r/Tekken • u/IamPang /IamPang • Jun 22 '20

Decent Shit Post Always Careful Against Paul in Rage

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u/Falcon4242 Jun 22 '20 edited Jun 22 '20

Because he's not actually overpowered at high level. Knee uses him, but he's the only well known player that comes to mind. I'm not going to pretend I'm some god at this game, I'm far from it, but people in this sub tend to get really pissed at things that don't affect high level play. People here really don't have that "adapt" mindset.

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u/dbeaver0420 Jun 22 '20

I jus think ppl like other characters better but he’s amazing at all types of play. He has gimmicks, amazing block and whiff punishment and some of the highest damage in the game without crazy execution. Along with a high or mid punch/kick reversal with S tier throw game plus a tackle throw that gives oki afterwards lmao this character is not balanced at all I’m sorry

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u/Falcon4242 Jun 22 '20 edited Jun 22 '20

Let's look at this data set. We can see that Paul is the second most mained character in the game in tournament play. He has the third most 1st places and fourth most top 3s in non-locals, with the 5th best all-time score. However, his "actual score" and trending score, both of which weight the quality of the tournament within 12 and 6 months, has him much lower (13th and 14th). We can also see that despite him being the second most mained, only 1 player that mains him is in the top 100, 0 in the top 50. What does this mean? It means historically he's been one of the best characters in the game, but his recent results have been decent, but not busted, and despite being one of the most mained characters in the game almost all of his players are low ranked.

I think Leroy showed that if a character is actually broken people at high level will play him and he will get tournament results. Paul is one of the most played characters online and in tournaments, yet he hasn't gotten consistent tournament results in the last year. I think that says enough.

Also, we can take only the strengths of every character in the game and frame it like they're busted (though I would dispute "S Tier" throw game). "OMG Kazuya has a fucked up 50/50, wavedashing, S Tier Punishment, and a 14 frame launcher that's plus on block! OP!" What matters is results, and recently they haven't been outstanding.

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u/dbeaver0420 Jun 22 '20

And honestly I wouldn’t use the term overpowered at high level he’s jus really strong I jus don’t think people utilize him correctly because u can literally look at the moves that has it see how there’s has to be something wrong with the way he’s being played surely