Best & Worst X-Rays to Use, Discuss

In here I would like to get a general discussion going on who's x-ray is the "BEST" to use and the "WORST" in order to help players improve.


Examples:
Best: Sub-Zero, one of the best
Worst: Kabal?

This is also going off what characters need to use their EX moves the most in high level play. Much like a tier list, let's try to form a collaborated list of the best to worst and I will update this as the information comes.

So maybe this should be in to different categories: Best, worst, strongest (most damaging)

Kabals is the worst by far...Horrible in every aspect, Start up, Damage, Scaling, and if not Kabal, then Sektor. Except the scaling isn't bad, but as a tool, its shit, and takes no priority over his other moves.

Best for me is either Rains or Sub Zero's. it has great start up (Rain), good damage, armour, and can't hit a grounded opponent from anywhere on the screen, so he can not only trade with projectiles but use it as an armoured move, and is has the ability to combo into and out of.

Sub-zeros is the fastest in the game, it has good damage, does not have massive scaling, used well in combos, big hit box, dash cancellable, but most importanty, mid hitting and safe on block, with about 1 frame of advantage.

Kung Laos for the same reasons, except it works as an anti over rains, where rain's has range on the ground, and projectile trading.

Everyone talks about how good Cages X-Ray is, but any Armoured does the exact same thing his does and when it is mistimed, it is the easiest punishable in the game next to CSZ. Continued...You can use Cyrax's (for example) on any opponent going for a jump punch or naked jump in, and for example interupt sub-zeros 21(2) the same way cage could parry it.

Cyrax's would be a close 3rd for me. First off, it looks the coolest of any , it ecstatically and historically suits the character better than any ever has. But thats not the important part, it has good damage, scales well, anti air, one hit of armour, and combos into and out of.

1. Rain
2. Sub Zero
3. Kung Lao
4. Cyrax
5. Sonya Blade - Travels, safe on block, armour during entire , can do up to 15% chip damage on a blocked JIP MS combo, builds meter on block.

WORST:
1. Kabal - Explained.
2. CSZ - only activated in air, only landed from certain combos, wiffs after B24, massive wiff on block.
3. Sektor - needs his meter for everything else, wiffs too much, and in a projectile trade a instant air tele takes priority.
4. Jade - Needs meter for everything else, scales too much, can be neutral ducked without block, massive wiff
5. Shang - No damage, scales like shit, takes no priority over :en Soul Steal

I can only tell you how I Grade an .

1. How much damage does it do?
2. How much does it scale in combos?
3. Does is have armour or start up armour (if any)
4. How fast is it on start up?
5. Can it be used in combos or provided combos after hit?
6. Is it safe on block or provide advantage situations after completion?
7. Is it anti air?
8. Does is move or travel?
9. Can is be cancelled if miss timed?
10. How cool does it look?

It has to meet allot of criteria, not just fit particular categories.

Because if that was the case, Kano's would be the best in the game strictly because it can't be blocked and is the most damaging - 44%

Its defiantly not the best.

It is used as a parry and ONLY a parry, as a tool, that's it, you will only use it when you think the opponent will hit you or poke you after a string, and considering that is how it is used, then any character with an armoured can do the exact same thing as Cages. If it is missed timed, it is easily punished due to the massive wiff time. It can't be used in combo's, he needs his meter for everything in his game or he will get destroyed by most characters for having no meter, he needs it for his rush down and defence, and if the opponent has a breaker then you can't fully finish what your is used for, continuing into a nut punch reset.

Yes, it provides unbreakable damage, but what in the game doesn't do that. I can't understand what it is that makes everyone think Cage's is brilliant.
Yes, it can lead to massive mind games, but again, what doesn't already do that?

yes, it has lots of uses, thats my reasoning on a good

It has some stuff going for it for sure, it can activated on the ground or the air, can be done in combos, has armour, full screen. We all know it scales like shit.

But:

Can it be ducked without blocking?
Is her :en fan lift armoured?

best ones i would say are every x ray that hits mid & kano and jax. the best of those id say Kung, Jax, Kano & Kitana. i cant believe some one said she has one of the worst thats crazy.



Slightly better then the worst xrays is sindels ~ at first glance it looks to be good but it can be low poked out of (if timed right) and one can jump away from it and it doesnt hit high/mid so its not a anti air one, if used in combos the damage is scaled hardcore especially if the combo is started with b+1 (it will do less damage then a naked xray), damage is only 31 % it should do jax and kano damage. really only should be used if your desperate.

worst xrays would have to be quan and jade, i can not understand why these 2 xrays dont hit mid some one tell me why this makes sense???