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Tekken 8’seclectic and staggeringly large roster keeps improving with its DLC Characters, as Eddy Gordo is the first fighter to enter the cast post-release. The series has always prioritized player expression and creativity, and having Eddy back and better than ever takes this element to even greater heights.
Whether you’re a casual player, a die-hard veteran, or somewhere in the middle, Eddy Gordo offers something for everyone, making them the perfect choice for the first post-release character. And, if you’ve been eagerly awaiting Eddy’s arrival since the game’s launch, he’s even better than you could have possibly imagined!
Eddy Gordo Overview
In many ways,Eddy Gordoshould be a relatively complex character to play. However, in practice, Eddyhas been and continues to be the button-mashing king,lending his skills expertly to newcomers and competitive players alike. This means he has asignificantly high skill ceiling but an equally low point of entry,making him accessible to nearly everyone.
Despite beingincredibly flashy and having access to two unique stances,picking up and playing Eddy Gordo feels fantastic, no matter your skill level. If you want to expand your game knowledge and improve, Eddy will teach you the ways with hisdazzling Capoeira movesthat can beoff-putting to deal with on the receiving end.
Overall,Eddy Gordo is incredibly beginner-friendly,but thanks to his high skill ceiling, hecan evolve along with you during your journey.While button-mashing is enjoyable with a character like Eddy, properly learning his unique fighting style and executing his toolkit online isphenomenally engaging and rewarding!
Eddy Gordo Important Moves
With the brief rundown of Eddy’s gameplay behind us, we want tohighlight some of his more crucial movesbefore diving into his combos. While learning his most dominant combos is essential, knowing his move list and what he’s capable of is more so the case, especially if you’re looking to take your gameplay to the next level.
Please note thatEddy has access to many more moves,and this is only a sliver of what he’s capable of. Thetable below is just a handful of his more common actionsthat will help you get his suffocating offense going!
d = Down
u = Up
b = Back
f = Forward
d/f 3
u 1+2
fF 4
b 3, 3
b 3+4
f 1+2
d 3+4
Eddy enters his Negativa Stance.
As touched on above, these are only asmall selection of moves from Eddy’s extensive Move List.These will typically be yourgo-to actions to begin combos,but you should familiarize yourself with the rest of his capabilities via the game’s Practice Mode!
Eddy Gordo Combos
Now that you know what makes Eddy Gordo tick in combat, it’stime to combine everything you’ve learned and showcase some of his most devastating combos,which can take him to the next level. As mentioned earlier, he is the button-mashing GOAT, but he can alsodeal unbelievable damage when focusing his abilities.
The sections below will cover a wide range of combos for Eddy, ranging fromStandard to Counter Hit Combosto more specific ones focusing onWall Carries or Rage Arts.Getting the hang of these combos will allow you to ascend your play with Eddy Gordo!
Eddy Gordo Rage Art Combo
Eddy Gordo Tips And Tricks
Lastly, before we close this guide, we want tofocus on Eddy Gordo’s new ability to build stacks,indicated by theyellow and green hurricane symbol beneath his health bar.You canonly earn two stacks a round,which will promptlyreset during the next,forcing you to build them up again. Tobuild stackswith Eddy, you mustperform one of the following actions:
As you can probably already tell,these are some of his more common moves,especially if you are performing some of the combos outlined above. Now,what do these stacks do?Well, theygive Eddy additional properties during his Bananeira Stance(f 1+2). These actions are as follows:
Both of these actions become available with just one stack but will become more potent when obtaining the second stack.This means that theynot only deal more damagebut also have slightly different properties,making them excellent actions to use during the round to keep your opponent on their toes.
Eddy has always been a mix-up kingand one whobenefited greatly from applying pressureand keeping it on, andthis new system only elevates that aspect of his playstyle.While it could have been a bit more fleshed out, Eddy already seems excessively strong in Tekken 8, so maybe it’s for the best that it’s only this ‘basic’ for now!
