The Most Broken String in NRS History 【MK9 Throwback】

[@brokesincemk9474]

Funny u mention Jax was a Hitbox character, and the person who main him was hitbox tyrant

[@iMorands]

God I miss his matches. That guy was never not a show!

[@kombatqueen5068]

@@iMorands the Jax mirror between him and CDJR is 1 of the best sets ever

[@iMorands]

@@kombatqueen5068 it still is THE best set in the history of NRS games free. MKX's Cowboy vs ForeverKing being second, but far off.

[@kombatqueen5068]

@NearLight thats it!

[@jusbertmeza4424]

SaSSolino I think dizzy vs sonicfox combo breaker grand finals mkx is my personal favorite set I seen live

[@stevester9148]

*Me:* I play the character that looks the coolest and personally resonates with me *MK competitive fans:* I play the character that has endless frame traps, effective footsies +1 on block, +4 for wake up attacks, singular combo strings, anti-air parrys and punishment damage, invincibility frames when the opponent uses back 2, 50/50 on low attacks, 16 frames on overheads, quick recovery on + 2, strings and blocks that lead to easy punish on +3, launching attacks that are safe on armor, meter burning on chip damage and 5 frames damage on counter-attacks.

[@Savage_7_99]

Yeah man it's crazy how some people take a game so seriously. Its ment to be fun and not something to over ANALyze so you don't ever loose.

[@blizzardt1964]

@@Savage_7_99 I mean if you are playing for money or online rewards then you would want to play the s tier characters

[@Savage_7_99]

@@blizzardt1964 True

[@dhayris160]

Personally learning all those things is fun for me. I still play who I like, but I want to be good with them do I study and practice.

[@WastePlace]

Hingle McCringleberry I mean winnings fun too lmao. I don’t think people want to play a character that lacks the strengths of a better one for no reason

[@hhTHEBOSSANATERh]

I love mk9. It has always been my favorite game and i love how broken every character is

[@chadcarroll550]

Unless you are kano

[@roronoa_zoro968]

@@chadcarroll550 Or Jade

[@bloojai8808]

I kinda wanna go back to mk9 where every thing was broken but every thing was so so punishable

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug6314]

Wow, Mk9 must be very broken. Almost every "The most broken / best ... In NRS history" video is about it

[@onilion5679]

Yeah the game was if not one of the most broken NRS games in the series.

[@fighter2013pl]

The cheap damage in this game was insane.

[@gaybro9289]

You meant chip?

[@fighter2013pl]

Yep. English is not my strongest side.

[@Ben_chesmoor]

Don’t worry, everyone got you meant chip. You’re good, my dude.

[@nicholas3141]

Actually I think chip and cheap are correct

[@kholdkhaos64ray11]

Both are pretty accurate considering how exploitable the chip strings can get.

[@kryptiiq-_-6484]

I like these type of videos. Makes me remember how much of a broken gem MK9 was

[@thetrollspuppeteer5121]

Mk9 was best mk game out and had best roster throwbacks of mk 3 remastered i miss mk9

[@shanethefox]

As a Jax main in MK9, I had NO idea he could cancel his ground pound at any point, holy crap the application to that would've been insane.

[@ssway28]

I found that out on accident lol

[@fabrictoucher152]

Freaking tyrant dudee. He's godlikee

[@benjaminjebb867]

“Pretend I’m actually good at this game” When actually during this games hay day was the best player in the world lol

[@joshAKAtheman]

hard to say best player overall. he was prolly the best kabal in the world but that doesnt really translate into best overall player

[@KaliTheThunder]

@@joshAKAtheman He is number one mk9 as Google saying

[@ciciad2010]

Lol the self-downplay is real!!! Reo is a legend like omg

[@NGJ05]

God I miss this game. Will forever be one of my favorites

[@chadcarroll550]

I see a man of culture

[@C0untJacula]

Daaaaaaaaaaaang Reo this video was crazy good! When MK9 first came out, I was too young to be any kind of good at the game, so I didn't know any of this kind of stuff even existed. I now understand why all the NRS pro players fav MK was MK9 loooooooool. Great work man!

[@josephkerr5018]

Really wish I got into competitive with mk9 I didn't start understanding frame data till mkx

[@RickyUltra]

Same mk9 was when i started learning combos and strings, X is when i actually started learning how fighting games work.

[@dufferego87]

Rick Esquilin dude same, I started learning combos in mk9 as well with ermac and I thought I was the shit lol. Screw neutrals. When I got hit and knock down, I just woke up and mash lift and slam move . Then realized how bad I was at fighting games when I played mkxl. Not mkx cuz characters had armored launchers lol.

[@discorabbit]

Jax has the same legs as sonya

[@EPIKGamess]

Player: Is this It plus this time? Mortal Kombat: TEST YOUR LUCK!

[@heavenlyspawn798]

Why are y'all not doing anymore podcast.

[@REO_MK]

We're doing one around when Spawn releases.

[@mayfield0707961]

This videos are very interesting but how did y’all play this shit lol

[@rickrude7868]

Tracy2x the game was so broken its crazy how they love this shit

[@hhTHEBOSSANATERh]

@@rickrude7868 its a fun game when every character had something broken even sindel ( a bad charachter) had a block infinite just by d4 into float cancelling into d4 again.its a very fun and interesting game to get into

[@rickrude7868]

hhTHEBOSSANATERh i come from a sf kof MvC CvS Tekken background, i understand some broken fun, but god damn.... its hard not to play what i was playing to play this 🙃imo

[@takgillo]

@@hhTHEBOSSANATERh Wasn't MK9 that game where the low tier were utter trash and unviable compared to the top?

[@sgt.zaitsev287]

@@takgillo yep. So was MKX. Idk why people view MKX in such high regard. Easily the most toxic game in the series

[@SupremeSupreme]

The damage scaling was so great

[@hanzobi1926]

This makes me wanna boot up MK9 again. Pity they didn't support it long enough and patch it out more.

[@XT-ATTACK]

More MK9 plsss I love these vids

[@Scum_Dup]

How much I miss playing Jax in mk9 😭 a lot of great memories playing this game 💯 this Jax is the reason I played him in mkx and (you guessed it) he still was a corner controlling monster 😂

[@lizunchx6049]

Now that’s a double-blind 50/50 if I’ve ever seen one

[@iio4608]

can you do more of this stuff for mk9 and mkx? incredibly interesting

[@smokey3504]

I really can't wait for you to try and find something broken about Sheeva

[@mrthanos8140]

He should’ve did this against sindel

[@SaiKisaragi]

In that game's cut scenes, characters couldn't use abilities. That's why Smoke couldn't just teleport out of those Cyber Lin Kuei and why Smoke gave those pitiful slaps to Sektor lol

[@mrthanos8140]

Sai Kisaragi I know I’m just joking it’s dumb that they do that but he could do that because it’s not a power but a combo lol

[@Bowfella]

Easily the dumbest cutscene in all of Mortal Kombat. They killed off SEVEN characters in the most anticlimactic way (except for Nightwolf) in the span of ONE minute... With plans of only bringing back ONE of those characters over the span of two games.

[@bryanbridges6152]

I never heard about this till now good shit Reo.

[@theuglybunny]

It might have been said already but you don't even need to dash after ex ground pound in the corner. Just overhead splat, ex groundpound, then standing 1 to pickup and loop. Btw loving these videos!

[@BAD361]

i mained jax :) it was still hard to play him since he had a lot of BAD matchups like spam or tp chars or SONYA/KABAl, but i liked his rushdown playstyle and character overall, also resets were hard online, but doable... ah, nice memories, thanks REO

[@5izzy557]

Man this game was busted as hell, totally awsome memories with it regardless though.

[@eahco8476]

Ain’t an REO vid without a bit of “look at that chip damage”

[@BLH97]

I love this game

[@arrownoir]

05:56 Even Nightwolf’s head cape is shocked.

[@huaynaX]

next mk9 broken character: KABAL WITH HIS PLUS ONE MILLION NDC EX ARMOR WHO CAN GO THROUGH EVERY GAP IN THE GAME AND HIS ONE MILLION CANCEL OPTIONS

[@osas201]

I main Jax in this game I was so beastly in this game with him. I think I watch all the hitbox tyrant videos back then he was a beast with Jax! Damn what happen to that guy

[@iMorands]

Honestly you don't even need to cancel the ground pound to combo in the corner. I remember doing that combo as I played Jax quite a lot and I didn't even know you could cancel it after the hit.

[@mujaddidi8]

Yeah, exactly! The d1 or standing 1 would cancel the gp by itself

[@d3m0n1ckahn8]

Still the best mk ever.

[@bryanbridges6152]

I disagree

[@d3m0n1ckahn8]

@@bryanbridges6152 we all have are opinions 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@bryanbridges6152]

@@d3m0n1ckahn8 yep the animations looked like crap and the movement looked clunky. Has so much overpowered shit and glitches.

[@bryanbridges6152]

@@d3m0n1ckahn8 mk9 is the most overhyped mk game ever

[@d3m0n1ckahn8]

@@bryanbridges6152 😂👌🏽👍🏾

[@ICY-HURR]

Lol “pretend I’m good at this game”

[@xierraleone1905]

This guy studied this game down to a science

[@WretchedWes]

These videos are so fucking fun to watch

[@pittykitty6503]

When Jax felt like Jax, I don't know who that guy with the daughter is in mk11 aka family kombat

[@rustedcoin9341]

Jax looks like shit in MK9

[@rustedcoin9341]

@@adiris8827 He was black I guess

[@sotothankyouidied]

" I don't know who that guy with the daughter is in mk11" that was jax

[@pittykitty6503]

Skarlet Just the atmosphere of mk9 and downwards felt MKee. Not only is mk11 gameplay watered down, the characters personalitys are also. Human scorpion makes me cringe

[@rustedcoin9341]

@@pittykitty6503 Lol you act like MK9 story and characters were good in the first part.MK story and characters suck and attacking the game on that is ridiculous. Also MK11 is way more balanced than MK9

[@armasapee]

When he said he wasn't even top 10 I was like bro I only play top tiers.

[@pinglocalhost]

MK9 > MKX,MK11 who needs balance. 😂😂😂

[@openthemouth454]

Mk9... The goat...

[@grannywalter]

Oh btw you don't have to dash cancel the ex ground pound in the corner. The d1 connects after it anyway with no cancel. The corner reset is easier than Reo thinks.

[@Rohtix]

Sounds like a good game

[@ImarBenIsrael]

Seeing this shows me how nrs as a fgc dev from the beginning till now never really got it together despite all our expectations of them. Somehow they mad more fun and entertaining games in their past . Had lots of love and passion in their older projects . Now, it's the most balanced and for Mrs that means alot coming from them and they found a way to be less fun and entertaining in the process. Can't get rite is the term . Anyway great content reo. That shit look like a nightmare to deal with but back then that's all u had and u guys cherished that broke and cheap shit and rode it out to now. Now, where it's less fun but more balanced..... In nrs standards of course .lol

[@dominiquerosemond5682]

Fun and entertaining is very subjective. There's people who enjoy MK11 as much as the other 2 NRS

[@ImarBenIsrael]

Absolutely correct and I hear u. But word around the campfire and the grapevine alot of pros don't like the game for more objective reasons than my casual subjective one here. So we goin see as I'm honestly most interesting not for this game but how the scene treats itself and the game after the pro series is done

[@Cezkarma]

@@ImarBenIsrael you do realise that whichever game is the current NRS game gets shit on by its community until the next game comes out right...? And then people love it and go on about how much better it was than the new game. MK9 and Inj1, it was the balance MKX, it was the 50/50s Inj2 it was the zoning When the next game comes out people will be in love with MK11 and will be going on about how much they wish the current game was like it.

[@ImarBenIsrael]

Yea I notice that. That's ... Weird . Can't explain the hate for a current nrs game and the fake love for the older one. All I Kno is casuals don't like it either despite it being made for them by decrease the gap in skill and they def pissed off the pros cuz it simplifies the joy of a fgc game being about many nuances. Everyone plays the same, it's just based more so on how a person whiff punish or out footsies who . Which is cool but that can be accomplish without the dumb down too. Honestly from stue expose Kotaku had on them, the solid proof of more content, dlc and gear they had before the launch. Them canceling these things. The fact that we know for sure the Variation system for most the cast was implemented with the devs having enough time to fully flesh things out. The crunch and shady stuff behind the scenes . The decisions overall for mean makes me think this game wasn't worth full price and we low key got a polished enough beta . This game feels way more incomplete coming out as we are led to believe. But maybe the time this game lasts it may bring more to it. The Kombat pack even from its price and content . It's off and on. This game was goin to get story dlc and a ton of stuff but gone. I def don't see an hundred worth in it , not even 60 dollars worth. I've tried to give myself the sunk cost illusion but there's something about it. Even trying to play for a period of time is awful as a experience.

[@sotothankyouidied]

I dont know how you can look at the attention to detail in the character models, environments, special moves, fatality's and brutality's, not to mention the story mode for the game and come away with the idea that love and passion was not poured all over this project.

[@rbents2067]

Dude , all I want is mk9 with mk11 graphics 😱😱Just imagine that

[@ALPHACIPHER]

The EX move is so broken it breaks nightwolf's hair too 9:20

[@osas201]

They need to make this game backwards compatible asap!!!!!

[@gtadavi]

Next video "the most broken special move in NRS History: MK9 NOMAD DASH with free cancels and flash armour"

[@williamcronshaw5262]

What about the 0 frame instant air gas blast that Kabal could actually combo off of if he caught you trying to jump?

[@ExplorerST2023]

I learned this from vman

[@slash1635]

That is how many times he said plus ten 👇

[@6n100-ent]

I’d think anything cyrax and his infinite strings take the cake

[@redguardhammerfell1101]

The lack of any real damage midscreen on hit and its unsafeness against small hitbox chars was too big of a flaw to make that string the most broken string in NRS history. Even lower tier chars like Quan Chi or Sektor could beat Jax due to that one flaw alone. And I feel like Jax's offense in MKX was stronger than it was MK9 overall. Like, if MKX Jax opened me up, there was high a chance I could get steamrolled for rest of the match. MK9 Jax, if it wasn't the corner, it was whatever.

[@mujaddidi8]

I was thinking the same thing.. At a high level, this string was literally unusable against most of the cast.. If memory serves, Sonya, cyrax, Johnny, kabal, kung lao, kitanna, reptile,and even Jax himself could all d2 on reaction.. That's already 8 of the top 10 characters.. F4 grab was amazing though

[@redguardhammerfell1101]

@@mujaddidi8 F4 grab actually whiffed too, and some of those chars you listed could do more than just a d2, they could full combo punish a f4. Also, not all big hitbox chars got destroyed by Jax. Kenshi, Liu Kang, Shang, Freddy and smoke had big hitboxs and either went even or beat Jax. F4 was really strong, but most broken in the "history" of NRS games...yeah that's way too much.

[@opsm4817]

This question is for all... do you think hard to do infinites/ Plus on block pressure cancels are good for the any mk game and fun to practice/lab?

[@sgt.zaitsev287]

No. Infinites should not exist in any fighting game. How is it fun or fair?

[@sgt.zaitsev287]

Cancels are fine, because you can punish them

[@sotothankyouidied]

no its trash

[@hhTHEBOSSANATERh]

Btw the combo i did with jax was f413 12 12 du4 dd4ex 12 12 du4 dd4ex and keep looping it

[@grannywalter]

Okay. That's it. I'm going to go play mk9 right now.

[@RyuGoomba]

you don't need to dash cancel ex ground pound for the unblockable corner combo lol just do d1 into 12 juggle it's very height specific tho

[@ssway28]

Damn so you're saying I was doing broken combos in the corner and i had no clue lol

[@josephturner6277]

Jax was my nigga in mk9 best mk

[@almightyrasen]

MK9 huh..? *sweat turns into ice on my cyber lin kuei helmet*

[@aladarlm4347]

Oh, so it's like highborn Kitana at Mk11. With her random frames on her fans. Not +10, but still...

[@hhTHEBOSSANATERh]

Her frames are not random u just have to react

[@aladarlm4347]

@@hhTHEBOSSANATERh they are, depends on 1st hit

[@WoodyWoodson1984]

Highborn is such a scrub character.

[@slickshotzz13]

Kitana's fan frames isn't random because of the game, it's random because of the player. It depends on what you do as the player that determines the frame data

[@aladarlm4347]

@@slickshotzz13 kk, if you have any links on tips and hints I can do against her, I would be appreciate

[@Harvey_Mod]

So I guess the rule of thumb in MK9 is, if everyone is broken, no one is broken

[@tongbeiquanmaster6543]

What's the source for the thumbnail? I like the art and I want to check it.

[@johnfakester5527]

That’s what I was wondering

[@Kn1ghtborne]

As a Noob main I pray someone tries to corner me in Mk9. Just try and corner me in Mk9. I'd honestly rather deal with this than the Mk11's 2000 crutch mechanics because at least everyones fast 11 is too balanced which sucked the fun right out the game.

[@phosferrax]

psy lence so you’re saying you’d rather get cornered by Mk9 Jax, who is randomly +10, and when he hits you he puts you into an inescapable loop? Somehow, I don’t believe that. Mk11 doesn’t have anything close to that.

[@pinglocalhost]

@@phosferrax MK9 is the best good music, when you get hit you feel it. Unlike mkx and 11 all the sound is flat no bass.

[@pinglocalhost]

@psy lence, if you like noob search on KZbin for "tar nasty vs obs" noob was my 3rd then became my 2nd

[@Kn1ghtborne]

@@pinglocalhost I'll check it out. Noob and Scorpion are my 2 mains and team. On Ps3 I had over 5000 wins with Scorpion by himself.

[@Kn1ghtborne]

@@phosferrax Yes because everyone had ways to deal with eachother and the breaker interrupted all strings Also both of my mains have juggles that can be considered broken so it's a small price to pay for me to have my fun as well Mk11 doesnt have that sure but its alot less fun since Mk9 is intense and fast paced due to tag team

[@Garrettsamuel98]

Can someone answer this for me please? Does anyone know how NRS feels about certain characters being "Broken"? Do they agree that some are broken? I mean if a character or characters are, why do they still release the game? Thanks :)

[@badasssmith9439]

Uhh haven’t been into the series forever but far as I know they addressed it recently just by kicking someone for dissing Sheeva being broken in a comp lol haven’t seen anything else tho

[@rickrude7868]

Mk9 was Broken period

[@arnabmukhopadhyay7078]

Sorry MK11, but THIS is the game where Jax whacks hacks in the backs

[@RiverHB]

When is the Cyrax video

[@michaelmccoy1794]

Looks like it's actually random +0!

[@sebastiancartes9774]

I remember liu kang had a string that could combo in itself like 4 or 5 times, did very good damage, it was 2 1 3

[@elijahsokoni7997]

How did you guys get to know the frame data on this game? It's not provided.

[@TheLurkingEldritch]

I mained quan chi and he was busted. Even if they blocked the ground blast hurt them then you got another combo

[@yungdaquan210]

Man I would love to see the tournament scene for this game revamped, this game will always hold a special place in my heart and no other fighter comes close for me

[@sunthi9619]

lmao janky rng glitch ass game, love these vids

[@Echothermay]

I thought the random block adv only applied to jumping out?

[@kenjaku_]

Was there anything broken about ermac ?

[@onilion5679]

Jax was easily the best character in the game.

[@rumley3176]

On Cyrax he can duck the last hit for some reason

[@I_Am_Darkseid]

8 frame low huh? Didn’t shinnok have a 7 frame low in mkx? Wouldn’t that string be more broke?

[@BaldTorment]

No because it's not randomly plus

[@I_Am_Darkseid]

@@BaldTorment well he could confirm it into hell sparks on block and that’s pretty plus

[@mujaddidi8]

All this and Jax still wasn't even top lol.. He was probably somewhere between 8 and 10.. That's how broke mk9 was.. And yet, this game was amazing in its own crazy way..

[@SymbiSpidey]

Because if you give every character busted shit, it evens out. Versus MK11 where it feels like you have hardly anything to work with.

[@KaanYener07]

@@SymbiSpidey No it doesn't.REO is milking at this point.Not everyone was broken.Kabal vs Kano,yeah it even out for sure.

[@dzordzszs]

mkx shinnok has 7 frame f4

[@jamantem]

Shoot you think that’s bad, quan chi’s Ex beam you had no choice but to eat that when he did a certain string I can’t remember which one

[@emiliostanculovic8542]

You're comments are way to funny

[@Sektor_x]

Lmaoo idk why you sound like the youtuber Super to me

[@bryanbridges6152]

But yet people bitch that mk11 is "broke" and has "overpowered characters" lmfao

[@koalabearkhan145]

I'm surprised it's not Superman's Forward 2 3

[@steveg8029]

Mk9 was a busted game all around. This is when NRS started to get into how things are now. I didn't have the chance to play this game. I'm stuck on mk X and mk11. So don't think I'll be playing it anytime soon.

[@koalabearkhan145]

OTG

[@tankata2]

Tyrant vs cd jr Jax mirror

[@SchattenwulfMK]

Make a video about Sheeva "The most broken Commandgrab in MK9"

[@dmwanderer9454]

The character herself was garbage tier

[@amircat1009]

DM Wanderer yet could mop the whole MK11 roster, not hating love both games but Mk9 everyone was broken. She could force you to duck with some scary stuff she can do and she has an amazing low poke which she can machine gun because they fear the ex command grab which has armour and takes 50% life.

[@hunterzolomom9480]

REO what about Rain armor cancel , Reptile weird stuff , Ermac nonsense range control , Liu kang hidden potential (The chosen one) , Kung lao op spinning..... MK 9 BEST MK GAME SO FAR...

[@acceptpapara]

What's the Liu Kang hidden potential you refer to?

[@hunterzolomom9480]

@@acceptpapara 50/50 fast pressure nice zooning parry good anti airs i remember Liu being B tier but its obvious he is A+

[@kaykier]

@@hunterzolomom9480 I think Liu's trash ass huge hitbox was his biggest deterrent. If he had a hitbox relative to Kabal or Johnny he would probably go up on the tier list. He didn't have a true 50/50, but he had nice pressure strings that he could cancel into parry/low fireball.

[@hunterzolomom9480]

@@kaykier u Naild it m8 , thats why Liu dont has any change against top tiers , and thats soo weird hahaha i thought only sheeva got huge hitbox

[@TylerPKegger]

Jade was so much more fun in this game

[@sgt.zaitsev287]

I have a personal hatred for all of Jades playstyles, but in MK9, at least I wasnt pouring salt on a stab wound, it was like getting stabbed but still

[@zzyber1660]

9:06 what the hell is wrong with nightwolf's head

[@taskforcekillah9722]

He went super wolf

[@holden6104]

There was so much broken stuff in this game. Does that mean it was balanced?

[@Sl0pynach0s22]

Its crazy how mk9, and mkx had so many broken mechanics, but they were still fun. Mk11 is balanced pretty well, but boring as hell to watch and play🤷‍♂️

[@huffindoback3776]

Speak for yourself

[@simplifiedstuff2135]

tbh i prefer watching Mk11 to mkx/9

[@sotothankyouidied]

its crazy how people spit there opinions like facts

[@Sl0pynach0s22]

@@sotothankyouidied its crazy how people are so pussy they get offended at someones opinion😭

[@tranvu_fgc]

do D1~smokebomb pls lol

[@iFadeYew]

he look like Da baby

[@NeloGTz]

F333

[@tofu_max4420]

do you just have journals of this stuff written down from all the way in the mk9 days? lol

[@GeorgeH9897]

he played mk9 for like 4+ years how could u forget if played that long lol

[@tofu_max4420]

@@GeorgeH9897 i played it too and i sure as shit dont remember this random advantage stuff, lol.

[@williamcronshaw5262]

@@tofu_max4420 yeah but he was one of if not the best player in the world when MK9 was in it's heyday.

[@tofu_max4420]

@@williamcronshaw5262 i wanna see reo make a comeback tbh, i thought for sure with the return of kabal we were gonna see that.

[@EnchaladaSanchez]

Every character was broken in their own way

[@chadcarroll550]

Unless you're kano

[@Cyrax4d]

Johnny’s front 4,3 is way more broken

[@francot8144]

In what mk game?

[@Cyrax4d]

Ryu Neca MK9