Why Eddy is really broken

[processor.dev1l]

The reason why I actually think Eddy is broken is that he has moves that look like lows and highs that look like mids.

He has that one 2-hit combo that he can loop over and over and the only way to punish is you have to know you can duck the second hit, except the second hit looks like a mid.

They should definitely fix his animations...

[☣☣✟Dark☣Knight ✟ ☠]

he is not broken

[ShadowSplit]

All easy to use characters should have reduced damage, not increased to even give them an advantage even further. Or reduced health. Like SFV Cammy. She packs a punch but is glass cannon.
Eddy the Cancer is like handful characters in T8 who have braindead gameplay yet having huge damage. They are only interesting to people playing them, all the others curse their existence.

[processor.dev1l]

I am okay playing against DLC characters, in T7 I had no issues against Fahkumram, Negan or Noctis. Only problem I have with Eddy are his highs/mids/lows that are not distinguishable. Eg Viktor is braindead, as well, but at least you know what is what.

[PremiumG98]

he isnt broken, but he's super annoying because he can just force 50/50's all the time, garbage character design

[processor.dev1l]

Nope, he really is broken.

Ok, the reason for this thread: I met Eddy player who was above my rank. I basically knowledge-checked him to death, anyone else in that rank would have known better. Only problem I had was to take back the turn.

[PremiumG98]

Originally posted by processor.dev1l:

Nope, he really is broken.

Ok, the reason for this thread: I met Eddy player who was above my rank. I basically knowledge-checked him to death, anyone else in that rank would have known better. Only problem I had was to take back the turn.

nah, chars are mad easy in this game and almost everyone carries hard, thats pretty normal for tekken 8

[Hidebehind]

No, that's your personal problem with him.
He is indeed broken, but not for that reason. It's just that he has extremely inflated damage stats and weakened punish stats. Almost all of his low-hits are insanely strong, but will there be -15 on them? Of course not, only -14 because this is a DLS fighter. He has a 12-frame low-hit for 50 damage. Almost all of his hits result in combinations in the air. His hits always have to be punished with suboptimal moves because, despite being able to punish the character, he is almost always invulnerable to high attacks and you are forced to use weak medium attacks instead of the usual and customary punishment.
His defense is also top notch. Great hyper armor and some of the best punishes in the game. A 13-frame counter hit that also results in combos and is a serious deterrent. If he blocks your low attack and gets +13, you'll take 50-80 damage. The damage radius is idiotically huge. Finally, his hitbox is clearly broken, as one of his low attacks can be punished with a 50% chance, sometimes you'll punish it and sometimes the character will just miss a standing opponent. There is also a high attack, and if you guess, duck and try to punish Eddie, your hit will go through the character and have no effect.