It depends. I think if you’ve got a character with better pressure then Lars should be on anchor because he has too many vulnerable specials and moves. But he plays too much like a point character meaning him on anchor makes him limited, wasted even if he can’t come in. So I think you should shape it around your team dynamics, but I’d recommend him on point only if you’re really good with him. Other than that it’s up to you
Hmm…that makes sense. Thanks.
I was just curious, since with my Lars/Ken team, it seems that it could go either way. I just think Lars does a bit better from farther away thanks to Silent Entry and whatnot; the best Ken’s got is his Hadoken, which is pretty bad.
Also, is Lars’ “Jaguar Kick” safe on guard? Any non-EX version?
They’re all pretty safe on guard. And you can actually apply decent pressure with it as long as the person doesn’t mash or reversal straight away. Plus it hits high now meaning people can’t down back for free since you can combo off it, and you could probably catch back dashes with it too. But they’re fully vulnerable so I tend not to rely on them unless I know I’m getting in with my pressure. Or you could play like Wolfkrone and not give a crap (i tried it with Lars/Jin and damn is it fun, as long as you don’t care about losing). Haha
Seeing so many Lars lately. So it turns out there’s a Lars army forming. And I gotta support it!! SwiftRage
Doesn’t surprise me, considering all the rumors about him being “top tier” now and whatnot. Plus he’s not all that complicated and plays like a Street Fighter character.
I expected a Lars bandwagon the day he was released. But I guess he wasn’t “derp” enough compared to someone like Kazuya or Heihachi.
But he still isn’t though. These rumors make no sense though, cause he aint dumb and trust me I LOVE dumb characters. Unsafe normals, vulnerable moves and such like. Sure he’s got better damage in some cases and a few better options, but come on just look at the rest of the cast in 2013; he’s a baller among grand slammers. So I don’t think he’d be top or anything. Top 20 maybe but not top 10 or top 5. If he’s top 10 I wouldn’t mind though, gotta support the Lars army. I can see Lili, King, Paul and others being focused on more, and I’d hate to see immense amounts of hate be applied to Lars of all characters cause there’s only one outcome to that, and it’s ending up like Ryu =/ Rest in peace dawg
Lars is Christ.
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Yeah, I think the whole Lars is top tier bit was just overhype. I still think Lars is a solid character though. Nothing really gimmicky though outside of I guess EX Silent Entry cross-ups and I guess that one follow-up from dynamic entry being an overhead (which doesn’t really matter since he can’t go low from dynamic entry anyway). Which I don’t mind.
Personally, I picked up Lars not because of the theory fighting, but because from what I’ve seen of his gameplay, he seems frame-trap/pressure happy, and seemed to have solid pokes. And I love frame-trap characters, being a Cody main in SF4 (and now this game as well). And I love how good his CADC is; CADC pressure is one of my favorite parts of this game. Too bad it doesn’t build meter anymore though. :bluu:
Hah, all these noble and well thought out reasons, which I respect. I picked him up because I played him in Tekken 6 and with Jin in this game I can perfrom anime combos, haha. I’ve never been too much for the technical side of things being the driving force behind my actions or choices, I like to think on my feet and I thought Lars looked awesome and simple in this game so I thought I’d main him no matter what. The rest can be learned along the way. For me anyway. But for real, this Lars being OP instigation needs to chill out before it reaches ‘Put Sagat in Mahvel’ levels of silliness, haha.
And for you’re reason it’s exactly why most hate Lars because he’s simple. Lars is trolling Tekken and SF X TK, my MVP candidate for the greatest Fighter for 2011-13. He is Christ.
Hilarious. They can think what they want, subjective norms about video game characters literally mean nothing to me =>
I picked up Lars because of his Kakashi outfit and his Chidori. Just having a weird time finding the right partner for him. Was gonna try Ibuki, but just read she got nerfed hard and Cammy/Xiaoyu do her job better.
I picked up Lars so I could team him with Raven and make them both look like Cyborgs 008 and 009. Team Cyborg Soldiers all day. Love that anime.
The Lars army is growing my friends.
I think you mean the Tekken force is growing.
…that is the name of the organization that Lars is a part of, right? 
Yeah he leads the Tekken Force.
check out the combo thread, updated some new stuff there!
I haven’t seen that in years…
I am picking up lars with Ibuki. Any general advice or should I be good from reading through the threads?
I’m thinking of joining the Lars army, but I’m testing soooooo many diff characters I’m in a major crisis with this game now after 2013, how do you think he pairs with Abel?
I’m thinking of picking up Lars and Running Lars Raven or Lars Hwoarang. I wish his damage was a little higher but he feels like hwoarang with better pokes / less safety to me. His normals are soooooo good though, and I think that’s what matters for the most part.
Btw random question, how often do you guys have qcb+K punished? I was testing it in training mode and it’s really hard to punish consistently for me. So much so that I’ll probably just throw it out willy nilly till people start punishing me for it more often.
Also I heard you can do HP Dynamic Entry into silent entry now? Haven’t been able to figure out how that works.