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Those who are maining Reptile

GhosT

Kombatant
What led to your choice?

For me it was how fun he is to play with. Also been a top three of mine 4 ever.

What other fighters were in the running for your main when you chose Reptile?
 
Ninjas are awesome. The color green is my favorite. Reptile is a ninja and green. Therefore, Reptile is awesome and my favorite.

Another reason I like him is that practically none o his combos require you to dash.
Elbow Dash, yeah, but that, in my opinion, is a lot easier than regular dashing to continue combos.
 

Darkhood88

Crazy 88 Co-Leader
Well, Reptile is my co-main with Sub- zero being my other. Reptile along with Sub have been 2 of my favorites since MK1. What I am liking about Reptile in this game is his Zoning and his ability to rush down. Best of both worlds. Not to mention that Elbow Dash Whiff makes him crazy fast.
 

Cburnham81

Mortal
Reptile is just so mysterious. And he is definitely very interesting to play with and master. No other character plays anything like reptile.
 
Like DesertOfSand said, green is my favourite colour, and Reptile was awesome when he was a green ninja. He was my MKII main, and in MKT I co-mained him and Noob. However, MK9 is the first time since MKT that Reptile hasn't looked absolutely ridiculous. I knew I was going to main him before the game came out; there wasn't a lot of thought that went into it.

I got kind of lucky that he turned out to be such an excellent character. All the trailers that kept showing him getting beat up made me extremely worried that he was going to be very low tier.
 

FiNAL-LiFe-G

*DEMON MODE*
i love lizardman & Taki from Sc3 & 4, so thats a point up^. he looks cool^, hes green(fav color)^, very nice Zoning, Wiff-Elbow-Dash FTW^. oh yeah Shang Tsung couldn't take his soul, because it'll melt his insides LMAO. ( yeah i love Reptile)
 
Besides MK 1 and 2, this is my favorite version of Reptile. I was really happy once I noticed you can combo into and off his forceballs. Not to mention, Reptile has a very helpful player base.
 

EGP Wonder_Chef

Official Quan Chi Nerf Demander™
Ironically I don't like green...


His playstyle in this game though... so awesome! A very slow patient game until you get an opening then BAM you jump on them.

It's like a snake... pun intended.
 

Eazail

Mortal
I ordered from Amazon instead of Gamestop for the sole purpose of getting old school reptile. I didn't care how bad he was, I was gonna make it worth my time! Lol. I lucked out cause he is really good in many ways.
 
The versatility is what made him attractive to me. Surprised at the lack of Reptile at PDP, hopefully after the patch he is used a lot more.
 

ONE DS

Noob
I was actually able to pick a main faster in this game than any other fighter because of Reptile. I was the most excited about four characters when this game came out: Quan Chi, Sub-Zero, Kung Lao, and Reptile. Reptile won out for multiple reasons:

The way that he plays as a character at a high level is perfect for his design as a character in the MK universe and what he is (basically, a raptor). He is patient and agile, moving around alot and when that opening finally shows itself its an efficient, merciless onsalught.

I could never figure out how he worked in MKII (i was a little kid) but he was one of my favorite characters because he was the green ninja and he wasn't in the first game (that i knew of).

He is basically a velociraptor with the ability to create and manipulate acid to destroy his enemies

His playstyle is what i look for in a character when playing a game: versatility, creative options, flashy combos, viable but not OP

THTB and his amazing performance at Powerup

He is also the character that feels the most natural to me, i still have a long way to go, but i really enjoy playing him and it is very satisfying to slip out and around people and then explode for 40%+ damage
 

rpg

Horror Specialist
what led to me on maining him was his unique style that no other character has and that there are not alot of reptile users out there is another reason. =D
 

CitizenSnips

A seldom used crab named Lucky. AKA Citizen Snips.
I loved Reptile since MK2.

He was probably one of my first favorite video game characters ever (played MK2 when I was 4). I have always mained Reptile and even if he were garbage I'd still main him.
 

EGP Wonder_Chef

Official Quan Chi Nerf Demander™
The versatility is what made him attractive to me. Surprised at the lack of Reptile at PDP, hopefully after the patch he is used a lot more.
Yeah I was surprised at that too.

I was there, but not in the tournament. I played casuals and either beat or went even with everyone that I went against though.

At least I had a good showing behind the scenes...
 
Reptile has always been my Fav. Was hoping he would be good in MK9 and Im not dissapointed. Wasnt too good with him at first but thanks to these forums I have improved with him greatly. He is now my best character :)
 

BATTLEBEAR

NJ Jobber
im considering switching mains from smoke to reptile. Reptile has always been my favorite and at first i didnt like him in this game, but now that im more accustomed to his play style and combos, he is a ton of fun. But im still on the fence
 

THTB

Arez | Booya | Riu48 - Rest Easy, Friends
Reptile's simply my favorite character. Has been since he was hidden in MK1. Good to know he's a good character. ^_^
 

BookBurning

Voidwards
I mean, come on look at the guy. Not only is he completely badass but his moveset is fun, his rushdown is good ALONG with his zoning; I just have a good time playing as him. Easily my favorite character.
 
Ever since I was kid I liked Ninjas, Reptiles, and Robots.

So a reptile ninja is all needed for him to be a favorite as well as the other ninjas and cyborgs.