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NRS Players and WHO'S NEXT - MK10 Predictions

TakeAChance

TYM White Knight
Presented by Mid-Tier Mayhem.

Who do you all think in your honest opinons will be the best MK10 players and why?

You do not have to be correct, but if you nominate someone please indicate why you think they will be.

For example here are a few players we think will rock MK10 hard throughout the entire course of it's life:

THE HEAVY HITTERS
Reo: The most dominant and consistant MK9 player there ever was. Constantly proving he is a threat in any game, Reo seems to have a natural talent at picking apart fighting games and exposing them at a almost broken level. Heavy is the head that wears te crown.

16 Bit: The wheels started a little shaky with Injustice, but 16 bit bore down with Catwoman and has proven to the entire NRS community that he is an elite player. Consistency across both games leads me to believe that 16 Bit will only improve when he returns to his MK9 play field.

Maxter: While he sat idly by through Injustice, one simply cannot ever count out Maxter. This guy brings footsies to a whole other level and was always a deadly opponent in MK9. I feel the return to his beloved series will bring Maxter out to more tournaments, and as such, bring him more top 8 finishes.

Perfect Legend: The 2 time Evo Champion and holder of the MK Belt. Perfect Legend keeps a lot of pressure on himself, but it's what drives him. We seePerfect Legend doing well in Mk10, but he will have the most to prove out of any competitor. MK10 is a new slate, and we think Perfect Legend's drive to succeed will see him in numerous top 8's.

Revolver: Revoler has shown over the past 3 years to be a very smart and savy fighting game player. He may have started out slow with MK9 but proved in the end his Kitana was a force to be reckoned with. Rev chose to play Lex in Injustce even though he was considered by many to be asshole hair tier. Showing his patience, skill and understanding of matchups and situations he rose to the top of the Lex field. This man puts in the work for a character he enjoys playing, we expect great things from him in Mk10

Forever King: His performances speak for themselves. A guy who was always on the Cusp in MK9 has emerged as a straight up shark in Injustice. With a renewed focus and more seasoned in house training partner (king Jr) We envision King will come out with a HUGE bang as soon as MK10 drops. He hasn't shown us any reason to believe otherwise.

Sonic Fawks - The meta breaker. This kid should be the logo for Nike. Just Do It.

CD Jr - The original Dominator of MK9. Made Jax look like a top 5 character. A top 3 MK9 player overall, CD Jr has failed to impress in Injustice at a level we are accustomed to. HOWEVER, he has been killing it in Killer Instinct, a game with more movement and footsie aspects. Cd Jr excels when he can play his footsie game, and few can match him in that regard. We expect greatness from this man, who was a boy when he rose to fame with MK9.

Denzell - The original Bernie master. Took the world by storm with Sub Zero, before crippling it with Cyrax. The reigning EVO champion will be going into MK10 looking very strong with placings in both MK9 and Injustice. Always a threat, we think that Denzell will continue to ride his natural talent long into MK10.
Fail To Make The Grade:
Pig Of The Hut - Exceptional player, but questions must be answered. Has so far not succeeded in getting a top 8 at a recognized major with Zod a player considered top 3. Absolutely DOMINATED MK9 with Kenshi, however most consider him to have the most lopsided matchups in an incredibly unbalanced game. While he has true skill, questions remain about Pig Of The Hut's ability when using "non broken" characters.

Tom Brady - Tom will come out with a splash during the first few months of Mk's life and will fade as time goes on. Tom loves to lab and learn, but seems to have trouble putting it all together in his matches. It will be interesting to see who Tom plays in MK10 but one thing is for certain, it will share tendancies with the characters he has mained in the past.

Zyphox - Considered at one point in time to be the Flash of America, Zyphox has utilized his characters strongest tool to win matchups...the 50/50. A huge advocate of guessing, it will be interesting to see how he fairs out in a game traditionally set with more footsies in mind and not a 50/50 guess. IMO he will struggle with this and falter. He will gravitate towards a vortex style character ala Scorpion in MK9.

M2Dave- Once a heavy hitter in MK9 with Freddy Kreuger, M2Dave will almost assuredly be left without his main in MK10. While a zoning character seems a lock, M2Dave will pick one and it will be nerfed immediately for being absolutely batshit stupid. Without the ability to just toss projectiles, M2Dave will struggle early before settling on a more rounded character but just utilizing it's projectile. He will claim that it was all of the communities fault that his character got nerfed until he retires from tournaments all together.

Toss Ups:
Curbolicious - The original Rebelo of Mk9 Curbo proved that he was a force in the FGC. Bodying people with his Cage and then switching to Kabal he made numerous top 8's in his MK9 tenure. Once considered a sure lock for being a suspected heavy hitter in MK10, Curbo has to be relegated to Toss Up status as we have not seen him perform in a long time. We await his performance.

Forever King Jr. : Up and comer in the NRS Scene. Was still on bottles and formula for MK9 so no information available. Has shown poise in stacked Injustice tournaments. Expect great things from this kid ala Forever King when he was just a boy.

Storms : An Unknown Ermac Player in MK9, no real note worthy tourny placings of any kind. But a man that loves MK. This man bleeds Mortal Kombat. In our Eyes you can never count that out. We don't know if there will be a run button or not, but what we do know is, Storms will be there to front page it if there is. We hope for good things with this player. Definition of a toss up.

MIT - Currently the mouth piece of the Terry brothers. Always there to up play Vegas in any conversation deemed worthy to do so. MIT has shown that he is a threat along with his brother by placing in numerous top 8's himself. His Injustice tenure has been shaky, and his results in MK9 are not convincing enough on their own to make him a definite lock. Still, the potential is there which is why he is currently Toss-Up Status.

Do you agree? Disagree? Have someone to nominate? Hit us up in this thread for our collaborative opinions. @TakeAChance @Jimmypotato @NRF CharlieMurphy
 
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Solo

Shadow Priest
Hopefully, you're not still reserving post:

SonicFox has been good in almost every game he's played. So I do see a bright future in him.

Reo, PL, and Forever King for obvious reasons.

Hopes for Pig though. I wanna see new names, tbh.
 

TakeAChance

TYM White Knight
Hopefully, you're not still reserving post:

SonicFox has been good in almost every game he's played. So I do see a bright future in him.

Reo, PL, and Forever King for obvious reasons.

Hopes for Pig though. I wanna see new names, tbh.
Nope I think I got more than enough reserved now lol

Yea, Fawx is going to be good. I have faith in the young prodigy. If there are more people you would like to see up there just drop them. We will be discussing this on our show very soon.
 

Salad Petresky

Kombatant
Wait what??.How can pig not be a heavy hitter just because he plays injustice when maxter is considered to be a heavy hitter and the logic is that he doesnt play injustice? This is the most illogical post ever. If that is the case, CDJR should be in fail to make grades too because he also fails in injustice. Plus how many top 8 does revolver has compare to pig?
 

TakeAChance

TYM White Knight
Wait what??.How can pig not be a heavy hitter just because he plays injustice when maxter is considered to be a heavy hitter and the logic is that he doesnt play injustice? This is the most illogical post ever. If that is the case, CDJR should be in fail to make grades too because he also fails in injustice. Plus how many top 8 does revolver has compare to pig?
Cd Jr is a top player in KI...a game that has more fluid mechanics that mirrored MK9. He STRUGGLED with Injustice, no question there.

Maxter used many different characters in his MK9 run and proved he was a threat with them all. Cyrax, Cage, Sektor...he placed with every single character. He had a phenominal showing with Lobo at his last tournament showing when he does not devote a large amount of time to the game. IMO, still a big threat in MK10.

In Injustice I believe Revolver has more top 8's then pig and he uses Lex.
 

TakeAChance

TYM White Knight
In other words, "I am a scrub so I will cry about any character who is remotely good at zoning".
Nope, was actually an advocate of Stroke not getting nerfed. Go back to the old threads and see.

I just agreed with their decision to do it and believe in the character that he still is.
 

Salad Petresky

Kombatant
Cd Jr is a top player in KI...a game that has more fluid mechanics that mirrored MK9. He STRUGGLED with Injustice, no question there.

Maxter used many different characters in his MK9 run and proved he was a threat with them all. Cyrax, Cage, Sektor...he placed with every single character. He had a phenominal showing with Lobo at his last tournament showing when he does not devote a large amount of time to the game. IMO, still a big threat in MK10.

In Injustice I believe Revolver has more top 8's then pig and he uses Lex.
So you take credit of CDJR who is doing well in KI is a logical argument for him doing well in MK10 while throwing out Injustice to the side? but dont take most of the top8 pigs made in mk9 as an indication of doing well in MK10? This is just bias and ambiguous post of pick and choose which games you value more. Obvious answer would be the people who do well in mk9 would most likely to do well in mk10.

But when you compare to zyphox and revolver, you value injustice more. This post is so illogical. Seems like a poplarity contest of which you like more rather than a logical post of correct trends and indications
 

TakeAChance

TYM White Knight
So you take credit of CDJR who is doing well in KI is a logical argument for him doing well in MK10 while throwing out Injustice to the side? but dont take most of the top8 pigs made in mk9 as an indication of doing well in MK10? This is just bias and ambiguous post of pick and choose which games you value more. Obvious answer would be the people who do well in mk9 would most likely to do well in mk10.

But when you compare to zyphox and revolver, you value injustice more. This post is so illogical
No, it boiled down to Pig Of The Hut had Kenshi in MK9 and absolutely dominated. There is no question of that. He has Zod in Injustice who is arguably a top 3 character and is having trouble breaking the ceiling.

Cd Jr dominated MK9 with Jax along with Kabal and Rain. He bombed out in Injustice, but is currently excelling and making numerous top 8's and winning KI tournaments. He has shown that he is a multi-faceted player which is why I envision him to be a strong contender right out of the gate with MK10.

Keep in mind these are opinion pieces, but I do like this bit of conversation.

Revolver has placed in MK9, and Injustice. Zyphox only has his Injustice credentials and MK9/Mortal Kombat in general has never really catered to constant 50/50 guesses.


The east coast has a regional tournament every two weeks. Besides, Pig has beaten Revolver in a tournament before.
Facts are still facts good sir. Who has gone to more tournaments?
 

Ray Riazy

Mortal
My thoughts is that Mikemetroid and 7L will both greatly surprise people in mk10.
Revolver will do well.
I think CDJR might make a comeback.
If KDZ decides to play this game I see a lot of dominance from him.
Tom Brady always does well when the game starts out (idk if its due to him always being a tester) but adapts to people so well. So its a tough call
 

STRYKIE

Are ya' ready for MK11 kids?!
Isn't it insane to think about the fact that we never had true frame data until like 9 months after the release of mk9?
Indeed, history could've been very different in itself if it was made public from the get go, but huge props to Somberness for taking the time to decipher it the way he did.


Don't Be scarred of the fact that he gonna whip that ass in MK10. He lothes the guessing game just like alot of us.


Do you guys no think it's wierd maxter and CD SR don't travel for this game>??

Jr takes names in Injustce,

We expect big things.

BIG THINGs.
I'm in the same boat as the CD bros when it comes to Injustice, but the statistic still remains to the point where I'm not sure if it's correct to say he's a definite to dominate in MK10.

(disclaimers: I would actually play Injustice, I just don't currently have a system with a good port of the game)

My thoughts is that Mikemetroid and 7L will both greatly surprise people in mk10.
I'll have you know that most of the community expects Dizzy to do just fine in MK10 and it therefore wouldn't be a surprise.

Oh wait...
 
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TomlulsBrady

Kombatant
IF the next game from NRS is mk10 and it focus on the same skillsets that mk9 required than here are my predictions

If JOP returns he will be a guaranteed top 5 player no questions asked.

Tyrant will be a guaranteed top 5 player again with JAX no questions asked.

Far as pig is concerned I can see the point being made about him in the OP. He hasn't even come close to his mk9 success in inj and unless he places at evo and mlg imo he will go down as a failure in injustice. INJ makes me question how good pig really is as a FG player tbh. I hope for Pig sake he gets his himself together in INJ, and the next Nrs FG .
 
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