9-1s do exist in this game

9-1's for Kabal? That's harsh.
8-2's? Absolutely.
There are characters in this game that simply were not meant to deal with a full-speed Kabal.

"It's called 'Sex Panther'...it's illegal in nine countries..."

Wow, i've never had so many likes for a post before, but it gets deleted, and this flame baiting thread is still here?

Just wow.

m2Dave has taken REO up on his offer. Shouldn't this be a done deal now?

reo's immune to banning
fuckin way she goes

Damn, stole my life credo.

There is never a bad time for senselessly quoting Anchorman.

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT"

So @REO, if you had to say, who would be the select few that should never, in any universe, attempt to face Kabal?

What?

Baraka has alot more than a punchers chance.In fact id say 6-4 kabal.

9-1 match-up: for each 90% damage the first char does, the second does 10%

What?

how does an 8-2 or 9-1 matchup make the game not fun and competitive anymore? Have you tried Sub-Zero vs Kenshi/Kabal/Kung Lao? Those are horrible matches... yet... I'm still playing. This game is freaking fun man!

I'll be playing this until another MK comes out!!!

It's easily Jade or Sub-Zero.

It's great that you play low tier characters! There's few things more fun to me in this game than running across a Jade, Sheeva, Stryker, etc in ranked or w/e. Those matches are always exciting b/c I rarely get to play against those fighters whereas... there's about 2103935 kabals out there and it's always the same... Iagb, Iagb.

Being a lopsided match isn't going to make you stop playing your characters, so it shouldn't really matter and IMO there are definitely some matches in this game that are worse than 7-3. It only makes the game less exciting when everyone is playing the same character. That's why I'm always rooting for the Jeremiahs, Detriots, and Tom Bradys.

I guess my point is... having bad matchups doesn't make the game less than we thought it was.

IDK about Kano at all, but Kabal v Sheeva has to be a 7-3 or worse. I'm inclined to say worse.
The match-up plays out very similarly to Zangief v Akuma (3-7) in SF with Gief desperately trying to get in. Sheeva has the punishable tele-stomp, Gief the punishable Banishing Flat. Gief also has a projectile immunity special which Sheeva lacks and his throws are unblockable with insane priority meaning once he gets in, he can really bring some hurt.
Sheeva just doesnt do enough damage in general, imo. Add to that the fact that the block infinite is easier to perform on her than anyone else (giant hitbox). Of course that's all on paper.



Looks A LOT like an 8-2.

Looks like lack of match-up experience to me.

It is 3-7. Trust me on this one.

I'll tell what's going on here. REO is either scared of something or trying to scare the rest before EVO. Either you choose to take your main against him, which are all 6-4 or worse, or change now to Kabal and never reach his level till EVO - you are all fucked cause he's the man.
Oh yeah, and Jade vs Kabal is still 9-1.

I dont think so. There's really not much else Sheeva could do and GGA Jeremiah had just beaten Cat (another Kabal player) the game before this.

But maybe so. I just fail to see how he could have done anything differently.

Keep in mind I have literally zero Sheeva experience and that my Kabal is way better now than it was months ago. Any Sheeva player who wants to challenge my match up score can play me at tournament.

OK. I will proudly collect my $20 in front of all of your friends.

Just pray you don't lose to me 10-0. I would feel very uncomfortable thinking the match up may be worse than 9-1.

The problem isn't even the vast advantage of the matchups.

The problem is that, unless you have a VSM/EGP/GGA/ATL/WNBA or some means of steady, leveled up offline competition/training regiment, or the most pristine, unfuckwithable online connection in the history of Edenia and training partners with similarly pristine means, you're never gonna learn to deal with shit like this right.
There's no AI that can play Kabal like Reo, Jax like Junior/Tyrant, Kenshi like Pig, etc...and even if you did have a flawless setup, the odds of you becoming a top-tier competitor solely by the bones of online are slim to none. For every Curbo, Mr. Mil, Death and so on who managed to succeed, how many others are out there who've failed?

That's just my opinion. Idk.

This might not be the matchup, also a player with more skills and knowledge can make the matches look, bad or worse,
everytime you see someone getting blown up you only believe is the matchup, believe more in the players players players players

Very, very good point. And you are 100% correct. Looking at it, though. It seems like both were doing what they could, and I dont think anyone would argue that these two are te best there is with thier respective characters.

But yeah, player skill obv makes a huge difference. Hell, give CD Baraka and give me Kitana and I'd still get demolished ^_^ lol