I would believe that Hwoarang is up to par with Jin within the storyline, since there is nothing that states Hwoarang ever losing to Jin, or vise versa, the only clear indication we have is that they have only fought to a draw, this shows us that Hwoarang is one of the best, because he has stood even up amongst Jin who has toppled over the top tiers of the Tekken World. To me, Hwoarang to Jin is kind of like how Sagat is to Ryu, except BoB is young and cocky. Remember here, Jin has defeated both Hei, Kaz, True Ogre and now Jinpachi, however he has never defeated Hwoarang yet, which is saying something about BoB. Hwoarang is the only likely candidate to rival Jin in skill cannon wise, this is however considering the fact that Hwoarang's skills have not diminished and that he has stayed toe to toe with Jin since their draw match within the series. With all the said, Hwoarang's actually my favourite character in the series, I'm not a Jin fanboy even though I probably came off as one. I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility of Hwoarang being able to beat Jin, but the Mishima family are just in a different league than the rest of the Tekken roster. On top of that Jin is and has clearly been the character of focus since his first appearance in Tekken 3. Jin has also defeated four of the arguably best fighters in the Tekken universe: True Ogre, Kazuya, Heihachi and Jinpachi. Jin never seemed interested in fighting Hwoarang, he was more focused on Kazuya and Heihachi, Hwoarang is not as much a threat to him as the two of them are. Well neither have truly lost to the other in a fight, they fought to a draw before the events of Tekken 3 which initially set up their 'off-screen' rivalry.Īll the in-game movies we've seen of Hwoarang and Jin fighting are during Hwoarang's endings only, so naturally there'll be a bit of bias on that end to show Hwoarang as being able to get the better of Jin on occasions.

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