Is it just me or does it sometimes feel like Bryan has to work way harder than most of the cast?

[clifford]

Bryan is pretty much the most honest character in the game. He's got no crazy, visually confusing stances, slow startup on his best moves, a weak punish game, no real panic button for up close rushdown (which is 99% of this damn game), the worst heat in the game, and he no crazy divekicks or busted ass jailing moves like the top tiers.

I'm not gonna pretend he's completely useless and needs a billion buffs but he's definitely bottom 10, maybe even 5. You have characters like Azucena, Xiao, Feng, and Drag, who can basically just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ their way to victory with their insane buttons and crazy mixups, but all Bryan has is his counter hits, which get way less effective once you hit higher levels. The thing is, Bryan has always struggled with rushdown in every game he's been, hence why he's such a CH oriented character, but with all these mental offensive tools most of the cast got except for him and a few others like Leroy, Bryan is constantly fighting an uphill battle once he gets to purple.

Obviously he has good aspects like hatchet kick, B1, combo damage, and his wall pressure but here's the thing: Paul does everything he does but better. Seriously. If all you care about is winning, there's no reason to use Bryan over Paul because Paul has all of his tools except they're much easier and safer along with way better heat.

Knee, the best Bryan player ever, said himself that Bryan isn't playing Tekken 8 but Tekken 7.5 and I find it hard to disagree with him. I still love playing as him but having to go up against Azucenas in this game with Bryan sometimes feels like ripping your own penis off with the claw end of a hammer.

[Powercrank]

dont worry bro, there will be a patch that that will "aim to buff characters who haven't been able to fully show off their uniqueness"



in another month

[Hidebehind]

No, you don't know this fighter very well. He has completely broken mechanics where he can guarantee to hit you with a provocation at the wall. Bryan is literally broken right now.

[Sirlion]

It's just you Bryan can delete your lifebar with 2 wrong guesses just like in T7 only now he's got neutral skip tools.

[天佑中共🐥the strongest]

Bryan's bell curve:
beginner: 3+4
~~~~~~ extras
expert: 3+4

[Necropants]

Bryans always been an advanced character, but hes powerful still. You need to put in the work.

[DA PWN3R 007]

Bryan has no panic moves and in fact is a neutered version of his T7 counterpart. Bryan is missing a couple of launchers from T7, like Northern Cross, Mach Kick, and sidestep 1. 3+4 no longer knocks down on normal hit, and his Mach Punch (ff2) has very little crushing ability, forcing you to use his new qcb 1 move as his go-to neutral tool. Bryan always struggles opening up opponents who find no reason to duck him and in return, can reliably pester Bryan with long distance moves + fast pokes. Bryan instead wears down his opponents by obscuring the timing of when he strikes, which is achieved through his taunt, not finishing a string, keeping the opponent constantly guessing what he will do next. When you win with Bryan, you’re winning because you outplayed your opponent in all departments (movement, spacing, positioning, conditioning, timing, punishment).

[Necho]

Bryan is the most honest Tekken character in the game. That's correct. Don't give up, A patch will come to get rid of scrub characters.

[clifford]

Originally posted by Sirlion:

It's just you Bryan can delete your lifebar with 2 wrong guesses just like in T7 only now he's got neutral skip tools.

He can but that's the only thing he has going for him and like I said earilier, Drag and Feng can do the same thing for way less risk since they have much better buttons and frame data.

[chosenxeno]

Only Shaheen is "honest". The rest of you are getting carried.

[le merveilleux]

Originally posted by chosenxeno:

Only Shaheen is "honest". The rest of you are getting carried.

this man speaks the true

[le merveilleux]

Originally posted by BBZ:

Bryan is pretty much the most honest character in the game. He's got no crazy, visually confusing stances, slow startup on his best moves, a weak punish game, no real panic button for up close rushdown (which is 99% of this damn game), the worst heat in the game, and he no crazy divekicks or busted ass jailing moves like the top tiers.

I'm not gonna pretend he's completely useless and needs a billion buffs but he's definitely bottom 10, maybe even 5. You have characters like Azucena, Xiao, Feng, and Drag, who can basically just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ their way to victory with their insane buttons and crazy mixups, but all Bryan has is his counter hits, which get way less effective once you hit higher levels. The thing is, Bryan has always struggled with rushdown in every game he's been, hence why he's such a CH oriented character, but with all these mental offensive tools most of the cast got except for him and a few others like Leroy, Bryan is constantly fighting an uphill battle once he gets to purple.

Obviously he has good aspects like hatchet kick, B1, combo damage, and his wall pressure but here's the thing: Paul does everything he does but better. Seriously. If all you care about is winning, there's no reason to use Bryan over Paul because Paul has all of his tools except they're much easier and safer along with way better heat.

Knee, the best Bryan player ever, said himself that Bryan isn't playing Tekken 8 but Tekken 7.5 and I find it hard to disagree with him. I still love playing as him but having to go up against Azucenas in this game with Bryan sometimes feels like ripping your own penis off with the claw end of a hammer.

yeah your bryan is as honest as my reina lmaooooooooooo

[Zenkaiboost Kekkei Genkai]

if you struggle with Bryan you suck at the game, it's that simple.

[Spooky7.62]

Kazuya

[DA PWN3R 007]

Originally posted by chosenxeno:

Only Shaheen is "honest". The rest of you are getting carried.

Any character with a full screen knockdown low + guaranteed follow up is not more honest than Bryan. Bryan’s Hatchet kick only knocks down on counterhit and he has to be up close to execute it. Meanwhile, Shaheen can threaten slides from max distance and put you in a mixup vortex once the slide connects. Shaheen also has an orbital, hopkick, and guard break, essentially doing all what Bryan does with better frames.

[Zenkaiboost Kekkei Genkai]

any character that constantly forces you to make hard reads is dishonest af, this is why in my book Kazuya is dishonest , yeah i know controversial statement .. i don't care, i have my own ideologies and opinions about the game and i don't care what the majority thinks

when a character constantly forces you to guess for your life with unreactable bs that's dishonest in my book sorry, i don't care what ScrupmanSWE says

to beat a good Kazuya or Bryan your hard reads and reaction needs to be godlike