CAN ANYBODY BEAT THE IMPOSSIBLE UMK3 SHAO KHAN CHALLENGE?

I hosted yet another boss challenge over at Holiday Matsuri 2023 and I'm giving away money to whoever beats Shao Khan!
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[@similaritiesendhere]

I like how Justin tells the Smoke player exactly what to do and gets completely ignored. Some people are immune to good advice.

[@mar69storm]

Him and Sub-Zero both had me hella annoyed

[@Luis-Hernandez.2022]

Not a single spear was thrown.

[@bartsullivan4866]

To be fair some of these players are clueless and probably never played an MK game in their lives or if they did probably had it on easy mode. I keep thinking duck the damn green fireball don't block dumb shits.

[@claytongiampaolo7848]

​@@bartsullivan4866 Shao Kahn was still a menace on easy mode

[@bartsullivan4866]

​@claytongiampaolo7848 I never liked being able to pick difficultly in any of the MK3 games. Kahn was a cheap boss but far harder bosses in the King Of Fighters games.

[@femshepFGC]

So this one’s winner got $100? 🤣 I’m coming for your WALLET next time, Justin.

[@tomi_brian]

I grew up on this game. My brother and his 2 best friends used to dog walk ultimate mk3 at the Arcade. They had such a rep that no one dared to challenge them. Those were the days😂

[@hatch450sx3]

​@@tomi_brian I was screaming this ish is a joke with smoke or sector. Even laming it land one dropkick into teleport to dropkick teleport that's like almost half life right there. On console it was even easier with classis subzero freeze jump punch 7 hit combo freeze repeat

[@itloaf]

after the gief, I believe

[@tomi_brian]

@@hatch450sx3 Smoke is god tier in this game. You just trigger the enemy patterns and the rest is history

[@femshepFGC]

@@CMCAdvanced Good point actually, I’ll revise to remove the name

[@pixelgoat7317]

It always cracks me up that Shao's goddamn warhammer with a cinderblock on it somehow rather than realistically sending your body crumpling across the arena into the ground...it makes you do a Looney Tunes dizzy dance 😆 🤣

[@triangle1332]

This Shao Khan is mad disrespectful. Taunting, laughing, pointing.. Literally afking mid match and still winning. Best AI ever

[@kupidzheart]

it was rough back in the day, maaany night i went to bed pissed off lol

[@LAFORGUS]

Yeah i remember that bartard spamming shoulder charges to me.

[@Lordlt82]

@@kupidzheart we all did man but but cyclones was worse in killer instinct during the 90s

[@kupidzheart]

@@Lordlt82 goot goot goot, 😞

[@Slumberpartytime]

I just couldn't bear seeing all those guys not using any combos. It was painful to watch, this boss is actually pretty easy.

[@jesuslobo3178]

Sometimes shao khan will block in the middle of a combo leaving you vulnerable to a punish.

[@Slumberpartytime]

@@jesuslobo3178 not while he's frozen he won't

[@GeoGyf]

Idk about their fighting experience, but most were passive & thats what brought them trouble.

[@flynnlivescmd]

Apparently none of these people have played these MKs before. Crappy video this time. It's not justin its the players.

[@unkles]

I would have made you proud with the Kabal spin then run into combo upper cut jump kick then force ball 👍

[@8-BitHero]

The Mario Kart music makes the beatings funnier.

[@theProClaimer]

In my headcanon that’s what plays in ShaoKahn’s earpods when he fights

[@randomtrainerx.3424]

Shao Khan really didn't sugarcoat it in every match.

[@lptyger]

Thanks for immortalizing my face on your thumbnail. Good to meet you man!

[@CosmicRPG]

From suffering against Young Geese to suffer against the nightmare UMK3 Shao Khan where from two hits is half HP and without glitches is almost hard to beat him.

[@b1xte150]

That was straight personal …Shan said what you talkin about some adaptation 😂😂 10:11

[@bluu3393]

10:11 dude was getting mauled 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ookie218]

😭😭😭💯💯💯

[@SpaghettiYOLOKing]

Shao was having none of it. Shao said I don't need to read his inputs, I already read his LIFE. Old School Shao Kahn was so damn cheesy lol

[@GreatDee1]

Bro I fought this dude so many times it's crazy but damn sure never seen a beat down like dat

[@tamponlolipopmachine]

His spray on hairline didn't help him

[@RogerCollectz]

Thank you Justin for making me not feeling bad playing fighting games at my age right now. I’m currently 37, but will be 38 in May this year 😊

[@yellowblanka6058]

Do what you enjoy as long as you’re not hurting anybody or neglecting your health/life for your hobby.

[@Larez121]

@@yellowblanka6058💯💯

[@joechrisman4661]

Easiest way is robot smoke jump back teleport punch, spear into target combo. Wash, rinse, repeat.

[@hatch450sx3]

Or dropkick teleport spear target this was the only challenge he put up so far that's pretty mild. He should put the babality shaokahn in mk9 challenge now THAT is damn near impossible.

[@hotzauhse]

@@hatch450sx3 yeah in UMK3 that's all you needed. Jump back kick in the air cancel into teleport and do the combo......repeat till he's dead.

[@NoName-cz3wn]

​@hatch450sx3 na Shao is super easy in MK9. Pick any teleport character, ideally one who's teleport isn't an attack (like Raiden) and just stay full-screen. Wait for the hammer throw, teleport, punish, go full-screen. Or, if you're confident in your blocking, you can walk right up to him and just continually cross-up punish him. He will always try to punish with his hammer swing upper, will miss, and while he will occasionally armor thru your attack and smash you, overall, if you're using a character you're familiar with, you will win easily. The counter-zoning method is way safer bc you don't risk forgetting to block his X-Ray.

[@jakal911]

Yeah, but it looks like they didn't unlock him. I guess Sektor then.

[@marceguregiazyk6735]

That doesn't work for khan

[@shane3674]

You, Maximilian Dood and Rooflemonger are the whole reason I decided to start playing fighting games professionally. THANK YOU!

[@DrProfessorMD]

Awwww yeah, more hard boss challenges. Always hilarious and even inspiring at times. Thanks, Justin.

[@Jacob-of2fo]

This one was so frustrating - this one is actually way easier than most of Justin’s challenges. You just have to play lame and cheesy to beat SK.

[@totallyaploy1824]

The guy doing the Sub-Zero strat knew. He figured it out.

[@shinjoni]

I had no clue how this guy beat Shao Khan until now lol, loved the edits

[@ZakkHung]

Fun fact: This version of MK is Ed Boon's all time favorite still to this day. TO THIS DAY!! 😊

[@a.jackson9613]

This would be an easy challenge for me and any Robot Smoke player who played in the arcade back in the day. Simple pattern....

[@jaywolfenstien]

Yeah, it's weird watching pro players struggle against a boss that's easily exploited and whose exploits were widely known in the 90s. To those who don't know, UMK3's AI is a joke when you realize you can literally make it do what you want it to do. It has canned responses to your inputs that it does 99% of the time, so you can make it walk into your counters pretty much at will.

[@mad0jester]

@@jaywolfenstien Jade though... that AI was insane.

[@jaywolfenstien]

@@mad0jester At a glance Jade seems worse because she could insta-aura and get a full combo where other characters would, at most, get a jump kick with no follow up. But her AI fell to the exact same teleport shenanigans every other CPU opponent fell to. She really wasn't any harder than any other character. The UMK3 AI is literally, "If player does X, counter with Y." You know it's going to do Y. So counter Y with Z. With Smoke, jump back with kick and immediately tap forward as fast as you can. If they go to throw a projectile, hit LK to teleport into harpoon for a full combo. Rinse & repeat. In the rare case they don't throw a projectile, don't teleport. Land and jump back again. Kahn will try to counter your projectile with his own no matter what. If you knock Kahn down once and then throw a spear/harpoon/ice ball as he stands up, he will never block if you time it right. All this was common knowledge back then, and there's many videos from old school players demonstrating this. It's not to knock anyone. I'd have to warm up to the rhythm before I'd be able to go a full arcade run again, so I don't blame people who don't even know the moves (especially since the inputs evolved drastically over the years so even if you do know modern MK inputs, it won't do you any good in the original trilogy.) It's just early MK seemed very difficult due to button readin at first, but they all had stupid gimmicks that beat them and made you say, "Really?! That's it?! That's all I had to do?!"

[@juanignaciolopez3948]

I mean, even if you are used to play fight games, the speed and momentum of old arcade games are totally different. Sometimes you start playing like you would normally play your MK11 for example, and end up feeling like it goes 10 times faster and the timing is off.

[@a.jackson9613]

With Robot Smoke, the back jk would make the cpu use a projectile more often than not, making an easy teleport punish, jk to throw. The jump kick and throw punish did as much damage as a regular combo and was super super easy. After match 3 or so, the cpu would input read you and destroy you if you fought it like you would a normal person. MK2 was similar in after a few wins, input reading everything you would do. So if you crouched down and let them get close, you could jump back, and it would make them jump at you. In turn, you could roundhouse or uppercut them out of the air.

[@yellowblanka6058]

This is surprisingly wholesome for a fighting-game community related video.

[@planilhador]

I got me surprised: watching the video, I realized that after almost 20 years, I still remember some Sub-Zero and Kabal combos.

[@GeoGyf]

They werent many combos & the combos are also iconic. Its not that surprising to remember them.

[@Mario_bland]

I hope the arcade stick had the original mk layout for maximum confusion.

[@carlosbarreto4695]

I remember Mortal Kombat in the Arcades since the first game, but I never saw the original cabinet in person. It's really a weird looking cabinet.

[@ShaneDouglas713]

8:53 Tiger done f🤬ked up right here...

[@crazylegs1823]

"I don't like the older games", "why?", "because I suck at them" Me thinking, well I don't think that's the game's fault...

[@shaqthegr8884]

Bro these old games boss are cheap 😂

[@blackpanthro]

"I can beat him, i just cant remember the move li-DED

[@devan3970]

New to the channel, I love how you get these people to come and try to beat a tough challenge but also have some fun. Good job hosting it!

[@okie1682]

Man... those are mostly kids who never grew up with the arcade games. I'm 42 and was 10 when the first game came out, and I've been playing ever since. They need a grizzled veteran to hand Shao Khan his butt back to him.

[@zZaxOo]

shao khan ain't sugar coating it xD

[@TheForhekset]

Ive actually beaten this boss, my strat for all this mk bosses was just to jump kick over and over, and the ocasional uppercut. It worked like maybe one out of a dozen times, but like it only needs to work once.

[@bluu3393]

The edits got me crying 😂😂😂

[@Rockstopmotion]

That bell 😂6:10 😂

[@turbolag2]

Man I’m 37 and watching these kids struggle on such an easy boss makes me feel old af .the real question is what the hell game are they really there to play 😂?

[@ericsimonson8002]

I've said it before but the boss challenges are some of my favorite content. These old school bosses are merciless. Thanks for the entertainment.

[@kyleburgess1797]

As a 40yr old who dominated at the arcade when I was in my teens with a few quarters, this hurt me to see these guys struggle. Not a single combo, not even a special..with Cyrax. Smoke. Sub-zero or Kitana. This would've been cake.

[@MattKittredge2112]

The method I always used was to crouch and block, wait until Shao did his upward shoulder charge, then uppercut him right as he’s above me, then just run in, uppercut, run in, uppercut, run in, uppercut, etc.

[@stringedaz]

I remember getting lit up by Shao Kahn as a kid. Kintaro from MK2 was really tough, too.

[@facepalmmedia]

“Revolutionary tech.” “Never seen before?” “It’s on KZbin.” 😂

[@AngerSponge]

I remember playing this in my teens. Used to have hella comp back in Chicago.

[@c55411]

The one dude saying he beat him before and didn’t know the characters was lying like a mfer. 😂😂😂

[@geko1410]

Watching this rom play. Gave me them flash back, 😢 arcade stick with the X shape buttons position and block being the middle, holy cow its been so long.

[@lowbudgetmic]

J Wong fighting game sadist 😮💛

[@SP-vl1jh]

Man, if I had been there, that would've been the easiest 100 bucks I would've won. I suck at fighting games, but I was good at fighting the cpu on MK 2 and 3. Justin's method of ducking and waiting for SK to do the rising knee, then using the uppercut is the one I used all the time.

[@commdaofighting]

6:05 - AH Sub-zero was so close!!

[@danhaller4383]

Man, I remember me and my friends grinding hard to beat MK3 Khan when we were in middle school. When my buddy beat him, you would have thought we won the SB!

[@rinbros]

The difference between "fighting game players that attend tournaments" and "casuals" it's really not that big.

[@elvistwatty]

Absolutely wild how many didn't know the universal uppercut. Also people rolling up giving a gamer tag instead of their real name and then getting absolutely bodied

[@VBrancoPT]

We need more of these. It's so fun to watch even the pros struggling. lol

[@ilearncode7365]

“My name is Luiz” “Hello, Louise”

[@SuperPeterok]

"Box"

[@psx2514]

I don't know if they changed it for UMK3, but in vanilla MK3 Shao Kahn is easy. Just pick Cyrax. Green Net. Then upper cut. Then as he's getting up, green net again. Then uppercut. Repeat.

[@bbqtool]

Duck, uppercut when he does upward knee. Spear on standing up animation. Combo. If he does normal shoulder charge, spear because he is likely to do it more than once. Then combo. Even if you take damage, if you land something once more than he does, you'll have more health and he'll die before you do. Do it twice. You win. Works on all towers.

[@richardpage2082]

I remember this from the console release, the Sub Zero wasn't too far off, cheese with projectiles. Mine was Liu Kang with Low Fireball

[@rustymixer2886]

11:30 😆 punch problem

[@jeangentry6656]

this brings back memories! I'd retreat to the corner, block, hope he went for the flying knee, upper him to hell, repeat till one of us lost. With a bit of practice I could probably do it again. 🙂

[@FadedLee_27]

I remember always beating Kahn in this game as a Kid, (27 now) I would spam Liu Kang,s low fireball, Kahn would do that rising knee move, than i would crouch block into uppercut. Works every time.

[@PlayDHDGaming]

Only J.Wong could give us a video where we get anime chicks in the background AND Santa in the same frame.. 🤣

[@Larez121]

Used to play this in the arcade. I played Smoke. Jump back at 99, if he shoots projectile cancel midair into teleport punch, harpoon capture projectile, uppercut. Run in, meaty low punch then mash the harpoon, which is back back low punch. The harpoon will meaty Shao, uppercut. Then rinse and repeat run in meaty harpoon/uppercut. Jump back at 99, If he does the dash special move harpoon or dragon punch, harpoon. Then rinse and repeat run in meaty harpoon/uppercut. Jump back at 99, if he taunts, harpoon. Then rinse and repeat run in meaty harpoon/uppercut. If he somehow catches you mid jump, don't panic 😂! Hold duck, wait for opportunity to harpoon or uppercut. Then rinse and repeat run in meaty harpoon/uppercut.

[@TonyTarantula]

My Sektor spam will have this Shao Kahn in intensive care right away. Word bond.

[@vargussmeton7426]

Fun fact: as alluded to, they retconned Kano to be Australian based on his portrayal in the movie... but actor Trevor Goddard wasn't actually Australian. He was a Brit who claimed to be of Australian decent and he believed that this got him more roles. His accent in the film is very questionable, and often leans heavily towards Cockney.

[@MihzvolWuriar]

Imagine Justin is doing UMK3 challenges and BySpeed suddenly pop out of hell? He would say something like this, "I will take your money if I do the entire hard tower in 5 minutes," and proceeds to do it in 4:57.

[@chongxina8288]

I remember this as a kid. So painful. My step dad at the time was raging. He said it’s not fair at all. He was right. I usually died at Shiva or Mortaro tbf. I was like 6 though.

[@Robert-818]

Shao Kahn can easily be beaten in a few ways. This was one I used to do. But another is abusing teleport punch with Sektor or Smoke. And I believe every single character can Uppercut -> run -> Uppercut repeat him to death. This is what I did on the Genesis, and in other versions as well.

[@Foxy-r5g]

"I'm not gonna sugarcoat it" I died🤣🤣

[@mbpm6135]

And it's no surprise a troll cheese tactic is what finally does him in. Not like Khan gives you any leeway.

[@ViralPhoenix]

I remember being so good at this when I was 12 as long as you memorize the AI's logic. Standing jump HK was the most OP move as an anti air and could follow up with a combo if you hit the opp on the ground while Back LK works about two times before the cheap 90s AI gets its s. I can't even get past the 3rd or 2nd enemy nowadays though. Takes so many continues to beat on normal difficulty

[@leandroborrego9780]

LOLed at the Phoenix Wright theme at the ending 😂😂

[@bluebloodgaming614]

Scorpion or smoke for the win every time. Just have to get him knocked down once. Once Kahn is on ground, run up to him smash LP a couple quick times then spear, uppercut, run up him, lp,lp,lp, spear, repeat.

[@joaopires1761]

10:43 "He's broke!" Bro can't beat Shao Khan in a fist fight, he gotta mention his financial situation.

[@hush4162]

Shout out to Sam for being super humble. Wong that jacket is fire brah

[@NorthernConnectFilm]

I love how Justin and me had the same reaction to Tiger's age. I'm 37, Tiger you look FANTASTIC sir!

[@lptyger]

Why thank you! 🤪

[@loud865]

2:50 that's walmart Kevin Durant

[@axiscrevite]

17:25 That caught me off guard 🤣🤣

[@crowejagerson3628]

Shao Kahn probably took more than $.100.00 worth of quarters from me in the arcade days

[@thetruthisoutthere5173]

Hey Justin, are you gonna be on EVO with 3rd strike???

[@lilbunnyfoofuug3887]

I have played SOOOOO much MK 1,2,3 and UMK3 and MK trilogy growing up. They are still my favorite MK games to this day. I feel you should do KI or KI2 on the next tournament.

[@KenshiroJinsei]

Props for him for sticking it out I ain't going to lie though bro look too stressed on the sticks

[@kennymccormick8295]

Why would you lie? Such a dumb saying.

[@GeoGyf]

@@kennymccormick8295 Whats the lie? Indeed he was rusty & stressed out as well. But he had an actual strategy, thats why he won.

[@mauricewashington226]

Fun fact: I had 110 wins in a row on UMK3 Arcade, since I knew the way to not only beat the game on Expert with Human Smoke, but keep playing by performing a certain number of specific tasks (like play Ermac at the end of the choices and then defeat him by Mercy), et cetera. Only reason why I stopped, was because I had to go home. Haha

[@edmundchu6771]

I usually play umk3 arcade down the street on highest master setting and sometimes i don't continue and beat the game but the controls have to be perfect and nobody ever cares when i succeed and I still get too loud when i pass the endurance stages!!! One of the more difficult games to beat on the hardest master tree without continuing that I have passed!!!!!

[@RaphaelDurden]

EZ. Sheeva! Under Upper! Under Upper! Under Upper! Under Upper! Under Upper! Under Upper! Under Upper! Under Upper! Under Upper! Under Upper! Under Upper! Under Upper! WIN!

[@John14vs6_]

In the arcade in the early 2000s. I used to beat him all the time. I mastered this game as a kid I'm now 37 years old.

[@rcblazer]

The most reliable way I was able to beat Shao Kahn was to use the Net, Uppercut, Net trick with Cyrax.

[@rudeboymugen26]

18:18 he thinking about the $100. Lol y'all 90s babies are something else. Lol

[@Robeebert]

It was a different time! 🤷💵

[@lockie144]

Crouch + Block, then Upper Cut. His shoulder charge misses, and so does his knee charge. That's for original MK3, not sure if that works for Ultimate.

[@0Diazzz0]

I played this game like crazy and I can tell that Shao Khan has been giving mercy and been fighting on his lowest 'intelligence' on the hardest mode. If I play Mortal Kombat I can influence the cpu 'intelligence' by the input of the fight and the outcome and scorestreak. When I reach Shao Khan at his highest form of 'intelligence' he fights even more brutal and counteracts your own imput. He doesnt give a winpercentage at that level and when you do beat him the entire game crashes. That said this challenge is still quite relentless because he counteracts the standard crouch and uppercut after a few repetitions. He is also able to shoot without limitation if he feels like it. The easy way is to freeze him with subzero after uppercuts and when out of reach you simply hit him with a low sweep attack and shoot straight after. He can be beaten by everyone if you have the skills and if you dont make him angry. 😂

[@RealMACGamer]

I just love watching someone talk shit on the older games and then get worked

[@barryschalkwijk9388]

I remember kicking the shit out Shao Kahn in UMK 3. you can just duck his projectile if you don't block i think.

[@Freefall347]

I think my own personal exploit for fighting him was just a barrage of low fireballs with Liu Kang. I think it basically gave a 50/50 chance of winning (he basically starts chucking spears, so you just hope most of them go over as you're throwing). I do remember though also spending something like 4 hours straight fighting him, because I insisted on wanting to beat the game with Noob Saibot, who I think must have been one of the worst characters to fight him with.

[@RobertSmith-nx6tw]

They say these games suck because they not capable of mashing those buttons for the combos

[@mysticguava2453]

Omg I was so hype that guy beat it!

[@Ky0usha]

That subzero just really wanted to flying kick him...

[@drmuk7777]

This is the first video I've seen of yours I could actually pull off with a few chars. I miss that game

[@chikedonaldibewuike4867]

This version of Shao Kahn was so weak to cheese, it was almost unbelievable. I think I beat him with every character in the game. That was nearly 20 years ago though.

[@coolvon1212]

Liu Kang low fireball until Shao Kahn throws the flying knee and then that's when you uppercut him, FLAWLESS VICTORY!!!!!

[@TheCynicalJay]

"old mk sucks" *gets beat into the next dimension*

[@WhitePointerGaming]

Unlike the other boss challenges, this AI doesn't look any different to the regular arcade ladder. Very easy to beat if you know what to do.

[@Marzimus]

Sektor all the way. Those first Sub Zero dudes had the powah!!

[@F1ghtGam3r]

That was my strategy back then. Subzero freezing, uppercutting, then freezing agIn while Shao Kahn was in mid air

[@phychmasher]

Wow, it's crazy how few people had ever played MK before. I guess I expected more gamers at an anime and gaming convention.

[@Williamkurk]

This Shao Kahn on Novice mode, and they still getting waxed lol!

[@YanDaMan263]

Justin for the next boss challenge at events please make them fight the Neo Geo Battle Colloseum bosses (King Lion preferred) 😂

[@memphis-uy9sy]

Im 36 i beat that game years ago and I only beat it with cyrex.sha kun was a beast on MK2 and Mk3

[@randyroo2]

Easiest challenge I've seen tbh. Suprised nobody chose Cyrax for the net and bombs.