I'm baaack!

Some of you may remember the series I did of MK9 kombo videos when MK9 came out. It's been a while, but I'm back with a shiny new Elgato and two kids that make it impossible to get anything done o_O. We'll see how prolific I manage to be this time, but here's my limited day 0 experimentation with Inferno Scorpion because I only had Scorp and Sub and Kotal available because my PS4 didn't preload AAAAAAARGH!

So Minion Grab is interesting in that it gives Scorpion another recapture because Spear wasn't enough I guess? Gravedigger (FPxxBPxxFK) seemed like his best opener as it's hitconfirmable and only -1 on block so I went from there. Teleport came first because it's the kombo extender that gets hurt the most by gravity scaling. After that it was pretty simple math. Spear can recapture out of the air followed by Minion Grab that only recaptures grounded enemies. Then it became a question of the best ender, and I settled on Flame Fist. You sacrifice a few % of damage you could get off of another Kombo xxSpecial, but you put the opponent down right in front of you in a hard knockdown state giving you Oki opportunities. There might be some more damage after the first Teleport if instead of F+FKxxSpear I did a quick Run into a Kombo xxSpear, but the timing for that is way too tight and I am ass.

I wish I could experiment more but it's like 3AM and my kids are gonna be up in 4.5 hours or so. I'll try to lab it up some more tomorrow. Any characters you'd like to see? I'm trying to figure out who the less popular characters will be so I won't be lost in the sea of videos on YouTube. Yeah I know, Scorpion was like the worst possible choice.

Stupid preload.

EDIT: So maybe Minion Grab doesn't only work on grounded enemies? I'm not even sure and I can't play because kids and I really shouldn't even be typing this but it's burrowing into my brain aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...