Bro i was watching that sh*t live. Wishing we had some scaley-boi honeybee in ECT then this dude came out and the hype was fucking reeaaal...till he choked. Even chat was going off about this reptile lol. Love u honeybee. Loved ur flash. Had me maining flash, now im a reptile nood, love ya man 🫰
0:52 He isn't smelling the dirt, that is a gesture to the character MAXIMUS from the epic film by Russell Crow called the GLADIATOR who would do this act before battle as he did in the GLADIATOR arena. NFL Legend Rey Lewis would perform the exact same gesture each time he took the football field and it was his last gesture in his very last game in the NFL. In an ESPN interview, Rey Lewis was asked the question about the gesture and he would credit it to the Warrior MAXIMUS from the film, the GLADIATOR. MAXIMUS's leadership and fearless in the face of adversity.
Dirt smelling is a reference to the movie gladiator with russell crowe I believe. Where he does the same thing as he was a farmer before he was a soldier.
I think it would be better with Motaro's teleport, it's faster. I do it with Liu Kang where if you wake up armor and they bait it, you can teleport right at the end and if you time it right their punish will be facing the wrong side and you can actually punish them for it. Then it becomes a mind game on if you're gonna teleport or not because if they wait for it, they won't be able to punish anymore
Interesting point here, should coaching be allowed? Game 3 rewind had a little conference call, then brought it back (not saying he couldn't do it without that) but it could be argued it made a difference especially since cossner didn't have a coach. It was banned in super smash bros, should it be banned in mk?
I think it's an interesting conversation to be had as well. There's been a lot of coaching throughout the whole tourney so far. I personally feel players should have to make adjustments without assistance, but also in sports like MMA and boxing, the fighters have coaches helping between rounds. Up to the pro komp rule makers at the end of the day. If they allow it, then it is what it is
It should definitely be banned. The outcome of the fight is decided by both contestants’ skill AND knowledge. Having a third part affect the latter is literally cheating. Glad Costner lost, though. The guy is a proper idiot.
@@Kitsune986 when a target combo hits a geounded opponent and first hit hits and second wiffs, that's an issue. And you're right that it happens to other characters too. It's still a problem that needs fixing. If you disagree, that's fine, but I feel like that's the point of target combos.
@@Edg3head- exactly. I just feel like that's the kinda thing you should expect to work, or it isn't a combo. Lol. I get weird hit issues, someone barely in the air, etc, but not on a normal footsies connection.
@@Jarrych83 I thought you meant on block, lol. In that case, yeah. Huge agree. I'm really tired of dropping a combo because the second hit of my target combo will just whiff
Cossner was pretty spastic and subobtimal with his combo routes. I think coming back caused him some nerves; Used to do longsets with him in MKX. He played more safe at the time. Good guy, wish him luck in loser's bracket.
@RuralJurorMK While I'm sure you could use Kung Lao for some extra damage, I usually use him for his neutral and defensive prowess. But without Kameo and even meterless there are numerous combo drops and suboptimal combos. Such as the combo drop at 22% 4 minutes in. Could've been 30% with setup or 33% cashed out for damage. Again at 5 minutes. At 5:28 he ducks a throw for an uppercut instead of a full combo. Etc.
@@TheBestOfTheWorst but that was a combo drop, not a suboptimal route. That uppercut didn’t seem like a duck for a throw, I think Reptile’s uppercut is -5 with pushback so it was more a get off me thing? Which combo did he do that he could’ve done better?
I’m nowhere near a pro. But I would think Darrius would be one of the worst Kameos to pick in a tournament. He literally offers nothing but combo extenders at the expense of a full Kameo meter.
Cossner is one of the most toxic players I’ve come across on the forums. The idiot even started talking trash when I pointed out a Sektor nerf not listed in the patch notes simply because he didn’t know about it. Truly the epitome of a keyboard warrior.
Hey Bee. Do you think that Reptile is actually garbage, or just a character with a unique game plan. Tbh I think it's the latter, and Reptile's gameplan is to go invisible and open up his opponents that way. This is off of watching you play though, I haven't played Reptile myself yet.
Lore behind the dirt 😂 its a warriors tradition for checking the terrain for battle. All those references in movies are just refering to the act not the meaning.
There were just so many problems with that playstyle. The raw dashes and raw death rolls just wont win you a best of 5 against a good player. And its so pointless, the damage you get from it hitting is less than have you receive if its punished. But im not a pro so what do i know
I have mad respect for rewind but the only reason he even won that match was cuz of whatever the fan told him and its obvious because he was literally getting bodied before hand, coaching in the FGC needs to end because you get shit like this people being robbed of Ws cuz someone from the crowd doesnt want their favorite player to lose.
Rewind was lost had his partner not came and given him the correct coordinates. Booooo. Cosner was just trying them death rolls to... Well to death, though.
U OBVIOSLY WANTED Cossner to win BUT unfortunately Rewind was able to adapt!! players who like to exploit sketchy in game mechanics aren’t really good fighters, they’re more or less “the glitter that ain’t Gold” Cossner didn’t Choke Rewind earned the match
They said the same thing about Zangief, the worst character in SF6, and he still won a major against a zoner, lol. Let's calm down with takes like this
@@Blitches-SLXMI used to get mad and call it input delay but the fact of the matter is you just need to get used to it and there will be no delay. These moves have more active frames than the last so inputs need to be more precise.
@@Kitsune986 I don't have a problem with it if literally everyone else can do 45-50% combos off of a single touch, 15-20% chip damage sequences, cyrax blockstring pressure upon more block string pressure, Geras getting another breaker that regenerates his health and also resets neutral on top of the standard one, a projectile parry that lets him guarantee a combo, also has a command grab, also has fullscreen capabilities. Kenshi having literal block of death pressure being a puppet archetype with midscreen zoning. Rain having hard to blockable setups and super strong normals and rushdown despite being the premiere zoner of the game, etc. I'm pretty sure Reiko having his shurikens isn't out of this world. Reiko Darrius is strong but it's not winning any major tournaments any time soon when you have certain characters (you know who) at the top.
Not only is Reptile 100% fine (but still needs buffs), his meterless/solo damage is literally above average, even great, lmfao. He can get up to 39% meterless combos with no assist. 39% for literally zero resources is bad? Yeah, no. Not even close
@@Kitsune986we’re are you getting these numbers at best he can get nearly 34-35 meter less and even then that’s assuming you either hit force ball or his other stings that hit mid unless I’m missing something.
5:54
Coach: "just don't get hit bro it's not that hard"
Rewind: "aight bet"
🤣🤣🤣
the way cossner plays makes me so happy i know it’s not ideal but seeing just that daredevil playstyle is so fun for me
He started cooking but ended up microwaving.🦎
First he was secretly rooting for his character, but then he didn't want his boy to lose.
I personally dont think that the lizard player choked. Rewind just started blocking and being patient
After someone told him to.
@@Reptile149 I mean you might be right. Point still stands.
@@Reptile149is it illegal? No…
not gonna lie, honeybee was right about rewind not hitting him up to practice some reptile LMAO
What happened?
Fighting rewind in that map is liking fighting sonic at jokers playground
Why
Map??
@@NarcoticDimensionying fortress
Glad to see back on the NRS grinds. Your brother and you have always been my boys in IJ2
Rewind is a seasoned Pro. Ggs to both guys
They both seasoned to be fair
@trashxecution2476 key words "Seasoned pro"
They are both pros. One is just more accomplished. @@j_hitta0591
Glad to see cossner back. Such a good reptile in mk9
Rewind is so much fun to watch. I hope he wins even if it isn’t likely
Rewind adapted really well. Also that reiko skin was not it😭
Being devils advocate...he only adapted because he got coached. 2v1 is hard to beat
@@sonofchrist7256how is advice a 2v1 only 1 person is playing 😂
Tbh with his other outfit it looks kinda decent. Like some weird MK version of Owlman lol
@@sonofchrist7256 Cossner got sento'd irl
@@sonofchrist7256just using available tools 🧰
That was a wild reverse 3-0 from Rewind. I wonder what Kevo said that helped him adapt
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Yooo my buddy just told me about this set!. GOATED for posting ty! Cos been playing reptile for ages glad he still rocking with em
Bro i was watching that sh*t live. Wishing we had some scaley-boi honeybee in ECT then this dude came out and the hype was fucking reeaaal...till he choked. Even chat was going off about this reptile lol. Love u honeybee. Loved ur flash. Had me maining flash, now im a reptile nood, love ya man 🫰
This is what separates GREAT players from good players. Rewind adapted amazingly
That coaching iced his momentum
Completely shut down his force balls after the 2-0
Your Reptile is insane bro
Rewinds Reiko was INSANER 😅
@@marcellusmaines7500 yeaaahh bro. best Reiko😂
He was cooking rewind then chocked
Fumbled a bag
Rewind figured him out and stole the bag
0:52 He isn't smelling the dirt, that is a gesture to the character MAXIMUS from the epic film by Russell Crow called the GLADIATOR who would do this act before battle as he did in the GLADIATOR arena. NFL Legend Rey Lewis would perform the exact same gesture each time he took the football field and it was his last gesture in his very last game in the NFL. In an ESPN interview, Rey Lewis was asked the question about the gesture and he would credit it to the Warrior MAXIMUS from the film, the GLADIATOR. MAXIMUS's leadership and fearless in the face of adversity.
I know someone who’s never seen the movie Gladiator….
Btw…that’s where the smelling dirt comes from.
Respect to all reptile enjoyers
Dirt smelling is a reference to the movie gladiator with russell crowe I believe. Where he does the same thing as he was a farmer before he was a soldier.
I didn't know you could cancel charge back 2 into gator roll, if I use stryker assist I might be able to make that safe. Dope video
Nice I use stryker with my reptile
I think it would be better with Motaro's teleport, it's faster. I do it with Liu Kang where if you wake up armor and they bait it, you can teleport right at the end and if you time it right their punish will be facing the wrong side and you can actually punish them for it. Then it becomes a mind game on if you're gonna teleport or not because if they wait for it, they won't be able to punish anymore
If you have never seen gladiator then do yourself a Big favor and watch it because it's an amazing movie .
Waaait you played Flash in injustice 2 right?? I realised immediaetely once i saw your facecam. I remember watching you back then.
Honeybee, how come you didn't enter the tournament? Just curious
Honestly I don't really think this reptile team was the best but he did his best against rewind.
The title of this video should be “Costner’s not afraid” ha
Interesting point here, should coaching be allowed? Game 3 rewind had a little conference call, then brought it back (not saying he couldn't do it without that) but it could be argued it made a difference especially since cossner didn't have a coach. It was banned in super smash bros, should it be banned in mk?
Coming up with anything huh? Lol pathetic.
No he’s right to consider it. It definitely turned the tide of the match here and it is banned in several other games.
I think it's an interesting conversation to be had as well. There's been a lot of coaching throughout the whole tourney so far. I personally feel players should have to make adjustments without assistance, but also in sports like MMA and boxing, the fighters have coaches helping between rounds. Up to the pro komp rule makers at the end of the day. If they allow it, then it is what it is
@@enigmatic7303its been a thing since mk9 and Injustice 1 also in old sf and tekken tourneys😊
It should definitely be banned. The outcome of the fight is decided by both contestants’ skill AND knowledge. Having a third part affect the latter is literally cheating. Glad Costner lost, though. The guy is a proper idiot.
"smelling some... Dirt... What's that about?" Lmfao actually though wtf
When you play ECT Turney HoneyBee?
yoooo ive been trying to put my finger on it!!! his commentary reminds me A LOT of Hikaru for all my chess heads 😂
Why weren’t you in the competition. Together with Tweedy as well……?
Rewind doesnr even look like the guy i seen back at evo for injustice 2
Check out the movie gladiator before each of russel crows battles
See what he does with the dirt
reptile spit should stager like cyndel scream. how can acid in the eyes not burn?
Bro adapted so darn quick
Thanks to coaching
Cossner played mad good
Hopefully they fix the target combo gaps and make the EX invisibility do something, at minimum, but those feel like big fixes more than buffs
"Fix the target combo gaps..."
Literally _every_ character has gaps in some of their strings, lol. There's nothing to fix
@@Kitsune986 when a target combo hits a geounded opponent and first hit hits and second wiffs, that's an issue. And you're right that it happens to other characters too. It's still a problem that needs fixing. If you disagree, that's fine, but I feel like that's the point of target combos.
@@Jarrych83yeah it’s really bad on rains 114/112 string the second hit whiffs and sometimes they down 2 the second hit on block it’s pretty whack
@@Edg3head- exactly. I just feel like that's the kinda thing you should expect to work, or it isn't a combo. Lol. I get weird hit issues, someone barely in the air, etc, but not on a normal footsies connection.
@@Jarrych83
I thought you meant on block, lol. In that case, yeah. Huge agree. I'm really tired of dropping a combo because the second hit of my target combo will just whiff
Bee, why you cut off the part of phone call, where you telling rewind to smack that lizard, so it could recive some buffs ? :D
That guy looks exactly like Dabuz from the smash community. DOPPLEGANGERS
The projectile was so obvious and i dont even use reptile lol He shouldve jump teleport or armor deathroll.
I dont even think jump. Bait the projectile even hard by using stand 3, then jusy cancel into teleport
Cossner was pretty spastic and subobtimal with his combo routes. I think coming back caused him some nerves; Used to do longsets with him in MKX. He played more safe at the time. Good guy, wish him luck in loser's bracket.
What are the optimal routes for kung lao?
@RuralJurorMK While I'm sure you could use Kung Lao for some extra damage, I usually use him for his neutral and defensive prowess. But without Kameo and even meterless there are numerous combo drops and suboptimal combos. Such as the combo drop at 22% 4 minutes in. Could've been 30% with setup or 33% cashed out for damage.
Again at 5 minutes.
At 5:28 he ducks a throw for an uppercut instead of a full combo. Etc.
@@TheBestOfTheWorst but that was a combo drop, not a suboptimal route. That uppercut didn’t seem like a duck for a throw, I think Reptile’s uppercut is -5 with pushback so it was more a get off me thing? Which combo did he do that he could’ve done better?
I’m nowhere near a pro. But I would think Darrius would be one of the worst Kameos to pick in a tournament. He literally offers nothing but combo extenders at the expense of a full Kameo meter.
I agree. He’s overrated for Reiko, I think.
I had no idea you could cancel reptiles absurdly slow overhead leap into death roll. Will be stealing that pronto.
I think styker would pair so much better with cossner's style. Any kameo that can help protect his crazy crackhead style lol
Yooo bee why didnt you join the Tourny?
Man I remember the MK9 era Cosner liked to act like a backwards cvnt... maybe he grew up
Mk9 reptile was a zoner
@@magicmamba915 i mean him as a person back in the tym forum days
Cossner is one of the most toxic players I’ve come across on the forums. The idiot even started talking trash when I pointed out a Sektor nerf not listed in the patch notes simply because he didn’t know about it. Truly the epitome of a keyboard warrior.
The coaching went craaazy
Yet most Reiko players I fight just sit at full screen spamming shuriken
Cossner the og reptile
Hey Bee. Do you think that Reptile is actually garbage, or just a character with a unique game plan. Tbh I think it's the latter, and Reptile's gameplan is to go invisible and open up his opponents that way. This is off of watching you play though, I haven't played Reptile myself yet.
Lore behind the dirt 😂 its a warriors tradition for checking the terrain for battle. All those references in movies are just refering to the act not the meaning.
Honeybee idk if you know this but Cossner isn’t afraid to do certain moves. I don’t think I heard you mention anything about that
Wow😂😂
He literally said that Cossner was on the wilder side of Reptile at the beginning of the video. Implying he isn't afraid to do certain moves.
@@Jygg414g Oh shit you're right! I didn't catch that, who knew that Cossner wasn't afraid to do certain moves. My mind is blown.
No nerfs for Reptile now 😆😂😭
Rewind wasn’t even sweating tho..
2 of the hottest players here … Rewind And Honeybee
Dare I say this was the biggest choke we’ve seen this week
Can someone please tell me how to cancel the overhead into a slide
When you charge overhead when you hold 2 input slide.
@@magicmamba915 Thank you, I’ll give it a try 👊🏼
There were just so many problems with that playstyle. The raw dashes and raw death rolls just wont win you a best of 5 against a good player. And its so pointless, the damage you get from it hitting is less than have you receive if its punished. But im not a pro so what do i know
Bruh all them raw death rolls got me thinking me and my boys could play in this tournament like dude 😂😂😂
thinking the same thing@@BigNate21659
I was thinking the same thing,,it was pointless
Why you not in the tournament
Reptile is better than everyone gives him credit for. Don’t underestimate that character
Reptile top 10?
I don’t agree about allowing coaching in between rounds
Bro need to chill or we won’t get a reptile buff LOL exactly what I was thinking
I have mad respect for rewind but the only reason he even won that match was cuz of whatever the fan told him and its obvious because he was literally getting bodied before hand, coaching in the FGC needs to end because you get shit like this people being robbed of Ws cuz someone from the crowd doesnt want their favorite player to lose.
“Make The Gods BLEED”….
“GIVE US BLOOD”!!!
See see honeybee reptile is fine
Big choke ngl Rewind got in more rather then allow chip or zoning to happen
Why is coaching allowed mid match? Rewind didn’t make the right adjustments in the first 2 matches so hold the L he wasn’t prepared. Makes no sense
REIKO MAINS STAND UP
Thanks for reposting key matches
reptile is fine and that is facts
geras can't beat reptile for shit
Cossner the plays the game like it's a game. And there's nothing wrong with that
I wish LTG has the balls to participate in this tournament,,,i want to see him get destroyed😂😂
Both of these players are obviously ballers, but your Reptile is much more fun to watch
Rewind was lost had his partner not came and given him the correct coordinates. Booooo. Cosner was just trying them death rolls to... Well to death, though.
Cossner just choked so hard.
I thought he was fighting jacksepticeye
Reiko its a fucking beast
the way you feel about reptile is the SAME exact way i feel about havik lol havik is NOT good. Bottom mid tier fs
Havik is very good he's just playing a completely different game than everyone else
Reptile isn't bottom tier. And even being mid still means you're a good character, lol. You're obviously just not broken
ok
U OBVIOSLY WANTED Cossner to win BUT unfortunately Rewind was able to adapt!! players who like to exploit sketchy in game mechanics aren’t really good fighters, they’re more or less “the glitter that ain’t Gold” Cossner didn’t Choke Rewind earned the match
Can’t make it far with reiko
They said the same thing about Zangief, the worst character in SF6, and he still won a major against a zoner, lol. Let's calm down with takes like this
after playin tekken 8, im really wishin MK1 just felt a little... faster idk. it just feels so sluggish out of the big 3 fightin games.
Fighting games don’t have to be fast to be fun get out of here with that bullshit
You mean less childlike button smashing. Good. No one wants that shit but kids who does random shit.
@@derekwhite4312 its fun. Just sluggish. Mad input delay compared to other fighters
@@Blitches-SLXMI used to get mad and call it input delay but the fact of the matter is you just need to get used to it and there will be no delay. These moves have more active frames than the last so inputs need to be more precise.
Then play Tekken. Not every fighting game is going to made to fit the tastes of few or many.
300 isn’t about gladiators LOL
i really dont like reikos playstyle, why give a grappler the best projectile in the game smh
Lmao, he's not a grappler. I remember only 1 true grappler in nrs games its bane from injustice. Reiko is simple nrs all-arounder.
Not every grappler has to be only grappling only.
@@Jygg414g
Lol, you don't hear a problem with a grappler also having the best projectiles?
@@Kitsune986
I don't have a problem with it if literally everyone else can do 45-50% combos off of a single touch, 15-20% chip damage sequences, cyrax blockstring pressure upon more block string pressure, Geras getting another breaker that regenerates his health and also resets neutral on top of the standard one, a projectile parry that lets him guarantee a combo, also has a command grab, also has fullscreen capabilities. Kenshi having literal block of death pressure being a puppet archetype with midscreen zoning. Rain having hard to blockable setups and super strong normals and rushdown despite being the premiere zoner of the game, etc. I'm pretty sure Reiko having his shurikens isn't out of this world. Reiko Darrius is strong but it's not winning any major tournaments any time soon when you have certain characters (you know who) at the top.
👋🏻😎
The problem with reptile is he’s dumbed down I miss mkx reptile
Hey
Reptile should have been grabbing him,
Coaching shouldn’t be allowed,
Reptile is not fine lol. His damage is trash compared to the rest of the cast.
Not only is Reptile 100% fine (but still needs buffs), his meterless/solo damage is literally above average, even great, lmfao. He can get up to 39% meterless combos with no assist. 39% for literally zero resources is bad? Yeah, no. Not even close
@@Kitsune986we’re are you getting these numbers at best he can get nearly 34-35 meter less and even then that’s assuming you either hit force ball or his other stings that hit mid unless I’m missing something.
Coaching should be banned. It's not a team sport.
Better Reptile than you
Why tf are you talking every second like it’s ESPN or sum. Can u just let the video play you talk literally every second in this video
Reiko should be nerfed
😂😂
Delusional
@@Celtics813 whatever you say 💀
Why though? He seems fine to me.
@MiNombreDiablo Get fucking better dude...holy cow.
Go look at Baraka, Johnny and Raiden. Then come back to Darrius Clown