Thank you! I agree - this patch definitely took some air out of haters' sails. Hopefully NRS keeps giving other characters the Scorpion/Rain/Reptile treatment! Also, virtually every major omission/issue that MK1 has had, NRS has addressed it in some way or is actively working on addressing it, even if they don't communicate that as much as we'd like. I want to see MK1's detractors keep that same energy that they spent denigrating the game telling their toxic audiences that the game is improving over time. This might be the topic of a future video - thank you for watching and inspiring this!
I love the new scorpion string so much, ending combos into F34 give you so much plus frames + cancel frames that you can setup an almost guaranteed lao hat hard blockable into a second combo. Add the fact that you can use laos teleport with hellfire to start combos without spending your spear and you get guaranteed 35+% into lao hat setup on EVERY TOUCH. And even AFTER the lao hat hard blockable you get enough lao for a s4 bf4 reset that people just don’t block for some reason(s4 doesn’t combo into flames so it restarts the combo). I’ve had so much flawless victories XD
Yes, that string is so dope!!!! Now I play Scorpion/Sonya because she lets him get 38% meterless from that mid. Plus, her fireball augments his long-range playstyle.
@@mrAPchem I dunno, really not a fan of sonya with him. I don’t think that she gives him enough. She gives him a scorpion/goro or double scorpion-type synergy where the main benefits are the combos off of f34 and s214, auto-confirms after air EX tele into j3 and increased sweep damage but imo she is worse than both. I like the 14% throw tho. In fact, my list of kameos for him goes like this 1. Khameleon 2. Janet 3. Goro 4. Kano 5. Sektor 6. Stryker 7. Tremor 8. Lao 9. Motaro 10. Scorpion 11. Darrius 12. Sonya 13. Sareena The others don’t synergise well at all imo
Yes, Raiden was re-worked and Peacemaker was normalized to be more in alignment with the rest of the cast. And neither of them were killed as competitive characters in the process. So long as NRS doesn't decide to do additional nerfs to them later, they should be okay for the rest of the game's life.
@@venomsnakessidepiece Yeah, both of those characters, along with Ermac, require good fundamentals for players to be consistently successful with. But that's true of MK1 in general honestly; there are no silly mechanics like instant Fatal Blows, KBs or wild 50/50s to save newbie players.
I still think he deserves a bit of a buff, i would like if his s1 became plus 4 so it jailed into b4, b4 became 0 or +1, s112 became plus so ppl would get punished for not upblocking and bf4 became a bit faster at like 28 frames so its a valid mix now. This would be my dream imao
How are the servers on PC these days? Have they gotten better in terms of stability? I have MK1 on the PS5 but would love to get a PC version for all the sick mods.
good breakdown.
Patch def mellowed out some of the hate, which was getting old.
Thank you! I agree - this patch definitely took some air out of haters' sails. Hopefully NRS keeps giving other characters the Scorpion/Rain/Reptile treatment!
Also, virtually every major omission/issue that MK1 has had, NRS has addressed it in some way or is actively working on addressing it, even if they don't communicate that as much as we'd like. I want to see MK1's detractors keep that same energy that they spent denigrating the game telling their toxic audiences that the game is improving over time.
This might be the topic of a future video - thank you for watching and inspiring this!
I love the new scorpion string so much, ending combos into F34 give you so much plus frames + cancel frames that you can setup an almost guaranteed lao hat hard blockable into a second combo. Add the fact that you can use laos teleport with hellfire to start combos without spending your spear and you get guaranteed 35+% into lao hat setup on EVERY TOUCH. And even AFTER the lao hat hard blockable you get enough lao for a s4 bf4 reset that people just don’t block for some reason(s4 doesn’t combo into flames so it restarts the combo). I’ve had so much flawless victories XD
Yes, that string is so dope!!!! Now I play Scorpion/Sonya because she lets him get 38% meterless from that mid. Plus, her fireball augments his long-range playstyle.
@@mrAPchem I dunno, really not a fan of sonya with him. I don’t think that she gives him enough. She gives him a scorpion/goro or double scorpion-type synergy where the main benefits are the combos off of f34 and s214, auto-confirms after air EX tele into j3 and increased sweep damage but imo she is worse than both. I like the 14% throw tho. In fact, my list of kameos for him goes like this
1. Khameleon
2. Janet
3. Goro
4. Kano
5. Sektor
6. Stryker
7. Tremor
8. Lao
9. Motaro
10. Scorpion
11. Darrius
12. Sonya
13. Sareena
The others don’t synergise well at all imo
Raiden and peacemaker nerfs is what I like to see. It’s more of a rework than a nerf. Doesn’t destroy the character and even fleshes them out more.
I was about to say, they barely hurt him, he’s just not spammable with bad players
Yes, Raiden was re-worked and Peacemaker was normalized to be more in alignment with the rest of the cast. And neither of them were killed as competitive characters in the process.
So long as NRS doesn't decide to do additional nerfs to them later, they should be okay for the rest of the game's life.
@@venomsnakessidepiece Yeah, both of those characters, along with Ermac, require good fundamentals for players to be consistently successful with.
But that's true of MK1 in general honestly; there are no silly mechanics like instant Fatal Blows, KBs or wild 50/50s to save newbie players.
I still think he deserves a bit of a buff, i would like if his s1 became plus 4 so it jailed into b4, b4 became 0 or +1, s112 became plus so ppl would get punished for not upblocking and bf4 became a bit faster at like 28 frames so its a valid mix now. This would be my dream imao
Those are good buffs that help his up-close game.
How are the servers on PC these days? Have they gotten better in terms of stability? I have MK1 on the PS5 but would love to get a PC version for all the sick mods.
The servers are okay - not amazing, unless you play against people you know.
But they're servicable, so long as you pick low-ping, wired opponents.