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Poll Who is the most normalized character in Mortal Kombat XL?

Who is the most normalized character in Mortal Kombat XL?

  • A-List Johnny Cage

    Votes: 5 2.2%
  • Crystalline Tremor

    Votes: 61 27.4%
  • Demolition Sonya

    Votes: 8 3.6%
  • Dragon's Fire Liu Kang

    Votes: 11 4.9%
  • Hish-Qu-Ten Predator

    Votes: 9 4.0%
  • Hollywood Cassie

    Votes: 35 15.7%
  • Kobu Jutsu Tanya

    Votes: 114 51.1%
  • Summoner Quan Chi

    Votes: 70 31.4%
  • Trempest Kung Lao

    Votes: 21 9.4%
  • Wrestler Jax

    Votes: 9 4.0%

  • Total voters
    223

STRYKIE

Are ya' ready for MK11 kids?!
But we never got the old cmd grabd metagame back. All we got is basically 21 command grab, any knowledge player can blow that up everysingle time so there 21122 has become garnage. Garbage tick throws, -1, ex-sand push back -> waste of meter for the most part, garbage meter building now (universal nerf) AGH FUCK TYPING THIS MAKES ME SO SALTY lol. :D
Yes, but with that being said, the command grab is now more applicable by itself without having to tack it on from a gimmicky string. And the EX Sand Grenade is still useful for giving Erron a safe low option from B32 outside of Marksman. I think it was established a long time ago that it's utility in terms of plus frames was never really worth it.

With the way the game is shaping up now, it may not be everything he needs, but he is better off than he was in the previous patch.
 

zerosebaz

What's the point of a random Krypt?
NRS was doing a better job with their patching before XL, a more moderate way of patching than what we got in MK9 or Injustice. They ruined that with XL, they nerfed the top too harshly.
 

Derptile

RIP Ex Smash
But we never got the old cmd grabd metagame back. All we got is basically 21 command grab, any knowledge player can blow that up everysingle time so there 21122 has become garnage. Garbage tick throws, -1, ex-sand push back -> waste of meter for the most part, garbage meter building now (universal nerf) AGH FUCK TYPING THIS MAKES ME SO SALTY lol. :D
Personally I felt that the Ex Sand pushback put him him in a good range for F1 or whiff punishing on a read but that's just me.
 

RiBBz22

TYM's Confirmed Prophet/Time-Traveler
And I swear Cassie's NP knocks your further away on hit
It does, she got taken to the woodshed. Brawler is the only variation at this point unless you are just playing for fun. Spec Ops was RIP 6 months ago in the previous round of nerfs and they decided to keep it unviable in this patch as well.
 

Crusty

Retired forever; don’t ask for games.
Honorable mention for Tremor too
Tremor deserves more than an honorable mention, the patch completely shat on his meta and neutral, and made him even harder to manage as a character. More nerfs are being discovered as we speak. I'm surprised Tremor didn't get more votes considering Quan still has some of his BS.

This patch completely destroyed 75% of the KP1 characters and for what gain....MKXL and KP2.

NRS you done fucked up.
 

Helter Skelter

CHIPPINGxTRAPPINGxZONING
When the KP2 characters get inevitably normalized. The game WILL be balanced because there won't be so much of the 'dirt' you guys rely on.

Then we can shut the fuck up about who got 'ruined'.

It's getting boring.

Everyone is like "Tremor lost his OTG!?"

So did Goro and the rest of the cast and some of those characters had less of a winning chance than the top tiers.
 
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Eldriken

Guest
When the KP2 characters get inevitably normalized. The game WILL be balanced because there won't be so much of the 'dirt' you guys rely on.

Then we can shut the fuck up about who got 'ruined'.

It's getting boring.

Everyone is like "Tremor lost his OTG!?"

So did Goro and the rest of the cast and some of those characters had less of a winning chance than the top tiers.
Yeah, others lost their OTG damage, but Tremor's was far more integral to his game than other characters in my opinion. I would see some Goro, Jax and other players occasionally use their OTG, but nowhere near as much as Tremor players would. I think they should have just reduced the overall damage it dealt instead of making it scale to combos. Using a bar for 3% is laughably bad unless it's GOING to win the round/match. It should have been reduced to a flat number around 8-10%, regardless of how long the combo was.

Then the change to his Up Rock hurt him even more. They could have changed it to a mid and possibly reduced/added a few frames here or there, but not to the degree that they did.

I'm not trying to start an argument with you as these are just my opinions and you're obviously allowed to have your own on the matter. I'm just wanting to discuss things in a civil manner. :D
 

marietta1200

Best Coast
Then the change to his Up Rock hurt him even more. They could have changed it to a mid and possibly reduced/added a few frames here or there, but not to the degree that they did.
You're not starting an argument. OTG is a serious hit but every skilled Tremor player is far more upset about uprock. Everyone is not like "Tremor lost his OTG," everyone is like "Tremor's uprock is a crap move that's only useful if meter burned."
 

KingKhrystopher

Official Merlin of TYM
KP2 characters will eventually get nerfed into oblivion too, and this thread will be made again for KP2 characters, don't worry.

Hopefully except Alien, though Tarkatan = Kobu Jutsu, and what just happened to Tanya... Ugh.
 
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Eldriken

Guest
Wtf he has a MB uprock? Lol
Yes. I don't think it had any different properties than the original other than maybe damage? I could be wrong about that, but I never saw anyone use EX Up Rock prior to its changes. EX Up Rock in the current patch functions like the non-EX version prior to getting nerfed, I believe.

You're not starting an argument. OTG is a serious hit but every skilled Tremor player is far more upset about uprock. Everyone is not like "Tremor lost his OTG," everyone is like "Tremor's uprock is a crap move that's only useful if meter burned."
Well, I like to point out that I'm not trying to start an argument 'cause folks on here (not the person I was quoting specifically) love to start arguments when you have a different opinion than them.

But I agree that his Up Rock is the bigger issue here to most than his OTG.