What Tekken character should I start with? - JDCR's Tekken Guide for Beginners

Many people ask me what #Tekken character is good for #beginners. I give my advice in this #tutorial video.

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0:00 Characters JDCR recommends
2:57 Characters JDCR doesn't recommend

[Romanjelly]

Love that you're working with Core-A Gaming! They're great!

[Sunchip]

Jdcr is the only korean player that teaches the community with Lessons like this for that i Will Always support him

[yeah]

It is VERY important that when you start playing tekken you have FUN. Shaheen, Paul, Law are very fun, and when you have fun you learn better.

[nincritzu]

Really liking the change in the production quality, keep it up JDCR!

[ariaroflcakes]

JDCR with the teaching tech?! Good stuff!

[ultraxpress]

Started with Kazuya a while back and have a hard time playing other characters. Definitely tough to master but still very fun and satisfying when you make a good play or have a good match!

[anima-xii]

Lol thank you! I’m a veteran tekken player and when trying to teach new players about tekken I mentioned all these things and they look at me crazy when I don’t recommend mishimas or characters with lots of stances since their is a heavy learning curve with them. Start with a basic character to help grasp the basics of tekken.

[josetomascamposrobledano]

This videos are never useless. Tekken 7 has been out for years so new players would be overwhelmed if they were to start playing tomorrow.

[loris.badeau]

What I really recommend to everyone is picking random characters as a beginner and see which one you fall in love with.
I am a loyal Yoshi player since T3.

[SalveASMR]

Probably the most wholesome and humble Tekken player :) Hats off to you Sir JDCR :)

[TheEverglader]

Start of the legendary Tekken guide! oh also congrats on winning 1st place at AfreecaTV Tekken League!

[nicholasvandeloecht]

I feel like Alisa was pretty easy to pick up; the entry to accessing much of her better stuff is fairly low, and I feel that she's good about teaching you spacing.
Also: robot with chainsaws, and she can fly. I was fairly new to the Tekken franchise when I picked up T7, so to me, she stood out from most of the (non-DLC) cast because of her moveset.

[maleuind]

I started playing 3 months and this is my first fighting game and tekken game. I've tried out many characters but i rly rly liked Lee alot. I enjoy playing Lee even though i lose most of the time.

[KabutoGatack]

Noctis is a funny beginner pick too.
And since he has moves that have more recovery it can teach proper timing and spacing like how normal basic tekken is imo

[shocollo]

Claudio is a great one. hes how i started out. Very, very easy gameplan, but effective, low execution, but still teaches you how to play. lots of spacing.

[TomboTime]

One exception to stance characters not being beginner friendly is Miguel i think.

He has ONE key stance, but what's great about it is that it's easy to transition into (most of his moves do it) and from there it has a lot of great, easy to remember options. While most characters have multiple stances and transitioning into them can be tricky (Lei is the biggest example in my mind) Miguel makes it very straightforward.

Miguel is baby's first stance character

[pedrosilvaproductions]

5min straight to the point and objective. Was waiting for a 2hour video explaining in detail whereas this guy just tells you "pick this guy and this guy, dont pick thisw guy because of this"

[Xurkey]

I just bought Tekken 7 last week, and have never played a Tekken game before. This video is invaluable to me. Thank you so much! I am really enjoying diving into the Tekken world for the first time. :D

[keanucortez]

Jack7 is a really good beginner character too. Easy combos. Great lows mids and highs. Has a jack hammer that can pressure and is safe. High wall damage.

[toshizen]

I started playing on tekken 5 and I always played mishimas but my main is Jin. I have tried other characters such as Lee and Bryan but I always come back to my main boi Jin! As a beginner Jin just felt right for me and I enjoyed playing as Jin that's why I sticked to the character and will always be my main.