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Dankster Morgan

Dankster Morgan

It is better this way
How many of you other cucks are going into this game MAINING the grandmaster of the Lin Kuei

Ice Klone is gone so we're no longer going to live and die by the effectiveness (and sometimes lack thereof) of ONE move

Sub-Zero looks like he will actually have a decent neutral and some good creativity when it comes to crafting individual playstyles.

He looks badass and finally seems like he is utilizing his cryomancer abilities in creative ways. He has several ice projectiles that AREN'T just an ice ball, and is using the ice to make things that AREN'T just a klone and sword.

I was kinda turned off from him at first but the more I looked at footage of him, he seems to be everything we asked for in the last two games he was in. Injustice 2 got him closer in terms of not being tethered to the klone 100% and curbstomping characters that don't have some weird anti-klone move. Just think for a second what MKX Sub would have done to Flash, but somehow they made Sub work in I2.

It seems like he is continually getting designed better and more thoughtfully, yet it seems like less people than ever are wanting to play him. Either way, I look forward to learning him and playing with you guys.
 
Samsara

Samsara

Resident Cynic
I'll always be a fan of Sub-Zero after playing him in X, but to be honest so many other characters seem more interesting. It's going to be odd playing him without the clone and some of his gear moves (Air Polar axe) seem uninspired.

If I play him I'll use the low ice stomp special and probably the new ice-clone copycat move. I will be upset if Frost got his ice dagger moves, they were so much fun in X.

Hopefully we see more of him before launch but if not he'll be nice and fresh come release!
 
STB Sgt Reed

STB Sgt Reed

Online Warrior
I'll probably end up there, as I always do, but man... I'm just not digging it currently. Especially since customs aren't a thing now.

Anyway, he's still my all time favorite mk character so I hope he's great and that he's whatever you guys are looking for!
 
Dankster Morgan

Dankster Morgan

It is better this way
STB Sgt Reed said:
Now I AM gonna have to come back... can't be having frost tarnishing the true grandmaster!
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She will get hers, we have to follow the Grandmaster’s example and show Frost players mercy the same way he continually sticks his neck out for that thot ass thot
 
Lt. Boxy Angelman

Lt. Boxy Angelman

I WILL EAT THIS GAME
There has yet to be a game with Sub-Zero in it that I haven't played him in.
I sure as hell don't intend to start now.

10,000 bonus points if he has his MK9 Bi-Han suit.
 
IceNine

IceNine

Tired, But Strong
Subby was the character I was most disappointed to not see in the Beta this past weekend. Really interested in trying him out this game. I'm okay living sans Ice Clone, he was already bereft of it in 2/3 MKX variations - it's not new territory. Praying that the ground freeze is good in this game, that's a classic I definitely am happy to see back! Always thought it was a cool and practical application of ice powers since I was a kid.
 
Lt. Boxy Angelman

Lt. Boxy Angelman

I WILL EAT THIS GAME
Dankster Morgan said:
I’ll accept that
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#Bless

I hope he's like Top 3 and that's why they won't show him to us. Pre-command-grab Cryomancer was my best character in MKX, but yknow.......changes. I rreeaallllyy wanted him to be my hero in Injustice 2, but it was not to be.

If Noob, Sub, and Skarlet are the Top 3 in this game, I'm gonna make Top 8 at Evo with a Super Shredder helmet on. Mark my words.

The hype and the power are real.
#EvilLinKuei4Life
 
Dankster Morgan

Dankster Morgan

It is better this way
Lt. Boxy Angelman said:
#Bless

I hope he's like Top 3 and that's why they won't show him to us. Pre-command-grab Cryomancer was my best character in MKX, but yknow.......changes. I rreeaallllyy wanted him to be my hero in Injustice 2, but it was not to be.

If Noob, Sub, and Skarlet are the Top 3 in this game, I'm gonna make Top 8 at Evo with a Super Shredder helmet on. Mark my words.

The hype and the power are real.
#EvilLinKuei4Life
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I deadass hope that out of the gate he’s middle of the mid tier so that way we never have to readjust our play styles as there will be no reason to nerf him and he will naturally rise as the game progresses due to top tiers being brought down, homie will sneak his way into top ten and the game will be done being updated and be in a balanced state overall.
 
Lt. Boxy Angelman

Lt. Boxy Angelman

I WILL EAT THIS GAME
Dankster Morgan said:
I deadass hope that out of the gate he’s middle of the mid tier so that way we never have to readjust our play styles as there will be no reason to nerf him and he will naturally rise as the game progresses due to top tiers being brought down, homie will sneak his way into top ten and the game will be done being updated and be in a balanced state overall.
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That's why I liked Cryomancer! Bruh, everyone was so focused on the damn Ice Clone that no one was paying attention to the damage and brutality he could deal out.
I am with this plan. Let him rock like MK9 Liu Kang, where no one calls him Top 10 but noooobody wanted smoke with XBladez in a tournament. And when the dust settles and the balancing and patching is done, Subby and the Lin Kuei will be waiting.
 
TheJaquio

TheJaquio

Kombatant
I'll probably main him and Baraka. Hopefully he retains his preset with deep freeze and low ice from the reveal build, since that's what I wanted to use anyways.
 
darthbrooks

darthbrooks

Noob
I might main him, but I'm hoping there will be a clone equivalent in some other character similar to MKX Predator. Pissing cornered people off is nectar for the soul
 
Braindead

Braindead

I want Kronika to step on my face
I'll be maining him. He'll be the first one I try in this game.

He better have good fun variations this time I don't want another unbreakable episode
 
Lokheit

Lokheit

Warrior
Dankster Morgan said:
Ice Klone is gone so we're no longer going to live and die by the effectiveness (and sometimes lack thereof) of ONE move
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As one of the few stubborn Cryos out there that actually fell on the "die by the effectiveness of lacking ONE move" I'm happy with this lol.

That said, I miss the creativity, or at least versatility, his Cryomancer and I2 arsenal had.

Granted that probably they kept hammer moves for Shao Kahn and Daggers for Frost, but he could still have had swords, maces (it was showcased on the science of mortal kombat videos that ice makes good blunt weapons but is crappy for axes) and even spears (he uses a spear for a fatality). Having the entire ice arsenal being just axes (good bye Nightwolf) after we've been treated to so much variety in the past look a bit boring.

His third kustom item could've been a bit more original too (which again would've been solved with another ice weapon).

That said, I like how ice is implemented on most of his moves. His short hop attack, the stomp kick, the kustom low move which is something I wanted for him since MKX Cyber Sub used it (would also loved to see his giant icicle moves)... he even has a diagonal air projectile (I'm a sucker for diagonal air projectiles for some reason and my characters never have them).

I hope they either retract from the "only preset variations" or make a gazillion of them so at the end they cover almost all permutations, because I don't want to stick with moves I don't want just to be able to use moves I like.
 
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