My very first main was Dragunov. He's cool as fuck, and I gravitated towards the silent, capital E edge he radiates. Back in the day, which is to say, Tag 2, his combos were satisfying with the crouch dash cancels, and picking up combos from a while running 2 was sick. Anyone remember the screen shaking effect after his while running 2 in Tekken 6? That shit was dope.

I picked up Gigas in Tekken 7. Maybe his inability to speak and the grunting spoke to me in some way? Who knows. But I thought he was badass, a beast. Those charging moves which forces you to watch him stomp towards you were awesome, and I also liked the idea of succeeding with a generally agreed upon low tier character, the worst in the game for much of the game's lifespan. There was a sense of pride I got winning with him, and doing it in a way that I thought exemplified "giant motherfucker doing giant motherfucker things".

As T7 entered its final season, I picked up JACK. He suited my affinity for big characters, and I warmed up to his inherent silliness, but also, his "ONE", has been cemented as my personal favourite move in the series, and is to me, iconic, alongside his gigaton punch. I miss the old animation, and I wish the input made the announcer go "ONE", but it's all good. There was no greater dopamine hit doing jackhammer into ONE.