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Tuesday night in Atlanta and that means its time for yet another Atlanta Kombat Arena. This week saw 26 competitors enter the arena for kombat at Yomi Gaming including all the familiar faces as well as some surprise guests. The current champ DJT decided to switch it up this week by primarily using pumped up Jax as his character of choice. DMS made a surprise visit to Yomi to get some quick EVO training in. ATL Batman (known now as DOJO Batman) also made a return to show off his skills in Mortal Kombat X.
The first few rounds of the tournament saw a few very high profile players go down to upsets in the form of Clint the Beast defeating Michaelangelo 2-1 in an insanely hype down to the wire set in which clint used Sub Zero vs Michael's Quan Chi. The second upset came from none other than Zyphox who has been on a tear recently since his Top 16 placing at CEO just 2 weeks ago. He defeated Forever King 2-0 with some crafty Liu Kang play. In Loser's Bracket it would become a jungle full of top players with King being eliminated by Michael and Saltface with a surprising loss to Massive Skillz who is a local player that plays Kung Lao and Tanya.
For the most part Predator was still a bit too fresh for this tournament but you can see flashes of him from MIT, REO, and Clint at times during the tournament and Yomi also did a broadcast before the tournament if you would like to view that as well.
Top 3 would settle down to be Slayer vs MIT in winners and DJT in losers. Winner's Finals would be a classic match between two of Yomi's best with Slayer choosing a reliable Kung Lao while MIT decided to try the throwback with his original main in Hellfire Scorpion. The first match was very back and forth with each player taking a round but Slayer would smartly close it out with good patience against MIT's air assault.
MIT would make a character switch to a female character that we all know too well. However, it was Kitana(Mournful) instead of his Tanya. An odd choice that MIT has never used in tournament before. MIT would use an interesting style of zoning and rushdown mixed together to keep Slayer from getting the download allowing MIT to take the first round. Slayer would make the quick adjustment and use Lao's powerful up close game to corner Kitana and with one well timed Ex-spin to make sure MIT could not escape, the round was Slayer's. The final round would swing back into the favor of MIT with glaives flying everywhere giving us a 1-1 deadlock going into game 3 of the Winner' Finals.
Both competitors would continue firing back and forth swapping round wins until Slayer was victorious again. 2-1 in Slayer's favor now and MIT had a decision to make. At this point MIT was forced to go back to Tanya and win 2 straight games to advance over Slayer. Would the newly nerfed Tanya be enough to make it past Slayer's Kung Lao?
Slayer would start the game strong coming straight out of the gate with a nice jump in into combo. The round would grind down with MIT putting the hurt on Slayer in the corner. Slayer would break to force a last second scramble only to take a huge risk with a divekick that would get blocked and punished by MIT. Slayer would quickly take the second round and take a huge half life lead in the third looking like he would close out the set. A risky wakeup by Slayer would get stuffed by MIT after Slayer dropped a crucial combo leaving him free to be pummeled in the corner by MIT. MIT would leave no holes and Slayer found himself now tied 2-2 when he was on the brink of winning. MIT would smell blood and would decisively take game 5 with Kobu Jutsu's powerful ground game to overwhelm Slayer. Overall the Winner's Finals was a great back and forth affair ending 3-2 in MIT's favor with multiple characters on display.
Loser's Finals would see the other Terry Brother, DJT, fight Slayer after that crushing defeat. Earlier in the tournament Slayer had beaten DJT 3-2 so this was a runback with Denzell looking to get revenge. The CEO champ decided to stick with the flavor of the week in Pumped Up Jax while Slayer kept on trucking with Kung Lao. Slayer would start off the set strong but Denzell is know for his adaptation and defensive play. DJT would overcome the life deficit by exploiting the various holes in Slayers pressure as he continued to go in against the brick wall defense of DJT despite having a life lead. Slayer would get reckless and more unsafe in the second round allowing DJT to go up 1-0.
Slayer would become more patient at the start of the next game to take round 1 but again in round 2 some major errors began to cost him. Slayer would slam his fists at the end of round 2 after a costly blocked divekick and what seemed like and unwanted breaker. Slayer would need to calm down immediately to keep from becoming overwhelmed. Denzell would use this current mental advantage to bait Slayer into some more risky maneuvers allowing Denzell to push the set to the brink at 2-0.
Slayer would again make the proper adjustments but a dropped combo late in the round forced him to break and lose an unnecessary 2 bars. He would take the round but now DJT had a large meter advantage. Denzell would continue to put on a clinic on how to play defensively vs Lao by smartly using ex gotcha grab to trade meter for meter and get damage through slayer's pressure. The final round would now set DJT on match point. Denzell would prove to be too hard to open up in the final round and closed the set out with yet another Ex Gotcha to anti air Slayer with Slayer proclaiming that he was dead as soon as he jumped. Denzell would advance to Grand Finals against his brother yet again after a great display of defensive play with his new Jax.
The Terry Brothers Grand Final has been a classic at Yomi for many weeks since their arrival. This week had some new twists with Denzell's new character and MIT also with a few tricks up his sleeve to go along with Tanya (who Yomi believes is still a Top 3 character). MIT would start with his own brand new character in Predator! It's only day 1 and the character is already showing up in Grand Finals. DJT would stick to Jax vs the Warrior variation of Predator. MIT had been showing off many self destruct setups earlier in the day on stream so his Predator seemed prime for action.
MIT would make a huge comeback using some setups that Warrior Predator can catch people off guard with including the divebomb that is unique to that variation. However, right as MIT was about to take the round he dropped the major combo! Looks like day 1 may be just too early to debut a brand new character. Denzell would continue to put the hurt on the new character in the MK universe to seal out game 1. MIT would stick with predator to keep the intrigue going. MIT would continue to meet tough defense from Denzell only to find himself on the wrong end of a 2-0 deficit. He still had the cushion of a reset but it was time for Malik to get serious as screams of "YOMI 6-0" echoed throughout the crowd. Tanya time at Yomi once again. Tanya would prove to be just enough as MIT would take a close game 3 to put him on the board and remove the thought of a 6-0 skunking. Both players would continue brawling trading pressure back and forth with a few mindgames as both players tried to get in the other brother's head. Denzell would push through the final round to force a 3-1 bracket reset with his insanely impressive Jax.
Now on level terms the new set would still be on the same precedent as before. This match was all about who could outsmart who up close. MIT would draw first blood in the new set showing off a few new tricks and staggers as well as the use of armor to stifle Denzell's attempts at reversing pressure. Now it was on Denzell to make adjustments to make sure MIT did not run away with this set. Every match so far had each player with very little left to spare once they won and the next was no different. MIT would try to mix in some more defensive play with tonfa throws but it was to no avail as Denzell found his was in again and again finishing the game with a chip out death. All tied up once again.
MIT would ponder a character change but ultimately decided to stick it out with tanya. Both players began to advance the levels of yomi trying to find ways around the others tendencies. Each player would trade armor and pokes constantly while mixing up the strings and pressure. Ultimately it was DJT who found the answer as he got MIT down to around 30% life and waited to use what seems to be his favorite move, Ex Gotcha Grab. Denzell would follow with a straight punch to stuff MIT's armor because he had no life to take the hit. 2-1 and Denzell was now on the brink of winning after a full bracket reset.
MIT was now not confident in Tanya finishing the job so he picked Jax's fellow Special Forces office in Sonya Blade. MIT would hope that Sonya's power mixup game would be enough to open up the iron wall defense that Denzell had been showing off all night. 18 seconds into the match and the first round was already gone to MIT. So far Sonya had worked exactly as planned as DJT was having a lot of trouble keeping her out and blocking the deadly mixups of momma Blade. Denzell would move to match point by keeping his distance and frustrating MIT anytime he got close. Denzell would move in for the kill late in the final round but an almost Jedi like parry from MIT would give him the life lead and allow him to finish Denzell off forcing a game 5 in grand finals!
Both players would start game 5 with a little full screen projectile trading. Each was looking for the perfect opportunity to bait a bad projectile and make their way in. MIT would put a well placed divekick right on Jax's head to sway the round in his favor. However, Denzell would fight back and use ex gotcha grab, like he has all night, to finish off the round and move to match point. Denzell would again use 2 ex gotcha grabs and a well converted f21 to put MIT on the brink of death. A last ditch wake up xray that was highly telegraphed by Denzell would seemingly close it out, but Denzell would swing too early and get hit by the late frames of the animation! Shades of Forever King at Seasons Beatings many years ago when he hit Johnny Cage's xray far after it was thought to be active. MIT would convert for the combo but a dropped leg grab would give Denzell the opportunity to simply chip him out with a well spaced jump kick to take the set and tournament 3-2!
DJT is your champion once again and has been on a tear as we all know recently. He has won CEO and the past 2 Yomi's and even more impressively he has done it with all Jax on this night. Thanks for all that tuned into the stream and those who competed and we will see you next week for the 12th installment of the Atlanta Kombat Arena!
Grand Finals
Losers Finals
Winners Finals
Find us on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsOf2h9Fl8_-j8cGNEUsbFg
Full results can be found at http://challonge.com/mkx7715
Top 8
1- DJT
2- MIT
3- Slayer
4- Michaelangelo
5-Kush
5-Zyphox
7-Xenomorph
7-Massive Skillz
I will be writing the articles for the foreseeable future for the Yomi tournaments. I am looking for any and all criticism on my articles as it is you guys who I want to get the information out to in the best way. I know my articles are long and in depth and if that is too much then let me know. If it is just Top 8 results and a few videos embedded that people want then I will be glad to do that. Just try to keep the criticism civil and enjoy the article if you have time. See you next week TYM!
The first few rounds of the tournament saw a few very high profile players go down to upsets in the form of Clint the Beast defeating Michaelangelo 2-1 in an insanely hype down to the wire set in which clint used Sub Zero vs Michael's Quan Chi. The second upset came from none other than Zyphox who has been on a tear recently since his Top 16 placing at CEO just 2 weeks ago. He defeated Forever King 2-0 with some crafty Liu Kang play. In Loser's Bracket it would become a jungle full of top players with King being eliminated by Michael and Saltface with a surprising loss to Massive Skillz who is a local player that plays Kung Lao and Tanya.
For the most part Predator was still a bit too fresh for this tournament but you can see flashes of him from MIT, REO, and Clint at times during the tournament and Yomi also did a broadcast before the tournament if you would like to view that as well.
Top 3 would settle down to be Slayer vs MIT in winners and DJT in losers. Winner's Finals would be a classic match between two of Yomi's best with Slayer choosing a reliable Kung Lao while MIT decided to try the throwback with his original main in Hellfire Scorpion. The first match was very back and forth with each player taking a round but Slayer would smartly close it out with good patience against MIT's air assault.
MIT would make a character switch to a female character that we all know too well. However, it was Kitana(Mournful) instead of his Tanya. An odd choice that MIT has never used in tournament before. MIT would use an interesting style of zoning and rushdown mixed together to keep Slayer from getting the download allowing MIT to take the first round. Slayer would make the quick adjustment and use Lao's powerful up close game to corner Kitana and with one well timed Ex-spin to make sure MIT could not escape, the round was Slayer's. The final round would swing back into the favor of MIT with glaives flying everywhere giving us a 1-1 deadlock going into game 3 of the Winner' Finals.
Both competitors would continue firing back and forth swapping round wins until Slayer was victorious again. 2-1 in Slayer's favor now and MIT had a decision to make. At this point MIT was forced to go back to Tanya and win 2 straight games to advance over Slayer. Would the newly nerfed Tanya be enough to make it past Slayer's Kung Lao?
Slayer would start the game strong coming straight out of the gate with a nice jump in into combo. The round would grind down with MIT putting the hurt on Slayer in the corner. Slayer would break to force a last second scramble only to take a huge risk with a divekick that would get blocked and punished by MIT. Slayer would quickly take the second round and take a huge half life lead in the third looking like he would close out the set. A risky wakeup by Slayer would get stuffed by MIT after Slayer dropped a crucial combo leaving him free to be pummeled in the corner by MIT. MIT would leave no holes and Slayer found himself now tied 2-2 when he was on the brink of winning. MIT would smell blood and would decisively take game 5 with Kobu Jutsu's powerful ground game to overwhelm Slayer. Overall the Winner's Finals was a great back and forth affair ending 3-2 in MIT's favor with multiple characters on display.
Loser's Finals would see the other Terry Brother, DJT, fight Slayer after that crushing defeat. Earlier in the tournament Slayer had beaten DJT 3-2 so this was a runback with Denzell looking to get revenge. The CEO champ decided to stick with the flavor of the week in Pumped Up Jax while Slayer kept on trucking with Kung Lao. Slayer would start off the set strong but Denzell is know for his adaptation and defensive play. DJT would overcome the life deficit by exploiting the various holes in Slayers pressure as he continued to go in against the brick wall defense of DJT despite having a life lead. Slayer would get reckless and more unsafe in the second round allowing DJT to go up 1-0.
Slayer would become more patient at the start of the next game to take round 1 but again in round 2 some major errors began to cost him. Slayer would slam his fists at the end of round 2 after a costly blocked divekick and what seemed like and unwanted breaker. Slayer would need to calm down immediately to keep from becoming overwhelmed. Denzell would use this current mental advantage to bait Slayer into some more risky maneuvers allowing Denzell to push the set to the brink at 2-0.
Slayer would again make the proper adjustments but a dropped combo late in the round forced him to break and lose an unnecessary 2 bars. He would take the round but now DJT had a large meter advantage. Denzell would continue to put on a clinic on how to play defensively vs Lao by smartly using ex gotcha grab to trade meter for meter and get damage through slayer's pressure. The final round would now set DJT on match point. Denzell would prove to be too hard to open up in the final round and closed the set out with yet another Ex Gotcha to anti air Slayer with Slayer proclaiming that he was dead as soon as he jumped. Denzell would advance to Grand Finals against his brother yet again after a great display of defensive play with his new Jax.
The Terry Brothers Grand Final has been a classic at Yomi for many weeks since their arrival. This week had some new twists with Denzell's new character and MIT also with a few tricks up his sleeve to go along with Tanya (who Yomi believes is still a Top 3 character). MIT would start with his own brand new character in Predator! It's only day 1 and the character is already showing up in Grand Finals. DJT would stick to Jax vs the Warrior variation of Predator. MIT had been showing off many self destruct setups earlier in the day on stream so his Predator seemed prime for action.
MIT would make a huge comeback using some setups that Warrior Predator can catch people off guard with including the divebomb that is unique to that variation. However, right as MIT was about to take the round he dropped the major combo! Looks like day 1 may be just too early to debut a brand new character. Denzell would continue to put the hurt on the new character in the MK universe to seal out game 1. MIT would stick with predator to keep the intrigue going. MIT would continue to meet tough defense from Denzell only to find himself on the wrong end of a 2-0 deficit. He still had the cushion of a reset but it was time for Malik to get serious as screams of "YOMI 6-0" echoed throughout the crowd. Tanya time at Yomi once again. Tanya would prove to be just enough as MIT would take a close game 3 to put him on the board and remove the thought of a 6-0 skunking. Both players would continue brawling trading pressure back and forth with a few mindgames as both players tried to get in the other brother's head. Denzell would push through the final round to force a 3-1 bracket reset with his insanely impressive Jax.
Now on level terms the new set would still be on the same precedent as before. This match was all about who could outsmart who up close. MIT would draw first blood in the new set showing off a few new tricks and staggers as well as the use of armor to stifle Denzell's attempts at reversing pressure. Now it was on Denzell to make adjustments to make sure MIT did not run away with this set. Every match so far had each player with very little left to spare once they won and the next was no different. MIT would try to mix in some more defensive play with tonfa throws but it was to no avail as Denzell found his was in again and again finishing the game with a chip out death. All tied up once again.
MIT would ponder a character change but ultimately decided to stick it out with tanya. Both players began to advance the levels of yomi trying to find ways around the others tendencies. Each player would trade armor and pokes constantly while mixing up the strings and pressure. Ultimately it was DJT who found the answer as he got MIT down to around 30% life and waited to use what seems to be his favorite move, Ex Gotcha Grab. Denzell would follow with a straight punch to stuff MIT's armor because he had no life to take the hit. 2-1 and Denzell was now on the brink of winning after a full bracket reset.
MIT was now not confident in Tanya finishing the job so he picked Jax's fellow Special Forces office in Sonya Blade. MIT would hope that Sonya's power mixup game would be enough to open up the iron wall defense that Denzell had been showing off all night. 18 seconds into the match and the first round was already gone to MIT. So far Sonya had worked exactly as planned as DJT was having a lot of trouble keeping her out and blocking the deadly mixups of momma Blade. Denzell would move to match point by keeping his distance and frustrating MIT anytime he got close. Denzell would move in for the kill late in the final round but an almost Jedi like parry from MIT would give him the life lead and allow him to finish Denzell off forcing a game 5 in grand finals!
Both players would start game 5 with a little full screen projectile trading. Each was looking for the perfect opportunity to bait a bad projectile and make their way in. MIT would put a well placed divekick right on Jax's head to sway the round in his favor. However, Denzell would fight back and use ex gotcha grab, like he has all night, to finish off the round and move to match point. Denzell would again use 2 ex gotcha grabs and a well converted f21 to put MIT on the brink of death. A last ditch wake up xray that was highly telegraphed by Denzell would seemingly close it out, but Denzell would swing too early and get hit by the late frames of the animation! Shades of Forever King at Seasons Beatings many years ago when he hit Johnny Cage's xray far after it was thought to be active. MIT would convert for the combo but a dropped leg grab would give Denzell the opportunity to simply chip him out with a well spaced jump kick to take the set and tournament 3-2!
DJT is your champion once again and has been on a tear as we all know recently. He has won CEO and the past 2 Yomi's and even more impressively he has done it with all Jax on this night. Thanks for all that tuned into the stream and those who competed and we will see you next week for the 12th installment of the Atlanta Kombat Arena!
Grand Finals
Losers Finals
Winners Finals
Week 11 Playlist for AKA
Find us on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsOf2h9Fl8_-j8cGNEUsbFg
Full results can be found at http://challonge.com/mkx7715
Top 8
1- DJT
2- MIT
3- Slayer
4- Michaelangelo
5-Kush
5-Zyphox
7-Xenomorph
7-Massive Skillz
I will be writing the articles for the foreseeable future for the Yomi tournaments. I am looking for any and all criticism on my articles as it is you guys who I want to get the information out to in the best way. I know my articles are long and in depth and if that is too much then let me know. If it is just Top 8 results and a few videos embedded that people want then I will be glad to do that. Just try to keep the criticism civil and enjoy the article if you have time. See you next week TYM!
