I remember being a kid, playing MK4 and spamming the teleporting stomp of Quan Chi against my step-brother, so he was automatically one of the strongest in my eyes lol
@bryanbridges6152 I'd agree he is still top 5, he just staggers a lot more now bc his combos don't do the damage they used to so they're not as rewarding. But I've seen people adjust by using Kano Stryker and goro to make his chip really good and safe with db3. It's still like 10% for a blocked string and kameo that usually can't be punished.
I mean yeah if it was true but say sub zero is the weakest character in mk1 is crazy there’s so many hi tier level sub players everyone uses him and he has some pretty good tools with pretty decent damage
@@AanKattoa he’s referring to the og mk1 but my comment was referring to sub zero being more popular than raiden. Edit I guess I was wrong I didn’t watch the whole video
@@nonyaxdova543he has no good tools. Every character has better equivalent tools other than scorpion. Everything sub zero has is a gimmick that doesn't work if you're opponent is slightly competent.
I'm always happy to see MK vs DC Universe discussed. It wasn't the best game but I had so much fun playing it and spent hours upon hours playing online. There were lobbies with regular players who were always there and a chatroom, and there were some infamous players who would abuse Superman and Flash Infinite that had RUclips videos made making fun of them. Running into a good player who knew what they were doing was always nice, especially with a character who seems to get picked rarely such as Catwoman or Darkseid. Story was interesting and well done too, and it was funny seeing Scorpion kick Superman into a car. Good times. I appreciate that game.
I hate that game now, BUT when it came out, it was the funnest MK at that point for me. Coming off the cusps of Armageddon and the other 2 3D MKs, which were very slow and chunky as much as I love those games now, MK vs. DC was lightning in comparison and very fun. But then I discovered Street Fighter 4 (a bit late), and realized that I’ve been doing things wrong my whole life.
@@horobi-san4427would be cool to have a counter character morph against each fighter and his or her style, when a regular character may be stuck in an unfavorable situation.
"MK1, I need a new term." - I can see that, but personally, I'll be calling the new one "MK12," which is the same treatment that "MK9" got by fans (although online pages call it MK 2011). It's interesting though, at least from what I hear online over the years, that virtually no one calls the 3D era games by number (MK5, MK6, MK7) and how MKvsDC is also seldom called "MK8" and was not supposed to be anyway at first. But if you don't want to call the new MK1 "MK12", then I think "OG MK" is a quick and easy term. Congrats on the sponsorship.
I remember I went into GameStop when MK9 ( yes, I'm still going to call it that ) came out. I went to buy it & I called it that and the teller was like "Do you mean Mortal Kombat. The new edition, Mortal Kombat 2011?" Here I am, 9 years old, with my dukes trying to buy the game & I'm over here like bro, it's the 9th installment just give me the game lmfaooo. As soon as I said that he started talking to my mom saying "you know this game has tons of suggestive content, a bunch of gore, & pretty much could be dangerous to a young mind." My dukes was just like "sdfu, I know what we came here for " it's even more hilarious assuming she didn't know about mortal Kombat ( she was alive & actually played [& beat] the arcade version of Mortal Kombat 2 )
@jasonwalbridge9133 I get that. That's kinda how I felt about Scorpion, and disliked the video cause he said Scorpion was weak. But I think in combination of Scorpion & Subzero's abilities and playability they are probably the top 2 guys. At least in MK1 (original). I found Lui Kang to be mid level. People like Johny Cage seemed weaker to me. Raiden also feels mid level to me. His powers are great, but his playability isn't. Edit: Kano must be 1 of the more boring characters, cause I don't remember him.
Funny how Scorpion was one of the weakest character in the original MK1 and now he's also one of the weakest characters in MK1 reboot (history likes to repeat itself, I guess)😂
As a day 1 sub main I can agree 😂 my favorite part is when people trash talk with a high tier, for beating the bottom character 😂 so many choose to lose characters running rampant
Played against a good Ashrah even when Cyrax was OP. Did not go well, her range shut down his most basic gameplan. 2 backdash into 2/21/214. Even 2 into DB2 and Cyrax spin wasn't enough to help stop her mixups and block pressure. Hopefully they buff our boy soon, and revert air 21 back to its full glory 😢
@@riceyboi7069 if he had more mids instead of highs he would immediately be so much better, I’m tired of people spamming down 1 or down 2 and blowing up my pressure lol
i mained scorpion at launch and hated the game. recently i switched mains and now i get it. game is fun and good. this game doesn't make much sense. kharakter kits are distributed randomly.
If you included the gamecube version of deception, would shao kahn be the worst character in that game? I know he’s really bad but I don’t remember if he was worse than sindel or other low tiers
When it comes to covering the classic mk games, this is my absolute favorite channel. Im glad you keep the good old games alive by creating so much content for it. Always a blast to watch.
Shang gets boned pretty hard in trilogy on n64. No ground magma into morph combos which was his main thing to setup big damage opportunities as well as morph into a lethal character to finish off with. This is a really big deal as ppl are not gonna just sit there and let you morph. You gotta get a combo or advantage state to morph against better players, so not being able set that up makes him so bad and defeats the whole purpose of playing him.. My favorite thing as a fun player is to use scorpion morphs off magma to jump kick spear into autocombo for a 50-55% combo. I know there are better combos out there, but this one is super easy and compensates for Scorp's lack of damage while still benefiting off scorp's high mobility to finish off the rest of the opponent's health. That and you know, Scorp has neat fatalities that make me like him more than human smoke. Can't do this in trilogy =(
I think this video could've been improved if you showed more footage of the characters sucking and what they're up against. Seeing Jade-Kenshi again made me depressed.
Yeah exactly, I said the same thing. He just superimposed his speaking over footage of the character he is referring to and didn't take the time to show any of the examples of what he is talking about, and over 1k comments, yours is the only one i see that points this out.
@@Juancr2006 the KP2 leak with Deathstroke and Harley Quinn was fake but the leak that contained spoilers for the upcoming story expansion and KP2 was datamined meaning it's legit
I really wish you would have shown footage relevant to the particular moves or scenarios you were mentioning at that moment, instead of seemingly random clips of the character in question
Exactly. he just superimposed fights with the character he is talking about over a fight. he didnt take the time to show what he is talking about at any point. he still got 1 million views though, so, I guess you just play to the simpletons and they still applaud.
I feel like Ketchup and Mustard could pull some epic long term trolling and upload videos pretending to be each other and 99% of us wouldn't be able to spot the difference.
He's really match dependent, and in a game where you can't switch characters mid match like the previous games, that's explain why nobody's using him He can literally be the best kameo in the game, he's just to situational
I was stoked when they reached out. One of the more appropriate sponsored segments Ive ever done, especially with how many mates of mine are at UFA for strive this weekend.
@@PNDKM Perhaps one of the most appropriate sponsorships I've ever seen. Makes sense too, people who are watching NRS-related content like fighting games but haven't necessarily ever gotten into anime fighters. On a personal note, I'd recommend Chaos Code, massively overlooked game.
That entire Kombat Pack has an argument for weakest in the game but I'd say Mileena as well . I never thought Rain was that good in MK11 but his hit confirms and amazing movement helped carry him a tad but Mileena just had nothing. Weak damage, weak projectiles, Unsafe on everything. Just not a good character. And I was a Rambo main and you have to work so hard to be good when he's a very WEIRD character with stubby buttons. Still fun tho
I personally love playing rambo in mk11, i run snare trap with his cammando combo ability that turns 3 of his strings into a grab and its so fun. My main combo is forward1 2 into snare trap ex, jump forward3, forward dash on landing then back3 1+3. It usually gets about 23-25% for only a bar of meter and i love it
LOVE your guys channel, but I am a tad disappointed at the lack of info for Sub-Zero at the end. I know the recent update put focus on Scorpion, and some info is out there for Sub's weaknesses, but the video would've felt more complete to elaborate on why for Sub as well. Still a good video, Cheers.
@@CurlyFromTheSwirlyas opposed to listening to a random commenter with no following who only criticizes the video in other people's replies than a direct comment, yes
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly I prefer listening to a RUclips video where the guy outlines his rationale and gives solid logic. As opposed to random morons hating in the comments. Who have offered nothing of value in their entire existence. Hope that clears things up for you.
Mortal Kombat's Cyrax may be a great character, but unfortunately Akron Ohio's most regarded pedophile Chance Wilkins, AKA Cyraxx couldn't be further from great if he tried.
Poor Kai. I was hoping to see him in Mk1 because of his association with Liu Kang, but no word of him...yet. Liu saw all the timelines possible he could create and still didn't include him. Poor guy. They should've introduced him as a Kombat kid when they introduced the others a few games ago and replace one of them, probably the snarky guy.
I think the worst thing about Kai is his name. It’s probably the most boring and simple name in all of MK. At least Jarek and Reiko have two syllables and Jax has that sexy X sound to make Elon Musky moist. But Kai? No characterization whatsoever. Shame too, cause his story and design had potential. His kit just needs a rework from the ground up, and a name change to boot. Maybe a cool last name.
Sub Zero and Scorpion being at the bottom of MK1's tier list is *wild* to me. The two most iconic characters in the franchise, the OG ninjas, the poster children of Mortal Kombat being bottom tier is patently insane. What is NRS thinking?
lol I remember the cover of tips and tricks back in the day having Shiva on the front...and being the mature 13 year old I was, I had to draw nipples on the picture hahah. It may have been Gamepro, but I'm pretty sure it was Tips and Tricks magazine. Anyone remember having to write down the codes from the magazines you didn't buy? lol
They should have always kept Reptile as a human green ninja. In MK2 he was pretty good, he was quick and could go invisible. In ultimate MK3 and MK Trilogy, Reptiles acid spit was deadly too. Once they transformed him into the ugly Lizard monster starting in MK4, that’s when he started getting weak and always losing. Thank God the developers came to their senses and made finally him human again in MK1.
He was really boring as a green dude. The reptile made him more distinct. The jobbing though, that was a bad move. Though I'd say he's been redeemed in MK1 with the best of both worlds
I happen to win 2 pretty big championships in my area back in the day and well I won them both with Reptile ......His upper cut when he is invisible hits for 10% more than other players and his acid spit is the fastest projectile that any character in any Mortal Kombat, and his jabs will actually let you hit 4 more time when throwing a series of punches or combos than any other character in all Mortal Kombat's ........found this all out through a guy that actually worked at Midway and game me codes and fatalities way before they were in magazine's or online...
What's funny about the Warlock Quan Chi is that he became my Quan Chi variation after Summoner got nerfed and he was cool for me, but I can't disagree with those reasons either.
Man, your channel has such great content, I wish there were more channels that go THAT in depth on other fighting game franchises! Keep up the great work!
Great analysis! One thing that I missed in the video was to see the characters doing what the narrator talking about. For example, when talking about Kai's weapon, it didn't show it. Talking about Sindel's throw, and I didn't see it either!
Huh, thought you would choose Mileena in 11, you need bar for her only extender with her, her only launcher can be breaked before amp is out, they said she is a high risk high reward.
Reptile in MKII might have arguably the coolest design but he is pathetically bottom 10 worst characters in any fighting game, maybe the worst character in the franchise. Thankfully it was only up from there for him.
I had someone argue with me that some pro player (I don't remember the name) made low tier characters look good because they were doing well with Warrior Predator lol.
The weakest for me personally, is Striker. My favorites are: Male: Raiden Female: Kitana Loved Raiden ever since i played MK1 on the sega genesis back when I was a kid. Partly because his flying superman move is so easy to execute and cheese any opponent lol, and as a young kid who sucks at the game at the time, Raiden was the perfect character for me to cheat my way to victory. 😂 Back, back, forward, LP, I think. Lol It's been forever since I played MK1 for the genesis. Once MK2 for the genesis came out and I saw Kitana, it was over lol. I thought she was so cool and so pretty in blue with her fanblades. I've been a hardcore Kitana fan ever since lol. 😊
These past 2 weeks I have picked up Scorpion and I like playing him… but he is the worst character in MK1. People say Sub (😂)… but no. At least Sub can cook a bit. Scorp is not even in the kitchen.
Back in the early 90s when MK2 came out I remember that GamePro magazine had a reviewer round robin tournament to rank the characters. Their pick for worst: Reptile. Even back then
I thought Frost was usually agreed upon for being the worst character in Armageddon? Or her and Kai the same level of bad they're interchangeable? I personally think Frost is worst but Kai is definitely bottom 10 with her
Frost is definitely worse. Terrible weapon stance, minimum damage output, I think the only reason you might choose Kai over her is due to her weapons not being single hit.
@@WalkBesideMe she also has extremely limited opportunities for air combat, which still feels weird they included. Frost does have some upside though. Her specials aren't terrible. Ice puddle essentially gets you a free hit.
I'll have to say that what you forgot to mention was that Reptile's invisibility cloak is USELESS if you're the player against the computer. You can't see you and the computer can. However, in UMK3, ALL of the characters are the worst because it took everything that went bad after MK2 and ran with it, making it even worse and cheesier than MK3.
Now what about the weakest Kameo? Probably still too early to tell but I definingly feel it's Motaro or Shujinko, my vote goes towards to Motaro and I am absolutely biased because I wanted to use him when he was announced. Teleport is all he has. It's an interesting ability that allows for some unique combo routes, conversions and pressure. But he is so lacking in all other categories that I feel he doesn't cut it. He cuts your health for some reason, tail blast is underwhelming, tail turret isn't worth your whole bar for an unreliable projectile and reflect is just ok. Much of his kit is outclassed somewhere by other kameos with more utility. Tail blast has plenty of competition with other projectiles, reflect has direct competition with Sub armor and Krystal Tremor and Lao has his own teleport (albeit slower) and Sektor can use his teleport as a punish tool. At least Shujinko has some sauce in specific match ups and is unique amongst the cast.
shujinko can not be included in tier lists. he is very specific. he might become meta next year once people lab everything and try to squeeze out every advantage they can at the highest level.
I always main Raiden & Scorpion and wow... Scorpion imo is def worse then Sub. His down 1 has NO range, neither does his fastest high (standing 1). His only mid is a absolute joke with a obvious gap. His standing tele doesn't extend combos / nor really punish. If you want to hit a real standing tele punish on a zoner you have to enhance so he doesn't attack but it costs a bar... He also has NO starting overheads for pressure smh....
"Sure, now you got two games in the series called just Mortal Kombat, but we can avoid the confusion by calling the first game Mortal Kombat 1" we said. "It doesn't have to be confusing" we said. Personally I think OG Mortal Kombat or even Original Mortal Kombat could work. Maybe we can pull a Playstation and call it MKX. Wait no we can't lol.
Scorpion is considered one of the weakest characters in MK1? I played that game in arcades way back when and he had to be top three in popularity at the time. Top three for MK1 in real time were definitely Subzero, Scorpion, and idk someone else. I know the not ninjas were popular because of the aesthetic and how badass their stories were but as a kid (was like 5/6 when it hits arcades) I would have also assumed that they were competitively the best because they so popular
@@breezy1845 Reptile was the second strongest character on MK2 for me. Sad I bad to play Kitana because one fan hit leads to an unstoppable 100% combo. Reptile was more fun than insta wins
It depends on who the player is, and how they use the character. Reminds me of DOA2, on release almost nobody was playing Leon. I picked him up because I enjoyed his fighting style, and I had to work out what worked for him. Towards the end of the games life I was banned from playing him... I had figured out how to delete 3/4 of the opponents life bar before my opponent could react. Just bringing this up because I have seen Stryker go on a tear, and humiliate good players. Big damage doesn't always equate to top tier... "Death by a thousand paper cuts"
I thought Kira was the worst character in the game??? People back in the day thought Sindel was Low mid tier. I legit never heard anything good about Kira aside from her d+1 I think and maybe kiss despite it getting nerfed to the ground.
Lackey suffered the same issues warlock did, it's why it was so hard picking a worst in MKX, because quite a few were hit super hard by the final patch
The weakest character is any character I pick up, and my opponent always happens to pick the strongest character
So true oomfie
That's the fighting game way
So like… half the roster is weak? 😅
@xoltie7263 the whole roster is weak in the correct hands
@coreydopson2030 correct hands can make unplayable characters into god tier characters sometimes. 😆
I find it hilarious that Quan Chi and Shinnok are the final bosses of MK4 and they ended up bottom tier 😂
No wonder Bi-han beat them in mythologies
@@ukigaumaukigauma2032lore accurate
Quan Chi isn't a boss. Shinok is the boss, and Goro is the sub-boss.
I remember being a kid, playing MK4 and spamming the teleporting stomp of Quan Chi against my step-brother, so he was automatically one of the strongest in my eyes lol
@@tFighterPilot That's the home versions, arcade it was quan chi and shinnok, goro isn't in the arcade.
Raiden being bad in mk1 and now him being top 3 in mk1 is crazy
Raiden was decent in MK1 and terrible in MK2 but looked awesome.. IMO anyway..
Not top 3 anymore
@@lsmvandermeulen6154I think he still is at least top 5
@bryanbridges6152 I'd agree he is still top 5, he just staggers a lot more now bc his combos don't do the damage they used to so they're not as rewarding. But I've seen people adjust by using Kano Stryker and goro to make his chip really good and safe with db3. It's still like 10% for a blocked string and kameo that usually can't be punished.
@@bryanbridges6152hey technically top 7 in mk1 compared to top 5 in mk1 isnt that bad
MK Armageddon - your footage is Kobra vs Kai ... lemme guess. That was intentional.
It's so sad seeing that the 2 most famous characters of the franchise are actually the weakest in MK1.
Sub zero tho
I mean yeah if it was true but say sub zero is the weakest character in mk1 is crazy there’s so many hi tier level sub players everyone uses him and he has some pretty good tools with pretty decent damage
@@canevas1017 sub zero has some decently high combos that dont require bars
@@AanKattoa he’s referring to the og mk1 but my comment was referring to sub zero being more popular than raiden. Edit I guess I was wrong I didn’t watch the whole video
@@nonyaxdova543he has no good tools. Every character has better equivalent tools other than scorpion. Everything sub zero has is a gimmick that doesn't work if you're opponent is slightly competent.
Love these videos so much. Learning about characters in the other MK games helps me appreciate both the games and characters way more.
No doubt
Reptiles overall history makes me so glad they amped him in MK1
Indeed, Reptile isn't only viable in every MK game he's playable at, but in MK1 he's an excellent character both competitively and design-wise.
@@RoyArkon Fr his design in MK1 might be my favorite in all games he's in
@@RoyArkonisnt he at the Very bottom of a Lot of tier lists ?
@@SrBlue-qp2ux Those tier lists are objectively wrong
They are indeed wrong
I'm always happy to see MK vs DC Universe discussed. It wasn't the best game but I had so much fun playing it and spent hours upon hours playing online. There were lobbies with regular players who were always there and a chatroom, and there were some infamous players who would abuse Superman and Flash Infinite that had RUclips videos made making fun of them. Running into a good player who knew what they were doing was always nice, especially with a character who seems to get picked rarely such as Catwoman or Darkseid. Story was interesting and well done too, and it was funny seeing Scorpion kick Superman into a car. Good times. I appreciate that game.
Lovely. You're an entity of awesomeness. Glad you had fun on that game
I couldn't stop playing that game for months, so much fun, weird yet amazing, I loved Deathstroke and Shang
Same lol
I hate that game now, BUT when it came out, it was the funnest MK at that point for me. Coming off the cusps of Armageddon and the other 2 3D MKs, which were very slow and chunky as much as I love those games now, MK vs. DC was lightning in comparison and very fun. But then I discovered Street Fighter 4 (a bit late), and realized that I’ve been doing things wrong my whole life.
The story was well done? It was so flawed what are you talking about? Empty and stupid almost for the entire run
I hope to see Shang Tsung competitive history some day.
Same
I know he's kinda bad in all the MK3 versions, but quite good in Deadly Alliance and MK11
@@horobi-san4427would be cool to have a counter character morph against each fighter and his or her style, when a regular character may be stuck in an unfavorable situation.
Lies again? Spank Bang USD SGD
"MK1, I need a new term." - I can see that, but personally, I'll be calling the new one "MK12," which is the same treatment that "MK9" got by fans (although online pages call it MK 2011).
It's interesting though, at least from what I hear online over the years, that virtually no one calls the 3D era games by number (MK5, MK6, MK7) and how MKvsDC is also seldom called "MK8" and was not supposed to be anyway at first. But if you don't want to call the new MK1 "MK12", then I think "OG MK" is a quick and easy term. Congrats on the sponsorship.
I remember I went into GameStop when MK9 ( yes, I'm still going to call it that ) came out. I went to buy it & I called it that and the teller was like "Do you mean Mortal Kombat. The new edition, Mortal Kombat 2011?" Here I am, 9 years old, with my dukes trying to buy the game & I'm over here like bro, it's the 9th installment just give me the game lmfaooo. As soon as I said that he started talking to my mom saying "you know this game has tons of suggestive content, a bunch of gore, & pretty much could be dangerous to a young mind." My dukes was just like "sdfu, I know what we came here for " it's even more hilarious assuming she didn't know about mortal Kombat ( she was alive & actually played [& beat] the arcade version of Mortal Kombat 2 )
Or it could be called OG MK or MK OG.
Clearly what's next is who is the most MID character in every Mortal Kombat game?
Liu Kang in the original for sure.
Kano and subZero in most games
@@FuttBuckerson87
Subzero? Why do you say that?
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly he's solid but always an easy to use and predictable character. I don't remember him ever being too OP
@jasonwalbridge9133
I get that.
That's kinda how I felt about Scorpion,
and disliked the video cause he said Scorpion was weak.
But I think in combination of Scorpion & Subzero's abilities and playability they are probably the top 2 guys. At least in MK1 (original).
I found Lui Kang to be mid level.
People like Johny Cage seemed weaker to me.
Raiden also feels mid level to me.
His powers are great, but his playability isn't.
Edit:
Kano must be 1 of the more boring characters, cause I don't remember him.
Video starts at 2:04
I really hope to see Kitana competitive history sometime.
Kitana mk2 is the strongest char. Hit one fan and you can 100% them
I love these MK history lessons! It makes you wonder what they were thinking when designing Kai in both MK4 and in MK Armageddon!
Funny how Scorpion was one of the weakest character in the original MK1 and now he's also one of the weakest characters in MK1 reboot (history likes to repeat itself, I guess)😂
Scorpion's peak was during the PS2 era
@@horobi-san4427Absolutely, he was a fucking beast in MKDA!
Scorpion was weak? 😂 ok karen
@@horobi-san4427MKX is also decent with Scorpion.
MKX scorpion was the greatest
I like how MK9 Jade is supposed to be the anti-zoner but Kenshi does everything better. 17:00 her glow doesn't even stop Kenshi's shade.
All the DLC characters in that game were pretty darn good, to be fair.
As a Scorpion/Sektor main he’s very fun but damn sometimes you can feel how much better some other characters are 😂
As a day 1 sub main I can agree 😂 my favorite part is when people trash talk with a high tier, for beating the bottom character 😂 so many choose to lose characters running rampant
Played against a good Ashrah even when Cyrax was OP. Did not go well, her range shut down his most basic gameplan. 2 backdash into 2/21/214. Even 2 into DB2 and Cyrax spin wasn't enough to help stop her mixups and block pressure. Hopefully they buff our boy soon, and revert air 21 back to its full glory 😢
@@riceyboi7069 if he had more mids instead of highs he would immediately be so much better, I’m tired of people spamming down 1 or down 2 and blowing up my pressure lol
i mained scorpion at launch and hated the game. recently i switched mains and now i get it. game is fun and good. this game doesn't make much sense. kharakter kits are distributed randomly.
The teleport punch was originally Sektors tbf. Smoke wasn’t fully finished
Y’all got the ArcSys sponsor on deck??? That’s actually wild, I’ve been following y’all since MKX days and it’s crazy to see the progress, congrats
ArcSys sponsoring NRS creators?? Are we finally getting close to that Guilty Gear X Mortal Kombat title I've wanted for over a decade?
Can't wait to play the new Under night
@@mostverticalproductions4808I don't want to see anything if they keep the Strive formula.
@@kizurura you and me both buddy. Two of my favorite franchises going up in smoke. Akatsuki Blitzkampf is our last hope.
If you included the gamecube version of deception, would shao kahn be the worst character in that game? I know he’s really bad but I don’t remember if he was worse than sindel or other low tiers
Definitely. Gamecube MKD shao is the worst by a pretty big margain.
I’m pretty sure Kira is the worst. Shao was bad but I think He was still a little better than Kira
When it comes to covering the classic mk games, this is my absolute favorite channel. Im glad you keep the good old games alive by creating so much content for it. Always a blast to watch.
The worst characters in Mortal Kombat game are the guests.
Yes. I fully agree
Shang gets boned pretty hard in trilogy on n64. No ground magma into morph combos which was his main thing to setup big damage opportunities as well as morph into a lethal character to finish off with. This is a really big deal as ppl are not gonna just sit there and let you morph. You gotta get a combo or advantage state to morph against better players, so not being able set that up makes him so bad and defeats the whole purpose of playing him..
My favorite thing as a fun player is to use scorpion morphs off magma to jump kick spear into autocombo for a 50-55% combo. I know there are better combos out there, but this one is super easy and compensates for Scorp's lack of damage while still benefiting off scorp's high mobility to finish off the rest of the opponent's health. That and you know, Scorp has neat fatalities that make me like him more than human smoke. Can't do this in trilogy =(
I think this video could've been improved if you showed more footage of the characters sucking and what they're up against. Seeing Jade-Kenshi again made me depressed.
Seriously! This guy plays against a non existing 2nd player and expects us to take him seriously.
Yeah exactly, I said the same thing. He just superimposed his speaking over footage of the character he is referring to and didn't take the time to show any of the examples of what he is talking about, and over 1k comments, yours is the only one i see that points this out.
Man poor Kai
Imagine if he come back in mk1 as a dlc and yet again become the worst character in game .
he won’t come back
kombat pack 2’s leak didnt contain him
@@RandomMimikyu those leaks were fake tho
I thought shinnok was the worst in MK 4 tbh.
@@Juancr2006 the KP2 leak with Deathstroke and Harley Quinn was fake but the leak that contained spoilers for the upcoming story expansion and KP2 was datamined meaning it's legit
I really wish you would have shown footage relevant to the particular moves or scenarios you were mentioning at that moment, instead of seemingly random clips of the character in question
Cause he doesn't know what he's talking about. He's just making 💩 up.
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly Let's see your list then.
@@CurlyFromTheSwirlyagreed
Exactly. he just superimposed fights with the character he is talking about over a fight. he didnt take the time to show what he is talking about at any point. he still got 1 million views though, so, I guess you just play to the simpletons and they still applaud.
I feel like Ketchup and Mustard could pull some epic long term trolling and upload videos pretending to be each other and 99% of us wouldn't be able to spot the difference.
Don't forget to mention Shujinko as the weakest Kameo Fighter. Cause no one is using him XD
Such disrespect for the Champion of the Elder Gods.
reptile is a threat born of deception
and for that youre getting shujinko'd
He's really match dependent, and in a game where you can't switch characters mid match like the previous games, that's explain why nobody's using him
He can literally be the best kameo in the game, he's just to situational
For the love of all that's holy - do NOT let Strive be the first Guilty Gear game you play.
I LOVE that you got a sponsorship with Arc System Works, that's so freakin cool :)
I was stoked when they reached out. One of the more appropriate sponsored segments Ive ever done, especially with how many mates of mine are at UFA for strive this weekend.
@@PNDKM Perhaps one of the most appropriate sponsorships I've ever seen. Makes sense too, people who are watching NRS-related content like fighting games but haven't necessarily ever gotten into anime fighters. On a personal note, I'd recommend Chaos Code, massively overlooked game.
I love scorpion in new mk1, but I just can't with his mix-up potential... THIS MAN HAS ONE GROUND OVERHEAD AND THAT'S IT 💀
I was really surprised to see Rambo instead of Mileena in MK11
That entire Kombat Pack has an argument for weakest in the game but I'd say Mileena as well . I never thought Rain was that good in MK11 but his hit confirms and amazing movement helped carry him a tad but Mileena just had nothing. Weak damage, weak projectiles, Unsafe on everything. Just not a good character. And I was a Rambo main and you have to work so hard to be good when he's a very WEIRD character with stubby buttons. Still fun tho
Same, specially after the last patch in Mk11 where they buffed Rambo, and nerfed Mileena
I personally love playing rambo in mk11, i run snare trap with his cammando combo ability that turns 3 of his strings into a grab and its so fun.
My main combo is forward1 2 into snare trap ex, jump forward3, forward dash on landing then back3 1+3. It usually gets about 23-25% for only a bar of meter and i love it
A Kai redesign in MK1 would go so hard
Master Kai! You know he’s coming at some point. Maybe in the next game
Yea, they redeemed Shinnok in MKX so they should give this dude a chance.
LOVE your guys channel, but I am a tad disappointed at the lack of info for Sub-Zero at the end. I know the recent update put focus on Scorpion, and some info is out there for Sub's weaknesses, but the video would've felt more complete to elaborate on why for Sub as well. Still a good video,
Cheers.
Main reason I'd say he's bad is that ice is heavily nerfed in MK1
I like how Sindel in Deception is farbage for the same single reason as Chipp in #Reload.
PUNISHABLE THROW ON HIT
I wish they would remake deadly alliance and Deception. And bring back the 3D arenas
Wild that the poster boys are the two worst characters in MK1
Don't listen to a lame YT video.
Scorpion is the best character in MK1.
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly agreed
@@CurlyFromTheSwirlyas opposed to listening to a random commenter with no following who only criticizes the video in other people's replies than a direct comment, yes
@user-jq5gc6dx7k
Well we at least have more subscribers than you 🤣 And I made my own comment too
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly I prefer listening to a RUclips video where the guy outlines his rationale and gives solid logic.
As opposed to random morons hating in the comments. Who have offered nothing of value in their entire existence.
Hope that clears things up for you.
Stryker literally looks like a dude who goes to a peaceful protest armed to the teeth looking for an excuse to shoot something lol
this reminds me of the "police brutality" meme with him and geras.
Stryker was probably the inspiration for Paul Blart: Mall Cop
You mean a proud boy hehe
You're right, he does look like a douche.
@@kimmidoll24more like antifa
Slightly off topic, but Rambo getting blown up by his own claymore made me laugh
He really thought he was doing something there with that like "I'm gonna get him this time" BANG
Mortal Kombat's Cyrax may be a great character, but unfortunately Akron Ohio's most regarded pedophile Chance Wilkins, AKA Cyraxx couldn't be further from great if he tried.
WAIT 22:10
Kameos in MK1 change the amount of health you have?
Kano was way more trash in MK1 then Raiden
I thought he was going to say Kano too.
Poor Kai. I was hoping to see him in Mk1 because of his association with Liu Kang, but no word of him...yet.
Liu saw all the timelines possible he could create and still didn't include him. Poor guy.
They should've introduced him as a Kombat kid when they introduced the others a few games ago and replace one of them, probably the snarky guy.
He has a lot of references in the intro dialogues, more than any other non-playable character - he is now “Master Kai” at the Wu Shi Academy.
@@tekkencentre Oh cool didn't know that.
I think the worst thing about Kai is his name. It’s probably the most boring and simple name in all of MK. At least Jarek and Reiko have two syllables and Jax has that sexy X sound to make Elon Musky moist. But Kai? No characterization whatsoever. Shame too, cause his story and design had potential. His kit just needs a rework from the ground up, and a name change to boot. Maybe a cool last name.
I differentiate the MK 1's with "Klassic MK 1" and "New Era MK 1" Also Kai is a character I'd love to see return with a good storyline!
I just go for "MK 1992" and "MK 2023."
Fits with MK 2011 as well.
@@GmNdWtchr96 I never met a person referring calling it "MK 2011", other than online pages, just MK9. As for Mortal Kombat, it's MK1 and MK12 for me.
Ahh yes MK1 2
I remember being a kid and being so friggin excited about Reptile being in MK2. My disappointment was at an all time high the day I tried him out
Everyone knows Kano is weakest in 1. (as in, the 1992 OG) He's kind of just a worse Raiden in that game.
Also Chaos Code is hella underrated
In my Mind Kung Jin and Ferra/Torr are the Weakest Characters in MKX.
Reptile being the worst in mk2 really hurts my heart 😂 but I agree
Reptile's force ball in MKII is not a very good special move, but he is a good fighter and fun to play.
I fought reptile he gave me more trouble than scorpion. Sub zero not so much
Sub Zero and Scorpion being at the bottom of MK1's tier list is *wild* to me. The two most iconic characters in the franchise, the OG ninjas, the poster children of Mortal Kombat being bottom tier is patently insane. What is NRS thinking?
In other to give Liu Kang his spotlight back, they had to nerf the ninjas into the ground 😔
He's obviously not thinking! 😂
lol I remember the cover of tips and tricks back in the day having Shiva on the front...and being the mature 13 year old I was, I had to draw nipples on the picture hahah. It may have been Gamepro, but I'm pretty sure it was Tips and Tricks magazine. Anyone remember having to write down the codes from the magazines you didn't buy? lol
They should have always kept Reptile as a human green ninja. In MK2 he was pretty good, he was quick and could go invisible. In ultimate MK3 and MK Trilogy, Reptiles acid spit was deadly too. Once they transformed him into the ugly Lizard monster starting in MK4, that’s when he started getting weak and always losing.
Thank God the developers came to their senses and made finally him human again in MK1.
Agreeed
@@hughesadam87thank you for your reply.
Not only did they made him human again, but they made him really attractive. I was so head over heels for him during the story mode
humanoid, he's still green on the inside
He was really boring as a green dude. The reptile made him more distinct. The jobbing though, that was a bad move. Though I'd say he's been redeemed in MK1 with the best of both worlds
I happen to win 2 pretty big championships in my area back in the day and well I won them both with Reptile ......His upper cut when he is invisible hits for 10% more than other players and his acid spit is the fastest projectile that any character in any Mortal Kombat, and his jabs will actually let you hit 4 more time when throwing a series of punches or combos than any other character in all Mortal Kombat's ........found this all out through a guy that actually worked at Midway and game me codes and fatalities way before they were in magazine's or online...
What's funny about the Warlock Quan Chi is that he became my Quan Chi variation after Summoner got nerfed and he was cool for me, but I can't disagree with those reasons either.
Kai's only got two playable appearances and he's the worst in both? Harsh.
DarrylTsung06 makes Stryker look like Kabal when he plays as him in MK3.
Yeah but he plays the Ultimate vers. of MK3 which Stryker is better in
Can you make a video dedicated to all MK Boss Characters? Especially in Armageddon, Goro, Kintaro, Moloch, Shao Kahn and Onaga
Man, your channel has such great content, I wish there were more channels that go THAT in depth on other fighting game franchises!
Keep up the great work!
Great analysis! One thing that I missed in the video was to see the characters doing what the narrator talking about.
For example, when talking about Kai's weapon, it didn't show it. Talking about Sindel's throw, and I didn't see it either!
I'm going to have to disagree with MKX. Kitana's Jade variation was so useless.
I learned my A,B,A,C,A,B,B,'S before my ABC's. The playground and bus was the internet back then.
chaos code jumpscare
Huh, thought you would choose Mileena in 11, you need bar for her only extender with her, her only launcher can be breaked before amp is out, they said she is a high risk high reward.
Reptile in MKII might have arguably the coolest design but he is pathetically bottom 10 worst characters in any fighting game, maybe the worst character in the franchise. Thankfully it was only up from there for him.
An arcsys sponsorship?? You guys are killing it
I did really well with Stryker against other players because his move set was usually unfamilliar--his strong kick was perfect for this.
I would say pretty lady leatherface is the worst in mkx!
Looking forward to the weakest character being Stryker for his few mainline appearances 😂
Only in original MK3.
Thank you for validating my low tier scorpion plight
I had someone argue with me that some pro player (I don't remember the name) made low tier characters look good because they were doing well with Warrior Predator lol.
Sub needs his shower freeze back.
Kobra Kai(Cobra Kai) idk something about that was funny when u put Kai vs Kobra
Reptile was great in MK2. The forceball, acid spit, slide, and invisibility just need to be used right
Second strongest character only behind Kitana who gets a 100% combo on most any fan hjto
So Sonya was never the weakest and they threw her in the back in MK1 >
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Me: ugh this character sucks let me chose another
Me fighting CPU controlling said character: *loses multiple times* BRO WHAT?!
6:50 so good to see you mentioning byspeed! 😁👍🏻
The weakest for me personally, is Striker.
My favorites are:
Male: Raiden
Female: Kitana
Loved Raiden ever since i played MK1 on the sega genesis back when I was a kid. Partly because his flying superman move is so easy to execute and cheese any opponent lol, and as a young kid who sucks at the game at the time, Raiden was the perfect character for me to cheat my way to victory. 😂
Back, back, forward, LP, I think. Lol
It's been forever since I played MK1 for the genesis.
Once MK2 for the genesis came out and I saw Kitana, it was over lol. I thought she was so cool and so pretty in blue with her fanblades. I've been a hardcore Kitana fan ever since lol. 😊
"All too easy..."
“Don’t make me laugh!” - Shao Kahn
These past 2 weeks I have picked up Scorpion and I like playing him… but he is the worst character in MK1. People say Sub (😂)… but no. At least Sub can cook a bit. Scorp is not even in the kitchen.
Scorpion has the hughest tier variance - from the best in Deadly Alliance to the worst in MK1.
ok karen
Back in the early 90s when MK2 came out I remember that GamePro magazine had a reviewer round robin tournament to rank the characters. Their pick for worst: Reptile. Even back then
21:03 wait wait wait so the best 2 characters in mk life is the weakest in mk1 and mk1? 😂😂😂😂 full circle
Kano is f'n useless in MK11. Also he's scripted with ridiculous "Aussie" nonsense slang words that I'm pretty sure aren't authentic at all.
I thought Frost was usually agreed upon for being the worst character in Armageddon? Or her and Kai the same level of bad they're interchangeable? I personally think Frost is worst but Kai is definitely bottom 10 with her
Frost is definitely worse. Terrible weapon stance, minimum damage output, I think the only reason you might choose Kai over her is due to her weapons not being single hit.
@@cichontom that's what I remembered. Also very mediocre movement, especially compared to the other women in the game like Sareena or Li Mei.
@@WalkBesideMe she also has extremely limited opportunities for air combat, which still feels weird they included.
Frost does have some upside though. Her specials aren't terrible. Ice puddle essentially gets you a free hit.
I'll have to say that what you forgot to mention was that Reptile's invisibility cloak is USELESS if you're the player against the computer. You can't see you and the computer can.
However, in UMK3, ALL of the characters are the worst because it took everything that went bad after MK2 and ran with it, making it even worse and cheesier than MK3.
Now what about the weakest Kameo? Probably still too early to tell but I definingly feel it's Motaro or Shujinko, my vote goes towards to Motaro and I am absolutely biased because I wanted to use him when he was announced. Teleport is all he has. It's an interesting ability that allows for some unique combo routes, conversions and pressure. But he is so lacking in all other categories that I feel he doesn't cut it. He cuts your health for some reason, tail blast is underwhelming, tail turret isn't worth your whole bar for an unreliable projectile and reflect is just ok. Much of his kit is outclassed somewhere by other kameos with more utility. Tail blast has plenty of competition with other projectiles, reflect has direct competition with Sub armor and Krystal Tremor and Lao has his own teleport (albeit slower) and Sektor can use his teleport as a punish tool.
At least Shujinko has some sauce in specific match ups and is unique amongst the cast.
shujinko can not be included in tier lists. he is very specific. he might become meta next year once people lab everything and try to squeeze out every advantage they can at the highest level.
I always main Raiden & Scorpion and wow... Scorpion imo is def worse then Sub. His down 1 has NO range, neither does his fastest high (standing 1). His only mid is a absolute joke with a obvious gap. His standing tele doesn't extend combos / nor really punish. If you want to hit a real standing tele punish on a zoner you have to enhance so he doesn't attack but it costs a bar... He also has NO starting overheads for pressure smh....
I will feel free to disagree.
"Sure, now you got two games in the series called just Mortal Kombat, but we can avoid the confusion by calling the first game Mortal Kombat 1" we said. "It doesn't have to be confusing" we said.
Personally I think OG Mortal Kombat or even Original Mortal Kombat could work. Maybe we can pull a Playstation and call it MKX.
Wait no we can't lol.
Scorpion is considered one of the weakest characters in MK1? I played that game in arcades way back when and he had to be top three in popularity at the time. Top three for MK1 in real time were definitely Subzero, Scorpion, and idk someone else. I know the not ninjas were popular because of the aesthetic and how badass their stories were but as a kid (was like 5/6 when it hits arcades) I would have also assumed that they were competitively the best because they so popular
I seriously can't see how you decided to pick Rambo as the weakest character in MK11 when Shao Khan exists. He's got great damage but that's it.
In the original Mortal Kombat you could corner Raiden and just sweep him indefinitely it always got you a flawless victory
Perfect follow-up to the last video I have to say. Thank you for your continued efforts!
Glad I pay a monthly fee for no commercials
Reptile is not weak
Prove it
@@breezy1845 Reptile was the second strongest character on MK2 for me. Sad I bad to play Kitana because one fan hit leads to an unstoppable 100% combo. Reptile was more fun than insta wins
It is incredibly dumb that MK One could now arguably refer to three games
It depends on who the player is, and how they use the character.
Reminds me of DOA2, on release almost nobody was playing Leon. I picked him up because I enjoyed his fighting style, and I had to work out what worked for him.
Towards the end of the games life I was banned from playing him... I had figured out how to delete 3/4 of the opponents life bar before my opponent could react.
Just bringing this up because I have seen Stryker go on a tear, and humiliate good players. Big damage doesn't always equate to top tier... "Death by a thousand paper cuts"
I thought Kira was the worst character in the game??? People back in the day thought Sindel was Low mid tier. I legit never heard anything good about Kira aside from her d+1 I think and maybe kiss despite it getting nerfed to the ground.
Lackey Ferra/Torr? That characrter variation seems to every single MK X tier list, right at the very bottom!
Lackey suffered the same issues warlock did, it's why it was so hard picking a worst in MKX, because quite a few were hit super hard by the final patch