(combo routes are simplified), and his wall damage is insane.

bruh you're the G.O.D rank you tell us if it's gonna affect him or not

on his ff2 i use that as an ender when using all the heat resources his combo route might be affected but it is still good for me there are many ways his zen u 1 was an ok? a nerf wont hurt him a bit due to that fail punish and glad it has a recovery frame but the little buff where he wont slip on that move was good i remember i almost lose the tourney because it did slip overall it is still good for me i will still main my boi

“Will not slip” then proceeds to slip at 1:36 😂

good changes

All these nerfs were reasonable he’s still incredibly strong we were all just abusing this overturned stuff 😭 can’t just mindlessly do these things anymore

Demon paw nerf was absolutely necessary, it was blatantly obvious they weren’t going to leave it as it was. That’s the only part of his kit that was glaringly problematic imo and there’s really no way one could defend how abusable it was. The heatsmash nerf is also fairly understandable, but it still remains one of the stronger ones in game.

I get way less drop combos since the patch

Won't effect much. Ff2 probably has to be used more mindfully. But we still have that kick that does push back

If that's all it's great! Small balance and quality of life changes but nothing serious. Jin is fine as he is.

We're back using wavedash ff2~

Jin's Heat Smash was objectively among the best in the game (if not THE best), to the point that you could win matches just by fishing for it, so kinda glad they nerfed it by reducing *tracking.* The other changes were stated to be for consistent interactions and to reduce ff+2 poking which is fine. I'm MUCH more concerned about Feng and Dragunov getting very little nerfs and PAUL and KAZUYA getting buffs 😰😰😰

thank god for these nerfs. tired of people abusing the ff2 busted range and hit box

Not at all. He is stil one the strongest Best punishment in the game. One of the best pokes One the best mid safe ch launcher. 14f hit confirmable launcher in heat Low CH launcher which is only -14 214 best string in the game. Best parry So for me .he is still a top 10

Just wavu into ff2 now 😆

I like the demon fist nerfed especially playing mirror Jin, its so annoying that you could just play defensive and stuck there waiting to get a clean side step or a whiff

He still the same i see, it won't do anything to jin uk, even the heat its ok if it doesn't track at least he didn't get nerfed too much with other moves so everything is great i say

I don’t mind any of these nerfs. He’s still super strong

What about his parry i remember they said something about it

these nerfs are fine and doesn’t change jin much at all. for those that were reliant on the heat smash and ff2, just make adjustments to your game plan. jin STILL has other amazing tools and solid to do amazing in ranked. ff2 is still strong. his samsara is just easier to punish but at the same time still great. heat in general has been nerfed so utilize it wisely. those crying about 2,1,4, hellsweep, d2, and basically everything jin has in existence (lol) should get over themselves. this is apart of jin’s arsenal and clearly legit to have in tekken. lab his offense and react to it/ deal with it! the only thing i wish jin had better was his omen stance and parry (not trash/ good but should be better i think). jin was never op, just strong like he should be ❤

Dont see any issue here, ff2 was tbh a bit overtuned and zen u1 was stupidly annoying to punish, otherwise a bit quality of live changes. Its fine. Shouldnt effect anyone noticable.

Can I show you one of my gameplays and you give me advice to improve please?

Lmfao they deleted ff2 range. It not reaching from 1 step is a joke. Hope it's not like DvJ ff2 now lol Btw is zen u1 recovery nerfed only on block? Hope it won't change combo routes

They should not use phrases like "buffing characters that are not showing their uniqueness during heat", and then go and buff the hell out of Kazuya that is the most unique character during heat, but don't even look at Jin that is not even aware that heat is a thing. I'm not against the buffs to Kazuya, just the wording used to describe the patch.

The nerfs here were definitely necessary, but the heat mod needs to be reworked. There is only a omen stance in heat mode, it is not very useful in high elo, other characters should work like in heat mode.

can’t believe we got away with D2 not being -15 for another patch 🤣

Next time, watch then nerf Jin's d2 by not having it be a tornado launcher on CH. Instead, it'll be a knockdown which can guarantee another d2 without walls, or a d4/d1+2 with wall

LOVE IT! ff2 and his heat smash were just so braindead

ff2 is rough,but we never should have had it so. its fine

I am suprised that they did not do anything with his heat phase while simultaneously nerfing the only good thing he had in heat.

I kaz over buffed?

Heat burst can parry now hahaha

What did i tell you, jin nerf. We has literally on steroids before.

finally he isn't as braindead as he was before

I think these nerfs are fine. Jin over all is still Strong. I think now he is just fine and not considered anymore of being broken. D2 is still very strong but yeah i mean If you know Jin and Play Defensive against him, you will See that many Jin Players even in tekken 8 struggle with building pressure.

More nerf pls

Jin wasnt even op tonstart of with.. not sure y the nerf😂😂