General/Other - Liu Kang (Old) Liu Kang Pre-Release General Discussion Thread

[Spinky]

"Death will reveal the truth." - Liu Lang General Discussion thread

"YOBOLODULUBUBOLUBUBOH" - Lee Kwong General Discussion Thread

 

[Pterodactyl]

Character breakdown indeed.

 

[kabelfritz]

his tools are ridiculous. amazing speed and footsie range, multiple zoning options, standing reset from every normal bycicle kick, plus on block elbow move, trident rush. im curious how this plays out, but besides kung lao and takeda he for sure looks like the strongest character.

 

[STRYKIE]

Look at this cocky bastard.

 

[Pterodactyl]

Liu Kang ain't nothin' to fuck with.

 

[MEN_TATALOR]

No fire bicycle kick?

 

[beep_ima_sheep]

Having a serious identity crisis now. Was not expecting LK to be so awesome. Too many mains to pick from

 

[Alien Substance]

Co-main confirmed for now.
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I was listening to Liu's variation breakdown with my headphones on and I noticed that he does make noises during his bicycle kick. Listen closely during the talk about Dragon's Fire, after the part when Flying Kick being a double-hitting move in that variant is shown.

 

[Pterodactyl]

No fire bicycle kick?

They didn't EX it seems, so we don't know yet.

I hope it returns, it was so awesome looking in MK9.

 

[Peckapowa]

Liu looks kind of effeminate and i miss his awesome umk3 noises and his variations are bland. Shinnok was a huge disappointment. But erron black was the tits.

 

[Pterodactyl]

What do Shinnok and Erron Black have to do with Liu Kang?

If you only like 1/3 of those characters why aren't you in that 1 character's General Discussion thread?

So many unanswered questions.

 

[FinalBoss_FGC]

Sorry but old Liu Kang is much more dope than the revenant costume.

 

[FCP/EMP SCAR]

Why did they give liu Kang such a bad ass bruce lee stance in character select screen, then give him a half ass one during the match?

 

[Fractured_Shadow]

his tools are ridiculous. amazing speed and footsie range, multiple zoning options, standing reset from every normal bycicle kick, plus on block elbow move, trident rush. im curious how this plays out, but besides kung lao and takeda he for sure looks like the strongest character.

I completley agree. A 5 frame standing normal, a parry, great looking zoning, one of the best trap variations with his dark manipulation, 50/50 ender, IAPs, AND his strings hit low blocking opponents as seen when Paulo was hitting low blocking Ermac.

Mr. Kang has become the #1 character I am going to look at.

 

[RoboCop]

I'm so excited about taking the Dualist version into the lab. There have got to be some nasty setups hiding in those dark balls... Hmm, I was in trouble like halfway through that sentence...

 

[AssassiN]

Maybe it's just me, but dualist doesn't look like a variation I'll be playing much.
I'm guessing combo artists will be pulling of some nice combo's with the dark balls.
If you can get fully charged, pressure should be interesting but that could be hard to setup.

All I know is I've got the week off and I'll be putting in a lot of lab-time.
Dragon's fire and Flame fist look like the way to go for me.

 

[KH_Seraph]

Maybe it's just me, but dualist doesn't look like a variation I'll be playing much.
I'm guessing combo artists will be pulling of some nice combo's with the dark balls.
If you can get fully charged, pressure should be interesting but that could be hard to setup.

All I know is I've got the week off and I'll be putting in a lot of lab-time.
Dragon's fire and Flame fist look like the way to go for me.

I think the utility character loyalists will find in Duality will be that certain characters won't be able to reflect them and they will be a 'variant trap' for certain characters such as Kotal Kahn/Sun God.

 

[AssassiN]

I think the utility character loyalists will find in Duality will be that certain characters won't be able to reflect them and they will be a 'variant trap' for certain characters such as Kotal Kahn/Sun God.

I could be wrong, all we've got to base any opinions on is quick stream footage.
I'm just excited to try Liu Kang out.

 

[Pterodactyl]

I completley agree. A 5 frame standing normal, a parry, great looking zoning, one of the best trap variations with his dark manipulation, 50/50 ender, IAPs, AND his strings hit low blocking opponents as seen when Paulo was hitting low blocking Ermac.

Mr. Kang has become the #1 character I am going to look at.

Fire Fists damage buff still sounds crazy good to me. He's fast and he's probably going to be a 50/50 mix-up machine, so a solid damage buff on top of that is nasty

 

[RoboCop]

I'm wondering for his Dualist variation, does he start out in light mode? I'd rather just start out in dark and get right to the killin. Seems weird to start the match at full health in his healing mode...

 

[Hehateme]

"You don't want these flame hands, bruh "

 

[SaltShaker]

I completley agree. A 5 frame standing normal, a parry, great looking zoning, one of the best trap variations with his dark manipulation, 50/50 ender, IAPs, AND his strings hit low blocking opponents as seen when Paulo was hitting low blocking Ermac.

Mr. Kang has become the #1 character I am going to look at.

I'm so sad I cannot play this guy. I was one of the main ones hype to see him and he looks so beast. Its just not fair lol.

 

[Pterodactyl]

I'm so sad I cannot play this guy. I was one of the main ones hype to see him and he looks so beast. Its just not fair lol.

Why, homie?

 

[Fractured_Shadow]

I'm so sad I cannot play this guy. I was one of the main ones hype to see him and he looks so beast. Its just not fair lol.

Maaaan I know your sparring partner os going to be using him but daaaamn that is like calling dibs on the super hot girl in class because "I liked her first." You just don't do that shit.

 

[Pterodactyl]

"You don't want these flame hands, bruh "

"Oh, my hands? Sorry, I was just holding my mixtape."