Thirdeded, tag battles can be slightly annoying though.
I had no idea that the human Cyrax/Sektor alt costumes actually change the way they play significantly, I figured it was like any other costume swap. Interesting…
Stryker is a beast, although I don’t know MK notations on TYM.com nor do I really want to learn it, I already have four others memorized so I’ll wait for simpler translations. But from what I can tell Stryker is very zone friendly, his X-Ray is a good counter tool (Teleports watch the fuck out) though he has some good 4-5 hit combos/juggles that do the job well enough. His strikes just seem very slow compared to the rest of the cast. I most use B+light P, heavy P, heavy P, 'nade/pistol, B+light K, sweep.
Don’t know who I want to main yet, still just messing with the cast. Johnny Cage though is a pretty flexible fighter and has some sweet juggle combos, so he is an early contender.
Yeah, even then, for all the work invested he still doesn’t hit as much damage as other characters (and those use less effort). Stryker can take his dash cancelling and go back to Tekken with it.
I will say that he’s got some good normals such as D+1 (low punch), 3 (standing kick), D+4(low kick), B+4 (sweep). I’m thinking I’m just playing him wrong as a rushdown character and should just stick to zoning/keepaway.
Tier list is ass. I wouldn’t even bother looking at that. Way too early.
I like Stryker but I feel that he will have an uphill battle against most of the cast. Comboing into his X-Ray doesn’t do that much more damage plus he lacks a good overhead. I know about b+3, 2 (second hit an overhead) but that is just one move. I feel like the other player can just turtle you out.
Story mode was cool but I hated tag fights. And fighting Shao Kahn.
Unlocked some alt costumes and I’m going to focus on Smoke/Saibot and Scorpion/Kitana for now. When I unlocked Cyber Sub Zero, I thought it was cool that he had two dive kicks.
Storymode made me like characters that I never thought I would like. I’m in LOVE with Kitana and her MK2 lift combo, Jade is surprisingly player friendly and I can now understand why so many people gravitate towards Smoke.
That being said, how do YOU guys approach the Story Mode?
Do you bother to check the move list or just wing it?
Do you learn their specials and just learn how to property abuse them?
Do you learn their bread and butter basic combo from the move list?
Me? I check the move list and spam specials, unless I specifically remember seeing a particular combo in a video. I just don’t have the short term memory to memorize movelists AND specials. Though sometimes I would accidentally come across a good combo and run with it.
I scrub shit out. I learn specials and screw around. I was whoring out dive kicks eventhough they were unsafe on block. I was spamming the shit out of Kung Lao’s command jump special>throw.
So Subzero… need some help. I know freeze ray freeze ray freeze ray lol. I need a good BnB right now because im using like <- X, Y, X as my terrible combo of choice. I know their is stronger ones but im a Capcomer and this is the first MK game ive ever really tried playing.
Also any general tips? Blocking is something im still getting use to at the moment but like how do block strings and what not work in this game? It seems the majority of the games won or lost are in close quarters for whoever lands that first confirmed hit.
There are a lot of characters I’m enjoying so far. Noob Saibot, Jade, Stryker, and Sub-Zero are the big ones, but Noob and Jade have more of a future with me than anyone else. Noob is dumb, though. I personally think he’s mid, just because he has so many ways to keep you away from him, but he still does bugger all for damage and doesn’t deal with pressure very well in a game that’s built around aggression.
Yea after I learn Sub Zero the 4 other characters I really wanted to learn were Noob, Kung, Johhny, and Stryker. Noob seems like a lot of fun plus his fatality where he drags you halfway down the portal is so sexy.
Having fun with Johnny and Smoke when I’m not trying to finish Challenge Tower and Story Mode. Should probably be getting serious with the tournament in 3 days.