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RE: Sektor mains (and Quan Chi...)

Robotic

Robotic

Gentleman.
Sektor mains (and Quan Chi...)

Hey all,

Jumping right in, the Digital Demon* has been my main for the longest time and will continue to be; I know him best by far and have loads of fun with his move set and design. I REALLY like that his move set has a certain openness to it that if one picks up Sektor, his play style could be vastly different from another Sektor player's play style and still enjoy success with him. I play so much that I really don't have a sub I'm good with. Having said that...

I picked up Quan Chi as my sub. After a good amount of hours practicing his moves - what works in real games and what doesn't, what type of play styles can one succeed with - I've noticed Quan Chi's practical and impractical moves bottleneck the players into essentially playing him the same. It might not be a big deal to a lot of you out there, but I enjoy coming up with my on play style and signature to a character - its just fun to me. Although I still have fun with Quan's "style", I feel like I'm part of a clone army...

I want to "expand my horizons", so, my questions:

1. Sektor being your main, who do you use as an alternate and why? Do some of you use Sek exclusively with no main? why?

2. Am I totally wrong about Quan Chi?

* copyright, biotch.
 
RomeoBravoDelta

RomeoBravoDelta

Noob
Sektor just clicked with me. I'm a pretty poor rushdown player, and Sektor has the options to be viable at pretty much all distances.

I used to be a Sektor and Mileena guy, in fact Sektor used to be my secondary with Milenna as my main, but I hit a point where things weren't coming out right with Mileena (NJ 4 instead of u4, d4 instead of roll), so I started putting more work into Cyrax. I feel comfortable calling him my secondary now, but my proficiency with him is nowhere near my proficiency with Sektor. I want to also learn Cyber-Sub, because robots, but I just can't seem to make sense of him.

I don't know enough enough about Quan-Chi to really comment on that front. If anything, I would imagine his lack of strong defensive options would be more limiting than anything.
 
ryublaze

ryublaze

Noob
I wanted to pick up Sektor because he's red and red (obviously) is my favorite color lol. I knew not many people would use him at launch so Sektor became my main.

I use Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Skarlet as my secondaries. I too like to use my characters in a unique way. I try to play Scorpion as a defensive, anti-air character instead of rushdown. I try to play a mix-up Sub-Zero. and Skarlet...well there aren't too many Skarlets so I don't know what the general playstyle is for her.
 
SwiftTomHanks

SwiftTomHanks

missiles are coming
Sektor has only a few true bad match ups, so he can function as a solo main character. However he has a huge universal weakness that once someone knows and exposes, he becomes way too limited.

That said, I started to use Rain as a secondary, who also has a universal weakness (meaning that any character can take advantage of this weakness). However it is far different than Sektors.

With all that said, I don't want to discuss the things that if known make Sektor almost non-tournament worthy just a few days before NEC. I plan on getting away with a lot of unseen tech, simply because people don't know better.
 
Robotic

Robotic

Gentleman.
So, for the Sektor mains, who is a good fit for you as a sub? Is he so balanced that some of you just don't really play anyone else (that's me, kinda)? Meaning, he has some advantages - though not crazy, and some challenges to keep things interesting?
 
Crathen

Crathen

Death is my business
Well i consider myself a Sektor mainer altough i've picked Kabal day 1 , personally i love his evil robotic look and it comes with a moveset that fits my style , being able to switch quickly from defence to offence it's really satisfing and he still requires work and reflexes to be competitive.

Actually looking at my mains / secondaries ( kabal , sektor , noob ) i've noticed i like characters with good keepaway and ranged normals / moves with an intense oki game.
 
RomeoBravoDelta

RomeoBravoDelta

Noob
Robotic said:
Is he so balanced that some of you just don't really play anyone else (that's me, kinda)?
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Essentially. He's versatile enough that if things are going bad, I can dramatically change my play style before changing characters.

The main reason I work on other characters is for the sake of variety.
 
Temjiin

Temjiin

www.mkxframedata.com
Reptile, he is perfect at taking out Sektor's bad matchups (except Mileena).

Until last month I used both 50/50 but I find Sektor more versatile and alot of people still have relatively little matchup experience against him so I've given him a bit more focus.
 
PND_Ketchup

PND_Ketchup

"More deadly than the dawn"
I main sektor because as a character he's been my favourite since MK3. Even before the game was released i knew i was going to main him, even if he was terrible. That said i love how defensive he is as a character, he has offensive spurts that can rattle some people and frustrate them all the way into the flame burner lol. That said i don't think you can win a whole match by being offensive at all, his strings are very easy to poke out of.

In terms of secondary i also use smoke and noob. I like them as characters primarily so that's why i use them, my noob is better than my smoke admittedly but i think i have a lot to learn with both.
 
EndofGameBoss

EndofGameBoss

That's about right.
I've been drawn to Sektor for awhile, but I'm just now taking him to the lab. I must say he is a lot of fun to use, but is far from ready to be my main. I've been using Baraka, Smoke, and a little Sindel. I may very well make Sektor my main though if I ever stop dropping his combos. His keep away game is really good.
 
Robotic

Robotic

Gentleman.
Ketchup-LK9T9 said:
I main sektor because as a character he's been my favourite since MK3. Even before the game was released i knew i was going to main him, even if he was terrible. That said i love how defensive he is as a character, he has offensive spurts that can rattle some people and frustrate them all the way into the flame burner lol. That said i don't think you can win a whole match by being offensive at all, his strings are very easy to poke out of.

In terms of secondary i also use smoke and noob. I like them as characters primarily so that's why i use them, my noob is better than my smoke admittedly but i think i have a lot to learn with both.
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I've known about the strange Reptile connection Sektors mainers have, but the Noob connection is new. You're the 2nd player to take a secondary liking to Noob, being a Sektor main. What is it about Noob, and should I take a look at him as well?

Also, Smoke? Really? I hate his design and clunky feel. Maybe you guys use the same conditioner? :D I wonder if he smells like a Russian bath house, or a Texas BBQ joint.
 
PND_Ketchup

PND_Ketchup

"More deadly than the dawn"
Robotic said:
I've known about the strange Reptile connection Sektors mainers have, but the Noob connection is new. You're the 2nd player to take a secondary liking to Noob, being a Sektor main. What is it about Noob, and should I take a look at him as well?

Also, Smoke? Really? I hate his design and clunky feel. Maybe you guys use the same conditioner? :D I wonder if he smells like a Russian bath house, or a Texas BBQ joint.
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I just really enjoy playing noob, his portal traps are brilliant fun to land, i also like juggling people off up kicks haha.

Smokes hair aint got diddly dick on my marvelous locks!
 
devil_puncher

devil_puncher

Sektor Supreme
I've played Sektor since play MK3 and MK4 Gold. Hes always been my favorite and I love his play style on MK9. He has good rush down (for me at least), good defense, and looks bad ass. As for my secondary....well thats hard to say. I guess Kitana is the only one I'm really good with besides Sektor, so she's my secondary.
 
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