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With the supposed death of Heihachi and Jun, you’d thinkTekken 8would lack fighters that sport the Mishima or Kazama Style. And yet, here we are, with a total of four characters that can utilize these styles of fighting to their fullest, enabling them to dominate the arena with style, power, and fierceness only this family can provide.
Of course, this brings us to Jun Kazama, a surprising entry on this roster, considering how her arc ended in previous entries. Nonetheless, she’s in Tekken 8, and she is very, very strong, making her one of the best choices in the game at the moment for newcomers or veterans of the long-running series!
Jun Kazama Overview
Like most characters in Tekken 8,Jun Kazamahas access toseveral unique stancesthat help elevate her gameplay and overall combat prowess, making herone of the best optionsin the game. However, this comes at a slight cost, as sheisn’t nearly as easy to pick up and play as you might expect,making her a bit more complex for newcomers.
But fear not; thisdoesn’t mean she’s excruciatingly complexto learn. It just means that you will have toput in a bit more time and effortto get the hang of her than, say, aLeoorLily.This also means she’s not nearly as taxing to learn asLeeorRaven,placing her somewhere in the middle but leaning more toward the easier side of things.
Nonetheless, her unique stances offer a fascinating playstyle that helps herseamlessly transition into her stances, use her Health Gauge as a resource, and much more.If anything in this section caught your interest in the slightest, then Jun may be your go-to character!
Jun Kazama Important Moves
Jun, as highlighted above, can be a nuisance to deal with thanks to her many stances and unordinary gameplay style, enabling her toget in on her opposition, mix them up, and make them pay a massive price for guessing wrong or making themselves vulnerable.Despite herMove Listextensive, we picked hermost crucial ones and put them in the table belowto get you started!
d = Down
u = Up
b = Back
f = Forward
★ = Neutral (Don’t Press Anything)
3+4
b 3, 2
u/f 3
f 2
b 3+4
u 2
f 3+4
b 1+2
Jun enters her Miare Stance.
With the table above and the overview of Jun Kazama before it, you can see why her potential is so high and how she caneasily dominate the arena with just a handful of movesonce you get them down. However, as mentioned earlier,getting used to her many stances and learning how to incorporate them into your offenseproperly will be themore significant hurdlewith her.
Jun Kazama Combos
Moving on, we will be coveringsome of Jun Kazama’s best combosin Tekken 8, highlighting what makes her such a threat when using her stances and unique gameplay to its fullest. She may not be a character for everyone, but she’s a joy to learn and is exhilarating to play when you’re landing her long and unique combo strings.
The sections below will give you Jun’sStandard and Counter Hit Combos,followed by how to performWall Carry Comboswith her, and finally, closing with aHeat and Rage Combothat will showcase how to get the most damage out of her in a single go!
Jun Kazama Heat And Rage Combo
Jun Kazama Tips And Tricks
Now, to close this out with a few moreadditional tips and tricksyou can utilize withJun Kazamato get the most out of her and her kit to make her an even more formidable opponent than she already is.
Herd 3+4is anexcellent Counter Hit attack,starting off with aLow Attack and ending with a High Attackthatlaunches on Counter Hit,making it one of her best options to catch an opponent off guard and punish them for being overly aggressive with specific moves. Additionally, herf 2, 1+2is also aphenomenally goodmove, leaving herplus on block and can catch opponents spamming after they blockthe first attack.
Many of her moves will automatically transition her into one of her several stances,so be sure to familiarize yourself with them. Switching to a stance unexpectedly can lead to your demise, and westrongly urge you to practice not only the moves and combos outlined above but also each move you can do when in a new stance and the moves that transitioninto them!
