" candy ass standing on the corner of Know Your Role blvd and Jabroni drive."
I'm gonna say this everyday... Genius.
I honestly never found my perfect character in MK9. If there was a character tailored to my preferred playstyle, it'd likely be broken.
I like zoners who don't feel like zoners, or non projectile zoners like Ermac. I also love that he excels at mid range because I hate sitting at full screen spamming projectiles. Unfortunately, I also would like more mixup options.
What I like even more are counter, anti zoner characters. There is nothing that feels more satisfying to me than landing a parry or an ice clone. I love letting my opponent defeat themselves. I want my opponent to feel the way Liu Kang made Shang Tsung feel at the end of the MK movie. Sub-Zero was a no go for me because I love my teleports. Smoke was one of the most comfortable characters for me but I hate his combos with repetitive strings.
As horrible as the game is, Smoke in MKA was pretty close to how I prefer to play. An ice clone like trap move, a teleport attack and a normal teleport. But again, that game is terrible.
In MKX, it's looking like I'll probably click with Ermac (master of souls) or Kitana (assassin). Holding my breath for a less lame Smoke with more interesting stings. I can't do that 3,1 shit all day.