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Your 3 favorite MK characters of all time?

Skkra

PSN: Skkra
With how much MK has changed throughout the years, I'm interested to hear what people's all-time favorites are... who have you enjoyed playing the most? Since MKX is fresh, first list your MKX favorite, then your top 3 from any MK.

MKX Favorite: Takeda
I think he's the most interesting new character in the game. When I first saw Arturo doing his b+2,1 on stream, I knew he would be my favorite character before I ever even touched the game.

All Time
#1 - MK2 Reptile
To this day, MK2 Reptile is my favorite character to play, ever, despite his bottom tier status. His look and moves are so iconic to me, and he feels completely at home in the MK2 engine. I still remember the first day I went to the arcade to play MK2, thinking holy shit I get to play as the secret character from MK1!

#2 - MK9 Ermac
God damn, this character was fun. I've always had a thing for Ermac since he was supposed to be a hidden character, but this incarnation was particularly awesome. Instant air blast was badass, levitate cancels were swaggy if not useful, and his charged b+2 cancels were fun as hell.

#3 - MK3 Sektor
MK3 is so damn good, and Sektor feels so damn stylish to me. I thought the introduction of robots were cool to begin with, and his teleport and missles sealed the deal for me. Still my #1 pick when throwing down MK3.



So who do you love? Gonna tag a few people who I'm interested to hear from.
@Pig Of The Hut
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@coolwhip
@RunwayMafia
@WidowPuppy
@16 Bit
@Blackula
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Braindead

I want Kronika to step on my face
Ah fuck how am I supposed to pick only 3? There are like 15 characters that I could fit there...

Anyway I'll give it a shot:

1- Sub-Zero. My all-time favourite MK character, and possibly in games in general. Started playing him in MK3, I really fell in love with ice balls lol and haven't stopped playing him since. Played him all the way through MK4, my limited experience with MK: DA, MK9, and MKX. Unmasked Sub-Zero is always my favourite.

2- It's difficult now, but I think Raiden takes the 2nd place. He was my secondary in MK4 and one of my secondaries in MK9. He was awesome in MK4 with the ridiculous sound effects, and his shocker fatality was fucking perfect, and in MK9 he was fun as fuuuuuuuuuuuuckkkkkk to play. Sadly in MKX I tried him but we didn't click at all so I don't play him :(

3- Can't decide. I love so many characters it's difficult to choose one, but he'd likely be one of the following:
- Rain: Fell in love with him ever since I found out that I could roundhouse kick bitchez off the screen back in MK3
- Smoke: Always thought he was an awesome character, but he became a favourite when I picked him up in MK9
- Kotal Kahn: ON YOUR KNEES!
- Shinnok, Noob Saibot, Cyrax... Welp...
 
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Diego de Souza Costa

***The Soul Consuming Darkness***
Subz, Kenshi, and Sektor..... :3

1. Subz: because he's the opposite of scorpion... #FuckScorpion

2. the red robot was always my favourite robot, flamethrower, missiles, and he's a psychopath, how can you not like him ?!

3. Kenshi is the coolest character in this franchise, don't even argue, he is.....
 
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llabslb

R1D1_998
1) Reptile. Ever since the MK movie where Reptile suddenly went up against Liu Kang I always looked at reptile as a vicious, agile and a very rushdown character. So in MK9 the first fighting game I took seriously I mained him. In MK9 I felt they met the characters design and mechanics perfectly. Controlled rushdown, which is what I saw he was fit for. When MKX came out I felt that NRS took that away from him, he was way too preserved for my liking.

2) Sub Zero. He's.... Cool what can I say. Story wise I always found him interesting but initially I felt that he was quite bland but as I progressed in learning the game I started to appreciate the character a little more

3) Chameleon. Badass, practically all my favourite ninjas combined. What's not to like about him?
 

MrProfDrPepper

NRS, Guilty Gear, and KI, the holy trinity
All-time favorite: Kenshi
Figured it might be obvious considering how I may have jizzed myself when he was announced, he is also my favorite video game character in general


Second favorite: Takeda
Because he is the son of kenshi, my bias for the Takahashi family is strong.


Third favorite: Shang Tsung
Because he is a classic and I always thought that his abilities were really interesting and that he in general is one of the more interesting characters in mk lore since he is solely responsible for Mileena, ermac, he hired kano, he in the original timeline was a master planner, schemer, and was one of the most powerful mk characters
 

WidowPuppy

Attack pekingese
Hmmm, top 3 fav of all time is tough to choose.

Gonna have to go with...

Princess Kitana, Empress Mileena, and Queen D'Vorah.

Spent the overall most time with the sisters in previous MK's and Bug Waifu is probably one of the best character designs I've ever seen. [Shout out to fine ass Kelly Hu's voice overs too]

Was also hard to choose favorite characters in a game I despise more and more with each installment... #WhensTekken7
 

Skkra

PSN: Skkra
If people have a specific iteration of a character they love the most, that's what I'm particularly interested. Do you like MK 2, 3, 9, or X version of Reptile?
 

16 Bit

Mash d+1~Cat Claws
Premium Supporter
NetherRealm Studios
For the sake of an interesting answer I will start by naming my favorite from MKX that is not Kitana. Sonya Blade. Never cared much for her before MKX but I love how she is in MKX. Such a badass middle aged woman that is a huge regulator in the story. Her gameplay is a blast and super trolly. Definitely the most fun I have outside the princess. I get to jump around and mash 50/50's, like a better version of Catwoman. If I was competing and Kitana wasn't in the game I'd most likely be a Sonya specialist.


All time Kitana is #1. Kung Lao would likely be #2. The monks are fucking awesome and the hat is like the second coolest prop after Kitana's fans. MK II vertical slice is my favorite fatality in the series. He is always tight in every iteration, even in Deadly Alliance when he wore the hat on his back. #3 is too hard to say, it'd just be someone random from a pool of characters that would change every day depending on my mood. Right now I'd say Sindel. I didn't play her in MK9 but I played her a lot in MK3 and Deception when Kitana was missing.


Choosing a favorite iteration is too hard but for the most part I think 9 and X are on another level for all my favorites. With modern graphics, animations, sounds and gameplay design. It's just hard for like MK II Kung Lao to compare to how cool he is now. Like my god, the way he touches the rim of his hat when the spin whiffs. Too good. Plus he is old which is tight.
 

Israfel

Designer for BxA
1.) Quan Chi - This guy is always working all the angles. Keeping the earthrealm warriors on their toes with his network of spies and whatnot. When I saw his brutal fatality in MK4 where he rips off your leg and beats you to death with it, that pretty much sealed the deal for me.

2.) Rain/Smoke - This is a tie for me. Rain always amused me with his SUPER roundhouse kick. Smoke was kinda meh to me until MK9. He became more of a stand alone ninja at this point with moveset instead of just another ninja clone. Smoke for KP2 Please!

3.) Havik - I really enjoyed his character design. I liked his concept as well. He was an agent of chaos, not fighting to conquer earthrealm or outworld. He did things for the sake of causing turmoil regardless of which side it benefitted at the time.
 

GLoRToR

Positive Poster!
All time:

#1 Rayden - He's just the most original and interesting character in the series for me.
#2 Jade - Loved her even in mk2. Just fun.
#3 Kitana - Obvious choice is obvious.
 
My favorite is kabal , the second i saw that sick ndc animation i felt that this is the character ive been looking for , he has everything i need in a character and it pains me he is not in mkx , second has to be erron black , he was my day 1 main and he still is , he looks/plays/sounds fucking badass , so whats not to like? And last has to be quan , i only have one thing to say and thats his voice and design is godlike.
 

1man3letters

Alpha Tarkatan - Moderator
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first two easy picks..

1. baraka. since first picking him in mk2 he has been my fav MK character by far

2. mileena. again mk2 was were my love for this character started (mainly at 1st cause of her being half tarkatan)

3rd one is hard...

quan & shang: the deadly alliance just to badass not to love.

scorpion: if it wasnt for good old hanzo i prob would of stopped playing injustice a long long time before i did.

cyrax: i do have a soft spot in my heart for him, mostly because of mk9 haha

tremor: never really cared about him before but since his release in mkx i cant get enough of this character, so badass, so fun, so swag.
(i dont think i copped how much i like tremor until @FireBreather asked me randomly one day how upset id be if tremor wasnt in mk11)
 

Afk Skinny

3D Krusader
MK X favorite: Toss up between Jacqui, or F/T. There was a time early when the game came out where these were my most used characters. I still play them, but not as much as I would like

All-time faves:

Mileena: Second character I've ever tried in MK (after Subby). And immediately fell in love with her aesthetic, and moves. And that lovely face she was hiding under that mask

Noob: That soul ball in Trilogy made me love him, and he's a shadow wraith ninja

Li Mei: (screw you, I like her) I never played Deadly Alliance til a year ago, so my first thought when I found her in Deception was, "Who is this slut?" And after playing with her a bit i came to love her. Plus her alt. just added to that. I still go back to Deception occasionally to play her
 
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aieches

#freeHomelee2016
MK3 Kabal - seriously , nobody can tell me nothing... Kabal was life
bi han - From mk1 subzero to noob - this guy just had one of the best stories
smoke - see Kabal
mk3 ermac- the only true form of ermac i acknowledge
 

Israfel

Designer for BxA
My favorite is kabal , the second i saw that sick ndc animation i felt that this is the character ive been looking for , he has everything i need in a character and it pains me he is not in mkx , second has to be erron black , he was my day 1 main and he still is , he looks/plays/sounds fucking badass , so whats not to like? And last has to be quan , i only have one thing to say and thats his voice and design is godlike.
 

Odyessus

New PSN: XShdwX_Odysseus
#1 sub zero. Has been my favorite since the games release. Favorite color blue, favorite food COLD pizza, favorite movie Braveheart. (Blue paint on his face..... coincidence.... I think not)

#2 Kung Lao first 8 hit combo ever landed in UMK3 was Mr. Laos. He was just awesome to use.

#3 Ermac when I played UMK3 Mr.Mac was my dude.

Noteworthy mentions cyborgs, nightwolf, noob, rain, johnny and kabal.