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Blackula

I SEE EVERYTHING!
It was on stream but it's gone now because of the 2 hour thing. It was just that I didn't have enough life to block and teleported right when blackula threw out ex telefury and the telefury tracked my teleport and came out of the screen behind kenshi. My hopes and dreams were destroyed.
This was the first time many of us saw something like this in the game. It was definitely a WTF moment.
 

Diego de Souza Costa

***The Soul Consuming Darkness***
It was on stream but it's gone now because of the 2 hour thing. It was just that I didn't have enough life to block and teleported right when blackula threw out ex telefury and the telefury tracked my teleport and came out of the screen behind kenshi. My hopes and dreams were destroyed.
:,D
 
Is Kenshi simply bad or just disappointing compared to his MK9 counterpart? I'm looking to use Kenshi as a secondary because he seems fun to play. Also like the character.
 

Grashi

Noob
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Is Kenshi simply bad or just disappointing compared to his MK9 counterpart? I'm looking to use Kenshi as a secondary because he seems fun to play. Also like the character.
I have been using him almost nonstop since a few days ago, so I am by no means a pro. But I'm toughing it out with that sexy white alt costume kenjutsu kenshi.

Kenshi's issue is that he doesn't have the luxary to be safe and really go in on other, dare I say, higher tier characters. Most of his moves are 9 frame start up, and over half of those moves lose to crouching poke. Then he has several that lead into nothing , at least in the kenjutsu variation.

In all honesty, I don't know what kenshi needs. Maybe just more good players taking him to the lab. But as of right now, the consensus is that, what he does well, too many others do better for a lot less work.

Doesn't make him garbage...just more trouble than its worth.

For me, personally, I'm sticking with him for esthetic reasons. His white costume is just so damn good and kenjutsu is really cool looking. Its all I need.

TL;DR Kenshi, right now, isn't as advanced in the community as other characters because he requires more work that others need for a lesser payout. Having a good secondary for those tough matchups is advised for now, but kenshi isn't top tier.
 
I mean theres no reason for me to play my fav MK character and only character thats interesting to me in MKX w his current state. Sucks
Thats understandable. First thing I did when the patch notes hit was look for Kenshi's name only to be disappointed. Its early tho and i think they will still do something for him in the future.

This is the first fighting game im taking seriously and it sucks my main isnt that good. However, i want to thank you for the stuff you've done for the community. I have watched your match videos and tutorial, its helped my game a great deal. Thank you and shine on man.
 

pogse

Ruthlesss Mayhem
Is Kenshi simply bad or just disappointing compared to his MK9 counterpart? I'm looking to use Kenshi as a secondary because he seems fun to play. Also like the character.
simply bad. you may experience sometimes that he is OK with being able to "spar" with your opponent, but this is only because your opponent is trying to play footsies when they can just go in and throw strings.

you more likely rely to opponent not punishing correctly.
 

MK_GDROM

*Spit* No Charge
Lol Scorpion was only "OP" in Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance. It was the ONLY game he was top tier and best character.
 
I'm pretty sure that in the next patch Kenshi will get something :)
Things I'd love to see:
1) Kenshi's overhead from MK9.
2) BF2 with less recovery.
3) DB4 with faster startup.
 

GNG Iniquity

#bufftaquito #punchwalk #whiffycage
If you're a character loyalist...play him. If you're only playing to win (the fgc pays crap guys -- even Jwong isn't traveling much these days since he's actually making real money off twitch and Daigo is a nurse.) then pick another character. Mkx all in all has a way more diverse viable roster thus far. Yeah, Kenshi isn't that ex armored flowchart and you've gotta work for your wins now.

If that's not for you...pick a character with better tools. Reo and Jr aren't loyalists. Daigo and Wong aren't loyalists. Do you want to consistently win or do you want to be a chatacter loyalist?

Hopefully kenshi and kitana have some undiscovered tech or get some better normals if they really suck this bad but at least this isn't Mk9. Bottom tier exists in every game....and well...kenshi was pretty downright dumb in mk9 so I'm glad that he isn't a complete transfer.

Hell...smoke, kabal, noob, cyrax, sektor, and baraka aren't even in the game and those character loyalists have a right to complain but they've barely said a word compared to this. Very stupid all in all. Ketchup and mustard don't even have their characters and they're not throwing a shitfit.
 
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Diego de Souza Costa

***The Soul Consuming Darkness***
If you're a character loyalist...play him. If you're only playing to win (the fgc pays crap guys -- even Jwong isn't traveling much these days since he's actually making real money off twitch and Daigo is a nurse.) then pick another character. Mkx all in all has a way more diverse viable roster thus far. Yeah, Kenshi isn't that ex armored flowchart and you've gotta work for your wins now.

If that's not for you...pick a character with better tools. Reo and Jr aren't loyalists. Daigo and Wong aren't loyalists. Do you want to consistently win or do you want to be a chatacter loyalist?

Hopefully kenshi and kitana have some undiscovered tech or get some better normals if they really suck this bad but at least this isn't Mk9. Bottom tier exists in every game....and well...kenshi was pretty downright dumb in mk9 so I'm glad that he isn't a complete transfer.

Hell...smoke, kabal, noob, cyrax, sektor, and baraka aren't even in the game and those character loyalists have a right to complain but they've barely said a word compared to this. Very stupid all in all. Ketchup and mustard don't even have their characters and they're not throwing a shitfit.
Real talk, real talk.... what's the point of putting him in the game, in this "situation", he's not bad, he's straight up unviable....... there's no point in playing this char right now, he can't zone, and he can't open up people with his "mix ups".... so.... yeah... maybe was better to leave him off this game.... but i guess he's too cool...... they couldn't let him out....
 

Zoidberg747

My blades will find your heart
Real talk, real talk.... what's the point of putting him in the game, in this "situation", he's not bad, he's straight up unviable....... there's no point in playing this char right now, he can't zone, and he can't open up people with his "mix ups".... so.... yeah... maybe was better to leave him off this game.... but i guess he's too cool...... they couldn't let him out....
What is the point of putting in any low tier character in the game? Because they fucking wanted to thats why.

If Kenshi hadnt been in the game at all you guys would probably be bitching. A lot of people would love if their favorite characters made the cut, low tier or not.There is at least 3 more patches coming, don't go on suicide watch just yet.
 

GNG Iniquity

#bufftaquito #punchwalk #whiffycage
What is the point of putting in any low tier character in the game? Because they fucking wanted to thats why.

If Kenshi hadnt been in the game at all you guys would probably be bitching. A lot of people would love if their favorite characters made the cut, low tier or not.There is at least 3 more patches coming, don't go on suicide watch just yet.
Remember Sektor who totally seemed viable until everyone realized his hitbox was terribly botched and NRS chose not to fix it? Now that is understandably upsetting.

Kenshi will likely get some tlc. I'm still not sure what the tournament testers did if kitana and kenshi really suck this badly as those characters were both actively played (16bit tested this game...)but hey...

Jax is good! Jr gave some potentially good feedback atleast haha
 

GNG Iniquity

#bufftaquito #punchwalk #whiffycage
Real talk, real talk.... what's the point of putting him in the game, in this "situation", he's not bad, he's straight up unviable....... there's no point in playing this char right now, he can't zone, and he can't open up people with his "mix ups".... so.... yeah... maybe was better to leave him off this game.... but i guess he's too cool...... they couldn't let him out....
Oh please. You could win with Jade and Sheeva from time to time. Talk about blind swordman melodrama....

Want some flowchart much? Damn guys. Talk about dramatic. Jeremiah traveled to tournaments with fucking garbage ass sheeva and did well all considering how god awful that character was. He knew he'd get blown up due to his "unviable" character but he was a loyalist.

You guys aren't loyalists. You want that top tier flowchart ex armor out shit...play someone else. Play kung jim...there you go. Has a divekick too. There's your easy wins right there if that's what you need.
 
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Diego de Souza Costa

***The Soul Consuming Darkness***
Oh please. You could win with Jade and Sheeva from time to time. Talk about blind swordman melodrama....

Want some flowchart much? Damn guys. Talk about dramatic. Jeremiah traveled to tournaments with fucking garbage ass sheeva and did well all considering how god awful that character was. He knew he'd get blown up due to his "unviable" character but he was a loyalist.

You guys aren't loyalists. You want that top tier flowchart ex armor out shit...play someone else. Play kung jim...there you go. Has a divekick too. There's your easy wins right there if that's what you need.
nobody wants MK9's Kenshi.... but my point is, if he can't zone people out, and can't get in and do some dmg, wtf am i suppose to do with this char. ?!...... throw a Tele Flurry, pray for the hit, and just sit and block at fullscreen...... and yes, i'm a loyalist, i'm gonna stick to him no matter what, but the problem is, i'm not having fun in this game right now.... that's my point.....

P.S. about Sheeva, she's a "monster" char. everybody knew she was bad from the start, like every other "monster" char. in fighting games.... if you like her, that's fine, but, you know she's not going to be "good" !
 

Diego de Souza Costa

***The Soul Consuming Darkness***
nobody wants MK9's Kenshi.... but my point is, if he can't zone people out, and can't get in and do some dmg, wtf am i suppose to do with this char. ?!...... throw a Tele Flurry, pray for the hit, and just sit and block at fullscreen...... and yes, i'm a loyalist, i'm gonna stick to him no matter what, but the problem is, i'm not having fun in this game right now.... that's my point.....

P.S. about Sheeva, she's a "monster" char. everybody knew she was bad from the start, like every other "monster" char. in fighting games.... if you like her, that's fine, but, you know she's not going to be "good" !
P.P.S yes, i am mad, not that much, cuz i'm still playing more Street Fighter 4, than this broken piece of shit(PC version)) right now !!
 

GNG Iniquity

#bufftaquito #punchwalk #whiffycage
P.P.S yes, i am mad, not that much, cuz i'm still playing more Street Fighter 4, than this broken piece of shit(PC version)) right now !!
Nrs and Paulo do whatever they want, man. Don't get emotionally attached to these games because its their game.

The whiny scrubs killed kano and deathstroke. Don't think for a minute that nrs cares. They seem to just decide on moves, some launchers, and assign random frame data. The character testing is pretty notoriously shitty by now.

Look at aqua man. Jesus Christ. Talk about broken as fuck.
 

Diego de Souza Costa

***The Soul Consuming Darkness***
Nrs and Paulo do whatever they want, man. Don't get emotionally attached to these games because its their game.

The whiny scrubs killed kano and deathstroke. Don't think for a minute that nrs cares. They seem to just decide on moves, some launchers, and assign random frame data. The character testing is pretty notoriously shitty by now.

Look at aqua man. Jesus Christ. Talk about broken as fuck.
i'm not "emotionally attached" to anything in this game..... LOL.... i'm just pissed, that my only main is garbage, and the PC port(that i paid 60 bucks on it, thank god i didn't bought the Kombat Pack) also sucks.... so yeah, i'm just mad.... yes, i am aware that HVS made the port not NRS.... but still.....
 

GNG Iniquity

#bufftaquito #punchwalk #whiffycage
i'm not "emotionally attached" to anything in this game..... LOL.... i'm just pissed, that my only main is garbage, and the PC port(that i paid 60 bucks on it, thank god i didn't bought the Kombat Pack) also sucks.... so yeah, i'm just mad.... yes, i am aware that HVS made the port not NRS.... but still.....
Hey, i hate nrs and wb too. It's still fucking amateur hour on their 3rd hugely popular fighting game. I made the mistake of buying mk9 on pc...i had a guess that the same bumbling incompetent developer monkeys would fuck it up again.

It's really hard to say a lot of kind things about nrs and wb. I dont even like sf4 but god damn...at least the game is consistent for a fucking year and the patches aren't decided by a bunch of monkeys picking fleas off one another. Kill kano and deathstroke but keep kabal and aquaman in? LOL

Fucking hell. No wonder I stopped playing their games in any form of serious nature.
 
I think I speak for all the lower tier mains in MK9 when I say:

"Not my problem, level up"

:DOGE
I logged in just to like and reply to your comment. I'd hate to say this but as a former Jade main, I'm enjoying this.with all the fun that was made about her along with the other low tiers, now kenshi is in that same boat. From what I'm hearing, kenshi is the new jade lol.