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Men who scream like women: Liu Kang and Raiden Kombo Videos

Wtf Liu Kang, I'd have to take him online to be sure but he seems like an absolute pressure monster. Two quick strings lead to over 1/3 life combos either starting in a low or ending in an overhead. And one combo is all it takes to take the opponent across 2/3 of the stage and into the corner. I've been avoiding corner combos in my previous videos to try and keep things simple, but with Liu Kang you really have to know when your opponent will and will not end in the corner because if you do the wrong ender, you will whiff. Wattah!

  
  
Raiden was far less interesting. He has no real way to combo off of a low or out of the air, so there wasn't much for me to explore. However, the timings of his best combos were so tight that this video actually took me the longest to complete.
  

Is it just me or does it seem like his Torpedo scream isn't as long as it used to be. I remember when I was a kid playing MK1 in the arcade that it sounded like "alibabakah" or something. We may know that a Ryu says "Tatsumaki Senpu Kyaku" when he does a Hurricane Kick but Raiden remains a mystery. As a character he seems a bit mehhh. No great speed, no great strength, limited options. Maybe Torpedo spam is king of laggy online play.

I know I've been extra prolific today but don't expect me to keep up this pace. It just happens that I stayed up waaay too late last night watching the GSL and Mondays are my day off. I'll probably throw up another one or two videos before the end of the week. Again if you haven't yet, take a peek at the Whiskey Media fighting game community channel and show us some love. Subscribe or thumbs up our videos or just leave a comment letting us know what you think.
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Wtf Liu Kang, I'd have to take him online to be sure but he seems like an absolute pressure monster. Two quick strings lead to over 1/3 life combos either starting in a low or ending in an overhead. And one combo is all it takes to take the opponent across 2/3 of the stage and into the corner. I've been avoiding corner combos in my previous videos to try and keep things simple, but with Liu Kang you really have to know when your opponent will and will not end in the corner because if you do the wrong ender, you will whiff. Wattah!

  
  
Raiden was far less interesting. He has no real way to combo off of a low or out of the air, so there wasn't much for me to explore. However, the timings of his best combos were so tight that this video actually took me the longest to complete.
  

Is it just me or does it seem like his Torpedo scream isn't as long as it used to be. I remember when I was a kid playing MK1 in the arcade that it sounded like "alibabakah" or something. We may know that a Ryu says "Tatsumaki Senpu Kyaku" when he does a Hurricane Kick but Raiden remains a mystery. As a character he seems a bit mehhh. No great speed, no great strength, limited options. Maybe Torpedo spam is king of laggy online play.

I know I've been extra prolific today but don't expect me to keep up this pace. It just happens that I stayed up waaay too late last night watching the GSL and Mondays are my day off. I'll probably throw up another one or two videos before the end of the week. Again if you haven't yet, take a peek at the Whiskey Media fighting game community channel and show us some love. Subscribe or thumbs up our videos or just leave a comment letting us know what you think.
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Why so godlike Starving

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Raiden might not have that many options, but his teleport is just godlike :P doesn't really matter that you can't open up your opponent if you can just teleport and punish on reaction. As for Liu Kang, isn't the fact that you move so far during combos actually sort of a problem ? I'm thinking since you can randomly reach the corner which screws up your timing.

Also, that second combo you got with Raiden there looks pretty damn complicated =o

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Dude, awesome job cranking these out. Too bad I'll probably never be good enough to mimic them properly.

Played a Liu Kang with some insanely good record earlier today, had no idea what to do against him. Anything I tried would either be blocked and countered for a 30%+ combo, or be totally insignificant because he would break out of it and then do a 30%+ combo. Not fun. And as you demonstrated turtling doesn't really work either.

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Raiden does not scream like a woman. Raiden screams like Jesus would scream.

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That is some hot fucking shit right there, my friend.


Let see some Kano!
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SUBSCRIBE OR COOL BABY WILL RAPE YOU IN YOUR SLEEP

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Flawless!

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These videos kind of make want to never play MK again.

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@LordXavierBritish said:
" These videos kind of make want to never play MK again. "
They make me never want to play online ever and make me realize that I'll never devote the time to do that shit. Awesome Liu Kang moves though.
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The last combo you did during the torpedo it sounded like Raiden said "YOU SHOT MY DOG!"

Anyways, amazing play, I probably will never get that good.

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Also - just noticed... You REALLY like killing Kratos, don't you? :P

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@xobballox said:
" Also - just noticed... You REALLY like killing Kratos, don't you? :P "
I do too! :)
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These videos are great! Very interesting stuff if I say so.

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@Ares42 Yeah, Liu Kang's combos are both a blessing and a curse. If you're just starting then it can be hard to keep track of where you are. Once you really get his combos down though, the ability to corner the opponent from almost anywhere is only going to make your game stronger.

@Slaker117 I'm thinking block low and if he starts a combo switch to blocking high haha. His mixup game is almost nonexistant, but his pressure and damage potential are really scary.
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Raiden is S tier easy. Superman is one of the fastest specials in the game, covers full screen, pushes into the corner, has super armor on the EX version, and can be done out of any combo raiden does. His TP can be done on reaction to dodge tons of things, can be used in combos, and the EX version conditions the opponent to respect everything you do, opening up grabs. His AA would be weak, if it wasn't for air supermans being GDLK. His normals combo very well, though his good combos are crazy hard to pull off (53% corner xray combo is a bitch to get consistent.) His poke is crazy, with forward 24 and back 312 both having frame advantage on block. If they block you can grab, if they don't you either get a straight up superman (off the forward 24), or a 35-40%ish combo into a superman (off the back 312.)

The main thing about Raiden is his pressure is so insanely GDLK. Between frame advantage pokes, super armor supermans, and random teleports, you can't keep him off you if he reads you right.