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Peckapowa

Champion
With Mortal Kombat X coming, i'll ask you guys (because i have already begun sniffing out the diamond in the rough)

What you are looking for when you pickup a char?
What makes a character good?
Here's my criteria:

1. I pick the character i see with tons of untapped potential, that seems to have a bit of complexity
2. I have to like them and their playstyle, I.E. i didn't play sonya
3. I wanna see if i can break them i.e. make them top tier, I'll play mids/lows if i think they are underrated or i really like them because they are often really
4. I want the best chance of winning (i.e. i am a tier whore, but i tier whore before the whoring begins)

What i look for when i think a character has potential ( what i think they will be once mastered)

1a.Mobility - almost every top notch character i have seen is mobile, unless they have something broken (i.e., KENSHI)
1b. Mid/small hitbox - big clunkers are almost never top tier, unless they have like mvc2 sentinel like space control
2. Footsie tools
3. ability to zone or cancel out zoning
4. up close game
5. set up potential
6. Most importantly lots of tools, if they can do tons of different things well they usually they are beast.

So far in mortal kombat X, the only chars who have caught my eye so far are cassie cage, and scorpion.
Kotal Kahn, i want to see his zoning tools, don't know enough, don't like grapplers, but he seems like he has some pretty cool shit so i'll definetly jump in with him, he looks badass too, he does have some alarming clunkiness.
Hodor, looks cool will try by virtue of his awesomeness, won't main probably because he looks like a clunker
subs= yawn, james can play him
bug chick: ehhh... might have some good shit no idea
Cassie: missiles, need to confirm how good they are, a good pistol to deal with the zoning game, nutpunch potential, seems fast
Scorpion: Lots of tools, need to confirm if he has good footsies, probably won't play him unless inferno is over the top awesome when i get my hands on it


really i have no idea

thar you go
 

BRUTALITY

Banned
i like simple to moderate execution
i like long range normals
most of all i like characters who are fun to play with a clear gameplan

for mkx i think i will just wait to see who REO uses. i think REO breaks down characters in a simple and clear way that anyone can understand. i wanna take a more clinical approach like that with future games

i dont know what i like, maybe someone can tell me. i play:
Kung Lao, Noob Saibot
Lex Luthor
Cody, Guy, Vega
 

AK L0rdoftheFLY

I hatelove this game
I like playing underused characters.

I agree with the op as well because I prefer to think about characters potential. I essentially theory fight my way into my main. Often I'm left with low tier characters because they are who is underused but I share similarity with how @Slips views characters I think. I don't want a shitter. I want a character that can compete but I don't mind a few losing matchups.

Previous mains:

Nightwolf
Skarlet - hidden top tier
Nightwing- Damian is hidden top tier
Cyborg
Scorpion injustice version

Characters I dropped before the bandwagon:

Kenshi (actually used before pig did. I dropped him because I thought he was Broken. That's why pig picked him up and wrecked shit. He confirmed it for me)

Aquaman and cage - too linear and lame. Overused and simplistic...both top tier.

Many times I end up switching mains when the dust settles to either prove a point or to find hidden potential.
 

Invincibeast

Stay Free
I always look for a character who fits what I like at that specific time I guess. Usually I start with looks because I want to see something fucking awesome when I play, but then if the character doesn't fit me I move on. ;)
But for real on gameplay
1. Mobility
2. Overhead/Low mixups
3. A badass special (not kidding on this one) lol
 

Vithar

Evil but Honest!
With Mortal Kombat X coming, i'll ask you guys (because i have already begun sniffing out the diamond in the rough)

What you are looking for when you pickup a char?
What makes a character good?
Here's my criteria:

1. I pick the character i see with tons of untapped potential, that seems to have a bit of complexity
2. I have to like them and their playstyle, I.E. i didn't play sonya
3. I wanna see if i can break them i.e. make them top tier, I'll play mids/lows if i think they are underrated or i really like them because they are often really
4. I want the best chance of winning (i.e. i am a tier whore, but i tier whore before the whoring begins)

What i look for when i think a character has potential ( what i think they will be once mastered)

1a.Mobility - almost every top notch character i have seen is mobile, unless they have something broken (i.e., KENSHI)
1b. Mid/small hitbox - big clunkers are almost never top tier, unless they have like mvc2 sentinel like space control
2. Footsie tools
3. ability to zone or cancel out zoning
4. up close game
5. set up potential
6. Most importantly lots of tools, if they can do tons of different things well they usually they are beast.

So far in mortal kombat X, the only chars who have caught my eye so far are cassie cage, and scorpion.
Kotal Kahn, i want to see his zoning tools, don't know enough, don't like grapplers, but he seems like he has some pretty cool shit so i'll definetly jump in with him, he looks badass too, he does have some alarming clunkiness.
Hodor, looks cool will try by virtue of his awesomeness, won't main probably because he looks like a clunker
subs= yawn, james can play him
bug chick: ehhh... might have some good shit no idea
Cassie: missiles, need to confirm how good they are, a good pistol to deal with the zoning game, nutpunch potential, seems fast
Scorpion: Lots of tools, need to confirm if he has good footsies, probably won't play him unless inferno is over the top awesome when i get my hands on it


really i have no idea

thar you go
Kabal
 

xenogorgeous

.... they mostly come at night. Mostly.
1. Speed
2. defensive teleport (not mandatory)
3. good 50/50 mix up option
4. good combo strings without relying too much in special moves
5. Juggle options in combo strings
 

Yoaks

A spaceman
I go for the Badass/Obsure character's. Or if I like said characters personality.

My mains in past games.
MK9: Baraka and Kenshi
Tekken 4: Yoshimitsu and Feng Wei
Injustice: Lobo, Doomsday and Deathstroke
SF Alpha 2: Birdie and Akuma

All those characters I enjoyed either because of their look/story background/moveset or personality.

And as of right now my favorite characters that have been revealed for MKX are...
Kotal Kahn, Cassie Cage and Ferra/Torr.

I generally don't have fun playing an Aquaman or MMH type of character just because their good, unless I like the character like Kenshi. Also a characters playstyle doesnt matter too me either.
 
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darkmoonlight_va

Kitana Assassin Main
I really like someone that is about mixups and tricking your enemy.
But what I look for:
1. How popular are they? (I tend to like less popular characters)
2. Are they safe? (I like characters that are somewhat safe and don't need to take many risks)
3. How intricate the character is in terms of story and design
4. Personality of the character
5. If they are close up or zoning (I hate zoning usually)
 

Mikayel

Well-Known Gay Member
would you guys who only play female characters be happy to play Poison the post op transexual? would you play as Hugo if it was revealed he ws a woman and only teamed up with Poison because they relate to each others gender identification situations?
I don't know who Poison is but sure, post op transexual would be cool too :D
Sheeva kinda looks like a transexual too tbh :D
 

EMPRESS_SunFire

Regina George of discord
*Must be female
*I must like her outfit/pose
*I like more footsie/rushdown characters
*her moves or combos have to be cute

And that's it. For MKX i will definitely test a male character i guess, Kotal Kahn seems fucking awesome.
 
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EMPRESS_SunFire

Regina George of discord
would you guys who only play female characters be happy to play Poison the post op transexual? would you play as Hugo if it was revealed he ws a woman and only teamed up with Poison because they relate to each others gender identification situations?
Yup, that would actually make me pick her up more quickly... But OMG don't talk about Poison's gender here on TYM... Some people get ratchet lol ;) i did before and got blown up for no reason.