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Who is the worst character in the MK9?

Who is the worst character in MK9?


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Phanatic

RM Phanatic
I use Kano and i dont see how you guys can say he is bad...Probably haven't really seen any good Kano players but they are out there including myself
 
Pokes and footsies are a huge part of the metagame now. Scorpion's pokes and footsies are ass. Vortex cannot excuse all of his other flaws.

Sindel is mid tier though, she should be no where near this poll.
Uh what high lvl scorps have u fought?? Don't always have to go for a 50 50, I could just grab someone, go for a block string, or f4 to leg takedown which is safe.
 
Do you realize just how bad scorpion is? His only decent poke d1 leaves him at plus one on hit and negative 1 if they're crouching. So scorpion can't get out of pressure as even after he pokes out he can only beat out his opponents next move with another d1. Which can easily be blocked and punished. His ex spear half the time will go straight through is opponent. And his ex leg sweep is not very good as it is not fast armor and leaves him way negative. The vortex isn't very good as a guess right is 20% and another guess, but a guess wrong is way more than 20% with most of the cast. All of his fast mixups aren't safe and ex teleport is d1 into combo punish by the whole cast.
I just like Slips ='(
 

Zoidberg747

My blades will find your heart
Uh what high lvl scorps have u fought?? Don't always have to go for a 50 50, I could just grab someone, go for a block string, or f4 to leg takedown which is safe.
Leg Takedown is -4 which is not safe. Im not saying Scorpion is worst ever, but he is bad. Viable maybe, but still bad.
 

Enenra

Go to hell.
Sindel is a pain in the ass to fight, definitely not the worst. Stryker has so many tools and nice mobility, he is actually pretty good. Noob is decent, he has really good corner pressure and relevant zoning. Decent pokes too. Scorpion does not belong at all; one of the best counter zoners in the game and has the ability to beat any other character with a guess.

Worst? Kano is annoying to fight still, so I have to go Sheeva.
 
Leg Takedown is -4 which is not safe. Im not saying Scorpion is worst ever, but he is bad. Viable maybe, but still bad.
So who can punish at -4??? I don't recall ppl having 3 frame moves to punish things like that. Idc what ppl think about him, u have to fight a high lvl scorpion first, if u haven't then how would u know he is bad??
 

Espio

Kokomo
I don't know who the worst is to be honest, I cannot say decisively to cast a vote, so I will not vote.

There are not enough people who play these characters at high level as mains to make this distintion for me.

As for Stryker, examining his tools objectively and playing him for over a year offline and online, I feel confident saying he's not worst in the game, he's lacking some things, but that doesn't mean he's the worst. Stryker has matches he wins and matches he goes even with against commonly used tournament characters like Kitana.

The same goes for Jade in my view, safe armor that leads to full combo, tons of zero on block strings, amazing range,safe meter build, can blow up whiffed pokes for full combo.
 

Zoidberg747

My blades will find your heart
At -4 you can get pressured, like Cage's 9f knee is now 5f. Cage is in and beating your ass
Exactly. Yeah they can't full combo punish it, but every character can poke and get their pressure going because of Scoprion's shitty pokes. His D3 is UNUSEABLE(On hit is -7, so basically you give them another poke) his d1 is not good at all if blocked because it is -13(full combo punishable by some of the cast). After Takedown you pretty much have to poke or be poked, and then you have shit options.

MITDJT Im not saying unsafe as in full combo punishable, I am saying unsafe in that it puts Scorpion in a bad situation.
 
-4 is safe. Unsafe is -6 or worse.

Anyway, I voted Kano, but IMO there is no clear division between bottom 10/bottom 5/the worst.
Incorrect.

+1 or more is at advantage meaning you have priority on your next attack
Neutral (0) is safe meaning it was as if you didn't even use the attack, you're left back at square one, with no player havin advantage over each other.
-1 through -6 is unsafe meaning you won't take actual damage (other than chip), but you must block it. a -6 attack must respect cages f3, kabals f4, etc.
-7 and onwards is punishable, meaning actual damage whether it be a poke, normal, or special move.

sorry that's a pet peeve of mine :)
 

xKhaoTik

The Ignore Button Is Free
Baraka the worst in the game? Play TetraSpirit,xBuryMeInBlackx, or flippinflava. Remember Permodious?!

Cyber sub the worst in the game? Play GuamoKun

Jade the worst in the game? Play Mr. Mileena, BirdSongs, NeoRussel, TAC or RM_Yellowboi

Noob Saibot the worst in the game? Play D.R or GrolarBears

Scorpion the worst in the game? Have we not heard of slips?!

Sindel the worst In the game? Lmao..Play DanCock or Mr. Mileena

Stryker the worst in the game? Play Espio. Have we not seen maxter's?

Sheeva the worst in the game? Play BoysBoysBoys or Au_I'm_Digimon. GGA Jeremiah ring a bell?

Kano the worst in the game? Play.....uh....play.....hmm.....Huh?
 
Exactly. Yeah they can't full combo punish it, but every character can poke and get their pressure going because of Scoprion's shitty pokes. His D3 is UNUSEABLE(On hit is -7, so basically you give them another poke) his d1 is not good at all if blocked because it is -13(full combo punishable by some of the cast). After Takedown you pretty much have to poke or be poked, and then you have shit options.

MITDJT Im not saying unsafe as in full combo punishable, I am saying unsafe in that it puts Scorpion in a bad situation.
You are forgetting scorps d4 which is neutral, but if you try to jump in after it, it can be cancelled into leg takedown, once that is in their head, u can d4 them a lot to space them and bait jump ins. Also when ppl try to get close, they are at the risk of getting b2'd or f4'd and this makes Scorpion that much scarier.
 
Baraka the worst in the game? Play TetraSpirit,xBuryMeInBlackx, or flippinflava. Remember Permodious?!

Cyber sub the worst in the game? Play GuamoKun

Jade the worst in the game? Play Mr. Mileena, BirdSongs, NeoRussel, TAC or RM_Yellowboi

Noob Saibot the worst in the game? Play D.R or GrolarBears

Scorpion the worst in the game? Have we not heard of slips?!

Sindel the worst In the game? Lmao..Play DanCock or Mr. Mileena

Stryker the worst in the game? Play Espio. Have we not seen maxter's?

Sheeva the worst in the game? Play BoysBoysBoys or Au_I'm_Digimon. GGA Jeremiah ring a bell?

Kano the worst in the game? Play.....uh....play.....hmm.....Huh?
This post is nice, it is the player who makes what a character is, not a character makes what a player is.
 

Zoidberg747

My blades will find your heart
You are forgetting scorps d4 which is neutral, but if you try to jump in after it, it can be cancelled into leg takedown, once that is in their head, u can d4 them a lot to space them and bait jump ins. Also when ppl try to get close, they are at the risk of getting b2'd or f4'd and this makes Scorpion that much scarier.
His D4 range is really not that good, you can pretty easily space him out to where it doesnt hit you. Plus his D4 is neutral ON HIT so there is practically not threat from being hit by one because again after that his options suck. Basically you just have to watch for the cancel into takedown. His poking game is probably the worst in the entire game, I am not going to lie. That being said he is very viable as you and Slips have proven, but that is more due to both his and your overall talents as fighting game players.

Sindel and scorpion got no votes......, proving the point more that they are not bad.
This thread is who is the worst character, not who is bad. No idea how this is even relevant. Scorpion is bottom 5 possibly bottom 3, but definitely not the worst in the game.

PS for Kano play BEENEEWEENEES and MaceWind to see how he truly should be played. Again that is more the player than the character.
 

Qwark28

Joker waiting room
double post but had to say this

who the fuck thinks stryker/baraka/noob/csz are the worst?bottom 5-8 sure but really?kano doesn't even have a good matchup lmao.
 
His D4 range is really not that good, you can pretty easily space him out to where it doesnt hit you. Plus his D4 is neutral ON HIT so there is practically not threat from being hit by one because again after that his options suck. Basically you just have to watch for the cancel into takedown. His poking game is probably the worst in the entire game, I am not going to lie. That being said he is very viable as you and Slips have proven, but that is more due to both his and your overall talents as fighting game players.



This thread is who is the worst character, not who is bad. No idea how this is even relevant. Scorpion is bottom 5 possibly bottom 3, but definitely not the worst in the game.

PS for Kano play BEENEEWEENEES and MaceWind to see how he truly should be played. Again that is more the player than the character.
bottom 5 maybe bottom 3??????? Lol come on man, a great player can't do anything if a char is bad and has no tools, scorpion isn't bad and this has been proven, heck u can check out m scorp vs YTW and Kizzle if u need some evidence, twitch.tv/epicgp. Also, his d4 range isn't bad at all, better than most d4s in this game besides chars like mil and sub.
 

BigMilk

Former Divine Power Abuser
I fully believe Sheeva is better than Kano. Most people only know Sheevas who teleport all day and think it's OP. She really has some good tools.

Why does she beat Kano though?

1 word: Armor
my thoughts exactly...sindel has so many more options than kano.