General/Other - Raiden (Old) Raiden Pre-Release General Discussion Thread

[EndofGameBoss]

Ah Man, the best part was mute!

I agree, but the crowd was loving his displacer variation. They were getting loud for the teleporting combos.

 

[JwabHDTV]

Displacer Raiden seems OP and awesome. Probably gonna be the one I use the most style wise or Thunder God Raiden.

His costume gives me a Deadly Alliance feel even though it probably gives everyone just like an eh feel.

But, this video makes me like Kotal more than Raiden since I'm so used to Raiden. I was searching for everything new about Kotal in this vid and he feels like a brute and awesome character. I can imagine Kotal being on Shinnok's side in the story and the final chapter being Raiden again and we get this huge Kotal vs. Raiden confrontration with a cool cinematic fight before you actually fight. That would be... badass. Which makes me believe that Kotal's story is that he tried helping Shinnok take over EarthRealm long ago and was banished also. Unless, they are gonna do an angle where the Elder Gods must pick sides and we see some backstory between Kotal & Fujin like Fujin picks the side of Raiden while Kotal walks over to Shinnok. That'd be cool also. I just have so many thoughts in my mind... can't stop thinking about the story.

 

[EndofGameBoss]

Displacer Raiden seems OP and awesome. Probably gonna be the one I use the most style wise or Thunder God Raiden.

His costume gives me a Deadly Alliance feel even though it probably gives everyone just like an eh feel.

But, this video makes me like Kotal more than Raiden since I'm so used to Raiden. I was searching for everything new about Kotal in this vid and he feels like a brute and awesome character. I can imagine Kotal being on Shinnok's side in the story and the final chapter being Raiden again and we get this huge Kotal vs. Raiden confrontration with a cool cinematic fight before you actually fight. That would be... badass. Which makes me believe that Kotal's story is that he tried helping Shinnok take over EarthRealm long ago and was banished also. Unless, they are gonna do an angle where the Elder Gods must pick sides and we see some backstory between Kotal & Fujin like Fujin picks the side of Raiden while Kotal walks over to Shinnok. That'd be cool also. I just have so many thoughts in my mind... can't stop thinking about the story.

I noticed Kotal has a weird psycho crusher move that hit as a AA in the video. I'm noticing more the more I watch lol.

 

[Dark]

According to Boon, displacer Raiden can teleport on different areas on the screen, either closer or further away. It's gonna be boss. He also said that each one will have his classic moves such as superman and vicinity blast because that's pretty much the way it's been forever. They want to add on top of what Raiden already has to help get him closer or further away, which is awesome for footsies.

Anywhere I can watch the full interview?

 

[JwabHDTV]

I noticed Kotal has a weird psycho crusher move that hit as a AA in the video. I'm noticing more the more I watch lol.

this beauty <3

 

[Spinky]

If anyone wants to hear the crowds reaction to Raiden(which it was hype) here it is; courtesy of Star Charger. EDIT; some reason the sound cuts out around 2 mins

"THUNDER TAKE YOU, BOY!" Way too good.

 

[Eddy Wang]

this beauty <3

that is lvl3 of sun god choke, praise the sun bruh

 

[Pterodactyl]

I love that they made Raiden bigger and taller, more imposing.

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The idea of all the displacer shenanigans, hot damn!

Got me rock hard right now, more games need mid-combo teleport combos/resets/mix-ups.

 

[Eddy Wang]

I love that they made Raiden bigger and taller, more imposing.

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The idea of all the displacer shenanigans, hot damn!

Got me rock hard right now, more games need mid-combo teleport combos/resets/mix-ups.

In this video we get more intel about blood god kotal too.

Obsidian works like some sort of parry, it blocks physical attacks, competely nulifying damage, and if he sucessfully blocks someone physical attack he gains a glow-like sun energy around him temporarily. From the other videos it seems that he can use this to extend the time of the beam of light special move.

 

[Pterodactyl]

I was trying to pay more attention to War God.

That downward swing(if it hits, he gets that animation where he slides his sword thing down the opponent, then whacks there head like a baseball) looks to be unsafe as hell, and the projectile where he throws the sword thing looks pretty bad.

War God is worrying me at this point.

Back to Raiden though.

I am so happy to see that his electric grab(the move he ends the combo with in that GIF I just posted) hits mid in this game and looks to have good range, compared to MK9 where he angled upwards when doing it making it a high attack, it had pitiful range, and it was super easy to dodge.

 

[Eddy Wang]

I was trying to pay more attention to War God.

That downward swing(if it hits, he gets that animation where he slides his sword thing down the opponent, then whacks there head like a baseball) looks to be unsafe as hell, and the projectile where he throws the sword thing looks pretty bad.

War God is worrying me at this point.

Back to Raiden though.

I am so happy to see that his electric grab(the move he ends the combo with in that GIF I just posted) hits mid in this game and looks to have good range, compared to MK9 where he angled upwards when doing it making it a high attack, it had pitiful range, and it was super easy to dodge.

you mean the shocker, yest that is true.
vicinity blast was buffed too, the ex version has a blast energy that hits around all raiden and not just one particular area, hope it has armor tho.

 

[Art]

I think his Teleportation style will be his best chance at ix-ups.

 

[Fractured_Shadow]

His mobility is going to almost ensure his a at least A tier. His teleport makes running at him almost pointless. I wouldn't be surprised at all if he is one of the best characters in the game. If his normals remain as fast as they are in the trailer and he retains his lows and pressure strings I might main him.

The question is how his pokes are. If he has good pokes and can counter pressure then his orb stance might be useless because he can run away/wiff punish with teleport.

Eithet way he looks very viable.

 

[Dirtylova]

 

[Peckapowa]

all this positivity is telling me he is low tier because we were so wrong on fucking injustice

 

[SkaGoogle]

how will they balance each variation in patches without making one variation to powerful? because lets be honest this game is begging for one of these variations to be terrible. I already think ferra/tor needs a buff lol

 

[BRUTALITY]

from THUNDER TAKE YOU! to THUNDER BLOTS OUT THE SUN! raiden continues to have the worst script in fighting game history.

 

[Peckapowa]

lol btw
go to 1:06

decent defensive looking tool wtf is that is that zatanna trait db3 thing, seen scorpion do that powerup shit too.

 

[FCP/EMP SCAR]

Has anyone pointed to the fact that Raiden no longer has his Amulet from MK9 in neither of his 3 variations?? Hmm I wonder what it could mean!?

 

[Eddy Wang]

Has anyone pointed to the fact that Raiden no longer has his Amulet from MK9 in neither of his 3 variations?? Hmm I wonder what it could mean!?

It means it wasn't fixed since Shao Kahn broke it

 

[Peckapowa]

if quan chi is in this, and can summon shit like a necromancer i will have to investigate.

 

[Spinky]

all this positivity is telling me he is low tier because we were so wrong on fucking injustice

I remember people going on about how broken Cyborg was gonna be before release.

To be fair he did have that infinite for a while, but that's sure as shit not helping him now, is it?

 

[HeroesNZ]

Can we please refrain from placing him in a tier before we've even played the game...
But yeah, honestly I've never really been interested in Raiden but this gameplay's got me hype! Raiden + Scorpion =

 

[BRUTALITY]

To be fair he did have that infinite for a while, but that's sure as shit not helping him now, is it?

even then it only helped all 3 people in the world who could do it every time in a match. make that 0 people. if anyone claims otherwise i demand match footage.

 

[Sami]

One of the things I liked the most with this trailer is that it showed some of the slapstick that MK is known for. Raiden's X-ray (the comic skeleton shots during electrocution), his fatality (yes it's horrible, but the shot as you see the head reach the peak of its throw was great) and the funny noises. It's still MK.

I did have a minor heart-attack when I saw Raiden teleport and then throw an interactable, but then I remembered you can block them now lol.

Going from past experince only, with the amount of screen control he has I really hope they don't give him an overhead/low game on top of it all. From the video it appears he can limit opponent's movements and ignore zoning. A 50/50 game on top will probably be a little too much

I remember people going on about how broken Cyborg was gonna be before release.

To be fair he did have that infinite for a while, but that's sure as shit not helping him now, is it?

So you're saying the community was so correct that NRS had to nerf him?