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Tekken 8’sroster covers all its bases with a staggering 32 characters, giving you everything from traditional Martial Artists to actual Ninjas and everything in between. This essentially means that you are bound to find a character that checks all your boxes, whether that’s from their personality to playstyle to overall vibe and aesthetic. There will be someone for you on this roster.
For example, if you want to play a helpless romantic who is overly smug but beautifully elegant and graceful with his Martial Arts in combat, then Lee Chaolan is your go-to option. Even if his personality is off-putting to you, his combat prowess may grab your attention, and it should, as he’s an excellent fighter overall.
Lee Chaolan Overview
Despite regressing in the attire department,Lee Chaolanis an absolute beast in Tekken 8 andone of the game’s best characters.However, he is avery technical fighterand one that will take tons of time and effort to get a solid grasp on, let alone master.
For Lee to be at the top of his game, you will need to haveperfect timing to land his most devasting combosand will need to get a grasp of how toutilize his Hitman Stance to change your recovery positioning and timing.To say that Lee isn’t beginner-friendly would be an understatement.
Still, if he looks and sounds cool to you, you should absolutely play him. Just realize theroad to mastery with him will be a long one.Lee Chaolan is what you get if you make Law a bit moredefensiveand give himframe-perfect setups and actions,which is what makes him so hard to play properly and at a high level.
Lee Chaolan Important Moves
As you likely could have guessed from the information provided above,Lee has a very complex and long Move Listthat gives you endless possibilities for setting up combos via forced whiffs, parries, or counters. Again, Lee is anexceptionally technical fighterand is tremendously challenging to learn, but thesky is his limit once you get his basics down!
d = Down
u = Up
b = Back
f = Forward
★ = Neutral (Don’t Press Anything)
d/f 2
u/f 4
b 4
4 4 ★ 4
d D/B 4
b 1+2
f ★
3+4
Lee Enters his Hitman Stance.
Thetable above provides some of Lee Chaolan’s more common and crucial moves,but not all of them. To get the most out of him, westrongly urge you to check out his entire Move List,as he hasmany abilities that require perfect input and timingto get their full properties. The combos below will showcase how to utilize the actions above - and then some - to let Lee shine!
Lee Chaolan Combos
Like we outlined above,Lee Chaolan requires atremendous amount of patience to learn,as many of hismoves have additional properties when executed with perfect timing.In a sense, playing Lee islike playing a rhythm game,as you will need tonail his combos with a specific pattern and flowevery single time, which can be very tricky.
Below are examples of combosthat can be executed with Lee, coveringStandard, Counter Hit, and Wall Carries.Furthermore, you will also find a combo that incorporates hisHeat and Rageactions if you ever find yourself in a desperate situation!
Lee Chaolan Rage Combo
Lee Chaolan Tips And Tricks
It is time to close this lengthy guide withadditional tips and tricksto help you further improve with Lee Chaolan. One of the most crucial aspects of Lee’s kit is his ability tocancel most of his attacks into his Hitman Stanceby simply pressing3+4at the same time.
Not only does thisenable him to enter one of his best stances,but it also allows him to trip his opponent up bychanging his recovery position and timing.Furthermore, Lee has access to a uniqueBack Handspringaction (u, u/b) that has him perform abackward somersault into his Hitman Stance,making it an excellent way tocreate distance while remaining on the offensive.
Pressingb 4, whiffing it, and then immediately pressing 3+4 will cancel your recovery of that move into his Hitman Stance,making it one of the best ways to bait your opponent into whiffing an attack. Lee’srecovery on most of his attacks is also incredibly fast,making him a champion at Counter Hits and Punishes.
Don’t forget to practice his perfect inputs, as those will be how you perform the best and most damaging combos for Lee. You can see which moves of his have ‘Perfect Input’ versions by viewing his Move List in the game!
