General/Other Rain coming to MK9 on July 19th

[Tim Static]

 

[InstantClasSiik]

New main for a lot of people? I know he'll be mine

 

[spiramentisback]

thanks static for the vid. he looks like he has a lot of good tools. Im defiantly going to put some real lab time into him.

 

[Subby]

In one week....OH YEAH! I must prepare my body to be ready....and my cat-like reflexes online.

 

[Lyuben]

Holy shit that was awesome.

 

[Richmatic]

Them roundhouses

 

[Eazail]

New main for a lot of people? I know he'll be mine

Rain is an instant classic

 

[InstantClasSiik]

Rain is an instant classic

I see what you did there ^^

 

[TrickyNick]

So many people will be using him, i guess you could say "RAIN" is going to "FLOOD" the MK community

 

[Gurrry]

First of all.. I called his first fatality. The one where the blow up like a baloon and burst. Its in another thread.. but I definately had a feeling that would be one of them. NRS did not disappoint.


Does anyone think his mindcontrol orb thing actually lets you move the opponent where you want?

The first one he does, the opponent moves towards him. And the final one he does, the opponent moved all the way to the other end of the screen and his then hit with his X-ray.

Its starting to look like Rain is gdlk.

 

[mingzang]

3rd DLC character is Purple Rain , so i think 4th Character will be Purple Snow !

 

[Gurrry]

This = MK Community right now

 

[Houdini]

OHHHHH YEEEEAAAAAH!!!! )

 

[fooloo]

one of his teleports reminds me of sektors. reptile + sektor ?

 

[Gamin_Guru]

Roundhouse kick... Check
Teleport... Check
Lightning... Check
Projectile... Check

HELL YEA first ninja I'll actually play

 

[B2k3]

When he roundhoused sheeva, did he uppercut and then continue the combo?

This guy can Uppercut mid-combo!

 

[Gurrry]

When he roundhoused sheeva, did he uppercut and then continue the combo?

This guy can Uppercut mid-combo!

Looks like you can uppercut after the roundhouse kick and continue the combo from the other side.


Sick. Good find.

 

[Lyuben]

When he roundhoused sheeva, did he uppercut and then continue the combo?

This guy can Uppercut mid-combo!

Nah it was an anti air uppercut. Ermac can force lift after an anti air uppercut.

 

[THTB]

They put in a lot of references to Rain's past incarnations...

-Victory Pose is straight outta UMK3
-Roundhouse, Control Orb, and Lighting are straight out of UMK3
-Launcher string to start the combo at the end is literally his 113 string in MKA reanimated
-Teleport moves and water stream are straight up references to MKA Rain

 

[InstantClasSiik]

Nah it was an anti air uppercut. Ermac can force lift after an anti air uppercut.

but roundhouse kick puts them in the air...so technically as long as he hits roundhouse kick you can combo off an uppercut

 

[Gurrry]

the real question is:

how many times will he be able to roundhouse kick you? only once? twice? thrice?

 

[Klunker]

He looks a little ridiculous from this trailer... Huge juggle potential, moar lightning, fast strings... Had ways to get in, ways to get out. His bubble better not be comboable, like he can use it mid combo. That would be stupid, unless it scales when an opponent is iced.

But he seems solid. Two types of tp. Grab seems funny.

I do expect him to be meter tied though. Every time he did lightning for the pop-up, he used ex. His damage better be tiny... But overall, the trailer was intense.

And to all those with the bubble questions, its just going to be like before. If you get it, he can move you around and he stays stationary.

They should of made his x-ray the roundhouse kick. But ohwell.

p.s., is it just me or does he seem a bit... "fruity"? He seems to have a certain... metro vibe to him. Just saying from his spinning entrance and his first combo..

 

[RoGE]

Man... They just FORCE you to buy the DLC with these videos...


that was so friggin' COOL!

 

[THTB]

Rain's entire being is created in reference to Prince. It was expected.

 

[Apocalypse]

That first overhead string at 0:27 looks absolutely devastating. Just from speed of it and how quickly he dashes after the 3rd hit connects, looks like a great pressure tool (even on block). Also, I hope that kicking string at 0:37 hits low with the first hit.

I'm really hoping that stream of water behaves like Reptile's Acid Stream, and can be used as a combo ender to leave the opponent standing (i.e. Sektor's Flamethrower)

Overall with Roundhouse Kick, Water Orb, launching Lightning, and Teleport Uppercut (sort of), the combo possibilities look endless. As long as his damage isn't complete shit, it wouldn't surprise me if Rain has some of the most devastating bnb's in this game.