Every Mortal Kombat Fighter Ranked From WORST To BEST

Dozens of fighters (or "kombatants" if you wanna get serious about this) have TESTED THEIR MIGHT throughout the Mortal Kombat series but which are the mightiest of all? Where would you rank relative newbies like Erron Black and D'Vorah, and who is your favourite fighter of old? Raiden? Scorpion? Sub Zero? Here are our hot takes on Every Mortal Kombat Fighter Ranked From WORST To BEST!
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin) & Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: Philip J Reed (@NoNoiseChitChat)
Video Editor: Alex Winters (@MrSteakFace)
#MortalKombat #MortalKombat11 #MortalKombatMovie
Featured fighters:
Ashrah
Baraka
Blaze
Bo’ Rai Cho
Cassie Cage
Cetrion
Chameleon
Cyrax
D’Vorah
Daegon
Dairou
Darrius
Drahmin
Ermac
Erron Black
Ferra and Torr
Frost
Fujin
Geras
Goro
Havik
Hotaru
Hsu Hao
Jacqui Briggs
Jade
Jarek
Jax
Johnny Cage
Kabal
Kai
Kano
Kenshi
Khameleon
Kintaro
Kira
Kitana
Kobra
Kollector
Kotal Kahn
Kung Jin
Kung Lao
Li Mei
Liu Kang
Mavado
Meat
Mileena
Mokap
Moloch
Motaro
Nightwolf
Nitara
Noob Saibot
Onaga
Quan Chi
Raiden
Rain
Reiko
Reptile
Sareena
Scorpion
Sektor
Shang Tsung
Shao Kahn
Sheeva
Shinnok
Shujinko
Sindel
Skarlet
Smoke
Sonya Blade
Stryker
Sub-Zero
Takeda Takahashi
Tanya
Taven
Tremor
Triborg
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[@Z_Viper08]

When Daegon is above Nightwolf, Ermac, Kabal, and Shinnok “Everyone dislikes that”

[@kh7955]

Exactly. How is Kabal ranked so low?!!

[@KJ_Styles]

ngl, I never even heard of Daegon - until now. And I know I played the game he's in.

[@NYGiantsfan1029]

Or when Jarek is above those? Jarek was supposed to be Kano in MK4 for crying out loud

[@losnamerales3403]

Yeah I call BS on them generic throw away characters like Daegon, Jarek, Kai, Havik ...Etc, there was nothing cool about them and they were boring AF, I know the list is messed up when Striker is higher than Nightwolf but lower than characters like Kai and Sareena (who?), also How is Kabal so low on the list FFS.. most of his special attacks can zone people like crazy and his Dash special can get you out of trouble and give you a free kombo, krisp Kick or toasty uppercut

[@kristopheryoung46]

Why did he not mention rain being in Mk11

[@DarkMagicGamer]

This list is more confusing than Mortal Kombat’s Storyline.

[@marcusg5665]

Ermac is a bad character. These guys are busy smoking each other's poles

[@DarkMagicGamer]

@@marcusg5665 The fact that characters like Chameleon is high on this list is insane, they aren’t in any sense developed at all. Ermac at least got a story in the rebooted timeline.

[@marcusg5665]

@@DarkMagicGamer i meant they are saying he's a bad character He may be my first or 2nd favorite. Emac and Kabal are my boyz

[@LegendaryDarkKnight602]

Do you mean the first fucked up timeline, or the second.

[@LegendaryDarkKnight602]

@@DarkMagicGamer And of all the souls he has, King Jared is one of them.

[@Kryptic_1989]

How you put Ermac, Nightwolf, and Kabal so low is beyond me. I've never felt like saying "This list is shit" more than I have now.

[@Igneeka]

It'd be fine if he gave a good reason for it, for Ermac he basically explains his origin and that's it that's the whole thing, the closest thing to an argument is the fact that he's a red ninja, which isn't even true for his later appearances

[@lordonile7304]

He calls bo rai cho crap

[@teejushthegargoyil139]

You are right kabal is even one of my fravriot fighters

[@diegolemusbarrientos1688]

@@teejushthegargoyil139 me to

[@mintteaplays2087]

I can't belive that KIRA IS HIGHER THAN FLIPPING NIGHTWOLF

[@christiancastillo927]

This man is smoking CRACK putting characters like D’vora, Certrion, Geras, etc. over Smoke, Cyrax, Sektor, Noob Saibot, Rain, and Ermac.

[@TheJmack90]

He put Tanya over Shao Kahn! 🤣

[@jphelps884]

To be fair, Cetrion is probably the best character in MK 11. She’s super strong

[@mike1102]

nah he did Kabal dirty too bro is a beast in MK11 and mobile and in my opinion one of the cooler looking characters with today's graphics

[@cavader1381]

WHAT?

[@budaroddy]

@@TheJmack90 OMG i'm glad i stop watching after like #65

[@elijahkobel-stultz1207]

i was biiiig chillin then i hear “number 71, NIGHTWOLF!” and came straight to the comments

[@jmorel42]

Bro it's insane

[@yngr4rl]

I swear as soon as I seen that I had to check comments 😂

[@elijahkobel-stultz1207]

facts yall, that list was a joke. especially having whats his face at #4

[@sinistertitan2758]

That's what I'm saying, He's easily in my top 10

[@kadenmacdonald4416]

I was most pissed off by Ermac and Tremor being near the bottom.

[@reidye]

The Disrespect to Nightwolf is unacceptable

[@sasquatch884]

I had to stop watching this video once I got to that part

[@sasquatch884]

@matt fahringer yea I laughed too Bekause of how garbage and wrong this list is

[@underratednation4147]

@@sasquatch884 never seen a worse list in my life

[@patriciaarnaez9157]

True he even ranked moloch higher

[@JH-fw5xm]

He sounded like he was offended for Nightwolf's portrayal as a Native American. I can tell you I don't find any bit of it offending, since I am one. I'm more happy we get a character that represents us. He's the badass, as Johnny Cage calls him, we deserved.

[@budaroddy]

this dudes suck

[@kh7955]

Yep. This guy is obviously a simp trying to be as "PC" as possible.

[@list3058]

The English have some odd views regarding Native Americans.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Funny how we use (Native) American Indian imagery without controversy yet in New Zealand they use Maori imagery everywhere. Haka dance before a sporting event as an example.

[@oscarjuarez7766]

Nightwolf is highly disrespected he is a goated character

[@demondude665]

The nightwolf slander is unforgivable

[@philmitchell909]

He called it a stereotype yet erron black was 4th lol

[@barton2910]

Amen

[@tacofacefart]

Yeah I agree. He is super cool.

[@sonsauvage]

yeah that almost discredited the entire list for me TBH

[@kirbyinthereallife4980]

@@philmitchell909 And what is Liu Kang then? He is literally the stereotype of a martial artist inside a videogame. Literal Bruce Lee. And yet they made a good job with him

[@superwhiteboy619]

I literally never heard anyone complain about nightwolf before this video

[@sasquatch884]

Same

[@SPFLDAngler]

Must not talk to many people. Probably even less about old arcade games.. everyone I've ever known that played MK had at some point brought up how much nightwolf sucks and/or how much of a bad character they are.

[@sasquatch884]

@@SPFLDAngler Nightwolf is an awesome kharacter

[@mijalakis3]

It's simply not a stand out. If he appears in the game or not is irrelevant to many people.

[@Monkforilla]

@matt fahringer right?

[@sp00kygh0stie]

I’m a D’vorah main. I love D’vorah more than most people love anything. But D’vorah above both Smoke and Shang Tsung? 😂😂 oh Triplejump. You on crack.

[@skarlet8812]

And Dairou above Fujin, Ashrah, Sareena, Li Mei, Ermac, Kabal, and Bo Rai Cho? THIS LIST IS SO FRUSTRATING

[@nelltheghost2166]

Yeah he's crazy for that...i think he wanted a reaction outta us real MK fans so he got it 😆 Smoke will murk the bug lady eyes shut

[@crowumin5318]

1. I feel sorry for you 2. Shang tsung has more lore relevance than D'vorah 3. They're are characters that aren't hated to dust like Havik

[@Igneeka]

@@skarlet8812 D'Vorah isn't that great but don't you dare put Bo Rai Cho above her

[@losnamerales3403]

We want: "justice for Nightwolf" "Justice for Kabal" "Justice for Ermac" "Justice for Johnny Cage" "Striker for chief of police" (at least he's honest and tells you about the police brutality before it happens) 😂

[@PLaStiiCMoNtAGE]

75% of this video is the guy reading the games the character was in. You don’t have to read it bro, we have eyes

[@JohnnyFromVirginia]

That was my comment. Bro, some of those intros went on for nearly 30 seconds. 77 characters deep he could shaved nearly 15 minutes of this if not more.

[@dannboioq]

Have you guys got somewhere to be or something

[@JohnnyFromVirginia]

@@dannboioq yeah fam onto the next clip lmao. KZbin doesn’t offer the 5/10/15/30 second jump ahead ability ALL other platforms offer. This guy is clearly time/money chasing and could’ve shaved a shitload of time off this video.

[@dannboioq]

@@JohnnyFromVirginiaIKR!! that's so obvious that they're doing this for a living right?! Like you're annoyed that they're making money from providing you with free entertainment. Imagine if they showed up at your job and acted like you were a dickhead for clocking in. Get a grip you absolute dreamboat.

[@MrGraveBait]

Get over it

[@Kevfate]

Stryker , Kabal , Ermac and Nightwolf deserves to be higher.

[@thynycest2948]

Ehh Stryker not so much but kabal ermac and night wolf should be WAY higher

[@goawayleavemealone2880]

@@thynycest2948 - Stryker did basically redeem himself through MK9.

[@thynycest2948]

@@goawayleavemealone2880 still borin asf but yeah I guess hes cool

[@Uruguay182]

@@thynycest2948 Stryker has many fans worldwide!

[@okolo22000]

Keep in mind that Jarek is WAY ahead of all of them. Luckily there’s another list that rectifies this mistake.

[@elrefu92]

Yall did my boy Kabal dirty

[@stetson_elam]

So glad to see other Kabal fans here! I knew I wasnt alone.

[@danieldeleon45]

Exactly... he was so OP in MK3, they had to nerfed him in UMK3

[@MidniteClimax]

I came here to say the same thing. Like...literally. I was going to say "ya'll did Kabal dirty"

[@orcatwar9810]

Same here

[@mike91mdk45]

Yeah, that's some bs. Kabal is badass. His design, his combos, his attitude, his backstory

[@jamesmoss3036]

Everyone: *Huh, seems like this video is getting ratio'd but so far it's pretty legi-* TripleJump: *#67 Ermac.* Ah yeah, you guys dropped the ball pretty hard there.

[@HollaAtKrazy]

Came to the comments to confirm my thoughts lol

[@underratednation4147]

Fr wtf why is night wolf at the begging he’s one of the best he should easily be everyone top list

[@mikeysbusy]

Noob is definitely top 10 c'mon

[@underratednation4147]

@matt fahringer well you’re mortal kombat casual he’s 100% better than a bunch of people that was put after him

[@sergoldenhandthejust1495]

The Havok hate was tragic imho

[@ksen97]

Dude put Jarek above Ermac, Kabal, sektor, cyrax & night wolf 👁👄👁 gtfoutta here😂😂

[@LegendaryDarkKnight602]

Is that the Dollar Store Kano from MK4? He's just as forgetful as Hsu Hao.

[@vids2002]

They must be drunk

[@helioseternal2537]

This dumbass but Mavado above Kabal what the hell and how the hell is Jarek higher than all of those guys

[@hmm7829]

@@helioseternal2537 Dude called Kabal uninspired and based most of his placement in the list on some archaic glitch that lets him kill himself lmao - Which is actually hilarious. Kabal probably has the dumbest placement in the whole list. After I saw that he put fucking Kintaro, Jarek and Hotaru above Cyrax, Sektor, Quan Chi, Night Wolf, Kabal and Ermac, I stopped taking the video seriously. Also why is Erron Black at #4. Like he isn't a bad character but not exactly a great one.. Certainly not very original in the day and age he was created. He's a massive cliché. And he has pretty much no depth to his character, whatsoever. Swear he's just there to look cool and act like he doesn't care about anything. (He does however play really well.) But as a character I'd personally rank him around the upper mid section of this list and that's simply for not being terrible, like a good a third of MK characters - if we're going to be real.

[@losnamerales3403]

Yeah theres some characters definitely in the wrong place while I'm writing this they've just mentioned Moloch (who?) but put nightwolf and kabal under him tbh Ive been playing Mortal Kombat since the 1st game so to me nightwolf and kabal are much more iconic plus I like the character design better than most characters listed between them and sektor 💯

[@SoundwaveMusic22]

this list made me irrationally angry

[@purplestarlight16]

I know right! Like damn they barely explained their choices and put some of the mains near the bottom

[@Bbknuckles]

Putting night wolf at 71 made me snap but saying jade is “known for her projectiles” and failing to mention her bo staff triggered tf out of me lol

[@XXXmarquise]

Calm down and put some socks on

[@debraharrison2307]

Lmao. As soon as they said 67 ermac i said aight im out

[@nelltheghost2166]

Agreed...but I'm more entertained by it he definitely has a colorful imagination 😆

[@cedricthomas6412]

Bo Rai cho one of the most important characters no matter if you like him or not . Literally trained lui Kang

[@Leondragon06]

Trained Shujinko as well! =)

[@thelaughingabsol895]

You knew the list was gonna be bad when Hsu Hao wasn't dead last

[@WAATUPLEON123]

Shao Kahn voice: "It's official, this list sucks!"

[@thibeaudeprins]

so true!

[@hidanblack3754]

Dont make me laugh

[@hidanblack3754]

Hahahaha

[@thibeaudeprins]

@@hidanblack3754 hahaha love it!

[@brandonvicbossmorgan]

Fax

[@rogerbenton6869]

*sees how low Ermac is* OH BOY THESE COMMENTS GONNA BE WILD

[@tuckerbrown2363]

Erron Black at 4?? Dude has such a wishy washy backstory!

[@salmanrazak8339]

He literally gets beat by everyone 😂😂 He comes in w a badass entrance and sic lines and then gets washed yet is 4th 😂😂

[@unblamed1884]

Erron is the shit. He could have ended everything a lot quicker if he wasn’t nice enough to let the heroes save their friend on the ground at gunpoint. Also, man is a cowboy, does cool shit with guns, says cool shit, and looks badass

[@salmanrazak8339]

@@unblamed1884 I agree, I think he's a sic character but the story developers do him dirty every single time

[@unblamed1884]

@@salmanrazak8339 He derserves better

[@anthonymarshall8311]

You guys are usually on point with your ranking... but I was unaware that "personal choice" meant simply naming all the characters throwing a couple thoughts and jokes then calling it a ranking list...

[@KingLee8977]

Lame ass jokes at that! 🤣🤣

[@lerdog]

Now you're aware!

[@realmjumper8154]

TripleJump: puts D’vorah high up in the tier list MK Fan Base: *so you have chosen death*

[@cody-vi9fr]

Especially over Johnny cage😤

[@katanagy8376]

She’s not a bad character at all (just hated xd), but she should be waaaaay lower on this list. Periodt

[@Craggle88]

Ermac loved by most fans-67 Frost hated by many - 25. Come on guys

[@angbald]

Most and many mean nothing.

[@sarahalbright5307]

I actually really like frost and she’s really good if you know how to use her to be honest

[@Batman_83]

I knew this list was horsesh*t when Emac was put so low and then Movado was listed above him. How can they put one of the fan favorites so low?

[@nelltheghost2166]

I love both so i can't hate...but my boy Ermac is way up higher

[@Bitplex]

@@Batman_83 yeah when I saw where ermac was placed, I realised that these dudes didn't do their research. They put all of the low-effort or joke characters in the shit basket, and ermac got bundled in their too because he was based on a glitch. So dumb.

[@badmodem]

I was on board until you ranked Nightwolf so low. He's been one of my absolute favorites for a long time.

[@humaneshadow300]

Nightwolf is ok love his mk 3 design but atlest he's not kai now that is shameful

[@petrolhead0387]

I'm convinced this list is just the creator trolling.

[@nevadaadie8881]

Weird... Never thought I’d disagree with a video more in my life.

[@wally4087]

Majority of the top fighters in MK are low on the list like wtf

[@Isaygoodday5]

Same, and I'm not even that much of a MK fan

[@martinmcneill605]

When we got to Johnny Cages rank I knew the list was nonsense..

[@dereksather5921]

This list is straight horrible.

[@ReaperRedeemer2112]

I knew the list was nonsense when it got to Ermac.

[@justinwood2278]

The inevitable Street Fighter list is going to hurt the ears. "Ryu: Street Fighter, Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Street Fighter 2...

[@sodasic]

@matt fahringer I think he’s referring to the unnecessary reading of the list

[@losnamerales3403]

Can you imagine... Street fighter 2 champion edition, Street fighter 2 hyper fighting, Street fighter 2 here comes a new challenger, Street fighter 2 HD remix.... [A few hours later] Street fighter EX, Street fighter 3: New Generation, Street fighter EX plus Alpha, Street fighter 3: 2nd... That would be exhausting to listen to just for 1 character and Ken's entry wouldn't make it any easier 😂😂😂

[@patkmulderig]

Wow, the disrespect to Kabal, Nightwolf and Ermac is insane. This list is absolutely terrible.

[@LionelRGuy]

A year later, and I still don't understand how Kabal wound up 20+ spots below Hotaru, Kollector, and Jarek.

[@gggshah5531]

Usually don't like commenting because I sound like a complete nerd but this list was obviously compiled by someone who either doesn't like MK or just knows nothing about it. Ermac and Kabal are two of the most popular characters in the whole series? Kira above Sektor and Cyrax? Nitara above Noob and Smoke? It's actually quite funny.

[@kevink1575]

Yikes...Thanks for saving me an hour of my time. I'll pass on this one.

[@thefearedESK]

I can't believe how bad this list is. They're placing characters with a one time appearance in Armageddon higher than some OG characters

[@martinmcneill605]

Poor Johnny Cage..

[@andrewquick4176]

AGREED!!! They Clearly look down on the MK mythology (which is huge and massively fleshed out) and dont really know characters or their impact

[@mandozzz8153]

NERD!!

[@JawkneeJay]

I usually don’t care enough about these lists to comment but, Damn... I don’t know if these choices could be more off the mark if they tried. Literally never heard anyone complaining about Kabal ever, afaik he’s been a fan favorite since his debut.

[@anthonydivencenzo7278]

It took me a while but I figured out y this list is so screwed up every comment counts how else can you get ppl to comment then by shitting on somthing they love the list is clearly random

[@SlayerRunefrost]

Umm....none of the spin-offs? Shaolin Monks: "Am I a joke to you.

[@garettwebb5736]

Chameleon is one of the lowest characters on the list, but Khameleon is in the top 30. Cmon bruv at least put some effort into the list😂

[@michaelgrush96]

Just here to say you did nightwolf dirty.

[@Chaotic1King]

Agreed! Same with Ermac

[@sonnys84]

Absolutely agree

[@raycarlbrown-amory3509]

Absolutely agree

[@Rockhard7191]

Thank you! It's disgusting

[@TJDious]

Nope. He sucks.

[@3jdpa]

Your placement of Johnny cage alone invalidates this whole list

[@joshua1gang]

Also dvorah's placement, ermac and nightwolf's placement

[@Z4N3]

Where is Johnny?

[@sitizenkanemusic]

@@Z4N3 here's Johnny

[@cedricromero5082]

@@Z4N3 number 18

[@xxcandyxandyxx]

I always felt like Kira had a lot of potential. A female member of the black dragon sounds awesome. Unfortunetly they gave her a comibination of Kano & Sonya's movelist with a lazy character design. I hope they revamp this character for a later installment and do her justice because the concept is great.

[@p.d.l7023]

Fujin doesn't use a crossbow because he has to. It's because he wants to. He's a huge Walking Dead fan.

[@brianarnold9888]

Bo Rai Cho isn't great, but he's definitely better than Mokap.

[@debraharrison2307]

Thank you

[@Kaptiv239]

This list is bogus, Stryker and night wolf is worse than ashrah?! Lmao what a joke

[@connorwilkinson7560]

Ikr

[@drizzydrei7988]

Bo rai cho gets too much hate

[@ajengichy3827]

@@Kaptiv239 nightwolf is better than ashra

[@angelsilva7207]

“No spin-off games you shouldn’t play to begin with” so you’re telling everyone to NOT play MK: Shaolin Monks? That’s like one of the BEST games in the series

[@adrianchilds666]

And it comes with mk2 when I beat it

[@friendbesto2599]

One of my favorite games ever. Me and my buddy would have 30+minute fights in vs.

[@briancottingham1674]

MK:SHAOLIN MONKS was the shit

[@sasquatch884]

This guy has no idea what he's talking about, he put bad kharacters above great kharacters lmao

[@_SomeGuyOnline]

My favorite thing about that game was the cheat code that unlocked Sub-Zero and Scorpion as playable characters in the story mode. My bud and I always played as them instead of Liu Kang and Kung Lao. 😅

[@Tropical_j_]

Dude really threw shade “we love being told how wrong we are” after putting a list like this together, with so so many titular characters low, and some that have been in 1 or 2 games high

[@Henry-iz7iv]

Everybody gangsta until he said Nightwolf, then Ermac, then Jarek (for being as high as he was), then Jacqui (for the same reason), then the other completely unforgivable positions

[@glennb6020]

Some weird choices. But you don’t seem to justify their positions. Some people in the bottom 30 have nicer descriptions than those in the top 30. They just seem like descriptions put into a vaguely random orde

[@vicedm1145]

Agreed

[@street1008]

also agree.

[@youngcansuela8327]

That’s because they’re just going for maximum snark factor and not even trying to present a logical placement. Trash list.

[@Mr2Thumbs]

Did you really put Jacqui, Cetrion, Geras all above the OG Johnny Cage? JC is arguably top 5 in terms of lore and recognition

[@jameswilson5038]

I al ways fought with J.C.

[@rayromano6249]

This series has become shit. Now they have pills to turn you into superman lmao 🤦‍♂️ nothing special about them anymore.

[@floydharper1216]

That's how Johnny C do!!!

[@RyanBrown2K5]

Yes, but he's not "special" enough.

[@killianhackenschmidt4987]

Why are Ermac and Kabal lower than most the more generic fighters from post MK4?

[@SZutich9]

You could've save us 45 minutes if you didn't read out every game every time.

[@glopesci]

Ermac is one of my favorites! How dare he be anywhere near a character named MEAT

[@truecountry8915]

Mine too. Also pisses me off how he shit on tremor. Tremor in mkx was amazing

[@tenface8221]

Same here. He’s a great fighter too. I started looking at this like a joke list after Ermac and Nightwolf

[@Wildbot34]

I loved Ermac

[@MzGeminiNightowl]

🤣🤣🤣 you’re funny but I agree

[@glopesci]

@@MzGeminiNightowl LOL

[@poop24]

Kabal is one of the best characters ever!! His backstory is dark and interesting, his fatalities (excluding MK 3) are sadistic AF, and his moves and combos make short work any opponent!!! I love you guys, but Kabal deserves a better spot on the list!!!

[@JeremiahEcks777]

Agreed!

[@CoffeePotGames]

Same with Nightwolf.

[@Vegitodraws]

My boi Takeda tho...

[@mercuryshadow5445]

I understood the argument of Nightwolf and Stryker not aging well but wtf did Kabal ever do? He was my dad's favourite character!!

[@Vegitodraws]

@@mercuryshadow5445 beat Kano's ass in MK9 before simping to him in the biggest atrocity of mischaracterization in MK11.

[@moobslikejagger5653]

How the fuck is Shao Khan that low? He's both figuratively and literally a god

[@orinanime]

31:10 - Rain - "which presumably pleased someone, somewhere... but we don't know him." Me. It pleased me.

[@zbearbearbear]

So by your standards at the beginning saying that two one off characters from Armageddon (Daegon and Taven) are better than series staples Nightwolf and Kabal and Ermac...that ain’t it fam.

[@Flymehomegiantswan]

*calls takedas fighting style 'largely dull' while showing footage of flashy combos*

[@goawayleavemealone2880]

Calls Jacqui interesting when she's basically Jax with breasts.

[@justamanwholikesvideogames5020]

@@goawayleavemealone2880 lmao

[@chrysoz9031]

@@goawayleavemealone2880 Not really, they share like 2 moves

[@chrysoz9031]

@@goawayleavemealone2880 and jacqui has a pretty different personality from her dad

[@goawayleavemealone2880]

@@chrysoz9031 - Not really... since cocky and arrogant is the only personality that exists in Mortal Kombat.

[@Bman32x]

Hot fresh science fact: #69 Kai, after winning the WWE title in 2019, Kofi Kingston agreed with a tweet of mine that not only did he name his son Kai after the character, he was 100% on board for NeatherRealm to revive the character and he wanted to lend his likeness for him. Also.. how are Taven, Daegon, Shujinko & the rest of the 1 time losers not at the bottom with Meat?

[@the757general2]

TripleJump clearly did not do enough research on Mortal Kombat before making this video. Not only did they miss the fact that two Sub-Zeros had been a thing since MK2 but failed to mention MK Tournament Edition and MK Unchained which are mainline games. MKvsDC is also a mainline game despite being a crossover title. I knew the ranking list would be awful the moment I saw Nightwolf in the bottom 20.

[@Darkforest127]

"Theres never been a list worse than triple jump ranking mk characters" -John Adam's

[@firemarshal2629]

You guys weren’t lying when you added this list was more of a “personal” list. Kabal so low on the list? Ermac not making the top 20? You guys obviously aren’t fans of the series.

[@weeoth8380]

So we are all Kabal fans now?

[@Rountree1985]

Why are you so triggered that someone has a different opinion that yours?

[@budaroddy]

@@Rountree1985 the cost of social media, also very dumb opinion what are they ranking? The ammount of blue on the costumes or something like that? Totally nonsense

[@blakekwamin7400]

this was very entertaining. great commentary

[@audronrhedsantos1050]

SORRY but I strongly disagree, Nightwolf is a good character... one my favorite since its first release in MK3 About Striker is not really that bad, he's a good annoyer & zoner.

[@Hawkster52]

I love the idea of Ashrah. A demon who came into contact with a holy blade that cleansed her inherent evil. But she's not happy about it and considers herself cursed seeking a way to get rid of the blade. That's a really cool idea for an anti-hero character that I'd enjoy seeing revisited at some point.

[@Highbudget]

There's potential there for sure

[@lerdog]

Hey, some guy from the future here with good news: they did revisit the idea and she looks awesome!

[@marcroy197]

jacqui briggs: it's great that she's a kickboxer jax : can you believe those idiots were gonna make him a kickboxer?

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

You put Havik, Daegon and JAREK before Ermac and Nightwolf! This list is so misinformed I'm surprised Nimbus Terrafaux wasn't on here.

[@sergoldenhandthejust1495]

Liu Kang is like "what am I chop liver?" 53:58

[@Zelazny86]

You sure this is ranked and not in a completely random order?

[@residentevilkid7773]

It’s very possible

[@nwmn9386]

what are the rankings based off of, just how this dude feels about em?

[@chrismercer1662]

Yeah, how dare they subjectively critique FICTIONAL CHARACTERS in a way that does not please YOU. In case your brain is too small to process that, it is called sarcasm. Don't let the dictionary hit you on your way out of the gene pool...

[@Zelazny86]

@@chrismercer1662 seems You got way too angry about a simple comment questioning the randomness of the list, mr. bigbrains

[@chrismercer1662]

@@Zelazny86 I'm not angry, just disappointed.

[@13Adon]

Y’all really put Mavado ahead of Ermac and Nightwolf smh

[@beanbean5892]

And kabal

[@nelltheghost2166]

Yeah that guy is crazy bro 😆

[@mike91mdk45]

The unmitigated audacity

[@mavadofgc2840]

As they should. Okey now seriously, Ermac is my second favorite character of all time. I disagree with a lot of things in this list. Drahmin is such an unique character with a cool backstory and he's below Mokap lol

[@trippyfuckintrent4171]

40 seconds in and Im turning off because this comment tells me all I need to know

[@MrRoda8143]

When Kai was mentioned as the 69th worst, the narrator gleefully said under his breath, "nice" 😆

[@corpselight7989]

I miss Havik. He was literally a lich monk and a high rank Chaos Cleric for a realm not really placed in the games. Its just neat that he's uninterested in the competition, and just doing inane things to Order Realm for the lulz. I do appreciate the expanded lore they've been putting out and I get unless whatshisface from deception is in the game, its unlikely Havik shows up. Edit: Hotaru! "Whatshisface" was Hotaru. Edit edit: I love the Hsu makes a cameo in mk11 as a bounty caught by Erron Black.

[@LionelRGuy]

How on Earth can you say Takeda's fighting style was less unique than friggin' Jacqui Briggs?

[@NoName-cz3wn]

Well, forgive me for defending this abysmal list, but I always kinda felt like Takeda was just a reskinned Mavado. Think about it. If you put Mavado in the MKX system, how would he play? Just replace the Shirai Ryu variation with a Hooksword variation. You're still right, though lol

[@PLaStiiCMoNtAGE]

@@NoName-cz3wn At least Takeda had a cool look, and gadgets. Jacqui’s entire character was “girl with military costume”

[@NoName-cz3wn]

@@PLaStiiCMoNtAGE this is true

[@underratednation4147]

@@PLaStiiCMoNtAGE fr takeda did look cool jacqui is like a another jax that use more weapons

[@ThortheMightyOne]

@@PLaStiiCMoNtAGE Jacqui was younger female Jax.

[@sarahalbright5307]

I can’t believe they did my boy nightwolf like that

[@ibrahimyohanna5491]

Am still wondering.

[@skyalexander3624]

They are catering to woke culture

[@justinfitzpatrick013]

It was virtue signaling

[@miguelortiz8350]

Yeah he was judged not by character but by implications to todays times

[@vosman86]

Night wolf is awesome

[@s23ryf]

Number 63 - Kabal. I've never downvoted video with such a pleasure.

[@Patriotsa11day]

When I saw Noob outside of the top 25, I was done. Like what would even be the criteria?

[@jxlly9904]

How did darrius get higher than ermac💀

[@tomsmarkovs1946]

And Kira or something was higher then them..

[@truecountry8915]

How did havik get higher than tremor lol

[@tomsmarkovs1946]

@Raymond Ringgold baraka is pretty cool. . that's the smallest problem on this list. :D

[@underratednation4147]

This list is such a joke this have to be a prank

[@Honestlynothingelse]

@truecountry89 but hey havik is actually cool

[@yarp1246]

The fact that my favourite character, Ermac, is #67 physically hurts me D:

[@matthewsharp875]

Agreed!!!

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

I like Red Scorpian too. He was a cool character

[@MrBrightside999]

I almost threw my phone when I saw #67....they have no idea what they're talking about.

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

@@MrBrightside999 hey whoa, I like Ermac too but dont break your phone friend. Its just a fun opinion video lol ;)

[@nelltheghost2166]

Agreed...he did my main Lord Fujin dirty too 😆

[@PhoeniXBG]

Kabal, Motaro, Nightwolf being under Daegon and Taven? Cmon, you're obviously trolling.

[@kh7955]

Honestly can't believe Kabal is so low on this list. He is one of the greatest characters since the release of the mortal kombat series.

[@TheThird1977]

Noob Saibot wasn't a retcon of the first game's Sub-Zero. That character was killed by Scorpion during the events of the first game, while his younger brother took over the Sub-Zero mantle from the second game onward. Noob is a reincarnated spectre in the same way Hanzo Hasashi was reincarnated as Scorpion.

[@matthewpunk2012]

Noob: Wraith Scorpion: Spectre

[@TheThird1977]

@@matthewpunk2012 A wraith is a spectre.

[@Vegitodraws]

@@TheThird1977 no, a wraith is an undead person with new abilities, loses their old ones, and becomes ghastly in appearance. They're also lean into the darker aspects of their personalities, effectively becoming a husk or "shadow" of their former selves. A Spectre is an undead person with new abilities that they never had with no trade required. They gain hell/fire themed abilities like Scorpions hellport and several of his most popular fire moves. They keep their personalities, and when revived, can keep their powers. Not to mention that they keep their human appearance. Spectres are also more independent of their creators

[@vicedm1145]

Yeah even basic MK knowledge was lacking with this list and the “background”

[@DollahFrom216]

Only true mk fans know this

[@generalgk]

A person who admittedly doesn’t like and isn’t good at fighting games tries to review fighting game characters. Maybe this was a bad idea?

[@mikeroagreschen5350]

I started doubting the list's credibility when I saw Nightwolf ranked so low.

[@lukamagicc]

Probably watched 20+ videos and just now realized its two different guys in this video.

[@craigspellman7793]

Imagine putting a top 20 character in Nightwolf at #71 then expecting to be taken seriously... Jokers

[@SPFLDAngler]

Yeah!! How dare they have an opinion!! How dare they not cater to you alone! Shame on them!

[@craigspellman7793]

Exactly!! It's ridiculous, I'm glad you share my view on this particular matter 👍🏼

[@Stallion-EC]

@@SPFLDAngler They can have their opinion. Dose not mean they wont get shit for how stupid it is.

[@Delta21OnYT]

@@SPFLDAngler Most of the characters that are mentioned in the comments are fan favorites and Triple Jump just takes a big ol' shit on em, when they're talking about Cyrax he makes fun of the fans and basically says he has a boring moveset

[@FatLadyKiller]

Towards the end of the list is Kabal who he said had a"lukewarm reaction" from fans and no one played him, then like 20 characters higher he ranks Li Mei, Kung Jin and chameleon. They really should have got someone that was actually familiar with the game to do this. This "list" was absolutely embarrassing.

[@neoconnor4395]

This list is so insane I actually did my own research to see if I was out of touch and I turned out to be totally right. Kabal is a favorite by all MK tournament players in MK3! I didn't know this until just now, because I thought maybe I was the one on crack! Whoever made this video is Gen Z turned up to 11. They might not have been alive during MK3.

[@neoconnor4395]

lol Its almost being like, "Who is Larry Bird? Nobody cares!" Its like, duuuuuude...

[@neoconnor4395]

Like, they just dont know. They surveyed an age demographic and made a list. This isn't a history lesson.

[@lordonile7304]

When Kai was ranked better than nightwolf I was like 😂

[@keaneharris]

Truthfully think more attention should’ve been given to the lore of the game when ranking characters as someone like bo rai cho is extremely cool when you go into the lore and not just his move set and appearance x

[@ImtheHOk]

Nightwolf: I didn’t know i came here to be disrespected

[@sic6664]

Rain is also in MK11.

[@tourguideplays5477]

For Motaro the devs wanted to bring back his original design but due to time constraints and limitations they had no choice but to go with the redesign he was almost left out entirely but Boon wanted to fit every fighter for Armageddon I love this channel and the lists are fine I just wish you actually did more research since even the rankings seem way off

[@fluffygutts2240]

Drink a shot every time Peter & Ben say mortal combat...wait, no. Youd die

[@MrThisucks]

Bottom 3D game characters: they didn’t show up again and they’re pretty unremarkable Top 3D game characters: they didn’t show up again and they’re pretty unremarkable but well put them here

[@Rorujin]

I'm halfway through the list and I'm wondering if they like any character at all. It's like they haven't realized that they're halfway through and forgot that they should start having anything positive to say at all. Classic Triple Jump... Can't get rid of that WhatCulture's "insufferable snark" bug.

[@thafutureonline619]

3:10 what beat/song is playing??? Is it a triple jump stable or can I youtube it myself? Can someone please tell me? 🙏

[@vociferateforme]

Lmao I can't believe I laughed so hard at the Goro's Breasts part. 😂😂

[@newageoutlaw]

Fun drinking game: Take a shot whenever someone says "Mortal Kombat"

[@thebestcentaur]

Survival was never an option, then

[@Jeffelson]

Alchality

[@SpaceMissile]

i had to watch this vid in parts because i got so sick of hearing those two words. lol

[@arup02]

rip

[@SpanHog]

only the Irish would survive

[@jsavran85]

You know you could have said “M K” and I think we all would have gotten what you were talking about...

[@codychapman7342]

The video would be at least ten minutes shorter.

[@Ronnie06spartan]

Also could've said "MK9" instead of "Mortal Kombat 2011". It's much quicker and better

[@gilded_lady]

Or just called them by their subtitles. It's a list of MK characters. We're gonna know that you're discussing MK games

[@DollahFrom216]

Wait people actually say mk instead of mortal kombat

[@Dave_ja_vu]

MK fans have made me hate MK. This whole video is full of so much gatekeeping

[@ericcave9368]

Ranked series are the perfect videos to fall asleep too since I can't cope with the thoughts of my own brain

[@keithpanton7486]

About halfway through this, I thought "I bet he regrets choosing to read out the list of games each character has been in"

[@gomez722]

Feel like the creator just put all the names in a randomizer..

[@H0lyMoley]

The correct pronunciation of "Reiko" is "That guy", also referred to as "Whassisface". Just for the record.

[@realmjumper8154]

Really? I thought it was just “who?” Or “Shao Ka.. wait that’s not Shao Kahn”

[@tareefsmith9027]

3:03 "Unremarkable white guy in a gi is a character type that should've stayed in that franchise (Street Fighter)." Netherrealm was actually paying homage to Karate Kid (1986) with the Cobra Kai gi reference. There was also another nod to Karate Kid in the form of character names. Y'know... one character named Kobra... another named Kai... Kobra... Kai.

[@capricornzgaming6258]

Ermac was actually one of my favourite in mk 2011 and mk x