Talk:Asuka Kazama vs Yang Xiao Long/@comment-5035900-20170326090609

The problem with Asuka in battles in general is that she, like most of Tekken's cast, is lacking in many feats. The only real canon feat that's carried on to another title is that she had defeated Lili in the 5th tournament. Other than that? Nothing else there.

It's especially an issue treating her Tekken 5 ending as a feat, as it is non-canon and for comedy. There's many comedic endings in Tekken that showcase absurd feats, but again, it's for comedy, not to be taken seriously. The joke with her T5 ending was that she was so ticked off at Jin that she basically KO's him for it. Even giving the benefit of the doubt due to using non-canon material, Asuka struck Jin while he was confused after coming back from his Devil transformation: in other words, she caught him off-guard while he wasn't even intending to fight her. An alert and fighting Jin wouldn't be KO'ed that easily even if Asuka wielded that kind of power.

Finally, it's especially tricky to assume she scales to the other big players of the series like Jin. Gameplay-wise, yes, they all scale due to the game's balance, but in canon, the likes of Roger Jr. and Kuma aren't going to defeat the final boss, let alone the main characters. Asuka isn't a joke character like those two, but she still hasn't had anything to her name other than her last name matching Jin's. At bare minimum, she's a decent martial artist who defeats street punks, but there's nothing there to suggest Asuka can stand up to forces with the numbers of the Tekken Force or to face the higher-tier characters. Lili, the one character she's officially defeated, lack feats herself, which doesn't help Asuka's case and unless Tekken 7's story mode features a section for Asuka, she has nearly nothing... and even if she does win matches in the story mode, plot and other factors could potentially play a role in her potential victories as well.