People need to understand that Lee Chaolan is indeed a solid Tekken character however he does not benefit from heat and as a result he cannot take full advantage of the Tekken 8 meta. He is stuck playing Tekken 7 and just relies on solid neutral to come out on top while other characters can spam the most broken moves with impunity. Hopefully they can give him more tools in heat or more reward for just frame inputs.
As a Jin main I constantly feel like the heat system was designed specifically for Jin especially in story mode, and then they just forgot they needed to add it to everyone else.
I have been telling this to people day 1 that Lee does not benefit from Heat system at all but I'm consistently talked down to, and accused of being a hard downplayer, funnily enough the people who make the accusations are the ones who think he's too OP and actually deserves some nerfs. There's a bias against Lee which has been streched for far too long, it's time that people stop being wilfully ignorant. I do my part which is familiarizing people with Lee's intricacies and impart character knowledge that I have amassed over the years playing Lee. But Alas! My endeavors are of no avail, sadly.
i feel like the heat system for lee is an effort to try to bridge the gap for less experienced players that have a hard time hitting just frames. However, higher skilled players already hit these just frames without heat, thus making it next to useless for them. As a dude who can never hit acid rain, this is helpful af in my gameplay but i feel like there should be wayy more reward for hitting the actual just frame in heat to make it useful for higher skilled players.
Lee has a lot in common with Bryan, heat is mostly a combo extender, very linear, execution and timing heavy, dumb glitches, can’t wild out like a mindless moron, has to take risks all match long, has to outplay the opponent at every instance…has to be sharp. Respect to Lee mains ✊🏼.
The heat gimmick is so funny because they decided he should get meter back for just framing, but then neglected to give him a useful way to spend that meter...so what's the point? And the smash is ass
I've noticed that we, as Lee players, are hard required to lab every other character because Lee doesn't have an answer for a lot of the spammy stuff or techs that others have. Any Hwoarang is ridiculous cause we have to know how to play him to big brain him, and there are some traps that are impossible to navigate without seeing it coming. I knew they always made Lee weaker than the top tiers, but keeping his execution requirements while removing the benefits feels like someone on the balancing team kept getting destroyed by Lees lmao. Great content as always, FightingGM
FF2 is nowhere near QCB1 that Bryan has. All that "forward advancing" stuff, that appeared in Tekken 8 is too lackluster on Lee's side. Yeah, Lee is defense reliant character, but in the end - Tekken 8 is not Tekken 7. Same gimmicks wouldnt work
Literally can’t believe ppl think Lee is S tier in this Tekken. He’s high B tier at best imo
People need to understand that Lee Chaolan is indeed a solid Tekken character however he does not benefit from heat and as a result he cannot take full advantage of the Tekken 8 meta. He is stuck playing Tekken 7 and just relies on solid neutral to come out on top while other characters can spam the most broken moves with impunity. Hopefully they can give him more tools in heat or more reward for just frame inputs.
Yo people on some dope crack claiming Lee high A top 15 like wth you guys talking about
As a Jin main I constantly feel like the heat system was designed specifically for Jin especially in story mode, and then they just forgot they needed to add it to everyone else.
I have been telling this to people day 1 that Lee does not benefit from Heat system at all but I'm consistently talked down to, and accused of being a hard downplayer, funnily enough the people who make the accusations are the ones who think he's too OP and actually deserves some nerfs. There's a bias against Lee which has been streched for far too long, it's time that people stop being wilfully ignorant. I do my part which is familiarizing people with Lee's intricacies and impart character knowledge that I have amassed over the years playing Lee. But Alas! My endeavors are of no avail, sadly.
i feel like the heat system for lee is an effort to try to bridge the gap for less experienced players that have a hard time hitting just frames. However, higher skilled players already hit these just frames without heat, thus making it next to useless for them. As a dude who can never hit acid rain, this is helpful af in my gameplay but i feel like there should be wayy more reward for hitting the actual just frame in heat to make it useful for higher skilled players.
I've been saying this in the tekken reddit and keep getting downvoted to hell and back!!
I wish lee was as op as people say he is.
Lee has a lot in common with Bryan, heat is mostly a combo extender, very linear, execution and timing heavy, dumb glitches, can’t wild out like a mindless moron, has to take risks all match long, has to outplay the opponent at every instance…has to be sharp. Respect to Lee mains ✊🏼.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 i like the thumbnails
The heat gimmick is so funny because they decided he should get meter back for just framing, but then neglected to give him a useful way to spend that meter...so what's the point? And the smash is ass
Thumbnail crazy 😂. I know Lee was in that GM therapy session goin THRU it
Bottom 1 heat smash for sure. It should be buffed at least
Lee's a super strong Tekken 7 character
I've noticed that we, as Lee players, are hard required to lab every other character because Lee doesn't have an answer for a lot of the spammy stuff or techs that others have. Any Hwoarang is ridiculous cause we have to know how to play him to big brain him, and there are some traps that are impossible to navigate without seeing it coming. I knew they always made Lee weaker than the top tiers, but keeping his execution requirements while removing the benefits feels like someone on the balancing team kept getting destroyed by Lees lmao. Great content as always, FightingGM
“1+2 simulator” LOL. That made me legit laugh 😂. I didn’t know it was like that but hearing you explain it makes sense, which makes it so funny.
FF2 is nowhere near QCB1 that Bryan has. All that "forward advancing" stuff, that appeared in Tekken 8 is too lackluster on Lee's side. Yeah, Lee is defense reliant character, but in the end - Tekken 8 is not Tekken 7. Same gimmicks wouldnt work
I feel like Lee is the least changed character from 7 to 8, he's stuck in the past, maybe he needs a new gimmick.
Great video, Thanks for your hard work!
He might be the most stepable character in the game to boot. He's still playing T7. However I do see buffs coming down the road.......