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Judgment Day: REO Wins IGAU,MKT,UMK2 / Insuperable Wins MK9/ PHYCOTICA Wins KI3 *UPDATED W/ VIDEO*

mortal_jason

Kitana's Bodyguard
I got to try out and play UMK2 for the first this weekend. The game felt nothing like MK2 (which is a good thing IMO) but great in it's own way. It was like it's own game - a completely new one to play, explore, and learn in. You could actually MOVE without the retarded walking animations interfering which was the number one thing I couldn't stand about MK1 and MK2. The low tiers were buffed to the point where they're actually WORTH using and dangerous now. I really enjoyed playing the new Reptile and Sub-Zero, but ultimately stuck with my old main - Mileena. Really looking forward to playing the next upgraded version next month. :)
Low tier in MK2 ARE worth using for people who love to play the game. :)
The game is about having fun, not about always giving yourself the greatest chance to win by only using the best characters.
 

mortal_jason

Kitana's Bodyguard
Thanks, guys. And I used Jax in the MKT finals for @TomlulsBrady.


Fixed. :p
Actually people who only use top tier in MK2 are not given any respect by the true MK2 elite.
Anyway, nice win. Looks like Mileena still owns Cage in UMK2.
Wish I had been there to take your Mileena down with Kitana like old times :)

I gotta ask whoever made UMK2, what were you thinking to make Mileena's roll have to be LOW BLOCKED?
And also shorter so that it's easier to combo with?!
I thought the purpose of this version was to re-balance the game?
THOSE 2 THINGS JUST MAKE MILEENA EVEN MORE BROKEN.
 

mortal_jason

Kitana's Bodyguard
Like Caldwell just said to me, Mileena didn't get nerfed, she got BUFFED in UMK2.
Now she dominates even more as Reo proved.

Hopefully the hacker fixes those Mileena issues in future revisions of UMK2.
 

mortal_jason

Kitana's Bodyguard
I agree for reasons stated before, which is why I still had her ranked 3rd on my umk2 fantasy tier even before Reo won with her. She's only dropped two spots imo. I have Shang as #1 though because she still has nerfs, and he gets to be her and the other strong characters. I have Shang and Sub Zero abover her. Cage is 5th and Reptile is 4th. But others need to play it to figure tiers out.

Sai is a nerf, and walking back to avoid teleport is a nerf. walkspeed buff hurts her too. I think low ball is dumb but I kind of hope it stays.
Good players don't use Mileena's Telekick much anyway so that nerf doesn't really hurt her.
And her Sai haven't been nerfed enough.
She should hang in the air longer after shooting Sai so she can be punished.

I think she's easily still #1 on the tier, but I'd have to play it to really say for sure.
Judging by the video though, she's even more broken now.
Giving her an easy Roll/HK combo everytime is ridiculous.
And making the Roll have to be low-blocked means you basically have to crouch block the whole time against her.
Am I right, @Mikemetroid ? I thought you outplayed REO in the Finals but still lost 0-3. You punished the Roll nicely with aaHP/Shadow Kick.
A lot of Mileena's Air Sai went over Johnny's head, I would have recommended throwing his Low Green Fireball more often.
In regular MK2, Mileena destroys Cage, and it appears that hasn't changed.
 
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MKB

Forum General Emeritus
I don't care how much Cage gets buffed, he still gets eaten alive by the top tier in MK2. Heck who am I kidding, Lao, Shang, Kitana... they all take him without much of an issue. Still though, Cage is a lot more fun to play in this version.
 

mortal_jason

Kitana's Bodyguard
I don't care how much Cage gets buffed, he still gets eaten alive by the top tier in MK2. Heck who am I kidding, Lao, Shang, Kitana... they all take him without much of an issue. Still though, Cage is a lot more fun to play in this version.
Well said.
Mileena, Jax, Liu, Kitana and Shang all destroy Cage pretty badly.
It would take a lot of tweaking the game to put Cage on even ground vs them.
 

mortal_jason

Kitana's Bodyguard
Wow Mileena is scary... I hope she gets nerfed again.
I am shocked that whoever made UMK2 did so many great things to balance it out.
But then took Mileena and made her even more #1 than before... I've been scratching my head trying to figure it out.