The Tournament Menace - Competitive History of TANYA

[@NobleHunter]

Every MKX character's idle stance: 💃🕺💃🕺 Tanya's: 🧍‍♀️

[@Displace7269]

Jason

[@arealhumanbean3058]

Leatherface

[@Bilal-mo8cy]

LITERALLY

[@SlimeBlueMS]

@@arealhumanbean3058 omg Tanya is leatherface

[@tf6026]

Mkx had horrible idle stances tbh like shinnok especially for a big bad looks sooo goofy

[@mr.checkyourself4672]

Said by creators to be the most untrustworthy character in Mortal Kombat Tanya has no problem betraying anyone even her own realm.

[@meganinten0078]

Did you know that her name was based on Ed Boon's sister?

[@bensloan3109]

@@meganinten0078 Sonya too iirc

[@hotchillyonmywilly3930]

Sus

[@roenebula7438]

Yes so it's best not to align yourself with her

[@lilwyvern4]

More untrustworthy than Kano? That's impressive. I now want to see Kano and Tanya trying to out-betray each other.

[@norich8490]

I wish we gotten Tanya rivalry with Jade in the current timeline they are swore enemies like Kitana and Mileena are.

[@thatoneguy1232]

As for her rivalry with Jade, it never came off as personal and doesn’t need to be imo. It’s weird that Jade has an ending where she pours Tarkatan essence or something on Tanya(don’t wanna know where she got it lol) and Tanya dies. That feels way too personal for simply “you’re a traitor and I’m loyal”. Maybe Tanya just cares for herself and wants power or maybe she truly does care about her realm but doesn’t the wrong people ruling it. Either way she’s twisted, treacherous by nature and is willing to do anything she has to get what she wants. Have it be a battle of ideology or whatever. Tanya has a twisted version of Edenian patriotism and doesn’t understand why Jade is fiercely loyal to Kitana and Sindel. Kitana was for a long time Kahn’s daughter and one of his most deadliest assassins. A lot of her missions were to take out those who opposed Sho Kahn and there’s no doubt a lot of those targets were Edenians. Sindel, though in grief, did abandon her people and daughter. Or if anyone wants to go with the god awful MK11 retcon, she always loved Kahn and was a horrible person. If they wanted to add a more personal angle, maybe they were friends before Shao Kahn. Maybe Tanya and her family were part of resistance groups and her father died to one of Kahn’s assassins. Maybe it was Jade that did it when she worked under Kahn. That would give their rivalry a personal edge and actually make Tanya look a little less evil lol

[@nerdscore6756]

Tanya and Jade rivalry is personal Tanya is a known traitor of her own realm Edenia which put her on the most wanted list to capture and bring to justice she also made Sindel get captured and Jade made it her business to go after Tanya herself their rivalry being she was in charge of the Edenian army so Jade made it her mission to hunt Tanya down which I also like cause it distance Jade from just only being Kitana best friend and Tanya is biggest traitor in Mortal Kombat she betray anyone for her own selfish deeds Tanya the opposite of Jade while Jade is loyal Tanya is not loyal.

[@bpmfj5422]

That only played for one game (Deception)... Its not like they have a history together like Kitana and Mileena. In the konquest mode of deception jade also has a "rivalry" with Rain

[@ardaoguzhan8181]

@@nerdscore6756 at least Tanya isn't a cancer to against but going against jade in mk11 is the worst feeling in the world. For that screw jade I hope she gets brutally murdered by d vorah alongside with scrub zero lol

[@davids3094]

Well seeing as how D'Vorah has now taken the title of the betrayer in mk lore, mentioned by other characters as well, Jade became her rival now, starting it over kotal and not edenia now. Jade even has a mask that is called D'Vorah's sworn enemy or something

[@Ebi.Adonkie]

After using Tanya you get the sense that she was treated like a favourite child. A lot of love was put into that character to make her awesome. She's good

[@staylurking4461]

Tanya so underrated I wish she is explored more but that ain't happening cause she's not none of the main characters.

[@mattvolonte9026]

I'm glad that they at least included her as DLC in X. Tanya's gameplay was truly amazing, nothing like her previous appaerances.

[@duckonquack6404]

Or the special forces or kombat kids...

[@pious83]

Edenia and it's people tend not to get explored too often. Beyond Kitana, Mileena and Sindel.

[@NoName-nb5nm]

There is nothing much to really explore about her other than she's Edenian and a known traitor of her people and anyone that work with her.

[@g0lddustt29]

She's the exact opposite of underrated lmao her & Tremor were in the top 5 characters of MKX and arguably still are.

[@napalmblaziken]

I'm a firm believer that Rain was actually telling the truth to Mileena in their MK11 intros. Yes, Rain was using her. But given Tanya's track record of betrayal, I do believe she would have betrayed Mileena anyway. She just waits for her moment.

[@Bazzlieo]

Tanya I believe had genuine feelings for Mileena. I think Mileena and her goals also aligned. Tanya is just able to shut off those feelings if Mileena ever got in her way or put her in legitimate harm’s way. If it benefited her to betray Mileena she would, until then she was happy to be with her. That’s what I believe anyway.

[@onilion5679]

Her concubine?

[@qujmilton]

It is pretty obvious that Tanya and Rain were working together and both were only using Mileena

[@napalmblaziken]

@@Bazzlieo She likely did have genuine feelings for Mileena. But Tanya is a snake. If she saw the opportunity to betray Mileena for power, she would.

[@thatoneguy1232]

I agree. Anyone who thinks there was genuinely something there doesn’t know who Tanya is and wasn’t paying attention to the story mode

[@thatoneguy1232]

I did not expect Tanya! I like her a lot. Good character, fun personality, has never had a bad design imo(I will not count the MKX story mode 😂), and a fun moveset. This character has so much potential in both lore and gameplay

[@fofitohi]

So true! She is the most interesting edenian for me and that says a lot since I think all edenians are probably the most interesting characters of the MK universe

[@polar6066]

look she was abandoning the crack okay

[@UltimateShadow10]

Tanya and Quan Chi are definitely the best characters that came from MK4, Fujin definitely as well. Fun fact, Tanya is named after one of Ed Boon's sisters.

[@DoritosJackd]

Some, if not the best MK content on KZbin. I only found out about this series last month

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

*kontent In fact, they missed an opportunity to call this series "Kompetitive History"

[@Euro.Patriot]

4thSnake too

[@gaigeriel]

Absolutely love Tanyas design in MkX, really hoping to see her again. I really want a bigger focus on the story relating to the outworld civil war with Rain & Tanya

[@grantmccoy6739]

She's literally so fast in MKX I don't know how you could control it in real time, let alone respond. I can see why she was so good.

[@thetrophygamer3606]

I think it’s more a case of put the input in and hope that it goes in. By the time your done hopefully your opponent will be as well

[@phucnguyen0110]

Agree with the character speed part, she's insane.

[@thegingergiant2683]

Please do a competitive history of Baraka!

[@SgtScorpious]

I imagine he's low tier but still would be fun to see

[@yeahboyz9314]

The greatest jobber of all time

[@xOmniCloudx]

@@yeahboyz9314 Reptile and Goro share that spot with him now.

[@Soul93Taker]

These analysis on less known/popular characters are really interesting to watch. Someone i think could be a good addition to the list is Frost, who started her path in the game during the ps2 era to jump straight into MK11 or Sindel, who has been through the 2d and 3d eras.

[@BDCS17]

On this subject, a video on Mavado and what they then gave to Kabal and Takeda from him would be cool.

[@Euro.Patriot]

Good in Deadly Alliance, trash in Armageddon and XI.

[@saloz9483]

Yea I'm surprised he hasn't done frost yet

[@demeterstidbits7146]

BEEN WAITING ON A TANYA VIDEO FOR YEARS THANKS!!! I’m so happy they not only brought her back, but gave her a very unique revamp turning her into an Egyptian themed pyromancer sorceress type which was a huge breath of fresh air and really makes her stand out. Was scared they would eventually turn her into just another ninja so I hope they continue to expand on her and even have her be the type for characters to go to when it comes to magical knowledge outside of Outworld.

[@1boxingfan944]

They flushed her out pretty good in mkx but failed to follow up on the progress in mk11. She should have been there to rival jade

[@Onryo4444]

I adore Tanya, underrated queen. Definitely my favorite character in MKX when it comes to gameplay

[@pseudodidact3956]

Tanya’s my favorite MKX character to play. Her mix ups were so effective in online casual matches.

[@bensloan3109]

Because she was OP lmao even after nothing but nerfs she's still top tier in MKX, if not next to top

[@Wazminator]

New Ketchup video? Today is a good day

[@whatthebeardoin3160]

I know it would be a really long one, but I would LOVE if you guys could do something like the competitive history of Raiden. He's had a lot of really weak appearances and some really strong ones! I know him appearing in almost every title would be a challenge, but I can't help but wanna see you guys tackle the Thunder God's legacy anyways. Much love from me, your content's always a winner

[@EeveeEsp]

YOOOOOOOOOOO KAKURINE'S THEME AT 4:00 just for that you earned my sub lol

[@mandalorianhunter1]

Thanks for Tanya, reading the title I thought we were finally getting Kabal and his insanity. I remember when Tanya was first introduced and how insane she was. I wonder who was the most broken character in MKX Tanya, Quan Chi, Alien, triborg, Cyrax and Cyber Sub-Zero.

[@PNDKM]

If we're talking mkx characters in their prime, alien 100000%

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@PNDKM Damn I thought Tanya or Cyrax would give Alien a little trouble but I understand. Acidic was just insane.

[@adamshumate8858]

Definitely Alien.

[@RoyArkon]

Tanya was indeed a powerhouse at release and CEO 2015 might have 4 Tanya's in Top 8, but at least it wasn't Tekken 7 Leory Smith level of dominance when you got 7 players using him in Top 8, on top of CEO's Top 8 having 9 other characters alongside Tanya, and Tanya didn't even win the tourney. Just pointing that out 😊

[@Nyxnik]

I loved playing Tanya online in MKX. It was one of those characters with which felt like you "didn't have to follow the rules". Especially with her dragon naginata variation, most people had a really hard time dealing with it and knowing when to punish, etc.

[@ChronosAnJill]

Tanya is probably one of the most interesting characters in MK and the personality they gave her in X was the best call they made imo.

[@SurrealNights]

When I clicked this video, I did not expect Evil Zone's OST getting a shout-out with the Feel the Mystical play! Love it.

[@LucasSousaSF]

Haven't started watching it yet, but I Knowwwwww dragon naginata is about to be very praised

[@aliesterbadd4311]

Tanya was my go to in Mortal Kombat X

[@JanjoZone]

Always nice to see the MK4 cast get some love

[@FlappableElf]

“Can’t you see Liu Kang, this is a trap”

[@kevinmanga117]

This video was amazing to watch. Keep the video’s coming brother. You can feel the love in what theses brothers do👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@BurnerAccount86753]

I fucking LOVE that you’re using Fighters Destiny OST

[@cristianrobles4493]

As a kid, I always taught of tanya as scorpion’s girl, yes because the yellow, hahahah, idk why, lol

[@Gurpwnder]

I'll never forget when I used to casually browse TYM when Tanya was at her peak. Someone created a thread: "How do I deal with Tanya's pressure?" The responses from Tanya players were "We don't know."

[@coomcharger6105]

That sounds like an excuse on their part.

[@BDCS17]

Yes! These videos are like crack, thank you so much. Awesome vid as always, and the amount of research put in is appreciated.

[@ShadyLizack]

i remember back in the 90s everyone was scared of tanya in mk4 lol

[@nocturneprividyenie2391]

Awesome sauce!! Also, I love the music you chose for the video. "Feel the Mystical" from "Evil Zone" is awesome.

[@thatkoboldgaming7114]

I'd love to see a Competitive History on either Kano or Kabal

[@henriquegalindo9659]

A competitive history on Quan chi would be cool

[@slimpickins7752]

I love this series, keep them koming!

[@Kanzuki]

Glad you're covering my #1 favorite MK character

[@perkins8000]

Coming back because of the Tanya MK 1 design controversy....

[@kazmiller96]

lol. I thought it would be worth it to click on the "newest" tab in the comments.

[@Maverick_682]

She's hideous, man. Nothing wrong with a redesign, but at least make her somewhat attractive. Geez...

[@falsetitle6940]

​@@Maverick_682RaCiSt! 😂

[@apophis7712]

@@Maverick_682 I mean, she does look hot, but I won't judge a lolicon for not finding her attractive -there sure are other things they can be judged for-

[@Neil-ko7pj]

​@@Maverick_682good this comment made some people mad

[@rhanetreece2301]

While I have never been into MK on a completive level. It has been interesting learning about these characters and how viable or non viable there were in different games.

[@calebgroves6526]

Nice touch with using “Feel the Mystical” from Evil Zone! Love that song! Great game too!

[@superfurfannyaa1864]

so happy to wake up to the best fighting game docs on yt! go condiment man!

[@hotzemusic]

Ahh the Great Tanya Scare. What a wild era

[@breek5058]

Love this series so much! Could we get a history of night wolf next?

[@tawksick5341]

I love these videos I hope to see a Quan chi video eventually

[@meganinten0078]

It is funny how Ed confirmed that Tanya's name was based on his sister She looks really different in MK4 compare to her modern look. I actually like her alternative costume from the 3D games. Anyway, thanks for the video. Maybe for the next one, you could talk about Drahmin. Despite only being playable in 2 games he was very good

[@28Pluto]

Sonya is also named after one of Ed's sisters?

[@cahallo5964]

5:31 don't worry man, Midway just also bad at the style names, just look at the typo in vale tudo right next to you lmao

[@risingpheonix7740]

I know the Evil Zone OST when i hear it!

[@LtheOriginal]

15:55 I guess this story could happen in any game. An overpowered DLC character comes in and wrecks the meta. Whether it's Tekken 7 with Leroy Smith, or Smash 4 with Bayonetta.

[@MicroMakesMusic]

this was the character I wanted to see the most, i’m so happy to see this in my feed

[@gsd_shirokuma8155]

I remember when my dad and I played mk4 on the n64 we ran into tanya on the arcade ladder and she started doing that drill move and we both were like oh no she is mortal kombat Cammy 😅😅 Tanya Is pretty awesome though

[@biggooberfish7774]

Another great installment. You haven't done Quan Chi yet, right? Would love to see a video for him next.

[@bigsmoke248]

Omg u just made my day 10 times better! thanks i love Tanya

[@lizzay6037]

I appreciate all the hard work that goes into these videos, I love them.

[@PREDATORYHOTDOGS]

These videos make me happy

[@RoastedPheasant]

I would love to see Competitive History of Jade

[@daveyjohnson4794]

I was playing Tanya on MK X and I needed to know a bit about her. Great video !!

[@10023861]

Really like to see Kano or Sonya next

[@azibhassan804]

Yes Kano for sure

[@NotScrubNotGood]

Double respect, not only for the kontent, but also using Fighters Destiny music.

[@wheezy8818]

Yay being an mk x tanya main I’ve been waiting my for this day

[@supasayajinbone]

We need a Baraka one !!!

[@darknightspider7495]

Just noticed none of the competitive histories have touched MKvDC so far. Maybe a Baraka or Kitana History would be nice.

[@pilot3605]

I just realized......Tanya can do spiral arrows and cannon spikes. Legally distinct spiral arrows and cannon spikes 🤣

[@NabaniSaa]

I feel like we're slowly closing in on characters only in and from the 3D games, which I definitely want to know about, as my knowledge of those games/characters in the meta is very limited, even though the 3D games probably has my favourite character designs of all MK games.

[@RafaelThorazines]

Fantastic vid as always was really pumped to see this pop up in my feed during lunch

[@sammythijs8641]

Another competitive history uploaded on the channel. Today is a good day 😎

[@megavolnutt4629]

Great video as always! I'd be hyped to see a Baraka Competitive History!

[@pious83]

Never really clicked with _Yellow palette_ Kitana. But it is interesting to see how highly regarded she actually is.

[@nah4858]

MORE EDENIANS!!! I’d love to see Kitana next! Especially interested in Kitana’s 3D era and MK3 competitive history

[@zerk555]

Cool video! It would be nice to see Kenshi next

[@LordRaptor]

Probably my favorite female character in the series, I guess having MK4 as the first MK game I owned played a part in it, but she's genuinely fun to play as in MK4, Deception and Armageddon, I wouldn't know about MKX though since I only played it when it first came out, so I never even touched DLC characters.

[@yabusamehoulen7636]

Guys do you remember Tanya had a very strong grab when she used Devil's Dust Move in former version of MK10 Game. Online mode was almost was invaded by Tanya Grab spammers. Once they debuff the enemy, they use devil dust then they start grabbing constantly until win.

[@ImmaAriesBaby1]

Love the Evil Zone music, a very slept on soundtrack

[@basedace5806]

2:41 I love the animation on this move. It's so dumb but in a good way.

[@DarkTree]

(instantly planks and moves forward mid-air at the speed of a car)

[@xBiggs]

MK4 normals are generally the same, except when it comes to Tanya. Tanya's sweep is safe on block. Not sure why its like that

[@shujinkydink]

Right there with ya, got bodied by MIT to send me to losers instead of qualifying for top 8. feels bad

[@PNDKM]

I'm sure quan didn't have any fast buttons to poke out either. wasn't his fastest button 8 frames or something?

[@shujinkydink]

@@PNDKM 9f d3 if I remember correctly. then we got our joke of a 6f d1 later on lol

[@not_a_bush4284]

Hey do you think you could do a competitive history of Kenshi? He has been my favorite character all the way back since deadly alliance. I'd love to see you do a video on him.

[@tomeekun]

I might remember wrong, but wasn't Tanya in MKX so damn busted that she made pro competition events introduce a new rule that banned fresh DLC characters for a couple weeks after they launched.

[@OneLovePsych]

Tanya just isn’t hitting the spot like a full competition breakdown of Liu Kang or Sonya breakdown would… We need the OG characters finished before we get more obscure!

[@respectfulremastersbymetal8336]

I keep hearing "Covid-jitsu" and it's making me giggle.

[@yeszoplusfriends]

The best fighting game series on youtube, easily, I hope there are plans for Comp Histories of characters from other games, like Tekken or something.

[@PNDKM]

I'll let you know when I run out of characters 🤣

[@yeszoplusfriends]

@@PNDKM Lmao, appreciate the response. Good luck for the episodes on the really big boys, like Scorpion or Sonya.

[@antonyetta-]

Great video !! Hope you make one about Syndel soon !! 💜

[@CaptainBackpak]

Love the work you guys do, these videos are some of the best. Also, might I suggest either a competitive history on either Quan Chi or Kabal?

[@AdrianHernandez-mu8cm]

I can see why Jade and Tanya have a rivalry and I hope in the new Timeline they explore it more because we can learn something new and interesting about these characters and how this rivalry came to be.

[@armasapee]

I'm waiting for a Nightwolf competitive history video

[@michaelheslep2486]

I gotta see a competitive history of either Sindel or Kung Lao.

[@theinternetsworst7860]

Yo! Fighter's Destiny music right off the bat.

[@SPRINGS02]

Love these videos, definitely need one on baraka

[@el-1012]

Always droppin fire content 🙏🏽

[@Blacktemplewarrior]

Tanya had Spiral Arrow?! Cammy: ):0 that thief!

[@slifer875]

Thank you for another episode of MK competitive history, would you do shinnok for your next episode? or sindel?

[@PNDKM]

Both will have their time 💀

[@solrac4270]

She is my favorite lady from the MK franchise, love her on MKX :D

[@damianstarks3338]

Tanya is one of my favorites.

[@Rukazaya]

lets go i love Tanya so much

[@rtx-om6hv]

I would like too see the obscured less known 3D characters, like darrius, Ashrah, Dairou and so on. in the end of the video you can give your verdict, if they are redeemable or not for these 3D era characters

[@anonymoose2474]

Do one video on obscure characters

[@fawaaz-ghost]

The evil zone OST in all your videos makes me miss that game dude😂

[@theSHELFables]

Bless up new K&M vid 🙏

[@camgoodkicks]

Love these so much

[@archie8117]

If geras comes back in mk12, I NEED a competitive history for him

[@msivram8005]

🤭

[@juliusdv6657]

history? he was in one game, what history?

[@archie8117]

@@juliusdv6657 please tell me you aren’t that stupid