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 (100) [Winner of Latin America North #1, Mexico #1, Latin America South #2]

Grenade Launcher 95
Bionic Bounce 94
Enhanced Air Blast 93
Lethal Clinch 7
(Air) Ground Pound 6
Cybernetic Override 5
(Air) Dive Bomb 2
Hyper Knee 1

Scorpion (88) [Winner of Latin America South #1]

Hell Port Cancel 83
(Air) Demon Slam 29
Burning Spear 26
Demon Dash 14
(Air) Sin Blade 12
Demon Breath 7
Death Spear Kombo 5
Death Spin 5

Cetrion (87) [Winner of Brazil #1 & North America West #1]

Earthquake 87
Deadly Winds 87
H2 P0rt 87

Kung Lao (86) [Winner of Brazil #2]

Buzz Saw 43
Orbiting Hat 38
Possessed Hat 35
Omega Hat 25
Z-Hat 14
(Air) Teleport 8
Spiritual Guidance 5
Guided Hat 3

Sub-Zero (71)

Deep Freeze 56
Creeping Ice 55
(Air) Polar Axe 27
Rising Ice 11
Arctic Trap 3

Jade (65)

(Air) Razor-Rang 65
Delia's Dance 56
Pole Vault 31
Deadly Assassin 18
Upward Razor-Rang 11
Edenian Spark 9
Amplify Blazing Nitro Kick 4

Johnny Cage (59)

Rising Star 56
Throwing Shades 55
Pissed Off 47
Low Forceball 12
High Forceball 1
Say Cheese 1
Brass Knuckles 1

Fujin (54) [Winner of Oceania #2]

Sky Wakka 54
Airsenal 47
Warped Needle 32
Wind Push 22
(Air) Wind Barrier 7

Joker (50) [Winner of North America East #1]

Kapow 34
Jumping Jester 32
Batsy Pew Pew 18
Jack In The Box 10
BOING 5
Getting Lit 4

Erron Black (44) [Winner of Europe West #2]

Enhanced Locked and Loaded 43
Scud Shot 35
Cattle Toss 17
Down Peacemaker 12
Outworld Gunslinger 10
Enhanced Rattle Snake Slide 7
Up Peacemaker 4
Acid Pour 3
TNT Toss 1

Kotal Kahn (37) [Winner of Latin America North #2]

Huehhueyi 37
Grand Discus 30
Amocualli Totem 22
Kahn-Cut 17
Tecuani Maul 5

Cassie Cage (36)

Kneecappin' 36
Flippin' Out 35
Shoulder Charge 26
(Air) Bullet Barrage 7
Flying Glow Kick 4

Liu Kang (33)

Low Fireball 33
Kusari Slam 30
Dragon Fire 28
Nunchuku Stance 5
Dragon Parry 3

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

Nightwolf (29)

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

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

Shang Tsung (24) [Winner of Europe East #2]

Slide 21
Shake 19
Force Lift 17
Ground Eruption 7
Super Kick 2

Sheeva (23)

Dragon Stance 22
Queen's Punishment 19
Death March 13
Dragon Charge 11
Enhanced Dragon Drop 5
Battle Scars 2

Spawn (23)

Charging Hellspawn 22
(Air) Letha Glide 11
Blaze of Glory 6
Plasm Pool 3
Raising Hell 3
Hell Chain 1
Lethal Leetha Stance 1

Geras (16)

Quick Sand 16
Bed Of Spikes 7
Stepping It Back 8
Gauntlet Of The Ages 7
Sand Pillar 1
Sand Simulacrum 1

Skarlet (16)

Bloodport 16
Dagger Dance 16
Boiling Point 9
Retch-Rebution 6
Blood Flow 1

Kitana (15)

Low Fan Toss 12
Half-Blood Stance 10
(Air) Fan Flutter 4
Retreating and Advancing Fan Flutter 3
Ground War 2
Fan-nado 1

Noob Saibot (12) [Winner of Mexico #2]

Shadow Portals 12
Shadow Slide 12
Spirit Ball 8
(Air) Tele Slam

D'Vorah (11)

Strepsipterra 11
Widow's Kiss 11

Frost (10) [Winner of Oceania #1]

Ice Auger 9
Microburst 9
Glacier Calving 7
(Air) Ice Quake 3
Cryogenic Crown 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

Kano (8)

Chemical Burn 8
Lumbar Check 8
Manhandled 8

Kabal (7)

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

Mileena (7)

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

Baraka (6)

Gutted 6
Baraka Barrage 5
Spine Burst 1

Terminator (6)

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

RoboCop (4)

Arm Crowd Control Cannon 4
Low Auto-9 4
Flamethrower 3
Electric Shield 1

Rain (2)

Geyser Palm 2
Hydroplane 1
Riptide 1
Water Ball 1

Jax (1)

Expert Grappler 1
Quad Grab 1
Ripped 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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