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Who are your Top 10?

Death

Warrior
people don't use raiden right, just the fact that he has NO BAD MATCHES mean he has to be near the top, NPO means no particular order, cage is not top 10 lol you cant squeeze him in there its too stacked, you can make the arguement curbo got the farthest with cage so far, but his jax is good too, he will even agree that he would have placed the same or better had he used jax at mlg instead of cage. zoners make it hard for cage, if you zone properly and space your self, reverse cage when yo get to the corner and zone again you can keep him out, once he is in make a good read poke zone again, its not hard, play footsie, dont jump and your fine.
Oh man, Raiden no bad MUs and Cage not top 10. I'm leaving this thread now.
 

Smarrgasm

What's a Smarrgasm?
My list would go like this
1-Kabal-Honestly if you dont see him as #1 then you are delusional
2-Kenshi-So much safe armor and keep away. While also having formidable offense.
3-Kung Lao-Mobility+Armor and tons of other options make him still a very good character
4-Jax-Loads of armor, GP cancels, and good spacing in general
5-Smoke-Great keep away and anti-zoning. Good pokes and great footsie/spacing options plus the reset.
6-Sonya Blade-Crazy rushdown and options through military stance. Honestly she could possibly be higher is she was more exposed.
7-Freddy-So many setups and probly the best pure zoner in the game. His offense isnt something to overlook either though.
8-Johnny Cage-With zoning becoming less relavent, and his incredible offensive options, it is very difficult to deal with cage.
9-Kitana-Powerfully balanced in her abilities. High damage and good pressure. Only weakness is not having armor.
10-Sektor-Very underutilized and overlooked for the most part. 6 frame jab and many other options in his arsenal.
 

Zyphox

What is going on guys, Ya Boi Zyphox here.
Reptile is a bad MU right off the bat. Raiden is mid tier IMO

And easier said than done. I don't play Cage, but I fight him, and he's a monster. Argue with Foxy, Curbo, Marvaz, Maxter, Showtime... Etc. He is top 10.
reptile beats raiden? since when? anyway like i said, fit him inside the top ten, who does he replace? not cyrax? too much damn, command grab mixup and cyblax? safest teleport in the game, smoke reset and all sort of tech on smoke's part, freddy armored ex ground spike is the best special in the arguably, high damage full screen frame traps. kung lao, blows up your pokes on block, anti air spin, good pressure, mix ups, he's just a beast if played right. i can go on, i just dont see where cage fits man :coffee:
 

Death

Warrior
Cage played at the highest level is top 10. If cage players arent doing well with him than it means their footsies are getting exposed. Cage footsies has to be superior to be successful with. If the players footsies are trash than their cage is trash. Just level up Zyphox and get on curbo/Maxters level.
 

Zyphox

What is going on guys, Ya Boi Zyphox here.
Cage played at the highest level is top 10. If cage players arent doing well with him than it means their footsies are getting exposed. Cage footsies has to be superior to be successful with. If the players footsies are trash than their cage is trash. Just level up Zyphox and get on curbo/Maxters level.
im not putting my personal exp with cage effect my placement, the fact is i named ten characters better than him, doesn't matter how good cages rushdown is, he sucks everywhere else on screen, i play almost every character ( except sheeva and kano) and every character in the game has a better option than cage does outside sweep range ( rd kick and ex forceballs to get in works once per match on never in high level play)
 

Zyphox

What is going on guys, Ya Boi Zyphox here.
No, i've never seen Smoke as a god like player
have you been keeping up with all the tech and his frame data that just came out? he top 5 imo resets, best anti zoning character, one of the hardest characters to approach with that standing 2 anti air, the only thing he lacks is armor, but that would make him op. you shouldnt sleep on smoke
 

RTM2004

Revenant Jade
best anti zoning character, one of the hardest characters to approach
I find it interesting Sektor is like that too. You can't zone Sektor, neither can you do with Smoke and it's a pain trying to get in on them. It's ironic how Smoke is a really bad match up for Sektor, zoner/anti-zoning characters one beats the other. I still believe Sektor is really, really that good. I can't wait to see more IKIZZLE on tournament streams go hard with Sektor.
 

Zyphox

What is going on guys, Ya Boi Zyphox here.
I find it interesting Sektor is like that too. You can't zone Sektor, neither can you do with Smoke and it's a pain trying to get in on them. It's ironic how Smoke is a really bad match up for Sektor, zoner/anti-zoning characters one beats the other. I still believe Sektor is really, really that good. I can't wait to see more IKIZZLE on tournament streams go hard with Sektor.
def sektor is def 11th on my list, he's really good, and his 6 frame jab, if sektor had a fast over head launcher, he'd be top 5, something like smokes b2.3
 

NKZero

Warrior
1. Kabal
2. Raiden (1 and 2 are interchangeable really I can't decide)
3. Kenshi
4. Sonya
5. Smoke
6. Kung Lao
7. Cyrax
8. Kitana
9. Jax
10. Sektor (maybe. no 10 is too hard)
 

dribirut

BLAK FELOW
NPO
Kabal
Jax
Smoke
Reptile
Kung Lao
Johnny cage
sonya
Kitana
Kenshi
Cyrax

just outside: Raiden, Sektor, and Mileena
comment: I feel like Raiden used to be top ten but people have a waaaayyy better understanding of how to fight him and is not that much of a threat anymore as he has poor mixups
Skarlet and Freddy are still a little unknown
Mileena could very well be top ten
 

STRYKIE

Are ya' ready for MK11 kids?!
Raiden and Kung Lao - Top tier because of gimped versions of specials they've had since MK2. :REO

(jokes aside, yes I do still believe they are both top 10, but they take so much flack for the wrong reasons.)
 

Gesture Required Ahead

Get on that hook
If people were arguing that Reptile was once a Top 10 character there's no excuse to put Cage in and kick Reptile out.

And just a sidenote why Raiden isn't Top tier.1 move isn't enough to support a character, if it was, then it'd be OP'd.If you wan't a character that "can easily escape pressure" just use Kenshi or CSZ.

Raiden is a character that helps you work on your fundamentals nothing more.Same reason why I play Ezio in SCV.But then again Ezio is a badass.
 

PND OmegaK

Drunk and Orderly
Kabal
Kung Lao
Kenshi
Cage
Smoke
Sonya
Skarlet
Kitana
Jax
Cyrax

Raiden, Sektor, Freddy, and Mileena are all close contenders.
 

Zyphox

What is going on guys, Ya Boi Zyphox here.
If people were arguing that Reptile was once a Top 10 character there's no excuse to put Cage in and kick Reptile out.

And just a sidenote why Raiden isn't Top tier.1 move isn't enough to support a character, if it was, then it'd be OP'd.If you wan't a character that "can easily escape pressure" just use Kenshi or CSZ.

Raiden is a character that helps you work on your fundamentals nothing more.Same reason why I play Ezio in SCV.But then again Ezio is a badass.
okay then you must not think raiden with a life lead is the best character in the game then? tell me who raiden loses to? the only character raiden comes close to losing to is sonya, that is arguably 5.5 in her favor, just because of dive into %40 combo for a bad tele, but if you play bitch raiden, then raiden is top tier, not these rushdown predictable raidens. tell me how would you approach bitch raiden? because as soon as you start a string near him, he tele and you eat f2, 4 super for %22, he runs and shoot his lightning, you wiff and your dead against raiden, and armor on his ex touch and superman, yeah please explain further as to why raiden is not top 10?

also reptile could be top 10 i'd say he is more top 10 than cage is, he beats half the cast 6-4 lol and reptile with a life lead? forget about it.
 

Zyphox

What is going on guys, Ya Boi Zyphox here.
Easily the top 10:
kitana,
cyrax,
kenshi,
freddy,
sonya,
jax,
johnny cage,
kung lao,
kabal,
raiden
smoke? take out cage and put smoke and you have the list my friend. smoke does %70 with 1 bar and is the best anti zoner in the game, i dont see how one dimensional cage out places him
 
smoke? take out cage and put smoke and you have the list my friend. smoke does %70 with 1 bar and is the best anti zoner in the game, i dont see how one dimensional cage out places him
I've been maining smoke from the start, but now use cage 90% of the time. Smoke's a good anti-zoner, but deals no damage from a distance. If you don't have a life lead, it's very difficult to get in and once you're in you have nearly no pressure game with no strings giving you advantage on block or hit.

I don't use his reset, mainly because I can never get it to work. It's mainly chance and from the tournament footage I've seen it only works about 10% of the time. Also, if you mess up his reset you mess up the chance to get up close and start an oki game.

Smoke is probably top 11 though, just don't see how he's better than my top 10. However, it's all subjective, people play characters differently.