So, me and my friend play Tekken 5 a lot. What I have most issues with is when he's got Eddie, Christie, Hwoarang, or Baek. I can't seem to come up with a sound strategy to beat his insane kicking squad (especially since he's not using much of a strategy with them and button mashing like crazy... with those, button mashing goes a long way).

My picks are Kazuya, Heihachi, Devil Jin, Regular Jin, Raven, and Baek. But I just can't even get near him when he goes on that insane mashing spree. :-(.

go to practice mode, learn the strings and then interrupt, parry, block and punish...