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I don't think she is in need of a buff like other characters... you know... like D'vorah and Kotal... I main Kitana, and yes there are some flaws but overall she feels really good to play and I have no problem online.
As a Kitana main from day 1 of Mk9 to now Mk 11 i can say she is not only the weakest in this game but also easily bottom 5 tier. She has retarded start up on everything , she has no mix , no + frames and she is always -5 -6 -7 on everything and she has terrible dashes and her jumps are slower then the other chars. And because she has ton of start up on everything ppl get away with stupid things all the time cuz your only fast button is a high so they can easily duck it and if they don't that fast button leads to 200 dmg combo , most ppl don't even breakaway from that unless they have 200 hp left
Uchiha Wrath BOTTOM 5? You heard of kano, shao kahn, kotal, kung lao, frost, dvorah or Raiden? THOSE are the ones that desperately need buffs. Kitana needs slight adjustments to go from high mid tier to top tier. She’s well balanced rn.
@@fadirefki9722 You are absolutely right she only needs few minor changes to become a good character but without said changes she is no better then the chars you mention. Well maybe she is cuz at least she is mostly safe but that's about it .
yea I agree.. I really liked doing the fan combos in the previous games and now the only thing she really gets is the jumpin 2's at midscreen into the ass push.. really not that fun or cool combos @ThatOneGuy 123
MKX Kitana will always be the best Kitana. She had amazing combos (and was balanced) and her Assassin variation was amazing. Now, she’s just weak and boring.
XxZeroxX No way in hell Kitana was balanced in mkx! You crazy?! That bitch was soooo autopilot in mkx! Her FJP was so broken, her strings are all safe!! And she did big kombo damage anddd she can do 49% in the corner with 1 bar! She was far from balanced my friend!. She was sooo good! Thats why sonicfox picked her up in the first place.
Kitana is my favorite on MKX because it was easy to pull off combos with her and shes fast. On MK 11, I love how she looks but shes slowed down and heavy, so I dont use her as often as I wanted to
@@YeahNaw ehhh not really, noob is pretty much a buffed version of himself from mk9, kabal is the same, and alot of other characters too, but i do i agree alot of chars need buffs/adjustments
So annoying how quickly they nerfed kitana. She was no where near the best character in the game to begin with. Glad to see this video basically confirms that I was playing her mostly correctly.
I really enjoy playing with Kitana. She is definitely my main character. But I have to agree with all the points covered in this video. For Kitana to be perfect, in my opinion: -Your attacks and combos do more damage; -The fan arrears are mid and not high; -The last attack of the leave now combo should be overhead
I really wanted the assassin variation to come back. I love it’s abilities sooooo much. Remove her low fan toss and the ability where she jumps in the air and replace them with Princess Parry and Assassin strike.
I don't even know what the developers were smoking when they replaced Fan Lift with Edenian Razors... In MKX, majority of Kitana players played Royal Storm variation solely due to the range buff in Fan Lift. It's cool that the devs tried something new in the 2nd variation but too much was sacrificed: Fan Lift and *once again* putting another fan favourite character's special moves in one of Kitana's variations (First Jade in MKX and now Mileena...)
Kitana's lack of a fan juggle could be forgiven if she were allowed her low projectile because that ensures a genuine mix-up with her Follow Me string.
@@Jay-vd2jn fr tho. scorpions teleport is so fucking broken. you can't zone him, he's quick af, and his hits have range. he needs a huge nerf. and i think everyone knows what's wrong with erron. doing fatalities on them is soooo satisfying.
@@joshuamendivil784 his slides are way too broken. And his overheads are way too quick. Most characters overheads are slow such are skarlet, jade, Raiden, and Kano. But his are wayyy to quick and need to be slowed down asap. Ofc as an erron main you think he's fine...
I agree and disagree, the thing is she can do pretty much everything without using bar, and she also is really safe, and her main strings are easily hir confirmable, granted i would be fine with buffs because i do enjoy her and her dmg can be a little low at times
@@skepticalsky8235 I agree with your but her fan combos isn't just a question of gameplay is key factor of her character. It's as if liu kang did not have the bicycle kick.
Semiji just went to the finals with her in the summit of time and even took some games off of sonic fox. Kitana is really good, safe on almost everything. If you think she needs a buff you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Kitana isn’t as good as she was but I love her too much to drop her. Excellent video! Do Jade next! A lot of people are conflicted about her. Some say she’s Bottom 5, others saying she has untapped potential. Would be great if you could do a video for her like this one.
Kotal Khan is actually better than most people give him credit for he has great range on his normal attacks most are also forward advancing and good damage learn his spacing and he is great he's better have Johnny Cage which most people are not saying.
They panic nerfed so many characters day one because the game was super rushed and they didn't understand any of it, while still missing the actually powerful characters. They must have spent months getting the game balanced, then they saw people playing the game before release doing some somewhat dangerous things and they made a series of hasty choices, like removing kollector cancels and kneecapping Dvorah. None of the changes were play tested apparently, I refuse to believe anyone actually played Dvorah and believed that was okay.
It's because they were lazy ASF imo. Each character had 3 variations in MKX. While most characters in Mk11 have really only one viable variation. Which honestly is a big step backwards if we're being completely honest.
I’m not saying the game is bad I’m saying that some characters have ridiculous requirements for crushing blows then other characters do. And if you don’t see what I’m talking about then you clearly haven’t tried all the characters.
@@TheBlackdragon936 I don't see how feminism (as horrible as the culture around it is) has anything to do with the size of a fighter's ass. Do you think NetherRealm Studios would intentionally reduce sex appeal of a character for a movement they aren't a part of? No, they just changed the type of sex appeal from that of a stripper (for example Skarlet in MK9 whose ass was also small) to that of a fighter as an artistic choice. Do you really believe that athlete's look like plump models? Look at photos of Olympic athletes and tell me what you find. Most of them start to become less feminine in those areas due to how hard they push their bodies which is appealing in another different way.
I get so much positive feedback using Kitana online. It's a reason I use her because you actually get respect instead of complaints about her being OP.
kitana isn't that bad. she is hard to punish most her move on block are safe but gotta commit to them so if whiff it punishable. the most damage u c an get with her is from her parry move if parrying projectiles it give her a bit of a damage booth. but her combos as well are quite difficult to pull off to get the optimal stuff.
Something you forgot to mention about Edenian Razors is that the move drops combos in the corner on the left side of the screen. As if that variation wasn't bad enough.
Regarding B131, it‘s used at high level for spacing opponents on block. Normally, it’s used when the opponent is in the corner and the Kitana player safely wants to create space while keeping them in the corner with a meaty B1. In the mid-screen, it’s used for the same thing: pushing the opponent back while creating space. There is a gap between B13 and 1, so it’s sometimes good to either stop the string at B13 and cancel into fan toss which does not have a gap in it; however, it is unsafe so be away. Sometimes, performing B131 is better than simply walking back to create space. For example, this string is useful against Geras players who like to fish with the sand trap from mid to far range. The combo creates pushback and Kitana is free to zone with instant air fans escaping his low hitting sand attack. The situation dictates so I recommend keeping the string in the back of your mind. At first, B2 may seem like her go-to whiff punisher, but B1 is really her best whiff-punisher. F222 is used mainly to end mid-screen combos because of B231 or B13 xx fan lift, j kick, dash F222 is her most PRACTICAL damage combo in the mid-screen that doesn’t require meter or a side switch. B231 xx fan lift, late j2, early j2, dash B131 is her highest damage mid-screen combo overall but the timing of the j2’s can be difficult to pull off in tournament or in an online match due to nerves, timing, connection issues etc)
Yeah but that's sonya. Sonyas top tier, where as kitana is a solid upper mid tier character. Why buff a mid tier character and make her top tier........ AGAIN!? (mkx). So player can complain about her fuckery in this game as well?
@@AzpecTProductionz yeah but that's the whole point. You don't want characters to be top tier in the first place. Jax's f33 string got nerfed on the same day, but I'm not gonna complain about it. I agree that they didn't balance the whole roster. They're nerfing things in the game for a reason and in future, nrs will hopefully sort it. kitana is definitely not touching anywhere near the low tier bound.
@@Tevron_ you're wrong bro shes slow, her jump is floaty, when has no mix ups and has to stagger very slow strings that a good opponent has days to read. On top of all that she has no damage and 2 high projectiles. If you played her your opinion would change, max has way better mix ups more damage and far more useful krushing blows. It's not even close. Why nerf her damage with characters like erron, scorpion, Sonya, baraka, jax, Jacqui, geras and cassie running around?
@@AbsolutexxZero ive pocket kitana. She has one of the best jump in kicks in the game alongside with baraka. Most of her strings are based off whiff and counter punishing. She has her pros and cons which makes her perfectly fine. How ever the characters you mention need to be nerfed on her level. Not the other way round
Variation 1 has just as good corner combos from what I've seen. I can get 39-40% with the crushing blow as well. Not really worth dropping 30% mid screen combos for like at most 5% more corner combo damage. Also, if you want to block any Kitana string possible, just block 2 hits low then stand block. Every single overhead in strings comes out on the third hit or later. You don't even have to learn her animations. Free blocks all day.
B13 and B131 are actually good strings. B13 on block pushes Kitana at a great range. At this distance, B2 becomes +2 on block if they sit there. Which you can condition them to do by occasionally finishing the full string. Or after blocked B13, you can D4 check them, if they take even the slightest step forward, they will walk into the D4. If they block the D4, you can OS fan toss, to check them again. Which is pretty much completely safe at this distance. At high level play, you can see Semiij using this string quite effectively.
I am a Kitana main and I agree with everything. I really think she needs a damage buff, but in the current state of the game she still pretty ok, and that's it, just ok
Your videos help out so much with understanding the game. My first ever fighting game was Injustice 2 and I only played that very casually. I didn’t even know how to pull off a combo. But I loved it. So when mk11 came out I wanted to get good. I wanted to learn how this game worked. Your videos make sense and they don’t use a bunch of lingo that’s hard to understand for newbies like me. I just wanted to say I appreciate your videos. Thanks for pumping out killer videos. 🤟🏼😁
I feel like Johnny would be much better if his krushing blows were more practical and he had ANY overheads. As is, he only has the universal short hop and jump ins, and no other overheads in any combos
She has great normals/pokes and is overall a very safe character. Semiij is successful with her because she has a great footsie game. The people that think she is bad are the ones that are still trying to play this game like it's MKX. Dvorah and Kano are the only characters that I think actually need some buffs. I don't know much about Kotal and Shao to comment on them.
DUDE THANK U SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!!!! SHE NEEDS MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION!!!!!!!! I’m a kitana main and have been since mk9. They watered her down because she’s always been so OP. They tried to focus on compromising for bringing mileena by trying to push this mileena like variation on us. ITS HORRIBLE. Still no overhead start up, I don’t understand why b231 is not a overhead low mix up. I hope the devs see this.
Imagine, there was a hidden cheat code where Kitana does a couple of Mileena combos and then she grows Tarkatan jaws, wild hair and gets darker skin and purple attire. Giving the option to summon the spirit of Mileena in-game along with her fighting style.
Pleeeeease do one of these videos on Kano. You did my boy dirty on the tier list. While he lives and dies by 50/50s, thats what makes him so fun to play, you have to use mind games. Your opponent will pickup on how unsafe his moves are, and thats when you add in his 2 krushing blow throws, a few of his tick throws and if they start reading you or getup attack you parry. His oki is also amazing with all the options he has.
Is there a forum or something we can voice our concerns about this that netherealm will actually look at? In my opinion the people who need buffs and altering are Shao Kahn, Frost, Kotal Kahn, Kung Lao, Kitana and possibly Kano and Raiden
My thing is, her combos are a little bit complex to execute. Mk9 meh but mk x was the best Kitana in my opinion. I also really hate how they changed fan lift animation. Mk 9 has the most beautiful fan lift animation
Who needs to be nerfed a little is scorpion and subzero because I play both and they just to like good with their mix ups and pressure especially subzero and cetrion needs nerf a little
Benedicite Sol geras is fine. There’s nothing wrong with a character being good. There is a problem when you an overhead normal is safe on block, you can spend meter on a low and still be safe and you can spend meter regardless of whether or not it even hit, and still be unpunishable on block
Benedicite Sol no it’s by how good their options are. Geras has the best grabs in the a game a true 50/50 and great crushing blows. It doesn’t matter who he’s fighting these are great options everyone wants. In fact the best buffs you could do is just give lower characters some of these options.
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I think Kitana is DEVASTATING in the right hands. Is she as out-and-out dangerous as she was in MKX? Perhaps not. But I fear a skilled Kitana more than I fear just an okay Erron Black. I think if Kitana gets buffed, we're all going to regret it.
Semiji just went to the finals with her in the summit of time and even took some games off of sonic fox. Kitana is really good, safe on almost everything. If you think she needs a buff you don’t know what you’re talking about.
N D she is fine. Great whiff punish, some of the best anti airs, safe on nearly everything, good zone and anti zone, great damage, great KB damage, decent stagger she’s only a couple changes away from being top
The only reason I learned Kitana was because I got her kronika elder skin from a tower of time and rolled her kitana khan gear from the shrine. The outfit is sick, unfortunately I will never carry her into online games again as her combos are hard to pull off. Her heavy damage krushing blow combos are extremely situational and when you do finally manage to find a time to use one you’ll most likely drop the combo. Also she’s really slow and has no mixups. Almost all her strings have 12 or so startup. She has only one overhead string but like a dozen mid strings. No combo extensions with her fan toss. Also flutter is useless.
She has 5. More than most characters. The one you mentioned, the universal uppercut, Dark Deception on a punish, Square wave max distance on a punish, and the overhead of Dark Empress hitting by itself.
Kitana is my favorite MK character of all time. But in this game she feels incomplete. Her uppercut is terrible and has a deceiving animation. It looks like it should hit your opponent but 9.9 times out of 10 the uppercut wiffs and it's punish city for you. B4 - is really bad. Short hops are ok, but this is one of the new mechanics that I can't use consistently and quite honestly more often than not I forget that they are an option in the game. I use her jumping attacks only mid combos because I think that jumping in in this game is not a good idea, somehow I always end up getting punished for jumping in, but this might be on me. 12- is her fastest combo string and its range sucks. I can't tell you how many times I went for it to punish my opponent but it just wiffed because they were out of reach. Need I say that I ate a full combo punish after that? B131- is an ok string, but you can't extend b13 into Fan Lift mid screen as it pushes your opponent out of range. And b1into Fan Lift doesn't combo. So your most viable options are to finish the sting (B131) if it's blocked, or to cancel b13 into Square Wave on hit for some insignificant damage. B142- is an ok string, has a crushing blow on punish. In theory b14 is one of her main combo tools, but in practice b1's range and start up are not good enough to punish your opponent consistently on wiff, which leads to Kitana eating a full combo punish when it's actually her turn to attack. Kinda unfair. 21222 and 21434 are pretty useless. They are dial in combos that you can't even special cancel after the third hit and they are all high and mid attacks so no mixup there either. So yeah, those stings are the definition of useless. I don't know why NRS bothered to put those strings in, they both do the same thing, so if they felt like putting a useless string in the game, one would have been quite enough. What a waste of resources! B231- is one of her better strings in terms of range and a go to combo starter that even has a sneaky low attack. But! It is a dial in combo so you have to commit to it or the animation won't come out, which sucks. If B231 gets blocked, you can finish the string (B231343) to be relatively safe, but you are not as safe as you think against some better characters. Also if B231 gets blocked, you can try to go for a throw, but I'm not gonna lie, sometimes your opponent ends up out of range and you are grabbing thin air and full combo punish for you. You can go for a throw after B2 though. So much for hit confirm! B231B2- has a sneaky overhead with a KB that inflicts damage over time, which is one of the few good options she has. But it's pretty useless against players that know what they are doing. It is worth noting that even though her B2 is one of her better normals in terms of range, it's so freaking slow, that a decent opponent can punish you for attempting to punish them with it. F2222 - is another of her dial-in combos, but at least it's a decent combo ender. Out of all her dial-in combos, this is the most useful one. F2 is one of her advancing normals that you can special cancel and start a full combo punish in theory. But it's slow and has an akward hitbox. Meh. F234- has an overhead at the end for a mixup but again it's dial in combo so you have to commit. And you can't special cancel. 3212- is pretty useless, aside from using 32 mid combo in the corner. B34- a low combo starter, but has terrible range, just terrible. Fan Toss is an ok projectile, but it's the worst projectile Kitana has ever had. Most of the cast outzones her. It's sad considering she used to be THE zoning queen. I don't know why NRS made Amp Fan Toss a high. She is already lacking in the zoning department. Fan Lift is her main and only combo extender in this game, without it Kitana stands no chance. Sadly you can't use it as an anti-air, or maybe you can, but it's super risky and the reward is not worth the risk. Fan Flutter is a really good move in the right hands, but sadly not in mine. Quick Execution is a combo ender that switches sides and has a KB for extra damage. It has a terrible range, no use outside combos. Square Wave is a combo ender that doesn't switch sides. And it's the only special move of hers worth meter burning for that extra damage. It is barely noticible, but if it finishes the opponent, that's fine. Royal Protection has its uses, but overall it's pretty meh. It absorbs only one projectile, making it useless against multiple hitting projectile attacks, which in this game happens quite a lot. And the damage buff barely lasts. So yeah, pretty useless. Meh. I won't speak about the Mileena variation, because it's even more lacking than Fan-Fare. Conclusion Kitana is not necessarily a bad character, but when you take her online you can't help noticing how lacking and incomplete she is. She is not a zoner, she doesn't have mix-ups or set-ups, she is not a grappler. She must have been designed to be a wiff punisher, but she has T-Rex arms and legs and way too slow normals to be effective at wiff punishing. And if you outzone her, she is pretty much screwed. How is this a thing is just beyond my understanding. Winning with Kitana takes really hard work and it's not much fun to be honest. It gets really repetitive really fast as her tool kit doesn't have much to offer. What would help Kitana out? Well, there are several ways to make Kitana better: 1) Leave her as she is, but buff her damage a little. This way if she manages to open up or wiff punish her opponent with those T-Rex buttons of hers (She has freaking blades in her hands!), it will actually hurt and make a difference. 2) Leave her damage as it is, but make her buttons faster, so that she can actually wiff punish her opponents more effectively. 3) Change her amp Fan Toss/ Air Fan Toss. Instead of throwing two high fans, she throws a single fan that staggers the opponent to allow a combo. That would actually put that full bar of meter she always sits on to more practical use and help her Mileena variation a ton as well. These are just my thoughts on Kitana. Now I might be wrong about some things, but I am certain that something needs to change. As she is now, she is not much of a threat and more importantly she is not fun to play.
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TBH, I feel like my baby Kitana is at a good spot right now, her damage is decent, but when it comes to her mix-ups she could use some work. The only overhead starter she has is an ability that is EXTREMELY punishable and it not in her ranked set variation. Kitana Highborn variation is really boring to play in my OPINIONS. Her other variation is really good but all you need to do to counter it is to down block all the time. i just feel like Kitana should have one or two attacks strings be an overhead that all i have to say about Kitana.
My opinion: Make "back 2" *a bit* faster; Make "Half-blood instance" costs only one space in kustomization (there's nothing so special in this move beside is a Mileena tribute, I just want to use the sai in a good variation); Make her sweep wind to increase range (simply increasing range would look weird); Make "Royal protection" lasts longer and able to held Buff damage.
Her damage is fine. I would much rather they give us more utility to actually do combos. They ruined her compare to what she is in mkx. Her startups are take time compare to a lot other characters. If they were to buff her maybe increase her speed slightly. And give us back fan toss as a combo extender. That’s it. That’s all she needs. I would rather work for my damage and be creative with her existing kit than just them increasing her damage and still have to worry about weather she’s fast enough to actually get a hit to start something.
I don't necessarily think she needs the old fan combo stuff. She can already do at least 25% off most hits. I'd prefer a real way of opening people up. It's true, she's too honest. 100% staggers and throw mix ups. It's very easy for a good player to block everything she does, and consistently challenge her staggers with little risk. However, if she doesn't get any real way to open you up, then sure give her a way to deal at least 33% off all her lift combos. The thing that saves Kitana from being bad is her neutral. She does have pretty good footsies and she's safe on most things.
I turned this video off once it said the b131 string isn’t that good. FYI- if the opponent blocks the entire string, it has ridiculous pushback. Makes it good to follow up a poke with to give her space. Also makes b2 +2 at max range.
A good compromise to balance Kitana would be to add the kombo extend to her fan toss only when amped, and to slightly buff the damage on all of her knock down strings (Leave Now, No Mercy).
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I tried to main her but I can't
I don't think she is in need of a buff like other characters... you know... like D'vorah and Kotal...
I main Kitana, and yes there are some flaws but overall she feels really good to play and I have no problem online.
Heyy..... I love your content buddy....
Pls do a tutorial on Sonya Blade..
You kept her high on your tier list but i m not able to play her...... Pls
Why is there two different combos named Dark Empress??
Please do one of these for Kotal. His start up needs to be shortened 18frame startup is too long for combo launchers
Bad or not shes my main all the way
Ditto. Her, Jade, and Jax.
that’s the way to be man. i always use these type of videos to see how hard i’ll have to work with the character. not to drop a main
@@jamesbryant2706 yo straight facts
Respect
Best gear in the game hands down
They need to buff all the Kahns
Latamorr new kitana nickname
Buff All Khans
@@ayyydrian4182 nickname?
@@Devinn67 variation name.
@@grimmjowjaegerjaquez6322 oh ok
maybe not shao
I dont think she's that bad, but she definetly needs a buff
After kung Lao
What annoys me about her, it's the royal protection thing. It's useless
@@fernandaluizy9245 yeah pretty much, against quick projectiles like Liu Kang's is almost useless. And the damage buff does not last long.
@@pantonpg It should last longer, like Jade purple thing and also could absorve multiple projectiles.
DARK LIGHT Kung Lao is just fine
I don’t think she’s that bad but her kombos are hard af to extend
Seth Johnston cause they fucked up her fan toss. Should’ve just kept it how it was from mkx.
@@theemunroe2307 yeah, her mkx version was the best.
As a Kitana main from day 1 of Mk9 to now Mk 11 i can say she is not only the weakest in this game but also easily bottom 5 tier. She has retarded start up on everything , she has no mix , no + frames and she is always -5 -6 -7 on everything and she has terrible dashes and her jumps are slower then the other chars. And because she has ton of start up on everything ppl get away with stupid things all the time cuz your only fast button is a high so they can easily duck it and if they don't that fast button leads to 200 dmg combo , most ppl don't even breakaway from that unless they have 200 hp left
Uchiha Wrath BOTTOM 5? You heard of kano, shao kahn, kotal, kung lao, frost, dvorah or Raiden? THOSE are the ones that desperately need buffs. Kitana needs slight adjustments to go from high mid tier to top tier. She’s well balanced rn.
@@fadirefki9722 You are absolutely right she only needs few minor changes to become a good character but without said changes she is no better then the chars you mention. Well maybe she is cuz at least she is mostly safe but that's about it .
Bring back fan toss combos! #savekitana
@ThatOneGuy 123 I'm sharing this until she gets her fan toss combos
she still has fan toss combos... only in the corner though
the timing isn't tricky at all lmao @ThatOneGuy 123
yea I agree.. I really liked doing the fan combos in the previous games and now the only thing she really gets is the jumpin 2's at midscreen into the ass push.. really not that fun or cool combos @ThatOneGuy 123
@ThatOneGuy 123 She's still in the game.
MKX Kitana will always be the best Kitana. She had amazing combos (and was balanced) and her Assassin variation was amazing. Now, she’s just weak and boring.
XxZeroxX No way in hell Kitana was balanced in mkx! You crazy?! That bitch was soooo autopilot in mkx! Her FJP was so broken, her strings are all safe!! And she did big kombo damage anddd she can do 49% in the corner with 1 bar! She was far from balanced my friend!.
She was sooo good! Thats why sonicfox picked her up in the first place.
Balanced hahahahaha fuck out of here
For real this kitana is a whisper of what she used to be and she’s slow asf . Her instant air fans not so instant
XxZeroxX I agree fully as a litany man in mk9-11 and in dc universe
Edit: autocorrect is dumb I meant kitana
@@WBM_EXITHUNT oh wow lol ur her
Why is Kabal able to combo off his projectiles but Kitana can't?
Kitana was my main in mk9 and X but now I’m like baby girl what the do to you?
Jade is more my main now. But I still love Kitana.
Ruben Gonzales same here
I want the old fans back, just nerf the damage :(
Keep the combo potential just keep the damage in check
totally agree with you my friend.
Kitana needs a massive big buff
Dont let her dmg decreace, shes deadly hot af already just bring back the fan toss
Kitana is my favorite on MKX because it was easy to pull off combos with her and shes fast. On MK 11, I love how she looks but shes slowed down and heavy, so I dont use her as often as I wanted to
Basically MK11 as a game with every character LOL
@@YeahNaw ehhh not really, noob is pretty much a buffed version of himself from mk9, kabal is the same, and alot of other characters too, but i do i agree alot of chars need buffs/adjustments
So annoying how quickly they nerfed kitana. She was no where near the best character in the game to begin with. Glad to see this video basically confirms that I was playing her mostly correctly.
I really enjoy playing with Kitana. She is definitely my main character. But I have to agree with all the points covered in this video. For Kitana to be perfect, in my opinion:
-Your attacks and combos do more damage;
-The fan arrears are mid and not high;
-The last attack of the leave now combo should be overhead
why can kabal combo of his projectiles and KITANA can’t 😂
ICWATCH tf are you saying
Derpy Dude kitana doesn’t have fan throw combos but Kabal has his sword throw combos which are basically the same projectile
Kitana can combo off upward fan toss
@@JNuttEst1989 That isn't part of her tournament preset for rank. So you can't combo off her fans like mk10.
Ikr
I miss her assassin variation from mkx she had the best special moves and combos they nerfed her so bad
Thats what i am saying. She needs that speed like she use to have, now she just has slow start ups
Good morning, every charackter is slower compared to mkx
I really wanted the assassin variation to come back. I love it’s abilities sooooo much. Remove her low fan toss and the ability where she jumps in the air and replace them with Princess Parry and Assassin strike.
I don't even know what the developers were smoking when they replaced Fan Lift with Edenian Razors... In MKX, majority of Kitana players played Royal Storm variation solely due to the range buff in Fan Lift. It's cool that the devs tried something new in the 2nd variation but too much was sacrificed: Fan Lift and *once again* putting another fan favourite character's special moves in one of Kitana's variations (First Jade in MKX and now Mileena...)
munem939 yes I agree I mainly played with royal storm in x cause of the fan lift
They also need to extend the range on her uppercut imo is not that useful
her upper cut is terrible
aswel as b4, some attacks need range so h ard
@@bobbob-iv4we on the females have terrible uppercuts besides Jade as she use her bo staff.
tartartaru if were gonna talk about what down2’s need adjustments it’s Jacqui’s
Fuck the uppercut she has the worst foot sweep in the game
I think they need to just un-nerf her fans to start and then get raid of half her daily up combos.
I think if her fans were combo extenders she would be great
she would be broken -_-
@@NuguFlop her combos are meter less. the only time she uses meter is to get a bit more damage.
@@oscarm891 Same thing about Sonya buddy XD
Why does Kitana have 2 strings named Dark Empress?
This ^
Seems like a big oversight..
It's a glitch. I'm a noob main and sometimes I'm practice it'll show the same name for 2 different strings
They need to fix too many things in this game..
IAM Impressive no
Kitana's lack of a fan juggle could be forgiven if she were allowed her low projectile because that ensures a genuine mix-up with her Follow Me string.
They should keep her fan toss combo extension
13:44
Ok ladies, listen to TrueUnderDawg. “Boom, give him the booty.”
Why are two of her combos named the same thing, Dark Empress
buff Kitana, D'Vorah, and Kotal. nerf Scorpion, Geras, Sub Zero, and Erron Black. I really can't stress all of this enough!
Gilbert Vasquez honestly wtf were they even thinking with scorpion and erron black
@@Jay-vd2jn fr tho. scorpions teleport is so fucking broken. you can't zone him, he's quick af, and his hits have range. he needs a huge nerf. and i think everyone knows what's wrong with erron. doing fatalities on them is soooo satisfying.
I’m an eron main and he isn’t the biggest problem. Learn his combo strings.
@@joshuamendivil784 his slides are way too broken. And his overheads are way too quick. Most characters overheads are slow such are skarlet, jade, Raiden, and Kano. But his are wayyy to quick and need to be slowed down asap. Ofc as an erron main you think he's fine...
Joshua Mendivil change erron blacks kick from an overhead to a mid (because thats where it hits) and he goes from S tier to like B tier
I’m really liking this this series I like how it’s unscripted and just pure reaction you should do this for every character
It's not pure reaction lmao do you really think he got all these knowledge about these string if it's the first time he is seeing them?
Kitana really need her day 1 combos back. They compensate her lack of damage.
I agree and disagree, the thing is she can do pretty much everything without using bar, and she also is really safe, and her main strings are easily hir confirmable, granted i would be fine with buffs because i do enjoy her and her dmg can be a little low at times
@@skepticalsky8235 I agree with your but her fan combos isn't just a question of gameplay is key factor of her character. It's as if liu kang did not have the bicycle kick.
As a Kitana main, I support this. I would like to see her have a decent overhead attack
She has one that leads into a KB. And another one if you play casuals and equip one ability. Don't remember the name but the inputs are b-f-3
Semiji just went to the finals with her in the summit of time and even took some games off of sonic fox. Kitana is really good, safe on almost everything. If you think she needs a buff you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Same with kung lao
Nuggz semij is a different breed of player though. One exception doesn't invalidate what the rest of the community is saying about her.
Try using Edenian Twist it's underrated.
Kitana isn’t as good as she was but I love her too much to drop her.
Excellent video! Do Jade next! A lot of people are conflicted about her. Some say she’s Bottom 5, others saying she has untapped potential. Would be great if you could do a video for her like this one.
She's a better Zoner when she has access to Low Fan Toss and Fan-Nado. Sadly, I don't think there's a competitive configuration that allows that.
Sadly not. I wish though
Fearless babyyyy
Her gear is the only thing keeping me playing as her 😂😂😂
same!
same
Dwayne Prince her revenant gear isn’t too bad imo. Especially when she has her Kitana Kahn mask, which I am struggling to get still
@@kylerasmussen1901 I am literally dying to get the kitana kahn mask! It's so sick. I also would love to have maskless kitana.
@@gilly4487 If you donate 75,000 to the shrine you can get maskless Kitana or Skarlet
Kitana is bloody Gooooorgeous!
She's great.. and she's mine
She's not real u fuckin incel
t Time her model is based off of someone real
t Time her model is real you fuckin incel
Nut Button exactly! This dude needs to stfu
@Rave Li, You'll have to fight me to get her!!! 😂
They need to add “upward fan toss “ to her base special moves , it does offer more combo potential in both mid-screen and corner
Do a how Terrible Is Kotal Kahn, he’s my main lol 😭
Same, he was a blast to play as in MKX and they completely did him dirty in 11. He hard and boring as hell to play in MK11.
AlmightySlowBro AGREED!
Kotal Khan is actually better than most people give him credit for he has great range on his normal attacks most are also forward advancing and good damage learn his spacing and he is great he's better have Johnny Cage which most people are not saying.
dayumm salute to u for maining his trash ass
@@damionbaxter4912 most of his combos start as a high, and he's so negative in the majority of his combos also, so, no, very weak in this game.
They panic nerfed so many characters day one because the game was super rushed and they didn't understand any of it, while still missing the actually powerful characters.
They must have spent months getting the game balanced, then they saw people playing the game before release doing some somewhat dangerous things and they made a series of hasty choices, like removing kollector cancels and kneecapping Dvorah. None of the changes were play tested apparently, I refuse to believe anyone actually played Dvorah and believed that was okay.
Honestly don’t know why some of these characters are bad like. MkX was so balanced and every character was fun to play with awesome killer combos
MkX was so unbalanced at the start dude. Are you serious or is this comment a joke?
It's because they were lazy ASF imo. Each character had 3 variations in MKX. While most characters in Mk11 have really only one viable variation. Which honestly is a big step backwards if we're being completely honest.
I’m not saying the game is bad I’m saying that some characters have ridiculous requirements for crushing blows then other characters do. And if you don’t see what I’m talking about then you clearly haven’t tried all the characters.
Dijon Psalm Yeah I also didn’t understand the variation thing either because why introduced new move sets if you can’t even use them in rank matches.
ZaZombieZmasher 01 Which character do you play in Mk11?
She has 2 combos called Dark Empress? Ok, this is epic.
I think the Crushing Blow on Square Wave is proof that Kitana has buns of steel.
that ain't what her character model would tell you. She has no ass, lol
@@WutTheDeuceGaming Precisely. They are mostly muscle not fat. She has the rear of someone who fights not a housewife.
WutTheDeuce Feminism strikes again.
Leave her cute little ass alone 😂
@@TheBlackdragon936 I don't see how feminism (as horrible as the culture around it is) has anything to do with the size of a fighter's ass. Do you think NetherRealm Studios would intentionally reduce sex appeal of a character for a movement they aren't a part of? No, they just changed the type of sex appeal from that of a stripper (for example Skarlet in MK9 whose ass was also small) to that of a fighter as an artistic choice. Do you really believe that athlete's look like plump models? Look at photos of Olympic athletes and tell me what you find. Most of them start to become less feminine in those areas due to how hard they push their bodies which is appealing in another different way.
I get so much positive feedback using Kitana online. It's a reason I use her because you actually get respect instead of complaints about her being OP.
kitana isn't that bad. she is hard to punish most her move on block are safe but gotta commit to them so if whiff it punishable. the most damage u c an get with her is from her parry move if parrying projectiles it give her a bit of a damage booth. but her combos as well are quite difficult to pull off to get the optimal stuff.
the projectile parry falls off too fast tho
@@likenoother6561 They should just give her back her projectile reflection move from mkx and give her back sharpen.
@@johnbecher85 good idea
PLEASE BUFF Kotal Kahn and D'vorah Because they are Awful!
Your opinion is not valid if you like erron black
@@EvilpowerWarrior I don't even play Erron.
Dany Hatory Oh so you’re one of those bandwagon top tier haters. Man, so original.
@@assassin8433 shut your mouth kid I just saying if you dislike the new characters your opinion is not valid
Dany Hatory Kid? I’m probably two times ur size lol Also found the noob
Something you forgot to mention about Edenian Razors is that the move drops combos in the corner on the left side of the screen. As if that variation wasn't bad enough.
I’m pretty sure they need to patch that because i also need to practice my combos for that on the left side
Regarding B131, it‘s used at high level for spacing opponents on block. Normally, it’s used when the opponent is in the corner and the Kitana player safely wants to create space while keeping them in the corner with a meaty B1. In the mid-screen, it’s used for the same thing: pushing the opponent back while creating space. There is a gap between B13 and 1, so it’s sometimes good to either stop the string at B13 and cancel into fan toss which does not have a gap in it; however, it is unsafe so be away. Sometimes, performing B131 is better than simply walking back to create space. For example, this string is useful against Geras players who like to fish with the sand trap from mid to far range. The combo creates pushback and Kitana is free to zone with instant air fans escaping his low hitting sand attack. The situation dictates so I recommend keeping the string in the back of your mind.
At first, B2 may seem like her go-to whiff punisher, but B1 is really her best whiff-punisher.
F222 is used mainly to end mid-screen combos because of B231 or B13 xx fan lift, j kick, dash F222 is her most PRACTICAL damage combo in the mid-screen that doesn’t require meter or a side switch. B231 xx fan lift, late j2, early j2, dash B131 is her highest damage mid-screen combo overall but the timing of the j2’s can be difficult to pull off in tournament or in an online match due to nerves, timing, connection issues etc)
I think people sleep on the fact that her sheer amount of moves helps her a fair bit. Almost all of her strings have a use, even if it’s a niche one.
V1: Fangirl
V2:Empress of Death
V3:White Loutes
This game is really annoying me the now. I’m not having a lot of fun with it. Don’t feel like it’s balanced at all
Kitana compared to sonya is so unfair she doesnt even have mixups in competitive play and cant get 32 % without krushing blows
Yeah but that's sonya. Sonyas top tier, where as kitana is a solid upper mid tier character. Why buff a mid tier character and make her top tier........ AGAIN!? (mkx). So player can complain about her fuckery in this game as well?
Tevron Her Day 1 nerfs were UNNECESSARY especially compared to other characters in the game. Pre-nerf Kitana still wouldn’t have been top tier.
@@AzpecTProductionz yeah but that's the whole point. You don't want characters to be top tier in the first place. Jax's f33 string got nerfed on the same day, but I'm not gonna complain about it. I agree that they didn't balance the whole roster. They're nerfing things in the game for a reason and in future, nrs will hopefully sort it. kitana is definitely not touching anywhere near the low tier bound.
@@Tevron_ you're wrong bro shes slow, her jump is floaty, when has no mix ups and has to stagger very slow strings that a good opponent has days to read. On top of all that she has no damage and 2 high projectiles. If you played her your opinion would change, max has way better mix ups more damage and far more useful krushing blows. It's not even close. Why nerf her damage with characters like erron, scorpion, Sonya, baraka, jax, Jacqui, geras and cassie running around?
@@AbsolutexxZero ive pocket kitana. She has one of the best jump in kicks in the game alongside with baraka. Most of her strings are based off whiff and counter punishing. She has her pros and cons which makes her perfectly fine. How ever the characters you mention need to be nerfed on her level. Not the other way round
Variation 1 has just as good corner combos from what I've seen. I can get 39-40% with the crushing blow as well. Not really worth dropping 30% mid screen combos for like at most 5% more corner combo damage.
Also, if you want to block any Kitana string possible, just block 2 hits low then stand block. Every single overhead in strings comes out on the third hit or later. You don't even have to learn her animations. Free blocks all day.
Ty on the lesson sir
I kinda wanna see you talk about the Kahns. They got SUPER shafted in this game and i'd love to see you explain why.
B13 and B131 are actually good strings. B13 on block pushes Kitana at a great range. At this distance, B2 becomes +2 on block if they sit there. Which you can condition them to do by occasionally finishing the full string. Or after blocked B13, you can D4 check them, if they take even the slightest step forward, they will walk into the D4. If they block the D4, you can OS fan toss, to check them again. Which is pretty much completely safe at this distance. At high level play, you can see Semiij using this string quite effectively.
I am a Kitana main and I agree with everything. I really think she needs a damage buff, but in the current state of the game she still pretty ok, and that's it, just ok
Your videos help out so much with understanding the game. My first ever fighting game was Injustice 2 and I only played that very casually. I didn’t even know how to pull off a combo. But I loved it. So when mk11 came out I wanted to get good. I wanted to learn how this game worked. Your videos make sense and they don’t use a bunch of lingo that’s hard to understand for newbies like me. I just wanted to say I appreciate your videos. Thanks for pumping out killer videos. 🤟🏼😁
I feel like Johnny would be much better if his krushing blows were more practical and he had ANY overheads. As is, he only has the universal short hop and jump ins, and no other overheads in any combos
Yea exactly
Somehow I dont enjoy playing her that much 🤔 She lacks damage in some aspects, some can do a ton of damage just by 3 attacks and then you have her 😓
She has great normals/pokes and is overall a very safe character. Semiij is successful with her because she has a great footsie game. The people that think she is bad are the ones that are still trying to play this game like it's MKX. Dvorah and Kano are the only characters that I think actually need some buffs. I don't know much about Kotal and Shao to comment on them.
Loved her moveset on this game. The one thing I would like to comeback is for the Fan-Toss to be combo after in mid-screen.
DUDE THANK U SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!!!! SHE NEEDS MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION!!!!!!!! I’m a kitana main and have been since mk9. They watered her down because she’s always been so OP. They tried to focus on compromising for bringing mileena by trying to push this mileena like variation on us. ITS HORRIBLE. Still no overhead start up, I don’t understand why b231 is not a overhead low mix up. I hope the devs see this.
I think with all these videos you’re making the real tile should just be how terrible am I at Mortal Kombat 11 characters
Her design is flawed no start up pop up move
it was better on Mk X.
yeah I liked the Arab look more than this Asian one.
She is not the worse though. D'vorah needs a massive buff
Hell no i hate that annoyimg bug bitch, everytime i encounter dvorah she always throw spamming
3:25 semiij use it alot and then go in for a jump or just a fan throw. It's a good move to use and it does get used in tournoment play.
You know you have dedication when you main Kitana, where are my Kitana main at!?
Just the video guide I was looking for, thanks!!!! This was excellent.
Imagine, there was a hidden cheat code where Kitana does a couple of Mileena combos and then she grows Tarkatan jaws, wild hair and gets darker skin and purple attire. Giving the option to summon the spirit of Mileena in-game along with her fighting style.
Pleeeeease do one of these videos on Kano. You did my boy dirty on the tier list. While he lives and dies by 50/50s, thats what makes him so fun to play, you have to use mind games. Your opponent will pickup on how unsafe his moves are, and thats when you add in his 2 krushing blow throws, a few of his tick throws and if they start reading you or getup attack you parry. His oki is also amazing with all the options he has.
Is there a forum or something we can voice our concerns about this that netherealm will actually look at?
In my opinion the people who need buffs and altering are Shao Kahn, Frost, Kotal Kahn, Kung Lao, Kitana and possibly Kano and Raiden
Semiij is doing miracle to get in the Top 8 with her
Go to the kustomise section and you can access low fan toss but i don’t like enhanced low fan toss because she is not throwing another fan
Her B1,3,1 string is used in high play often. Safe, has decent push back. Easily catch people pressing buttons after if you follow up with B2,3,1
I think she's alright, her damage is on the lower side but she has great utility as usual, which makes her deadly in most situations
My thing is, her combos are a little bit complex to execute. Mk9 meh but mk x was the best Kitana in my opinion. I also really hate how they changed fan lift animation. Mk 9 has the most beautiful fan lift animation
Who needs to be nerfed a little is scorpion and subzero because I play both and they just to like good with their mix ups and pressure especially subzero and cetrion needs nerf a little
The only character that needs a nerf is Erron with his drop kick.
@@Neogears1312 Gerass
Benedicite Sol geras is fine. There’s nothing wrong with a character being good. There is a problem when you an overhead normal is safe on block, you can spend meter on a low and still be safe and you can spend meter regardless of whether or not it even hit, and still be unpunishable on block
@@Neogears1312 how good they are is decided by how they compare to the other characters.
Benedicite Sol no it’s by how good their options are. Geras has the best grabs in the a game a true 50/50 and great crushing blows. It doesn’t matter who he’s fighting these are great options everyone wants. In fact the best buffs you could do is just give lower characters some of these options.
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I think Kitana is DEVASTATING in the right hands. Is she as out-and-out dangerous as she was in MKX? Perhaps not. But I fear a skilled Kitana more than I fear just an okay Erron Black. I think if Kitana gets buffed, we're all going to regret it.
They must nerf Sonya and sub-zero! That's it! I don't want any other chacters to be nerfed
Semiji just went to the finals with her in the summit of time and even took some games off of sonic fox. Kitana is really good, safe on almost everything. If you think she needs a buff you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Nuggz just because one person is able to do well with her doesn’t make her well rounded. She’s very weak.
N D she is fine. Great whiff punish, some of the best anti airs, safe on nearly everything, good zone and anti zone, great damage, great KB damage, decent stagger she’s only a couple changes away from being top
Metric of Sqad I guess that’s true. Her needing tweaks is definitely true. A lot of her stuff doesn’t really pay off
I actually really love these "How Terrible is blank?" videos, please keep them up uwu
The only reason I learned Kitana was because I got her kronika elder skin from a tower of time and rolled her kitana khan gear from the shrine. The outfit is sick, unfortunately I will never carry her into online games again as her combos are hard to pull off. Her heavy damage krushing blow combos are extremely situational and when you do finally manage to find a time to use one you’ll most likely drop the combo. Also she’s really slow and has no mixups. Almost all her strings have 12 or so startup. She has only one overhead string but like a dozen mid strings. No combo extensions with her fan toss. Also flutter is useless.
Her only crushing blow is a 8 hit combo lol
She has 5. More than most characters. The one you mentioned, the universal uppercut, Dark Deception on a punish, Square wave max distance on a punish, and the overhead of Dark Empress hitting by itself.
I hope the next episode is about buffering shao kahn
Kitana is my favorite MK character of all time. But in this game she feels incomplete.
Her uppercut is terrible and has a deceiving animation. It looks like it should hit your opponent but 9.9 times out of 10 the uppercut wiffs and it's punish city for you.
B4 - is really bad.
Short hops are ok, but this is one of the new mechanics that I can't use consistently and quite honestly more often than not I forget that they are an option in the game.
I use her jumping attacks only mid combos because I think that jumping in in this game is not a good idea, somehow I always end up getting punished for jumping in, but this might be on me.
12- is her fastest combo string and its range sucks. I can't tell you how many times I went for it to punish my opponent but it just wiffed because they were out of reach. Need I say that I ate a full combo punish after that?
B131- is an ok string, but you can't extend b13 into Fan Lift mid screen as it pushes your opponent out of range. And b1into Fan Lift doesn't combo. So your most viable options are to finish the sting (B131) if it's blocked, or to cancel b13 into Square Wave on hit for some insignificant damage.
B142- is an ok string, has a crushing blow on punish. In theory b14 is one of her main combo tools, but in practice b1's range and start up are not good enough to punish your opponent consistently on wiff, which leads to Kitana eating a full combo punish when it's actually her turn to attack. Kinda unfair.
21222 and 21434 are pretty useless. They are dial in combos that you can't even special cancel after the third hit and they are all high and mid attacks so no mixup there either. So yeah, those stings are the definition of useless. I don't know why NRS bothered to put those strings in, they both do the same thing, so if they felt like putting a useless string in the game, one would have been quite enough. What a waste of resources!
B231- is one of her better strings in terms of range and a go to combo starter that even has a sneaky low attack. But! It is a dial in combo so you have to commit to it or the animation won't come out, which sucks. If B231 gets blocked, you can finish the string (B231343) to be relatively safe, but you are not as safe as you think against some better characters. Also if B231 gets blocked, you can try to go for a throw, but I'm not gonna lie, sometimes your opponent ends up out of range and you are grabbing thin air and full combo punish for you. You can go for a throw after B2 though. So much for hit confirm!
B231B2- has a sneaky overhead with a KB that inflicts damage over time, which is one of the few good options she has. But it's pretty useless against players that know what they are doing.
It is worth noting that even though her B2 is one of her better normals in terms of range, it's so freaking slow, that a decent opponent can punish you for attempting to punish them with it.
F2222 - is another of her dial-in combos, but at least it's a decent combo ender. Out of all her dial-in combos, this is the most useful one.
F2 is one of her advancing normals that you can special cancel and start a full combo punish in theory. But it's slow and has an akward hitbox. Meh.
F234- has an overhead at the end for a mixup but again it's dial in combo so you have to commit. And you can't special cancel.
3212- is pretty useless, aside from using 32 mid combo in the corner.
B34- a low combo starter, but has terrible range, just terrible.
Fan Toss is an ok projectile, but it's the worst projectile Kitana has ever had. Most of the cast outzones her. It's sad considering she used to be THE zoning queen. I don't know why NRS made Amp Fan Toss a high. She is already lacking in the zoning department.
Fan Lift is her main and only combo extender in this game, without it Kitana stands no chance. Sadly you can't use it as an anti-air, or maybe you can, but it's super risky and the reward is not worth the risk.
Fan Flutter is a really good move in the right hands, but sadly not in mine.
Quick Execution is a combo ender that switches sides and has a KB for extra damage. It has a terrible range, no use outside combos.
Square Wave is a combo ender that doesn't switch sides. And it's the only special move of hers worth meter burning for that extra damage. It is barely noticible, but if it finishes the opponent, that's fine.
Royal Protection has its uses, but overall it's pretty meh. It absorbs only one projectile, making it useless against multiple hitting projectile attacks, which in this game happens quite a lot. And the damage buff barely lasts. So yeah, pretty useless. Meh.
I won't speak about the Mileena variation, because it's even more lacking than Fan-Fare.
Conclusion
Kitana is not necessarily a bad character, but when you take her online you can't help noticing how lacking and incomplete she is. She is not a zoner, she doesn't have mix-ups or set-ups, she is not a grappler. She must have been designed to be a wiff punisher, but she has T-Rex arms and legs and way too slow normals to be effective at wiff punishing. And if you outzone her, she is pretty much screwed. How is this a thing is just beyond my understanding. Winning with Kitana takes really hard work and it's not much fun to be honest. It gets really repetitive really fast as her tool kit doesn't have much to offer.
What would help Kitana out?
Well, there are several ways to make Kitana better:
1) Leave her as she is, but buff her damage a little. This way if she manages to open up or wiff punish her opponent with those T-Rex buttons of hers (She has freaking blades in her hands!), it will actually hurt and make a difference.
2) Leave her damage as it is, but make her buttons faster, so that she can actually wiff punish her opponents more effectively.
3) Change her amp Fan Toss/ Air Fan Toss. Instead of throwing two high fans, she throws a single fan that staggers the opponent to allow a combo. That would actually put that full bar of meter she always sits on to more practical use and help her Mileena variation a ton as well.
These are just my thoughts on Kitana. Now I might be wrong about some things, but I am certain that something needs to change. As she is now, she is not much of a threat and more importantly she is not fun to play.
Wow i am a bit confused, i watched a bunch of your Videos and thought you have more subscribers and Likes. Your stuff is realy nice and high qualitiv. Keep doing this stuff, and now i had to sub a real good channel.
I came across a kitana player yesterday and I got my ass BEAT
when I say BEAT, I mean *BEAT*
pichito -Who were you
Kabal
The edenian twist is a pop up krushing blows so that’s another extension combo
They should make a tournament variation with her up fan, it's the only fan that can extend her combos
For those that don’t know you can get double overheads after the flutter you just have delay the second aerial after the flutter
Liu Kang needs an overhead.
TBH, I feel like my baby Kitana is at a good spot right now, her damage is decent, but when it comes to her mix-ups she could use some work. The only overhead starter she has is an ability that is EXTREMELY punishable and it not in her ranked set variation. Kitana Highborn variation is really boring to play in my OPINIONS. Her other variation is really good but all you need to do to counter it is to down block all the time. i just feel like Kitana should have one or two attacks strings be an overhead that all i have to say about Kitana.
My opinion:
Make "back 2" *a bit* faster;
Make "Half-blood instance" costs only one space in kustomization (there's nothing so special in this move beside is a Mileena tribute, I just want to use the sai in a good variation);
Make her sweep wind to increase range (simply increasing range would look weird);
Make "Royal protection" lasts longer and able to held
Buff damage.
Thanks for the video, I learned a lot. I main Kitana/Jax and look forward to your future kontent.
Her damage is fine. I would much rather they give us more utility to actually do combos. They ruined her compare to what she is in mkx. Her startups are take time compare to a lot other characters.
If they were to buff her maybe increase her speed slightly. And give us back fan toss as a combo extender. That’s it. That’s all she needs. I would rather work for my damage and be creative with her existing kit than just them increasing her damage and still have to worry about weather she’s fast enough to actually get a hit to start something.
she does deserve a lot more damage tbh. like she is a fucking kahn now and her boy toy is a god. c'mon now, do her better.
Very,saved you 25 minutes thank me later.
If anyone remember them long damaging fan toss combos in mkx , they need to bring those back, I was beating people up with them
Atleast we have Upward Fan Toss
Oh wait its not in tournament
I don't necessarily think she needs the old fan combo stuff. She can already do at least 25% off most hits. I'd prefer a real way of opening people up. It's true, she's too honest. 100% staggers and throw mix ups. It's very easy for a good player to block everything she does, and consistently challenge her staggers with little risk. However, if she doesn't get any real way to open you up, then sure give her a way to deal at least 33% off all her lift combos. The thing that saves Kitana from being bad is her neutral. She does have pretty good footsies and she's safe on most things.
I like when he said its a *FAN*tastic hit confirm and the. U do the fan😂
I turned this video off once it said the b131 string isn’t that good.
FYI- if the opponent blocks the entire string, it has ridiculous pushback. Makes it good to follow up a poke with to give her space. Also makes b2 +2 at max range.
she's OP in prettiness :D
She is just hard to play in my opinion but she needs a little damage buff as well with jade
right? tot agree
A good compromise to balance Kitana would be to add the kombo extend to her fan toss only when amped, and to slightly buff the damage on all of her knock down strings (Leave Now, No Mercy).
yh thats what i was thinking