Tekken 8Tier List

Tekken 8 Tier List

The RankedBoost Tekken 8 tier list for version 3.02.02 puts Clive Rosfield, Jin Kazama and Nina Williams first among 7 S-tier characters, out of 42 characters graded. 13 more characters sit one step below in A tier.

42graded
Graded for V3.02.02 · Nov 3, 2026
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STop7 charactersThe strongest picks right nowClick any character for its gradeTap a card for its grade
Clive RosfieldClive Rosfield
Jin KazamaJin Kazama
Nina WilliamsNina Williams
Sergei DragunovSergei Dragunov
Marshall LawMarshall Law
Jun KazamaJun Kazama
Victor ChevalierMoved up from AVictor Chevalier
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AStrong13 charactersStrong picks, a step below the top
Eddy GordoEddy Gordo
KingMoved down from SKing
Anna WilliamsMoved down from SAnna Williams
Alisa BosconovitchAlisa Bosconovitch
Armor KingArmor King
AzucenaAzucena
Bryan FuryMoved down from SBryan Fury
FahkumramFahkumram
Feng WeiFeng Wei
Heihachi MishimaMoved up from BHeihachi Mishima
Kazuya MishimaKazuya Mishima
Lidia SobieskaMoved up from CLidia Sobieska
LiliLili
BSolid17 charactersSolid picks that hold their own
KunimitsuKunimitsu
Claudio SerafinoMoved down from AClaudio Serafino
HwoarangMoved down from SHwoarang
ReinaMoved down from AReina
ShaheenShaheen
YoshimitsuYoshimitsu
Devil JinDevil Jin
JACK-8JACK-8
Lars AlexanderssonMoved down from ALars Alexandersson
Lee ChaolanMoved down from ALee Chaolan
Leo KliesenMoved down from ALeo Kliesen
Leroy SmithLeroy Smith
Ling XiaoyuMoved down from ALing Xiaoyu
Paul PhoenixMoved down from APaul Phoenix
RavenRaven
Steve FoxMoved down from ASteve Fox
Bob RichardsBob Richards
CSituational5 charactersBelow the middle of the roster right now
ZafinaMoved down from BZafina
Asuka KazamaMoved down from SAsuka Kazama
KumaKuma
Miary ZoMiary Zo
PandaPanda
DBottom0 charactersThe weakest picks right now
No character is graded D right now.

What each tier means

  • STop The strongest picks right now
  • AStrong Strong picks, a step below the top
  • BSolid Solid picks that hold their own
  • CSituational Below the middle of the roster right now
  • DBottom The weakest picks right now
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Character art by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., from the official Tekken 8 website. Clive Rosfield ©SQUARE ENIX.

Board breakdown

Who is the strongest character in Tekken 8 right now?

Clive Rosfield, Jin Kazama, Nina Williams, Sergei Dragunov, Marshall Law, Jun Kazama and Victor Chevalier hold the S tier in the RankedBoost grade for Tekken 8 as of November 2026.

Select a face to open that character's card on the board.

How do the Tekken 8 DLC characters rank against the launch roster?

The 32 launch roster characters split 6 S, 7 A, 15 B and 4 C. Season 1 has 1 S and 3 A; Season 2 has 3 A and 1 C; and Season 3 so far has 2 B. Of the 10 characters added since launch, 7 grade A or better, and only Clive Rosfield reaches S.

  • Launch roster32 charactersS6A7B15C4
  • Season 14 charactersS1A3
  • Season 24 charactersA3C1
  • Season 32 characters so farB2

Longer bars are bigger groups, and each bar splits its group by tier. Select a graded face to open that character's card on the board.

Do Tekken 8 characters who share a fighting style share a grade?

6 fighting styles are shared by two or more graded characters, and 3 of them split across tiers: Jun Kazama (S) and Asuka Kazama (C) share Kazama-Style Traditional Martial Arts; Marshall Law (S) and Lee Chaolan (B) share Martial Arts; Nina Williams (S) and Anna Williams (A) share Assassination Arts. The other 3 keep one grade: Pro Wrestling, Mishima-Style Fighting Karate and Heihachi-Style Advanced Kuma Shin Ken.

  • Kazama-Style Traditional Martial Arts3 tiers apart
  • Martial Arts2 tiers apart
  • Assassination Arts1 tier apart
  • Pro WrestlingSame grade
  • Mishima-Style Fighting KarateSame grade
  • Heihachi-Style Advanced Kuma Shin KenSame grade
Where does Bob Richards, the newest Tekken 8 character, rank?

Bob Richards joined Tekken 8 in August 2026 and holds the B tier in the RankedBoost grade. Before that, Kunimitsu joined in May 2026 and grades B; Miary Zo joined in December 2025 and grades C; and Armor King joined in October 2025 and grades A.

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