I'm really surprised to see especially Ferra/Torr so low, I feel like Ferra/Torr is just outside top tier. Lackey has the best command grab and best corner control game in MKX as well as among the best armored wakeups/antiairs, safest mixups and pressure tools, and easiest side switching in MKX. Like, some characters' neutral jump and even toward jump attacks can't actually hit a recovering max range lackey command grab whiff heh. Vicious also has some of the best command grab ticks, ranged attacks, safety in mixups and pressure, and counter-zoning. I don't really know what the character lacks that would put it so low, to be honest. I did a quick thread search to see if there were any reasons given and didn't find it, so, sorry if I missed something.
I think Kotal's placement is wrong just based on results if nothing else: at least one Kotal has made top 8 or 9th in almost every major so far. It's hard to argue that away I think.
I'd put Jason last. Honestly I was very surprised at how poorly people dealt with Forever King Jr's relentless Jason. Clearly none of his opponents had looked into how pursuit switches buttons. His overhead/low mixups are safe and tricky to see which is which, but they're both slow, not damaging, and kind of bad for his own positioning. I love that the armor lets him close out rounds better than almost anyone, but I still think it's bizarre that they made him fall asleep when it ends regardless of what's going on outside xray, even if he's in the startup of uncancelable moves, even if he's in the air after using a launching interactable. A lot of his buttons are slow and don't have great hitboxes. I feel like relentless Jason is basically about pressing b1 and hoping the opponent lets you do the rest. I think unstoppable is better but it too has kinda one dimensional mixups and mobility. Each of his variations has aspects of a good character but I don't think any of them puts it all together enough. Not that he's useless, I think even the bottom tier can compete tbh.
I actually switched away from Jason as a 2nd/3rd character to Goro because I feel Goro is a lot better, probably still low tier but a viable low tier. I don't think it's true that he needs to be in the corner. He has a fast, safe high/low game, good command grabs, great wakeups, good footsie buttons, good corner carry, good armor killers, etc. It's really hard to get him off of you once he starts. It's true that his weak antiair game hurts him, definitely can't disagree with that. I mean of course he can always armor out of jump attacks with ex stomp or, if the opponent is more in front, with ex punchwalk into damage/corner carry, but depending on armor sucks. And I think he gets blown up by some characters for sure, like I don't really know what to do against Tanya. But in general I think he can hang with a lot of the cast!
Anyway imo it'd be better to rank characters like this:
Can reasonably win majors mostly by themselves: everybody
Can reasonably get top 8 at majors mostly by themselves: Goro, Jason
Probably can't get top 8 at majors mostly by themselves: actually maybe Jason
Edit: Dohhhhh forgot which game I'm talking about on which forum, I mean... All my characters need to get buffed!!
Kotal: so unsafe, um, what else are his problems again, i mean, bottom tier for sure
Kano: how am I supposed to compete when cyber doesn't have an overhead and has such a low damage projectile and cutthroat's overhead has no range
Goro: ugh his punishes don't work as designed and his antiair is garbage please buff this unplayable mess ugh
