I dropped Geras bc i couldnt find anyone who played him anymore to learn from. Randomly found that 89% Ferra Video. Then you drop this. Looks like im gonna have to pick him up again. Thanks for the insane content man
Can't tell you how much I appreciate this kind of content. I came to fighting games late and this title simply got the better of me with its crazy learning curve and schizo tech. But god do I love the complexity and creativity from masters like yourself. Mad props, ggs sir
I am quanchi main and yesterday I saw your video and decided to main geras but was not sure how to play him today I saw this video and you know I started maining him now.
Few things ill add with Sonya: The setup mix also works into f1 tick throw, if they get hit by the mid the projectile combos and stops your command grab whiff from getting punished, if they hold block the tick opens them and they eat 14% its basically free damage. The square wave can hit opponents who are time frozen at the right height in combo and lets you cash out a lot of damage without spending extra meter if the need arises. (~70% for 2 square waves + one bar + snap + fatal) Onion ring charge mixups frame trap on block on f24, b1, and f44 and if the opponent lets you reach minimum held charge you are +21 on block If you want to cash out damage without doing setups and keep her on fast cooldown, the optimal combo ender is to time freeze -> 4(fk (hold max)) -> f12(grab). If the opponent tries to move too much while sonya is charging, an instant df4 after starting her charge will juggle with her full charged ring into an additional df4/snap dealing 16-30%
God ive been a geras main from the start and you have opened up my ability with this character so much hit god last season and looking for that elder god this season
i just realized that there is a new meta with Ferra, f 24 R1 into Short hop 2 is crazy , because the short hop f2 start up is so much faster and u can avoid down 1s and all pokes. works also with b1 R1 short hop f2 and f4 R1 F2. :D
People consistently place Geras very low on tier lists but you continue to make him look OP. The best Geras content bar none. Question: how do you approach hitting your opponent on wakeup? In other games I can react to the getup animation but in MK1 I cannot react to getup vs delay getup. Maybe my reactions are just trash
If I'm playing Motaro I usually try to low tail shot there wakeup alot. Free safe meaty option, if they get hit they get hit, if they block you are hella plus. As far as buttons, your kinda limited to pokes, sweep and B12. You can F3 if you're feeling brave but that dies to delay wakeup super hard. If you wanna be real fancy you can meaty with the second part of F12 using just the wall into a kameo move to hit them.
I was messing around with Redo (BF3) and just thought I'd share a few discoveries with it's uses in case anyone can use the info. 1)The buff to Geras' snap buffed Redo's utility because every string confirms into snap now, and snap updates Geras' position 2)Even if the Redo timer is about to run out, you can always do a string into a special before your transported back to the anchor point. (You can use this to squeeze out small combos that update Geras' position like B12~DF2) 3)Motaro's teleport automatically returns Geras to the anchor point. So off any hit confirm you can Motaro teleport cancel BF1, return to the anchor point while the opponent is captured, and have enough time to dash up and pick up the combo. I'm sure others already knew about this but I only just figured the last detail out right now.
Super helpful guide, I’ve gotten so much better at geras since watching your content. Still need to get better with the 1 bar breaker, fixed point, and clone but watching your videos will help me improve. Thank you for the great content!
If they ever decide to really buff Geras to like top 3 material imagine if they made the clone 1 bar if you've got an entire hourglass. It won't deplete the hourglass, it'll just be reduced cost once you've got 3 charges. That would make this guy so nasty man
Imagine the shenanigans lmao. You get a 30% combo meterless with freeze into motaro to extend. Confirm from the freeze into the overhead low clone set-up. Confirm into another freeze with motaro into another clone set-up, this time the grab set-up and confirm that into like 50% with snap, EX freeze and fatal blow. This s**t is just so wild to imagine@@Domoralize
Info over-load… your guides are legend my friend. Thank you! I’ve been a Geras main since release, and there’s so much I have yet to work into my gameplay. I have to start using his 2 bar clone stuff. I’m always super surprised when people have Geras low on tier lists. I think NRS gave this character everything! He’s a beast. I was hoping you’d make a fera guide, but I’ll take this, thanks again!!
I think resource-reliant characters generally get looked at harshly by pros. That slim margin where you catch Geras without his hourglasses or Kenshi without Sento can be used to bury you.
Extremely helpful 🫡 I had recently been playing geras and was struggling with the 1 bar breaker and the 2 bar clone setup. But this makes a lot of this clearly
Great vid I always think in my head that I can learn these characters very fast. Realistically how long could it take me to learn Geras as in to start winning sets in KL with Geras. I believe I have a decent neutral and I play about a couple of hours everyday.
1bar breaker is impossible to explain. It seems like right at the end of the launching button usually works. But once launched hard to find the right moment
The only other use I found for those EXs sand storms or is if you're getting pressure you can put one right next to you and it'll force them to block so you can eke out a throw or whatever or start your clone
Ggs boss teach em! You might find this strange, but I've ñever played anything later than MK deadly alliance.. but I still watch MK content especially you and sonicfox.. and I'm ur biggest fan, you might know this already but my previous statement makes for an interesting twist lol.
Sorry for nerding out on this but you seem like a man of culture so you’ll understand. I’ve been labbing an unblockable reset set up concept but i hit a wall. You can OTG or re-stand after 122, most people use Goro and i’ve seen you use snap in combo videos…but i found a clone set up where the clone ends with 122 and the real Geras times a F4 to get the re-stand. OR the real Geras can do 122 and the clone ends in F4…Problem is there’s never enough time for me to 21 for the overhead. It’s a crazy concept that i’m still working on but it feels like unexplored tech. Curious about your thoughts
Try F44 on hit into clone, Have clone walk forward a bit then 122. You as Geras come out of the clone input window and do F24, hitting them into the clone. The Clones 122 will spike them on the ground and you can OTG pick them up with B1 or F44 :)
One thing you didn't mention that I think is incredibly powerful: if you end a combo with timestop into F3 motaro teleport, they get hard knocked down and have to wake up into a clone reset. It's a bit resource heavy sure, but it basically wins a round by itself. Phenomenal guide tho👍 Also please get a better mic! It'll improve the experience greatly.
@user-cs2kx1wk2d mentioned it in the F3 part, not the ending in time freeze into it because that's was obvious I assume. I also just had my fan on unfortunately 💀 . Appreciate it ya though :)
Hot fix nerfed f1 2 1+4 ferra combo damage... but for some reason ending the 1 bar no snap bnb with f1 2 1+4 now gives more damage than f2 cgrab. Weird change
Great guide again. Would you be willing to do a commentary on someone's geras gameplay for helpful tips and critique? You could make a yt-video out of it😅
The tick throws are F1, F12, D1, D3, D4, and a very specific distance made off of JD2(the air splash). I recorded this whole thing once and scraped it, then did it again and left out the tick throws 🤥
@@Domoralize 21 also ticks, but only if the opponent is holding block. If they do anything else, the grab will whiff, same as how some D4 tick throws worked in MK11 (can be done in practice mode by setting the AI to Stance Hold)
I can never get the f44 into Motaro low shot to work in PvP, the kameo doesn’t come out. But, I can easily hit it every time in practice mode. Any tips on the timing when playing online?
@kevinmcdunn8058 alot of people input F444 Fkameo because the move hits 3 times. The actual input is F44FKameo. So maybe just try to clean up your inputs a little and you should be fine
In my opinion there is literally not much explanation you can give to master it. When I first picked geras up months ago I could not do it at all after sitting in practice mode for hours. Tried again later and eventually got the timing. You can't really explain it u have to feel the rythym. One suggestion tho is to practice inputting the buttons right not rushing through it while on the ground. So either the mid forward 1 2 or standing 1 2 into regular time freeze (back forward 1) and then motorao as soon as you see geras raise his hand. Get that timing down where geras instantly teleports behind them meleterless without the sand animation and it should help. But like I said u have to just keep doing it and until it works
geras is fun to play but he has no get up option without a kameo, and his only armored move which is suppose to be an anti air needs enemy to be really close. plus why did they make the clone input time guess game, i could never make that b12 twice even though i have thousands of matches with him.
Interesting video, but as all other Geras guides you do not talk about the main Geras problems, which are the complete lack of get-off-me tools (vs Jhonny for example) and really not great antiair to use against current meta (Homelander, NItara, Tanya). Geras has almost no way to zone out/stop a rushdown (some of which can perma-jail him) and the only good antiair (as you said) is enhanced DB4. However, unless you are running Motaro, you gotta grip to those bars like your life depends on it since Geras meter building sucks. And if you are running Motaro you are a 2 taps vs almost everyone having 1100+ HP (thanks Ferra for that), which sucks. Additionally let's not fool ourself, he does have some interesting checks/staggers, but his neutral is still kinda garbage consider what the rest of the cast has (see Shao standing 2, Jhonny 9 frames mid or Kitana entire kit basically).
Any reason why Geraz is never I. Pro competition, I master this character, but when you against raiden, even any other character that moves very fast, you are dead, so dead, yesterday I was trying KENSHI AND Raiden, as I have grown frustrated with Geraz slow game play, but I will give another shot after watching this maybe something’s I have miss, motaro is even slower, I use mellena ,
The only flaw I would give to this guide is that you counted the enhanced fatal blow damage (the dummy obviously can't press while you do) Which means the P&G combo actually does less than 850
50:15 the true combo, you might not get a lot of dmg, but you get a heavy psychological advantage during the rest of the match
I dropped Geras bc i couldnt find anyone who played him anymore to learn from. Randomly found that 89% Ferra Video. Then you drop this. Looks like im gonna have to pick him up again. Thanks for the insane content man
Best guide I've ever seen for a character in this game.
Incredible man. Your mastery of this character is unreal.
Thank you for the info.
Can't tell you how much I appreciate this kind of content.
I came to fighting games late and this title simply got the better of me with its crazy learning curve and schizo tech.
But god do I love the complexity and creativity from masters like yourself.
Mad props, ggs sir
Such a well articulated and informative guide as always, and the timestamps are very much appreciated 🙌
I like the video before i watch. i will watch this night.
I am quanchi main and yesterday I saw your video and decided to main geras but was not sure how to play him today I saw this video and you know I started maining him now.
Few things ill add with Sonya:
The setup mix also works into f1 tick throw, if they get hit by the mid the projectile combos and stops your command grab whiff from getting punished, if they hold block the tick opens them and they eat 14% its basically free damage.
The square wave can hit opponents who are time frozen at the right height in combo and lets you cash out a lot of damage without spending extra meter if the need arises. (~70% for 2 square waves + one bar + snap + fatal)
Onion ring charge mixups frame trap on block on f24, b1, and f44 and if the opponent lets you reach minimum held charge you are +21 on block
If you want to cash out damage without doing setups and keep her on fast cooldown, the optimal combo ender is to time freeze -> 4(fk (hold max)) -> f12(grab).
If the opponent tries to move too much while sonya is charging, an instant df4 after starting her charge will juggle with her full charged ring into an additional df4/snap dealing 16-30%
11:56 Lei mei was defintley ready for the double BBC deluxe combo 😂
God ive been a geras main from the start and you have opened up my ability with this character so much hit god last season and looking for that elder god this season
@TheBigdog445 love to see it 👏
Thanks for taking the time out to help us bro, spent a lot of time teaching us, thank you!
i just realized that there is a new meta with Ferra, f 24 R1 into Short hop 2 is crazy , because the short hop f2 start up is so much faster and u can avoid down 1s and all pokes. works also with b1 R1 short hop f2 and f4 R1 F2. :D
and u can ofc mix up with F24 R1 shirt hop F3
and f44 R1 shoprt hop F2 :D
People consistently place Geras very low on tier lists but you continue to make him look OP. The best Geras content bar none.
Question: how do you approach hitting your opponent on wakeup? In other games I can react to the getup animation but in MK1 I cannot react to getup vs delay getup. Maybe my reactions are just trash
If I'm playing Motaro I usually try to low tail shot there wakeup alot. Free safe meaty option, if they get hit they get hit, if they block you are hella plus. As far as buttons, your kinda limited to pokes, sweep and B12. You can F3 if you're feeling brave but that dies to delay wakeup super hard. If you wanna be real fancy you can meaty with the second part of F12 using just the wall into a kameo move to hit them.
@@Domoralize thank you for the reply!
I might have to get back into mk with this guide out sheesh
I was messing around with Redo (BF3) and just thought I'd share a few discoveries with it's uses in case anyone can use the info.
1)The buff to Geras' snap buffed Redo's utility because every string confirms into snap now, and snap updates Geras' position
2)Even if the Redo timer is about to run out, you can always do a string into a special before your transported back to the anchor point. (You can use this to squeeze out small combos that update Geras' position like B12~DF2)
3)Motaro's teleport automatically returns Geras to the anchor point. So off any hit confirm you can Motaro teleport cancel BF1, return to the anchor point while the opponent is captured, and have enough time to dash up and pick up the combo.
I'm sure others already knew about this but I only just figured the last detail out right now.
Good look on this guide. I just sarted playing him and people don’t drop in depth guides like this.
@kwuraat i got u homie 👏
I love Guides like this, even though i play him since Release i check out Guides like this is always Fun
Super helpful guide, I’ve gotten so much better at geras since watching your content. Still need to get better with the 1 bar breaker, fixed point, and clone but watching your videos will help me improve. Thank you for the great content!
I started picking up Geras because of you, so now I’m a Geras main!
Super helpful, never really understood how the clone worked just blocked for my life lol Thanks!
25:58 Raiden, Johnny cage players
😂😂
I was waiting for this thank you bro
Keep the good work❤
If they ever decide to really buff Geras to like top 3 material imagine if they made the clone 1 bar if you've got an entire hourglass.
It won't deplete the hourglass, it'll just be reduced cost once you've got 3 charges. That would make this guy so nasty man
@@its_Criminal1 1 bar clone would be busted lmfao. I'm so down 👀
Imagine the shenanigans lmao.
You get a 30% combo meterless with freeze into motaro to extend.
Confirm from the freeze into the overhead low clone set-up.
Confirm into another freeze with motaro into another clone set-up, this time the grab set-up and confirm that into like 50% with snap, EX freeze and fatal blow.
This s**t is just so wild to imagine@@Domoralize
@@its_Criminal1 that would single handedly make him top 5 no questions asked
Yes!! Thanks brother!
love ur content and I'm looking forward to ur next swaggy combos video
Great video! I appreciate you and this video tremendously! Btw is your training partner the guy who had that crazy good Kung Lao in MK11?
@@sten9life979 that would be him 👏👏
Info over-load… your guides are legend my friend. Thank you! I’ve been a Geras main since release, and there’s so much I have yet to work into my gameplay. I have to start using his 2 bar clone stuff. I’m always super surprised when people have Geras low on tier lists. I think NRS gave this character everything! He’s a beast. I was hoping you’d make a fera guide, but I’ll take this, thanks again!!
I think resource-reliant characters generally get looked at harshly by pros.
That slim margin where you catch Geras without his hourglasses or Kenshi without Sento can be used to bury you.
Needed this guide so much of little stuff I never utilized
It’s finally here!!!
been messing around with geras lately ima have to watch this later !
Best Geras no debate‼️ great vid bro
Let’s go, good stuff brotha
We here early
This is pure gold
Extremely helpful 🫡 I had recently been playing geras and was struggling with the 1 bar breaker and the 2 bar clone setup. But this makes a lot of this clearly
Лучший герас в деле
Great vid I always think in my head that I can learn these characters very fast. Realistically how long could it take me to learn Geras as in to start winning sets in KL with Geras. I believe I have a decent neutral and I play about a couple of hours everyday.
38:40 cyrex and jax can also cancel bf1 animation😅 Great guide btw. Also this new f3 fera cancel is wild😮
Best guide ever bro i learned so much in the clone and 1 bar breaker section and now i see how dumb ferra is too
Definitely subscribing ❤
@@mikehall2504 you're definitely the goat
Thnaks for the guide bro alot and the double b12 too ❤ love you and appreciate it
Thanx mate. Awesome tutorial.
omggg we need this
This video taught me to sleep before midnight, or a Geras clone will kick my ass
@@lucaslegowski6166 real
1bar breaker is impossible to explain. It seems like right at the end of the launching button usually works. But once launched hard to find the right moment
Amazing man. Thank you so much.
thank you ive been tryna learn geras🙏🏾
The only other use I found for those EXs sand storms or is if you're getting pressure you can put one right next to you and it'll force them to block so you can eke out a throw or whatever or start your clone
@@cheapmovies25 sandstorm has a ton of tech
1 hour and a half geras guide ?
Bro is leaking geras personal life at this point
Posted his social security an everything 💀
@@Domoralize this guide even doxed Geras’s mama.
Ggs boss teach em! You might find this strange, but I've ñever played anything later than MK deadly alliance.. but I still watch MK content especially you and sonicfox.. and I'm ur biggest fan, you might know this already but my previous statement makes for an interesting twist lol.
Appreciate the love brother 🤝
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 This is the epitome of beauty. 🥲
Great i am by 19:14
Sorry for nerding out on this but you seem like a man of culture so you’ll understand. I’ve been labbing an unblockable reset set up concept but i hit a wall. You can OTG or re-stand after 122, most people use Goro and i’ve seen you use snap in combo videos…but i found a clone set up where the clone ends with 122 and the real Geras times a F4 to get the re-stand. OR the real Geras can do 122 and the clone ends in F4…Problem is there’s never enough time for me to 21 for the overhead. It’s a crazy concept that i’m still working on but it feels like unexplored tech. Curious about your thoughts
Try F44 on hit into clone, Have clone walk forward a bit then 122. You as Geras come out of the clone input window and do F24, hitting them into the clone. The Clones 122 will spike them on the ground and you can OTG pick them up with B1 or F44 :)
50:52 How do you make the sand clone repeat the string twice? I can only make it repeat once and then it disappears.
@@GuilhermeVidal-fw1is there is an entire dedicated chapter about the double B12 💀
One thing you didn't mention that I think is incredibly powerful: if you end a combo with timestop into F3 motaro teleport, they get hard knocked down and have to wake up into a clone reset. It's a bit resource heavy sure, but it basically wins a round by itself. Phenomenal guide tho👍
Also please get a better mic! It'll improve the experience greatly.
@user-cs2kx1wk2d mentioned it in the F3 part, not the ending in time freeze into it because that's was obvious I assume. I also just had my fan on unfortunately 💀 . Appreciate it ya though :)
@@Domoralize Oh lmao my bad, must have missed it
Damn never really considered Geras since he is seen as bad but he does seem fun and has some creative options to mess with😊
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Love this 🫶🏾 now i know better what do with Geras
Hot fix nerfed f1 2 1+4 ferra combo damage... but for some reason ending the 1 bar no snap bnb with f1 2 1+4 now gives more damage than f2 cgrab. Weird change
Great guide again. Would you be willing to do a commentary on someone's geras gameplay for helpful tips and critique? You could make a yt-video out of it😅
Next vid is actually this lmao
@@Domoralizehaha okay😂 if you repeat that someday i would be happy to showcase my new geras
I found a geras bug today. If you do f12 bf1 into b12 df4 sandstorm u can’t time bf1 after anymore. With our without bar
@@KoganeNoYubi gonna have to try this
hell yeah,also lmao 11:58
@@fortunefiderikumo hell yeah brother
Just commenting for the algorithm, but I think if I had a PS5 Mk1, my geras would be a monstrosity of psychological warfare hahahaha 😂
they gotta buffs D1 STILL!! His jab too
@@GeneralCba D1 is a meme at this point, S1 is super good.
@@Domoralize ye but my day one geras brain(take 16) has to remember not to try and whiff punish with S1 lmao.
U forgot tick throws. Especially mixing f1 Tick throw with f12. And down 3 tick throw
The tick throws are F1, F12, D1, D3, D4, and a very specific distance made off of JD2(the air splash). I recorded this whole thing once and scraped it, then did it again and left out the tick throws 🤥
@@Domoralize 21 also ticks, but only if the opponent is holding block. If they do anything else, the grab will whiff, same as how some D4 tick throws worked in MK11 (can be done in practice mode by setting the AI to Stance Hold)
I can never get the f44 into Motaro low shot to work in PvP, the kameo doesn’t come out. But, I can easily hit it every time in practice mode. Any tips on the timing when playing online?
@kevinmcdunn8058 alot of people input F444 Fkameo because the move hits 3 times. The actual input is F44FKameo. So maybe just try to clean up your inputs a little and you should be fine
@@Domoralizeomg that worked. Thanks!!
@@kevinmcdunn8058 love to see it 👏
How many hours of practice do you think may need a person to be proficient with Geras?
@@emanuellaureano394 10?
Any tips on timing the motaro time stop cancels?
In my opinion there is literally not much explanation you can give to master it. When I first picked geras up months ago I could not do it at all after sitting in practice mode for hours. Tried again later and eventually got the timing. You can't really explain it u have to feel the rythym. One suggestion tho is to practice inputting the buttons right not rushing through it while on the ground.
So either the mid forward 1 2 or standing 1 2 into regular time freeze (back forward 1) and then motorao as soon as you see geras raise his hand. Get that timing down where geras instantly teleports behind them meleterless without the sand animation and it should help. But like I said u have to just keep doing it and until it works
geras is fun to play but he has no get up option without a kameo, and his only armored move which is suppose to be an anti air needs enemy to be really close. plus why did they make the clone input time guess game, i could never make that b12 twice even though i have thousands of matches with him.
Uhh not sure what you mean with it being a guessing game, it's the same every time, the double Clone B12 is just extremely hard to do
Interesting video, but as all other Geras guides you do not talk about the main Geras problems, which are the complete lack of get-off-me tools (vs Jhonny for example) and really not great antiair to use against current meta (Homelander, NItara, Tanya). Geras has almost no way to zone out/stop a rushdown (some of which can perma-jail him) and the only good antiair (as you said) is enhanced DB4. However, unless you are running Motaro, you gotta grip to those bars like your life depends on it since Geras meter building sucks. And if you are running Motaro you are a 2 taps vs almost everyone having 1100+ HP (thanks Ferra for that), which sucks.
Additionally let's not fool ourself, he does have some interesting checks/staggers, but his neutral is still kinda garbage consider what the rest of the cast has (see Shao standing 2, Jhonny 9 frames mid or Kitana entire kit basically).
@@Mobaster Geras does have the worst neutral in the game 🤷♂️
Any reason why Geraz is never I. Pro competition, I master this character, but when you against raiden, even any other character that moves very fast, you are dead, so dead, yesterday I was trying KENSHI AND Raiden, as I have grown frustrated with Geraz slow game play, but I will give another shot after watching this maybe something’s I have miss, motaro is even slower, I use mellena ,
I think you can beat that pesky reptile if you use more tick throw 🤫😉
Thank me later
Mained geras since week 2... we I saw him more in KL and tournaments
The only flaw I would give to this guide is that you counted the enhanced fatal blow damage (the dummy obviously can't press while you do) Which means the P&G combo actually does less than 850
@@Daiker974 valid 🤝