5 EXTREMELY BROKEN Mortal Kombat Characters

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[@Neko_Medic]

Funny how Scorpion is broken by NOT actually abusing loops and other wacky Armageddon mechanics, but by just being really, really good.

[@DianaTaffie]

When you are so powerful you don't even need to abuse the broken systems.

[@THTB614]

Was the funniest revelation amongst MKA players that he was actually the best character. Sareena was #1 for a long time, unanimously, until the players took the game offline.

[@aminhakimi654]

What’s the point when the creator fav character is not OP ikr ?

[@My6119]

So he's like GSP of MK Armageddon

[@lnlonelyness2801]

@@THTB614 Sareena's still not that far off tho imo, I still fail to understand why the full-screen grab glitch that she has with her knife toss exists but hey that's just Armageddon lol

[@mythrix5565]

5 EXTREMELY BROKEN Mortal Kombat Characters: 5. Whoever I lose to online 4. 1/3rd of the cast in MKA 3. Anyone with more than two projectiles 2. Jon young... That cursed Jon Style... 1. EVERY NEW CHARACTER IN MKGOLD

[@CoralCopperHead]

"Whoever I lose to online" Take my like dammit.

[@TonyRaccaroniLIVE]

Accurate

[@rmbwemanplays5567]

“Whoever I lose to online” Lmfao bro I’m sleep

[@xavierwalko4175]

Basically: MKA Scorpion Soyna and Kabal 90% of the time MKGOLD Sektor

[@MaskedGuyCh]

MK9 still looks great more than a decade later. Man I miss that game.

[@bipolarprobe]

I'm still salty that Ed Boon teased the idea of rereleasing mk9 with rollback and then nothing came of it. MK9 remains my favorite MK game with all its broken nonsense and being able to play stable online would just be incredible.

[@bigchocho9659]

Looking cool joker

[@purplejakman]

MK9 will always be the best mk, they need to get mk back to that arcady style instead of the injustice style they have stuck with

[@bornapopovic5494]

@@purplejakman mk9 is the last real mk and the best needs a reboot

[@kapptinafrikaaah371]

@@purplejakman MKX is my favorite and MK9 being my second favorite follow by MK4/gold

[@grammysworld5449]

When I saw Scorpion's "difficulty" in deadly alliance at 1, I already knew Ed Boon was gonna start his bs

[@Harvey_Mod]

Does Difficulty being 1 mean the character is very good or bad?

[@grammysworld5449]

@@Harvey_Mod easiest to play with for newcomers

[@Harvey_Mod]

@@grammysworld5449 Ohhh. Thanks so much

[@grammysworld5449]

@@Harvey_Mod np man.. 2 things in life are guaranteed.. Death, and Scorpion being OP in a Kombat game

[@odainclarke1178]

@@grammysworld5449 Vanilla MK11 Scorpion reminded me who the main character of this series was lol

[@RoyArkon]

I remember playing Scorpion in MKA back in the day, he is such a fun and versatile character to play and really easy to use. Now I play Reptile in MKA and he's super fun and versatile as well, but I can't forget how much time I've spent with Scorpion in MKA.

[@Iqzzy-KO]

Bro my story's exactly the same, I grew up a Scorpion fan but then became a Reptile fan 12 years ago, after playing UMK3 lol 😂😂😂

[@RoyArkon]

@@Iqzzy-KO Actually with me it's different. Reptile was my favorite character when I started playing MK games with MK2, then in UMK3 Scorpion became my favorite with Reptile being my 2nd favorite, and when I started playing on a more serious level in MK9, Reptile went back to be my top favorite and now Scorpion is my 2nd favorite.

[@Iqzzy-KO]

@@RoyArkon That's actually more or less the same for me except I started with MKSM & MKDA & Scorpion being my fav character! You on PSN? What's your name?

[@RoyArkon]

@@Iqzzy-KO RoyArkon46 is my PSN name. Are you from EU?

[@Iqzzy-KO]

@@RoyArkon Yes! You English?

[@NobleHunter]

Scorpion was not broken. He was lore accurate.

[@mjwillgotskills]

Lmao

[@LelandJ71]

When someone's in denial lol

[@XXMatt0040XX]

@@LelandJ71 Scorpion got a MASSIVE power boost in Deception actually. He was the true champion of the Elder Gods. It is lore accurate technically

[@ulmxn]

Would like to add that Tanya in MKX with her staff stance was a monster. Option selects for days, staggered mix-ups, and ruthless timing.

[@jimmyjohnson1351]

Pre nerfs, definitely. Not so much nowadays though imo

[@ulmxn]

@@jimmyjohnson1351 I never played online because I was scared. Kenshi with his demonic stance can just 0-40 in one combo at full screen, throw, then repeat. Jason players just don’t budge. I was terrified of the day I had to fight a Scorpion. Now I play Tekken

[@letsgetacid]

Pre-nerf Kobu Jutsu was insanity. Pure MKX mix and relatively safe.

[@DCBiscuit]

@@ulmxn I really resonate with that “I was scared.”

[@ctgmighty7039]

@@ulmxn most characters can 0-40 in a single combo but i agree demonic with his unbreakable damage was dirty af

[@LtheOriginal]

4:46 I'm just watching this footage alone and I'm thinking "Tremor, do you want to maybe calm down mate?" Just how much rushing does this guy do!?

[@demeterstidbits7146]

Oh you know it’s a good day when y’all upload 🙏

[@xxcandyxandyxx]

Remember tplaying againnst AI Jade in MK3. Oh My God. The frustration.

[@GrandmasterLK_]

Of course the video had to start with Scorpion from Armageddon🤣

[@garfieldgetsreal]

I love these videos so much they're a great treat to watch.

[@RosyTheRascal15]

Everybody knows the most broken character in Mortal Kombat is the A.I. in all the arcade mortal kombat games.

[@Euro.Patriot]

Frame perfect fucks.

[@RAIN_2001]

based

[@lenin17301560]

Great video this channel is on a roll lately, not that it wasn't awesome before, just that the recent videos have been extremely interesting.

[@PetterNe]

I love how you point out that MKX’s Kenshi was also overpowered. I always thought that too, but he flew under everyone’s radar for some reason.

[@PNDKM]

I honestly think it's because hes quite boring to play. If we saw mk9 tournaments in 2022, there would be a lot more of him

[@cahallo5964]

@@PNDKM me when I press back forward 3 for half and hour straight

[@overweightactor]

@@PNDKM Note to self: Start hosting MK9 tournaments. 🤔

[@almog752]

Hello I'm from the future

[@xandlis5216]

I always see Scorpion at the top of Armageddon tier lists, but I never knew why just because I have NO experience with competitive 3D MK. I'd really like to see this kind of video but just talking about the most broken characters in the Midway games exclusively. Good video as always!

[@amarskelly9979]

New to your content! Thanks to triple KO. And I’ve been obsessed! Recurved my love for these games and I’m jumping back into everything! Thank you KnM!

[@PNDKM]

That podcast was a total blast to be on. Im glad you stuck around!

[@catreeson3516]

Early for once! Never usually cared for MK but you guys make it super interesting!

[@MilestheDirtyMindedGoblin2099]

Fortnite

[@Complexity-lq9fp]

13:54 Kabal looked at him like *did you really just stunlock me bish??*

[@GamingManual]

Kabal was always my #1 as a kid, even before I could use his kombos correctly! AWESOME video as always, dudes! We're working on an MKT breakdown video ourselves (your breakdown was amazing BTW). I love these vids.

[@ArcadeStriker]

Really good taste with the Street Fighter EX2 Plus music in the video ;)

[@shimaalcarrim7949]

Bro I don't even play mk casually (used to play Mk, mk3, Mk4 & X), but love your analysis and commentary. Shout outs to your bro Cyrax 👊

[@jaybyhop]

I hated in my scene when Tremor came out because for some reason most the "players" said he was trash tier despite having pseudo block infinites in the first patch with him

[@TheHaraKiriMan]

Great video! by the way, what song plays during the Tanya segment?

[@wadespencer3623]

It's a MK tradition that you need to have at least one completely worthless character and one OP death god who 10/0s everybody else.

[@tommykibbleton]

i find it quite funny that Kabal is #1 in not one, but two Mortal Kombat games (UMK3 and MK9) for almost the exact same reasons. like, NRS must've at least taken inspiration from the older games when making MK9, as idk how they didn't see that coming lol.

[@Euro.Patriot]

Wasn't Human Smoke the best in UMK3?

[@Euro.Patriot]

With MK9 I thought it was Kabal, Cyrax, Sonya or Freddy based on who you like more.

[@the757general2]

@@Euro.Patriot did you watch the video? Humak Smoke was 2nd best in UMK3. Kabal is widely considered to be the best character in the game.

[@maxrenn7]

13:25 What's the input? I've tried mashing Back,Back+HP, but can only ever get one while doing a jump.

[@NjMallRat]

The high level Kabal play at the end was so cool to watch. Had me like 0_o

[@bluehawaii5066]

Bro that intro feels nostalgic for some reason

[@evildietv]

will be nice to see a video about overpowered characters in the franchise like to playable Boss characters from Armageddon like Onaga and motaro, that will be funny

[@MFOnslaught]

Nice another vid

[@attractivegd9531]

I really like how you make your videos, hope to see you cast some more Quake very soon! Take care and happy new year :)

[@nazeres1]

Man and here I thought Smoke was banned tier in UMK3, lol thanks Dark BluNT

[@KireaPhillips_superj0ka]

I’m just now getting the irony of the Japanese Scorpion using Korean Hapkido during the DA-D-A trilogy.

[@omegadragon9524]

Kabal in vanilla MK3 was so OP, his usual combo that ends with light kick into vapour blast in the air was 40%. It got nerfed into like 36 or something in UMK3

[@sergeantrl-3357]

Dis vid gon blow up

[@manc922]

Wish Someday we have a mk Armageddon tier list by you guys, you have all the time in the world, not like Scorpion gonna move from god tier

[@trickvondoom2354]

When Deadly Alliance launched, I was 16 and I brought my brother who was 8 to the mall with me to pick it up from GameStop. They had the game in the demo kiosk, and my brother picked up the sticks and started 1v1'ing random people in the mall. He ended up going on a 13 round winning streak at the age of 8 and having never played a fighting game before, using Scorpion.

[@matbrun5663]

Loving the weekly top 10s. Perhaps you could make the top 5 underrated competitive characters next.

[@Euro.Patriot]

Sindel and Shang Tsung in 11.

[@matbrun5663]

@@Euro.Patriot is that in general or in the final patch? I would not count characters that got buffed as being previously underestimated or not understood.

[@VaniIIaPie]

I am feeling early 😏 love this vid already!

[@ApophisNow_]

Competitive History on Kabal next?

[@karlkriz508]

I watched so many matches and tournies of yours and Your brother back in the days! Keep on going with the vids bro. But watch out that Mk isnt the only Source of content that you bring to the table on your channel. Greets from Vienna

[@ctgmighty7039]

I just want to take a second to point out how great that script work is, the transition from mkx tremor to mk9 kenshi is honestly such a great one and is definitely underappreciated

[@pious83]

Being a fan of Boss/Monster characters in fighting games. I do have an appreciation for the broken ones.

[@allstardumbazz4773]

MK9 kenshi wars, I have PTSD thinking about it some nights

[@La_Monte]

Song???

[@zevenenzeta]

Now I wanna play ex2

[@wepeanutthree5553]

about scorpion, you also forgot his neutral 1, x on xbox controller, is safe on block. I have actually been thinking of doing a mk A deep dive video THROUGH a semi modern competitive lens and was thinking of doing a kreate a kharacter video making a BALANCED character. if your looking to do a video collab, give me a shout. I can go into character design philosophy and such but I also want help to be honest.

[@DriftKingfromTekken3]

Bow Kung Jin pre nerf in MKX was absolutely insane.

[@khrashingphantom9632]

THANK YOU for breaking down what "broken" means. I feel like the "modern" meta especially in fighting games consistently misuse this term and scream at nauseum for devs to patch games into submission. Often those who yell something is "broken" the most are scrub players. Lol. Thanks for posting. I LOVE this channel for a reason.

[@RoyArkon]

Very well said dude.

[@luxray4911]

Nowadays broken is used instead of the word busted. If that makes sense

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

People think "broken" is just a synonym for "really good" lmao. To the Tekken community everyone is broken.

[@PetterNe]

“Nauseam” - not “nauseum”.

[@khrashingphantom9632]

@@PetterNe Really? That's what you pulled from all that. Lol.

[@Euro.Patriot]

Second Deception and or Armageddon playthroughs when

[@almog752]

When he said about Kenshi "Top tier play possibly in every mk game", I was straight up thinking about how much Kenshi is like the strongest character in mk1.

[@marvelnerd8480]

It's heresy if Kenshi isn't broken in any of his playable apperances

[@almog752]

fr@@marvelnerd8480

[@Himekocchi]

MK9 Cyrax: *Cries in corner*

[@xpirate16]

14:00 Kabal is like "Bruh..."

[@justinellison1215]

Shout-out to the best song from the EX series a true man of culture.

[@elvincolon8340]

Trueunderdawg made a video recently on kenshi that goes into full depth about how broken he is

[@nowgoawayanddosomethinggoo8978]

scorpion: brought back to life by quan-chi also scorpion: has shang tsung's ground fire quan-chi: hanzo is very sus

[@gabrieltejada1697]

Shang Tsung’s ground fire is multiple fire attacks that traditionally launch the opponent while Scorpion's is just an unblockable flame attack that is single hit with it’s own animation. Nothing alike whatsoever other than both attacks having fire.

[@gaigeriel]

I was a day 1 crystalline tremor fan, was really glad to see him playable for the very first time. Ninjas are the backbone of MK!!

[@grammysworld5449]

Top 10 obscure broken characters list?

[@Vergil1110]

Love Tremor as a Charakter but didnt know till this Day that he is broken 😅

[@kurufuiori]

nice music

[@sprintstothebathroomdaily2429]

I hope tremor comes back as a full character

[@Pounceboi]

Talk about the top/banned teirsnin mk armageddon

[@theN3xtGoD]

im shocked that mk9 cyrax wasnt in this list i mean hes literally known as the leaky boat because of how busted he was

[@LordRaptor]

I wonder how much Tanya can hang with the Gold characters, if Mileena is a bad match-up for Sektor, perhaps Tanya is too? since they are slightly similar, she's certainly a cut above even her top tier counterparts in Scorpion, Reptile, Sub-Zero and Reiko.

[@shawnmeredith3897]

@@lewinski8147 He was talking about mk4 lol

[@LordRaptor]

@@shawnmeredith3897 So? is there a distinct difference between MK4 Tanya and MK Gold Tanya?

[@shawnmeredith3897]

@@LordRaptor The guy deleted his comment bruh he thought you were talking about mkx Tanya

[@razztastic]

God, that Kabal played like a bitch in the first clip and immediately got destroyed by that Cyrax the moment he let himself get backed into a corner.

[@IzBeast617]

Tremor in MKX was 💯‼️🔥 I went ham online with him lol 😆 😂

[@ferdinandgombkoto]

Great vid mate. For me the best top tier in Mortal Kombat 4 is Reiko. The Flip Kick abuse with techy air throw as a combo ender was great. What a lovely time.

[@Euro.Patriot]

Wasn't everyone but Kai and Shinnok and Quan Chi overpowered?

[@ferdinandgombkoto]

@@Euro.Patriot they were strong but mainly Sub Zero, Reiko, Tanya, Reptile were the top tiers in MK 4( not counting Gold)

[@solomonkane5240]

@@ferdinandgombkoto Reiko was really good in MKA as well. He is my personal favorite fighter

[@the757general2]

@@ferdinandgombkoto Reiko was not top tier. MK4 top tiers were Tanya, Sub-Zero, Reptile, and Scorpion.

[@ferdinandgombkoto]

@@the757general2 he was as his general tools were a lil bit broken

[@BWoodTTV]

Seems like they love making Kenshi overpowered

[@jvr6809]

00:24 thats nasty🤣

[@briangarrett6689]

I thought this was about guest charters

[@lycheeax]

Do a competitive history of Sonya jade Kitana and Johnny (I would also say Cassie but she has only been out for 2 games)

[@the757general2]

Those characters have been in a ton of games so it won't be easy

[@riverstyx928]

What about mk3 striker?

[@iAmCyberwaste]

"Pick a top tier!"

[@asilva5021]

Kenshi was my boy but Jesus christ it was such a bore to play, which is ironic given his concept on paper is so dope

[@ImTonyCash]

Came here looking for MKX release Alien.

[@dailyfilmfix469]

D3vil's Scorpion in MKA was god-like. The F2 into Hellfire was too damn good. We had some unbelievably close matches! Good times!

[@VRHyoumaru]

wasn't Kabal considered toned DOWN from his standing in vanilla MK3, or am I misremembering?

[@PNDKM]

It's something that has been referenced by even Ed Boon himself in old promotional footage, but the wild thing about Vanilla MK3 was that there were other characters superior in the tier list for being, well, broken. Funnily enough!

[@mostverticalproductions4808]

Blade was made useless because you couldn't do it after spindash as well as some other things, but you might be thinking of Unmasked Sub, since he was hit hard with nerfs in Ultimate.

[@the757general2]

@@PNDKM Sub-Zero was god tier in that game due to his Ice Clone's numerous infinite possibilities and Jax was also very broken due to his Missiles having almost no cooldown time

[@the757general2]

@@mostverticalproductions4808 Even in vanilla MK3 the Saw Blade wasn't that good because human players could block after being hit unless the No Mad Dash hit them in the air

[@brian1075]

2:33 looks like they used this animation for the X-ray animation in mkx

[@Euro.Patriot]

Cyrax, Ermac and Liu Kang are the chads.

[@ryuwalker2295]

Was expecting MK Gold Sektor

[@SANDfr78]

Suprise Theys didn't talk about some quan chi !

[@nocturneprividyenie2391]

Of course, Kabal would make the list. When has he NOT been top tier/Number 1?!? XD

[@JerredwaitS228]

Kabal Kompetitive please!!

[@bryansanchez5276]

It’s crazy how kabal is always good. I wonder why they make him like that?

[@verychristianboi3584]

its weird that mk9 skarlet was not mentioned she could kill you without you ever taking your finger off of the block button

[@ninjahedgehog5]

For whatever reason I misread the word character as "creature"

[@philbuttler3427]

I saw tremor and I threw up in my mouth on reaction. Like usually I'm not one to get frustrated by really good characters, like I know the deal I've been playing fighting games a long time but Tremor gets to me cause he's fundamentally good at MKX in that DLC privilege way that just bugs me. I am so glad MK11 has generally avoided doing that. There's good characters but nobody who's like clearly designed to be better than everybody else at the fundamentals game like Alien or Tremor.

[@ricksilvas855]

UMK3 Kabal is op. The nomad dash is so fast and works great on wake up and with anti air. I can't quite instant air gas blast on arcade sticks with him still. Also when you play against Kabal you kinda just sit there afraid of nomad dash the entire time almost scared to move at all.

[@CloudFifty-Five]

Earliest I've ever been to one of these..

[@tanamoxv2160]

Expected MKX johnny cage here..,

[@shinesparker1169]

Why is crystalline spelled with a c instead of a k?

[@FranBattery95]

Because everything is spelled with a K in Mortal KOMBAT

[@cheoplays6477]

I find Chameleon from the og trilogy an op character because he has a lot of moves, so you shouldn't really have to worry about anything

[@TheHedgememe]

MK9 Kenshi 👐UMVC3 Zero top tiers with a shadow clone

[@samihade2853]

Should have had pre nerf alien instead of tremor imo

[@brohonestley_123]

johnny, johnny, johnny, johnny, mr hollywood, cage, 500 dollar glasses, ninja mime, hashtag you suck guy, nut punch, green glowy dude, shinnok family jewel crusher. he was op in mk9 and mkx but he held no chance during some characters but he needs an honorable mention he has the best lets stop you from moving attack

[@pabloarammasmanian5391]

Kabal Kompetitive story please!!

[@Euro.Patriot]

Broken or very good in everything but Deception and Armageddon.

[@mikaela5938]

it's crazy to me kabal was never banned in umk3 or mk9

[@OG_Smoker82]

I would just like to state the amount of appreciation I have for this channel

[@Chamberz55]

If Kabal is broken in UMK3 then he is God in MK3. Ultimate dwarfed many of his damage totals in combo strings. What about MK2? Has to be Kitana. Great vid.

[@PNDKM]

The two best characters in mk2 are mileena and jax

[@Chamberz55]

@@PNDKM mileena is cheap AF but I can see it. I once won 50 in a row with jax. I did it as a joke and my boys were pissed lol. Merry Xmas!

[@the757general2]

@@Chamberz55 MK2's top 5 are Mileena, Jax, Liu Kang, Kitana, and Kung Lao in that order. Some will argue Jax over Mileena.