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Based on Fergus's excellent guide. An overview of every single character in the roster, using footage from some of the best players in the world. Designed to help beginners, and maybe even some veterans, get the general gist of the characters' playstyles and ease of use.
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Eliza wasn't out in time for this video, but we'll make a detailed character breakdown for her later, along with the rest of the cast. Panda is exactly the same as Kuma save for her Rage Art. Leo is intentionally gender fluid to represent both male and female players. Leo in TTT2: i.ytimg.com/vi/kDinUWJNTxw/ma...
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TIMESTAMPS:
Introduction 00:00
Akuma 00:14
Alisa 01:25
Asuka 02:10
Bob 02:57
Bryan 03:35
Claudio 04:13
Devil Jin 05:04
Dragunov 05:42
Eddy 06:27
Feng 07:12
Gigas 07:49
Heihachi 08:24
Hwoarang 09:02
Jack-7 09:40
Jin 10:26
Josie 11:10
Katarina 11:51
Kazumi 12:30
Kazuya 13:08
King 13:48
Kuma 14:39
Lars 15:34
Lee 16:23
Leo 17:04
Lili 17:47
Ling Xiaoyu 18:24
Lucky Chloe 19:11
Marshall Law 20:00
Master Raven 20:46
Miguel 21:26
Nina 22:14
Paul 23:05
Shaheen 23:45
Steve 24:31
Yoshimitsu 25:27
TERMINOLOGY
I've seen a few comments here and on Reddit expressing confusion at the character types. So just to clear things up:
A 50/50s character has powerful throws or lows which they mix up with mids. Great if you like to get up close and intimidate your opponent by putting them into guessing situations.
A turtle tries to play defensively in order to capitalise on an opponent's mistakes. A defensive player likes to stay in the mid-range, and will need good movement to bait the opponent into mistakes, as well as a keen awareness of ranges so they can properly halt their approach.
A poking character relies on a hit and run style to annoy and pressure the opponent with quick, fast attacks. There is a strong emphasis on knowing frame data so you know when you can continue your offense or sidestep after a blocked poke.
A CH baiter emphasises powerful options that become available when the character’s moves connect on counter, which means they can attack the opponent with low risk and potentially high reward. As a trade off they often have weaker low attacks and so struggle to make comebacks.
Rushdown is good at staying in an opponent’s face and bullying them with constant frame traps and the threat of delayable strings. Recommended if you want to be aggressive and like to have a monopoly on number of button presses.
An evasive character is good at disrespecting a character’s frame advantage and hitboxes by having stances or moves with very small hurtboxes. They work best against aggressive characters, and when used properly, can make the opponent lose confidence in their approach.
Unorthodox characters are the “weird” ones. They have unconventional attack options designed to confuse their opponent, and generally require specific match-up knowledge to beat.
A Mishima is defined by EWGF (arguably the best move in the game; a just-frame launcher with a huge range of uses), mix ups from a wavedash used to close space quickly, and strong jab hit confirms (1,1,2). These are powerful tools, and form the backbone of their playstyle, but take skill and practice to use effectively.
Versatile characters can do it all. The expensive of being a jack of all trades however is that they are generally master of none.
Hope that helps! Please feel free to ask if you have any more questions.
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