Teleport Kombat 11

[Trini_Bwoi]

Characters with a teleport so far:
Cetrion (ability)
Kung Lao (base)
Liu Kang (ability)
Kollector (ability)
Noob (base)
Jade (ability)
Geras (ability)
Scorpion (base)
Kabal (base)
Raiden (base)
Skarlet (ability)
D'Vorah (ability)
Kitana (ability)

Depending on how presets play out, more than half of the cast we've seen so far may have a teleport. What do you think about this? Does it run contrary to the kind of game MK11 was set out to be?

 

[HeavyNorse]

I think it's nice. A good way to avoid projectiles and get in on the opponent.

 

[xKhaoTik]

Still don’t understand why they gave Kang one lol.

Hopefully Kitana has hers

 

[Tokiwartoothxdk]

cant wait for half of those to not be usable because only 2 variations

 

[ismael4790]

As long all of them are full combo punishable, as every teleport should be, there's no problem.

 

[Espio]

Are you counting Kabal's fatal blow as his teleport...? Most of them don't seem that great to guarantee things unless you make a real good read. It should keep everyone content and not claiming zoning is too strong cause some characters can check you really well fullscreen.

 

[DragonofDadashov24]

Story wise Sub-Zero had a teleport (gameplay wise too). Don’t see a problem. Liu Kang had a teleport in his parry in MK9

 

[SaSSolino]

Teleports don't destroy neutral so I don't think so, besides most of them are abilities anyway.

 

[LeoMK29]

Gotta have a way to beat Cetrion lmao

 

[spidey300]

It's weird they gave kang one and a command grab. I actually wish scorpions teleport was faster. Felt slower than his mkx teleport

 

[IceNine]

Kabal? Uhh, must have missed that one.

Anyway, teleports are just an MK thing, never minded them. It's something that I consider fairly unique to the franchise in terms of its ubiquity.

 

[THTB]

I don't see it as a big deal, tbh. MKX had quite a few teleport characters, but it didn't destroy anything meta-related. The biggest offender was Shinnok's, but we haven't seen one quite as good in MK11.

 

[xKhaoTik]

It's weird they gave kang one and a command grab. I actually wish scorpions teleport was faster. Felt slower than his mkx teleport

Well the game is much slower than mkx

 

[Trini_Bwoi]

Are you counting Kabal's fatal blow as his teleport...? Most of them don't seem that great to guarantee things unless you make a real good read. It should keep everyone content and not claiming zoning is too strong cause some characters can check you really well fullscreen.

Ya I included Kabal for the Fatal Blow. The dynamics of the match definitely changes when he has it as if he had a teleport.

 

[DDustiNN]

Characters with a teleport so far:
Cetrion (ability)
Kung Lao (base)
Liu Kang (ability)
Kollector (ability)
Noob (base)
Jade (ability)
Geras (ability)
Scorpion (base)
Kabal (base)
Raiden (base)
Skarlet (ability)

Depending on how presets play out, more than half of the cast we've seen so far may have a teleport. What do you think about this? Does it run contrary to the kind of game MK11 was set out to be?

I think it’s great. Much better than the zone-fest that was Injustice 2. This will force people to actually fight.

 

[Bucketfeet]

Noob has 2 if you count his air projectile one

 

[Jhonnykiller45]

Raiden's teleport is an equippable ability as well.
Really don't think you should be counting Kabal there since you can only ever use his "teleport" once per game. Even if every single character there had a preset with their teleport on it wouldn't actually be "more than half the cast".
Where's this recent disdain for teleports coming from anyways? Few people were whining about Scorpion's during the beta, and now this. I don't get it.

 

[SabreAndLittle]

I think it’s great. Much better than the zone-fest that was Injustice 2. This will force people to actually fight.

IJ2 is a zone fest and the roll isn’t enough. But this is excessive when you see the list here

 

[DarksydeDash]

Teleports don't beat zoning automatically.

If they did, then Kung Lao wouldn't get bodied by Kitana in MKX

 

[Shark Tank]

Some days you wake up, say "I don't feel like playing neutral today" and pick Scorpion.

 

[ColdSpine]

Teleports don't destroy neutral so I don't think so, besides most of them are abilities anyway.

Scorpion would like to have a word with you, his teleport is the biggest middle finger for neutral

 

[STB Sgt Reed]

I demand Sub Zero get his Tombstone Teleport added in !!

 

[RothVI]

A lot of these teleports are very differentiated though. Scorpion and Noob's teleports are actual attacks, Skarlet can control where she teleports so it can be used for runaway, Kung Lao's has a slow start up and has several attacking options, etc. Putting all of these moves in the same list is kind of misleading.

 

[SaSSolino]

Scorpion would like to have a word with you, his teleport is the biggest middle finger for neutral

Good point. I meant teleports that don't hit the opponent right away, like Raiden's.

 

[BarakaTile]

Almost everyone has a way to answer back the zoning their opponent whether by teleports, their own zoning, absorb/parries, Erron shooting a projectile, Cetrion summoning rocks, jade phasing through or Baraka charging forward with a flag.

This is meant to steer people away from oppressive Zoning I think