[Top 10] Tekken 7 Best Beginner Characters That Are Powerful
Tekken 7 is known among the FGC to be one of the harder fighting games out there due to its mechanics, being a 3-D fighter game, and having 54 playable characters.
So if you want to play a character that is beginner-friendly but also helps you demolish your competition? Then let me help and tell you about the top 10 best beginner characters that are also powerful:
10.) Lidia Sobieska
(Lidia in her karate fighting stance ready to fight)
The prime minister of Poland and a karate master. Lidia is a rush-down character who is all about breaking the opponent's defense.
Lidia’s strengths include:
- a guard break move
- Good 50/50 mix-up (making the opponent guess whether they should block low or high)
- High damage parries
- Solid poking tools
- Powerful lows (low attacks)
- Quick rush-down mids (mid attacks)
Also, here are her stats (Bad, weak, good, great, excellent):
- Attack (mix-ups and pressure): Excellent
- Defense: weak
- Damage: Great
- Movement (Back dash and sidestep): Good
- Evasiveness (how slippery they are): Good
9.) Claudio Serafino
(Claudio in his starburst form)
Leader of the Archers of Sirius and best exorcist in the world. Claudio is a long-range space control character who also specializes in creating pressure with his small set of moves.
Claudio’s strengths include:
- Amazing long-range pressuring moves
- Incredible space control moves.
- 1 of the best hop kicks in the game.
- Having a move that buffs his damage, pressure, and space control.
Here are his stats:
- Attack: great
- Defense: good
- Damage: Great
- Movement: Good
- Evasiveness: weak
8.) Feng Wei
Disciple of the ‘God fist’, Feng Wei is a character that’s all about evasion and killing the opponent with his powerful pokes.
Feng Wei’s strengths include:
- Extremely evasive moves
- High damage pokes
- Great mix-up tools
- Small hitbox moves
- handles pressure easily
His stats:
- Attack: great
- Defense: great
- Damage: good
- Movement: Good
- Evasiveness: Excellent
7.) Bob
(Bob getting pumped up and smiling in excitement )
Don’t let his looks deceive you. Bob may be a THICC man but he combined his speed and weight to quickly approach and back away from his opponents.
Bob’s strengths include:
- Having a wave dash (a move that makes the character quickly)
- Mishima style gameplay but way easier
- Great mix-ups
- Long ranged pokes
- A lot of evasive moves
His stats:
- Attack: Great
- Defense: Good
- Damage: Good
- Movement: Great
- Evasiveness: Great
6.) Kazumi Mishima
(Kazumi sitting down beside her pet tiger)
While she may have the Mishima name, Kazumi isn’t like the rest of her family. While most Mishma requires great execution and focus on a rush-down / high mix-up play style.
Kazumi is a more compact well-rounded character who thrives on the fundamentals of the game.
Kazumi’s strengths include:
- Great punishing tools
- Above-average movement
- Good at creating and dealing with pressure
- Good space control
- A very well rounded character
- Can throw a tiger at you
Her stats:
- Attack: Great
- Defense: Good
- Damage: Good
- Movement: Great
- Evasiveness: Great
5.) Alisa Bosconovitch
(Alisa in her destructive form)
Alisa is an android who is all about making the opponent play around her strongest area, the mid-range.
Also having one of the best side steps and back dashes in the game, Alisa can easily slide through pressure and change the pace of the match.
Alisa’s strengths include:
One of the best movements in the game
- Wide range of long-range pokes
- Great whiff punishers
- Very fast gap closer moves
- Her destructive from (she gets chainsaws) does a lot of damage.
Her stats:
- Attack: Good
- Defense: Great
- Damage: Great
- Movement: Excellent
- Evasiveness: Good
4.) Leroy Smith
(Leroy delivering the finishing blow on his opponent)
While he isn’t as OP as he was at release, Leroy is still a very powerful character to this day.
Leroy is a very high mix-up and aggressive character, where he either kills you by all the damage you took from his mix-ups, or by doing very high damage combos.
Leroy's strengths include:
- Great mix-ups
- A parry that parries anything (as long as it is a high or mid) (yes even bullets)
- Very fast moves
- Combos that do a lot of damage
- High pressuring tools
His stats:
- Attack: Great
- Defense: Great
- Damage: Great
- Movement: Good
- Evasiveness: Good
3.) Zafina
(Zafina holding a corrupted crystal ball)
Unlike most of the mix-up characters on this list, Zafina mix-ups the opponent by making them go like “what the hell is going”.
She has a lot of stance switches that not only confuse the opponent but also make her super slippery and hard to hit (similar to Feng Wei but more extreme).
Zafina’s strengths include:
- long-range pokes
- ridiculous evasive moves
- Good mix-ups from stance shifts
- One of the best back dashes
- Strong counter it moves
Her stats:
- Attack: Great
- Defense: Great
- Damage: Good
- Movement: Great
- Evasiveness: Excellent
2.) Marduk
(Marduk sitting down waiting for his next challenger)
Craig is a beast of a man who wrestles his opponents to death. Unlike anyone on this list, Marduk utilizes his tackle and throws to deal massive damage to the opponent.
- Marduk’s strengths include:
- Huge mix-ups because of his tackle
- Big damaging moves and combos
- Long-range launchers
- Crazy high pressure
- Can YEET you like a ragdoll
His stats:
- Attack: Excellent
- Defense: Good
- Damage: Great
- Movement: Good
- Evasiveness: Good
1.) Fahkumram
The tallest character in the game who also has the longest limbs, Fahkumram utilizes his long limbs to poke the opponent from afar.
However, Fahkumram can convert his pokes into 50/50 mix-up moves. Making his pressure game unbelievably strong.
- Fahkumram’s strengths include:
- One of the longest ranges in the game
- High damage combos and moves
- Great poking
- Insane pressure
- Hard-hitting mix-up moves
His stats:
- Attack: Excellent
- Defense: Good
- Damage: Excellent
- Movement: Weak
- Evasiveness: Good
Conclusion
While Tekken may be a difficult game to get into, all the characters mentioned in this list will help you get into the game a lot easier and make you a formidable opponent on the battlefield.
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