Yoshimitsu (Tekken 7)

Yoshimitsu
Key techniques	Flash Punishment MED Cancel No Sword Stance Silent Sword Stab
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Heat Smash	{{{heatSmash}}}
Heat Engagers	{{{heatEngagers}}}
Stances	{{{stances}}}
Fastest
Launch	i6 – 1SS.1+4 (situational) i8 – NSS.1+4 (situational) i14 – R.f,n,d,d/f+1+2 (rage) i15 – d/f+2 (punish) i15 – u/f+3 (crouching)
CH launch	i14 – f,n,d,d/f+2 (mid) i14 – b+2,1 (mid) i15 – d/f+2 (mid)
Wall splat	i10 – NSS.2,1 i14 – f,n,d,d/f+2
Archetypal moves
Parry	1+4 (strings with gaps) 1+2 (high or mid, punch or kick) R.u/b+1+4 (rage, any non-rage art attack or throw)
Mid check	i13 – d/f+1 (standing) i11 – ws4 (crouching)
Hopkick	u/f+3
Power low	d/f+1+2,2 NSS FC d/f+3
Snake edge	FC d/f+1
Shadow cutter	FC d/f+4
Clef cannon	1SS.2,1 2,3
Generic moves
Remapped	d+1 → NSS d/b+1
Missing	1SS d+1 d+2 u/f,n,4
External links
Lore	Yoshimitsu
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Discord	[1]

Yoshimitsu is a wildly unconventional trickster who zigzags the rules of Tekken. Outside of powerful stance-based 50/50s, his main demand is creativity. He is a slippery character able to play a retreating spacing game, heal himself, and escape his opponent's pressure in unexpected ways. However, his conventional tools tend to range from average to mediocre. This includes most of his punishment.

Fortunately he has a deep movelist with many hidden properties to make up for this. If you want to bamboozle your opponent and use a bespoke hammer for each individual nail, there is no better character.