The Most Broken Full-Screen ZONER in NRS History 【MK9 Throwback】

Showcasing the most broken full-screen Zoning character in NRS history. It's a visit to a blast from the past NRS game that many of you may remember...
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[@REO_MK]

If you guys want to see the best Freddy Krueger player in action during MK9's prime, check out this high level match - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hn_JmqKfnKytjaM

[@untouchableMCs]

When you think about it freddy was a zoner in the movies he was always at a safe distance in got close when they were off gaurd

[@PatrickProductions12]

"Okay guys we have one of the greatest and most iconic horror movie villains in our game, how should he play?" "Ah, just have him throw shit"

[@santa5628]

To be fair, Freddy has always been a fucking troll. If he's not terrifying, he does his best to be annoying on purpose.

[@znightowlz6585]

S Hegde yeh I’ve seen all the nightmare on elm street movies (yes all of them even that bad remake) and yeh, Freddy is a massive fucking troll. He’s always wasting time making cheesy jokes such as that one movie where they back in Elm street and he literally controls them like a video game and it’s goofy as fuck

[@ChoseDeath]

🤣🤣🤣

[@masonthorpe4992]

CaptainP12 They sure made him a NIGHTMARE to get in on though.

[@znightowlz6585]

Mason Thorpe Maeziyon heh heh “what a rush”

[@cledsonoalpinista7506]

What I learn from these videos: EVERY CHARACTER IN THIS GAME IS BROKEN IN SOME WAY!!!!

[@skinnyboiiijose3183]

Cledson O Alpinista factssssss

[@znightowlz6585]

Cledson O Alpinista yeh basically

[@ScarsUnseen24]

that... and the fluid movement in this game... are why MK9 was soooo fun. I could go without as much broken shit, but the meta and movement in this was great.

[@xLyrico]

That’s what was great about this game

[@4igami]

Cledson O Alpinista kratos was too

[@IWish2500]

So in MK9 Broken doesn’t necessarily mean top 3-5

[@Me_Baka]

uhm it is go wiki caveman

[@TheMrjleezy]

Ah, I can see where the Injustass, NRS zone-fest began.

[@Cezkarma]

Haha, so funny and creative. But for real, I feel sorry for people who can't deal with zoners and instead rather bitch and moan about it. Y'all funny

[@TheMrjleezy]

Cezkarma Gaming Aw, poor fella! You’re projecting :( Here, have this unopened copy of the next NRS game: i.ytimg.com/vi/YCI0pOdyDAk/hqdefault.jpg

[@Cezkarma]

@@TheMrjleezy lol the sarcastic sympathy trick. Try to be a little original okay?

[@TheMrjleezy]

@@Cezkarma Anything that disagrees with you is unoriginal lol.

[@Cezkarma]

@@TheMrjleezy no, but the same sarcastic sympathy that I always see when people don't have a better comeback is.

[@necromonger9842]

I think they were inspired by him when they were making Zone Kombat 11. Especially when you talk about Zonelet.

[@Random-ig2qb]

Freddy: I'm gonna git you...from full screen.

[@katyushasacorntree6893]

Bro I love your long vids. You should make a 3 hour vid making a tier list based on your play style. To explain ALL the broken little things in everyone

[@ndshreddermn]

So many characters in this game were so broken yet so fun.

[@r3dd219]

Bruh, your Freddy Krueger (tutorial) is the equivalent of Ninjakilla212's (mkx) Liu Kang. Ima casual mk player. I dont remember knowin/doin any of these setups. Dats dope but scary. Gotta pick this game back up. MKX/MIX is still da best (of da last 3 games) n my opinion.

[@sweatyttvwraith1811]

These videos are awesome man keep up the great work !

[@hankflitz7409]

Best Guest MK9: Freddy Krueger Best Guest MKXL: Predator Best Guest MK11 (so far): Spawn

[@hankflitz7409]

But Predator had that range with the plasma cannons and the smart discs. Not to mention invisibility and the skin pack that came with him.

[@Screwz_HT]

I'd argue joker over spawn tbh. Those kb are nutty

[@hankflitz7409]

Lanky One yeah, but you can make Spawn do his kb’s w/out having to go through the processes, plus you can combine them in a kombo for some *serious* damage all at once!

[@jyggalag9838]

Once your finished with MK9 throwback. Is there going to be a MKX throwback series if that's possible?

[@nayxf0393]

Shang tsung Jade and cetrion, skarlet have 10 different projectiles and a teleport for skarlet and cetrion. I now from where that came from

[@kvngneptvne2236]

M2dave is the real freddy

[@skudzer1985]

I'd like to see Freddy redone for MK11. A proper Robert Englund Freddy, not that weird one.

[@bamb0ostick]

I feel that the reason they did the reboot version of Freddy was because the movie came out around the same time. I wonder if the studio paid NRS to do that to promote their movie. I feel like the new Terminator in MK11 confirms this. They used the new Dark Fate T-800 vs the (arguably better) T2 T-800. Dark Fate came out a few months after MK11 came out.

[@dmwanderer9454]

Warner Bros owns NRS which is why we got Freddy, Jason, Alien, Predator, and Terminator. All owned by WB.

[@thenotorious9927]

I would love to see him return to the franchise again in mk11 for kombat pack 2

[@hiddenstick420]

Can you go over MK9 Kratos, id be hella interested to watch that.

[@Jspore-ip5rk]

Me too but I heard he was on the lower spectrum of the tier list

[@buckle5361]

I really thought this was a 2014 vid

[@Wemfs]

Holy shit I forgot just how good Freddy was in that game.

[@joeeeycrak3432]

Any idea why they removed it from steam?👀

[@Spillybob]

So he's basically the Mortal Kombat version of SFV Dhalsim

[@Official_Loafalthelilly]

Dhalsim is that annoying?

[@TalFulano_]

Can you do a series like this with MKX?

[@reskriptor7779]

This reminds me of misery blade scorpion But like way more powerful and with projectiles

[@BIGWH1FF]

nowhere near the same

[@reskriptor7779]

@@BIGWH1FF I explained its difference man idk what you want from me

[@jerekaneplaysthings7755]

I also wondered if Kratos had some broken shit to him. Im pretty sure no one explored him since he was PS3 exclusive however

[@Komod1no]

The Mk11 skarlet is similar to him

[@IVISMiLESIVI]

I honestly feel like someone or some people at Netherealm have a fetish for zoners. I swear their wet dream is a zoning only fighting game. Deadshot in injustice 2 was OP for no reason. Using Bane against him was a joke. Superman in injustice 2 was also ridiculous with meterburn laser. I loved mkx but don't really care for mk11 but as far as I'm concerned netherealm doesn't know how to balance projectile based characters.

[@Ty-RS]

Martian Manhunter from inj1!? How about “most broken mixup character” Batgirl from inj1 lmaoooo

[@DatDudeJayHastrix]

Martian is just insane

[@Bruno-gb1gi]

Who is freddy next to mmh lol that damn orb was so busted

[@mechanics____1410]

REO for someone who has never played this game, what would a full "top ten" be? I think you said Skarlet might be 10th and Freddie/Cage 5th, but how does the rest of the top 10 fill out?

[@slump8665]

kabal cage cyrax scarlet I think melina freddy I think sub is up there, def smoke and 2 other clowns

[@KaanYener07]

Sub Zero,Milena,Scarlet?You are completely wrong.

[@slump8665]

@@KaanYener07 I know scarlet is def up there with her chip combos that do 10% alone

[@slump8665]

@@KaanYener07 even reo said it

[@KaanYener07]

@@slump8665 "I know" who are you?Even Reo said she was mid tier.

[@orionwilson850]

Will you talk about Kratos?

[@warunleashed5333]

16 minutes? Can possible do a 20 minute one?

[@atomicmegalodon1413]

Actually, I remember being able to do a 14 hit combo with him, however you needed to cheat because it took 2 bars of meter and it does the x-ray, but without the x-ray it was still like 11 or 12 hits, freddy had combos my guy

[@uccamplifyz7924]

How did scorpion do against Freddy

[@pringelsthegamefreak]

Please do Kratos!

[@mps4447]

8:42 and raiden

[@adel9802]

That is crazy

[@jmcd21182]

He wasn't a problem to fight against at all unless you really truly suck at the game

[@foolah]

Naw he was pretty good he had a lot of 7-3s and 6-4 matchups

[@NickIntoTech]

*MK11 Jade has entered the chat*

[@Cavemol5823]

Ernie Games she has nothing on this

[@josedacuban86]

Oh I was soooo waiting for this vid. Soooooo broken zoning.

[@thatperson9750]

Wasn't he banned from tornament

[@DarranKern]

Bruh, what about starfire

[@adrianstolarski7859]

Did i hated playing against him i often Played against a guy who was spaming glove throwes or when i got close Just spaming his kick

[@jonahjameson9059]

I feel horrible for Freddy players. Some people just want to play him because he's a cool character but his gameplay is just incredibly toxic. Same goes for Kenshi

[@Blazekid1906]

Literally skarlet

[@cjham5272]

How the hell do you make Freddy Krueger a zoner?

[@Jspore-ip5rk]

Bruh fr I wasn't expecting this

[@ayayronm]

This is why I hate it when NRS gives a zoner high/low mix-ups. They shouldn't have those options up close if they are made to be zoners. It's ridiculous to me.

[@GeneralCba]

Finally

[@NeloGTz]

so kenshi is most broken midle range zoner ?

[@wizrd1014]

Debatable top 5 yknow thats great people who own freddy " nah fam no more mk9 "

[@solomonjoseph193]

Is that Cetrion?

[@specter_of_thestars2500]

Is there a reason Mk9 is being taken down every where on console and PC?

[@cordalepigrum4501]

I think it has to do with the licensing on freddy krueger

[@williamcalhoun883]

@@cordalepigrum4501 nah, it's not that. Warner Bros updated their servers or something and it no longer supports MK9. People that own it can still play it, but not online.

[@cordalepigrum4501]

william calhoun oh... I don’t know where i heard about the licensing issues thing... thanks for clarifying

[@KaanYener07]

Reddit FINISH HIM! mods told it was a license issue.

[@Kefla-main]

william calhoun u can’t play online anymore it be like that sometimes

[@Vinicius-Bigode]

But Kenshi was better :) (I play both tho)

[@Dukelevi12]

Yeah kenshi was better he’ll make a video on him too

[@Hailstormful]

"To beat him, you gotta rush him, do not let him get out" *Character with Frame 1 invincible teleports and armored capture moves*

[@JosephDGuedes]

talk about MK9 Kratos please :(

[@MaskedGuyCh]

Sadly he plays the PC version, which doesn't have Kratos.

[@Vinicius-Bigode]

@@MaskedGuyCh Mods

[@Vinicius-Bigode]

Sadly he was pretty bad, but he had ENORMOUS damage, especially in the corner.

[@MaskedGuyCh]

@@Vinicius-Bigode Good point.

[@aero9710]

@@Vinicius-Bigode Would it even be possible to mod in Kratos?

[@arnaldojunior8924]

Freddy: I'm the best zoner of nrs history Smoke: huh... Pathetic

[@ghostfire1192]

That title would probably go to Injustice 1 Martian or Kenshi. Smoke is more anti zone

[@arnaldojunior8924]

@@ghostfire1192 lol that's what I meant 😂😂 Is just that he's so good at countering zoning

[@glawrk2861]

Zod?

[@Jspore-ip5rk]

He makes cetrion look like trash lol

[@immortalhorde4057]

That's because Cetrion is NOTHING compared to MK9's top tiers, they toned down the top tiers by a ton

[@kingryan1774]

They made this character to fit him so well Mind Games makes sense.

[@linkonedgell894]

They did ok. Freddy should have inspired fear and made you want to run away like he did In the movies. The best way to do that would be to make him a little slower and give him really good damage.

[@j_hitta0591]

@@linkonedgell894they did perfect with scarecrow in injustice 2

[@greenswamponion7330]

Can't wait until you eventually get to Kenshi. Ohhhhh boy

[@kawaiiempoleon8721]

Is kenshi worse or better?

[@down1467]

potato chip he’s broken broken

[@kawaiiempoleon8721]

@@down1467 then why does the title say Freddy's better?

[@ggmasterguiltygear6315]

He's busted.

[@down1467]

potato chip all of his tittles are like that lol

[@kvbvl7285]

Funny how Freddy despite being all this broken wasn’t even considered top 3

[@ghostfire1192]

It's like a UMvC3 situation where every character is broken in some way but some are more broken than others

[@renthevillain1885]

Because everyone was op in mk9 thats what made it fun

[@casono]

Thats why I always loved seeing Quan Chi vids where he would catch a higher tier character slipping with an unblockable set up and everyone would say hes broken... sitting around bottom tier.

[@omnipotantsaibot5845]

KVBVL he was top ten though

[@S2369100]

KVBVL it’s bc of his high hit box. If cage, Sonya, Jax or any other Rushdown character got in on him, you would get good blockstrings. But he also had teleport and armor sooooo 🤷‍♂️

[@fgcsilk9608]

Coolest dude in the Fgc. I mean that

[@bobthereaper1017]

Factts

[@michaelmccoy1794]

Are we talking about freddy or REO?

[@DocLesnar_]

Appreciate this MK9 content. 🙏🏾 especially during these times.

[@djreed1214]

Works all game to get freddy in the corner: Freddy: Ex teleports out

[@nikitaivachtchenko6375]

I'm very curious to see if there was anything broken about Kano in this game. Everyone else has something.

[@TrevarThePastor]

Nikita Ivachtchenko up ball was an amazing anti air, very hard to punish. Some people even counter poked with it. Also had a command grab x-ray. Knives were pretty decent but he had a patch worth of being really good but he was nerfed.

[@huffindoback3776]

@@TrevarThePastor Dude, Kano was hot garbage. MK9 Kano and Stryker are two of the worst characters Netherrealm has ever made

[@huffindoback3776]

This game is fun, but it's lopsided as hell, easily the most unbalanced Netherrealm game. These videos are cool, but they're giving the wrong impression to people who didn't play the game.

[@TrevarThePastor]

HuffinDoback ' yeah he was hot garbage but that’s what he had, like I said he was good for a patch but he was nerfed. Wrong impression about the game? Lopsided? He’s just breaking down the characters individually, it’s not like he’s lying. This game had the least amount of support and patches by NRS, but is still way more fun than the other games they made.

[@huffindoback3776]

@@TrevarThePastor I never said he was lying, I'm saying people are inferring from these videos that "Everyone was OP" which is not at all true. There's a lot of people that didn't play this game, and it shows in the comments of these videos.

[@bamb0ostick]

Here's a pretty good match illustrating what REO was talking about: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5O5dYN6e9F7jac

[@OathOfRevenge]

Thanks for the link 👌

[@Cavemol5823]

If This was MK11 his zoning would break up into two variations imo

[@Bananaman559]

Why is freddy a pain in the ass to play against in every game he's in

[@HaZe_artss]

Bananaman559 fuck him in dead by daylight

[@KaanYener07]

@@HaZe_artss he was kinda trash before rework though.

[@mrscopesman]

Kaan Yener he went from the worst killer to a top 3 killer.

[@kristianbojinov6715]

@@KaanYener07 Still he was a pain in the ass to play against.

[@splinter4161]

@@kristianbojinov6715 His old version was a joke. So easy to bully.

[@ezekieljarek7705]

Imagine Freddy in MK11 with these tools 🤔

[@utku_bambu]

Would be a nightmare indeed

[@Hillthugsta]

People would cry for nerfs

[@creativename152]

After watching these vids i kinda feel bad for saying mk11 is broken😂😂😂

[@immortalhorde4057]

He would be top 1 without a doubt, MK9's top tiers are far more powerful than MK11's top tiers

[@optimistickrishiv843]

Your making me wanna go back to this game even tho I have mk11 on ps4 and mk9 on ps vita.

[@optimistickrishiv843]

george katsanos Krishiv05

[@hakxxawofficial9452]

Mk9 veteran player : man i hate zoning in mk. Leave it to injustice. Mk11: hold my projectiles

[@ArpeggioPegasusMusic]

Press F for the character that caused MK9 to get delisted on Steam

[@XxzanesterxX]

Interesting I always thought kenshi was known as the best zoner in this game. Maybe he's drawing line between full-screen and mid? Maybe kenshi is overrated?

[@CalliphoriBae]

The first statement. Kenshi was a better zoner overall, but not at full screen. He worked better at shoulder charge distance.

[@ejh3679]

i just saw the word throwback and click it for some reason 😂

[@akirra92]

I got my copy of MK9 komplete(with Freddy on the cover art) signed by Robert Englund.

[@josephblight9421]

If you guys want to watch high level Freddy in MK9 check out m2dave, best Freddy in MK9

[@mujaddidi8]

For those that keep asking,this is the general consensus for the top 5 characters in mk9: (Some of these can be moved up and down 1 spot depending on who's making the list but it's pretty unanimous that it consisted of these characters) 1. Kabal (had 0 losing matchups) 2. Kenshi (had busted armor on every special and second best zoning in the game, also had the most lop sided matchups as he 7-3d or worse a ton of the cast) 3. Sonya (safe armored launcher in a game where that's pretty rare, best d2, best d4, best stance, and 4 frame divekick) 4. Cyrax (could confirm any grounded touch into draining YOUR meter and 100% comboing you) 5. JC (most broken offense/pressure/chip) 5b. Some put Freddy here and Johnny at 6 like REO mentioned

[@fatjesus2622]

Who is jc

[@mujaddidi8]

Johnny Cage

[@xxbigshamelxx8759]

I love to see u do kratos that would be fire I want to see what he can do in mk9

[@deniswalczak8577]

Pushback? *Gets flashbacks of playing against Cetrion in Kombat league*

[@AmirAlQuaym]

Just flawless block bro :^)

[@Azteck9]

Freddy needs to be in the next injustice. He'd fit right in with the other characters that rely on this bs...

[@S-W1iper]

Azteck9 no not in injustice

[@TheTimaios]

REO: Meet The best Zoning in The NRS games.... SONYA MK11: bitch please...

[@xWagnerPlaguesx]

The perfect Injustice character. Insanely boring and incredibly obnoxious to fight against. They definitely ran out of ideas with him gameplay wise.

[@VinMann]

NRS was just being lazy Freddy couldve been so much better

[@BAD361]

Wtf i feel like this representation of freddy is really good.. yes, he's probably the most annoying zoner, but this playstyle fits his character really well. And the moves and animations were were done so well, i really liked him in mk9 (except that i'd prefer the og freddy skin).

[@dominiquerosemond5682]

Lmao imagine if he was in MK11 people would be so pussed

[@aero9710]

Zoning is a lot more annoying in a game with no mobility

[@Khan-_-Art1st]

He'd be cool if he came back

[@dominiquerosemond5682]

@@aero9710 MK11 has as much mobility as MK9 besides teleports

[@dominiquerosemond5682]

@@Khan-_-Art1st imo he would but there would be people who complain

[@BIGNASTY1234556]

@@dominiquerosemond5682 plz stop lying your better than this...

[@aidanfgc8312]

Do kratos

[@yogaflame4128]

This looks more like a MK game but MK 11 on Xbox/ps4 looks 1million X better

[@Xarktrader]

smoke doesnt recover in time when throwing smoke bomb against the up spikes, and freddy doesnt need to even zone against smoke. deffo not a 7-3 match up

[@DeadTalkLive]

Very interesting video ♥♥♥! As a horror fan and fellow KZbinr, I am on the lookout for new ideas!

[@Xarktrader]

freddy better than johnny, johnny had very bad matchups due to his low mobility

[@Hitherto90]

I respect this game more for making everyone broken but still balanced.

[@bonecrusher9781]

Freddy projectile pushback sounds like cetrion in mk11 before her nerf 🤔.

[@shadowlegion50st10]

bone crusher she still has push back

[@bonecrusher9781]

@@shadowlegion50st10 damn they still havent nerf her push back because i remember when she would throw that big boulder at you and it would move you full screen.

[@shadowlegion50st10]

bone crusher she is the reason I don’t like the game when I see cetrion I quit the game . why would they give a character with cancerous zoning tools a teleport?

[@bonecrusher9781]

@@shadowlegion50st10 yeah i agree, i love cetrion as a campaign character but multiplayer i think they overdid it with her but then again she is a goddess.

[@umarrashdan51]

@@bonecrusher9781 they should at least make her teleport super punishable. There's no reason for it to be that safe

[@khamaji09]

i was a johnny cage,kenshi,cyrax and noob main. i still beat freddies ass but it was annoying as fuck, i lost some matches. Plus due to player error, its Only so long before they spam and fuck up. Remember guys no matter how good you think a player is. Its a hole in their strategy

[@111percival]

how RoboCop should have played

[@dagui2973]

Freddy most broken zoner: Kenshi: O MA GAWWW

[@ScarsUnseen24]

I'm looking forward to your Cyrax video :)

[@markgarza3815]

scarsunseen24 he did it already

[@sammythijs8641]

Mark Garza he only covered his anti air, not the huge pile of other broken shit in his tools

[@turrytheturret]

I loved playing smoke bc my brother spammed freddy and i would just fuck him up every time lol.

[@xLyrico]

What about noob? He’s sort of a zoner/anti zoner hybrid

[@deshawnryder4002]

The new MK11 is two online only you can't urn anything just my opinion still good game just my one problem

[@danielcarr1479]

14:14 what the hell is wrong with sheeva lol

[@Stone9YT]

kratos didnt have to go to him one of the best parry

[@chadcarroll550]

At full screen yoou can legit jump over it trust me its pain

[@czitos666]

My mk9 main , I miss freddy , best zoner nrs ever created

[@Mikman360]

Seems like my kind of character ;)

[@thepear6684]

Is Shao Kahn good in this game or is he trash like in MK11?