SaTsuJiN
Wielder of Thunder Seal
this was a nice lil write up on Tekken tiers and tiers in general
VIII. Tier Rankings and Misconceptions
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Tekken is divided into tiers. The best characters being at the top, worst at
the bottom. It's generally excepted that the top four in Tekken 5 are Steve,
Nine, Bryan and Feng, Steve being the only agreed upon as the best. The
order of the other three are debatable. Law probably heads the middle-tier
and then it gets muddled from there. It's also generally accepted that Lei is
the bottom of the barrel, but Tekken 5 is still fairly new so things could
change.
And note on tiers: Tiers are based on "theory-fighting." In other words, the
tiers are created by looking at character match-ups on paper as well as
tourny results. Tiers usually shift a lot throughout the lifetime of a game,
especially in the middle. All things considered, though, every character in
the game can win. It's that simple. If you're good enough at the game, you
can beat anyone WITH anyone. There have been great players in the past that
have taken low-tier characters to the top before. The only reason tiers
exist are to show who has the easiest time winning.