I absolutely despise how they destroyed character movesets and split it up recently. I much preferred just having the full list from the get-go and finding things out from there.
Hannes Horn | Do we? I’ve noticed with the Ninja’s (using X as an example) it sure feels like all they did was take their full movesets and separate it.
@@Shiratto Hmm.. in a way, yes. But look at it this way... each character has a BUNCH of extra abilities and stuff. How would allll of those fit on one moveset? I definitely would have loved that though..
Hannes Horn | I mean…there are quite a few motions that have been invented over the course of fighting game history. A lot of the variations in 11 just seem to be modifications on top of already existing items in the move-list.
@@modest1989 You had to get the gravity scaling or whatever you'd call it just right, by putting it in the right place in a combo. I remember having a few different methods to get the timing down but not sure exactly what they were.
God I miss MK9... NRS really needs to rerelease this with upgraded netcode. It always blows my mind how good this game looks even almost 10 years later.
@@pinglocalhost it looks like there's too much stuff to exploit 😂😂 there's no way they'd fix Kabals spin and not all the other broken things. So many cheap moves in nearly every character
@@magicmanscott40k Back in UMK3 there was a mechanic implemented to prevent draw games because the game would supposedly crash and you can find this yourself as most players in the MK community who are old af know this. If two players were sindel for example and kept trading scream shots until the very end you can determine which player the game determined who was automatically plus and who was minus. I have played UMK3 for literally 20 years and still play to this day the sources are easily verifiable and can be recreated.
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Morpheus He used HELLA tentacle strike, especially when the meter burn was a full combo launcher. Black Adam got insane f12 combo starter which had ridiculous damage prepatch, so even Dragon couldn’t simply just through out zoning shit all day
I like these type of videos. This is coming from a person who played MK9 for like 3 weeks and only in single player so I don't remember anything. Now I'm addicted to MK11 and I'm interested how the things worked back in the day, when NRS released they first truly competetive fighting game.
Osk Luz you described me to a tee haha. Been a huge MK fan since I was a kid, MK9 was my first MK game where I actually knew what I was doing but my internet was nowhere near fast enough for online play (I’m talking 10 Mbps) so it was story mode and that’s it. These videos are so good
Yeah I played MK9 until I unlocked everything or almost everything (don't remember) in the crypt and then I stopped playing. My internet was also pretty terrible and on top of that I've heard that the netcode in that game was pretty bad. Once I unlocked stuff in the crypt I had no motivation to play the sp modes so I ended up selling the game lol.
Reptile walks like the video of the body builder that caught his friend eating donuts lol 8:48. I like these throwback vids because I wasn’t around for MK9. Hopefully we get more!
Bruh i actually miss this game so much. Back when it was NRS's most recent game there weren't many guides online and whatnot. Keep this MK9 series going Reo
The Spreer for me you’d have to be at least PS2 Era to be remastered 15-20 years maybe a little less but 9-10 years is not enough especially since It came out towards end of the Xbox 360 and PS3s Lifecycle
Going from this to now. I respect those who actually enjoy MK11, but this is a video game, it’s hard to believe how older games have more depth, creativity, exploration, etc than games these days
People would complain the combos are to hard to do and how unbalacned moves are, so in 11 they tried to make combos easier and moves be much more "fair", unless its upgraded Jacquie
erron black's scud shot in mk11 is up there too in my opinion... the only thing it lacks is the cancel and the meter build (but meter isnt built by using moves in mk11 anyway lol)... but its a held stance that destroys damn near every projectile that comes his way and it does a super fast mid punish/kounter when meter burned which keeps the opponent guessing the entire time they try to zone you out which is pretty funny, because most scrubs and noobs will actually try to choose a heavy zoning character the moment they see you pick erron black thinking he wont be able to cope with their zoning... which of course totally backfires (pun intended) on them once the scud shot comes out
>Frame 1 startup with invincibility >Parry/Reflect type move >Can cancel as early as frame 6 >Reduces (most) zoning characters to jokes >Gives insane pressure on hit, block, or even whiff >Broken projectile to control neutral with >Not even half the tools the character has NRS really saw Melee Fox and said "let's turn Smoke into that"
God I remember the days I absolutely COULD NOT put this game down. MKX was almost as addictive. Those were the days when these games had offline game modes that were actually fun
Given the fact some projectiles in MK are unreactable (less then 15 frames). Having a 1 frame startup counter is completely acceptable to me. NRS games give incredibly strong zoning tools to a ton of characters. And rarely add equally strong counters.
The difference is projectiles are the very least duckable and jumpable. Smoke's shake didn't just parry projectiles, the EX could parry normals as well. Combined with him cancelling it trying to hit him at all was like playing fucking minesweeper.
@@alarminglyfastmovingskelet7289 it was good but he can't go through sub zero's ice clone or get done in by scorpion. Not to mention smoke was one of the weaker characters in the game
@@thamostgangsta12 Smoke was literally one of the better characters in the game. The only thing that made him not get picked very often is the top tiers tended to be very bad matchups for him. But that was just the nature of MK9, just because nobody had an answer for the Top 3 characters does not mean they were bad. Smoke had unblockable resets which lead to well over 60% damage with literally just 1 bar, meter was a joke to him because he built it very well, as the video points out you cannot even throw a single projectile against him, has very strong AA game, and on top of all that has a retardedly fast and safe overhead depending on whether you commit or not.
lol you sound like a TV sales man that keeps bringing out more stuff. "that isn't all, there is more! With the fillet knife you also get the cheese knife, that makes 5 knives(zoning moves) all together."
My favorite part is that he didn’t even cover what happens if smoke touches you when he has 3 bars of meter. 😈 Bye bye life bar, guaranteed reset city. 100% combo time. Loving this videos REO, this game was really something special despite its wackiness, comp meta and 5 tournament viable character.
To be fair, the timing on that reset was actually pretty tight and it only worked if you had the correct spacing. Waffles was the only Smoke player I ever saw consistently do it.
"WHERE THERE IS SMOKE, THERE IS FIRE". That's why I wanted him to be part of MK11 of his best combos, intros, outros, fatalities, brutalities and friendship whenever there will be a kombat pack 3!👍🏿
This was the only character I could beat my dad with when he used scorpion, made me love him so much bruh; I found him when I decided to play story and I’m glad I decided to do so
Watching this reminds me of how much you dominated smoke players in tournament. When I used Smoke, I was terrified of the rushdown but so excited for zoners.
My first main. MK9 smoke is still my favorite character to have ever played. NRS please rerelease this game for the next gen consoles. It was so fucking good.
Man, this brings back memories of Reo vs xSmokex, one of the most hype sets ever. Also, important to note that Smoke's shake move makes him taller so the instant air projectiles will get punished by it too. This game was so good. Mkx and Mk11 just don't feel the same.
Greatest anti-zoner ever, him along with Sub-Zero and Ermac were my best characters in this game and Wonder Woman was my anti-zoner in the first Injustice, I was so annoyed when they changed her gameplay completely for the second game
There's a reason why people will always love this MK9 the most and that's because everyone was busted in this game lol not saying that's a bad thing. It is what made the game so much fun. If MK11 would let custom variations rock, I think the same would happen. If that happens tho, I hope they reduce damage across the board tho.
Also, EX Smoke Bomb can OTG reset similar to Jax ground pound, except it works in midscreen as well. If Smoke has 3 bars he can obliterate your health bar and your only option is a breaker, if you have it.
I love how Smoke is designed. Smoke is not just a character with very unique animations, but he stops ZONING. You know, high level spamming? Instead of your opponent sitting in the corner taking absolutely no risks while making the match very boring, you now have a million ways to punish it HARD with Smoke. The Zoner has always been the character who gets bodied when losing and wins in the corner of the screen. Now, we have Smoke. The biggest f*** you to the lamest play style! Now all we need are Rushdown Anti-Grapplers.
@@vshuwn18 Uh... It's called a metaphor. Please... PLEASE tell me you know what metaphors, hyperboles, etc mean. I mean... When someone says "You are a pig" do you reply with "Actually I'm human"?
I dont really agree in injustice 2 enchantress has a move that when she does it the oponnent cant use any special move , she has a barrier that deflects projectiles , she can summon a zombie that cant be damaged and walks toward the opponent and gets explode and she has a move that when she does it the oponnent's movement changes
Grandkids: playing mortal Kombat 9 retro style Zoomer parents: oh your playing mortal kombat! I played that as a ki- *sees son using teleport* Kid: oh hey dad look I’m smoke! Dad: sweats nervously
i feel like IGAU, MK9 and MKX were so broke but in a fun and hype way (unless you get cyrax reset for 80%), but injustice 2 and MK11 just feel broke in the most annoying way, like i get stage 4 every time i watch upgraded jaqcui
This move, that broken Jax string that has its own video, and kabal are enough to lead me to believe mk9 was so broken lol. I love it though, I will always have this game
The best zoner in NRS History is vanila Cyborg Injustice 1. Instant air MID projectile with 0 recovery. It was literally a FULL SCREEN BLOCK INFINITE for like 29 characters, while dealing chip damage.
Idk what’s more entertaining, the facts about Smoke, or this guy’s enthusiasm about it all
I love presentations like this
😹 lol right?
Enthusiasm? He sounds half asleep 😹
He is the be- NO NO NO, he is THE best anti-zoning character in nrs history
It’s like he’s selling sham wow to me
If he was an MK11 character, the teleport, smoke bomb and dash would be split into three different variations smdh.
I absolutely despise how they destroyed character movesets and split it up recently. I much preferred just having the full list from the get-go and finding things out from there.
@@Shiratto Having split move sets means we get more moves per character.
Hannes Horn | Do we? I’ve noticed with the Ninja’s (using X as an example) it sure feels like all they did was take their full movesets and separate it.
@@Shiratto Hmm.. in a way, yes.
But look at it this way... each character has a BUNCH of extra abilities and stuff. How would allll of those fit on one moveset?
I definitely would have loved that though..
Hannes Horn | I mean…there are quite a few motions that have been invented over the course of fighting game history. A lot of the variations in 11 just seem to be modifications on top of already existing items in the move-list.
He’s like a car sales man but for smoke.
“What if i told you”
“Yes thats right”
“But wait there’s more”
“He’s got more” x2
"That's not It" 🤣🤣
New mk players: damn this probably made him a top tier character
Mk9 players: *has traumatic memories of getting 100% resetted by ex smoke bomb*
It was such a odd timing for me it never seemed consistent but cyrax resets always worked hah
nothing is more worst than noob saibot...
@@taikoga161 what you mean noob was superlow teir in this game. All he had was portal gimmicks for the most part
@@modest1989 i was saying he was the worst as far as being op
@@modest1989 You had to get the gravity scaling or whatever you'd call it just right, by putting it in the right place in a combo. I remember having a few different methods to get the timing down but not sure exactly what they were.
God I miss MK9... NRS really needs to rerelease this with upgraded netcode. It always blows my mind how good this game looks even almost 10 years later.
They sure do, they need to fix the net code and make it crossplay. Then maybe make Kabal spin armor use 2 bars.
@@pinglocalhost it looks like there's too much stuff to exploit 😂😂 there's no way they'd fix Kabals spin and not all the other broken things. So many cheap moves in nearly every character
@@toheeb07 i didn't say he could not have it. His the best in the game. Plus build bar for him is easy.
This game has so much shit, and yet it is way more fun to play and watch then disabled MK11 nowadays lol
Exactly, just my dream...
"You'll never guess how many frames"
Remembering UMK3 Jax infamous 0 frame start up anti-air grab
0 frames?
Scott Fillinger 0 frame grabs are common in grapplers in anime fighters
@@magicmanscott40k Back in UMK3 there was a mechanic implemented to prevent draw games because the game would supposedly crash and you can find this yourself as most players in the MK community who are old af know this. If two players were sindel for example and kept trading scream shots until the very end you can determine which player the game determined who was automatically plus and who was minus. I have played UMK3 for literally 20 years and still play to this day the sources are easily verifiable and can be recreated.
Lobby Banter Podcast shit come out before you finish pressing the buttons
Definition of priority move frame...
Smoke: *has busted anti-zoning move that comes out frame 1 and lasts 10 years
NRS: *Oh we’re not done yet*
Vince Joy mkx smoke was also fun too
@@SunnyDaking_
And broken.
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@@RJ-rp8yd nah he was balanced "zoning" is scrub tactics
Dragon: *Exists*
MK9 Smoke: I'm about to ruin this man's whole career...
Dragon played aquaman and black adam, its more like tweedy starfire doctor fate and kenshi in mkx
Morpheus
He used HELLA tentacle strike, especially when the meter burn was a full combo launcher. Black Adam got insane f12 combo starter which had ridiculous damage prepatch, so even Dragon couldn’t simply just through out zoning shit all day
Smoke didn't want to be recontrolled by Noob Saibot so much, he made his entire kit to beat him.
Noob has combos that will guarantee trap you with any other character until Smoke shoves his 1 frame parry up your ass.
I like these type of videos. This is coming from a person who played MK9 for like 3 weeks and only in single player so I don't remember anything. Now I'm addicted to MK11 and I'm interested how the things worked back in the day, when NRS released they first truly competetive fighting game.
Osk Luz you described me to a tee haha. Been a huge MK fan since I was a kid, MK9 was my first MK game where I actually knew what I was doing but my internet was nowhere near fast enough for online play (I’m talking 10 Mbps) so it was story mode and that’s it. These videos are so good
Yeah I played MK9 until I unlocked everything or almost everything (don't remember) in the crypt and then I stopped playing. My internet was also pretty terrible and on top of that I've heard that the netcode in that game was pretty bad. Once I unlocked stuff in the crypt I had no motivation to play the sp modes so I ended up selling the game lol.
Nothing worse than Injustice scorpion DLC smh. Teleport was beyond broken. I was top 100 and literally had to quit until they fixed it
Reptile walks like the video of the body builder that caught his friend eating donuts lol 8:48.
I like these throwback vids because I wasn’t around for MK9. Hopefully we get more!
LG because of this comment I searched for that video and it is hilarious
It was a great time man
Big Tyrone
True lol
NDO CHAMP
He's literally doing the arm movements for "Up your ass"
underrated comment
Nice
The funny thing is that it took years for some people to realize how great and fun MK9 was. I wish everyone would wanna go back playing MK9.
I was about to get MK 11, but I think I'm going to go back to MK9 on PC.
No, mk9 overrated broken game
@@drtrali-vali9916 I agree.
People only hate on MK11 because it's not as broken and stupid as MK9 was.
@@thatsplinter i mean theres characters there that are peoples favorites that arent on mk11 too ig, they killed too many people
@@velourey Yeahh.. I agree there.
"Where there is smoke, there is fire"
I would honestly prefer a roster of broken characters over one with bland characters that can't do anything crazy and exciting.
Exactly why 9 is Netherrealm’s best game
Keeps the game exciting. If only one or two are broken that’s all everybody gonna play. I agree, make everybody broken!
It’s funny we got that in mk1 and everyone’s mad that every character is broken
Legend says till these days Smoke still has more anti zone moves. I’m glad I made him my fav and main character on mk9.
This game was so fast paced
WE NEED MORE MK9 videos. I miss that game omg.
StevenWhite_FGC then go play it
Infinite_Dreamer But it won’t be the Same as 7 years ago:(
his shake was literally fox's shine, but with an unblockable teleport...
Uh it's an overhead I think.
@@Exott o
No its unblockable
We need him in MK 11 lol
He’s literally a parry move for Shang tsung.... such missed opportunities
@@lukedelcube7175 They would have to give him something very unique to compensate for that parry man,
leonard fairell true
@@leonardfairell3397 cyborg smoke
He should've been in since he's a Revenant like Liu Kang and Kung Lao are.
Bruh i actually miss this game so much. Back when it was NRS's most recent game there weren't many guides online and whatnot. Keep this MK9 series going Reo
Man imagine NRS remastered this game to MK11's graphics, with NO gameplay changes, and upgraded Netcode. That would be INSANE!
Would be awesome but it’s not old enough to remaster
Ernie Games
Is it? Isn’t mk9 like 10 years old?
The Spreer for me you’d have to be at least PS2 Era to be remastered 15-20 years maybe a little less but 9-10 years is not enough especially since It came out towards end of the Xbox 360 and PS3s Lifecycle
The Spreer I wouldn’t mind it being remastered I just feel like it wouldn’t happen but you never know lol
@@NickIntoTech Uncharted games got remastered.
Fun Fact: Reptile can be grabbed out of his X-Ray
on god?
wut?
And thank god cause his X-ray is straight up garbage
@@renegadebond6268 yeah I'm pretty sure he has the least damaging x ray in mk x
@@Bread_0 nope, thathoes to skarlet being 27% though u can get a full combo off of it
Going from this to now. I respect those who actually enjoy MK11, but this is a video game, it’s hard to believe how older games have more depth, creativity, exploration, etc than games these days
FG Devs Now - Slow, and Simple = more accessible to players and esports right?
FG Devs Then - heres your game go nuts
Niggas jus lazy B. 🤷🏾♂️
People would complain the combos are to hard to do and how unbalacned moves are, so in 11 they tried to make combos easier and moves be much more "fair", unless its upgraded Jacquie
I loved Smoke in MK9 and in especially that costume.
not only is it one frame but also smoke flips you off with his arms
erron black's scud shot in mk11 is up there too in my opinion... the only thing it lacks is the cancel and the meter build (but meter isnt built by using moves in mk11 anyway lol)... but its a held stance that destroys damn near every projectile that comes his way and it does a super fast mid punish/kounter when meter burned which keeps the opponent guessing the entire time they try to zone you out
which is pretty funny, because most scrubs and noobs will actually try to choose a heavy zoning character the moment they see you pick erron black thinking he wont be able to cope with their zoning... which of course totally backfires (pun intended) on them once the scud shot comes out
>Frame 1 startup with invincibility
>Parry/Reflect type move
>Can cancel as early as frame 6
>Reduces (most) zoning characters to jokes
>Gives insane pressure on hit, block, or even whiff
>Broken projectile to control neutral with
>Not even half the tools the character has
NRS really saw Melee Fox and said "let's turn Smoke into that"
dont forget if he did the ex parry he could parry normal and specials as well
And the smoke bomb resets were a whole nother headache for people who like touching the ground.
God I remember the days I absolutely COULD NOT put this game down. MKX was almost as addictive.
Those were the days when these games had offline game modes that were actually fun
Given the fact some projectiles in MK are unreactable (less then 15 frames). Having a 1 frame startup counter is completely acceptable to me. NRS games give incredibly strong zoning tools to a ton of characters. And rarely add equally strong counters.
That's kind of misleading because the startup frames don't account for the frames the projectiles need to travel across the screen
@@mujaddidi8 Johnny's start-up in 11 frames. Sonya's are 12. 15 is fair for midscrean
The difference is projectiles are the very least duckable and jumpable. Smoke's shake didn't just parry projectiles, the EX could parry normals as well. Combined with him cancelling it trying to hit him at all was like playing fucking minesweeper.
@@alarminglyfastmovingskelet7289 it was good but he can't go through sub zero's ice clone or get done in by scorpion. Not to mention smoke was one of the weaker characters in the game
@@thamostgangsta12 Smoke was literally one of the better characters in the game. The only thing that made him not get picked very often is the top tiers tended to be very bad matchups for him. But that was just the nature of MK9, just because nobody had an answer for the Top 3 characters does not mean they were bad. Smoke had unblockable resets which lead to well over 60% damage with literally just 1 bar, meter was a joke to him because he built it very well, as the video points out you cannot even throw a single projectile against him, has very strong AA game, and on top of all that has a retardedly fast and safe overhead depending on whether you commit or not.
Love a video about why sheeva was considered the worst.
Smoke has always been one of my favorite characters in mk9, and before mk9 I didn't think much of him but I loved him in mk9.
Yes the shake cancels. Gettin xsmokex flashback there xD
Smoke has been my favorite character since MK3!!! Loyal Smoke main for life!!!
Same
We (NEED) him in mk11
Damn right
yup
ignantassninja aka urrealdad you mean YOU’RE GODDAMN RIGHT
even if we get him and that’s a big if NRS is gonna find a way to ruin him anyways 😐
He's not there :(
you triggered M2dave's PTSD by uploading this.
Take a shot every time he says "anti-zoning."
Or every time He says "1 frame"
Oh wow he’s saying “anti-zoning” in a video about an Anti-Zoner
@@suneater.. Astute assessment. Full marks.
You die five minutes in
They never made an anti zoning character this good again because he was f***ING OP against zoners.
And everyone else.
Waffles had the nastiest MK9 Smoke, really showed off how great this fighter was
Its nice to see my main on the spotlight again :)
I miss watching GGS Wafflez, he had mastered this character better than anybody
xSmokex was the best.
xSMoKEx>>>>>>>>>wafflez
That tournament in Canada where Reo had to face that smoke player. That was the best set ever in a MK9 tournament.
Be nice if they had this anti zoning in Injustice 2
So Smoke is the ultimate weapon against Netotigr
lol you sound like a TV sales man that keeps bringing out more stuff.
"that isn't all, there is more! With the fillet knife you also get the cheese knife, that makes 5 knives(zoning moves) all together."
I dont even play the new mk games and i found this guy’s passion to be entertaining and insightful lol
Wait a minute-
Mk9 in 2020
Love that
Bruh. Combos back in this game were soo hype.
That's how awesome is this game everything happens at lightning speed so fast!!
I wish more people would put this sort of effort and analytics into other fighting games.
Glad to see you do these Reo
Smoke and Jade.
The resident King and Queen of Anti-Zoning.
I feel attacked
My favorite part is that he didn’t even cover what happens if smoke touches you when he has 3 bars of meter. 😈
Bye bye life bar, guaranteed reset city. 100% combo time. Loving this videos REO, this game was really something special despite its wackiness, comp meta and 5 tournament viable character.
To be fair, the timing on that reset was actually pretty tight and it only worked if you had the correct spacing. Waffles was the only Smoke player I ever saw consistently do it.
Reptile looks bad ass like that. If they ever bring back ermac and reptile they should bring back those human like ninjas.
0:00 my two favorite mk characters, nice
Imagine MK11 having a stage where scantily clad women were chained to poles.
Can we get a vid on the brokeness of mk9 kabal? Hes so sick. I would love that
*Cetrion and Sonya blade ring master players nervous sweating Intensifies*
This was a great vid, I really liked it. Smoke is one of my favs and I'm glad to see that he's so good in MK9
I KNEW SMOKE HAD DUMB STUFF WHEN I PLAYED AGAINST MY FRIEND SO MANY YEARS AGO AND NOW I FINALLY UNDERSTAND IT
"WHERE THERE IS SMOKE, THERE IS FIRE". That's why I wanted him to be part of MK11 of his best combos, intros, outros, fatalities, brutalities and friendship whenever there will be a kombat pack 3!👍🏿
Man I forgot how cool his x ray was. Used to love doing it just to see that German suplex
Smoke was my first main in MK9.
I love going against zoners and countering their projectile bs with his shine- I mean smoke parry.
This was the only character I could beat my dad with when he used scorpion, made me love him so much bruh; I found him when I decided to play story and I’m glad I decided to do so
SSBM Fox:
*"Finally a worthy opponent... OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY!"*
Smoke was my boy his disappear ability was my favorite my opponents will never know were to block
Remember when his smoke bomb otg’d? That shit was godlike
This is exactly why I loved smoke in 9, sad that he didn't come back in later titles
Watching this reminds me of how much you dominated smoke players in tournament.
When I used Smoke, I was terrified of the rushdown but so excited for zoners.
10:24 had me lol so hard. Just do with no cares in the world lol lol
I haven’t played mk9 but this game looks so broken! I love it lol
vImpressive_ MK9 is the MW2 of fighting games, everything was so broken that it’s all balanced out
@@prxviab well except the bottom tier characters, Sheeva had it rough in this game
Alternate smoke skin is better than default
Smoke was my main in mk9 before I even knew how to do combos
My first main. MK9 smoke is still my favorite character to have ever played. NRS please rerelease this game for the next gen consoles. It was so fucking good.
“You wanna know how fast that is, that’s the fastest a move could be in a game”
Moreeee MK9 I am addicted to these videos
The idle animations in MK9 are insane lmao. I can’t take this game seriously.
Man, this brings back memories of Reo vs xSmokex, one of the most hype sets ever. Also, important to note that Smoke's shake move makes him taller so the instant air projectiles will get punished by it too. This game was so good. Mkx and Mk11 just don't feel the same.
MK9 was the best fighting game ever. Loved Smoke.
Need more of these ASAP! Just found your channel
Greatest anti-zoner ever, him along with Sub-Zero and Ermac were my best characters in this game and Wonder Woman was my anti-zoner in the first Injustice, I was so annoyed when they changed her gameplay completely for the second game
There's a reason why people will always love this MK9 the most and that's because everyone was busted in this game lol not saying that's a bad thing. It is what made the game so much fun. If MK11 would let custom variations rock, I think the same would happen. If that happens tho, I hope they reduce damage across the board tho.
Ahhh when times were different and people had skill🤧 nowadays it’s just (grab ,grab ,grab ,grab , zone, spam, grab) in mk11
Also, EX Smoke Bomb can OTG reset similar to Jax ground pound, except it works in midscreen as well. If Smoke has 3 bars he can obliterate your health bar and your only option is a breaker, if you have it.
I miss this game, ohhh the old days, MLG, vvv clan, tom Brady cdjr reo perfect legend rivalries.
Reo: smoke parry is 1 frame
Me: dear god
Reo: wait there is more
Me: no...
I love how Smoke is designed. Smoke is not just a character with very unique animations, but he stops ZONING. You know, high level spamming? Instead of your opponent sitting in the corner taking absolutely no risks while making the match very boring, you now have a million ways to punish it HARD with Smoke.
The Zoner has always been the character who gets bodied when losing and wins in the corner of the screen. Now, we have Smoke. The biggest f*** you to the lamest play style!
Now all we need are Rushdown Anti-Grapplers.
Kenshi: hi
Just say you’re bad and go. Only scrubs call zoning “spam”.
@@vshuwn18 Or people who don't like that design decision. Are you dismissive because people treat you that way?
Freefork Not liking something doesn’t give you the right to call it what it isn’t.
@@vshuwn18 Uh... It's called a metaphor. Please... PLEASE tell me you know what metaphors, hyperboles, etc mean.
I mean... When someone says "You are a pig" do you reply with "Actually I'm human"?
I dont really agree
in injustice 2 enchantress has a move that when she does it the oponnent cant use any special move , she has a barrier that deflects projectiles , she can summon a zombie that cant be damaged and walks toward the opponent and gets explode and she has a move that when she does it the oponnent's movement changes
I miss my main Smoke, he needs to be in mk11
Ion even play fighting games but these vids are so interesting
Grandkids: playing mortal Kombat 9 retro style
Zoomer parents: oh your playing mortal kombat! I played that as a ki-
*sees son using teleport*
Kid: oh hey dad look I’m smoke!
Dad: sweats nervously
i feel like IGAU, MK9 and MKX were so broke but in a fun and hype way (unless you get cyrax reset for 80%), but injustice 2 and MK11 just feel broke in the most annoying way, like i get stage 4 every time i watch upgraded jaqcui
This move, that broken Jax string that has its own video, and kabal are enough to lead me to believe mk9 was so broken lol. I love it though, I will always have this game
This series is a lot of fun.
Reo: Smoke is the best anti zoner ever
Jade: Laughs in purple
MK9 Smoke player, 💯 percent agree.
Worth mentioning you could combo then do the xray in that order trust me really op not that dumbed down crap mk11 and mkx has
Do a video on Freddy next as the best Zoner in NRS History
Vanilla IJ2 Deadshot: am I a joke to you?
@@PantsMasterPlays Freddy had a free "Get out of jail!" teleport if he ever got cornered, lol.
I would like to see that, because I can't imagine a zoner better than Zod unless their projectiles put you in a block infinite.
The best zoner in NRS History is vanila Cyborg Injustice 1. Instant air MID projectile with 0 recovery. It was literally a FULL SCREEN BLOCK INFINITE for like 29 characters, while dealing chip damage.
This is my favourite MK game, especially the tag...
Remember when Cyber Smoke came back in MKX? Trinity was a legendary DLC character still