Best Ermac Player?

[MKF30]

Josh99, that kid does have potential based on vids and I played him on xbox but after I beat him, he sent me hatemail...

Granted this was over a month ago so I trust he's changed since then.

I'd like to see Catch22's 9 year old take on josh, his Reptile vs. josh's Cyrax would be epic.

 

[Error]

Josh99, that kid does have potential based on vids and I played him on xbox but after I beat him, he sent me hatemail...

Well, he's in the hatemail age demographic.

I'd like to see Catch22's 9 year old take on josh, his Reptile vs. josh's Cyrax would be epic.

Something about kids battling it out just sounds so cool lol.

 

[Krayzie]

LI Joe and Floe are at the top as far as tournament level Ermac goes. But LI Joe doesn't play anymore and I don't think floe takes the game that seriously anymore. Josh99 is about the best up and coming Ermac I've seen at tournaments recently. He has a bright future ahead of him.

I've placed top 8 at Majors with him you bastards! lol

Don't hate cause I'm on that Cyrax BS right now. I cant help the cheapness, I'm embracing it... lol

 

[UsedForGlue]

Who is considered the best Ermac Player? or one of the best?
Anyone know where I can find footage?

Hi man, you need to find footage of Metsoz, he is a Greek ermac player, he is easily the best in the world with him, of course that's only in my opinion, but for me, he is easily leading the pack right in front of anyone I have played or even seen so far. He has his own unique way of playing and he is incredibly smart. Mustard,Ketchup,12Gaug3,Foxy and Doku can give their opinion on him too as they all played him at SVB as well as myself.

Everyone here is only mentioning American players and if not that...online players.

Josh99 sends the most hilarious rage messages to my mates on xbox live, top notch shit, you have to hear it.

Send me a pm on YouTube, UsedForGlue77, There is one video if him on there where nails a kitana player to the wall.

 

[MKF30]

How much crazy comp does Greece have though? That's why you're hearing more American players.

Since he's Greek? lol that means he'll probably have like 1 or 2 pings on anyone in the states.

Metso should play CD or Osu and see how he does, believe me as an Ermac player they're not easy lol. Good Kitana's will give any Ermac player a hard time, just watch the Floe vs. Osu vids and MKF(myself) vs. CD videos above....she's a bitch for any Ermac...

 

[GNG Iniquity]

I used to speak the same way, never raised the octane of my voice haha

Why weren't you using his standard bnbs though? Saw a lot of unused NJK, teleport, 22 TKS and JIK/JIP(I find the JIP easier, especially online), 22, TKS.

His 312 is safe on block too; easy access to throws. Usually like to incorporate a few of those, a B2 here and there (sometimes it works) and F4s.

edit: nvm, this is back from June!

 

[MKF30]

lol ^ wish I could tell you that's me NOT speaking normally, but it is I know I sound evil, but you can ask anyone who knows me personally lol. I just have a really deep voice. Tends to scare the kiddies lol

Even when I raise my voice it's still mega deep lol I get all the MK announcer/Darth Vader jokes all the time...as you can imagine.

At the time, I didn't go with dash 22 like I do now. I was messing around at that time with controllers and combos that worked better in lag/online. But yeah, after I watched it a few times you can go back and say "darn I should have did this, that" but when you're in the heat of battle sometimes you miss those "should have, could haves" and just try to think fast in the heat of the moment.

After a few matches though noticed I was baiting him to get in the air so I can nail him from the other side and had to alter my game a little. lol

 

[GNG Iniquity]

After a few matches though noticed I was baiting him to get in the air so I can nail him from the other side and had to alter my game a little. lol

Yeah, Ermac is a lot more susceptible to crossups than Kitana is, but their air games are both really good. Ermac's JIP trade into TKS for instance hurts haha

Wish Ermac had a better AA game though, those crossups hurt him badly, all I feel like I can do in those situations is use 312s and hope for a throw or B2 to get some space. Actually...would F4 stuff a crossup attempt? Perhaps D1 into TKS? Not sure if that'd work.

WTB good trainer...

But yeah, after I watched it a few times you can go back and say "darn I should have did this, that" but when you're in the heat of battle sometimes you miss those "should have, could haves" and just try to think fast in the heat of the moment.

Yeah, that's really Ermac's strengths, he can capitalize on every punish but you have to react quickly enough to do so. Offensively, he's eh, best tool he has in that department is TKP to keep his opponent away and hopefully get them to the point where they're frustrated enough to do unsafe attempts on which you capitalize on.

He's a fun character though, those punishes are rewarding.

 

[Mt. Mutombo]

Best and most accurate post in the entire thread! lol

Just realized this topic is asking online or offline players? Offline obviously Floe is the most known Ermac player, online there's a few but if you want to see mine in action, here's mine having nice matches vs. CD

LOL why is the devil talking in this vid lmao

 

[Metzos]

yo

Hello ppl.Just saw this thread.First of all i wanna say thnx to Doku,Foxy and usedforglue(sorry if i forgot anyone else ) for their kind words.As to what i have to say no i dont consider myself the best ermac in the world i let others judge my skills with him.I m gonna be honest.From what i ve seen from other ermac players worldwide i m not impressed as to how these players use ermac.I m gonna agree that atm there isnt anyone who could be considered the best ermac in the world simply because he is not picked by many players anymore in major tourneys.But i still think that he has what it takes to be with the top characters of the game.You just need to play calm and smart,but thats for another thread to be discussed.
@Foxy : i haaaaaate reptile ( no offense glue your match was GG at SVB ) Ermac is a very good zoner but he has a decent close game too ( and i say again DECENT).As for what MKF30 said yeah Greece doesnt have a big game com in MK but we are pretty good to compete against many players(eg :Hidan with his brutal Quan Chi and Nivek with his godlike raiden.)So no the quantity doesnt count,the quality does (i m saying that cause of SVB).I m not trying to diss any top world players with this post or say that we are the best in the world and bla bla bla i just want to prove that even if we dont have many good players in Greece we can still make a difference..And ofc i d loved to discuss it further if you guys want to.As for Reptile i still believe that he is the worst matchup against Ermac but thats for another thread to be discussed.Again guys thnx for you kind words i really appreciate it And one last thing.From what ive seen at SVB Europe has no reason at all to be jealous of American MK players.

P.S : Looks like the competition and the connection is better at XBL than PSN from what i ve heard.Too bad i only have a PS3.

 

[zaf]

IniquityDM, 312 with ermac is not safe. Fast d1's and spin/elbow dash can punish it.
basically anything 6 frames. also almost any character can punish 312 by ducking and poking ermac after the 3 since 1,2 goes completely over crouched opponents

 

[seoulspirit]

That's why you only use the 3

AND KICK THEM IN THE CHEST

 

[MKF30]

@Metzos, ah that sucks dude, was going to say which console do you play on but since you're only on PSN, all good. I play on just xbox was going to say, let's play sometime. I've played a few UK, Italy and Spanish people. Lagged bad but it's not every day there's good Ermacs out there.

LOL why is the devil talking in this vid lmao

The devil has a voice? hmm, I guess in PR people must be really scared of the devil if they think he's in me haha.

I'm actually the MK announcer, didn't you know?

@Iniquity yeah but now I'm a lot better, more on my feet. Plus remember with online anyway, lag and delay can make people safe which is so annoying...lol that's why I refuse to play anyone with 1 ping, it's just frustrating.

 

[Alex_Smith]

There are many, not just one.

Hehehe.

LI Joe and Floe are at the top as far as tournament level Ermac goes. But LI Joe doesn't play anymore and I don't think floe takes the game that seriously anymore. Josh99 is about the best up and coming Ermac I've seen at tournaments recently. He has a bright future ahead of him.

What Rob said.

 

[Mt. Mutombo]

The devil has a voice? hmm, I guess in PR people must be really scared of the devil if they think he's in me haha.

I'm actually the MK announcer, didn't you know?

Lol are you serious, i mean for real?

 

[Geoffmeister]

Best and most accurate post in the entire thread! lol

Just realized this topic is asking online or offline players? Offline obviously Floe is the most known Ermac player, online there's a few but if you want to see mine in action, here's mine having nice matches vs. CD

thanks for the footage, interesting to see a high level MK player use ermac
few questions:
1: u really depend alot on ermacs projectile and TKP, why? i mostly use ermac very offensively and it works really well
2: u seem to be dropping combos or not taking full advantage once u got the juggle, is this intentional cause its a casual game?
3. all in all, i think im missing something that all the MK-pro's have, i dunno what it is, i know a thing or 2 about frame data and hitboxes, when to counter, which moves are safe on block etc. but i have no idea what im missing to be competetively good

4. a question for everyone: the community of MK9, is it more popular on xbox or PS3?

if u feel offended by my questions, dont be, im just trying to learn some more

 

[Error]

He answered #2 earlier in the thread, post 32, and as for #1, I heard he likes to zone more.

 

[Geoffmeister]

He answered #2 earlier in the thread, post 32, and as for #1, I heard he likes to zone more.

nevermind, i read his replies after my post
just this question then:
what is it that make MK-pro's distinct from "good/very good" mk-players? other than "reading" the opponent

 

[GNG Iniquity]

IniquityDM, 312 with ermac is not safe. Fast d1's and spin/elbow dash can punish it.
basically anything 6 frames.

Even JC isn't that safe, believe it or not. Elbow dash gets out of his pressure strings rather easily (6 frame startup); I don't think anyone's safe from Reptile.

 

[MKF30]

thanks for the footage, interesting to see a high level MK player use ermac
few questions:
1: u really depend alot on ermacs projectile and TKP, why? i mostly use ermac very offensively and it works really well
2: u seem to be dropping combos or not taking full advantage once u got the juggle, is this intentional cause its a casual game?
3. all in all, i think im missing something that all the MK-pro's have, i dunno what it is, i know a thing or 2 about frame data and hitboxes, when to counter, which moves are safe on block etc. but i have no idea what im missing to be competetively good

4. a question for everyone: the community of MK9, is it more popular on xbox or PS3?

if u feel offended by my questions, dont be, im just trying to learn some more

Huh? offended? lol not at all dude, just little confused maybe since some people are listing online, others offline. Or in general, then you'd have a select few in general, few offline, few online. Not many Ermac users lol.

To answer your questions, well wouldn't say depend on his fireballs, but rather depending who I'm facing. If I'm facing a teleporter I would be playing a lot differently, Kitana just has that elude/air glide move, so I can zone her with the fireballs and TKP. It keeps them in place and will always make them hold block.

Sometimes a best offense is a solid defense I do not rush down unless I have to. Ask anyone who's played me I will simply outturtle you lol.

2. During that time, that was over a month ago when I was experimenting with online combos, now I do the 22 TKP and usually only drop it due to lag/delay.

Ermac's safest moves well his jump ins, dial ups are his 31, do not use 312 that's not safe and if you keep doing 31, 31, 31 they can uppercut you in between so mix it up with D1, D4, sweeps, throws3, 3, 31 and F4.

 

[Error]

Is 3,3 safe or advantaged on block or is it just used to catch opponents off guard?

 

[Robotic]

I'm shaking the extreme rust off of my Ermac. My bro plays a nice Kitana and I find that you can frustrate her pretty easily to square boost. At the right distance - and it's lax, meaning you'll be at the right distance most of time - the square boost will land Kitana behind you. TKP hits every time, it makes him not want to boost anymore and find another way in - dash blocking to be precise. Dash in yourself and throw to zone again. This strategy works very well for me in this matchup, though consider I'm only playing 1 Kitana.

 

[Geoffmeister]

Huh? offended? lol not at all dude, just little confused maybe since some people are listing online, others offline. Or in general, then you'd have a select few in general, few offline, few online. Not many Ermac users lol.

To answer your questions, well wouldn't say depend on his fireballs, but rather depending who I'm facing. If I'm facing a teleporter I would be playing a lot differently, Kitana just has that elude/air glide move, so I can zone her with the fireballs and TKP. It keeps them in place and will always make them hold block.

Sometimes a best offense is a solid defense I do not rush down unless I have to. Ask anyone who's played me I will simply outturtle you lol.

2. During that time, that was over a month ago when I was experimenting with online combos, now I do the 22 TKP and usually only drop it due to lag/delay.

Ermac's safest moves well his jump ins, dial ups are his 31, do not use 312 that's not safe and if you keep doing 31, 31, 31 they can uppercut you in between so mix it up with D1, D4, sweeps, throws3, 3, 31 and F4.

Helpful, thanks.

 

[Geoffmeister]

not necesarily need tips, just wanted to see some footage to know if people know something about him I dont.
thanks for the answers, guys. Ermac does seem unpopular with the "better" players

maybe i do need tips -.-

 

[zaf]

there are a lot of MU's that ermac has where he is better off zoning and turtling.
ermac's fireball is really good and nice recovery too boot.
ermac sucks up close, he isn't a rushdown character. he can get raped up close
he is good at mixups and tricksies, this works well for him, but not as a rushdown tactic.