This Lao guide is amazing Rewind, simple explanation, one thing to note if you get the chance to punish with F33 into the BNB is more damage than starting with 212.
The WORST thing about lao (not much bad with him) is that 121 string. Trying to hit that consistently esp cially against laggier opponents feels too inconsistent.
"When you're in range to do this move(Armor Shaolin Shimmy) you do this move" I love Rewinds Guides 😂 it's always a pleasure and he puts you in the high level 1%er mindset. He doesn't realize it but most of the stagger/sweep into Armor are legit mixups thats lost on most. Most players only understand OH/Low mix and there is auto shimmy, hit/throw, frame trap mix, blockstring kameo pressure mix, plus strings into delayed kameo baits, -4ob into backdash for wiff punishing and high/overhead mix(HL players microduck highs on reads & Mid/Lows/OH's catch them unless they DuckOS. But even a competitive player like me who plays locally in tournaments learns so much from Rewinds guides! Much love
It's crazy how I've been playing Kung Lao exactly like this since launch. Granted, I did learned a couple things I didn't know before. Honestly, I'm just glad that I've been playing him right. Great guide all around.
With a lot of char. A sweep then throw is a good manuver....also don't forget the spin move the enhanced one can move around and during that spin moving u are invincible against everything....I'll do it at beginning of match and it will eat projectiles like Serena and jump kicks etc. But great guide I am going to try it now lol thanks
A jump kick hitting a grounded opponent can combo into a mid hat toss (down back 1) which can combo into the far version of Goro ambush. This grants just over a throw's worth of damage and a bit of hit advantage.
For fellow Smoke mains, Smoke’s B4 is also plus. I did not even think to use this but I’m going to start testing in KL to see if that solves some problems I have with getting B2 to keep from getting interrupted (and to land).
Another great optimal corner combo no bar 43% b24 s4 b24 b24 121 bf2 and a nice 1 bar optimal is b24 s4 b24 f333 ex db2 jump 4 bf2. It does 46% you can also get 2 b24's with 212 Goro cameo or just Ex db4 only in the corner 42 without cameo
How is that back three a mid? The man is shin kicking somebody lol. That aside, absolutely awesome guide and I love that it was clear and concise and simple and you went over what worked and what may not work.
I know that goro is a pretty good launch that allows kung lao to continue a combo but scorpion is too and I actually prefer him because "up RB" bring your opponent bclose to kung lao allowing him to continue the combo
The problem with Scorpion is that paired with Kung Lao it's only a combo extender. Whereas Goro is not only a combo extender, also covers unsafe moves like f2 or db4, is a string extender, and helps with KL's zoning. Scorpion Kameo is just inferior in this case.
W tutorial this made me understand why I got my ass beat by that one kung Lao player he won 2-1 felt good when I conditioned him to stop dive kicking into D4 in neutral tho
anyone have cool tech w Sonya kameo?? I cant find any reason to use her over goro so i gotta be missing something. I like Lao and want to use him for fun KOTH with friends but dont wanna use Goro constantly
I found this out by accident at the start of a round a week ago vs Raiden. I stood 4 when I was trying to to do soaring monk and just stand kicked Raiden right out of the air. It set the tone and I whooped him the whole match lol.
I found a meter less combo with Kung Lao in the corner w/ fatal blow that does like 48% Fun fact: You can use toro after normal Shaolin Shimmy or BF2 in the corner
Not worth it, since Goro does what Sonya does and more. Sonya Kameo with Kung Lao is mostly a combo extender. The rest of her kit is either inferior or limited utility: her leg grab is a mid, Goro's grab is overhead; Ring Toss doesn't help with zoning, and charging it only works in oki but doesn't add anything KL can't do already in that situation.
@@BildSlash well I wasn’t comparing it to goro at all and it definitely depends on the play style you have and how well you can optimize it. It’s just another option other than the basic thing not everyone needs goro to be good
Congrats on champions of the realm raiden storm cell really cheap as hell so I know you were locked in lol hopefully there’s a “in my mind” coming soon
@nicklattimorecomedy5497 yeah my muscle memory is the issue it’s so bad lol. I haven’t played mortal Kombat since the ps2 fighting styles 😳 so this was a BIG change lol. I just started couple days ago but I like it so far, I’m maining Kung Lao right now and trying to get the ground-to-air kombos committed to memory depending on who I’m fighting (you’re right about that) It’s been so fun! Reiko & Shao Kahn are a pain in the ass to fight so far 😭🤣.
Youre sleeping on the B14 as a mixup, the second hit is a low and it combos w Goro and the first hit is 6 frames and punishes ALOT of characters who use -7 moves and think theyre safe lol
I prefer to use Lao/Lao for counter zoning and good Low Hat, Jump in Combos + the Hat and F2 Combo. People gettin annoyed of the hat spamming and I will win xD
Yoo! I mostly have problems keeping the pressure with Lao from knockdowns cause his mids are trash. Niggas just stay mashing on wake-up. I’m a Lao loyalist and I really don’t want to drop Lao 😭😭
Let’s be honest now, all kung Laos are gonna jump dive kick overhead armored wake up every single time I haven’t seen any kung Lao do anything different
I hate MK 1 because Kunglao was stripped of all his famous skills… why no spin tornado? Nor teleport attack … is lame man… not playing it.. other players maintained they signature moves but kunglao … why
0:00-0:15 Intro
0:15-3:16 Buttons & Strings
3:17-8:55 Gameplan
8:56-12:30 Combos
12:31-13:24 Anti Air Combos
13:25-15:08 Safe Jump Setup
15:09-16:23 FB Combos
Just spam his hat overhead randomly it hits everytime
And armor
Yeah you'll get your ass beat😂
@@storing3385 fr armor wake up
@@storing3385 fr
lmaooooo
This Lao guide is amazing Rewind, simple explanation, one thing to note if you get the chance to punish with F33 into the BNB is more damage than starting with 212.
I just picked up lao a week or so ago and this guide is going to help me level up my game BIG TIME
Just as I'm looking to get into Kung Lao myself lol. Clutch stuff Rewind 🙏🏾
We've been waiting for this
This is actually a great guide. Just picked Kung Lao up and his combos are challenging and fun thanks for the guide ❤
Congrats on hitting the sub goal for this guide to come out!
Congrats on the 200 subs
The WORST thing about lao (not much bad with him) is that 121 string. Trying to hit that consistently esp cially against laggier opponents feels too inconsistent.
"When you're in range to do this move(Armor Shaolin Shimmy) you do this move"
I love Rewinds Guides 😂 it's always a pleasure and he puts you in the high level 1%er mindset. He doesn't realize it but most of the stagger/sweep into Armor are legit mixups thats lost on most. Most players only understand OH/Low mix and there is auto shimmy, hit/throw, frame trap mix, blockstring kameo pressure mix, plus strings into delayed kameo baits, -4ob into backdash for wiff punishing and high/overhead mix(HL players microduck highs on reads & Mid/Lows/OH's catch them unless they DuckOS.
But even a competitive player like me who plays locally in tournaments learns so much from Rewinds guides!
Much love
yo bro I only know about half of what u said im new to this game would you mind being a mentor to me?
Thank you for taking the time to do this guide. Respect.
Now this is the right recipe to start with Kung Lao. Thanks again for a great video!
such a good guide but no surprise there keep it up gang
Thx mate awesome guide!
It's crazy how I've been playing Kung Lao exactly like this since launch. Granted, I did learned a couple things I didn't know before. Honestly, I'm just glad that I've been playing him right. Great guide all around.
Yo Rewind! Did you know that B14 into down Goro Kameo, if timed right becomes an instant restand? Works when the opponent doesn't suspect it.
With a lot of char. A sweep then throw is a good manuver....also don't forget the spin move the enhanced one can move around and during that spin moving u are invincible against everything....I'll do it at beginning of match and it will eat projectiles like Serena and jump kicks etc. But great guide I am going to try it now lol thanks
congrats to 50k homie ❤
Thank you 🙌
thx a lot mate
Great guide
insane kung lao guide respect! imma cook ranked even more than i already was
I love that you put the marvel vs capcom song in here ❤ my childhood memories
A jump kick hitting a grounded opponent can combo into a mid hat toss (down back 1) which can combo into the far version of Goro ambush. This grants just over a throw's worth of damage and a bit of hit advantage.
Very good video
Hell yeah! I've been waiting for this! I've been using Sonya with him for a minute, but going to start dipping into Goro! Great vid my guy!
Thanks bro 😊
For fellow Smoke mains, Smoke’s B4 is also plus. I did not even think to use this but I’m going to start testing in KL to see if that solves some problems I have with getting B2 to keep from getting interrupted (and to land).
2:25 They really turned his signature 21212 into a special move
Rip 😢
The best string ever
So for comboing after upblock, and in similar situations where you are punishing, doing b2 4 is optimal, can get 38% meterless no kameo
Ty sensei rewind
Another great optimal corner combo no bar 43% b24 s4 b24 b24 121 bf2 and a nice 1 bar optimal is b24 s4 b24 f333 ex db2 jump 4 bf2. It does 46% you can also get 2 b24's with 212 Goro cameo or just Ex db4 only in the corner 42 without cameo
Bro by any chance what is the S input controller? I understood everything you said but the S
@@AlexStayFly20s is for standing so just the normal button
@@jburg78 I appreciate it
How is that back three a mid? The man is shin kicking somebody lol. That aside, absolutely awesome guide and I love that it was clear and concise and simple and you went over what worked and what may not work.
Idk if its very good but i like to use stand 3 the double hit has broken a lot of armored wake ups for me at least
bro gave out the sauce kung lao really the armor menace
Kharacters like Liu Kang or And Kharacter with a good armor break can get through the wakeup
DB4 J4 works in corner instead of J2 for basically all combos for a little extra dmg
I don't even play Kung Lao, still enjoyed watching you talking about it :D
Yessirrr another banger guide 🐐 you can actually get a stand 4 for that mid screen combo too 🫰🏽
Haha Laos 212 is a crazy shimmy it’s the sequence of the 21 that catches you if you try to tech OS, similar to Liu Kang
Nice guide, can his safe jump be up blocked?
watching these videos make me wanna cry cuz omg omg omg this is so hard
Mvc2 soundtrack will forever be elite
I know that goro is a pretty good launch that allows kung lao to continue a combo but scorpion is too and I actually prefer him because "up RB" bring your opponent bclose to kung lao allowing him to continue the combo
The problem with Scorpion is that paired with Kung Lao it's only a combo extender.
Whereas Goro is not only a combo extender, also covers unsafe moves like f2 or db4, is a string extender, and helps with KL's zoning.
Scorpion Kameo is just inferior in this case.
W tutorial this made me understand why I got my ass beat by that one kung Lao player he won 2-1 felt good when I conditioned him to stop dive kicking into D4 in neutral tho
Rewind forgot to mention that spin is his most important tool. ( its plus on block)
It’s rewind time
Whats 1 2 3 4 buttons? Is 1 triangle for example?
This is the first time Ive ever seen Rewind not use dokkan music
Help me use Darrius with kung Lao please
anyone have cool tech w Sonya kameo?? I cant find any reason to use her over goro so i gotta be missing something. I like Lao and want to use him for fun KOTH with friends but dont wanna use Goro constantly
I can’t the timing down for Goro with the back 33. It seems like I can never get the pop up. When you do all call him in the animation?
Pretty much right away, just do B33 into Goro all in one motion
5:40 li mei can punish it either way her EX db3 and go into a full combo with scorpion. So only ever use it in conjunction with goro against her
yeah my editor edited out but I mentioned lei mei, johnny, lao, and liu all have 6framers. might be missing more.
@@RewindNV ah fair enough then, thanks for the guide btw
I use Kung Lao and Darius. First half of my combo does 14 hits and 2nd half does 16. It drains like ⅔ of their health if I hit it off
I'm trying get to pro level homie and your videos helps alot...very smart player respect....like my comment rewind give some confidence lol
Another anti air is standing 4 into the same conversion for 33% I find it a lot more safer than standing 1 12:39
thanks! gonna try it
I found this out by accident at the start of a round a week ago vs Raiden. I stood 4 when I was trying to to do soaring monk and just stand kicked Raiden right out of the air. It set the tone and I whooped him the whole match lol.
Any cameo alternatives? I haven't unlocked goro yet. I'm having a ton of issues getting into the kameo thing.
Sonya is a good kameo for him, he can convert off his armor with her square wave.
I found a meter less combo with Kung Lao in the corner w/ fatal blow that does like 48%
Fun fact: You can use toro after normal Shaolin Shimmy or BF2 in the corner
If they block low on B33 do goros command grab for a full combo instead... don't do B34 unless goro mia
That doesn't work at all.
B33 is not cancelable and Goro's throw is not an ambush.
What kind of opponents are letting you call Goro freely?
I play kung Lao/ Sonya, definitely worth looking into on a larger scale
Not worth it, since Goro does what Sonya does and more.
Sonya Kameo with Kung Lao is mostly a combo extender.
The rest of her kit is either inferior or limited utility: her leg grab is a mid, Goro's grab is overhead; Ring Toss doesn't help with zoning, and charging it only works in oki but doesn't add anything KL can't do already in that situation.
@@BildSlash well I wasn’t comparing it to goro at all and it definitely depends on the play style you have and how well you can optimize it. It’s just another option other than the basic thing not everyone needs goro to be good
@@BildSlashI just hate how goro take a bit of you’re health but besides that he’s fire
Congrats on champions of the realm raiden storm cell really cheap as hell so I know you were locked in lol hopefully there’s a “in my mind” coming soon
Kung lao 👒 Time 😏
I don't see his 6 frame high used to punish random stuff
You can armor through the b3 but I think Goro will eat it if you do the low version
you can armor no matter what even with goro coming out unless you call goro early to blow it up intentionally
@@RewindNV omg thank you rewind you’re so talented 🥵😍
Watching this makes me realize i will never be that good at this game lol, i cant think that fast to string a combo, but the vid is great! 😂😂😂
@nicklattimorecomedy5497 yeah my muscle memory is the issue it’s so bad lol. I haven’t played mortal Kombat since the ps2 fighting styles 😳 so this was a BIG change lol. I just started couple days ago but I like it so far, I’m maining Kung Lao right now and trying to get the ground-to-air kombos committed to memory depending on who I’m fighting (you’re right about that) It’s been so fun! Reiko & Shao Kahn are a pain in the ass to fight so far 😭🤣.
On release kung Lao went from boring to watch me cook
Youre sleeping on the B14 as a mixup, the second hit is a low and it combos w Goro and the first hit is 6 frames and punishes ALOT of characters who use -7 moves and think theyre safe lol
They need to remove Ashrahs 4 hits of armor
Can we get a tutorial with a different kameo. I just hate using goro
I prefer to use Lao/Lao for counter zoning and good Low Hat, Jump in Combos + the Hat and F2 Combo. People gettin annoyed of the hat spamming and I will win xD
Thanks Man ❤️
Thank you very much 😊
@@RewindNV just a small thing 😊
Yoo! I mostly have problems keeping the pressure with Lao from knockdowns cause his mids are trash. Niggas just stay mashing on wake-up. I’m a Lao loyalist and I really don’t want to drop Lao 😭😭
What's your thoughts on lao + frost?
Goro is better than frost
I use her but Goro is better to lock people down and to get combos. The damage is similar though.
Just spam his dive kick and pray ☹️
Whos the best shao kahn youve met?
VideoGamezYo or Dyloch
My Favourite character top tier idk 😂
I personally like Sonya better for lao…more mixups
BRING BACK FT3
Shit i thought it was gonna be a troll kameo guide 😂
Sareena is a very good kameo for kung lao
Why is that?
@@DanielSmith-ll2iw high damaging combos
@@Bacon_Individual You can say that for anyone though, there's more to it than high damage.
Lao is EZ. . 2 hours tops u will reach Demi god with him
“If I was good at the game…” bruh!😅
Good guide but this ain’t fucking with kung Lao kameo low hat 😂
Let’s be honest now, all kung Laos are gonna jump dive kick overhead armored wake up every single time I haven’t seen any kung Lao do anything different
Lao’s neutral without goro or meter is pretty bad tbh
@@morbidtoaster8615 there is no neutral with Lao in general all you gotta do is jump and dive kick than poke and every Lao uses goro anyways
Wait this is weird, why are you doing a guide for Lao when you only play Reiko????
because I dont only play reiko :o but i main reiko
I’ve hated Kung Lao since MK9 and my hate will continue.
No b1,4?
B1 is 6f
you’re right 😅 i use the move a lot too but i just forgot tbh
Kung lao biggest flaw is his neatrul & range it’s terrible
I cant even do one combo with anyone 😂
Get in the lab. Practice makes perfect or close to it. I couldnt do smokes Vapor cancels but now i can do it 8times outta 10
Where is his hat toss and spin? He is just set up to combo... 🤬
First
I hate MK 1 because Kunglao was stripped of all his famous skills… why no spin tornado? Nor teleport attack … is lame man… not playing it.. other players maintained they signature moves but kunglao … why
Back 1 is his fastest button, zero range though but can punish pretty much anything up close!
true! forgot about that normal tbh as far as punishing moves goes. can do b1 into soaring monk
@@RewindNV Yessirrr!