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There's a Bojutsu thread and a Ancestral thread but not a Shaolin thread. What's up with that? But anyway, I really like this variation of Kung Jin. Hopefully there is some tech that can be shared in this thread.
Kung Jin is really good and I think you'd be pleasantly surprised at how unpredictable he can be compared to Liu Kang and Kenshi because he can throw in a low or overhead in almost any situation. He is a space control character with sweet pressure because of his range, Shaolin is better at controlling the far range while Bojutsu is strong up close. I don't recommend Ancestral, it seems to lack heavily.how strong is kung jin, new to mkx fighting games, tried kenshi, love his moves but is slow, love liu kang but his moves can be hard to pull of, i hear kung jin is easy and effective
My philosophy is just play who you have the most fun with, or you can play all 3 equally which is not much at all. Don't sweat the combos too much for now. I know plenty of good players who just do 15% at a time. I don't know much about Liu Kang but with Kenshi you can just do rising karma into tele-flurry if you play balanced. An easy 30% punish for Shaolin Kung Jin is 2,2,1 x EN bf+1 - 2,2,1 x db+3 - d4. You mentioned that this is your first fighting game and you've already looked at a lot of the in-depth mechanics of MKX so I believe you're on the right track. You probably just need a lot more practice. Combos will come out at ease with muscle memory,.thanks, who do you think is better to play for me, never played mk before, my only problem is i have put the time into the lab and not just hitting a stand still dummy, i know liu k kombos, have have grid charts for what normal moves cancel into spec moves , wathced utube for massive special move kombos, i have properly learned how to tech block and reversals and wake ups, getting down the breaker, i just have a hard time on single player with hard mode, wont even touch very hard, do not want to establish bad technique but button mashing at will, and on line i have 32 wins in ranked, of which none of the wins i did not do xray to help win, i am just having a hard time actually performing the skills i have learned, how do i get better, is it just time, i can do a 20-25 percent damage string but beyond that i get very over whelmed, scott
thanks for the reply scott rMy philosophy is just play who you have the most fun with, or you can play all 3 equally which is not much at all. Don't sweat the combos too much for now. I know plenty of good players who just do 15% at a time. I don't know much about Liu Kang but with Kenshi you can just do rising karma into tele-flurry if you play balanced. An easy 30% punish for Shaolin Kung Jin is 2,2,1 x EN bf+1 - 2,2,1 x db+3 - d4. You mentioned that this is your first fighting game and you've already looked at a lot of the in-depth mechanics of MKX so I believe you're on the right track. You probably just need a lot more practice. Combos will come out at ease with muscle memory,.
from what i've seen he can do about 30% meterless. it depends on the starter. if it's off of his 221 combo, then it's about 26% meterless. if it's off of his NJP, then it's about 30 or 32% meterlesswhats the biggest meterless combo for shaolin?
Using two bars in one combo is not recommended at all. He can do 36% off of 221 mid screen with one bar and 39% in the corner. He's not about high damage anyway he's about keeping your opponent guessing using various resets into fast 50/50s and then utilizing keep away and hit and run pressure using upkick.Got a new midscreen one 221 mb low chak b214 mb low chak dk 343 bf3 this does 38%
corner 40% 221 mb low chak 4 mb low chak njp u1 dk 343 bf3
Good stuff. I have recently made the switch to Shaolin also (reserving Bojutsu for certain matchups). I find it much more fun against characters such as Kitana - if you can get one low chakram in amidst her constant fans, it often gives you just enough time to rush in for pressure.Using two bars in one combo is not recommended at all. He can do 36% off of 221 mid screen with one bar and 39% in the corner. He's not about high damage anyway he's about keeping your opponent guessing using various resets into fast 50/50s and then utilizing keep away and hit and run pressure using upkick.
After seeing how well I did at CEO this past weekend in casuals/team tournies/tournament itself, I can safely say Shaolin is by far his best variation. Overall it just has more tools to deal with more situations than Bojutsu.
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Just a couple from our local. Havent found the vid of my pool's Winner's Finals match against DJT on YT yet. We have a local that's streamed every Wednesday at twitch.tv/vsgc if you wanna check out more of me using Shaolin.
SHAOLIN IS LOVESHAOLIN IS LIFE
Interesting - I have not tested that but it would be good to know.In practice mode I've set Cassie to do reversal MB flipkick in between MB low chakram hits. Sometimes she is able to armor through, sometimes she is not...and it doesn't look to be distance or stance related. Can someone else test this?
Same thing happens if I use MB Chakram
PPJ - have you been dabbling with KJ recently? better than dvorah post patch?SHAOLIN IS LIFE
You can armor through, but it's distance related and unreliable. Usually better to block the whole thing since it leaves you at 0 anyway.In practice mode I've set Cassie to do reversal MB flipkick in between MB low chakram hits. Sometimes she is able to armor through, sometimes she is not...and it doesn't look to be distance or stance related. Can someone else test this?
Same thing happens if I use MB Chakram