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Houzi

Mortal
I just have a weird problem of doing any autocombo that involves block in it. I've never even done Jax's or Liu's.
 

darxyde

Apprentice
Liu can be played both ways, but vs characters who play the distance game (non teleporters), Liu Kang has the upper hand on them.

Ex: Full screen Low Fireballs to bait jumping and use the ^_^ Roundhouse of God lol
Great punishers and corner combos.

He's also got a great autocombo that you can stop almost anywhere and continue rushdown. His knee lift is good too.

It's funny how I've been playing mostly Liu lately and it makes people really mad.
"Pick someone else [ban incoming]" - "I'm going to boot you if you pick him again" LOL

Another thing, if you block a jump kick standing up, you can hit them with they bicycle kick before they land!
Meh, he's not that great. I had very little trouble playing your Liu marathon the other night, I think you won one or two with him out of 10.

No offense!
You know I think ur a great player but, Liu = Eww
 

Shock

Administrator
Administrator
Founder
O.G.
Liu Kang, like all other characters, is explained in the guide, since this isn't a specific match up there's no reason to repeat anything there.
 

Konqrr

MK11 Kabal = MK9 Kitana
Meh, he's not that great. I had very little trouble playing your Liu marathon the other night, I think you won one or two with him out of 10.

No offense!
You know I think ur a great player but, Liu = Eww
It all comes down to tactics, and you are waaaaaay better than I am at this game so there isn't much of a chance for me to win with anyone but top tiers or sheeva ^_^

Think if you were Liu, you would still have won the majority of the matches we had.
 

mistaKM

Kombatant
Obstruction, he's kind of hit and run, wait, bait, go back and hit, run, etc

I'm not great with him, but that's how better kang players seem to play
 
Obstruction, he's kind of hit and run, wait, bait, go back and hit, run, etc

I'm not great with him, but that's how better kang players seem to play

I agree.


I've never really been dominated by a Lui either. The Dragon Kick comes at you pretty fast, same with the Bike kick, and the godly roundhouse but all his projectile's suck, crappy damage, hard to do combos, ect.

I dunno man.
 

Tim Static

Adminerator
Lead Moderator
Kang will know be forever known as The Fortress, lol.

I still wish they would have left him here he belonged.............in MK2
 

mistaKM

Kombatant
I agree.


I've never really been dominated by a Lui either. The Dragon Kick comes at you pretty fast, same with the Bike kick, and the godly roundhouse but all his projectile's suck, crappy damage, hard to do combos, ect.

I dunno man.
Yeah, those moves do come fast. I basically just play against him either fearless of the kicks becuase they do so little damage, or I wait for them to punish. They're not a threat at all.
 

skateblind

Apprentice
I need videos, I like lui kang style wise and would like to see you guys post some videos of him at his best. Videos always help prove a point.
 

Lex

MKKhanzo: Ded is from Bulgary jahha
he takes a lot of hits to win, but rely on mostly block damage and keeping the rush down. you basically want to abuse his dragon kick passthrough cross up, which is effective on almost everyone barring stuffing moves like kabal's spin. getting in for kang is easy. the idea is to rush down hard, then fall back to fortress status and sniff out RH's.

tactics

if aa.RH connects -> low fire

if his ground combo hits (i use both knee starter and hp starter) mixup with low fire, fake low fire (they jump) aaRH -> low fire, and dragon kick.

for offense, get close, rj xx dragon kick (passthrough crossup), then mixup with rj xx dragon kick (throw check). this offense provides a throw check with mobility and a crossup at the same time. sick stuff here.

knee combo attempts are good when you have them on lockdown. stop on the third hit and go into the rj xx dragon kick offense

you can do late jk xx dragon kick (passthrough crossup) then run up and do the rj xx dragon kick offense (throw check)

after throws, do low fire and mixup with fake low fire (they jump) aa.RH -> low fire

against teleporters and punsihment mode doods, bait them out and hphp jk air fire dragon kick. its easy for kang cos hes mostly defensive.

you can sneak charge the bike kick like kano, but his sweep sucks, so you really shouldnt sweep charge that often. instead, do the 4 hit leg combo and sneak in the charge off the last hit. usually when i have a charge im doing the rj xx dragon kick offense looking for an opportunity.

try those for now