A new Pro Kompetition is upon us and that means its time for me to once again count every time a character is used in one of the (many, many) online tour event top 8s (and occasionally top 4, depending on what is streamed) Also, remember that this is just for fun and I failed math several times in several different ways in college, if something doesn't add up completely or seems off...its because I am big dumb.

Jacqui Briggs (125) [Winner of Latin America North #1, Mexico #1, Latin America South #2 & #3]

Grenade Launcher 120
Bionic Bounce 119
Enhanced Air Blast 118
Lethal Clinch 7
(Air) Ground Pound 6
Cybernetic Override 5
(Air) Dive Bomb 2
Hyper Knee 1

Kung Lao (122) [Winner of Brazil #2]

Orbiting Hat 57
Buzz Saw 55
Possessed Hat 46
Omega Hat 32
Z-Hat 26
(Air) Teleport 11
Spiritual Guidance 10
Guided Hat 6

Scorpion (110) [Winner of Latin America South #1]

Hell Port Cancel 97
Burning Spear 39
(Air) Demon Slam 30
Demon Dash 14
(Air) Sin Blade 14
Misery Blade 8
Demon Breath 7
Hell Flame 6
Death Spear Kombo 5
Death Spin 5

Cetrion (109) [Winner of Brazil #1 & #3, North America West #1 & #2]

Deadly Winds 109
Earthquake 109
H2 P0rt 109

Sub-Zero (102)

Deep Freeze 82
Creeping Ice 79
(Air) Polar Axe 39
Rising Ice 16
Arctic Trap 3

Jade (89) [Winner of Mexico #3]

(Air) Razor-Rang 83
Delia's Dance 77
Pole Vault 46
Deadly Assassin 24
Upward Razor-Rang 14
Edenian Spark 12
Amplify Blazing Nitro Kick 10

Fujin (81) [Winner of Oceania #2]

Sky Wakka 81
Airsenal 72
Warped Needle 45
Wind Push 36
(Air) Wind Barrier 7

Kotal Kahn (68) [Winner of Latin America North #2 & #3, North America East #2]

Huehhueyi 68
Grand Discus 60
Amocualli Totem 48
Kahn-Cut 18
Tecuani Maul 10

Johnny Cage (62)

Throwing Shades 58
Rising Star 56
Pissed Off 47
Low Forceball 12
Say Cheese 4
Brass Knuckles 1
High Forceball 1

Joker (62) [Winner of North America East #1]

Kapow 44
Jumping Jester 38
Batsy Pew Pew 23
Jack In The Box 12
BOING 5
Getting Lit 5

Erron Black (53) [Winner of Europe West #2]

Enhanced Locked and Loaded 51
Scud Shot 43
Cattle Toss 17
Outworld Gunslinger 16
Down Peacemaker 12
Enhanced Rattle Snake Slide 8
Acid Pour 5
Up Peacemaker 4
TNT Toss 1
Netherbeast Trap 1

Liu Kang (45)

Low Fireball 45
Kusari Slam 40
Dragon Fire 35
Dragon Parry 8
Nunchuku Stance 5
Dragon's Gifts 2

Spawn (40)

Charging Hellspawn 39
(Air) Leetha Glide 28
Blaze of Glory 6
Plasm Pool 3
Raising Hell 3
Hell Chain 1
Lethal Leetha Stance 1

Cassie Cage (39)

Kneecappin' 39
Flippin' Out 38
Shoulder Charge 29
(Air) Bullet Barrage 7
Flying Glow Kick 4

Kitana (34)

Low Fan Toss 23
(Air) Fan Flutter 16
Ground War 16
Half-Blood Stance 16
Upward Fan Toss 9
Retreating and Advancing Fan Flutter 3
Edenian Twist 2
Fan-nado 1

Sonya Blade (32)

Energy Rings Charge 29
(Air) Marching Orders 23
K.A.T. Orbital Drop 22
Krushing Kounters 10
(Air) Downward Energy Rings 7
(Air) Soaring General 2

Shang Tsung (31) [Winner of Europe East #2]

Shake 27
Slide 24
Force Lift 18
Ground Eruption 11
Super Kick 4

Sheeva (31)

Dragon Stance 26
Queen's Punishment 24
Death March 13
Enhanced Dragon Drop 13
Dragon Charge 11
Tremor 4
Spinning Dragon 3
Battle Scars 2

Nightwolf (29)

Rising Tomahawk 29
Tomahawk Swing 20
Lightning Arrow 5
Hanna's Wrath 4

D'Vorah (27)

Strepsipterra 27
Widow's Kiss 27

Sindel (27) [Winner of Europe East #1]

Whip & Flip 21
Low Star Screamer 16
Hair Kut 15
(Air) Banshee Dash 11
(Air) Banshee Barrage 2
(Air) Deadly Echo 1

Geras (23)

Quick Sand 23
Bed Of Spikes 11
Gauntlet Of The Ages 8
Stepping It Back 8
Sand Pillar 4
Sand Simulacrum 4
Shifting Sands 3

Kano (22)

Lumbar Check 20
Manhandled 18
Chemical Burn 13
Bio-Magnetic Pull 7
Vege-Mighty 5
Molotov Cocktail 1
Optic Blast 1

Skarlet (19)

Bloodport 19
Dagger Dance 19
Boiling Point 12
Retch-Rebution 6
Blood Flow 1

Noob Saibot (16) [Winner of Mexico #2]

Shadow Slide 16
Shadow Portals 15
Spirit Ball 9
(Air) Tele Slam 5
Sickle Snag 3

Baraka (14)

Spine Burst 8
Gutted 7
Blade Charge 7
Leg Kabob 7
Baraka Barrage 6

Frost (11) [Winner of Oceania #1]

Ice Auger 10
Microburst 10
Glacier Calving 7
(Air) Ice Quake 4
Cryogenic Crown 1

Kabal (11)

Hook Grab 10
Dash Cancel 6
Low Hook Grab 6
(Air) Slight Gas 5
(Air) Straight Buzzin' 1

Shao Kahn (9) [Winner of Europe West #1]

(Air) Wrath Hammer 5
Ground Shatter 5
Skewered 5
Annihilation 4
Dark Priest 4
Up Wrath Hammer 3
Wrath Hammer 1

Jax (7)

Quad Grab 7
Expert Grappler 5
Ripped 5
Enhanced Outranked 2
Lethal Clap 2

Mileena (7)

Play Time 7
Stabyscotch 7
(Air) Tele-Drop 3
(Air) Soaring Sai 2
Vanish 2

Kollector (6)

Demonic Clutch 4
Relic Lure 3
Vial of Sorrow 3
Bag Bomb 2
Demonic Comet 2
Fade Out 1

Terminator (6)

Albi Back Breaker 6
Running Man 6
(Air) Death Grip 3
T.D.E. 3

RoboCop (5)

Arm Crowd Control Cannon 5
Low Auto-9 5
Flamethrower 3
Electric Shield 1
Terminal Strip 1

Rain (2)

Geyser Palm 2
Hydroplane 1
Riptide 1
Water Ball 1

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Alright, so day one of the 2020/2021 Pro Kompetition is in the books. This first post represents the first weekend of Liga Latina which was four events total. We saw the Top 8 of Brazil #1 and Mexico #1 and the top 4 of Latin America North and South #1. Hot take so far, Jacqui is still really dangerous.

I will see ya'll next weekend for Oceania, Europe East, and Europe West #1!

Good writeup, these kinda stats always very interesting to me

Love these stats, thx

Just saw a comment in another treat and it says "there are not that jacqui players" lol

Great job man.

Fujin (11)

(Air) Wind Barrier (4)

Is this for real though?

One of the interesting things to me was that the number of Reborn Scorpions almost directly correlated with the number of Goo-graded Jacqui's. Reborn seemed to be THE Latin American counter pick to Jacqui. Just about everyone in the four top 8s had a Reborn they would switch to when fighting Jacqui.

Aside from more variety due to customs, nothing's really changed. Same old top tier

John_NX said:
Aside from more variety due to customs, nothing's really changed. Same old top tier

While true in a general sense for tier placements (yay Jacqui and Cetrion), you cant deny the huge uptick in Scorpion, Jade, Kotal, and Kano usage is a pretty big deal. Also, Johnny has been almost nowhere to be seen.

For day 1, this is rather interesting so far (aside from all the Jacqui/Cetrion usage). I'm curious to see how things shake out with the other nations' days.

One thing with the Jacqui craziness is that nearly half of those came from Latin America North where there were two Jacqui's in top 4 and a mirror grand finals bracket reset.

There were definitely a shit load of Jacqui's but I think that if the full top eight of both Latin America North and South had been streamed, the numbers would have looked a bit less crazily Jacqui heavy.

Last edited: Dec 15, 2020

Updated to include Oceania, East, and West Europe #1

Shao Kahn wins a tournament and still 0 appearances from Raiden :'(

Wow would you look at that

Noob consistently in every big brain top 10 tier list, yet absolutely nowhere to be found in pro komp.

Also, Jade consistently low S high A on every list, yet here she is being used effectively in pro komp. Funny stuff

Definitely not enough Jacqui, Jacqui hasn't won anything :DOGE

Zer0_h0ur said:
Wow would you look at that

Noob consistently in every big brain top 10 tier list, yet absolutely nowhere to be found in pro komp.

Also, Jade consistently low S high A on every list, yet here she is being used effectively in pro komp. Funny stuff

So whats the point your trying to make? Shao khan is at the bottom of every tierlist, and he just won a tourney.
This game is alot more about playerskill instead of how good your character is.

Damn no Kabal

Now that I've slept and I'm not formatting this list at 1am here are a few quick thoughts and one note from the second weekend of the Pro Komp.

This weekend we saw a mad lad land Johnny's sunglasses KB as the first hit of a round. We saw a bracket with more Shao Kahn than Jacqui, Cetrion, or Liu combined. We saw our first player DQ'd for an "offensive" variation name. Kung Lao and Scorpion dominating the numbers game was not exactly on my bingo sheet. And another madlad finally picked something other than Goo-Graded Jacqui (just regular ol' Upgraded lol).

Also a note on the characters 'winning' a tournament. Oceania made me feel like I almost need to put a 'Most Valuable Character' tag as well as what character won. Frost may have won Oceania in the literal sense that the player used her to win the final game of Grand Finals, but there is no arguing that his Cetrion got him through the backend of losers and the first five games of grand finals.

Thanks for looking upon and discussing all of my numbers! See y'all next weekend for NA West and NA East!!!!

Amazing work... this is a real asset to the community, thank you!

If you happen to be keeping track of this as well, it would be fascinating to see player numbers alongside match usage numbers. That is, how many unique players used each character?

Just an added layer that would help to distinguish between match usage due to (A) a lot of players picking up a character (popularity) vs. (B) a few players taking that character on a long run (character loyalty). For instance, I'm assuming the 9 matches with Shao Kahn is primarily (exclusively?) by VideoGamezYo, who's a known Shao character loyalist. That's a lot different than if, say, 3 players used Shao for 3 matches each.

Hellbringer said:
So whats the point your trying to make? Shao khan is at the bottom of every tierlist, and he just won a tourney.
This game is alot more about playerskill instead of how good your character is.

Just the observation how the tier lists don't always jive with results. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.

Obly said:
Amazing work... this is a real asset to the community, thank you!

If you happen to be keeping track of this as well, it would be fascinating to see player numbers alongside match usage numbers. That is, how many unique players used each character?

Just an added layer that would help to distinguish between match usage due to (A) a lot of players picking up a character (popularity) vs. (B) a few players taking that character on a long run (character loyalty). For instance, I'm assuming the 9 matches with Shao Kahn is primarily (exclusively?) by VideoGamezYo, who's a known Shao character loyalist. That's a lot different than if, say, 3 players used Shao for 3 matches each.

I actually have thought about doing this! If I don't end up running into a character limit on the OP, I'll probably toss a player guide in the reserved comment right under it!

TheJaxLife said:
Now that I've slept and I'm not formatting this list at 1am here are a few quick thoughts and one note from the second weekend of the Pro Komp.

This weekend we saw a mad lad land Johnny's sunglasses KB as the first hit of a round. We saw a bracket with more Shao Kahn than Jacqui, Cetrion, or Liu combined. We saw our first player DQ'd for an "offensive" variation name. Kung Lao and Scorpion dominating the numbers game was not exactly on my bingo sheet. And another madlad finally picked something other than Goo-Graded Jacqui (just regular ol' Upgraded lol).

Also a note on the characters 'winning' a tournament. Oceania made me feel like I almost need to put a 'Most Valuable Character' tag as well as what character won. Frost may have won Oceania in the literal sense that the player used her to win the final game of Grand Finals, but there is no arguing that his Cetrion got him through the backend of losers and the first five games of grand finals.

Thanks for looking upon and discussing all of my numbers! See y'all next weekend for NA West and NA East!!!!

Loool was the DQ streamed?

Trini_Bwoi said:
Loool was the DQ streamed?

Yeah it was right in the middle of top eight lol. I believe it was VideoGamezYo's brother...he had an Erron with a variation name accusing some Youtuber (I think) of being a sex offender/pedophile

This is great data. The thing that jumps out at me initially is the relatively poor ability diversity among most of the cast. Notable standouts here include are Jacqui and Cetrion where 99% of the players played exactly the same builds. Kustoms are great but it's clear NRS still has a lot of work to do.

Jowabunga said:
This is great data. The thing that jumps out at me initially is the relatively poor ability diversity among most of the cast. Notable standouts here include are Jacqui and Cetrion where 99% of the players played exactly the same builds. Kustoms are great but it's clear NRS still has a lot of work to do.

This is pretty much what some of us predicted to happen from the start, though — that people would just find the strongest combinations early and use those most of the time.

I still think that having the flexibility is good, though; and I think that people will flesh out more MU-specific tweaks as time goes on.

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