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Video/Tutorial - Dragons Fire Liu Kang corner block trap

Pig Of The Hut

Day 0 Phenomenal Dr. Fate and Darkseid player
Sir, i respect you and your opinion alot and i was testing the whole corner pressure myself and then i found this. When i was going for b12 after mb flying kick it was beating Sub-Zero's d1 and d4 but soon after i found this new tech to escape Liu's pressure easily. And i hope you test this yourself and i'll be more than happy if you prove me wrong. And if i am right please delete this post ASAP because it is attracting unwanted LK haters who dont know anything about Liu Kang and demanding nerfs for the character.
wait was the new tech youre talking about a slide?
 

AK L0rdoftheFLY

I hatelove this game
I dont care what happens with thia. I have known about it forever and said nothing. I was asked to make the vid, so i did. Nothing more.
You know I love you Tom. But more characters have options than don't. 7-8 frame normals and reversals are very much the norm and it's more so a select few that can't get out. Dizzy stated those characters already I believe. Of those characters that can't get out, it's only for a portion of the match.

B12 to break that armor doesn't even get them a full combo if done at the end of the loop because they have no stamina.

F4 (9) and b2 (13) can be fuzzy guarded. The only 50/50 is stager and armor break. The high low 50/50 doesn't exist.

To be fair Tom, you also are spreading some misinformation.
 
We both watched the videos, right? We read through the posts. We read Dizzy's post about what characters genuinely have troubles with this tech. I can see what you're saying, but people who TRULY want balance will want these things gone instead of defending them to any extent.
the pot calling the kettle black. My post was embarassing? I was about to write a response clarifying my last post, but you seem to have your mind set and shut.

The characters genuinely having troubles with this tech assumes they met all the three prereqs: 1. cornered, 2. without bar, 3. holding the block button for the next 50 seconds. Factor in human execution and if it is really impossible for those characters (highly doubt it), then go counterpick.

Last I checked, being cornered is a dangerous place to be in almost every fighting game.

People love to complain being (theoretically) raped by Liu Kang for free in the corner, yet GM Sub Zero is doing the same thing against most grapplers even out of the corner. NRS, plz nerf Ice Clones so my sun god kotal doesn't die to sub zero :DOGE
 
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BigMacMcLovin

B2s and Birdarangs
Great thread, Tom. Nicely presented and decent discussion. I personally think we should let it rock but don't listen to me because I'm irrelevant.

I think everyone missed a bug in the first video though. A bug that is potentially game changing if not investigated by NRS immediately. If you really pay attention at the 25 second mark you'll notice that Kenshi is in fact BLOCKING. We cannot allow this monstrosity of easily abused tech continue any longer. Let us all come together and fight the darkest shadows that linger over this heavenly game.

Nerf Kenshi.
 

xXxNasHxXx

Mighty Champion of EarthRealm
wait was the new tech youre talking about a slide?
yes its a slide because it down profiles every option after meter burned flying kick except d1 and f44 for which en slide can be used and its a very effective counter for the pressure. And as it is a reversal so its quite easy to pull rather than pokes. Slide being safe or unsafe is another thing but in my post i was showing Tom that he can easily counter the MB Dragon kick pressure.
 
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Just don't change lius fb rcs again to be needed else liu is officially bottom tier, let's talk about solutions and im hoping to see videos made on quan chi summoner because that's dumb too as it's not even situational and can be do his crap from start of game to end of game, every game lol. Mb fk make it neutral for Liu and end this
 

RVB

twitch.tv/rvblacktail
Holy crap I love Tom Brady threads and videos. Always pure gold.


Anyway, on topic - I don't think the comparisons to Scorpion are fair, and we don't just need a blanket "no loopable pressure" rule. LK is a very different character, one who relies on the pressure, Scorpion has a lot of other things going for him, restands, TP, 50/50, etc, and his pressure is still strong it just has a guessing game. LK on the other hand is built around it, and his other two variations trade it off for different styles of pressure bonuses. I think it needs to stay.

HOWEVER, I don't think block infinites like this need to stay and I don't understand why anyone would argue otherwise except for one of two reasons, they are either LK mains, or trying to be edgy and rag on TB like what happens every thread he makes.

I think what we should be focusing on is finding a way to remove this, without nerfing the rest of the character, and without senselessly buffing certain other characters by giving them faster pokes
^THIS DAMMIT... THIS
 

AK L0rdoftheFLY

I hatelove this game
Isnt that a very bad option being minus a million on block?

Die or die sliding lol
I think this is where I struggle. People say they have no options but when an option works they say " but what if they block it? I'll get punished!"

This is so silly. Yea some characters suck, some characters are really good, but shouldn't we use the option of we have it? Doesn't that elevate the meta and change the autopilot pressure Kang has?
 

Asodimazze

https://twitter.com/AlfioZacco
...F4 (9) and b2 (13) can be fuzzy guarded. The only 50/50 is stager and armor break. The high low 50/50 doesn't exist.

To be fair Tom, you also are spreading some misinformation.
You are spreading misinformation too, there is no way one can fuzzy guard between f4 and b2 consistently, people are not robots.
 
Just don't change lius fb rcs again to be needed else liu is officially bottom tier, let's talk about solutions and im hoping to see videos made on quan chi summoner because that's dumb too as it's not even situational and can be do his crap from start of game to end of game, every game lol. Mb fk make it neutral for Liu and end this
solution: don't get cornered or counter pick. i highly doubt erron black vs liu kang is a bad match up.
 

I GOT HANDS

Official Infrared Scorp wid gapless Wi-Fi pressure
Just curious and trying to learn the match-up, if he armour breaks can he combo? I don't see that much B1 being used

the pot calling the kettle black. My post was embarassing? I was about to write a response clarifying my last post, but you seem to have your mind set and shut.

The characters genuinely having troubles with this tech assumes they met all the three prereqs: 1. cornered, 2. without bar, 3. holding the block button for the next 50 seconds. Factor in human execution and if it is really impossible for those characters (highly doubt it), then go counterpick.

Last I checked, being cornered is a dangerous place to be in almost every fighting game.

People love to complain being (theoretically) raped by Liu Kang for free in the corner, yet GM Sub Zero is doing the same thing against most grapplers even out of the corner. NRS, plz nerf Ice Clones so my sun god kotal doesn't die to sub zero :DOGE
If you feel that you have no options vs Sub in the corner, you really need to learn the match up man. His corner game is strong, and the rest of the character is balanced around it. However, even with all the tradeoffs Sub makes for his corner game, it still aint even close to the level of this. You can ALWAYS do something vs Sub.
 

xXxNasHxXx

Mighty Champion of EarthRealm
I think this is where I struggle. People say they have no options but when an option works they say " but what if they block it? I'll get punished!"

This is so silly. Yea some characters suck, some characters are really good, but shouldn't we use the option of we have it? Doesn't that elevate the meta and change the autopilot pressure Kang has?
I was just showing Tom that how he can get out of the pressure as he was saying that poking or jabbing Liu during the pressure is nearly impossible. But slide being safe or unsafe is not my problem but its a legit option to get out of the pressure even the normal one rather than enhanced.
 

Crathen

Death is my business
Missing the point huh?

A good bunch characters gets zoned to death by Liu Kang and have to either take risks like jumpins / use meter on armor or slowly crawl into his range and he gets in whenever he wants and starts block pressure / throws / b2 / f4 , his neutral game is stupid good along w the meter he builds , his is risk free pressure , imagine if characters like Erron Black or Sonya had low fireball and when you got in you'd have to deal w 50/50s.

I can say this from Erron Black pov it's dumb how when he starts pressure you can't armor , you can't backdash , you can't press a button and it takes a simple "mistake" as a b2 on hit to get all of that started if the liu player wants to and he already outspaces you while controlling the pace of the match.

Even w characters that can get out like w EX Slide you are ignoring the risk reward on that read , Liu worst thing that can happen is getting slided for 11% while if he blocks it he gets full combo , while Sub has to decide if he wants to spend the bar on EX slide ( if he has it because he already gets outfootsied by liu and has trouble building meter ) and possibly get baited or continue to block and get chipped to death while letting liu build more meter.
 

WITNESS

Worlds Famous
Just don't change lius fb rcs again to be needed else liu is officially bottom tier, let's talk about solutions and im hoping to see videos made on quan chi summoner because that's dumb too as it's not even situational and can be do his crap from start of game to end of game, every game lol. Mb fk make it neutral for Liu and end this
Or just leave MB kick the same
 

I GOT HANDS

Official Infrared Scorp wid gapless Wi-Fi pressure
I think this is where I struggle. People say they have no options but when an option works they say " but what if they block it? I'll get punished!"

This is so silly. Yea some characters suck, some characters are really good, but shouldn't we use the option of we have it? Doesn't that elevate the meta and change the autopilot pressure Kang has?
Yeah, some people are acting like he can armour break, continue his FBC pressure, and block the slide, all at the same time. If you have options, make a read and pick the right one, its what LK has to do as well.

I'm just trying to work out what options there actually ARE at this point however.
 

xXxNasHxXx

Mighty Champion of EarthRealm
Just don't change lius fb rcs again to be needed else liu is officially bottom tier, let's talk about solutions and im hoping to see videos made on quan chi summoner because that's dumb too as it's not even situational and can be do his crap from start of game to end of game, every game lol. Mb fk make it neutral for Liu and end this
Nothing has to be changed of Liu Kang. He should stay as he is now. The only thing has to be changed is giving every character a 6-7f d1.
 

AK L0rdoftheFLY

I hatelove this game
Missing the point huh?

A good bunch characters gets zoned to death by Liu Kang and have to either take risks like jumpins / use meter on armor or slowly crawl into his range and he gets in whenever he wants and starts block pressure / throws / b2 / f4 , his neutral game is stupid good along w the meter he builds , his is risk free pressure , imagine if characters like Erron Black or Sonya had low fireball and when you got in you'd have to deal w 50/50s.

I can say this from Erron Black pov it's dumb how when he starts pressure you can't armor , you can't backdash , you can't press a button and it takes a simple "mistake" as a b2 on hit to get all of that started if the liu player wants to and he already outspaces you while controlling the pace of the match.
Pfffffffff. No one gets zoned to death in mkx
@General M2Dave
 

WITNESS

Worlds Famous
Missing the point huh?

A good bunch characters gets zoned to death by Liu Kang and have to either take risks like jumpins / use meter on armor or slowly crawl into his range and he gets in whenever he wants and starts block pressure / throws / b2 / f4 , his neutral game is stupid good along w the meter he builds , his is risk free pressure , imagine if characters like Erron Black or Sonya had low fireball and when you got in you'd have to deal w 50/50s.

I can say this from Erron Black pov it's dumb how when he starts pressure you can't armor , you can't backdash , you can't press a button and it takes a simple "mistake" as a b2 on hit to get all of that started if the liu player wants to and he already outspaces you while controlling the pace of the match.
You know you can react to his zoning right?
 

Agilaz

It has begun
the pot calling the kettle black. My post was embarassing? I was about to write a response clarifying my last post, but you seem to have your mind set and shut.

The characters genuinely having troubles with this tech assumes they met all the three prereqs: 1. cornered, 2. without bar, 3. holding the block button for the next 50 seconds. Factor in human execution and if it is really impossible for those characters (highly doubt it), then go counterpick.

Last I checked, being cornered is a dangerous place to be in almost every fighting game.

People love to complain being (theoretically) raped by Liu Kang for free in the corner, yet GM Sub Zero is doing the same thing against most grapplers even out of the corner. NRS, plz nerf Ice Clones so my sun god kotal doesn't die to sub zero :DOGE
I paid 60€ for this game, I should be able to play my favourite character without the rushdown lobby forcing me to pick different characters. :DOGE