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Discussion Patch Prediction Thread

So the patch is a couple days away, time to get insane. Who is gonna be shifted to top tier, who is gonna be nerfed to oblivion? or will this even be an amazing patch that extends the lifespan of the game for years?

My Predictions:

Buffed to top tier: Leatherface, Goro, Bo Rai cho
Nerfed into oblivion: Sonya, Mileena, Cutthroat (but NOT Alien)

i believe alien will still be good and not recieve the injustice scorpion treatment. leatherface, Bo and Goro are already characters with great potential who just need a little tweak here and there to skyrocket in the tier list. Demo will massively lose dirt, piercing and cutthroat will go down to mid tier with just some small adjustments.

but overall i expect the balance to be better with less extreme ends.
 

DDutchguy

Stand 4'ing airplanes out of the sky
Pretty much a given that a thread like this was going to be made.

I have very little predictions because we know nothing about the patch nor about what to expect besides just 'top tiers nerfed and low tiers buffed'.
 

Tweedy

Noob
Mileena and Sonya both have really good variations that nobody complains about. Unless they both see heavy universal nerfs, Ethereal and Specials Forces will still be really good.

Alien will most likely see universal nerfs to his jump 2 and B3. Idk if Konjurer will be able to carry the torch or anything.
 
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Damaja325

Stylin' & Low Profilin'
mileena's gonna get unjustly mauled while stupid characters like d'vorah, johnny, kung jin, shinnok go untouched. we'll see i guess. thankfully, gears 4 come a week after the patch...
 

ismael4790

Stay focused or get Caged
I think Kounter is going to be a mechanic to defend against heavy pressure. How it will work or if it's going to be universal or only for defense oriented characters...we will see.

The obvious nerfs are going to happen, and at least one top tier will get close to low tier. Many htbs will stay, same has stupid cancel advantage on block.

At least one character will be overbuffed, and imo it's going to be Bo Rai Cho.
Kenshi will not get more than A+.

Zoning and defense will still be weaker than offense.

Not even gonna predict about Fisticuffs. Just waiting to see.
 
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Solomon Gorondy

Should Goro be top 5?
Goro's Tigrar Fury will have Dragon Breath nerfed so that he can have his other attacks buffed. As a result, Dragon Fangs will clearly be his best variation.
 

Darth-Nero

Come Thunder! Come Lightning!
I believe what happened to Tribog and BRC was more like a temporary fix just to stop ppl here from going insane and creating 50 threads a day about how they are borderline broken only a few days after kp2 was released. I think by now they've took there time to adjust those characters to bring them back up to their A+ tier where they belong.

As for current S tier, I believe Demo sonya and universal Alien will be destroyed while Mileena, Takeda and Ermac wont get nerfed enough for people to stop complaining about them.

popular characters like Kitana and subzero will get more buffs as usual, might become the next potential S tiers even. While the rest of bottom tier characters will get some shivering quality of life buffs that wont change much for them.

Don't surf up the hype wave and keep your expectations moderately low, It's better this way.
 

DDutchguy

Stand 4'ing airplanes out of the sky
Booooring.
Oh excuse me, let me fix that.

I really think Raiden going from top 3 to mid tier was a symbolic approach to Raiden's character, with him starting out as the mighty Thunder God (like in the story) with his B2 option select and 6-frame mid, to getting beaten down to mid tier by Revenant Liu Kang and Kung Lao. At the end Raiden regains his power in the Jinsei, giving him his top tier power back.

TL;DR the patch is literally the Jinsei.
 
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TheGabStandard

The anticipation is killing me
Who knows. I had the same optimism everyone has now for the XL Patch and they flipped the table. So who knows what the hell is going to happen this time around.
 
Necromancer shinnok deserves some buffs imo. And am i wrong to think that Ethereal Mileena could use some small tweaks for the better? I feel like she's missing something..
 

Eddy Wang

Skarlet scientist
This thread pops out like every single month, there has to be at least one, everytime the word "patch" is on a thread title, ppl will predict without asking, why can't we merge it?

This feels really reduntant.
 

MadeOfMetal

Kenshi Srubtastic,Cyrax, Special Forces Mains
I have never given to much into Tier list, cuz its really does not mean that much in MK games, for example, you ask one person or one Pro they say these 5 are top, you ask the next one they say some others are top 5. the only time i have seen different players say the top 5 was the same is when they got together to debate who is top tier or not.

but if i had to i guess id say. based on right now?

Cassie, Jax, Kung Jin, D'Vorah, Shinnok/Tremor will replace the top. and some others. but who knows what will be changed?

will Mileena get nerfs? she is kinda fair just really good at everything?

Will Alien get hit hard or barely?

Will Ermac/Kano CT/D'Vorah/Sonya even get hit and how hard, will they go to A+ or below? who knows. its really hard to say. with NRS and how they patch. MOS Raiden could be S tier!
 

TheGabStandard

The anticipation is killing me
It could be just me but i feel like she relies heavily on meter wich is rarely available imo? But like i said.. i could just be using her way wrong. If so, let me know :)
She is meter dependent for sure but it does depend on the style of play. Will PM you some things shortly
 

GLoRToR

Positive Poster!
Here's my prediction: People will come in with high expectations and then whine at shit.

EDIT: Frankly my only hope is that NRS will adopt a 21st century development technique and not stop patching this game. I wouldn't mind a balance patch for mk9 either but y'know, probably not worth it for them to do. MKX can go far still with some proper attention.
 
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