Kameo Klass with Smoke: Episode 1 - Smoke and Sektor Synergy Guide - Mortal Kombat 1

[@daffyvision2935]

These videos are beyond top tier production value, a far cut above what another MK creator is even thinking of. And so conveniently my favorite character. I love the guides, but if you are making more of these I think it is a great time to see what Smoke/Motaro can do in the current meta!

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

Thats so awesome of you to say, thank you so much!! I'm definitely working on more of them! But yooo it's funny you say that about Motaro. I wrote him off as being useful for Smoke back in early access, but this recent buff to the Low Tailshot makes him hilariously fun to use with Smoke, so ill definitely be making one for them!

[@daffyvision2935]

@AwesomeBRINKS you should consider uploading some gameplays of just low effort content too to feed that algorithm and react to patches to get on that content train. Obviously don't give up your thing but the delivery and comedy and everything is the recipe for a great content creator in general and I think the community needs players like you extra badly. There's nobody else in the world crunching every Shujinko Smoke combo they can think of. It's a sin if you don't get mad views you should become a personality too not just a teacher

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

@@daffyvision2935I've actually thought about what content I could make that takes less time than the guides lol. The guides just take so long for me to make sure I have as much info about the characters as I can get. I've definitely considered reaction type stuff to supplement the other videos, especially for Ermac when his trailer drops. A patch reaction/breakdown is a good idea though! I super appreciate you saying that though dude!! I'm trying to find my niche in this community and grow enough to have my own little corner where I can help people learn in a different way from other creators, while also being THE Smoke and Shujinko guy lmao Thank you again for saying all that and for the suggestions, I will definitely try and experiment with some different ideas to hopefully grow my channel more to support the main guide projects!

[@daffyvision2935]

@AwesomeBRINKS As long as you're making high value informational and guide content, just feeding the algorithm is probably the play. If you could ever do something like a few hour stream, you could do planned segments like Kombat League for a bit, lab for a bit to work on the guide, and whatever else you do. Then you have long form content from streaming, you can edit it down as a videos of kombat league sets, reactions, training sessions and whatnot for KZbin. Then take clips of those fort shorts and tiktoks, then just post about the uploads on socials or how your day/stream went and everything just to keep posting every day or so. Just getting the algorithm to keep pushing you really definitely don't sleep on just how important showing up in people's feed every day is. Doesn't really matter why. I couldn't see why you couldn't do something like Super or Dynasty. Especially playing Shujinko he's a content machine with all the variety and he probably will only get buffed in the future so people will become more interested I think. The MK community and fighting games in general can be really tight knit and niche as you know and if for some reason it doesn't work for you I'm sure there's many games coming in the future that would welcome you, like Tekken, Project L, and Under Night 2, but this content from the first video has been the best informational MK content I've watched from any game since MK9. Ketchup and Mustard videos are really good, but all of their uploads come from their stream like how I was talking about before, and I think it loses some of that structure and clarity yours have. But they have it figured out by making one long piece of content into a bunch of smaller ones. Just playing the game and having fun should honestly be enough to separate you and you definitely shouldn't need to only make super high quality content but the guides will probably be your big meat and potatoes on bringing people in. Just seems like only issue right now is the KZbin algorithm needs to keep pushing it. You probably need to make like as many shorts as possible breaking up various parts of the video. I noticed you have a few but the GaryVee way is posting like 20 damn things a day

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

@@daffyvision2935 Sorry for taking so long to get back to your message, was away for the holidays and just got back. But that is a very good point, im trying to find a balance between putting out content as often as I can without sacrificing quality. These kameo guides I think are going to serve as the more short term vids cuz they require less research and editing than the full character guides do obviously. Im still trying to figure out what shorts I can do besides just combo ones tho, which has been harder lol I really like your suggestions tho with the stream ideas and editing some shorter vids from that! Very good point about the constant posting. I've been trying to get my twitter more active but I have barely any following outside of local connections from Smash tourneys and shit, so I get like no engagement when I tweet new videos lol. I would love to be even a quarter as successful on here as Super or Dynasty tho, so thats the goal! True about Shujinko, I might have to lean more into him with my channel lmao I'm definitely gonna be going hard into Project L in the future, just havent decided if I would make content for it too. But yo thats awesome of you to say! Thank you! It really means a lot. And Ketchup and Mustard are one of my bigger inspirations, but yea as you said, a lot of their informative content comes from stream edits from Mustard, tho Ketchup does also do scripted/more edited stuff for the channel too. My goal with my content was to try and offer a much deeper and heavily structured style of video that caters to people that want more than the more streamlined and freeform type of stuff that they tend to do for their instructional stuff. But as a result, it takes me a lot longer to script and edit in that way. And yup, that is what Im hoping for! Just tryna find more smaller vid ideas that dont take me a month to make so I can try and boost my channel in the algorithm while Im working on the big guides. And yea Im still struggling with what I can turn into shorts from the longer videos but you have given me a lot to think about and I really appreciate all the feedback and suggestions!

[@affectsFX]

Yooo this video really helped me learn smoke. I used to play scorpion and you know hes not that good. Thats why im learning sm9e and this video helped me a lot. Thanks man

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

Thats so awesome to hear!! I'm really glad I could help you out! Actually though, Scorpion is one of the better Smoke kameos. But since Cyrax got nerfed again, a lot of the Smoke players are struggling to figure out what his best kameos are now lmao But youre welcome! Thanks for the dope comment!

[@affectsFX]

I meant scorpion as a player, not a kameo. But for smoke scorpion is a good kameo

[@timchard]

6:50 and beyond had me genuinely laughing, SOLD on Sektor

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

LOL thats awesome to hear! And yessss welcome, Sektor is awesome.

[@SStrunks]

The Smoke prof teaching a masterclass! Learned so much from your Smoke video. This video is just as awesome.

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

Lmao hell yea! Thank you so much for saying that! I'm glad my guides were informative for you! I've got more of these in the works along with a Quan guide so stay tuned after the holidays. I'll have some combo shorts in the mean time scheduled tho!

[@zerneath1221]

Glad people are starting to notice how good sektor is with smoke Been using him for about 3 weeks now and has honestly been one of the best kameos I have found for smoke

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

Yessss same. This was my day 1 team and its great that they work so well together! He's definitely one of the best for Smoke and most fun imo. I find him more fun than Kung Lao. The coolest part is that Sektor seems strong enough that you don't feel like you're nerfing yourself by not using Lao

[@aidanreppert8484]

Hey, I've been struggling with smoke and your videos have helped a lot! They're very informative with a lot of practical uses, thanks!

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

Yoo thank you, that's super awesome to hear! I have more kameo guides in the works and an invisibility guide for Smoke that im gonna release in the near future! Hopefully my guides will continue to help and lemme know if you have any questions!

[@aidanreppert8484]

@@AwesomeBRINKS Sounds great, can't wait for them to release!

[@caracal82]

great video. Instant sub. I am in the process learning smoke as my second main and these videos are pure gold.

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

Yooo thank you! That's awesome to hear!! Feel free to comment on any of these if you've got any questions or anything and I'll try and help however I can! Who is your main?

[@therealshumbucket]

As a smoke sareena main, i thought that end bit was hilarious lmao. Gonna consider checking out sektor this vid was super helpful. Cheers 🥂

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

LOL I'm glad the joke worked and the vid was helpful, thank you! But hell yea, Sareena is still solid but Sektor is just way too fun. Lao Kameo guide is on the way this week too and Motaro after that! Lots of cool shit Smoke can do with various kameos

[@akwasioteng]

This production is top class . Keep up the good work

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

Thats awesome of you to say, thank you! And yes, that is the plan! I'm traveling for the holidays but ill be working on my scripts and labbing during my free time at least so I can get some guides out when I get back

[@Geeksmasher2]

This is the best guide cant wait for the scorpion one, keep up the awesome work

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

I greatly appreciate the kind words! And yes, he's definitely gonna get a video in the near future. Smoke has so many useful kameos, I can probly make quite a few guides like this so stay tuned! I'll probly do Lao next since he's the probable best kameo for Smoke, and then I wanna do Scorpion, Motaro and Goro

[@WalkBesideMe]

Sektor is who I started with and still keep in the chamber whenever I play Smoke.

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

Hell yea same! This was my day 1 team and its still my preferred pairing with Smoke. What other kameos do you like to play with him? I've been experimenting with Motaro since the patch, and if you've seen some of my other stuff, you'll know I really like Shujinko with Smoke lol

[@117ninjanate]

Another very informative guide! Keep them coming!

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

Thank you! That's the plan! I'll be away for the holidays but Quan-Chi guide is the next planned project for when I get back

[@DiorManKD]

great video

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

Thank you very much for saying that!

[@DiorManKD]

More Smoke videos please! Lol

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

@@DiorManKD Theyre on the way! I traveled for the holidays and am away from my main PC so I can only do so much, but ive been working on scripts for a couple more Smoke and kameo synergy videos and I have some shorts scheduled for while im gone. And I really wanna make an invisibility guide for Smoke when I get back, so stay tuned for those!

[@DiorManKD]

@@AwesomeBRINKS awesome bro looking forward to it!

[@slumeasyy838]

i love jax i use the unblockable to make my low tele safe, i typically don’t struggle to open up/read my opponents so he just adds a lot of damage my highest combo was 52% but u sold me and i might be eating crayons for the next week

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

Yea I've heard Jax lets you do some big damage, and hmmm I never thought of using the unblockable to cover unsafe stuff. Imma have to check him out more for sure. KungLao synergy guide is next but ill have to add Jax to the list. And lmao glad to hear it! Sektor is a blast!

[@davidyounis881]

Good stuff man. I hate how Smoke can't combo off his 11 or 1114 into Sektor's tele punch. For this reason among others, I really like to go back and forth between Sub and Sektor.

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

Thank you! And yea I really wish 11 had enough hit stun to combo into telepunch. Its cool that we can still do it with F3>cancel>stand 1>telepunch, but it would be nice if 11 worked lol. I do enjoy that its unique from other kameos tho in a weird way. Like how most can do the full 1114 but Sektor has to do a slightly harder confirm. Sub is looking better and better the more I think about it. Hes the next kameo imma do a Kameo Klass episode for. I just love Sektor's flameburner restands so much that its hard for me to play other kameos lmao

[@davidyounis881]

​@AwesomeBRINKS completely get it bro. Sektor synergizes so well for Smoke. And ya a video with Sub would be dope, I actually started out using Smoke and Sektor when the game released, then went to Lao, and now I find myself using Sub the most - which kind of renders Lao useless imo. But after watching this video, I really want to get back to Sektor haha. Keep up the good work, solid stuff!

[@davidyounis881]

Also wanted to bring this up, and you might be aware, but because you love the restand in the corner with Sektor, you're going to love Sub Zero freeze in the corner, while opponent in the air mid combo, followed by amp smoke ball into 344 - keeps opponent in the corner after decent damage and you're invisible (gotta deal with opponents wake up options though as a downside, but it's not too bad)

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

@@davidyounis881 He really does, dude. He's also one of my favorite MK characters so it double works out for me lol. Usually whenever I play any kind of team/assist fighter, I tend to prioritize the characters i really like, and then try to make their gameplay work lol. I also semi play Havik and Rain, and I like Cyrax with both of them for the same reason. And yooo I also started with Smoke and Sektor. I think before release, I was most interested in Goro, Sektor, and Cyrax for Smoke and I narrowed it down to Sektor within the early access period lol. You should for sure get back to Sektor, but I should also mess with Sub more lol And thank you! Also what makes you say that Sub renders Lao useless? You should check out my Kameo Klass Lao episode lol. Lao gives Smoke a bunch of really neat stuff, besides just all the Low Hat gimmicks

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

@@davidyounis881 oh I didnt realize it keeps the corner, thats sick. I've only really messed with Sub midscreen stuff. Like the 32>212>freeze>EXDB2>J112 I definitely gotta lab more with Sub kameo lmao

[@erikgonzales3178]

Darrius is better for Smoke than anybody else

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

I haven't really tried him much but why do you say that? I'd love to hear any dirt you've found with him and Smoke 👀

[@erikgonzales3178]

@AwesomeBRINKS he's great because he makes the opponent guess between high or low with Darrius' overhead kick and Smokes low shin kick. Plus it resets the combo to do more damage so you can do between 85%- 91% depending on how many vapor cancel combos you do. I've only come across 3 opponents who blocked both high and low attacks successfully

[@erikgonzales3178]

@@AwesomeBRINKS I have a video on my channel

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

@@erikgonzales3178 I didnt think Smoke could easily setup into the OH kick with Darrius without using the spin kick first. Ill have to revisit him in the lab and see what I can find cuz that all sounds awesome

[@user-eg9ox8wg7x]

hi, currently it is still possible to replicate the invisibility setup like in this video at 8:20. I can't repeat it, how about you?

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

Yes it is still possible! I just tried it to make sure. You have to call the far missile (Up+Kameo) right after Smoke grabs the opponent during F121+3, and then cancel into EXDB2 from the F121+3 You should appear right next to the opponent in the air after they get hit by the missile, allowing you to connect J112 Lemme know if you've got any further questions!

[@user-eg9ox8wg7x]

@@AwesomeBRINKS wow wow wow, sektor can do up + kameo??? I don't know that))) I tried this with neutral kameo button

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

@@user-eg9ox8wg7x yesss there is an up kameo and down kameo version to send the missile behind or in front of the opponent respectively. I usually use the neutral one, but using the Up Kameo version is good if your opponent keeps tryna back dash away from the missile

[@acasualguy4000]

How do u do the invis setup with the up rocket?

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

If you mean the one where you can combo into an EX Smokeball using it after F121+3, just call the far rocket at the same time as Smoke grabs the opponent during the end of F121+3. (It would be the 3rd hit of the full string if that makes sense) And then you just go into EXDB2 at the end of the string as normal, and input a J112 as soon as possible after the smokeball explodes Hopefully that helps but lemme know if you have any further questions!

[@acasualguy4000]

Awesome, also any thoughts on sub zero as a kameo? I see a lot of high level smoke players like justnasty using it in a very interesting way, will you do a overview on it?

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

@@acasualguy4000 he actually seems really good. I initially slept on him but after seeing what JustNasty has been doing, I'm starting to see it lol. You get really easy combos into EX Smokeball->J112, and then the freeze basically let's you combo into a reset while invisible, for some disgusting mix. I need to play around with it more but I will definitely be doing a guide on Smoke/Sub! Lao is the next up when I get back from vacation later this week, and then I'll start work on Motaro and Sub kameo guides, cuz I think they both give some gross stuff to Smoke

[@acasualguy4000]

ight awesome, keep it up this guides are great, im currently learning lao rn so ill def watch ur guide on him

[@AwesomeBRINKS]

@@acasualguy4000 Thank you!! Thats the plan! And oooh that's perfect then!