Tekken: Rangchu, the Panda Champion 

“Panda... Really?!”

'Don't give up on your main.' 🙏

4:27 perfect editing "...he already snatched his trophy - gimme that sh..."

His win proves two points. 1) Tier lists are subjective and by no means definitive. 2) Tekken is a beautifully balanced game.

y'all are quoting "dont give up on your main" as a takeaway but what you should really be thinking about is "matchups are more important than tiers"

This dude made Tekken history!! 1st time ever a bear has won Finals. Many people were expecting a Qudans v Knee grand final but honestly this was way more exciting. To see the absolute under-dog stick with his commonly assumed low-tier main & take out the 2 best players back-to-back

I thought I was watching a TierZoo video at the start

I'm not sure why the Tekken bass drop with the Panda just casually eating at the end got me so hype but... It did! 🐼

Panda = Low Tier Rangchu = God Tier

For a solid minute there I was so into panda biology that I forgot this was a Tekken video. This shows how good are your presentations skills :)

The real Low Tier God

I love how even Harada was surprised

Aris made a great analogy between Knee and Rangchuu - Knee found success by diversifying so much that we barely see his Bryan anymore. Rangchuu tried the same but he lost to Knee in winners but ended up victorious after going back to his main Panda in losers.

"Don't give up on your main"..

Tekken is seriously one of the most balanced games I’ve ever played

So proud of you.... PANDA!!! (^_^) - Ling Xiaoyu

Aris "dont give up on your main". I'm like they got to put him in the game 1st.

"Bamboo is a low-tier food for them." >wishes desperately for TierZoo crossover

I think bears are still low-tier, this win doesn’t disprove it. What it does prove is just how balanced Tekken is, and how good Rangchu is.

I played Tekken 3 with my dad as a kid and he chose Panda, maybe he was on to something...

In case anyone wants more Panda in tekken 8 rangchu is streaming to a way smaller audience than he deserves, twitch shut down in Korea but he lives in Japan so he's still on there grinding away daily

I wish to see an extended interview with you and Rangchu. Other than that, this channel always produces the best FGC content. You’re always appreciated!

Core A Gaming got me into fighting games like nothing else. Started watching his analysis videos for a year now, and now I'm saving up money to build a pc that can run these fighting games so I can try them.

Thanks for this! They didn’t give him a proper interview after he won.

A great video, I was always interested in his mindset going into those matches. He played out of his mind!

Very true most uncommon characters are unnoticeable so therefore it’s unpredictable for for their move set which makes it harder for opponent to read their move

Your videos are so clean and neat. Nourishing to watch

Damn, thought I was watching a TierZoo video at first, animal fact mix-ups. Love the vid though, glad to see Rangchu talk in an interview after seeing his name more and more top 8's this year, and especially after his TWT win, and congrats to Rangchu on winning TWT.

I just love your videos, keep up the excellent work

Hope to see to upload more Core A gaming!

Thank you so much for these Interviews, dude. Truly S+ Tier.

Finally an interview with not only a proficient Bear user but the TWT Bear champion! I've always said that the bears are NOT low tier characters. There's a reason why they're always part of the roster like the Jacks. Tekken has always been "improving" each character per update. The lowest number of moves a character can have is about 60-70,

Great video as always!

"Don't give up on your main", it's so true. Just look at Lowhigh, because of the slight nerfs to Shaheen in season 2, he doesn't think that he's tournament viable anymore, switches to Law, didn't even master his combos, misses 80% of the DSS enders, gets his ass beaten. He prolly would have done much better if he just stuck with Shaheen.

..His love for 'pandas' is beautiful. 🐼

bears are hard to fight. My brother started using Kuma, it has not been fun for me, but, I am getting better and more patient from the ass whoopings. lol

2:13 Wow, panda and now geese? He really loves animals

This was the most epic win. Congrats to Rangchu!

Passion and dedication. Every single time.

Im loving these interview things

Came as soon as I saw the notification! Your team's videos are art!

stellar video as always

Always with the quality content ❤️

we need more tekken videos from this awesome channel

"Dont give up on your main" **and then the dev proceeds to nerf said main**

First time I've seen an ad on this channel. Got me by surprise

Tekken 7 is the most Balanced fighting game

Tnx for this quality video!

That was a pretty elaborate intro. Much appreciated.

Rangchu really made a message for everyone. To me, he kinda came out of nowhere with his Panda and is been doing a great job ever since. Great job from Fursan as well!!

"that doesn't work on bears, short legs"

I’m glad this was more of an interview than an essay

absolute legend

👍😁 Really loved that win with Panda, inspirational as hell.

God your videos are great. You always remind me why I love the FGC.

top tier videos as usual

Rangchu is now my fav player tournament now

Still can’t believe this. What a lad

Sad he doesn’t get more recognition

Great job, Gerald!

Rangchu won because he is good, congrats bro

Pandas are no longer endangered due too his victory.

This is really interesting because I think there's multiple things to both learn from and consider at all times at play here. One is that while tiers DO exist (and always will, sorry), it's important to consider that bias is very much a potential factor in them. Ideally, a good tier list should strive to weed out bias but no matter what it's always going to be a possibility. IE: characters who "aren't cool" or aren't "popular" (in the typical fashion, I have to add.) can often be misjudged by even the best players because they're just not driven to play that character often. And in some people's rush to be as ready and powerful for big events as possible, that powerlust even, sometimes a LOT can be overlooked too. I definitely agree that matchups are the most important thing, and very important matchup data can go unnoticed when people focus too much on the most immediately apparent top tier. Another thing is that Rangchu was infinitely more successful when he felt he was playing to his strengths, rather than trying to play to the "expected" strengths of a games' meta, which while not ALWAYS a deciding factor (depends on the game) is a big thing to always consider too. Finally, while all of the above is universal to all fighters, this is a great example of what makes Tekken in particular so great because while there really are definitive tiers (with, at times, some characters being a bit more stupid than they should be.) like any other fighter I've always thought Tekken's whole playstyle helped make the gap between tiers not as definitive or wide as it may be in some other games. While some characters have definite gimmicks and strengths that can't be denied, Tekken's very style offers a good margin of outplay potential that maybe some other fighters might not have as much of (relatively speaking!). It's why I always love seeing Tekken upsets, they're always so colorful and at times left field than expected. All and all, bottom line is this is a great reminder that while Tier-lists exist, they're NOT definitive and shouldn't be treated in as dogmatic a fashion as some people have a bad habit of maybe doing, especially In a game like Tekken.

He didn't win any games with Qudans and Knee before the TWT that's crazy

I never knew about this guy until I saw this video Now he's one of my favorite Tekken players

Thank you

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When Qudans and Knee got into Winners Finals, i was sure that either of them will get the title. I was wrong. Rangchu beat the hell those Devil Jins. This guy is amazing, dont give up your main 🙏🏻

Wow i love this video thx

In tag team my mains were Kuma and Bob. I had Kuma in a leather jacket and sunglasses too. It was pretty cool

I don't know about in fighting game, but in a card game I played for a while, tier list referred how often a deck was played, not how good it was, and I think fighting game should too, unless it already is and people just understood it wrong. In that sense, Panda is indeed a low tier character, but that doesn't mean she is a bad character (in both quality and function). In the video, Rangchu says "Panda is not really a low tier character", which makes me think at least his understanding of tier is how good a character is. I like the idea of tier being frequency because then the list becomes fact. There's no subjective matter in how much a character is picked, and there's no shame if your character is called low tier. I think there's a certain feel to the word "low" and makes people feel it's a bad thing. In competitive fighting game, more picks probably means that character is "good", but that doesn't mean not getting picked is a bad thing. Maybe players just haven't found a trick with that character. And not getting picked a lot means less research on the character compared to highly picked characters, which can be a big advantage. So I like to see tier being frequency, not how good they are

I like the ppl who play with low tier characters it brings more excitement to the tournament. With a lot of different & unique elements no one seen or given a chance too bc they’re so busy trying to learn & perfect OP character/common characters

Was the panda eating bamboo footage taken by you, or taken from somewhere else? If it's the latter, mind sharing the source? Also good work as usual!

Ah Pandas, my favorite animal. 🐼🐼🐼

This was so hype to see low tier actually proving to be good enough to be a champion.

"Don't give up on your main"

LOVE YOU RANGCHUU

This man has broads in Atlanta

Hey Core-A, I'd love to see y'all do an analysis of ultimate attacks and comeback mechanics in fighting games. I've been thinking about it a lot since Smash Ultimate came out and how the community basically unanimously agreed to turn off smash meter even though I think having final smashes in competitive smash would make matches and the meta much more interesting.

Panda, panda, panda....!!!

Man I love the fighting game community

The dubstep panda outro was GODLIKE

Never give up on your main (even if it's Gigas) and know the match-up.

I bumped into Rangchu at Combo Breaker earlier this year and told him I want to play Panda because of him, he smiled back

Good content

"Panda really? " - Harada. Every FGC players " No rollback netcode, really?"

Thank you for watching.

the god of the forward dash

Rangchu is an inspiration

Respect 🐼

Man this makes me want to go back to Tekken or get good at any fighting game whatsoever. I'm barely decent at SF, pretty good at Smash and I would love to get good at either Tekken or Soul Calibur.

3:18 tekken 4 authentic Sky 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 love tha song

Sometimes you dont find the panda, the panda finds you

Legendary Rangchu is legendary!

"Don't give up on your main" put that on a t-shirt

When you really really love a character, you can make them do anything. Even if they are supposedly low tier. I play as Brad Wong in DOA by the way.

stan Rangchu stan legend

"Never say no to panda"

Tekken is the GOAT of games

Watafak was that panda documentary for?