I use Stryker and he is insane good, 40-46% midscreen with 1 Bar and 1 Kameo. But it is execution heavy being a water beam dash cancels while also inputting the opposite direction Kameo at same time. But it's very rewarding. You can delay the Grenades to catch your opponent punishing you for a full combo or use it for block strings and of course High Damage. Rains unblockable setups are very punishable if he uses Overheads, delay wake-up into Upblock= full punish. So you have to mix it up. Like I said I think Stryker is either the best or 2nd best Kameo for Rain. I'm experimenting with Jax because of the unblockable setups since rain has a instant airial projectile (Cetrion 2.0) that gets him out of Jax's ground pound and he can of course jump in kick or use portals he previously setup to avoid blast and land into their face for full pressure/mix.
Rain/Motaro is pretty swaggy post-buff. Tail Shot let's him mix off his two string Overheads. 1,1,2 can jail or frametrap into both Tail Shot and Tail Turret respectively. Reflect outranks Water Shield against multi-projectile zoners. Teleport let's him: Chase for Oki on a several knockdowns, especially a 2,11,2. Safely side-swap on a blocked 1,1,2 or standing 4. Get in for an optimal juggle off a fullscreen Ancient Trap. Drop a fullscreen portal, Motaro over, attack, retreat to portal. Shimmy on a jump-in by planting an air portal while Motaro winds up to pull you out. Setup Confluence Beam in a single sequence with only a small gap as follows: 1,1,2 Portal Place, Motaro teleport. Sneaky button into Portal 2. Confluence Beam is very limited but it does give 3 Plus frames for a prolonged Jail, which Motaro tail shot can prolong further for some hefty chip-out.
I absolutely love the Rain and Scorpion kameo. Damn near every move Rain has lets me use Scorpion to to increase his damage potential, having a 42-26% bnb is great and I can't tell you how many times setting a portal and then spearing myself away from the enemy and when to close to the corner using that teleport has helped. Great video!
Hey! Quick tip! When using the sub cameo and you're wanting to get the freeze out after an air combo, you can simply treat the whole string with the cameo as one. For example, when doing air combo 243, you do not have to wait till you hit the ground to call the freeze, you can just do air combo 243 plus forward r1 as 1 whole string, no need to wait to call him in, just press it all like its 1 string. Air combo 243, fR1. Like this comment if it helps!
Thanks for explaining the "hold" technique with sub-zero's freeze after the jumping 243. I have been totally confounded on how to time that, look forward to trying it out.
Also you can't forget Cyrax's Net, this adds an additional projectile for Rain to work with. All of these Kameos help Rain not only with combos and setups but also with Zoning too.
Please experiment with Stryker Kameo. He gets really good water beam cancel combos for 46% midscreen and serious pressure and mix on block. Here is my Stryker Cancel Kombos: th-cam.com/video/F1M1kDcFShQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JE_Z0pJam0sSJc24 Im curious if you can setup good unblockables with Jax and use Portals to escape to safety with frame advantage if you setup the portals correctly? Im sure his DDU projectile gets him out of the blast abd gives him enough frame advantage to setup toilet or charged water beam or pressure
its crazy how rain is supposed to be the main and really only true zoner of mk1, and hes actually much better as a rushdown, mk1 and how creative u can get is so much fun compared to how insanely boring mk11 was
Earlier tonight I was trying to see if I could get Sonya air punch to hit an enemy that I had just Rain hold 4 kicked where they come out on the other side of the screen. I was able to get the timing down and it looks cool but it’s pretty hard to follow it up with anything
Just wanna also mention that Scorpion can set up the hard to blockable by calling him after 243 and going straight into Geyser while they are suspended by the fire.
Other than being tight on money and being consumed by SF, Rain alone makes me want to get the game. Just from watching videos I wanted to try what kind of shenanigans you could be up to with a teleport Kameo and portals.
May I ask you to do an updated Rain Kameo guide. I picked him up recently and he’s fun, but I’m looking for some cool combos with Rain God now that it starts combos. Just looking for some experienced Rain perspective.
In full transparency I’m a Shang main. I am embarking on a quest to learn the ins and outs of the entire roster so that I can become a better Shang lol
I’m very new to the competitive scene in fighting games, so hearing the term “hard to blockales” just kind of makes me laugh. Because that’s exactly what it is, not impossible. Just hard, to, block.
@@PNDKMHey! I made a comment on your previous video but I found a serious oversight with a certain character/kameo combo. If not patched it could really ruin any tournaments. Its a completely guaranteed reset that loops into itself and is braindead easy to execute. Hoping you could spread some awareness and help get this patched?
@@chrissanders5192 Sounds like Sindel/sub. Already been shown by a fair few people from what I've seen, and I think it comes under the pro komp rules of exploiting a bug. So in theory it should be disallowed? Hopefully it's gone asap though.
Im gonna be honest, I love using Goro with Rain. Im a little biased because they are my two favorite characters in the series, but it all provides him a meterless combo on his low, the ability to use two air strings per combo, plus frames, and high corner damage. Sure, other ones are better, but Goro is the most fun (he just doesnt provide much at range).
9:47 I love how Rain’s idle stance is him caressing his opponent’s face when at point blank. 🥰
It's nice to see that the floor gets wet during Rain's water attacks and also his animations are beautiful
I really love seeing Rain in this game, he is so interesting. A zoner and set up character is amazing. More content
As someone who mains Rain in MK1. I appreciate you making this video now I can’t wait to try those Kameos.
_Rain will fall upon you like daggers from the sky_
💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧
let me guess, Cyrax x 5?
I haven’t even watched the video yet and I can tell you at least 2 of them.
I use Stryker and he is insane good, 40-46% midscreen with 1 Bar and 1 Kameo.
But it is execution heavy being a water beam dash cancels while also inputting the opposite direction Kameo at same time. But it's very rewarding. You can delay the Grenades to catch your opponent punishing you for a full combo or use it for block strings and of course High Damage.
Rains unblockable setups are very punishable if he uses Overheads, delay wake-up into Upblock= full punish. So you have to mix it up.
Like I said I think Stryker is either the best or 2nd best Kameo for Rain.
I'm experimenting with Jax because of the unblockable setups since rain has a instant airial projectile (Cetrion 2.0) that gets him out of Jax's ground pound and he can of course jump in kick or use portals he previously setup to avoid blast and land into their face for full pressure/mix.
@@snack_bar2474😂😂😂
HELICOPTER HELICOPTER
Wish there was a way to disable kameos
Rain/Motaro is pretty swaggy post-buff.
Tail Shot let's him mix off his two string Overheads.
1,1,2 can jail or frametrap into both Tail Shot and Tail Turret respectively.
Reflect outranks Water Shield against multi-projectile zoners.
Teleport let's him:
Chase for Oki on a several knockdowns, especially a 2,11,2.
Safely side-swap on a blocked 1,1,2 or standing 4.
Get in for an optimal juggle off a fullscreen Ancient Trap.
Drop a fullscreen portal, Motaro over, attack, retreat to portal.
Shimmy on a jump-in by planting an air portal while Motaro winds up to pull you out.
Setup Confluence Beam in a single sequence with only a small gap as follows:
1,1,2 Portal Place, Motaro teleport. Sneaky button into Portal 2.
Confluence Beam is very limited but it does give 3 Plus frames for a prolonged Jail, which Motaro tail shot can prolong further for some hefty chip-out.
I absolutely love the Rain and Scorpion kameo. Damn near every move Rain has lets me use Scorpion to to increase his damage potential, having a 42-26% bnb is great and I can't tell you how many times setting a portal and then spearing myself away from the enemy and when to close to the corner using that teleport has helped. Great video!
Hey! Quick tip! When using the sub cameo and you're wanting to get the freeze out after an air combo, you can simply treat the whole string with the cameo as one. For example, when doing air combo 243, you do not have to wait till you hit the ground to call the freeze, you can just do air combo 243 plus forward r1 as 1 whole string, no need to wait to call him in, just press it all like its 1 string. Air combo 243, fR1. Like this comment if it helps!
Rain meditation to execution on his first combo of spacing to using basics combos
Thanks for explaining the "hold" technique with sub-zero's freeze after the jumping 243. I have been totally confounded on how to time that, look forward to trying it out.
The fact you made a top 5 rain Kameos out of the blue makes me love you guys so much more than I already did😊
Rain needs Jesus as Kameo, so he can turn water into wine
Also you can't forget Cyrax's Net, this adds an additional projectile for Rain to work with. All of these Kameos help Rain not only with combos and setups but also with Zoning too.
Please experiment with Stryker Kameo. He gets really good water beam cancel combos for 46% midscreen and serious pressure and mix on block.
Here is my Stryker Cancel Kombos:
th-cam.com/video/F1M1kDcFShQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JE_Z0pJam0sSJc24
Im curious if you can setup good unblockables with Jax and use Portals to escape to safety with frame advantage if you setup the portals correctly? Im sure his DDU projectile gets him out of the blast abd gives him enough frame advantage to setup toilet or charged water beam or pressure
The subzero combos are so fun execute, and yet challenging at the same time.
its crazy how rain is supposed to be the main and really only true zoner of mk1, and hes actually much better as a rushdown, mk1 and how creative u can get is so much fun compared to how insanely boring mk11 was
Earlier tonight I was trying to see if I could get Sonya air punch to hit an enemy that I had just Rain hold 4 kicked where they come out on the other side of the screen. I was able to get the timing down and it looks cool but it’s pretty hard to follow it up with anything
*RAIN REDEMPTION ARC IN MK 2*
🙏🏻💯
Prolly DLC to be honest
Need a redo on this one
Rain Main 🤴🏻⛈️
Darrius can hit from geyser just like scorpion, and can either continue combos, or you can end it with one of his kameo strings
I’m glad the kameos I was interested in work well with my boi
Rain and Sonya is super underrated
Do you have time for the overhead to break guard with the whirlpool low?
Just wanna also mention that Scorpion can set up the hard to blockable by calling him after 243 and going straight into Geyser while they are suspended by the fire.
Other than being tight on money and being consumed by SF, Rain alone makes me want to get the game. Just from watching videos I wanted to try what kind of shenanigans you could be up to with a teleport Kameo and portals.
May I ask you to do an updated Rain Kameo guide. I picked him up recently and he’s fun, but I’m looking for some cool combos with Rain God now that it starts combos. Just looking for some experienced Rain perspective.
In full transparency I’m a Shang main. I am embarking on a quest to learn the ins and outs of the entire roster so that I can become a better Shang lol
I’m very new to the competitive scene in fighting games, so hearing the term “hard to blockales” just kind of makes me laugh. Because that’s exactly what it is, not impossible. Just hard, to, block.
I STILL can’t get the freeze to come out! What the timing for holding it?
i Almost grantee the reason you fail is cause you pressing a extra button after 2,,4,3
@@TheDavid0408 100% right! Thank you!
WE WANT NITARA
is it just me, or should sectors rocket come back faster?
Also when doing f3 hold the throw button it will cancel it into a throw. The game doesnt teach you this
I main rain I switch between scorpion sub zero Stryker ian comfortable with cyrax
Lao the ninjas and the bots work for everyone
Kind of off topic.. but how do you unlock the hanging gardens (night version)?
If memory serves, its account level
@@PNDKMHey! I made a comment on your previous video but I found a serious oversight with a certain character/kameo combo. If not patched it could really ruin any tournaments. Its a completely guaranteed reset that loops into itself and is braindead easy to execute. Hoping you could spread some awareness and help get this patched?
@@chrissanders5192 Sounds like Sindel/sub. Already been shown by a fair few people from what I've seen, and I think it comes under the pro komp rules of exploiting a bug. So in theory it should be disallowed?
Hopefully it's gone asap though.
@@PNDKM Thats interesting. So using Rain's f3 into grab, or his j2 ( which cant be upblocked ) would be considered bug abusing?
Rain backtrhrow into combo with cyrax cameo
Rain making us feel like that Cardi B song WA
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Ben Shapiro sings that song and it is hilarious
#6 Jax🤫
Im starting to think these cameos are too good...with the exception of sector...its pretty much the same top cameos that work with everybody else
Sektor is one of the best balanced kameos I’d say!
I thought frost would be here xd😭
Well now the best kameo is kameleon imo
Im gonna be honest, I love using Goro with Rain. Im a little biased because they are my two favorite characters in the series, but it all provides him a meterless combo on his low, the ability to use two air strings per combo, plus frames, and high corner damage. Sure, other ones are better, but Goro is the most fun (he just doesnt provide much at range).