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We all love to complain so lets have at it! Which character is THE WORST?

Just which character is the worst right now?


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HAMMER

Noob
Why does Kabal's spin move barely keep them stunned. What happened to having some time to hit the opponent after!

inb4 people tell me that I'm supposed to start hitting them right after w/o dashing/moving.

Kung Lao's Spin barely pushes them in the air enough for me to hit them after!!

I knew what I was doing in all Mortal Kombats...until this one. I feel lost!
 

Pan1cMode

AUS FGC represent!
sonya, worst range on her strings ive ever seen
Please re-assess. You are sorely mistaken if you think a character with insane meterless damage, a legit mixup and a great projectile is the worst in the game.

This thread in a nutshell:

Question: Who is the worst character?
Anwer: My character
Disagree.

I think Jacqui and sonya are hella strong.

I don’t think it takes a genius to see that cetrion and some other characters are underwhelming. I don’t think they’re necessarily bad, just very underwhelming when compared to the rest of the cast.
 
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JDM

Noob
Hmm I've tried

-Johnny
-Raiden
-Sub Zero
-Noob
-Kollector

and I gotta say, Noob is pretty damned bad. Kollector kinda sucks too though I don't use the command grab variation cause i like being special c:

Johnny has a lot of issues but he's overall pretty solid, though I think Liu Kang might just be a flat out better version of him now after playing a liu for a bit. Sub is incredibly good compared to everyone on my list besides Raiden who I also think is pretty good. So my vote goes to noob or kollector only because I haven't tried many others. Probably leaning more towards Kollector.
 

LawAbidingCitizen

Bomb Setups & Ball Rolls(Mileena/Cyrax)
Baraka with gutted is like, the highest damage in the game without crushing blows bro.
Not saying Baraka is bad but weren't Krushing Blows taken away mid combo for entire cast? Doesnt that effect his damage? I know all of Kollector's combos where gutted by that change.
 

Evil Canadian

G O K U
Premium Supporter
Not saying Baraka is bad but weren't Krushing Blows taken away mid combo for entire cast? Doesnt that effect his damage? I know all of Kollector's combos where gutted by that change.
I am sure you meant to not post that 3 times but no? You can just do like low starter into hit confirm into gutted into combo for like 37% midscreen, no jump which is way higher than basically the rest of the cast. Even more damage if you actually start with one of his high starters, and of course let alone you being in the corner.
 

DragonofDadashov24

Let’s see whose fire burns hotter
IMO worst in no order:

Raiden
Kotal Kahn
Shao Kahn

My thoughts on best (shouldnt be a surprise at this point tbh):
No order:

Sonya
Erron Black
Subzero
Geras
Liu Kang
Why is Sub in the best? I think he’s solid mid tier. Low damage, punishable overhead, execution heavy combos, no mid ranged moves. Very good low low though and cool b12
 

Gaxkang

Banned
Hard to say for me not knowing enough about them all...but I feel like in this much of what makes someone good or not so good (or say, requiring more work), revolves around much of the same stuff. Does one have an overhead outside of the hops? A good overhead? Good mixup combos? Good mixup combos that convert into big damage (10 hit combos)? Does one have anything that forces guesses, or more guesses? How safe or not are one's strings or specials? How well can one close distances? Do they got a teleport going on? Etc.

Defensive options are sorta limited IMO...you got the 2 wakeup moves, and a Breakaway that needs 2 bars defensive meter and you may still find yourself at a disadvantage anyways.
For a typical player the Flawless Block thing may as well not be in the game I suppose.
Punishment outside of real unsafe specials seems to be....D1, I guess.
 
Please re-assess. You are sorely mistaken if you think a character with insane meterless damage, a legit mixup and a great projectile is the worst in the game.


Disagree.

I think Jacqui and sonya are hella strong.

I don’t think it takes a genius to see that cetrion and some other characters are underwhelming. I don’t think they’re necessarily bad, just very underwhelming when compared to the rest of the cast.
tell me about that great mixup
she has 2 combo starters, b123 or 123. both start high
how is that a mixup?
 

Hellbringer

1 2 3 drink
Kotal is the worst. Slow awkward strings that lead to zero damage, no mix, a jump like he was under water. His totem is legitimately powerful, but to use it you have to give up any potential for a combo. Everything is a high like he was swatting at flies only he can see.

I’ve been working on him since release and just having the toughest time, so I took a little break last night to play with Scorpion (another character I’m sure will pop up in this thread). In just a handful of matches I felt more comfortable and in control of a match the supposedly weak Scorp than hours of play with Kotal. Make of that what you may.
I played kotal too, i normally dont give up that easy on a character but i really cant, just gonna wait untill they give him better tools (choose ur own loadout/abilitie for example). Its a fucking joke anyway with those locked shitty tournament loadouts
 

The_Tile

Your hole is mine!
For choices that are not immediately obvious I would ask if you could maybe elaborate why you think they are bad? Cause I think raiden is straight up good.

quick counterpoint example:

So hitting a 20+ frame slow af overhead twice in a row midscreen is easy to activate? Yeah... No.

I actually think Raiden is pretty bad after putting some time into him. He's got good buttons but he is way too unsafe. His only saving grace really is teleport.
 

Evil Canadian

G O K U
Premium Supporter
So hitting a 20+ frame slow af overhead twice in a row midscreen is easy to activate? Yeah... No.
I see a lot of people ragging on the b2 krushing blow and honestly I think its great. You can dash right after it and its an easy meaty for one. It also totally dominates your opponents mindspace as you can get 50% off it for free anywhere on screen for 1 bar, so of course they wanna block high, which means you can just go for your low(safe too) starter into full combo.

Then of course comes baiting up 3's which is easy enough with a neutral jump too after the forward dash after you b2. I dunno, I think its incredibly solid. You force your foe into the freakout position after a b2 anywhere on screen and its mad easy to make them crack.
Yes, yes I do. You do it, and you own the match while its loaded and the enemy has to make desperate guesses to get away from it.
 

The_Tile

Your hole is mine!
Yes, yes I do. You do it, and you own the match while its loaded and the enemy has to make desperate guesses to get away from it.
Unless I'm mistaken, you have to hit that one overhead twice in a row. No loading it up, if you connect another move in between the two OHs you lose the kb do you not?
 
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Evil Canadian

G O K U
Premium Supporter
Unless I'm mistaken, you have to hit that one overhead twice in a row. No loading it up, if you connect another move in between the two OHs you lose the kb do you not?
Of course, but that's the mix. Its not so much about the krushing blow itself, but the threat of it. You hit it, its 50% damage anywhere on screen. So the enemy wants to do anything to not be hit by it, so that's when you kill them. The threat of it is what does the damage, which lets you land your low starters into full combos, your throws, your jump attacks etc. It has to be respected so much, that it lets you hit them with anything else.
 

Marinjuana

Up rock incoming, ETA 5 minutes
I'm surprised people are talking about Raiden being bad. Seems solid to me, Sparkport and Superman are as good as they have ever been. They gave him neutral, a nice low and he has that nice hit confirm in Thunder Wave. And people are probably sleeping on Quick Charge.