Mortal Kombat 1 - How To Play RAIN (Guide, Combos, & Tips)

[@onestep]

What do YOU think of Rain in Mortal Kombat 1!? Let me know! And for more guides check out this playlist 👉 kzbin.info/aero/PLKuP_CzvvqNLvuaBSlRdJnMT-2-ECLFMW&si=Q3HFhuh8E8F4P2y6 Subscribe for more! And take it ONESTEP at a time😎🔥

[@MassGradingTeacher]

I think you got a lot of your 1s and 3s mixed up 🤷‍♂️. Love your content though 👍

[@acropora8]

Unpopular opinion, I like rain better as a mage than a ninja Thank you all for the likes and replies

[@onestep]

Interesting 🤔😅

[@theusmadden2690]

Agree 100% the visuals are so good.

[@packers071]

Fr

[@Snxgzz1]

He could be a ninja wt water staff but more ninja

[@schmiddi5768]

I think that opinion (that I agree with) was unpopular before but since launch I've seen a lot of people coming around on his new vibe, his animations are probably the best in the game imo.

[@withthespeed]

I’m a huge fan of Rain’s redesign I think he looks even more cool as a Mage

[@onestep]

He’s so sick!

[@boneman524]

rain reminds me of the shadow wizard money gang meme idk why😂

[@Sleepinga11dat1m3]

It’s one of the best redesign I have seen in a while

[@LeGoofy23]

@@boneman524 shadow wizard money gang 🥶🧙🏿 we love casting spells 😈👹

[@nomidothespanishdestroyer1247]

Well i am not a fan of his redesign

[@blobdestroyer1792]

All my favorite characters from mk10 and 11 didn’t make it into mk12 and I wasn’t really comfortable with anybody except scorpion and rain. This video really helped me get back into the swing of things for the new game.

[@onestep]

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching 😎

[@peterjozwiak563]

THANK YOU! Whenever I main or try out a new character I check your channel for these guides. You make it simple to understand by giving us the foundation and good combos to try. I'll be honest yours are ~the~ absolute best and golden standard for helpful tips. You are real talented at the game and making videos.

[@onestep]

Thanks so much! It’s kind words like that that really keep my going. Thanks again and thanks for watching! 🔥

[@CaptainProx]

I feel like Rain is more of a counter zoner than he is just an actual zoner. Without his water shield he isn’t gonna out zone many characters with quicker projectiles His tools are slow but they do knock down and push back quite substantially

[@onestep]

Ya true! His moves make for great knock down pressure

[@XenoDithr]

i forgot he had a shield

[@thepuffinlord]

@@XenoDithr in my experience the shield still makes you get hit anyways if you’re standing inside it

[@KombatKrincess]

Thank you for this. As a rain main I needed this. ❤

[@onestep]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@Aames32]

Okay so yesterday you basically taught me Nitara, i went 15/18. Thank you a bunch.

[@onestep]

Nice! Keep it up!

[@Brokeboy_Nomoney]

Bro I swear Onestep has been carrying me learning characters. I was thinking about dropping my main Liu Kang for Kenshi (I learned to play Liu Kang from him) and watched his video on how to learn Kenshi. I decided not to though because I thought it was too hard so instead I learned Kitana and now she’s my sub-main. Thank you so much Onestep for advancing my skill and knowledge in MK1. You really did help me a lot and I’m proud to say that I’m subscribed. ❤

[@onestep]

I really appreciate this my Dude! I’m so glad you enjoy the content 🔥

[@zeeamja1]

Thanks, mate. I love Rain, want him as main guy and needed find a way I can best out off him. I just find his powers pretty cool.

[@onestep]

Thanks for watching 🔥

[@seanis4304]

rain looks so fun, your street fighter vids were great for helping me learn that, def gonna use this when I pick the game up at some point

[@onestep]

Nice! Ya he’s been a blast to play for sure 🙌

[@v1982on]

I love Rain's redesign.

[@onestep]

It’s so good right!

[@Unholy_Triforce]

Actually glad he isn’t a ninja anymore. Makes him more unique at least, to separate him from others. Seems like they intend to flesh him out more too story wise, so that's good too. Gameplay wise, lovely. Definitely a zoner, but there still seems to be plenty of ways to effectively use him up close, even if further distance is most optimal. For sure in my top 3

[@onestep]

He’s been a blast to play for sure 😎

[@t3ng3nro1n3]

So I really like how you broke it down for me but I found something with him you can use montaro rather then the portals to get in faster and do more pressure

[@onestep]

Appreciate it! And great option too!

[@Cachalot-S]

As a mk fanatic who has been playing and mains rain, this guide is accurate and is pretty much foolproof if you use it right.

[@onestep]

Thanks for watching my Dude! I really appreciate the support 🔥

[@shadownerksx]

I love Rain, he is by far the most interesting character in Mortal Kombat, I prefered him as a demi-god, but im glad he finally got a big part in the story mode, well deserved. Maybe he will get some redemtion in the story expansion :) thanks for the guide, it helps me alot :)

[@onestep]

True! I can’t wait to see what they do with him in the expansions! Thanks for watching 🙏

[@slushysplash8801]

Awesome video, good explanation for beginners. I was wondering, what are the best kameo options for rain?

[@onestep]

A whole video on that coming soon!

[@indradracolich]

I'm think about buying mk1 and playing Rain because I love JP in sf6. Smoke also looks sick af.

[@onestep]

That’s actually a great comparison lol the one to JP from SF6

[@indradracolich]

@@onestep The problem is that it's $70 and I don't how much I would play it

[@JoshuaThee]

Thanks for the guide! I’m picking the pace up for him slowly and in the future, few others.

[@onestep]

Thanks for watching! He’s a Great one to pick up!

[@JoshuaThee]

@@onestep I practiced him with Stryker first but then did my first tower run of him with Sonya, seeing if I can gain benefit with the air combos a bit. I’m uploading that run later this month.

[@joeyadams5222]

As a rain main what’s his best wake up attack?

[@onestep]

The enhanced geyser move.

[@TeezytheActivist]

Thank you so much 🫡

[@onestep]

No thank you good sir 🫡

[@erickrodriguez2813]

love the video but I wish you had the combos somewhere up on the screen for the visual to what youre doing

[@onestep]

Sorry! Good idea for future guides 🙌

[@lewnathewerld]

They did tho? At least at the end, the inputs were there

[@moshehhubbard756]

I personally wish they made his super kick into a special and not just one button, cause now you need to hold it, like who on earth is gonna let you do that lol???? I find the water gates useless, everyone already knows why they're there

[@onestep]

I can really only hit it if I freeze my opponent 😅

[@moshehhubbard756]

@@onestep That's why I don't do it, and it does very little damage

[@beaumcnally6358]

I think it was pretty cool to make rain a mage

[@onestep]

@@beaumcnally6358 agreed 🔥

[@DaPreach90]

I'm hoping to main Rain and have a question. Does his portal beam have any practical usage during a match?

[@onestep]

Mmmmm most the time not really, most characters are really aggressive and hardly give you time to do so 😅

[@DaPreach90]

@@onestep thanks for the quick reply. It does seem like a lot of setup and needs meter to pull off

[@DadsOP]

As a rain main, can say that he doesnt know what he wants to do. His range and mid range is too slow and falls to footsies, full screen shooting is not recommended as everyone else has better options bet. I find myself pushing in and just playing him for the mix and combos. Feels veryyyy weak, def not my zoner im looking for.

[@onestep]

Ya I kinda have to agree on this one

[@albergonzo]

How did you get that rain skin? It looks so cool!

[@onestep]

I was just playing invasions and I got It 😅

[@markokeefe1618]

Hi, So I’ve been playing on my dualsense edge and was thinking of getting something a little more tailored to fighting games and MK in particular. I have a tough time with diagonal inputs on my current controller. Do you use any specific type or brand of controller you use or reccomend?

[@onestep]

I actually use a hit box myself 😅 so I don’t even use a controller tbh

[@XDaDon831]

Chat is it better to use the joystick or the arrow keys ?

[@onestep]

I’ve been to many tournaments, and have played many fighting games, and I’ve seen both D pad and Joystick, I’ve found that it’s usually user preference. I used stick for years and found it more comfortable. But I could see why people might use the Dpad. I use a hit box now and will never go back to controller tbh 😅

[@_-nexus-_6257]

Can't even imagine actually being able to do this

[@onestep]

Keep practicing and you’ll get there 😎

[@Eldron2027]

I’m a big hater of new design rain from mk9 is still s tier Hopefully we’ll get that skin at some point Also I don’t understand their urge to give him some whacky weapon starting with mk11 Like WATER is his main weapon

[@onestep]

Yyyaaa my theory is they were making injustice 3 and so “Aquaman”s model became Rain, hence the staff, and similar water abilities. But they just kept the staff, cuz they were crunched on time

[@user-et5zz3ds8s]

Already waiting for the gandalf skin.

[@onestep]

Can’t wait for it 😎

[@thesplashbrothers3131]

What is a good wake-up with rain????

[@onestep]

His enhanced geyser move

[@thesplashbrothers3131]

@@onestep thank u!!!! Amazing vid btw

[@onestep]

@@thesplashbrothers3131 appreciate it 😎

[@Snxgzz1]

He cool but i wish he had ninja aspect

[@onestep]

Same 😅

[@mmind2295]

I wish people would just say like triangle on the Playstation thr number crap is confusing

[@onestep]

I would say “triangle” but then all the Xbox and pc players would have no idea what I mean. There’s a reason we use universal input language

[@mmind2295]

@@onestep I know dude I'm just slow lol good video though

[@Soggywiszar]

I like water and wizards and he is both in one lol

[@onestep]

Love it 🔥

[@teemacmb8090]

Can't do anything after neutral 3 must be a patch it or something

[@onestep]

The timing can just be hard to get down

[@Tacos-ci2iq]

I miss my ninja rain 🌧️

[@onestep]

Kinda same tbh

[@CACTUSJACK_TAURUS]

He'll be back to his normal self in the next game 😅

[@alfredogonzalez419]

2112 seems buggwd it does not come out online

[@onestep]

Mmm interesting 🤔🤔

[@V.IVRusty]

WATER WIZARD MONEY GANG

[@onestep]

💰💸💸

[@soulvessel9040]

I wish I could understand the 1234 but I just can’t dude

[@onestep]

It takes time to correlate the buttons in your head, but once you repeat it over and over, it’ll become second nature 😅

[@macbait9902]

What's the problem ? from left to right and top to bottom. First punch, second punch, first kick second kick. 1, 2, 3, 4. it's just a matter of minutes to print it in your head forever.

[@Zach_Boba]

Yeah, it’s also a new concept to me

[@DadsOP]

Concept is super simple guys top to bottom left to right on all sticks 1 2 3 4 x y a b square triangle X circle And whatever the hell Nintendo is

[@Brokeboy_Nomoney]

⁠@@DadsOPit would be y x b a

[@DenaroThaGeneral6]

Idk how to speak this language 😂😂 I hate watching tutorials on combos. I feel old.

[@onestep]

It’s just the universal language for inputs. You’ll get it down, it’s only 4 buttons after all 😏

[@cesarmv89]

Rain is so hard to play like tier list say?

[@onestep]

Uh?

[@cesarmv89]

@@onestep i mean to used is hard to play with it

[@santosgonzalez1267]

What is 432 ????

[@onestep]

It’s the universal language for inputs

[@PhoenixStar3000]

In xbox for example it would be B,A,Y in that order

[@Brokeboy_Nomoney]

For PlayStation it would be (Circle,X,Triangle)

[@TonySalamonski]

Rain feels like spawn. I hope they add him to the game but Rain is a good subsitute

[@onestep]

Ya rain is a blast for sure!