MKX AntiAirs: Which characters cannot Anti Air in Mkx

[Pig Of The Hut]

I would like anyone and everyone who complains about AA in MKX to list me a character that can't Anti Air and also what characters cannot be Anti-aired at all

Thanks in advance

 

[SaltShaker]

I would like anyone and everyone who complains about AA in MKX to list me a character that can't Anti Air and also what characters cannot be Anti-aired at all

Thanks in advance

Unless it's a trip guard (universal gameplay mechanic, not what I think you're talking about) it is impossible to AA Bojutsu Kung Jin with Shotgun Jacqui from my personal experience. He jumps in and you either block, or get hit 100% of the time.

Edit: Make that Jacqui as a whole character.

 

[rev0lver]

Jacqui

Unless it's a really slow jump arc she can only AA as a read. Crossovers she can't really do anything

 

[Immortal Kombat]

The one I hear the most about is goro.
(I use ex pw btw to anti air)

 

[SaltShaker]

Jacqui

Unless it's a really slow jump arc she can only AA as a read. Crossovers she can't really do anything

Beat you to it bro lol.

 

[rev0lver]

Beat you to it bro lol.

lol. well shotgun actually you sometimes can, i was talking about FA. with HT though she's especially fucked.

 

[Pig Of The Hut]

Keep em coming

 

[SaltShaker]

lol. well shotgun actually you sometimes can, i was talking about FA. with HT though she's especially fucked.

Yea both, shit all 3. I can't AA shit with her lol. Gonna just say All Jacqui lol.

 

[A F0xy Grampa]

Tempest Lao

 

[Pig Of The Hut]

lol. well shotgun actually you sometimes can, i was talking about FA. with HT though she's especially fucked.

@SaltShaker
It's widely known jaqui #1 issue is shit anti air

I'll look at it anyway

 

[SaltShaker]

@SaltShaker
It's widely known jaqui #1 issue is shit anti air

I'll look at it anyway

Yea it is, she's one of the only ones I play and the struggle is too real. Against characters with good Ji's, unless it's on the greatest of reads in FA with up rockets, I've yet to find any consistent option against ji's.

 

[Zoidberg747]

I wouldnt say its impossible to anti-air anybody, but when done right Sonyas j1, Kotals j1, and Kung Laos J2 are really hard to anti-air/

 

[StealthyMuffin]

For a lot of characters, true AAs are almost non-existent in most crossover situations. Are we counting crossovers?

 

[Espio]

The one I hear the most about is goro.
(I use ex pw btw to anti air)

I don't even get why he gets mentioned so much honestly. I have footage of me anti-airing Scorpion's jumps in cross continental online lag from California to Michigan with down 1 against a great player when the game first came out (this was before the jump normal nerfs by the way). Plenty of footage of doing it with ex telestomp and down 2 as well. His anti-air isn't godlike, but the dishonest narrative of "everyone jumps for free" is just silly. I don't usually use ex punch walk though, but it's not a bad idea.

 

[Pig Of The Hut]

For a lot of characters, true AAs are almost non-existent in most crossover situations. Are we counting crossovers?

Plz don't list general statements like this

Give me specifics

 

[MrProfDrPepper]

Hmmm tough to say considering how all the charactersI play happen to have decent to pretty damn good anti airs, I never really got the complaint of the game having a lack of anti airs. Perhaps reptile for up close anti airs since his upper cut isn't the greatest, but I tend to catch people with force ball from mid to far screen.

 

[Pig Of The Hut]

I wouldnt say its impossible to anti-air anybody, but when done right Sonyas j1, Kotals j1, and Kung Laos J2 are really hard to anti-air/

Well so is the narrative then anti airs take more skill than previous games as opposed to "there are no Anti airs "?

 

[Pig Of The Hut]

Tempest Lao

Go back to Canada fruit

 

[Laos_boy]

Oh that's what you meant.

But anyways I feel that Jin and maybe Lao can't traditionally be anti aired

But I'm not complaining, Kitana keeps them out of the air pretty well

 

[rev0lver]

@SaltShaker
It's widely known jaqui #1 issue is shit anti air

I'll look at it anyway

I wouldn't say that's the #1 issue but it's an issue. You can still low profile in certain mu's with d4 but her d4's just whatever to throw out.

The only AA's I've found to sometimes work with her are b1, uprockets in full auto (duh), and straight shot in shotgun. B1's too slow to have any sort of reliability, straight shot seems to have a weird hitbox (haven't played with it enough though), and rockets are too slow to get as a reaction with the majority of jump arcs. S1 can sometimes work depending on the MU and the distance of the jump, but definitely not reliable in 95% of situations

 

[Zoidberg747]

Well so is the narrative then anti airs take more skill than previous games as opposed to "there are no Anti airs "?

I have always been a proponent that anti airs in this game are situational, you have to know when to use which anti-air technique. It's harder but it adds more depth IMO.

 

[Pig Of The Hut]

Erron Black has trouble in the AA department in all 3 variations.
Standing 1 is very good, but only against certain characters at certain distances. EXStab, EXSlide, and EXSand are wholly unreliable. The moves will whiff or your armor will be popped. S1 is decent for crossups, but you're better off doing something else.

Also, I'm not sure what goal this thread is trying to achieve. If it's anything pompous, I'll be disappointed.
I'm saying that because it's common knowledge AAs in this game are very weak for a sizable amount of the cast.

PLease revise your last sentence into specifics because I'm gonna blow your erron black example up

 

[Pig Of The Hut]

Erron Black has trouble in the AA department in all 3 variations.
Standing 1 is very good, but only against certain characters at certain distances. EXStab, EXSlide, and EXSand are wholly unreliable. The moves will whiff or your armor will be popped. S1 is decent for crossups, but you're better off doing something else.

Also, I'm not sure what goal this thread is trying to achieve. If it's anything pompous, I'll be disappointed.
I'm saying that because it's common knowledge AAs in this game are very weak for a sizable amount of the cast.

Who can erron black not anti air????

 

[rev0lver]

I'm saying that because it's common knowledge AAs in this game are very weak for a sizable amount of the cast.

I don't agree. Some characters legitimately have shit AA's, but most just aren't doing what they need to yet. At the worst, most characters have a good d2 to AA.

Also, just because you can't use the same thing universally against all jump normals doesn't mean it's bad. Different jump arcs/jump attacks are intentional. Just some characters have more reliable things than others, and you have to work out what you do in mu's/situations.

 

[Zoidberg747]

For a lot of characters, true AAs are almost non-existent in most crossover situations. Are we counting crossovers?

Crossovers are better to anti air with normals so you have to find which one(if any) work with you characters and go from there. Crossovers can also be more easily low profiled.