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'''Archetypes''' in ''Tekken'' are not as strict as in other fighting games. Every character has roughly the same game plan. This is what's meant by people saying ''Tekken'' is more focused on the system than the characters. Thus, it's hard to fit characters neatly into a box like grappler, rushdown, zoner, etc.

== On the wiki ==

On {{SITENAME}}, characters' archetypes are defined by how their moves suit key roles in the ''Tekken'' system. These are:

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; [[Poke]]
: Strength of fast, safe moves.

; [[Mixup]]
: Strength of mid/low mixups (or other mixups that beat guard). Considers both ease of enforcing and expected payoff.

; [[Keepout]]
: Strength of big [[neutral]] buttons.

; Whiff punish
: Strength of whiff punishers (consider: speed, complexity of input, reward, range, hit level, and safety).

; [[Okizeme]]
: Strength of ground hitting moves and tech traps. Considers also the chance of getting an opponent into such situations and how tricky they are.

; Pressure
: Strength of buttons to use in [[pressure]] when plus. Best moves here are things like [[Lidia]] df+2 which shuts down many defensive options while also applying a mixup.

; Defense
: Strength of buttons to use in pressure when minus. Think evasive moves, parries, powercrushes, or just strong fast buttons (e.g. good [[magic four]]s). Movement is a significant factor here, i.e. how good their [[backdash]] and [[sidestep]] are.

; Tricky
: How much [[cheese]] the character has. How difficult it is to defend accurately against the character.
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=== Radar graphs ===

The radar graphs on each character's overview page are generated from the data shown in [[User:RogerDodger/Archetypes]]. For each criteria, the characters are ranked in order and given a score based on the placement. If you think a character is poorly placed, you can discuss on [[Template_talk:Archetype]] or on the Discord.

These scores are graphed; however the radar graph is normalized so the average point is in the middle. We do this so the graphs don't come across as a power ranking, which is not its intention. This causes some surprising results, such as {{fl|Devil Jin}} having a low point on the graph for "tricky" even though he ranked in the middle on that criteria.