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Lee changes show they don't understand the game at all

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I'm not here to complain about balance. Or the absurd blazing kick change. Just make it clear to people that with the changes they made to Lee. They show they don't understand Lee or the game at a philosophical level. Its like they collectively gained amnesia on the game they made for decades.

Lee's archetype is kinda unique in Tekken. He's a defensive counter hit character. The majority of his moves are minus on HIT. There is a saying that "I'd rather be -1 than +5 as Lee", and that is completely true. That is by design, at least I thought. He wants people to press into him. That's why he's refreshing in Tekken 8, because his archetype stands against the overwhelming offense Tekken 8 has.

Come season 2 they nerf a ton of moves and I'm like okay but why. They in turn give him plus frames ON BLOCK. Or buff moves that big advantage is plus frames. His new heat move is a plus on block move. In a vacuum its like okay that's cool. But Lee has no way to capitalize on mega plus frames like that. Like he wants people to press. I asked around for people on what to do with plus frames as Lee cause I've never had this before. They were like "df/1 or db3+4". The deadliest 50/50 in the game. I suppose you can enforce a full crouch mixup but at up close lee's FC mixup is so bad now. Terrible value proposition for risk. Slide is full launch up close, mid option is -14. Though they did give slide more plus frames on hit. BUT FOR WHAT? What am I going to use more plus frames for in FC besides another FC mixup? You could already do that.

Its almost like I use these plus moves to just do a df/1 to setup the next part of my gameplan. Its like an unnecessary pause in action and in return we got nerfs. They just completely don't understand Lee as a character.

It's like they completely don't understand it at all. Maybe they looked at Lee's frame chart and was like oh shit his frames are the worst in the game. Which is by design. And were like lets buff his frames but we'll take certain things. It's like Tekken's EXCELLENT character design was a complete accident. I'm honestly done with Lee and probably this game soon.

Posted Apr 9, 2025, 8:22 PM UTC

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