Tekken 7 Fated Retribution Tier Lists From Japanese Players

Translated here are 3 tier lists from some Japanese players (AO, RAGE & Tsubumi) that got to tweeting their thoughts out recently. Tekken 7 Fated Retribution has now been out in arcades for some months and it seems weird ranking things because there are balance changes and new tools that were given to certain characters to be better but then there are characters that pretty much stayed in their usual 7.0 form. Rage Drives are a big factor in these evaluations because they vary from character to character in utility and usefulness with some characters getting a really good RD that augments their gameplay and then there are other characters that got mere combo extenders. An interesting bit to consider is the placement of Akuma in these lists. Coming from really good Tekken players that have used Akuma, they seem to agree on where he sits in the roster. With all that said, the tweet sources for the tier lists are as follows:

AO's Twitter ≫ https://twitter.com/SmilyAo

RAGE's Twitter ≫ https://twitter.com/Motion1984

Tsubumi's Twitter ≫ https://twitter.com/TEKKNNET

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09/05/2016 - Neadline Hews

Overwatch at the arcade. Full size: https://t.co/EoVjYDJk1m pic.twitter.com/8oXJIbCD6R

— Catherine (@_einzbern) September 2, 2016

It's been a long week. Next event for any big Tekken announcements is Tokyo Game Show which is on September 15 - 18.

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Akuma Currently Has the Largest Pool of Higher Ranked Players in Japan

Tekken 7 Fated Retribution has now been out for roughly 2 months and the data on how well certain players and their characters are piling in on Tekken-net to review. The most interesting piece of info I'm taking away from is the amount of high ranked Japanese players for each character. This I feel gives a good idea on not only who is succeeding well in Tekken, but which character as well. If you're not aware, Tekken 7 uses a ranking system that goes from Beginners into the Dans and from there it goes into a series of ranks organised by their color scheme. It's not a 1:1 representation but I would say, a player that got to the red ranks (Genbu, Byakko, Seiryu & Suzaku) in Tekken 7 is roughly the equivalent of a Street Fighter player getting something like Platinum rank in SFV. With all that said, here is all the data I compiled from Tekken-net.

Dan Ranks (Tekken 7.0) ≫ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%B2%A0%EA%B6%8C%EC%9D%98%20%EA%B3%84%EA%B8%89/%EC%B2%A0%EA%B6%8C%207

Tekken-net JP (Tekken 7.0) ≫ http://web.tekken-net.jp/tk7/

Tekken-net JP (Tekken 7 Fated Retribution) ≫ http://web.tekken-net.jp/tk7fr/

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T7FR 8/28 - Buts (Hwoarang) VS Gen (Bob) Deathmatch

Japan's best Hwoarang going up against a young Tekken playing prodigy that got 2nd place at EVO 2014. A vicious dismantling occurs inside. Once again, big thanks goes to Shudy for always providing videos and streaming from the Japanese Namco Sugamo arcade, you can check out his channel here:

Shudy (Namco Sugamo) ≫ https://www.youtube.com/user/Shudy7me

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08/28/2016 - Headline News

@Flying_Wonkey JustFrameJames pic.twitter.com/Z0inARmJG2

— Joseph Groseph (@Dereck___) August 27, 2016

Slacking off for a bit but this is after Gamescom and Summer Jam edition. Tokyo Game Show is on September 15 - 18.

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