For those using him in Invasions, while this should shock no one, the Skeleton moves are the Dark dmg ones, and the Lovecraft moves are the Chaos ones.
Strange that you can't have him as a cameo either, would have been cool to have the deadly alliance through nor mal means (guess it does follow the weird NRS trend of un playable final.bosses in MK though)
The way Quan Chi stares down his opponent in character select is hilarious. Also was he always this tall? I dont remember him being so tall in MKX or MK9, dude is like 6'7
In Deadly Alliance all characters had their weight and height next to them. Quan Chi was 6'7, 210 lbs. Man's is a unit, perfect for working in the mines.
You're going to love Tremor with him. Let me explain some crazy sceneries. You already know about the OTG sky drop. The extra health, yes The scaling on up punch is better than any launcher You can cancel all your strings to make them semi safe with f kameo, can be crouched but nobody is crouching your double overhead Krystal will give you an option against Johnny like pressure by exploiting gaps. Ketchup, you know I have that filth, you ready? Tremor can give everyone, EVERYONE, an UNTECHABLE throw combo in the corner, just call Tremor when you grab and make him do the 3 hitting low, it's that easy. You can also ambush that move during your double overhead string and now you have a l/o/l/o/l situation, you blocking that? Oh, it also goes into full combo.
Sub zero kameo is fire 🔥 To move your portal while active(dark or light) press 3 -move dpad left or right F44 as people rush down Bf4 for Wake up Stand 4 as round starts to beat Sareena, Lao hat You gotta keep people away at all costs stand 4 whenever you can as your “ poke” basically quan d1 F21 yeets skeleton a good distance He’s really good and has so many kombos Stand 3 great anti air Hope that helps! Love the content! 🫡🦑💀🔥📺🏆🔥🐉🤩
Tip for the ground pound call in. Iwas practicing it for a while if youre like me and have a habbit of rushing out your inputs itll be really hard to figure out the time for the the proper combo setup for that. Once i slow it down o realized you have to think of the tremor ambush as 2 separate moves (i know they are two separate moves but i was trying to do it as fast as i could) When you do the neutral tremor call in your positioning him. You want to do the callin just before he stomps the head a second time. This puts tremor directly on top of the opponent. Then you have a little bit of leeway for the ground pound ambish (not a lot but enough for some wiggle room) i want to do it just as qua chi is stepping off the oppoent this will put tremor in front of ou ensuring you get knocked down in thr correct direction instead kf the wrong one. Hope that helps !
I think the best all around is sub zero, obviously the ice armor is really good for any zoning character but where sub zero really helps is the freeze. The freeze saves you from having to spend two bars on tentacle and instead gives you the ability to set up the portal and theres so many situations where you can get the freeze into the portal that basically you get at least 30 percent every touch and then if you really want or need to you can spend the extra two bars on tentacle
Ive personally had the most success with Sareena after first using Sub. But im very curious about pairing Quan with Sektor now, those missle combos looked sick. Ive heard scorp is great with him too
Sektor is super sick with him but the hit confirming plus rockets can be a bit much when you really are going crazy. A lot on the screen. Big mental stack. But it looks amazing
Can we talk about how rad the new Liu Kang and Mileena skins are? Even the ones in the shop rule (Mrs Kitana Klaus in her signature blue is *chefs kiss)
yea the skins are cool. the christmas ones are really good but i wish i could get them without paying 😭😭. reptile is suuuuper cute but i don’t even main him so i’ll pass on it
@@geomanciie I hear you. I long for the days of actually unlocking content like in the 3D era. But the truth is, in those games, you got 2 skins in 2 colors. It's just the way games are now 🤷♂️
I was using the skydrop combined with Sareena's meter steal assist. You can then go more ham with the enhanced tentacle grab because you can steal meter from your opponent.
The main reason is that it gives the devs one more lever to use for balancing, otherwise you do share the health bar with your Kameo (you get hurt if they get hit), so them being healthier would make the bar bigger.
A fun fact about B2, if it’s fully charged then it’s plus on block. I can’t recall how many + frames (2 or 5) but it’s a powerful pressure tool if you want to shut down any rush down or low pokes.
Quan chi is a glass pea shooter zoner in an anti zoning game, I don’t know why they made a zoner in this game when liu kang, kitana and Shang are better zoners and are better characters. Just make him a normal character with the hypnotize move
I have zero clue why they didn’t add his mind control/hypnotize as a move, but it’s his 2nd fatality…. Give me back my MK9 & X mind control set ups plzzzz!!!
Hey Ketchup, Love love love your channel and content! I had an idea for a video essay that explores the question of whether or not Mortal Kombat is a weapon game (like soul caliber). I think there are arguments for it being hand to hand and weapon based through the ages but would be very well covered by you. Just a thought that occurred to me. Thanks for the content
That's the only string that can combo into the net though; and Quanchi has to be extremely close to utilize it, essentially making cyrax a useless kameo.
@@justinhaddock6636ya i rarely use it, but i’ve only fought a friend of mine nut 90% the time when using that move the gaps so big he can just armor out of it. the stun on it is nuts tho
I am a scrub. I've been enforcing my standing 4 into projectile with striker. toss out the appropriate grenade, they have to block it. Either your s4 combos from the grenade into another projectile or they have to block your s4, and then I'll just cancel it into another projectile which at that range hits most people because most can't punish him. The grenades are good to cover your portal setup too, but yeah he's a bit boring with striker lol. Sub setups look fun so I'm tryin that.
Ive been using scorpion and though he doesnt provide anything in defence, he lets you prolongue any of Quan Chi mix ups into full strings combos of 30%+ If you use him x 2 you hit 40% on combos though the cooldown not worth it.
I slightly disagree. I really like the decision. Since he is focused on long range, keep away, and zoning, he shouldn’t be able to do a lot of damage without spending large resources when he gets up close. I agree with the balance decision, and I hope this is how characters are created going forward - with more emphasis on archetypes.
@@blueberrycracker6607 He has his terrible pokes, slow normals and gaps for that. The launcher being 2 bars just makes the character very kameo dependant, which is exactly what this game doesnt need.
@@blueberrycracker6607ya but the problem with the tentacle is you’re spending two bars for the same damage but just a launcher. you get maybe 40 extra damage after that launcher. the scaling on it seems bugged
When did they change his moves I used them all day yesterday and all his moves are completely different today and in the tutorial it still shows the moves from yesterday
I am going to use Tremor with him and lab up some things. Can you do a video on dealing with Johnny Rushdown and Raiden Storm Cell. If you can do options videos vs bad matchups that would be awesome. My only answer to Johnny is D1xxEXDB3 Hold F+3 and it pushes Johnny out and prevents punish and puts him in your optimal range, maybe that's the answer to characters with great close game?
Thank you for this video. I love quan chi, but I don't know to use him best. Invasions I'm playing as a rushdown which I know he isn't. I just don't feel his zoning because smoke and reptile run right threw me and anybody woth a sub kameo laughs at me
Took him for a spin online and had some good games but my nonexistent fundamentals let me down a few times I’ve been using sub zero mainly for zoning but as of rn I’m thinking of trying goro
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i think he’s pretty bad too but maybe it’s the way i’m trying to play him? idk but his moves feel so sluggish to me they could’ve at least made his b2 a regular launching overhead
All of these youtubers nowdays coming with new words is hilarious. First time im hearing the "button" or "pressing buttons" terminology. Is that supposed to mean the same as "attack" or "attacking"?
For those using him in Invasions, while this should shock no one, the Skeleton moves are the Dark dmg ones, and the Lovecraft moves are the Chaos ones.
It's an interesting combination. He kinda of a glass cannon in that regard. His damage is completely different even on the same opponent
Thanks! That's gonna make it interesting using him in that mode!
Thank you
Thanks!
I'm so happy he is back, his mannerisms and moves are on point. Just wish he wasn't DLC and was in the base roster
Fr doesn't make sense he's in the story of the main game yet we had to pay for him. Same with ermac
@@luismorales5829 yeah it's just BS
Strange that you can't have him as a cameo either, would have been cool to have the deadly alliance through nor mal means (guess it does follow the weird NRS trend of un playable final.bosses in MK though)
@@vista1456786that would’ve been a wasted kameo character, we already have quan chi as a playable characters.
@@JustSendMeLocation I mean the same goes for Kung Lao, Sub-Zero and Scorpion.
The way Quan Chi stares down his opponent in character select is hilarious. Also was he always this tall? I dont remember him being so tall in MKX or MK9, dude is like 6'7
He’s only 6’0, everyone else are manlets
He also stands more upright
Bro has a scowl like no other
In Deadly Alliance all characters had their weight and height next to them. Quan Chi was 6'7, 210 lbs. Man's is a unit, perfect for working in the mines.
@@CanadianWizard99truly the scowlest scowl ever scowled
Seeing ketchup randomly get matched with Sikander for a Quan chi mirror match on his stream was a fun watch. Ketchup had some awesome kombos.
Sad that his trance move isn't in the game
yea i’m prettt upset that didn’t make into the game either
His trance, scimitars, and ground blasts. His back 2 is sort of a ground blast, but it goes to like sweep range lmao
You're going to love Tremor with him. Let me explain some crazy sceneries.
You already know about the OTG sky drop.
The extra health, yes
The scaling on up punch is better than any launcher
You can cancel all your strings to make them semi safe with f kameo, can be crouched but nobody is crouching your double overhead
Krystal will give you an option against Johnny like pressure by exploiting gaps.
Ketchup, you know I have that filth, you ready?
Tremor can give everyone, EVERYONE, an UNTECHABLE throw combo in the corner, just call Tremor when you grab and make him do the 3 hitting low, it's that easy.
You can also ambush that move during your double overhead string and now you have a l/o/l/o/l situation, you blocking that? Oh, it also goes into full combo.
I keep hearing how good tremor is with him but I wasn’t feeling the synergy. I think I gotta see some clips of it for it to sink in.
from lab experience this dude is on the money im not gonna lie
@@INTHEFIELD777tremor is just Darrius with more options aside from making cg combo
When I use the portal drop combo, tremor shock waves the opponent away from me no idea why
I’ve been using Scorpion with him. You can combo of his 213 string for an extra mixup and the back pull can get you away from pressure.
I don’t understand why the tentacle attack cost 2 bars
I think EX down back 1 can be followed up with 4 back forward 4 from anywhere on screen
Sub zero kameo is fire 🔥
To move your portal while active(dark or light) press 3 -move dpad left or right
F44 as people rush down
Bf4 for Wake up
Stand 4 as round starts to beat Sareena, Lao hat
You gotta keep people away at all costs stand 4 whenever you can as your “ poke” basically quan d1
F21 yeets skeleton a good distance
He’s really good and has so many kombos
Stand 3 great anti air
Hope that helps! Love the content! 🫡🦑💀🔥📺🏆🔥🐉🤩
Oh please make these kinda videos longer, i enjoy watching them and learning
Tip for the ground pound call in. Iwas practicing it for a while if youre like me and have a habbit of rushing out your inputs itll be really hard to figure out the time for the the proper combo setup for that.
Once i slow it down o realized you have to think of the tremor ambush as 2 separate moves (i know they are two separate moves but i was trying to do it as fast as i could)
When you do the neutral tremor call in your positioning him. You want to do the callin just before he stomps the head a second time. This puts tremor directly on top of the opponent.
Then you have a little bit of leeway for the ground pound ambish (not a lot but enough for some wiggle room) i want to do it just as qua chi is stepping off the oppoent this will put tremor in front of ou ensuring you get knocked down in thr correct direction instead kf the wrong one.
Hope that helps !
It seems like they remembered their lesson from Cetrion and have made a keep away character that is strong and not just fun for the one playing them
I think the best all around is sub zero, obviously the ice armor is really good for any zoning character but where sub zero really helps is the freeze. The freeze saves you from having to spend two bars on tentacle and instead gives you the ability to set up the portal and theres so many situations where you can get the freeze into the portal that basically you get at least 30 percent every touch and then if you really want or need to you can spend the extra two bars on tentacle
no scorpion kameo? they actually synergize very well
I understand the idea of quan being defensive zoner but i have no clue why his main poke is so slow AND -10, thats wild
His pokes has crazy range and push back at the range you should be poking from they probably won't be able to reach
Literally no reason his low tentacle should be 2 bars to amplify. He has enough weaknesses as it is
I didn't even notice at first 😂 I was trying use it twice like wtf am I inputting wrong
He even had the his Deadly Alliance pose. 😂😂 All what's missing is the neck fatality.
Amazing video once again dude. And yes that Tremor combo off of Sky Drop is some nasty dirt LOL.
Ketchup is there anything to using Sareena's meter drain in conjunction with the bone cage?
Ive personally had the most success with Sareena after first using Sub. But im very curious about pairing Quan with Sektor now, those missle combos looked sick. Ive heard scorp is great with him too
Sektor is super sick with him but the hit confirming plus rockets can be a bit much when you really are going crazy. A lot on the screen. Big mental stack. But it looks amazing
sub is fun and the portal setups mid combo are *cool*, but you gotta do so much for just 32-35 percent
tbf it's kinda the same case with rain, they are zoners
They did him right!
You should briefly cover what moves Shujinko steals with any new characters :)
Can we talk about how rad the new Liu Kang and Mileena skins are?
Even the ones in the shop rule (Mrs Kitana Klaus in her signature blue is *chefs kiss)
yea the skins are cool. the christmas ones are really good but i wish i could get them without paying 😭😭. reptile is suuuuper cute but i don’t even main him so i’ll pass on it
@@geomanciie I hear you. I long for the days of actually unlocking content like in the 3D era. But the truth is, in those games, you got 2 skins in 2 colors. It's just the way games are now 🤷♂️
I was using the skydrop combined with Sareena's meter steal assist. You can then go more ham with the enhanced tentacle grab because you can steal meter from your opponent.
I’ve been a fan since your Sorcerer Quan Chi days.
I think in terms of style points and design, they nailed Quan Chi. I'm still completely baffled why certain kameos change your starting health though.
The main reason is that it gives the devs one more lever to use for balancing, otherwise you do share the health bar with your Kameo (you get hurt if they get hit), so them being healthier would make the bar bigger.
This Quan is so over the top and silly compared to the old games. The skull chattering is too funny 😂
I wish he was more rushdown like he usually is but he's still super fun regardless
A fun fact about B2, if it’s fully charged then it’s plus on block. I can’t recall how many + frames (2 or 5) but it’s a powerful pressure tool if you want to shut down any rush down or low pokes.
Happy to see my favorite condiment getting some buffs.
Quan chi is a glass pea shooter zoner in an anti zoning game, I don’t know why they made a zoner in this game when liu kang, kitana and Shang are better zoners and are better characters. Just make him a normal character with the hypnotize move
I have zero clue why they didn’t add his mind control/hypnotize as a move, but it’s his 2nd fatality….
Give me back my MK9 & X mind control set ups plzzzz!!!
Ketchup: "I've been grinding Quan!" 2023 : O
One other thing you forgot to mention as a pro for Sub is the fact he counters the current meta since you ice armor through grenades and low hats
Thank you so much. As always wonderful guide video 🔥🔥🔥
Good gameplay
Hey Ketchup,
Love love love your channel and content! I had an idea for a video essay that explores the question of whether or not Mortal Kombat is a weapon game (like soul caliber). I think there are arguments for it being hand to hand and weapon based through the ages but would be very well covered by you. Just a thought that occurred to me. Thanks for the content
I'm loving him so far, man is mad disrespectful from anywhere in screen
He just seems so fun
He can definitely get 350+ on his own without the use of kameo. 23:21 the take away is having to use two bars of meter with his enhanced From The Fog
Did they update the story to feature his updated moveset?
Quan Chi is so cool
good video already 😎
No Cyrax? Being able to do 1,2 net to siphon meter from the opponent is great, and combo extensions. Only Kameo I've been using with Quan
12 starts off a high, and considering he has few starting mids a lot of people are neutral ducking him. Kind of the Li Mei effect.
@@MicroMakesMusic it's his quickets punish though 8f startup
That's the only string that can combo into the net though; and Quanchi has to be extremely close to utilize it, essentially making cyrax a useless kameo.
@@tonynash1234 idk I'm getting a ton of wins with him. People aren't ducking if you use your mix appropriately
@@justinhaddock6636ya i rarely use it, but i’ve only fought a friend of mine nut 90% the time when using that move the gaps so big he can just armor out of it. the stun on it is nuts tho
Quan chi and Darrius (with his new move) is VERY dangerous. Mix city
Im so confused with the corner combo im trying but idk why back 3 ,4 doesn’t want to special cancel into Psycho Skull
Using cyrax and purple fireball woth 21 pop up and fog grab
Cool 😎
I am a scrub. I've been enforcing my standing 4 into projectile with striker. toss out the appropriate grenade, they have to block it. Either your s4 combos from the grenade into another projectile or they have to block your s4, and then I'll just cancel it into another projectile which at that range hits most people because most can't punish him. The grenades are good to cover your portal setup too, but yeah he's a bit boring with striker lol. Sub setups look fun so I'm tryin that.
More then 400 damage and no spending bar is grazy
Ive been using scorpion and though he doesnt provide anything in defence, he lets you prolongue any of Quan Chi mix ups into full strings combos of 30%+ If you use him x 2 you hit 40% on combos though the cooldown not worth it.
Do anybody know how to do that falling death move where he stays in sky i swear i seen it twice and cant figure it out
No reason for his db4 to use 2 bars.
Yep, bit off putting that is
I slightly disagree. I really like the decision. Since he is focused on long range, keep away, and zoning, he shouldn’t be able to do a lot of damage without spending large resources when he gets up close. I agree with the balance decision, and I hope this is how characters are created going forward - with more emphasis on archetypes.
@@blueberrycracker6607 He has his terrible pokes, slow normals and gaps for that. The launcher being 2 bars just makes the character very kameo dependant, which is exactly what this game doesnt need.
@@N3r0ThlHeavyMetal fair point
@@blueberrycracker6607ya but the problem with the tentacle is you’re spending two bars for the same damage but just a launcher. you get maybe 40 extra damage after that launcher. the scaling on it seems bugged
He's got alot of weakness's and honeslty yea kameos make his combos garunteed mid 300-400's but overall i fond you NEED to be smart to use Quan
He’s perfect 🥹
Awesome tyvm
His damage needs buffs yeah he got setups but they could get fixed fast and he is a range charakter so yeah but still
When did they change his moves I used them all day yesterday and all his moves are completely different today and in the tutorial it still shows the moves from yesterday
I am going to use Tremor with him and lab up some things.
Can you do a video on dealing with Johnny Rushdown and Raiden Storm Cell.
If you can do options videos vs bad matchups that would be awesome.
My only answer to Johnny is D1xxEXDB3 Hold F+3 and it pushes Johnny out and prevents punish and puts him in your optimal range, maybe that's the answer to characters with great close game?
I’d love to know if you find anything with, fav kameo rn, would love to learn some decent damage BnBs with these two.
I like using him with scorpion or sub zero
I do want to see cyrax kameo with him as well.
Yeah because he hasn't been over used to death already
@@LJAndrews1986 he's one of the only characters that can combo into the net.
Why does his portal go away after 2 fireballs?
Woolay!
Just because a characters frame data is slow does NOT mean your at a disadvantage the average MK player doesn’t even punish
Thank you for this video. I love quan chi, but I don't know to use him best. Invasions I'm playing as a rushdown which I know he isn't. I just don't feel his zoning because smoke and reptile run right threw me and anybody woth a sub kameo laughs at me
use standing 4 into sky drop, then mix them up. my friend has been destroying me that way just takes a while to get used to
Qun chi is tall damn
Nah that sky drop need 2 hits armor just as bad as mkx, i was fighting lui it was impossible to get out the corner lol
Not sure if im right or wrong. But Quan uppercut deal more damage than other characters
words cannot describe how much i hate this character so i'm learning him just to counter him
How to play Quan Chi:
Go to character select, choose someone else
quannnnnnnnn
Took him for a spin online and had some good games but my nonexistent fundamentals let me down a few times
I’ve been using sub zero mainly for zoning but as of rn I’m thinking of trying goro
I like the character, but man, why did he have to be a zoner? I’m given no reason to play him now
Already a great video. 3rd comment😎
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Crazy?
Am i the onlyone that thinks hes really bad
I’m with you. His up close game is so awful
Idk probably
Yea
i think he’s pretty bad too but maybe it’s the way i’m trying to play him? idk but his moves feel so sluggish to me they could’ve at least made his b2 a regular launching overhead
@anthonyaquino123 even his zoning really isn't that good. Like compared to Reiko or katana it seems really easy to close the gap.
All of these youtubers nowdays coming with new words is hilarious. First time im hearing the "button" or "pressing buttons" terminology. Is that supposed to mean the same as "attack" or "attacking"?
On surface level yes it means attacking. But what he means is pressing buttons when it isnt your turn yet(your at a frame disadvantage)
SO GLAD TO SEE HIM BACK HE WAS AWESOME IN MK10. His moves looking super sexy this year 😏😏
was gonna buy mk1 because I wanted to play quan but he looks so bad :(
He is :(
He isn't great but he's not useless. Play him still:)
#InstaLike
Took you long enough.
This character is actually terrible, has to be the worst in the game
Let's be honest. He is the worst dlc character they have probably ever made
You haven't played enough nrs games
Really terrible take. Cap. Quan hater. Racist against mining workers.
his mix is nuts
@@uprising7416😂 Bruh. I guess he forgot about Robocop, I don’t think I’ll ever get over that decision.