I remember being a kid, playing MK4 and spamming the teleporting stomp of Quan Chi against my step-brother, so he was automatically one of the strongest in my eyes lol
@bryanbridges6152 I'd agree he is still top 5, he just staggers a lot more now bc his combos don't do the damage they used to so they're not as rewarding. But I've seen people adjust by using Kano Stryker and goro to make his chip really good and safe with db3. It's still like 10% for a blocked string and kameo that usually can't be punished.
I mean yeah if it was true but say sub zero is the weakest character in mk1 is crazy there’s so many hi tier level sub players everyone uses him and he has some pretty good tools with pretty decent damage
@@AanKattoa he’s referring to the og mk1 but my comment was referring to sub zero being more popular than raiden. Edit I guess I was wrong I didn’t watch the whole video
@@nonyaxdova543he has no good tools. Every character has better equivalent tools other than scorpion. Everything sub zero has is a gimmick that doesn't work if you're opponent is slightly competent.
I'm always happy to see MK vs DC Universe discussed. It wasn't the best game but I had so much fun playing it and spent hours upon hours playing online. There were lobbies with regular players who were always there and a chatroom, and there were some infamous players who would abuse Superman and Flash Infinite that had TH-cam videos made making fun of them. Running into a good player who knew what they were doing was always nice, especially with a character who seems to get picked rarely such as Catwoman or Darkseid. Story was interesting and well done too, and it was funny seeing Scorpion kick Superman into a car. Good times. I appreciate that game.
I hate that game now, BUT when it came out, it was the funnest MK at that point for me. Coming off the cusps of Armageddon and the other 2 3D MKs, which were very slow and chunky as much as I love those games now, MK vs. DC was lightning in comparison and very fun. But then I discovered Street Fighter 4 (a bit late), and realized that I’ve been doing things wrong my whole life.
@@LostHorizons0 A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a time stamp around a youtuber's shoulders to let him know that he didn't waste time on unrelated topics. I may or may not be that man.
@@horobi-san4427would be cool to have a counter character morph against each fighter and his or her style, when a regular character may be stuck in an unfavorable situation.
Funny how Scorpion was one of the weakest character in the original MK1 and now he's also one of the weakest characters in MK1 reboot (history likes to repeat itself, I guess)😂
"MK1, I need a new term." - I can see that, but personally, I'll be calling the new one "MK12," which is the same treatment that "MK9" got by fans (although online pages call it MK 2011). It's interesting though, at least from what I hear online over the years, that virtually no one calls the 3D era games by number (MK5, MK6, MK7) and how MKvsDC is also seldom called "MK8" and was not supposed to be anyway at first. But if you don't want to call the new MK1 "MK12", then I think "OG MK" is a quick and easy term. Congrats on the sponsorship.
I remember I went into GameStop when MK9 ( yes, I'm still going to call it that ) came out. I went to buy it & I called it that and the teller was like "Do you mean Mortal Kombat. The new edition, Mortal Kombat 2011?" Here I am, 9 years old, with my dukes trying to buy the game & I'm over here like bro, it's the 9th installment just give me the game lmfaooo. As soon as I said that he started talking to my mom saying "you know this game has tons of suggestive content, a bunch of gore, & pretty much could be dangerous to a young mind." My dukes was just like "sdfu, I know what we came here for " it's even more hilarious assuming she didn't know about mortal Kombat ( she was alive & actually played [& beat] the arcade version of Mortal Kombat 2 )
When it comes to covering the classic mk games, this is my absolute favorite channel. Im glad you keep the good old games alive by creating so much content for it. Always a blast to watch.
@jasonwalbridge9133 I get that. That's kinda how I felt about Scorpion, and disliked the video cause he said Scorpion was weak. But I think in combination of Scorpion & Subzero's abilities and playability they are probably the top 2 guys. At least in MK1 (original). I found Lui Kang to be mid level. People like Johny Cage seemed weaker to me. Raiden also feels mid level to me. His powers are great, but his playability isn't. Edit: Kano must be 1 of the more boring characters, cause I don't remember him.
As a day 1 sub main I can agree 😂 my favorite part is when people trash talk with a high tier, for beating the bottom character 😂 so many choose to lose characters running rampant
Played against a good Ashrah even when Cyrax was OP. Did not go well, her range shut down his most basic gameplan. 2 backdash into 2/21/214. Even 2 into DB2 and Cyrax spin wasn't enough to help stop her mixups and block pressure. Hopefully they buff our boy soon, and revert air 21 back to its full glory 😢
@@riceyboi7069 if he had more mids instead of highs he would immediately be so much better, I’m tired of people spamming down 1 or down 2 and blowing up my pressure lol
i mained scorpion at launch and hated the game. recently i switched mains and now i get it. game is fun and good. this game doesn't make much sense. kharakter kits are distributed randomly.
I feel like Ketchup and Mustard could pull some epic long term trolling and upload videos pretending to be each other and 99% of us wouldn't be able to spot the difference.
If you included the gamecube version of deception, would shao kahn be the worst character in that game? I know he’s really bad but I don’t remember if he was worse than sindel or other low tiers
I was stoked when they reached out. One of the more appropriate sponsored segments Ive ever done, especially with how many mates of mine are at UFA for strive this weekend.
@@PNDKM Perhaps one of the most appropriate sponsorships I've ever seen. Makes sense too, people who are watching NRS-related content like fighting games but haven't necessarily ever gotten into anime fighters. On a personal note, I'd recommend Chaos Code, massively overlooked game.
He's really match dependent, and in a game where you can't switch characters mid match like the previous games, that's explain why nobody's using him He can literally be the best kameo in the game, he's just to situational
I personally love playing rambo in mk11, i run snare trap with his cammando combo ability that turns 3 of his strings into a grab and its so fun. My main combo is forward1 2 into snare trap ex, jump forward3, forward dash on landing then back3 1+3. It usually gets about 23-25% for only a bar of meter and i love it
Shang gets boned pretty hard in trilogy on n64. No ground magma into morph combos which was his main thing to setup big damage opportunities as well as morph into a lethal character to finish off with. This is a really big deal as ppl are not gonna just sit there and let you morph. You gotta get a combo or advantage state to morph against better players, so not being able set that up makes him so bad and defeats the whole purpose of playing him.. My favorite thing as a fun player is to use scorpion morphs off magma to jump kick spear into autocombo for a 50-55% combo. I know there are better combos out there, but this one is super easy and compensates for Scorp's lack of damage while still benefiting off scorp's high mobility to finish off the rest of the opponent's health. That and you know, Scorp has neat fatalities that make me like him more than human smoke. Can't do this in trilogy =(
I really wish you would have shown footage relevant to the particular moves or scenarios you were mentioning at that moment, instead of seemingly random clips of the character in question
Exactly. he just superimposed fights with the character he is talking about over a fight. he didnt take the time to show what he is talking about at any point. he still got 1 million views though, so, I guess you just play to the simpletons and they still applaud.
@@CurlyFromTheSwirlyas opposed to listening to a random commenter with no following who only criticizes the video in other people's replies than a direct comment, yes
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly I prefer listening to a TH-cam video where the guy outlines his rationale and gives solid logic. As opposed to random morons hating in the comments. Who have offered nothing of value in their entire existence. Hope that clears things up for you.
@@Juancr2006 the KP2 leak with Deathstroke and Harley Quinn was fake but the leak that contained spoilers for the upcoming story expansion and KP2 was datamined meaning it's legit
Man, your channel has such great content, I wish there were more channels that go THAT in depth on other fighting game franchises! Keep up the great work!
That entire Kombat Pack has an argument for weakest in the game but I'd say Mileena as well . I never thought Rain was that good in MK11 but his hit confirms and amazing movement helped carry him a tad but Mileena just had nothing. Weak damage, weak projectiles, Unsafe on everything. Just not a good character. And I was a Rambo main and you have to work so hard to be good when he's a very WEIRD character with stubby buttons. Still fun tho
I was even more surprised that it wasn't Skarlet, who happens to be a favorite of mine. She stays true to her mid to long range game pretty well, but compared to Mileena, she's much slower and has very few combo chains that aren't predictable.
What's funny about the Warlock Quan Chi is that he became my Quan Chi variation after Summoner got nerfed and he was cool for me, but I can't disagree with those reasons either.
Poor Kai. I was hoping to see him in Mk1 because of his association with Liu Kang, but no word of him...yet. Liu saw all the timelines possible he could create and still didn't include him. Poor guy. They should've introduced him as a Kombat kid when they introduced the others a few games ago and replace one of them, probably the snarky guy.
I think the worst thing about Kai is his name. It’s probably the most boring and simple name in all of MK. At least Jarek and Reiko have two syllables and Jax has that sexy X sound to make Elon Musky moist. But Kai? No characterization whatsoever. Shame too, cause his story and design had potential. His kit just needs a rework from the ground up, and a name change to boot. Maybe a cool last name.
LOVE your guys channel, but I am a tad disappointed at the lack of info for Sub-Zero at the end. I know the recent update put focus on Scorpion, and some info is out there for Sub's weaknesses, but the video would've felt more complete to elaborate on why for Sub as well. Still a good video, Cheers.
2:20 scorpion or rayden...really? Hey, to each their own but I'm just surprised. I would have definitely expected Sonya or Kano. I'll be interested to hear the reasoning
I haven’t played the DLC characters in MK11 but from the base roster I definitely thought Frost was the worst. Playing with her was miserable in my opinion.
Huh, thought you would choose Mileena in 11, you need bar for her only extender with her, her only launcher can be breaked before amp is out, they said she is a high risk high reward.
I remember setting a bot that only played a single move of Rambo constantly. Spamming it over and over again, no self preservation, no variety, only that one move. I had to mute myself because I was laughing so much seeing my friends struggle with him and how mad they were about how I was playing, them being unaware my controller was just resting on my table
lol I remember the cover of tips and tricks back in the day having Shiva on the front...and being the mature 13 year old I was, I had to draw nipples on the picture hahah. It may have been Gamepro, but I'm pretty sure it was Tips and Tricks magazine. Anyone remember having to write down the codes from the magazines you didn't buy? lol
In Mortal Kombat trilogy i use to love playing as the human version of Smoke. I use to destroy my mate with those teleport kick moves and the body slam grab move where he teleports and comes up from underneath.
With Mortal Kombat (1992), Mortal Kombat (2011), and Mortal Kombat 1, they are just making things difficult for people wanting to talk about the series history.
I think this video could've been improved if you showed more footage of the characters sucking and what they're up against. Seeing Jade-Kenshi again made me depressed.
Yeah exactly, I said the same thing. He just superimposed his speaking over footage of the character he is referring to and didn't take the time to show any of the examples of what he is talking about, and over 1k comments, yours is the only one i see that points this out.
They should have always kept Reptile as a human green ninja. In MK2 he was pretty good, he was quick and could go invisible. In ultimate MK3 and MK Trilogy, Reptiles acid spit was deadly too. Once they transformed him into the ugly Lizard monster starting in MK4, that’s when he started getting weak and always losing. Thank God the developers came to their senses and made finally him human again in MK1.
He was really boring as a green dude. The reptile made him more distinct. The jobbing though, that was a bad move. Though I'd say he's been redeemed in MK1 with the best of both worlds
Mortal Kombat's Cyrax may be a great character, but unfortunately Akron Ohio's most regarded pedophile Chance Wilkins, AKA Cyraxx couldn't be further from great if he tried.
Sub Zero and Scorpion being at the bottom of MK1's tier list is *wild* to me. The two most iconic characters in the franchise, the OG ninjas, the poster children of Mortal Kombat being bottom tier is patently insane. What is NRS thinking?
I know it's off topic but I like the blocking animation in the classic games. When your character gets hit, they shake doing that "Boioioioioing" thing, and I love that
Great pacing on this ranking list. I almost never watch entire lists like this because I'm just worried about specific games, but you made 23 minutes fly by. Nicely done.
Why in God’s green earth would you make a video about the weakest Mortal Kombat characters and then proceeded to show those “weakest characters” winning?
I thought Frost was usually agreed upon for being the worst character in Armageddon? Or her and Kai the same level of bad they're interchangeable? I personally think Frost is worst but Kai is definitely bottom 10 with her
Frost is definitely worse. Terrible weapon stance, minimum damage output, I think the only reason you might choose Kai over her is due to her weapons not being single hit.
@@WalkBesideMe she also has extremely limited opportunities for air combat, which still feels weird they included. Frost does have some upside though. Her specials aren't terrible. Ice puddle essentially gets you a free hit.
If you need a new way to describe the original MK1 you could try "Vanilla Mortal Kombat." I play World of Warcraft and when I talk about the original World of Warcraft I say "Vanilla WoW" because it was the first iteration of the game.
I've actually been doing an experimemt with MK9 recently where I play as every character, fight every one in the game in training mode on the highest difficulty, score how many rounds I win out of ten, and average it all out to see who I work best as. I'm almost done, and right now, my best is Kitana and my worst is Sheeva.
Hard disagree with Warlock Quan-Chi. Imo Lacky Ferra-Tor or Drunken Master Bo Rai Cho should have made it. If youre a good Quan-Chi player you can still make his weakest variation work.
"Sure, now you got two games in the series called just Mortal Kombat, but we can avoid the confusion by calling the first game Mortal Kombat 1" we said. "It doesn't have to be confusing" we said. Personally I think OG Mortal Kombat or even Original Mortal Kombat could work. Maybe we can pull a Playstation and call it MKX. Wait no we can't lol.
i once rented an N64 version of MK3, I'm not sure if it was "ultimate" version, but i found that Stryker had a small advantage over most characters when fighting Shao Khan. simply put, his Crouch-Block has a smaller hurt-box, making it easier for him to "punish" Khan when Khan does his diagonal dash-attack. anyone else would still get hit, unless they crouch WITHOUT blocking. this is assuming you just successfully blocked his regular dash-attack, which still knocks you backward even when blocked.
Now what about the weakest Kameo? Probably still too early to tell but I definingly feel it's Motaro or Shujinko, my vote goes towards to Motaro and I am absolutely biased because I wanted to use him when he was announced. Teleport is all he has. It's an interesting ability that allows for some unique combo routes, conversions and pressure. But he is so lacking in all other categories that I feel he doesn't cut it. He cuts your health for some reason, tail blast is underwhelming, tail turret isn't worth your whole bar for an unreliable projectile and reflect is just ok. Much of his kit is outclassed somewhere by other kameos with more utility. Tail blast has plenty of competition with other projectiles, reflect has direct competition with Sub armor and Krystal Tremor and Lao has his own teleport (albeit slower) and Sektor can use his teleport as a punish tool. At least Shujinko has some sauce in specific match ups and is unique amongst the cast.
shujinko can not be included in tier lists. he is very specific. he might become meta next year once people lab everything and try to squeeze out every advantage they can at the highest level.
@@breezy1845 Reptile was the second strongest character on MK2 for me. Sad I bad to play Kitana because one fan hit leads to an unstoppable 100% combo. Reptile was more fun than insta wins
The quick rise punish against Sindel throw in MKD is by pressing d/b as you land which puts you directly into a crouch stance and those who can punish her, can do it every time. If she throws you against the wall, every character can punish her every time, some of which are infinites or 100% combos.
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The weakest character is any character I pick up, and my opponent always happens to pick the strongest character
So true oomfie
That's the fighting game way
So like… half the roster is weak? 😅
@xoltie7263 the whole roster is weak in the correct hands
@coreydopson2030 correct hands can make unplayable characters into god tier characters sometimes. 😆
I find it hilarious that Quan Chi and Shinnok are the final bosses of MK4 and they ended up bottom tier 😂
No wonder Bi-han beat them in mythologies
@@ukigaumaukigauma2032lore accurate
Quan Chi isn't a boss. Shinok is the boss, and Goro is the sub-boss.
I remember being a kid, playing MK4 and spamming the teleporting stomp of Quan Chi against my step-brother, so he was automatically one of the strongest in my eyes lol
@@tFighterPilot That's the home versions, arcade it was quan chi and shinnok, goro isn't in the arcade.
Raiden being bad in mk1 and now him being top 3 in mk1 is crazy
Raiden was decent in MK1 and terrible in MK2 but looked awesome.. IMO anyway..
Not top 3 anymore
@@lsmvandermeulen6154I think he still is at least top 5
@bryanbridges6152 I'd agree he is still top 5, he just staggers a lot more now bc his combos don't do the damage they used to so they're not as rewarding. But I've seen people adjust by using Kano Stryker and goro to make his chip really good and safe with db3. It's still like 10% for a blocked string and kameo that usually can't be punished.
@@bryanbridges6152hey technically top 7 in mk1 compared to top 5 in mk1 isnt that bad
It's so sad seeing that the 2 most famous characters of the franchise are actually the weakest in MK1.
Sub zero tho
I mean yeah if it was true but say sub zero is the weakest character in mk1 is crazy there’s so many hi tier level sub players everyone uses him and he has some pretty good tools with pretty decent damage
@@canevas1017 sub zero has some decently high combos that dont require bars
@@AanKattoa he’s referring to the og mk1 but my comment was referring to sub zero being more popular than raiden. Edit I guess I was wrong I didn’t watch the whole video
@@nonyaxdova543he has no good tools. Every character has better equivalent tools other than scorpion. Everything sub zero has is a gimmick that doesn't work if you're opponent is slightly competent.
Reptiles overall history makes me so glad they amped him in MK1
Indeed, Reptile isn't only viable in every MK game he's playable at, but in MK1 he's an excellent character both competitively and design-wise.
@@RoyArkon Fr his design in MK1 might be my favorite in all games he's in
@@RoyArkonisnt he at the Very bottom of a Lot of tier lists ?
@@SrBlue-qp2ux Those tier lists are objectively wrong
They are indeed wrong
I'm always happy to see MK vs DC Universe discussed. It wasn't the best game but I had so much fun playing it and spent hours upon hours playing online. There were lobbies with regular players who were always there and a chatroom, and there were some infamous players who would abuse Superman and Flash Infinite that had TH-cam videos made making fun of them. Running into a good player who knew what they were doing was always nice, especially with a character who seems to get picked rarely such as Catwoman or Darkseid. Story was interesting and well done too, and it was funny seeing Scorpion kick Superman into a car. Good times. I appreciate that game.
Lovely. You're an entity of awesomeness. Glad you had fun on that game
I couldn't stop playing that game for months, so much fun, weird yet amazing, I loved Deathstroke and Shang
Same lol
I hate that game now, BUT when it came out, it was the funnest MK at that point for me. Coming off the cusps of Armageddon and the other 2 3D MKs, which were very slow and chunky as much as I love those games now, MK vs. DC was lightning in comparison and very fun. But then I discovered Street Fighter 4 (a bit late), and realized that I’ve been doing things wrong my whole life.
The story was well done? It was so flawed what are you talking about? Empty and stupid almost for the entire run
Video starts at 2:04
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@@LostHorizons0
A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a time stamp around a youtuber's shoulders to let him know that he didn't waste time on unrelated topics.
I may or may not be that man.
I like how MK9 Jade is supposed to be the anti-zoner but Kenshi does everything better. 17:00 her glow doesn't even stop Kenshi's shade.
All the DLC characters in that game were pretty darn good, to be fair.
I hope to see Shang Tsung competitive history some day.
Same
I know he's kinda bad in all the MK3 versions, but quite good in Deadly Alliance and MK11
@@horobi-san4427would be cool to have a counter character morph against each fighter and his or her style, when a regular character may be stuck in an unfavorable situation.
Lies again? Spank Bang USD SGD
He was great in 2, not so much in 3, don't know beyond that.
Love these videos so much. Learning about characters in the other MK games helps me appreciate both the games and characters way more.
No doubt
Funny how Scorpion was one of the weakest character in the original MK1 and now he's also one of the weakest characters in MK1 reboot (history likes to repeat itself, I guess)😂
Scorpion's peak was during the PS2 era
@@horobi-san4427Absolutely, he was a fucking beast in MKDA!
Scorpion was weak? 😂 ok karen
@@horobi-san4427MKX is also decent with Scorpion.
MKX scorpion was the greatest
"MK1, I need a new term." - I can see that, but personally, I'll be calling the new one "MK12," which is the same treatment that "MK9" got by fans (although online pages call it MK 2011).
It's interesting though, at least from what I hear online over the years, that virtually no one calls the 3D era games by number (MK5, MK6, MK7) and how MKvsDC is also seldom called "MK8" and was not supposed to be anyway at first. But if you don't want to call the new MK1 "MK12", then I think "OG MK" is a quick and easy term. Congrats on the sponsorship.
I remember I went into GameStop when MK9 ( yes, I'm still going to call it that ) came out. I went to buy it & I called it that and the teller was like "Do you mean Mortal Kombat. The new edition, Mortal Kombat 2011?" Here I am, 9 years old, with my dukes trying to buy the game & I'm over here like bro, it's the 9th installment just give me the game lmfaooo. As soon as I said that he started talking to my mom saying "you know this game has tons of suggestive content, a bunch of gore, & pretty much could be dangerous to a young mind." My dukes was just like "sdfu, I know what we came here for " it's even more hilarious assuming she didn't know about mortal Kombat ( she was alive & actually played [& beat] the arcade version of Mortal Kombat 2 )
Or it could be called OG MK or MK OG.
When it comes to covering the classic mk games, this is my absolute favorite channel. Im glad you keep the good old games alive by creating so much content for it. Always a blast to watch.
Clearly what's next is who is the most MID character in every Mortal Kombat game?
Liu Kang in the original for sure.
Kano and subZero in most games
@@FuttBuckerson87
Subzero? Why do you say that?
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly he's solid but always an easy to use and predictable character. I don't remember him ever being too OP
@jasonwalbridge9133
I get that.
That's kinda how I felt about Scorpion,
and disliked the video cause he said Scorpion was weak.
But I think in combination of Scorpion & Subzero's abilities and playability they are probably the top 2 guys. At least in MK1 (original).
I found Lui Kang to be mid level.
People like Johny Cage seemed weaker to me.
Raiden also feels mid level to me.
His powers are great, but his playability isn't.
Edit:
Kano must be 1 of the more boring characters, cause I don't remember him.
MK Armageddon - your footage is Kobra vs Kai ... lemme guess. That was intentional.
If it wasn't, it's a crime.
I really hope to see Kitana competitive history sometime.
Kitana mk2 is the strongest char. Hit one fan and you can 100% them
As a Scorpion/Sektor main he’s very fun but damn sometimes you can feel how much better some other characters are 😂
As a day 1 sub main I can agree 😂 my favorite part is when people trash talk with a high tier, for beating the bottom character 😂 so many choose to lose characters running rampant
Played against a good Ashrah even when Cyrax was OP. Did not go well, her range shut down his most basic gameplan. 2 backdash into 2/21/214. Even 2 into DB2 and Cyrax spin wasn't enough to help stop her mixups and block pressure. Hopefully they buff our boy soon, and revert air 21 back to its full glory 😢
@@riceyboi7069 if he had more mids instead of highs he would immediately be so much better, I’m tired of people spamming down 1 or down 2 and blowing up my pressure lol
i mained scorpion at launch and hated the game. recently i switched mains and now i get it. game is fun and good. this game doesn't make much sense. kharakter kits are distributed randomly.
The teleport punch was originally Sektors tbf. Smoke wasn’t fully finished
I love these MK history lessons! It makes you wonder what they were thinking when designing Kai in both MK4 and in MK Armageddon!
Y’all got the ArcSys sponsor on deck??? That’s actually wild, I’ve been following y’all since MKX days and it’s crazy to see the progress, congrats
ArcSys sponsoring NRS creators?? Are we finally getting close to that Guilty Gear X Mortal Kombat title I've wanted for over a decade?
Can't wait to play the new Under night
@@mostverticalproductions4808I don't want to see anything if they keep the Strive formula.
@@4x13x17 you and me both buddy. Two of my favorite franchises going up in smoke. Akatsuki Blitzkampf is our last hope.
I feel like Ketchup and Mustard could pull some epic long term trolling and upload videos pretending to be each other and 99% of us wouldn't be able to spot the difference.
If you included the gamecube version of deception, would shao kahn be the worst character in that game? I know he’s really bad but I don’t remember if he was worse than sindel or other low tiers
Definitely. Gamecube MKD shao is the worst by a pretty big margain.
I’m pretty sure Kira is the worst. Shao was bad but I think He was still a little better than Kira
I LOVE that you got a sponsorship with Arc System Works, that's so freakin cool :)
I was stoked when they reached out. One of the more appropriate sponsored segments Ive ever done, especially with how many mates of mine are at UFA for strive this weekend.
@@PNDKM Perhaps one of the most appropriate sponsorships I've ever seen. Makes sense too, people who are watching NRS-related content like fighting games but haven't necessarily ever gotten into anime fighters. On a personal note, I'd recommend Chaos Code, massively overlooked game.
Don't forget to mention Shujinko as the weakest Kameo Fighter. Cause no one is using him XD
Such disrespect for the Champion of the Elder Gods.
reptile is a threat born of deception
and for that youre getting shujinko'd
He's really match dependent, and in a game where you can't switch characters mid match like the previous games, that's explain why nobody's using him
He can literally be the best kameo in the game, he's just to situational
I personally love playing rambo in mk11, i run snare trap with his cammando combo ability that turns 3 of his strings into a grab and its so fun.
My main combo is forward1 2 into snare trap ex, jump forward3, forward dash on landing then back3 1+3. It usually gets about 23-25% for only a bar of meter and i love it
Shang gets boned pretty hard in trilogy on n64. No ground magma into morph combos which was his main thing to setup big damage opportunities as well as morph into a lethal character to finish off with. This is a really big deal as ppl are not gonna just sit there and let you morph. You gotta get a combo or advantage state to morph against better players, so not being able set that up makes him so bad and defeats the whole purpose of playing him..
My favorite thing as a fun player is to use scorpion morphs off magma to jump kick spear into autocombo for a 50-55% combo. I know there are better combos out there, but this one is super easy and compensates for Scorp's lack of damage while still benefiting off scorp's high mobility to finish off the rest of the opponent's health. That and you know, Scorp has neat fatalities that make me like him more than human smoke. Can't do this in trilogy =(
It is incredibly dumb that MK One could now arguably refer to three games
I really wish you would have shown footage relevant to the particular moves or scenarios you were mentioning at that moment, instead of seemingly random clips of the character in question
Cause he doesn't know what he's talking about. He's just making 💩 up.
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly Let's see your list then.
@@CurlyFromTheSwirlyagreed
Exactly. he just superimposed fights with the character he is talking about over a fight. he didnt take the time to show what he is talking about at any point. he still got 1 million views though, so, I guess you just play to the simpletons and they still applaud.
Wild that the poster boys are the two worst characters in MK1
Don't listen to a lame YT video.
Scorpion is the best character in MK1.
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly agreed
@@CurlyFromTheSwirlyas opposed to listening to a random commenter with no following who only criticizes the video in other people's replies than a direct comment, yes
@user-jq5gc6dx7k
Well we at least have more subscribers than you 🤣 And I made my own comment too
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly I prefer listening to a TH-cam video where the guy outlines his rationale and gives solid logic.
As opposed to random morons hating in the comments. Who have offered nothing of value in their entire existence.
Hope that clears things up for you.
Man poor Kai
Imagine if he come back in mk1 as a dlc and yet again become the worst character in game .
he won’t come back
kombat pack 2’s leak didnt contain him
@@RandomMimikyu those leaks were fake tho
I thought shinnok was the worst in MK 4 tbh.
@@Juancr2006 the KP2 leak with Deathstroke and Harley Quinn was fake but the leak that contained spoilers for the upcoming story expansion and KP2 was datamined meaning it's legit
A Kai redesign in MK1 would go so hard
Master Kai! You know he’s coming at some point. Maybe in the next game
Yea, they redeemed Shinnok in MKX so they should give this dude a chance.
I love scorpion in new mk1, but I just can't with his mix-up potential... THIS MAN HAS ONE GROUND OVERHEAD AND THAT'S IT 💀
Man, your channel has such great content, I wish there were more channels that go THAT in depth on other fighting game franchises!
Keep up the great work!
The worst characters in Mortal Kombat game are the guests.
Yes. I fully agree
I was really surprised to see Rambo instead of Mileena in MK11
That entire Kombat Pack has an argument for weakest in the game but I'd say Mileena as well . I never thought Rain was that good in MK11 but his hit confirms and amazing movement helped carry him a tad but Mileena just had nothing. Weak damage, weak projectiles, Unsafe on everything. Just not a good character. And I was a Rambo main and you have to work so hard to be good when he's a very WEIRD character with stubby buttons. Still fun tho
Same, specially after the last patch in Mk11 where they buffed Rambo, and nerfed Mileena
I was even more surprised that it wasn't Skarlet, who happens to be a favorite of mine. She stays true to her mid to long range game pretty well, but compared to Mileena, she's much slower and has very few combo chains that aren't predictable.
For the love of all that's holy - do NOT let Strive be the first Guilty Gear game you play.
What's funny about the Warlock Quan Chi is that he became my Quan Chi variation after Summoner got nerfed and he was cool for me, but I can't disagree with those reasons either.
Stryker literally looks like a dude who goes to a peaceful protest armed to the teeth looking for an excuse to shoot something lol
this reminds me of the "police brutality" meme with him and geras.
Stryker was probably the inspiration for Paul Blart: Mall Cop
You mean a proud boy hehe
You're right, he does look like a douche.
@@kimmidoll24more like antifa
Reptile's force ball in MKII is not a very good special move, but he is a good fighter and fun to play.
I fought reptile he gave me more trouble than scorpion. Sub zero not so much
Poor Kai. I was hoping to see him in Mk1 because of his association with Liu Kang, but no word of him...yet.
Liu saw all the timelines possible he could create and still didn't include him. Poor guy.
They should've introduced him as a Kombat kid when they introduced the others a few games ago and replace one of them, probably the snarky guy.
He has a lot of references in the intro dialogues, more than any other non-playable character - he is now “Master Kai” at the Wu Shi Academy.
@@tekkencentre Oh cool didn't know that.
I think the worst thing about Kai is his name. It’s probably the most boring and simple name in all of MK. At least Jarek and Reiko have two syllables and Jax has that sexy X sound to make Elon Musky moist. But Kai? No characterization whatsoever. Shame too, cause his story and design had potential. His kit just needs a rework from the ground up, and a name change to boot. Maybe a cool last name.
LOVE your guys channel, but I am a tad disappointed at the lack of info for Sub-Zero at the end. I know the recent update put focus on Scorpion, and some info is out there for Sub's weaknesses, but the video would've felt more complete to elaborate on why for Sub as well. Still a good video,
Cheers.
Main reason I'd say he's bad is that ice is heavily nerfed in MK1
2:20 scorpion or rayden...really? Hey, to each their own but I'm just surprised. I would have definitely expected Sonya or Kano. I'll be interested to hear the reasoning
I like how Sindel in Deception is farbage for the same single reason as Chipp in #Reload.
PUNISHABLE THROW ON HIT
I haven’t played the DLC characters in MK11 but from the base roster I definitely thought Frost was the worst. Playing with her was miserable in my opinion.
Huh, thought you would choose Mileena in 11, you need bar for her only extender with her, her only launcher can be breaked before amp is out, they said she is a high risk high reward.
Reptile being the worst in mk2 really hurts my heart 😂 but I agree
WAIT 22:10
Kameos in MK1 change the amount of health you have?
I wish they would remake deadly alliance and Deception. And bring back the 3D arenas
DarrylTsung06 makes Stryker look like Kabal when he plays as him in MK3.
Yeah but he plays the Ultimate vers. of MK3 which Stryker is better in
Everyone knows Kano is weakest in 1. (as in, the 1992 OG) He's kind of just a worse Raiden in that game.
Also Chaos Code is hella underrated
Thank you for validating my low tier scorpion plight
Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 must be unbelievably balanced if Raiden and Reptile are your worst characters.
I differentiate the MK 1's with "Klassic MK 1" and "New Era MK 1" Also Kai is a character I'd love to see return with a good storyline!
I just go for "MK 1992" and "MK 2023."
Fits with MK 2011 as well.
@@GmNdWtchr96 I never met a person referring calling it "MK 2011", other than online pages, just MK9. As for Mortal Kombat, it's MK1 and MK12 for me.
Ahh yes MK1 2
I remember setting a bot that only played a single move of Rambo constantly. Spamming it over and over again, no self preservation, no variety, only that one move.
I had to mute myself because I was laughing so much seeing my friends struggle with him and how mad they were about how I was playing, them being unaware my controller was just resting on my table
In my Mind Kung Jin and Ferra/Torr are the Weakest Characters in MKX.
lol I remember the cover of tips and tricks back in the day having Shiva on the front...and being the mature 13 year old I was, I had to draw nipples on the picture hahah. It may have been Gamepro, but I'm pretty sure it was Tips and Tricks magazine. Anyone remember having to write down the codes from the magazines you didn't buy? lol
6:50 so good to see you mentioning byspeed! 😁👍🏻
In Mortal Kombat trilogy i use to love playing as the human version of Smoke. I use to destroy my mate with those teleport kick moves and the body slam grab move where he teleports and comes up from underneath.
I'm going to have to disagree with MKX. Kitana's Jade variation was so useless.
With Mortal Kombat (1992), Mortal Kombat (2011), and Mortal Kombat 1, they are just making things difficult for people wanting to talk about the series history.
I think this video could've been improved if you showed more footage of the characters sucking and what they're up against. Seeing Jade-Kenshi again made me depressed.
Seriously! This guy plays against a non existing 2nd player and expects us to take him seriously.
Yeah exactly, I said the same thing. He just superimposed his speaking over footage of the character he is referring to and didn't take the time to show any of the examples of what he is talking about, and over 1k comments, yours is the only one i see that points this out.
But, Reptile fatality where he eats his opponents head in MK2 is awesome.
They should have always kept Reptile as a human green ninja. In MK2 he was pretty good, he was quick and could go invisible. In ultimate MK3 and MK Trilogy, Reptiles acid spit was deadly too. Once they transformed him into the ugly Lizard monster starting in MK4, that’s when he started getting weak and always losing.
Thank God the developers came to their senses and made finally him human again in MK1.
Agreeed
@@hughesadam87thank you for your reply.
Not only did they made him human again, but they made him really attractive. I was so head over heels for him during the story mode
humanoid, he's still green on the inside
He was really boring as a green dude. The reptile made him more distinct. The jobbing though, that was a bad move. Though I'd say he's been redeemed in MK1 with the best of both worlds
Dude i want a mortal combat collection like the ninja turtles cowabunga collection so bad.
Mortal Kombat's Cyrax may be a great character, but unfortunately Akron Ohio's most regarded pedophile Chance Wilkins, AKA Cyraxx couldn't be further from great if he tried.
big ups music biz marty. the white bowser is a predator
Raiden and rayden they also chance the name back and forth 😂
I would say pretty lady leatherface is the worst in mkx!
An Arcsys sponsor on a highly requested video? I see this as an absolute win.
Sub Zero and Scorpion being at the bottom of MK1's tier list is *wild* to me. The two most iconic characters in the franchise, the OG ninjas, the poster children of Mortal Kombat being bottom tier is patently insane. What is NRS thinking?
In other to give Liu Kang his spotlight back, they had to nerf the ninjas into the ground 😔
He's obviously not thinking! 😂
Slightly off topic, but Rambo getting blown up by his own claymore made me laugh
He really thought he was doing something there with that like "I'm gonna get him this time" BANG
Sub needs his shower freeze back.
I know it's off topic but I like the blocking animation in the classic games. When your character gets hit, they shake doing that "Boioioioioing" thing, and I love that
Perfect follow-up to the last video I have to say. Thank you for your continued efforts!
Great pacing on this ranking list. I almost never watch entire lists like this because I'm just worried about specific games, but you made 23 minutes fly by. Nicely done.
Reptile was great in MK2. The forceball, acid spit, slide, and invisibility just need to be used right
Second strongest character only behind Kitana who gets a 100% combo on most any fan hjto
So Sonya was never the weakest and they threw her in the back in MK1 >
An arcsys sponsorship?? You guys are killing it
Why in God’s green earth would you make a video about the weakest Mortal Kombat characters and then proceeded to show those “weakest characters” winning?
I thought Frost was usually agreed upon for being the worst character in Armageddon? Or her and Kai the same level of bad they're interchangeable? I personally think Frost is worst but Kai is definitely bottom 10 with her
Frost is definitely worse. Terrible weapon stance, minimum damage output, I think the only reason you might choose Kai over her is due to her weapons not being single hit.
@@cichontom that's what I remembered. Also very mediocre movement, especially compared to the other women in the game like Sareena or Li Mei.
@@WalkBesideMe she also has extremely limited opportunities for air combat, which still feels weird they included.
Frost does have some upside though. Her specials aren't terrible. Ice puddle essentially gets you a free hit.
Can you make a video dedicated to all MK Boss Characters? Especially in Armageddon, Goro, Kintaro, Moloch, Shao Kahn and Onaga
If you need a new way to describe the original MK1 you could try "Vanilla Mortal Kombat." I play World of Warcraft and when I talk about the original World of Warcraft I say "Vanilla WoW" because it was the first iteration of the game.
Scorpion/Frost is really really fun, honestly. But then again, they're just my favorites, I'd run that squad no matter where they fell in the meta.
Scorpion has the hughest tier variance - from the best in Deadly Alliance to the worst in MK1.
ok karen
I've actually been doing an experimemt with MK9 recently where I play as every character, fight every one in the game in training mode on the highest difficulty, score how many rounds I win out of ten, and average it all out to see who I work best as.
I'm almost done, and right now, my best is Kitana and my worst is Sheeva.
Kano was way more trash in MK1 then Raiden
I thought he was going to say Kano too.
Hard disagree with Warlock Quan-Chi. Imo Lacky Ferra-Tor or Drunken Master Bo Rai Cho should have made it. If youre a good Quan-Chi player you can still make his weakest variation work.
"All too easy..."
“Don’t make me laugh!” - Shao Kahn
Glad I pay a monthly fee for no commercials
"Sure, now you got two games in the series called just Mortal Kombat, but we can avoid the confusion by calling the first game Mortal Kombat 1" we said. "It doesn't have to be confusing" we said.
Personally I think OG Mortal Kombat or even Original Mortal Kombat could work. Maybe we can pull a Playstation and call it MKX.
Wait no we can't lol.
i once rented an N64 version of MK3, I'm not sure if it was "ultimate" version, but i found that Stryker had a small advantage over most characters when fighting Shao Khan.
simply put, his Crouch-Block has a smaller hurt-box, making it easier for him to "punish" Khan when Khan does his diagonal dash-attack.
anyone else would still get hit, unless they crouch WITHOUT blocking.
this is assuming you just successfully blocked his regular dash-attack, which still knocks you backward even when blocked.
21:03 wait wait wait so the best 2 characters in mk life is the weakest in mk1 and mk1? 😂😂😂😂 full circle
I guess that explains why Sheeva was omitted from the SNES and Mega Drive ports of UMK3.
chaos code jumpscare
I remember being a kid and being so friggin excited about Reptile being in MK2. My disappointment was at an all time high the day I tried him out
Now what about the weakest Kameo? Probably still too early to tell but I definingly feel it's Motaro or Shujinko, my vote goes towards to Motaro and I am absolutely biased because I wanted to use him when he was announced. Teleport is all he has. It's an interesting ability that allows for some unique combo routes, conversions and pressure. But he is so lacking in all other categories that I feel he doesn't cut it. He cuts your health for some reason, tail blast is underwhelming, tail turret isn't worth your whole bar for an unreliable projectile and reflect is just ok. Much of his kit is outclassed somewhere by other kameos with more utility. Tail blast has plenty of competition with other projectiles, reflect has direct competition with Sub armor and Krystal Tremor and Lao has his own teleport (albeit slower) and Sektor can use his teleport as a punish tool.
At least Shujinko has some sauce in specific match ups and is unique amongst the cast.
shujinko can not be included in tier lists. he is very specific. he might become meta next year once people lab everything and try to squeeze out every advantage they can at the highest level.
Warlock Quan Chi was the only variation I figured out how to use just to get his arcade ending in X
I seriously can't see how you decided to pick Rambo as the weakest character in MK11 when Shao Khan exists. He's got great damage but that's it.
There was Cage and Blade representation in the last list and none in this one, I'm a happy camper
Won MK1 with Raiden spamming that one move. Really only Goro was an issue.
Reptile is not weak
Prove it
@@breezy1845 Reptile was the second strongest character on MK2 for me. Sad I bad to play Kitana because one fan hit leads to an unstoppable 100% combo. Reptile was more fun than insta wins
The quick rise punish against Sindel throw in MKD is by pressing d/b as you land which puts you directly into a crouch stance and those who can punish her, can do it every time. If she throws you against the wall, every character can punish her every time, some of which are infinites or 100% combos.