Kuma (Tekken 7): Difference between revisions

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Kuma

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Archetype

Kuma (and Panda, often referred to as bears) is the closest thing Tekken has to a joke character. His movement is exceptionally bad to the point where learning to sidestep or backdash cancel properly is almost unnecessary. To somewhat make up for this he has a lot of moves with great range and tracking, which almost creates a symmetry where the opponent doesn't need to move either.

He has a wide variety of party moves to murder the unaware: a hard to see Snake Edge, powerful string extensions (e.g. second hit of b,db,d,df+2,2 is a low launcher), moves with weird recovery or that recover grounded, and unique grounded attacks. However, as far as cheese is concerned these rarely go beyond basic knowledge checks.

Strengths

Standing hurtbox can make lows whiff when they normally wouldn't (legs are further back than usual)
Janky hurtbox can ruin opponent's combos
i10 CH launcher (f+1,1,1)
i12 mid (df+4)
Gigantic range on df+2,1 for whiff punishment
Safe-on-block long range launcher (b,f+2)
Safe-on-block lows (db+3, d+4)

Weaknesses

Big hurtbox can give opponent bigger combos
Dreadful movement
Terrible mixups
No generic d+4
Bad range and tracking on all fast moves

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-Bears have short legs which is a double edged sword because on one hand it is harder to hit them low, on the other hand longer and more damaging wall combos are possible against them
+'''Kuma''' (and '''Panda''', often referred to as '''bears''') is the closest thing ''Tekken'' has to a joke character. His [[movement]] is exceptionally bad to the point where learning to [[sidestep]] or [[backdash cancel]] properly is almost unnecessary. To somewhat make up for this he has a lot of moves with great range and tracking, which almost creates a symmetry where the opponent doesn't need to move either.
-They are prone to being pressured because they have a big hitbox and mostly don0t sidestep aside from specific situations, but they have long arms and consequently good reach on their moves. They have one of the best whiff punishment option in the game in df2,1, they can play the keepout game with f1 and bf2 (high, tracking, good range). Hunting Bear Stance (hbs) is primarily for mixups: hbs 1,2 is their low option, low damaging but very annoying, while hbs df1,1 is their hit confirmable mid option (careful because the second hit is high and a sharp opponent will duck and launch you for this).
-Good mid pokes:
+He has a wide variety of party moves to murder the unaware: a hard to see [[Snake Edge]], powerful string extensions (e.g. second hit of b,db,d,df+2,2 is a low launcher), moves with weird recovery or that recover grounded, and unique grounded attacks. However, as far as [[cheese]] is concerned these rarely go beyond basic knowledge checks.
-df4
-uf1+2 (3+4)
+{{BlueRed
-df1+2 (safe homing but slow)
+|blue=
-sometimes ff2
+* Standing hurtbox can make lows whiff when they normally wouldn't (legs are further back than usual)
-b1 (3+4)
+* Janky hurtbox can ruin opponent's [[combo]]s
-Good low pokes:
+* i10 CH launcher (f+1,1,1)
-db2 (high crushing, -13ob, +1oh)
+* i12 mid (df+4)
-FC 1 (safe ob, slightly positive oh, high crush)
+* Gigantic range on df+2,1 for whiff punishment
-d4 (same as FC1, +2 oh)
+* Safe-on-block long range launcher (b,f+2)
-db3 (same as above, but without any crushing property)
+* Safe-on-block lows (db+3, d+4)
+|red=
+* Big hurtbox can give opponent bigger combos
+* Dreadful movement
+* Terrible [[mixup]]s
+* No generic d+4
+* Bad range and [[tracking]] on all fast moves
+}}
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