5 TERRIBLE Moves That Belong To BROKEN Mortal Kombat Characters

[@PNDKM]

Soundtrack is "The Edge" From Evil Zone PS1 :)

[@SidneyMosley]

Ketchup can we get Competitive History of Liu Kang PLEASE!

[@Jayjay0829]

​@@SidneyMosleyyea when are we gonna get competitive history for one of the guys who are in almost every game like Scorpion or Raiden? We probably won't since that's super time consuming unfortunately

[@Franiac32]

NGl, kinda sounds like a late 90s porno track.

[@saloz9483]

wow evil zone. I wonder how many people actually played that game. I remember it being fun and pretty cinematic in its moves.

[@simpsondr12]

I recognized the music from a retsupurae video of that game.

[@mostverticalproductions4808]

Kitana's weird tatsu thing in MK9 is the ultimate definition of a filler move. I can't think of any other move that serves zero purpose on an already strong character.

[@PNDKM]

It was a contender, but kitana in MK9 isn't a top tier enough character for it to make the list IMO

[@watersheep5535]

​@@PNDKM I thought she was around top 10? I could be forgetting but I could of swore she was pretty strong

[@Soul93Taker]

​@@watersheep5535 yeah but this is top 5-ish upwards. Kitana is a bit of a case in which she's found closer to the lower end of top 10 i think

[@ri_c_e]

@@Soul93Takeryeah it goes Kabal, Kenshi, Cyrax, Sonya, Kung Lao, Johnny, Jax, Freddy Kre, and Scarlet all being ahead of her iirc, and if hes going for top 5, top 7 she wouldn't be a case.

[@Babs11549]

If it was a better wakeup I could see what they were going for.

[@thenumber24]

i ate 2 entire packs of pretzel sticks and im close to dying off of sodium posioning

[@jaiden3473]

Drink some water

[@Ecdemaniac]

@@jaiden3473nah they’re fine, trust I’m a medical doctor

[@sammyday9743]

That's definitely something someone with a Gyro Zeppeli profile picture would do. Quick, drink some water!

[@industriesofintelligence2236]

Hypernatremia will take a lot more work

[@kaidensgamingcircus]

Genuinely come here to learn about fighting games because I’m awful at them. It’s fascinating to see what the in-depth community really covers.

[@Raziel_Plisken]

Awesome! Mk is a great start, may I recommend MK9, MKX or any arcade versions of the mk from the Acclaim era. Have a good one

[@JagoShogun]

Don't play mk, it's a kusoge, play something more fluid.

[@kaidensgamingcircus]

@@JagoShogun I feel like my comment has been misinterpreted. I said I’m awful at fighting games, not that I’ve never played them. 😅 Eternal Champions was my first fighting game, followed closely by Mortal Kombat II & Virtua Fighter 3(?). I’ve just always been very bad at them & like seeing how technical they get. Thank you for the advice though!

[@JagoShogun]

Oh, yeah, well, I meant, games to get better at, that translate well to fighters. But a lot of guides are your best bet. @@kaidensgamingcircus

[@horobi-san4427]

Welcome aboard I don't play MK nowadays, but I always liked the series and I love learning about competitive strats, so I always come here due to how informative the videos are

[@strippinheat]

NRS's idea of "balance" has always been, "If we give this character one bad move after all their good moves, they won't be so strong! And if we give this bad character one good move, they'll be better!"

[@Mister_RandomGuychannel]

Not really, midway did it a bit more

[@duatchol7710]

@@Mister_RandomGuychannel Same crew is it not? Most of the leads from MK1 were there from Midway days

[@Mister_RandomGuychannel]

@@duatchol7710 thats… actually true

[@mrstudent9125]

Johnny's enhanced throw tech from MK1

[@PNDKM]

I genuinely forgot it was in the game. Oh my word

[@mrstudent9125]

​@@PNDKMeveryone does. Even JC players

[@jaidora]

It’s the same problem with Jacquie’s counter throw KB in MK 11, it requires you to guess correctly from a throw and spend resources on a little bit of damage instead of a full combo or pressure. The only thing good about this is that there’s a brutality tied to it and since KB aren’t in MK 1, you’re free to randomly guess; if it also nerfs the opponent’s left or right punches based on what kind of throw you escaped correctly (1 for back throw and 2 for forward throw) on top of disabling throws for a brief period then we might see some usage.

[@Mikemetroid]

@@PNDKM it has its use ( it just doesn't do a lot of damage )

[@Franiac32]

Makes sense why no MK11 character showed up here. After customs came out (and even before that) every character in the game had a few moves that were terrible, so all of the top tier characters did by default.

[@GamingManual]

I KNEW you guys were going to put Kabal's buzzsaw on here! I used to wreck with that move in vanilla MK3, lmao. Great list!

[@lordsickomode]

Could we get a "Comp History Catchup" where its just a quick rundown (probably split into parts) of any new characters appearances that have already been covered in the comp history of series? Like an episode covering a handful of characters covered already but are now in a new title? Could probably start it a bit after Takeda drops, honestly. Thats when I would do it, but it would be a fun series to make quick episodes covering a handful of returning fighters :D

[@devoesnow6739]

This list is essentially the “blud thinks he’s on the team” meme. Being the one awful move on a broken character is just thematically funny

[@zentendoxn8955]

Is there a case in MK1 (or as I correctly call it, MK12) right now (or as of this video) of a top-tier or very common Kameo character having a move you’re unlikely to see competitively, no matter the point character?

[@RaptureSR]

I left a comment requesting this vid on the last one! Thank you for making it happen! The Johnny Cage one was I found the most entertaining, because it's something that realistically comes out on accident and leaves you in a worse position whether it hits or not. If it weren't for Drahmin having entire stances that were useless (basically cutting off 2/3 of his move set), I'd say that it's definitely the worst one because it actually has game play implications outside of "Oh, just ignore it."

[@aido5137]

mk9's smoke's back 1,4 should be on here. Does everything worse than back 2,3 and also doesnt combo out of anything but ex smoke bomb.

[@wolfkiller4]

Hoping to see a competitive history of Johnny Cage in the future, or another Injustice video such as the other guests in it

[@anurbanskier]

Another point against razzle dazzle is that even tho the EX version is a combo finisher, it sends the opponent full screen away in the opposite direction (usually center-stage). Why do that when you can end the same combo with Electric Fly which doesn’t use up meter and carries to the corner with ease

[@theradioq]

"Because who plays Tremor and Raiden" OMG WAIT I ACTUALLY DO 😂😂😂😂😂 Ketchup, bro, I feel so called out lmao

[@TherapeuticHeadshot]

I- I feel like Razzle Dazzle was supposed to be a counter and they just forgot to change the properties lol

[@mrstudent9125]

I hope to see Kompetitive History of Shang Tsung some day

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Will you stop trying to force their direction and let them cook? Just enjoy the content.

[@maylabrown4584]

@@chiarosuburekeni9325How is suggesting a video forcing anything? Room Temp Take.

[@mrstudent9125]

​@@chiarosuburekeni9325I won't stop

[@mrstudent9125]

​@@chiarosuburekeni9325I'm sure they don't mind comment engagement

[@Drilbit]

Either Shang tsung or Liu Kang would be nice

[@raimyonlinewarrior236]

3:15 it's funny that when you said this i heard a thunder noise from my 2nd monitor 😂

[@DivineChanneling6]

Baraka’s flag move in mk11 😮‍💨 That move fucks me on accident

[@coreypendergrass5355]

Kan y'all please make a Kompetitive History of Scorpion 🦂? 👊🏻🎮🐉🦂🦂🦂✌🏻

[@RoyArkon]

I second that!

[@coreypendergrass5355]

@@RoyArkon U da man

[@Stinkyremy]

3:33 What is the point? Its a side switch.... Also you can use it as a decent combo ender to add more damage to a large combo using his df2 special as it scales. Though tbh I rarely use it outside of accidents as you sacrifice the corner for using it.

[@Stinkyremy]

You just gave me some inkling to play tremor as I am a raiden main in this game. Though tbh I dont like MK1. Mainly just use jax.

[@TharaAkVar]

Not sure if it is the same music as in your other videos, but the BGM in this video is absurdly good.

[@deverinshaille7427]

I'd love a video where you look at characters with *almost* complete kits. Characters who aren't even near top-tier, but would be Top-Tier, or even broken if something was added. Something that feels like it should have been there from the beginning. Opposite to this, characters who were good, but for reasons that don't really fit the theme of their character.

[@Carlitonsp1]

That Drahmin is a crazy flex. "2/3 of his moves are useless, and he's still top tier."

[@tafua_a]

Those moves are so useless that Ermaccer pretty much threw both stances in the bin and gave him Wrestling and Hung Gar when he made UMKD.

[@ultrayoshi100]

If i had to pick one it would be Erron Black Gunslinger Sand Bottle Roll A low hitting projectile that can be enhanced to launch, its too slow to use in neutral and it replaces the Pocket Sand in that variation which offered so much more. At least thats how i remembered it being

[@especiallyqiao]

I only used ex razzle-dazzle as a combo ender or to catch a slow attack off-guard.

[@faker1819]

Can we get a tier list for Mortal Kombat games your opinion, of course

[@TheW11slim]

@PNDK&M I don't know what it is but I have to watch your videos. I haven't seriously played MK since MK Trilogy, I have the recent NRS games but just don't care about them honestly but I really enjoy your videos.

[@RoyArkon]

Well one move might still get a chance, that's Raiden's DB2 in MK1 of course. Awesome vid like always dude.

[@Lorenzomakaay]

I actually use tremor with raiden. They are a pretty fun team.

[@mrstudent9125]

08:28 Literally MK1 Johhny

[@FlappableElf]

I’ve actually had a Raiden player use the razzle dazzle against me, let’s just say I wasn’t concerned about it 😂

[@qYdS_6650]

I wonder if you'd do an MK character archetypes video anytime soon

[@Soul93Taker]

Other MKDA top tier characters: safe moves, good specials, insane h2h special abilities, great combos. Drahmin: BONK

[@SidneyMosley]

Here to once again request Competitive History of Liu Kang

[@wolfbattleblade1153]

For Kabal's move in UMK3. The CPU opponent just immediately rushes to attack you every time you use that ability as it completely cancels it

[@jordanwang1035]

Seeing the thumbnail I knew Razzle Dazzle was gonna be here. I love Raiden but I force myself to use it just because it's there...

[@Henry-iz7iv]

Raiden’s Razzle Dazzle for me would be way better if it had a brutality tied to it, i mean it’s the perfect move to have a brutal, especially if you factor in the amplified version! Unfortunate there are so little brutals in comparison to 11

[@gunnerdown]

Haven’t watched the vid yet so not sure if it’s in here, but the glasses throw for Johnny in MK1 is literally so bad that you can just get rid of it with his no glasses appearance

[@Captain_Med]

Now I understand why you would think Raidens move isn’t good but it does have its uses like the meter burn to switch sides bc the teleport costs two bars but the normal one I think people should use to be plus on hit like if your low on health and you can’t afford your opponent to wake up you see moves hit but instead of going into a combo you do the move and apply more pressure

[@Harvey_Mod]

Genuinely never heard of Razzle Dazzle (to talk less of seeing the move) until this video 😂😂😂

[@HunnyDoo]

Johnny's move sabotaging his offense reminds me of umvc3 wolverine's swiss cheese

[@tootrillion]

I actually found some purpose for razzle dazzle in the corner with Raiden

[@DrOmnipotent]

Awesome video. Shoutouts Kabal Nomad Spin in mk11

[@JoeyXSmith]

I know he's not top tier, but Scorpion leg take down in MK2, always comes to mind as the most useless move in that game. When you see the leaked source code for MK2 and see what moves they did take out but still had that move strangely left in. It just bizarre that they thought that would be useful to use. They really should of kept Reptiles air spit instead.

[@horobi-san4427]

Reptile was gonna have an air spit? I don't know if that would have helped him escape the bottom tier of MK2, but it feels like a missed opportunity

[@kaiserbts8007]

I didn’t even know Drahmin’s hand to hand stances were so incredibly awful, I see now why I only ever see that weapon stance

[@horobi-san4427]

His Armageddon stance is better than the DA ones, but Iron Club and the special moves were always what made Drahmin strong

[@CrazyPills-465]

One move I think fits here would be Joker’s Puppet Cancel move in MK11. Joker is often considered a very strong character in 11, but this move is genuinely a complete waste of a variation slot, because all it does it let you cancel your standard projectile without firing it off. The problem is, the cancel is too slow to function as any sort of mixup or pressure tool, so all you’re left with a lot of endlag on an already mediocre projectile with no damage reward. After the release of custom variations in competitive in 11, I genuinely did not see a single Joker player use that move ever.

[@jaidora]

I genuinely think razzle dazzle only exists as a bait when your opponent gets breaker. If not then please make it into another breaker burst.

[@mickeybat5816]

Tbh what confuses me is Johnny's dash in MK1, like what does it do? Last I played, dashing after a blockstring doesn't do anything because you're still unsafe. Idek if you can go through projectiles with it. You can extend the dash, but that'd take out of the range of your buttons and leave at disadvantage, and you could still get hit out of it.

[@RST_Omega]

When you're in hype install, nutpunch cancelled into dash is a meterless stun that restands iirc

[@joylessgaming]

EX dash is projectile immune.

[@nicholasmiscunaitis6438]

Did you do a bad characters with good moves countdown yet?

[@NopeNoJoke]

Can't wait for "Top 5 ok moves on mid tier characters"

[@Itznkb]

Razzle Dazzle is only decent when used in the corner lol

[@Dane2275]

i feel like razzle dazzle could prevent revesals during pressure

[@MasterMewtwo239]

Starting with the most obvious example of broken, of course.

[@Perdix64]

I’ll be absolutely honest, I feel “Razzle Dazzle” was just made so people can just throw in some… razzle dazzle to their combos to disrespect the opponent. Still useless though.

[@abyssal_mk]

3:30 Raiden's amplified teleportation is also pointless, no? 🤭

[@SirrafuS]

I would still argue that most useless move in any recent MK is kabals df2 special when he spins with high move. Played kabal for 4 years and was able to find 0 usecases for that move.

[@dfkas30]

I feel that is better game design to have a really powerful character that lacks a vital tool that an awful character that has 1 tool that makes it viable

[@dfkas30]

And there's also the character that has all the tools and is super broken and also has a terrible move. Super boring

[@mrduck231]

What about Johnny's glasses toss in mk1

[@SolarMechanic]

It's purely subjective, but I wonder what people consider to be the coolest looking kombos in the series?

[@itzzackovia]

Before I say anything sunglasses toss in mk1 better be there

[@Euro.Patriot]

Bro pls Shang Tsung or Liu Kang competitive history episode.

[@simosan22]

good, i hate cages 1 frame start up shadow kick

[@hwhatup4086]

Thanks!

[@kkambak]

I think Kung Laos spin in MK1 is also a useless move! I've seen and played so many matches online and no one ever used it... Not even once!

[@jessegarrett6343]

How is Kabal blue without a player 1?

[@gidofter_lukge]

Has anyone done a "UMK3 is broken" video yet?

[@illuminatidad]

Though scorpion is a bad char in mk2, his scissor kick thing is downright the worst move in the game

[@midnightdraconic1182]

New vid, lets goooooo!!!!

[@maylabrown4584]

MK9 Johnny Cage isn’t in the Top 5??? This is news to me, I always saw him ranked in the 4th or 5th spot usually.

[@ashenxenos3135]

It’s *arguable* but there’s a few characters who could be in the # 5 spot. Top 4 are pretty set in stone with Kabal, Kenshi, Cyrax, and Sonya. The fifth could be anyone from Johnny, Lao, Freddy Krueger, or Smoke.

[@darthxxo]

prediction raiden has his db2

[@wizardgamehubz]

Nrs has been nerfing fun moves for while now, not surprise

[@LightshaverConstellation]

Buzzsaw serves ZERO purpose.

[@Nicholas95583]

Raiden's db2 in mk1 is comically useless is there anybody here that actually uses this move? Like what's the point? Even with the tremor tech ketchup showed here there's no reason to ever use it you can still get 40% 1 bar with jax

[@Stinkyremy]

I just commented about it. You use it as a side switch. So say you are in the corner, get a hit confirm and go into the usual loop combo df2, gotcha etc, you end in the db2 to put them in the corner. Very situational and I rarely use it unless by accident. Its got a nice animation to it though. Imo it should be plus on block, if it was just plus enough to only be able to be poked not punished, it would be useful to keep block pressure. Though then it might be a bit too useful in making unsafe moves safe.

[@maylabrown4584]

I think that will definitely be buffed in the future

[@lukaslilley9917]

@@maylabrown4584I doubt they are gonna buff raiden 😂

[@tyraiqbeals7207]

Jax shotgun mk11

[@barrymaaslow3480]

3D MK games = jank-fests

[@jtglegend989]

Mk1 KUNG LAO FORWARD 4 FORWARD O/B ITS FUCKING USELESS

[@estebanlopez3207]

Bekfest

[@MyStolenUser]

smh these bots in the comments

[@PNDKM]

I shall initiate the purge

[@syamhemel8817]

Typical NRS work

[@MillzSzn]

even names in mk1 is lame razzle dazzle 👎👎👎