Combo Breaker 2019 Top 8 Set!

Mortal Kombat 11 at Combo Breaker has proven to be an excellent showcase in gameplay with perhaps the most diverse competition we've had so early on in an NRS title with representatives from all over the world including Australia, The Netherlands, Canada, and many more! Competition has been consistently fierce from pools to top 24 play and the momentum hasn't slowed down.


Winner’s Top 8
Scar (Sonya/Scorpion)
Foxy (Cassie Cage)
Tweedy (Baraka)
Semijj (Kitana)


Loser’s Top 8
SonicFox (Jacqui/Erron Black)
Big D (Cetrion)
Dragon (Cetrion)
Deoxys (Geras)

Check out all the action at 7:30 P.M. Central (8:30 P.M. Eastern)

 

God DAMN. Felt like I was holding my breath for the last 5 minutes there. Good shit from both of them.

 

Yup, Rip Sonic. Never allowed to win a combobreaker XD

Congrats to Scar, ggs.

 

The amount of focus and resilience you need to stop the insane momentum Sonic was riding on is ABSURD. I'm really amazed at how he pulled that off.

 

 

Lived up to the hype and then some.

 

Now that the tourney's over, someone get my man Aquaman some water and a throat lozenge

 

Did you guys noticed how Skar avoided so many grabs?

 

Tweedy looks so bummed out. He wanted it so bad

 

Best tournament i had a joy to watch since MK9, truly amazing, i don't even have words to describe it and that was just first stop, meta is still evolving.

 

All I have to say about this tournament is Wow.

 

I enjoyed watching literally every single match of this top 8. We saw Cetrion, Jade, Skarlet, Kung Lao, Baraka, Kitana, Erron Black, Geras, Sonya, Scorpion, Jacqui, and Cassie just here in top 8. Holy shit that's a LOT of characters being used at a very high level from so few players.

 

Wow. Really no DLC announcement. I thought for sure Boon was trolling with that tweet.

 

Big grats to Scar showing up for the Texas boys. You earned it man!

 

The amount of focus and resilience you need to stop the insane momentum Sonic was riding on is ABSURD. I'm really amazed at how he pulled that off.

Sonic already recognized Scar as his equal and training buddy, You could never predict who's gonna emerge victorious in a match between those two in particular.

 

that feeling you get after watching 3 days of Cb when you realise you havn't seen the exhibition sets yet!

 

I genuinely can't remember the last time I've had so much fun watching any eSports tournament. The tourney was hype from early pools til the end. This is the best NRS game hands down

 

Tweedy looks so bummed out. He wanted it so bad

After what Sonic did to him, I don't think there's anyone that wouldn't be shaken up

 

I genuinely can't remember the last time I've had so much fun watching any eSports tournament. The tourney was hype from early pools til the end. This is the best NRS game hands down

NRS has killed it with MK11. The hype is real and I'm here for it. We stan for the best MK in the modern trilogy.

 

Scar to SonicFox: "Long live the king...."

 

Did you guys noticed how Skar avoided so many grabs?

There's a lot of mind games that go behind that. Yes people say that it's a true 50/50, but there's a lot of variables behind it. A Jacqui player strongly excels in the corner meaning most throw attempts should theoretically be towards the walls to maintain positioning especially against Sonya's strong ring zoning game. But Scar knows this so the chances of him guessing right is higher. There's also the mindgame if Sonic was willing to risk positioning for 140.00 dmg.

There's a lot of layers behind that which I really enjoy watching.

 

can we all just agree now that Bo5 is so much better than Bo3 .... for viewers and players? Nothing in CB has been as hype as these matches and a lot of that is as they were Bo5.

I disagree - I think FT2 ended up working very well, especially for the viewer, for everything leading up to top 8. Top 8 needs to be FT3, but FT2 actually gave pool matches stakes and made more sense for a tournament with that many entrants.

 

How long before NRS pushes out the patch that nerfs Sonic and Scar lol?

 

How long before NRS pushes out the patch that nerfs Sonic and Scar lol?

how do you nerf Sonic? Drop a blowing ball on his hand?

 

That tournament was so hype. And big props to Scar who was strong on so many fronts; one thing was he was teching so many throws (he trains with Sonic, so he probably has a feel for Sonic's throw game). Another point the commentators brought up was that he hadn't been doing many wakeup attacks before the finals but started implementing those in suddenly. I'm sure Sonic is the type to analyze his opponent's other matches even when he's not playing and so this seemed to have caught him off guard.

 

One of the most intense Top 8's I've watched in a long time. Congrats to Semijj taking fourth with Kitana (that Skarlet counterpick was heartbreaking!). And of course congrats to Scar for closing the night undefeated.

 

That tournament was so hype. And big props to Scar who was strong on so many fronts; one thing was he was teching so many throws (he trains with Sonic, so he probably has a feel for Sonic's throw game). Another point the commentators brought up was that he hadn't been doing many wakeup attacks before the finals but started implementing those in suddenly. I'm sure Sonic is the type to analyze his opponent's other matches even when he's not playing and so this seemed to have caught him off guard.

The most impressive thing in my opinion was just how reactive Scar was with everything. He stayed patient through SonicFox's constant stagger and grab pressure, all the while getting in small hits that he would instantly convert into good damage 95%+ of the time. He regularly read and blew up SF's pressure attempts. Absolutely amazing.

 

One thing this tourney showed me, especially during that Grand Finals, is just how important teching throws are in this game. In Mkx, it didn't feel as important because that game was 50/50s and double-digit plus frames for days anyway. But in MK11, it's such a crucial source of damage that being able to tech them reliably seriously increases your odds of outlasting your opponent.

Like, how many throws did Scar tech? How much damage did he deny Sonic Fox, and it was damn near down to the wire anyway?

 

One thing that I loved especially from Scar and Semij was teching Jacqui's counter-throw.
I was constantly annoyed at how Jacqui got away with that (with a Krushing Blow even) for free.
The amount of adaptation this tournament had in the later stages was absurd.