Helnova
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Yeah to be honest I look for characters I like and try to make them work instead of picking a partner or team based on their ability/synergy.
Paul and Bryan were 2 of my favs from tekken and I love Pauls rowdy personality in this lol.
Gemakai
48
So I got tired of Elena/Jack cause Jack’s speed just became more and more annoying to deal with, and I didn’t like Lili’s team synergy (None) - so I picked up Paul cause I was slightly interested and people began hyping him up. Hot damn so I like the Synergy with this guy. Elena covers his weakness of long quick pokes, while he covers Elena’s questionable damage. I think the two work very well together.
On that note, I’m debating the gems for them. Paul is probably going to be all Power gems, but not sure which ones in particular. Elena has meter gems and a single power gem at the moment, but that might change
zUkUu
49
I have no clue about Elena - can she deal with zoners? Paul is probably a great anchor to any team. He can assist zoners \ chain combo heavy characters since he can combo now into launcher and put them back on screen. (that means gems that activate on launch (for the first character) are a legit option.). He can also convert a tag in at any point to decent damage, and with one or two more reads kill any character. He himself, has now great tag cancel options to bring other characters in. Combowise, he works with any character now. If you can cover his weak points (e.g. zoners) you’re probably set already.
As for Gems, I haven’t checked any DLC gems yet (the free ones). I always had +damage after tag, +meter after tag and the 100 damage shield after/during 5 hit+ combos. I’ll dig into that topic in a bit (days probably). That’s the least of my concerns. From the feeling, I think damage is where you want to look at. I think the super damage gem is also legit choice for paul.
I want to know which of the gems are included in the presets, so we could discuss which preset is the best for him (for tournaments).
GenUser
50
Posted this in other thread by accident:
“Who you guys think pairs well with Paul? I was think Abel”
Even though Paul got a lot better his general strategy and many weaknesses are still the same, so reading earlier posts in the topic will help. Long story short Paul still has real issues getting in and to use all his counterhit setups properly and to maximize damage you need A LOT of meter. So I think his best partners are those that can hold their own against anyone at long ranges and can build meter easily and not need it much for themselves.
What changed a bit is that Paul no longer really deals damage and buys time/creates space for his zoning partner. Now with his more dangerous CH strings and overall damage output Paul wants to finish the match asap. To do this I think his best partner is one who can bring the fight to the opponent, deal strong damage themselves, and tag Paul into his optimal situations. Guy is a prime example though his low raw Launch causes problems. Others I can think of are:
Hwo
Ken
Jin
Julia
Bob
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Even though Paul got a lot better his general strategy and many weaknesses are still the same, so reading earlier posts in the topic will help. Long story short Paul still has real issues getting in and to use all his counterhit setups properly and to maximize damage you need A LOT of meter. So I think his best partners are those that can hold their own against anyone at long ranges and can build meter easily and not need it much for themselves.
What changed a bit is that Paul no longer really deals damage and buys time/creates space for his zoning partner. Now with his more dangerous CH strings and overall damage output Paul wants to finish the match asap. To do this I think his best partner is one who can bring the fight to the opponent, deal strong damage themselves, and tag Paul into his optimal situations. Guy is a prime example though his low raw Launch causes problems. Others I can think of are:
Hwo
Ken
Jin
Julia
Bob
Abel has great damage and get in ability, but how much meter does he eat himself?
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Even though Paul got a lot better his general strategy and many weaknesses are still the same, so reading earlier posts in the topic will help. Long story short Paul still has real issues getting in and to use all his counterhit setups properly and to maximize damage you need A LOT of meter. So I think his best partners are those that can hold their own against anyone at long ranges and can build meter easily and not need it much for themselves.
What changed a bit is that Paul no longer really deals damage and buys time/creates space for his zoning partner. Now with his more dangerous CH strings and overall damage output Paul wants to finish the match asap. To do this I think his best partner is one who can bring the fight to the opponent, deal strong damage themselves, and tag Paul into his optimal situations. Guy is a prime example though his low raw Launch causes problems. Others I can think of are:
Hwo
Ken
Jin
Julia
Bob
Abel has great damage and get in ability, but how much meter does he eat himself?
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Even though Paul got a lot better his general strategy and many weaknesses are still the same, so reading earlier posts in the topic will help. Long story short Paul still has real issues getting in and to use all his counterhit setups properly and to maximize damage you need A LOT of meter. So I think his best partners are those that can hold their own against anyone at long ranges and can build meter easily and not need it much for themselves.
What changed a bit is that Paul no longer really deals damage and buys time/creates space for his zoning partner. Now with his more dangerous CH strings and overall damage output Paul wants to finish the match asap. To do this I think his best partner is one who can bring the fight to the opponent, deal strong damage themselves, and tag Paul into his optimal situations. Guy is a prime example though his low raw Launch causes problems. Others I can think of are:
Hwo
Ken
Jin
Julia
Bob
Abel has great damage and get in ability, but how much meter does he eat himself?
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Gemakai
55
Yea, she can deal with Zoners A LOT better than in 2012. Her slide hurt box was reduced so she slides under almost anything (with exceptions like Low Tiger Shot) and EX Rhino Horn has complete Projectile Immunity and hits crouches… and I believe is safe on block, but need to test it. Basically, Elena can get in easy. She just needs some damage to help out sometimes (she can do a decent amount by herself, but compared to Paul, forget about it. @-@)
Im currently playing Bryan, Paul. Its basically a much worse, but more badass version of Julia Paul (probably one of the optimal Paul teams)
I think the team does pretty well, Bryan Focus’s on building meter for tag cancels and his super (good threatening super) and usually will try and go for boost combos if he gets a solid hit. Bryan also does good at pushing them to the corner which is nice for Paul so he doesn’t have to chase people down.
Most hits do around 400 damage if you have meter (or get a good boost starter) and in General they can take care of most situtations and both characters have ways to safe tag in.
Sounds a lot like my team only I do Balrog/Paul.
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I_Ro_I
58
Vega/Paul
Vega is so good at controlling the neurtral game and getting a boost chain into launcher to bring Paul in, plus since neither particularly need meter for their combos outside of Supers, it means I can usually have a nice bit of stock for Alpha Counter since neither have great reversals and I’d much rather have a guaranteed reset to neutral with Alpha Counter than a risky reversal. Not to mention they can both do a hefty bit of damage off of a tag in.
Yea. I was thinking about using Vega for Paul since I decided to team up Xiaoyu with Lei and I don’t want to put Asuka OR Paul as my point.
I’m trying Paul/Kuma and Lars/Paul. Paul with Kuma is pure damage!!! With Lars seems to be potential i need more practice with Lars though
zUkUu
61
Paul/Kuma sounds like serious 1-hit kills x
I was using Balrog/Paul
But now Ken/Paul
Thinking i might change again but not sure
Any ideas people?
been trying nina/ paul but i keep doing the wrong motions when i switch. raze and geyser cannon. nothing like hitting a cr mk than standing there.
Poison/Paul is pretty strong, Paul can do st.hp xx hk shredder st.hp xx hk shredder in corner to allow Poison to do cl.hp > cl.mp > Cr.hp xx lmt + ender for bit over 500 damage with decent meter build.
And midscreen, Poison can get cl.hp cadc cr.hp xx hk dp. Also Poison covers Paul’s weaknesses and vice versa, Poison covers the neutral game and gets Paul in and Paul covers Poison with his damage, I feel this is a very strong team.
