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Breakthrough - Balanced RIP Kenshi. Why Balanced is Bottom 5 in MKX and it's a shame.

SaltShaker

In Zoning We Trust
Wait what lol I didn't talk to no balance ppl. They just understood quans needs
Ive fulfilled my duties as the Quanfather.

I will NEVER EVER again watch one of my faithful quan children be helplessly beat to death with no options. I did what any good father would do. I went to the source, I explained my case, and followed it up with good evidence. Now not ONLY does quan have no Bad MUs, but his previous bad MUS are nerfed to his favour since he also has a counter pick in warlock.
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I GOT HANDS

Official Infrared Scorp wid gapless Wi-Fi pressure
The way you said it certainly made it sound like you did, and other people are saying you did as well - but if you say you didn't Shujink, I can't really say otherwise. You can understand why someone would think you did after that post
 

JDM

Noob
Wtf wasn't he considered "top 5" after his buffs (which I thought was laughable, he was always mid tier imo)

Did he get nerfed? What happened?

Also I think Kenshi is still very much viable but Possessed is his best by far.
 

Schuyler

Noob
Are you friggen kidding me? Reptile is OD after the patch. Flash parry with invis, plus frames into mixups while invis, safe launching wakeup; please just stop posting because the stream of shit you're typing is unbearable.


Kenshi is worse than lasher. Have you even played post patch lasher?
I actually have your actually ranking takenda over kenshi?
 



I'm making this thread because Kenshi is actually one of my favorite MK characters and a MK9 powerhouse that's been reduced to ash and seems it will stay that way from the looks of it, at least until 2016.

His TF is so bad that it's basically unusable at a high level. His overheads are easily reactable. His spirit charge is decent but EX spirt charge is only -2 and leads to super low damage. His Armored wakeups getting bodied by a lot of the cast. So basically he's supposed to be a zoner and his zoning sucks. On top of that he has ZERO mixups and ZERO pressure. In a game that's based on pressure and mixups you would figure his zoning would be godlike. Nope, instead characters that have ALL THREE things already godlike get BUFFED like Quan Chi.

To make matters worse in reality he probably LOSES to Kitana, that's how bad things have gotten for Kenshi. He's basically a nerfed, shitty MK9 character. After this latest patch i seriously cannot think of 5 variations that are worse than Balanced Kenshi. So yeah, one of the coolest MK characters is trash tier and the only way he can win is if you don't know the match up, or you just get out played by someone a lot better than you using him. This isn't May 2015 anymore, all high level players now know the MU. Pack it up, he'll never make top 8 at a real major again unless something is done.

I only hope that NRS returns Kenshi to his true form and we actually have a character who can put a stop the Kitana, Devorah, Cassie (etc) madness. Otherwise he's going to be one of the loneliest characters on the select scree. PAULO PLS.
Well look at it this way, there has to be someone in the bottom 5. There's always gonna be characters not as good as the others. Especially in this game where almost everyone is pretty good. Just like in real life where there are poor people and then there are rich people.
 

Pan1cMode

AUS FGC represent!
I actually have your actually ranking takenda over kenshi?
If the grammar in this was correct I might be able to properly understand what you mean. However yes, I definitely (not defiantly) do rate Takeda (all 3 variations) above balanced Kenshi.
 

Schuyler

Noob
If the grammar in this was correct I might be able to properly understand what you mean. However yes, I definitely (not defiantly) do rate Takeda (all 3 variations) above balanced Kenshi.
sorry for the lack of ONE comma. But you obviously did understand what I meant if you answered my question. Theirs no way lasher or ronin are better than balanced. Continue the down play im finished.