Question Ed Boon asks: "WHO DO YOU THINK ARE THE TOP 5 MOST OP FIGHTERS IN MKXL?"

[Compbros]

The only Kano with a problem is Cutthroat Kano, other two are fine. That means normalize the Cutthroat specific stuff and don't touch his shared toolset.

Doesn't matter, they'll hit universal tools to normalize the "problem" variation.

 

[Blonde_Huntress]

Alien, Sonya, Mileena, Ermac, Kano are my top selections.

I wouldn't mind Mileena dropping some spots, namely so the tier whores will gtfo.

 

[SylverRye]

Lui Kang is OP with his foot pressure cancel into more pressure. I vote for him!

Good for you

 

[Compbros]

So... Ya'll are cool with Jason cranking out 36% meterless and effortless? OK.

Unbelievably cool.

 

[JDM]

I think nearly everyone is in agreement that we have Alien, Sonya, Mileena, and Takeda.

Then the 5th gets debatable between Johnny, Kano, and D'Vorah.

Anything after that seems like a drop off in comparison when talking about "OP tools", characters, and whatnot.

Hopefully the right thing is done by toning these guys down a little while buffing the true bad variations (Hat Trick, Balanced, Master of Storms, etc), and leaving the mid tiers alone other than their hitbox or consistency issues.

Liu Kang is still pretty ridiculous too.


But yeah my 5 were Alien Sonya Mileena Takeda and Johnny.

 

[TheGangstaFace]

Honestly if you put Ermac in your top 5 I'm not sure we're playing the same game

 

[The_Tile]

I think nearly everyone is in agreement that we have Alien, Sonya, Mileena, and Takeda.

Then the 5th gets debatable between Johnny, Kano, and D'Vorah.

Anything after that seems like a drop off in comparison when talking about "OP tools", characters, and whatnot.

Hopefully the right thing is done by toning these guys down a little while buffing the true bad variations (Hat Trick, Balanced, Master of Storms, etc), and leaving the mid tiers alone other than their hitbox or consistency issues.

I actually feel CT Kano is right there with the other top 4. He has every tool a character could want and I have no idea how he could lose a matchup, even against the other top tiers.

Johnny and D'vorah are weird ones for me. They definitely need toning down, but my overall opinion on them seems to change daily so im not exactly sure what needs changing.

And to answer the OP, it has to be: Alien, Mileena, Sonya and Kano for ridiculously OP. Cage and D'vorah are a fraction less stupid and Takeda is somewhere inbetween.

 

[War_Machine_27]

"Alien , Mileena, Jason, Kotal Kahn and Shinnok"


These people.....


Edit: SOMEONE SAID ERRON BLACK! I can't watch this hashtag anymore.

BUT I CANT BLOCK HIS OP SLIDE THAT ISNT SAFE

 

[evolution07]

Alien, Sonya, Takeda, Mileena, Johnny.

I'm not even sure I would use the term OP though. The top 5 aren't blatantly obvious, and there are ALOT of viable characters / variations now. Jax is ridiculous. Ermac and Kano are insane. Jacqui has always been severely under rated (sans her t rex limbs), Liu Kang is still Liu Kang, Lao is super good, Erron Black is still a thing, D'Vorah could be thrown into the top 5 discussion, for some reason people stopped complaining about Kung Jin even though he's almost just as (soap bar in my mouth) as he was in vanilla, a well played reptile is absurd, Quan Chi is still really good, Cassie can fuck right the hell off, Jason and Leatherface have shown viability, Shinnok is still placing in top 8s.

FIVE OP characters is what he wants? If he's gonna get feedback from twitter and there are seriously FIVE characters getting nerfed, then there's gonna be some unwarranted BS coming.

Agree with this, especially the bold parts. Looking at the Twitter responses it's a huge mixed bag of responses. I think Ed and his team should ask real / top players what needs addressing because this won't end well.

 

[Shirai Ryu Dog]

Alien Kotal Kahn Kano Takeda Sonya

 

[IrishMantis]

Kano(CT) is a shit ton worst than Kang

Kang is in a good place other than whiffs

It's not comparable

 

[evolution07]

Johnny and D'vorah are weird ones for me. They definitely need toning down, but my overall opinion on them seems to change daily so im not exactly sure what needs changing.

Less plus frames and jailing strings. That's a start...

 

[GOL Eklectic]

Too bad he didn't ask top10

 

[Darth-Nero]

I like how most people are just voting out of salt for characters they hate or have matchup problems with.

 

[Blonde_Huntress]

Honestly if you put Ermac in your top 5 I'm not sure we're playing the same game

Namely Mystic. I'm good with MOS, and I rarely see Spectral.

 

[Scott The Scot]

Swarm Queen is better than A-List Cage.

 

[Jer]

Is it too early to hope for Spec Ops buffs? #SheNeedsIt(ButNotReally)ButReally

I would be the happiest person on the planet if I could end this games life using who I started with

 

[TheGangstaFace]

Alien Kotal Kahn Kano Takeda Sonya

KOTAL TOP 5???????? WHAT GAME ARE YOU PLAYING?

 

[STRYKIE]

First tweet I see:

"Sonya SF / Cassie Hollywood / KLao Tempest / Cage A-List / Jason Unstoppable / Takeda S. Ryu / Scorpion Inferno"


This isn't gonna end well.

 

[Compbros]

I would be the happiest person on the planet if I could end this games life using who I started with

She's good but man she has NOTHING close range or on wakeup if a rocket isn't on the way.

 

[TheGangstaFace]

Namely Mystic. I'm good with MOS, and I rarely see Spectral.

I don't think you understand the capabilities of the characters I put in my top 8 on the first page lol

 

[trufenix]

hahahah the patch notes thread is going to be glorious!

 

[Shirai Ryu Dog]

KOTAL TOP 5???????? WHAT GAME ARE YOU PLAYING?

The game with that OP braindead minskirt wearing prick

 

[TheGangstaFace]

I like how most people are just voting out of salt for characters they hate or have matchup problems with.

That's how I feel when I see KOTAL KHAN in someone's top 5

 

[IrishMantis]

Why is Jaqcui either over rated or underrated?

She's pretty fucking dumb but not S tier like people make out IMO