Then don't edit what I said if you don't like people to edit what you say. I obviously said that I don't main Kitana yet I know that she has combos off of her air fans. For example, I don't main Erron Black yet I know he is top tier. Don't take things I said out of context because it seems you don't like when people take what you say out of context.
I have not said a single thing about Kitana without checking her out and seeing her potential, just because I don't main a certain character doesn't mean I can't see that they are super good. By your logic Kabal was the WORST character in MK9 because I didn't main him myself.
I would say besides her (off the top of my head) quan ermac and sub. Quan's teleport while slow is still a threat against Kitana's heavy zoning game, ermac has a teleport and in MOS can trade projectiles for good damage. Sub isn't as bad as the other two but he can cover alot of space from full screen with his slide as long as it whiffs and doesn't get blocked. I feel like if mournful or asassin had better mix ups she would bet top tier but as it stands this is a weakness across all her variations. This bugs me most because i feel like asassin is built around being agressive which is pretty difficult seeing as she has only three strings which are plus and her overhead takes a good month to come out. RS isn't bad I would go so far as to say high mid tier but asassin just doesn't have the same potent tools. Her parry is just sorta meh not really impressive, sharpen is way to high risk for it's reward and asassin strike can't be used to anti zone because it only has armor on start up. Mournful is just garbage, nobody has place with mournful and it loses all of the air control that is Kitana's specialty along with her excellent damage. If she had a variation to cover her bad mix ups (like quan has warlock for hsi poor wake up) then she would liely be to tier, but as it stands this character is not solid enough to not have a pocket rushdown character like EB, Sonya, Jax etc. Even though quan easily has a worst variation (warlock) ketchup mad it to top 8 just with sorcerer quan. The only person to do notably with exclusively with Kitana is Kitana Prime.
Ermac is not really a bad match up for RS Kitana, you can counter the soul ball with the reflect just like you can counter the fans with the reflect with Kenshi.
As for the teleport, that's based on reads. You can easily see Ermac's TP coming and therefore you can punish with one of her big damage combos.
Sub match up is actually even, I've played against a good Kitana using unbreakable Subby and I was able to hold my own. As for Quan Chi, he can difficult to handle with Kitana but yet again that's all in theory the last time Kitana Prime played against one of the best Quan Chi's if not THE best summoner Quan Chi, Shujinkydink. Quan Chi lost so I believe it's also a pretty fair match up and against his teleport is easy to react to.
You gave me three fair match ups not three bad match ups for Kitana. A bad match up for example is something like Ferra/Torr or Kenshi against Grandmaster sub-zero because they can pass right through his clone with their projectiles which means they negate the whole variation all together or make it a lot less useful. That's a bad match up but what you gave me are three fair match ups. I understand that you think Kitana is mid at best because she doesn't have overhead and low 50/50s but that is the wrong way to look at it.
Day 1 everybody was taught that "MKX = 50/50s" or you are not going to be anywhere near top tier but I disagreed day 1 and I disagree today, overtime I was proven more and more right. Kung Lao, Kitana, Predator, Tanya. Are solid top tier characters who don't have a so called 50/50. But Mix-ups, ALL characters in MK have them and need them simply because Mix-ups are YOU not the character. Are you gonna run and throw or are are going to run and go for a string or or or OR are you going to run and block expecting me to for armour. You see? These are mix-ups and Kitana got them just like all other characters in the game, 50/50s are just added bonus, they are not required for you to be top tier.
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