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General/Other - Assassin [EO Beta Closed] MKX Online Beta Kitana Buffs

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Konqrr

MK11 Kabal = MK9 Kitana
Now that sharpen is a thing... if you get a string into lift afterwards, you can get 40-50% unbreakable damage.

This variation is feeling more and more like the Kitana I've always wanted. Thank you NRS <3
 

evolution07

It's too soon to get cocky.
Hopefully these changes stay. I kinda have a feeling that she'll be nerfed after she starts winning tournaments
Only fox can win tournaments with her. I haven't seen anyone come close, and I don't doubt that someone else can do it, but he's the only one so far.

I hope her buffs stay as well.
 
Finally, she got buffed. I'm so happy right now. As far as I can tell at this point. Her EX sharpen is extremely fast, not sure the exact frame data, but if you can combo after a lift into ex sharpen.
Normal Sharpen now has the pre-patch( or close to) properties of EX sharpen.
Honestly I may switch my main variation to Assassin. Also she can now apply pressure with 21 EX sharpen into 111. Finally, I think Assassin is extremely viable.
R.I.P Cassie Cage.
Didn't she and Kenshi get the most buffs in MKX so far? I could be mistaken.

What does sharpen do? I literally never played as Kitana lol.
 

Skedar70

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This is crazy this variation is going to be broken unless they do some damage scale adjustments. I don't think she needs this kind of buff. I was doing pretty well using assassin without mid combo sharpen. 50 or 40% unbreakable mid screen. Crazy crazy crazy S+ tier shit. If you look at how sonicfox used her he was using her main tools mostly and not many of her RS variation specific things so Assassin could have achieved the same success. Mid combo sharpen makes assassins many times better than Royal storm or mournful.
 

exflyingbooty

This dream has a sad ending
WELL, it is a beta so maybe there will be damage scaling i just really don't want to lose the frame advantage off of sharpen.
 

evolution07

It's too soon to get cocky.
This is crazy this variation is going to be broken unless they do some damage scale adjustments. I don't think she needs this kind of buff. I was doing pretty well using assassin without mid combo sharpen. 50 or 40% unbreakable mid screen. Crazy crazy crazy S+ tier shit. If you look at how sonicfox used her he was using her main tools mostly and not many of her RS variation specific things so Assassin could have achieved the same success. Mid combo sharpen makes assassins many times better than Royal storm or mournful.
The whole point of a damage buff is to increase the damage output, so reducing her damage in assassin would make no sense and render the sharpen pointless. Blood God kotal should then have damage scaling adjustment when he uses his damage buff totem, but again, why have the option there if people are gonna cry they're losing to something that's part of the variation system?

Kitana having sharpen does not automatically place her in S Tier lol lets not be silly. if that's true then blood God kotal is automatically s tier
 

Skedar70

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The whole point of a damage buff is to increase the damage output, so reducing her damage in assassin would make no sense and render the sharpen pointless. Blood God kotal should then have damage scaling adjustment when he uses his damage buff totem, but again, why have the option there if people are gonna cry they're losing to something that's part of the variation system?

Kitana having sharpen does not automatically place her in S Tier lol lets not be silly. if that's true then blood God kotal is automatically s tier
Sure blood god can do the same mid combo but I mean he doesn't have the same tools as kitana. Lets say zoning for example, now kitana can do blood god buffs mid combo and she can also zone and she can control the air she is way nastier than blood god. Its a big change man.
 

evolution07

It's too soon to get cocky.
Sure blood god can do the same mid combo but I mean he doesn't have the same tools as kitana. Lets say zoning for example, now kitana can do blood god buffs mid combo and she can also zone and she can control the air she is way nastier than blood god. Its a big change man.
No. Kotal can do more damage. If he activates a mace parry, plus a totem or cuts himself for more damage, that's like instant death, just by the mace parry alone.
 

Konqrr

MK11 Kabal = MK9 Kitana
This is crazy this variation is going to be broken unless they do some damage scale adjustments. I don't think she needs this kind of buff. I was doing pretty well using assassin without mid combo sharpen. 50 or 40% unbreakable mid screen. Crazy crazy crazy S+ tier shit. If you look at how sonicfox used her he was using her main tools mostly and not many of her RS variation specific things so Assassin could have achieved the same success. Mid combo sharpen makes assassins many times better than Royal storm or mournful.
This big unbreakable damage is situational. First, sharpen must be active; Second, they have to get hit during sharpen active frames, then she has to use a bar of meter to extend the unbreakable portion. More than likely she will have used two bars for this.

Not broken at all.
 
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evolution07

It's too soon to get cocky.
It's because she uses her fans on her throw. Every move which uses her fans will get buffed after sharpen.
I read somewhere that her ex rising fans were somehow excluded from the damage buff during sharpen. I haven't tested that in the beta to see if it still holds true, so if someone could test that it would be great.

I think her throw dmg is increased as well.
Yes, but only a 2% increase, from 12>14. If she can land assassin strike while sharpen is active, it becomes the enhanced ex version with two stabs instead of one without spending a bar of meter and will take 23% instead of 19%.
 
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