Kung Lao Discussion Thread

[Frizen]

Some day -4 combos

 

[honeybooboo]

do we have a frame data doc?

 

[kingjack21]

Some day -4 combos

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Some day -4 combos

Leaves you with 1 defensive bar though right?

 

[Circus]

Here you go Kung Lao mains!!! Lao's frame data is looking REALLLLY solid tbh.

Enjoy!!!!

@honeybooboo

 

[kingjack21]

Here you go Kung Lao mains!!! Lao's frame data is looking REALLLLY solid tbh.

Enjoy!!!!

@honeybooboo

May you please make a video showing the combos and strings? what they look like and such.. I'll buy you a beer lol

 

[honeybooboo]

7 frame d3, plus 6 on hit... ok
essentially guarantees standing 2 unless opponent is mashing... am i right?

 

[kingjack21]

7 frame d3, plus 6 on hit... ok
essentially guarantees standing 2 unless opponent is mashing... am i right?

Highs are always tricky lol. i'd use F1 instead. +6 is enough for me to connect a mid and its more reliable.
I'm more worried about how viable 21212 is. I just noticed the first 3 hits are highs

 

[Circus]

May you please make a video showing the combos and strings? what they look like and such.. I'll buy you a beer lol

I would man, but I'm not the one making the vids lol.
I got the vid from this page here and just wrote down the frame data:

https://testyourmight.com/threads/got-it-early-anything-you-wanna-know-non-story-related.69061/page-25

You could always ask on that thread for the video though.

 

[Kickbykick]

Here you go Kung Lao mains!!! Lao's frame data is looking REALLLLY solid tbh.

Enjoy!!!!

@honeybooboo

Is there a way I can duplicate and get this excel document?
Thanks

 

[Frizen]

I'm more worried about how viable 21212 is. I just noticed the first 3 hits are highs

You cant duck after first hit is blocked so i would say its best to do it after jump attacks.

 

[superbn0va]

Anything on hat-trick variation?

 

[Parge]

Lao got some changes in the patch:
D1 now +11 on hit (was +7)
D1 now -4 on block (was -6)
D3 now +10 on hit (was +6)
D3 now -5 on block (was -9)
F13U2 now -6 on block (was -14)
214 is now -2 on block (was +1)

(Changes taken from this document by Waz https://docs.google.com/document/d/1btH4qKLduw2I9CDwPwgzQFLC6SNp6fQb8eoRgk6Qo8w/edit )

 

[honeybooboo]

Sweet. Better pokes. Ill take it

 

[Kickbykick]

Kung Lao vs Erron Black FT15

Still had some match-up unfamiliarity when I played this match.
Errons neutral is really annoying.

 

[Kickbykick]

Punishing every Fatal Blow in MK11 with Kung Lao

Also some nice combos in there.

Follow my twitch channel at twitch.tv/kickbykick some sick lao.

 

[jcbowie]

Seems like there's a lot of gaps and mid-string high's in Lao that put some potentially dangerous holes in his offense.

 

[Kickbykick]

GAME VS XINOK

Some high level KUNG LAO I think.
I got to play against KillerXinok, I am sorry I was too hyped. The game was soo much fun. LOL. I also had a sick set before this one.

My basic rules with lao:
Never use F21 unless you have bar to make it safe.
Grab to oblivion.
Fake grabs and get huge damage.
Never drop your combo like me. lol

 

[Kickbykick]

I just realized all the bullshit I say on stream lol

 

[Hellbringer]

i love doing his mb tele and full combo when ppl are waiting to mash d2 when i use it

btw anyone know how to do all of his brutalities?(except the default ones)

 

[LightsOut452]

btw anyone know how to do all of his brutalities?(except the default ones)

i only know the 2 throw brutals

back throw - mash 1 and 2 to trigger (just like mkx)
forward throw - hold forward during the throw animation to trigger

I think I unlocked them both in krypt? not sure

EDIT: there's also this, press 1,1,1 during the teleport throw animation to trigger (not 100% sure if true, someone said in the comments)

But you gotta unlock all the brutals first

 

[Hellbringer]

But you gotta unlock all the brutals first

yeah i figured thats why his one where you have to hold forward during throw animation doesnt work for me

 

[LightsOut452]

yeah i figured thats why his one where you have to hold forward during throw animation doesnt work for me

Yeah, that's definitely because i unlocked it in the Krypt first.


Honestly, i spent like 400k coins there opening chests, i got full set of brutals for jax, sonya, kano and subzero, but only 1 for Lao

Also, a tip from my experience: open the chests that cost anywhere from 5k to 9k, they have the biggest chances to have brutalities in them.

Anywhere below that - mostly icons and other crap
Anywhere above that - mostly skins and gear

 

[jcbowie]

I think Lao's f1,3,u2 is a contender for worst string in this game. Massively unsafe at -19 if you don't do the final hit, massive full combo-punishable gap in between the 3 and u2, and to top it all off the u2 is a very slow high attack so the opponent can just release block and get a d2 KB into full combo for huge damage. What exactly is the purpose of this string.

 

[Kickbykick]

I think Lao's f1,3,u2 is a contender for worst string in this game. Massively unsafe at -19 if you don't do the final hit, massive full combo-punishable gap in between the 3 and u2, and to top it all off the u2 is a very slow high attack so the opponent can just release block and get a d2 KB into full combo for huge damage. What exactly is the purpose of this string.

It's bad but you really don't have to use it when you have the orbitting hat variation. You can make f13, -7.
Also f13 stagger is kinda good when you have conditioned your opponent to expect an orbiting hat.
The main problem of f13u2 is that it whiffs on duck blocking opponents. So there really no mindgame to it. I basically never use it the U2 part unless I am sure they would stand block for some reason

 

[superbn0va]

If NRS wont buff k. Lao this game is going straight to re sale.

K. Lao is my main, idc for other chars. His normals are trash and if your opponent knows what hs up to, they can easily interupt/punish him. 2121 uppercut friendly af.

Other chars have all this good mix ups an safe strings this bs. Teleport is crap to... im playing hat trick variation