Is SonicFox's New Main the BEST Character in Mortal Kombat 1?

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SonicFox has a new main that they call the best in the game and I decided to do a breakdown of Havik and why that is. Hope you enjoy!
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[@Nicholas95583]

Petition to get him to do an actual full havik guide

[@rektmaister6837]

Very simple, rob

[@zevssilver]

Just repeat every move he makes.✍️💯🤣

[@straightcaniven906]

I swear I literally studied a sonic havik vid and just practice what he did while also adding my own sauce just gotta watch and learn 😎

[@mohanad4982]

Probably the best breakdown ive seen. Definitely would appreciate if you did more

[@Brrxdley]

Would love a Cyrax guide, the way you break characters down makes it super easy to follow along and truly understand how to play them. Just my opinion tho and yes Havik is insane lol!

[@romarioseaton168]

Xombat you are WAY BETTER at doing breakdowns than you think or give yourself credit for. You could become a teacher actually. Your breakdowns are super simple and clear! Thanks. Keep em coming

[@Flanders989]

Glad my main finally got the buffs he deserves. Hopefully he doesn't get nerfed too soon. Thanks for the breakdown, hope to see you (possibly) play him one day.

[@lilleonmuks6493]

We need that Homelander video.

[@danielodera8878]

Yoo xombat, I enjoy this typa breakdowns. The way u put but homelander and havik on the screen to explain them, can you do Johnny and kenshi. I feel like kenshi is more broken than Johnny but many tier lists has Johnny wayyy up than kenshi

[@habibba6273]

Great video!!! Yeah we like these types of breakdowns

[@ryangibson1578]

I like these type of vids! Def do more of em

[@FAM0US-M0NSTERS-]

Buff Sub Zero

[@baldblindman]

I really like this kind of videos. Maybe you can do one about Ermac? 😃

[@roul3688]

Definitely interested in these videos. I gotta know why everyone puts Kitana in S tier or close. She’s good but she’s not broken like most S tiers

[@0ZeroByte0]

great breakdown loved the video

[@hunterpilkinton2902]

these vids good, i’d like to see more of the other characters

[@mikehall2504]

As long as we still have 33/33/33 mixups characters in the game (homelander and cyrax) we should have Titan Havok 😈

[@VayaEP]

There is a minor skill gap, depending on the cameo you choose. I run scorpion so the timing is different for mavado. Great video

[@Truejota]

Sometimes sonic says so and so is top tier but you’ll know they really are when he starts playing them a lot

[@JKBeatsYT]

It must be the nether snatcher… not skipping forward to find out

[@servbot4672]

I like the breakdowns and Ik you said there is no way to counter havik but maybe for the other characters you can breakdown you can talk about maybe some counter play or ways to punish the character

[@khaifrench3323]

The only way to counter havik is straight disrespect. You can't wait for turns, you can figure out the frame data but that'll only get you so far. If you think it's too random it's not. Havik fights around the opponents play style. Or do what most I've seen which is spam down 1 and run away haha.

[@DogTrainerClips]

Do more breakdowns this is way better

[@khaifrench3323]

Been a havik main since pre release. Its funny seeing new havik players. If you didnt play him pre buff, theres a big skill gap. The mix ups are amazing but will easily be learned. He needs to be played high risk high reward. Maybe its just a creativity gap but not seeing any good new haviks. No aggression and scared to do any move that isnt a mix up.

[@mfrace04]

I feel like it's easy to play him brain dead at first

[@actsofabundance9079]

Yea on paper he’s definitely broke, But on paper and in game is two different things. Meaning in my opinion not too many players have the execution (like a sonic etc..) to make it all work. I’ve been seeing different Havik matches on KZbin and none come close to making him look like how sonic making him look, Does that make him fair? No, But it does make it more of a player thing more than the character. But I do like these breakdown videos. Do Homelander.

[@Brrxdley]

I agree completely, while yes not having damage scaling on his EX neck snap is strong. I’m never going to take the time and effort to practice how to do all my combos backwards… and even if I did, I’d still mess it up all the time online. That being said, I do think his damage is broken, being able to do like 45 to 50% meterless is insane… at least make him spend a bar to do that much damage.

[@Xombat]

That is true but his combos aren't the craziest and as for the inputs being reversed, you can figure it out if you spend minimum 30 minutes in practice. Regardless of execution factor, character def needs to be toned down in what I discussed imo

[@Brrxdley]

@@Xombat Yeah I agree he does need a slight damage nerf, like i said at least make him spend a bar to do that much damage. But at the same time I don’t want them to nerf him too hard cause he was mediocre for so long and they finally made him good so it’s tough.

[@HeisenbonesKR]

Execution is not hard at all. First 5 minutes i was doing the 43% meterless into unblockable for 22% thats 65% if you dont feel like learning reversed inputs

[@actsofabundance9079]

@@HeisenbonesKR By execution I meant Reads, Conditioning your opponent, knowing when to do stuff and not, spacing, anti airs, Combos alone isn’t good execution,

[@odemenaasaba2341]

Yes, please do the Homelander breakdown

[@MuzamilFGC]

Homelander guide needed with both jannet and ferra kameo synergy

[@nolanrivas9049]

Hey wsg I came back to mk1 after the new dlc. How is nitara broken now? A breakdown would be dope. Also ur noob guide got me tip love the charcter

[@aliq_66]

Nah lets just nerf johnny cage 😂😂😂 , the video is awsome and keep uploading this type of videos its really cool 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Xombat]

9 Frame mid end of the world when I’m dealing with this stuff 😂

[@livelikeslime]

lowkey u should drop a full guide for havik

[@cheapmovies25]

Here's the thing me and my friend have been playing this game since it came out for hours and hours a day The first character he chose was havoc and the one I chose was scorpion and I've been saying since then havoc is f****** good maybe not the best but he's f****** good and no one could see that or realize that in the main stream so they buff the s*** out of him because of all the little people on Twitter said he sucks he just wasn't fully developed by them now he's a menace he's unstoppable

[@Nathan-bj2vz]

cyrax guide would do hard

[@true128]

ex neck snap also gives you one free ex move

[@cheapmovies25]

Yeah looping neck snap if u put sub zero after first one lol

[@Anonymous_2.O-f6f]

Imagine this Havik in Ninja’s hands💀😂

[@cheapmovies25]

Also whenever he's in that state after he spends his last bar he is unlimited special moves so he could do another tether you can loop two tethers together and then we chip damage he can get up to like 1300 off of combo

[@khaifrench3323]

No you can't enhance tether in enhance taunt.

[@mgmxetg]

You did a guide for sektor and noob you might as well do it cyrax the same way tho

[@SpartaVik]

Cyrax guide please

[@hazimhayderhazim9459]

If I would nerf anything revert his armor from arm rip and keep his new one And also let his ex neck be the same and add scaling to it and reduce his meterless damage

[@bigd8812]

We need Fujin!!!!!!!

[@anthonyharrow3891]

can we start talking about why havik has ninja jump? i feel this issue is over shadowed by everything else but it's a legitimate issue from my pov.

[@fortunefiderikumo]

Hope they buff Shao like this too

[@earlthepearl6414]

Shao is the one character they haven't even so much as touched.

[@romarioseaton168]

Why does he get an EX hand hit after he spends all 3 bars? Is it because his moves get reversed?

[@Killmonger23363]

xombat please do some sparking zero content brother

[@SeanBjerke]

Which upper tier characters would you say players have to play really well to earn what makes those characters good? I don’t think Ermac is TOP, but I think he kinda falls into this category.

[@thegods4670]

The playstlye u had in mk 11 I'm surprised u don't play li mei

[@neoconnor4395]

I think they buffed Havik way too much. I'm an Ashrah main, and Ashrah is best with kameos that bring her health down to 950. Then the Ferra meta hit, and I have to fight Homelander - the most broken character in the game with 1100 health, and now Havik has 1200 with Ferra and it's okay because as mentioned the people who stuck with Havik up to this point? Okay, Firstly what are they doing? Why stay so loyal to a horse that doesn't win? So it's like... Okay, your horse got some PED's, and you have 1200 health... and I've got 950. Like, its okay but it's a chore. Next to my Ashrah they have like, MK2 Shao Khan/end boss health and I do alright against them but it's a pain. It's like climbing a mountain. People complain about Ashrah and I swear she is only viable in the new meta with kameos that give her 950 health, so she's at a huge disadvantage with health! And people are like, "She's top tier! She's top tier!" She WAS top tier. In this new meta with all these roided out DLC characters it is a struggle for people using the base roster, and it's frustrating because nobody enjoys feeling like they're progressively getting worse at a game, which is exactly what it feels like with all these buffs they've given Havik, Scorpion, Nitara, etc. It's like, why should I have to fight a Homelander with 150 or 1100 health when he's already better than my character, and my character has less health? If anything I'm down with characters like Havik getting new moves and combo routes, but why the massive health buffs as well? It's literally unfair bad balancing. Pay to win.

[@Anonymous_2.O-f6f]

Please do Homelander, I get cooked a lot by him

[@Truejota]

I think they have changed havok in a shadow update cuz my homie wa breaking regular arm rip armor in 2 hits

[@cheapmovies25]

Would I suggest like what I've been doing you have to use a character that sucks meter because if you can just take a little bit away from his three he can't do the touch of death so Serena cyrax anyone Darius anyone that can suck meter

[@SilentiumCivis]

Get rid of his 3 bar neckbreak and hes left with combo extensions, people will still complain hes op smh Now everyone is complaining about the moves hes had since day 1 because he got combo extensions lol Thought he needed combo extensions? Truth is Havik was never trash, just had short combos but it was easy to land multiple because his tool set is amazing; Long combos do not = good

[@Mavado_Catolico]

Nitara , havik , Homelander , kenshi , top 4 But people still thinking Johnny Is broken when the only players that use him Is Nicolas AND xombat , but still not better thant top 4

[@radfield6089]

god raiden was ssooo op, good thing we nerfed him.

[@earlthepearl6414]

NRS has problems giving characters fair and balanced buffs. Wow.

[@servbot4672]

W vid tho

[@GLOCKCHESTER131]

I’d rather all characters be strong or “ scrubby “ as yu say then all of them be boring & not fun to play remember what we just went thru year 1 im more happy where we at now 😂

[@tvanza7791]

His roll is aimed. If they are close hold back. That's why that roll was missing around 20 min mark. Also, I'll watch and learn from whatever videos you put out brother.

[@Xombat]

Did not know that 😂 appreciate it 🙏

[@laderricpiner2748]

Lol nrs will create a fighter just for sonicfox

[@servbot4672]

Homelander guide 🫣🫣🫣🫣

[@d7b50]

Didn’t all they do for nitara is give her a combo off of her dive kick? I don’t get how that is overbuffing her, I have never played her so my bad if I’m missing some buffs they gave her but I don’t get how something that small can be considered over buffing her. If anything it is ferra that gives her the “scrubby” playstyle you are referring to, and even then it is just brain dead 50/50’s which isn’t a new concept in this or any other NRS game. She always had high damage, ferra just opens up more situations for her to get to that damage and it’s not really nitara or her buffs fault that she has good syn w ferra. I just want our community to move away from the calling everything broken thing, because when you say it in a way that just means “really good”, but a thousand dudes at home hear you say it and use it as a perfect excuse to complain on twitter instead of hitting practice mode. Some characters are just always going to be good, the community desperately needs to get away from wanting everything nerfed all the time bruh it is 90% of the discourse surrounding the game.

[@Deeplasher]

I swear sonic only plays op characters 😂

[@Rolldadice27]

The fact that havik is super easy to pick up and that pop up low this character is hella annoying and cheap

[@thecoldest4life]

pls do a vid showing why smoke is a dogshit character so I can jus link it every time someone says smoke isn't bad jokes aside I rly hate how nrs does these unhealthy buffs to these characters. nitara rly didn't need ex dive kick to be safe AND launches. havik didn't NEED 50/50 mix. Jus comes off as short sighted

[@itsyaboyrappa4197]

Are you posting these videos for him to get nerf? Lol

[@Profetticity]

It's his expansion let him be top 1 broke for a bit

[@DreBagsGaming]

Nrs is always doing this and i hate it, where do they get their info on what to buff? The fact they gave liu a safe ender off back 2 tells u everything smfh, gave geras a pop up off f3 that no one asked for but made it not worth trying with his main kameos cuz the link is tight as shit so u end up losing utility u would have with ferra or motoro just to combo the f3 consistently but they wont extend the hit box on his d1 which wouldnt hurt anyone, it would just help geras and align him with everyone else which is what EVERYONE asked for so it begs the question WHO DO THESE PEOPLE LISTEN TO??? They clearly don't play their own game so I'm confused

[@MyAuraMyEraMyMe]

They actually nerfed liu,

[@DreBagsGaming]

​@@MyAuraMyEraMyMedid they? Good, he's nothing but f4, grab and projectiles, id love a liu overhaul that doesn't include F4 spam every .5 seconds that force u into a poke war or armor spending just to efficiently get out of the brain dead pressure

[@DeathmonkeyN]

What about mileena And her 2 touch that's been around since the beginning shit is annoying

[@Wayn3z]

Sonic so annoying 😂 meanwhile my boy sub out here struggling since launch even with the few things they did the character is still assss

[@CarloneLNGLD]

No havik isn’t the best

[@fredrandle8994]

Next show why Tanya bottom 3 now, she suck so bad now😂😂😂

[@sircoolnes2879]

You’re still washed (and mileena bottom 1)