JDCR is still looking for that major tournament win, and EVO might just be what heâ€™s been saving his very best performance for.

Heâ€™s currently sitting at 3rd place in the TWT rankings, and his consistency trumps even Chanelâ€™s as heâ€™s actually never dropped below 4th place at TWT tournament this year. In a tournament that took place just a few weeks earlier in July, he finished ahead of Knee and Lowhigh while crushing Jeondding 3-0 in grand finals without ever dropping a set. 7th at the Mixup in Lyon, 5th at Combo Breaker, 2nd at CEO, and 1st place at the highly competitive Dragons Cup TWT Dojo event in Taiwan. Chanel has competed in 5 different TWT events this year, and heâ€™s placed in top 8 at every single one, without fail. If you take a closer look at his tournament performance this year, however, youâ€™ll see a much more intriguing story. ChanelĪs important as the TWT rankings are to the international competitive scene, Chanelâ€™s status going into EVO is proof that points donâ€™t always tell the whole story.Ī cursory look at the TWT global rankings will show you that he isnâ€™t even ranked among the top 10 players on the circuit. Nevertheless, weâ€™re looking forward to a strong performance from him and hoping to see him represent Europe in the top 8 of EVO.

Placing him as an honourable mention rather than a top 5 contender might be due to the natural bias against players outside of Asia. While heâ€™s certainly a formidable threat, most of his TWT points have been accumulated from European events. The top-ranked European player in the TWT who is currently sitting at 4th place in the overall standings. Still, itâ€™s well worth keeping an eye on a Panda wreaking havoc in EVO pools, especially considering the fact that heâ€™s already made it to top 8 in EVO 2018. So far heâ€™s been playing decently in this yearâ€™s TWT season, but not quite at the level of dominance that would have you peg him as a surefire EVO winner. While Rangchu might not be as famous as someone of his other fighting game contemporaries, heâ€™s certainly a household name in the Tekken community by now. Last yearâ€™s Tekken World Tour winner – the man who did the impossible by winning it all with the low tier Panda as his only character. Each and every one of them technically has the chance to win it, but we couldnâ€™t possibly cover every top player attending the tournament. This is only natural given the fact that pretty much all of the top players from across the world will be attending the tournament. Which means that this year, the stakes at the worldâ€™s biggest tournament are higher than ever!Īnd so here are our top 5 picks – the standout contenders of the Tekken world with the most momentum going into EVO! Honourable Mentionsīefore we get to our top 5 picks, itâ€™s important to note that there will be quite a few notable names missing from our list. And remember: EVO 2019 is a special Masters+ event on the TWT Tournament schedule, offering more ranking points than any other event on the calendar.

Meanwhile, Street Fighter and the other recurring games on the lineup have experienced a decline in entrants, while other games have only been included in one year, only to be left out of the following yearâ€™s lineup.Īs you would expect from a game that has had a steadily growing pool of competitors ever since itâ€™s release, the level of play and the number of elite international competitors making their appearance at EVO will be higher than ever before. Going from 1278 attendees in 2017, to 1538 in 2018, and now to a whopping 1885 in 2019, which is virtually on par with Street Fighter V – the game that is usually considered the main event of EVO excluding Super Smash Brothers. Out of all the games that have been on the official EVO tournament lineup over the last 3 years, Tekken is the only game that has had more entrants with each passing year.

This time, the spotlight will be on the top contenders for Tekken 7! Wavedashing To GloryĪnd speaking of spotlights, the Tekken community certainly deserves to have one. The world championship of fighting games – EVO 2019 is just round the corner, and with it comes the inevitable buzz, speculation and discussion of which players will be the ones to take home the fame and glory of becoming the EVO world championship in their respective games.

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