Over 4,500 people registered for various games at Combo Breaker 2024, and 1,633 of them were playing TEKKEN 8.
The fighting games esports event Combo Breaker 2024 featured quite a few big games, and TEKKEN 8 was certainly among the heavy hitters. Not only did lots of players register for the TEKKEN 8 tournament, but also some of the players had come from remote locations. The stakes were super high, and the fights were uncompromisingly spectacular!
In this post on esports.gg, we highlight various details on the Combo Breaker 2024 Tekken 8 tournament, including, the stream, results, top T8 characters, and Tekken World Tour 2024 standings.
Combo Breaker 2024 Tekken 8 results
The tournament is over, so let’s enjoy the full stream and also T8 results from Combo Breaker 2024.
Top 8 recap
One of the biggest favorites of this tournament, Arslan Ash, fell to the loser's bracket in Round 3, after his match against Dr.theJAKEMAN, M.D. In the top 8 part, Arslan had a super confident run with his Nina, defeating four opponents, including another Tekken legend, Knee.
On the winners side, AK from the Philippines also played impressively! With Shaheen, he defeated Kuma of Rangchu and Victor of Farzeen.Quite interestingly, the Tekken 8 final brackets at Combo Breaker 2024 brought us almost no character swaps. Most competitors played one fighter throughout their all matches. Only JeonDDing switched to Eddy at some point, the first T8 DLC character.
Grand Final
The grand final between Arslan Ash and AK was back-and-forth, incredibly intense. Both players had their moments, and both got their rounds and games. Everything had to be decided in the very last round. Could Arslan reset the bracket?
AK was super patient when Arslan Ash activated Heat. When that was over, he found a couple of lows and performed a great launcher. With Heat on his side, he landed an effective combo and won the tournament.
AK is the Tekken 8 champion at Combo Breaker 2024. Congratulations!
Placement Player Character TWT points earned | 1 PlayBook Esports | AK Shaheen 560 | 2 Twisted Minds | Arslan Ash Nina 400 | 3 Team Falcons | Farzeen Victor 300 | 4 Team Vitality | JeonDDing Eddy, Reina 220 | 5-6 DRX | Knee Bryan 180 | 5-6 VARREL | Rangchu Kuma 180 | 7-8 YAMASA | Nobi Dragunov 150 | 7-8 FaZe Clan | Joey Fury Jack-8 150 |
Tekken World Tour 2024 standings
This official global league has only started, and we have many Tekken World Tour events planned for 2024. Top 20 players will proceed to the TWT Finals 2024. Here is the current situation with the point distribution in the general standings — after T8 Combo Breaker 2024.
Twt placement after Combo Breaker 2024 Player Country TWT points after Combo Breaker 2024 | 1 Chikurin Japan 1,135 | 2 Shadow 20z USA 895 | 3 AK Philippines 860 | 4 Jodd France 860 | 5 JoKa UK 850 | 6 Arslan Ash Pakistan 575 | 7 LowHigh South Korea 565 | 8 Rangchu South Korea 541 | 9 Fear of Silence USA 535 | 10 kkokkoma South Korea 500 | 11 JeonDDing South Korea 485 | 12 Farzeen Pakistan 475 | 13 Nobi Japan 420 | 14 Raef Saudi Arabia 420 | 15 Chanel South Korea 400 | 16 AO Japan 400 | 17 double Japan 370 | 18 Dr.theJAKEMAN, M.D USA 360 | 19 CBM South Korea 340 | 20 Book Thailand 340 |
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Format, schedule, and streams
Over 4,500 people have registered for various games at Combo Breaker 2024, and 1,633 of them are going to play TEKKEN 8. It’s a lot of participants, so the format of the competition is strongly dictated by this number.
- Everyone starts from 64 pools of Round 1
- Round 2 consists of 16 pools with 24 players in each
- Only four pools remain in Round 3 (also 24 players in one)
- Top 24
- Top 8
There are so many matches to watch, and most viewers will be naturally be focused on the final top 24 or top 8 parts. Still, if you decide to enjoy a fight or two from the pools, here is the full schedule of the TEKKEN 8 tournament at Combo Breaker 2024.
Tournament Stage Date Time | Round 1 Pools P1 Friday, May 24 8 a.m. / 10 a.m. CDT / 11 a.m. ET | Round 1 Pools P2 Saturday, May 25 8 a.m. / 10 a.m. CDT / 11 a.m. ET | Round 2 Pools Saturday, May 25 4 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. CDT / 7 p.m. ET | Round 3 Pools Sunday, May 26 9 a.m. / 11 a.m. CDT / 12 a.m. ET | Top 24 to Top 8 Sunday, May 26 1 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. CDT / 4 p.m. ET | Top 8 Sunday, May 26 5:30 p.m. PT / 7:30 p.m. CDT / 8:30 p.m. ET |
The weekend is going to be super exciting! The official streams are on the TEKKEN Twitch channel.
Top players to watch out for
Here are just a few big names to watch out for during many rounds of the TEKKEN 8 tournament at Combo Breaker 2024:
- Chikurin, the TEKKEN 8 Champion at Evo Japan 2024 has registered for the event. Will he be able to repeat his success?
- Arslan Ash, one of the best TEKKEN players in the world, did not really have a chance to play at big events. Due to visa difficulties, he did not participate in Evo Japan. So far, Arslan Ash has played only at Pakistani Tier 2 tournaments, so Combo Breaker should be his big entrance to the TEKKEN 8 scene.
- Knee — this legendary player had some difficulties with TEKKEN 8, and especially with its aggressive offensive style. The most recent patch has addressed this issue, so we can expect good plays from Knee at Combo Breaker 2024.
- kkokkoma is currently among the TEKKEN World Tour top standings, and the player should use this chance to gain even more points.
- SAINT and CBM are in similar situations, as both performed really well in TEKKEN 7, and now they need to prove their skills within the new game. They don’t have big victories in TEKKEN 8 yet.
As the event takes place in Chicago, we can expect the U.S. players to give a good fight at Combo Breaker. Such players as Anakin, Joey Fury, Shadow 20z, and JoeCrush are among the strongest.
The updated game
TEKKEN 8 got some pretty big updates just recently. Patch 1.04 is part of a massive plan of the developers to re-balance the game. Many characters have already got their adjustments, and the rest of the roster is waiting for the next update, TEKKEN 8 patch 1.05.
This means the Combo Breaker 2024 participants will be playing the updated game. The pros sure have the skills to adapt to changes quickly. And they had around 20 days to get prepared. Still, it’s the first big TEKKEN 8 tournament on the newest patch, which may shake the competition quite a bit.
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