How good / bad is Luke?

[[Sane]]

I started playing luke because its my 1st SF game and also compared to other characters i feel like hes easy to get into the fundamentels ect. But somehow i also feel like hes super weak. I play alot of ranked and i played against almost every character. But somehow i cant punish people at all. Their moves have so much range and pushback compared to luke i dont even know what to do. Doesnt matter which buttons / moves i press i cannot punish them at all. Does somebody know any tips and tricks for luke? Hes fun to play but it also gets kinda frustrating.

[VintenDio]

He's not weak in the slightest dude it's my main and I hit like a trruck with him

[smokeymcpot]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappachino/comments/140iu9b/sf6_fgc_members_chart_mains_ids_streams_socials/

Check out this thread. Ctrl+F and look up Luke. You'll find a few good players that you can learn from.

[Bblurre]

as a luke main, i think he's pretty bad compared to the other characters. His damage is kind of low, his normals all seem slow compared to the other characters. Literally my jab gets beaten by mediums and heavy attacks so often it's frustrating. Luke also seems to lack ranged melee attacks. everyone seems to out range me and attack faster with there crouching medium and heavies than lukes own crouching medium and heavies.
Also, he seems to push his hurt box outward before his hitbox. so even if u inputed ur crouching medium first, ur opponent will hit you before you hit them (if you even end up hitting them). It's extremely frustrating. You definitely have to try harder than people playing other characters.

of course a good player can do well with luke. but that doesnt mean he's a good character. He requires a lot more work and creativity on ur part to be successful compared to other characters

[TimeStreamer]

He's top 3. Luke, Dee Jay and Ken are the top 3 in most tier lists.

[HELLDIVERS™ 2]

Originally posted by Bblurre:

as a luke main, i think he's pretty bad compared to the other characters. His damage is kind of low, his normals all seem slow compared to the other characters. Literally my jab gets beaten by mediums and heavy attacks so often it's frustrating. Luke also seems to lack ranged melee attacks. everyone seems to out range me and attack faster with there crouching medium and heavies than lukes own crouching medium and heavies.
Also, he seems to push his hurt box outward before his hitbox. so even if u inputed ur crouching medium first, ur opponent will hit you before you hit them (if you even end up hitting them). It's extremely frustrating. You definitely have to try harder than people playing other characters.

of course a good player can do well with luke. but that doesnt mean he's a good character. He requires a lot more work and creativity on ur part to be successful compared to other characters

Japan is saying he is top 1 in the game

[Sandy]

Luke is top 1.

[Sandy]

But Cammy wins all the tourneys so go figure lol.
Was there any luke in top 8 of any recent tourneys?

[Ahriman]

He is considered one of the best characters. He is easy to pick up but has a high skill ceiling.

[kiteless 凧無し]

Ken deejay Luke guile jp cammy juri

are the best characters, everyone else is mid, there are no low tiers, the game is too homogenised in its design for that, everyone is viable its just the above characters are overtuned

This game has a very low skill ceiling, nobody is going to dominate this game, expect tourney results to be all over the place

If your character doesn’t have a wake up ex reversal in this game you get mauled on wake up.

[Jirai]

Originally posted by kiteless 凧無し:

Ken deejay Luke guile jp cammy juri

are the best characters, everyone else is mid, there are no low tiers, the game is too homogenised in its design for that, everyone is viable its just the above characters are overtuned

This game has a very low skill ceiling, nobody is going to dominate this game, expect tourney results to be all over the place

If your character doesn’t have a wake up ex reversal in this game you get mauled on wake up.

hm I dont agree.
Ken, DJ, Luke, Guile, Cammy, Juri. Below them we have JP, Honda, Manon. Can't put JP into S tier when literally all matchups in S Tier are bad for him.
But anyway I am excited when people and lower ranked players understand that tierlists will never fit with their own skill.

[Aegix Drakan]

Luke is my off-main and he's pretty solid.

He's got tools for just about every situation, and while he doesn't excel in any particular place, he's pretty solid.

[Jirai]

Originally posted by Aegix Drakan:

Luke is my off-main and he's pretty solid.

He's got tools for just about every situation, and while he doesn't excel in any particular place, he's pretty solid.

oh he does, his corner carry is pretty nice he can also do dr cr.lp into cr.hp which leads into all of his good combo routes off of a light punch.

[Naughty Senpai 69]

I don´t think any character in this game is so weak that you can`t win tournaments with them. The system mechanics are so strong that they can equalize character strength. That being said I think Luke is extremely solid like Ken and Juri.

[kiteless 凧無し]

Originally posted by Madda aka Jirai:

Originally posted by kiteless 凧無し:

Ken deejay Luke guile jp cammy juri

are the best characters, everyone else is mid, there are no low tiers, the game is too homogenised in its design for that, everyone is viable its just the above characters are overtuned

This game has a very low skill ceiling, nobody is going to dominate this game, expect tourney results to be all over the place

If your character doesn’t have a wake up ex reversal in this game you get mauled on wake up.

hm I dont agree.
Ken, DJ, Luke, Guile, Cammy, Juri. Below them we have JP, Honda, Manon. Can't put JP into S tier when literally all matchups in S Tier are bad for him.
But anyway I am excited when people and lower ranked players understand that tierlists will never fit with their own skill.

Nah JP is op
One simple cane combo and you’re in the corner, commence spam, rinse and repeat

He has the best reversal in the game, insane wall carry, spam, good normals, ambiguous pressure from his teleport. Being burnt out against him is a death sentence as he’ll meteorite spam you into oblivion

You will always find bad Jp players who just try to zone and run away constantly and get exposed but the good ones will play in your face when they need to. He is incredibly overtuned

[Mogwai]

Originally posted by King Of Jupiter:

But Cammy wins all the tourneys so go figure lol.
Was there any luke in top 8 of any recent tourneys?

Yes Tokido he plays luke