MK: Shaolin Monks versus mode tier list
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posted04/24/2006 02:27 AM (UTC)by
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Sub-Zero_7th
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02/12/2003 12:29 AM (UTC)
Hey all. While I don't play MK: SM much anymore, I had been pondering some time ago about a tier list for the 8 characters in the versus mode and here is what I came up with:

Top Tier

1. Kitana

Ground stuff: great combos, especially with
Aerial stuff: multi dive kicks are great as well as aerial flip kick
Specials: Fan Toss is mediocre, but her other two specials are better. Fan Lift is a good anti-air move and allows for aerial combos.

2. Sub-Zero

Ground stuff: good stuff
Aerial stuff: very good stuff; can link aerial smash to slide for continuous hits
Specials: ground freeze is ok but his Freeze and Slide kick major ass

3. Liu Kang

Ground stuff: rolling is good, ground combos are pretty good
Aerial stuff: very good aerial combos
Specials: fireballs are excellent, fire uppercut is mediocre, flying kick and bicycle kick aren't that great

Mid Tier

4. Kung Lao

Ground stuff: good stuff
Aerial stuff: very good stuff, especially with the multi dive kicks
Specials: very good as well, but the Hat Throw has to be used well for it to work nicely

5. Johnny Cage

Ground stuff: pretty good; like the Nut Punch combo
Aerial stuff: pretty decent stuff
Specials: projectile is good with the triple forceballs; other two projectiles kind of suck though

Low Tier

6. Baraka

Ground stuff: no real complaints
Aerial stuff: not that great; he doesn't have much here
Specials: projectile is pretty decent, chop chop blades are very nice, launching special is mediocre

7. Scorpion

Ground stuff: pretty good stuff
Aerial stuff: pretty good as well
Specials: teleport punch is good, fire uppercut is mediocre, spear sucks

8. Reptile

Ground stuff: medicore though the rolling and sliding stuff is always good
Aerial stuff: crap; he simply can't last long in the air
Specials: slide is very good, but his projectiles aren't that useful overall
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Well, that's basically it. Feel free to post your tier lists for MKSM's vs mode characters, and be sure to include why you feel that particular character should be in that place.
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Black-Rose
04/22/2006 05:35 PM (UTC)
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Most of the characters didn't please me with their moves. The only characters that were easy for me to use were the type of people that use Kung Lao's type of fighting. Like the matrix stuff (air pound, ground pound, etc). But some of them were useful in story mode.

Baraka:
Baraka I actually use all of the time, he is one of my most common characters in this game. His specials are good, except for the R1 Triangle one (all he does is use his claws), but otherwise then that is the man!

Kitana:
I am not good with Kitana, at all! She is really hard for me to use, and her combos suck. Her specials are alright, but I always get bashed by the enemy before the specials even get out.

Sub-Zero:
He was a cool edition to this game, but I only use him if the opponent is Sub as well. Thus making me, Noob Saibot! (AKA: The original Sub). His moves are alright, but after his freeze move hits you, the frozen effect looks cheesy. His air combat moves are good.

Kung Lao:
He was who I used in Konquest (story mode), and is basically one of the best fighters on MK period. His hat is a classical move and fatality. He is really awesome to play as, no one can beat me with him!

Liu Kang:
Liu Kang was a bad character in my opinion. I suck with him, and I only won a few times with him. But I unlocked many secrets in story mode with him, so he is kind of useful.

Scorpion:
Scorpion is like Liu Kang to me, his specials are awesome, but his moves, combos, etc aren't that great. His teleport move was useful against bosses, cause it stunned them smile

Johnny Cage:
Well, as most of you know, Johnny Cage is my favorite character in Mortal Kombat. In this game, he is probably my third most common character though. His shadow kick move, shadow balls, etc are cool and all, but I can't get more then a fifteen hit combo with him.

Reptile:
Reptile I barely ever use, he is just like another Bo Rai Cho in Deception to me. He was pretty hard as a boss, but in V.S. mode he is useless. The only thing I like about him, is his looks.
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04/22/2006 08:33 PM (UTC)
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Kung Lao:
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Easily my most common and overall best player, since i hate liu kang, i immediately took an onterest in kung lao

GROUND:short but effective, always sets you up for another combo
AIR: undescribably my favourate feature of kung lao, love the flying kicks, hate the slow motion slam tho, i with he had a "smash down" move instead.
SPECIALS: I love and can use al of them in my combos, hitting them into the air, then teleport, then dive kicks, then spinning move, then more dive kicks, then hat, WOOT

favourate combo: easily his simplist and yet his most deadly,
xbox: X, X, X, hat throw (ul sh*t yourself at the damage)


credit for the combo goes to KONQRR

Liu Kang:
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never liked him, vever will like him, no comment as i know nothing of his good combos.

Sub-Zero
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SECTACULAR!!!, definately the easiest character to own with, yet some combos are challanging

GROUND: love it!, simple, and sets up for combos
AIR: awsome! great combos and looks to destructive
SPECIALS: dont like the ground freeze and its max is only useful in SURVIVAL, thats right, SURVIVAL, ive been there.

favourite combo:
xbox: X, X, X, Y, Y- jump, X, X, X, X, Y- slide/uppercut, jump, X, X, X, X, Y,-
slide/snowball OWNED

other characters i like :

scorpion GOOD ALL AROUND
baraka GOOD
kitana HATE THE BI*CH
reptile: ALRIGHT
cage: NUT PUCH!!
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Sub-Zero_7th
04/23/2006 08:18 PM (UTC)
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Hmm, well, for Kitana, it seems I forgot to include the part in which you can press the quick button 6 times for many hits. That and her anti-air specials are why I put her at #1. Though, she has the aerial flip kick and the multi dive kicks as well.

I really think Sub-Zero is definitely up there as well, because his Freeze and Slide are amazing. The combos are kind of like they are in MK4/MKG in that you can link specials within the hits. He has great aerial combos and with the Freeze and Slide being fast, he kicks ass.

Black-Rose, I'm really surprised you didn't like Liu Kang's gameplay style that much. His Fireballs are probably the best projectiles in the game as they are fast and he has the triple fireball thing. He also has the Air Fireball for anti-air stuff and has good aerial combos. I prefer the rolling attack to the flying spinning fist attack when it comes to the running launcher move.
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04/23/2006 11:26 PM (UTC)
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Some of the moves and combos you base your list on are worthless and/or escapable.

The true tier list is in this thread.

Basically Sub is top, then Liu, then Kung. The damage dealt by them is substantial...J~3 owns.

Kitana sucks. Baraka sucks. Reptile is ok due to the Alt Throw combo that Sub and Liu share. It's one of those famous Midway glitches that went undiscovered by the testers......
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Sub-Zero_7th
04/24/2006 01:11 AM (UTC)
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Konqrr Wrote:
Some of the moves and combos you base your list on are worthless and/or escapable.

The true tier list is in this thread.

Basically Sub is top, then Liu, then Kung. The damage dealt by them is substantial...J~3 owns.

Kitana sucks. Baraka sucks. Reptile is ok due to the Alt Throw combo that Sub and Liu share. It's one of those famous Midway glitches that went undiscovered by the testers......


err ok...lol...What about Scorpion and Johnny Cage?
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krsx66
04/24/2006 02:27 AM (UTC)
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Konqrr Wrote:
Some of the moves and combos you base your list on are worthless and/or escapable.

The true tier list is in this thread.

Basically Sub is top, then Liu, then Kung. The damage dealt by them is substantial...J~3 owns.

Kitana sucks. Baraka sucks. Reptile is ok due to the Alt Throw combo that Sub and Liu share. It's one of those famous Midway glitches that went undiscovered by the testers......


Since there is a (more accurate) thread dealing with the subject, I'm closing this one.

Also, someone should post a fully completed tier list in that stickied thread.
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