Last night...I played pre-patch MK9.

[Under_The_Mayo]

I was with about 7 guys playing MK, AE, and Marvel 2 and 3. We took a break from MK, so I just sat and watched the other games. Then we put MK on another ps3, and as we booted it up, my sparring partner YeraKof looks at me and says, "I don't think this system is patched."

Holy lord shitballs fuck goddamn. Or in other words, Kung Lao. And Kabal. And Kitana. And Cyrax.

I bought MK9 on day one but I didn't play it competitively until around EVO 2011, so I never really knew the true horrors of pre-patch days. I AA'd him with a standing fan from Kitana, into a combo. He thought he'd live. Nope. 50 goddamn percent. We were shocked.

 

[Compbros]

I demand a pre-patch casual tournament.

 

[1man3letters]

pre-patch is very fun to play now, baraka 100% combos. whoooo!!!

 

[xInfra Deadx]

We need to go back to the pre-patch days. So much salt thrown at.

 

[Qwark28]

everyone has had broken shit and some still do

but you just had to patch the damn reset bitch ass eyebrow troll

 

[Lord Beef]

Oh god, Vanilla is so broken its a blast.

 

[Hobozzzx]

Vanilla Cyrax <3

 

[scarsunseen]

Aw I miss the Cyrax chestsaw reset. =(

 

[GrandMasterson]

I do not like vanilla MK9 because both Scorpion and Stryker were both worse than they are now.

I just hope vanilla taught NRS to put a little bit more time and money into QA

 

[ShadowBeatz]

Aw I miss the Cyrax chestsaw reset. =(

Chestsaw reset? It's all about the command grab bomb trap

 

[Zyphox]

how was vanilla cage?

 

[Mikemetroid]

how was vanilla cage?

take away armor on his shadow kick.
sweep is hella fast, making his combos have sweep in them (40%)
f32nutpunch is a string.
There is a parry glitch where you can just keep doing the xray by holding down and block.

 

[Zyphox]

take away armor on his shadow kick.
sweep is hella fast, making his combos have sweep in them (40%)
f32nutpunch is a string.
There is a parry glitch where you can just keep doing the xray by holding down and block.

lol dash is better too so didnt 21f2 have more options for combos?

 

[PPJ]

how was vanilla cage?

f32 nutpunch
easier sweep resets
x-ray crouch block glitch
overall higher damage

EDIT: mikemetroid beat me to it

 

[Dizzy]

Air to air jump punches not scaling was fun times early in the game when they happened non-stop

 

[Pikachu]

Day one Cyrax infinite, 33net telport...repeat.
Day one Ermac infinite, f4.

 

[King Roosta]

Being able to Chopchop in to standing 4 instead of crouching 4. Was that so broken?

 

[Mr. Mileena]

Sindel was very good pre patch

 

[Zyphox]

Sindel was very good pre patch

dude she is still viable i just watched the shang gauntlet O_O i think she is highly underrated.

 

[Mr. Mileena]

dude she is still viable i just watched the shang gauntlet O_O i think she is highly underrated.

No she is not. She sucks. Shes better than most fish though, but she's still totally not viable.

 

[Zyphox]

No she is not. She sucks. Shes better than most fish though, but she's still totally not viable.

what makes her so bad? the absense of armor?

 

[xInfra Deadx]

what makes her so bad? the absense of armor?

That and her punishes are on the low side.

 

[Konqrr]

People don't realize the extent of Kitana's damage nerf. It is quite substantial. You just don't see it in her normal BnB combos off of f21 or 21 or f41, but landing an aaGround Fan or going for an extended corner combo. Xray is next to useless in a combo of more than 3-4 hits now.

 

[Delriach]

I miss Sindel's infinite

 

[G4S Killin Natzees]

I miss Sindel's infinite

What was her infinite?