Meta - Intro
The various waves that were the meta in regards to Lee's posistion competitively.
Throughout the later series, Lee is a character who is harder to master than others. His playstyle is what makes him fun - feinting and being annoying!
This page is being constantly updated. I need to cross-reference material to make sure it's correct (my memories aren't enough!), so take what you see here with a grain of salt!
Quick Overview
| Tier Rankings Overall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiers | S | A | B | C | D |
| Tekken | |||||
| Tekken 2 | X | ||||
| Tekken Tag Tournament | X | ||||
| Tekken 4 | X | ||||
| Tekken 5 | X - | ||||
| Tekken 6 | X | ||||
| Tekken 7 | X | ||||
| Tekken Tag Tournament 2 | X | ||||
| Tekken 8 | X~ |
Meta in the Games
Tekken 1 & 2
Since in T2 Lee has cloned moves off of Marshall Law, he doesn't have his own merit individually. In T2, Marshall Law gets more moves whereas Lee only gets +2.
Sources
♘ Tier list from Supercombo (2023)
Tekken 3
Absent. Also, why would you introduce a new character central to the main characters and then not include them in the next game...?
Tekken 4
Sources
♘ Complete move list (all characters)
Tekken 5
My fave!
Sources
♘ Complete move list (all characters, archived)
♘ 2006 forum discussing the meta (2006, B/mid)
♘ Reddit tier with discussion (2008, B-)
♘ Tier list from an esports site (2022, B)
Tekken 6
I did not keep up with this one.
Sources
♘ Complete move list (all characters, archived)
Tekken 7
On release, Lee wasn't great. Over the patches, he grew to a respectfully hard-to-master character.
Sources
♘ Tier discussion. Lee placed in 2nd tier for hardest to learn (Season 4, YT)
Tekken 8
This will be ongoing, but currently the consensus is he is good, but punished too easily. Still, for the effort he needs to be played well he does the job in the right hands.
Sources
♘ K-Wiss (Tekken player) (10/24)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Sources
♘ Reddit opinions on tier (2018, S)