Maybe BROKEN, Maybe TERRIBLE - Competitive History of SHAO KAHN
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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"Whiffing on hit" is an absolutely diabolical sentence
Still better than a char who 'hits on whiff'.
@edgelord121 that's just the majority of terraria melee weapons
Literally just Kabal in mk9 LOL
Funny that mk11 had this problem to until one of the final patches
A mighty fall from the strongest character in mk history. On all fronts.
Part of me really wanted to say "Do a video on Kintaro", and then it hit me that "Competitive History of Kintaro" is literally not a thing.
He could still upload a video, it’d just be 20-30 minutes of a black screen
Same for Goro but at least he's properly playable in like 2 or 3 games
It's literally one game
he's in Armageddon, Trilogy..... and that's it.
@@JoedEzekiel069 technically also MK9
His Armageddon meta is amusingly ironic. Considering he was the canon winner.
MK11 Shao Kahn is right now in a very good spot. Yes he's complicated to use, but his damage, range, and options are exactly what would you expect from a boss character. So being a boss character that is difficult to use, that is indeed an awesome and rewarding character.
That makes the Kahn vs Kahn (Kotal vs Shao) matchups all the more interesting because, in a way, they're different kinds of bosses. Shao Kahn obliterates health bars and deals the kind of damage that makes newer players sweat. Kotal, meanwhile, is all about reads and buffs, and a runaway Kotal that gets the setups can be absolutely unbeatable.
@@Babs11549 Good points dude
He's better in mk9
@@Darth-vade123That doesn't count.
He’s considered one of the worst characters by top tournament players
I really hope that Shang Tsung gets the next episode of this series.
Been waiting for that for ages
Competitive History videos on this channel are like coming home to a nice warm bowl of soup, familiar, wholesome, well made and always something that I'm happy to see.
Nothing like a new mk character history on a Friday night.
'Nuff said
I mean hey! We watched it lol
Nothing like it!
On a Wednesday night
MK Annihilation Shao Khan: *AND IT! IS! GLORIOUS!*
I love playing him on MK11. His fatalities in MK are as brutal as he is.
My brother is a Shao main in Mortal Kombat: Unchained, he knows the pain… the suffering… and the fun whenever he crushes you…
9:16 made me 💀
10/10 content my dude.
6:58
We’ve had Quan Chi. We’ve had Shao Khan. I need that Shang Tsung/Shinnok video in my veins.
Shao was the reason I pre-ordered mk11. Also the reason I didn't play it long because how weak he was at launch 😔
It's a little late for me now on that game but maybe I'll pick it up again
I know that feeling! I was so, so hyped for 11 and had cemented my mains as Raiden and Shao Kahn. Both were absolutely terrible and still are. I got my platinum and haven't played again since. Well, except to go back for Aftermath to play the story.
I quit mk for that same reason and from now on they can sell their crappy games to the weirdos they pander to
I find it odd yet hilarious that he was good in MK vs DC.
Then again, the fact he's alright as a character in MK11 is proof anything is possible in the MK universe.
Shao Khan is a blast to play as in MK11 and I love his redesign.
I never liked Shao until 11, he’s pretty fun.
I would adore to see a baraka competitive history. Gotta spread some love for the tarkatan
For me, the big bad of MK has to M. Bison. You see, the day he graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for him, it was Tuesday. 😮
In the same vein of boss characters, I would absolutely love to see goro in this series soon!
Wait he was in mk vs DC? 🧐
@@taskforcekillah9722 who shao kahn? Yh I never knew lol, pretty awesome
@@kieranmcccccc995 lol my bad I thought you meant goro was in mk vs DC I swore bro was I'm just misremembering 🤣 been years since I played it
I don't play MK and I'm not really into fighting games, but you get an instant like anyway for the amazing Fighters Destiny music.
We need kompetitive history of Kitana. Pls 🥺
I want MK12 Shao Kahn to be like a mixture of his MK VS DC version and MK9
Make him so broken but give him crazy combos too
Facts make him broken like in mk9
They pull a Fortnite and release him the day before a major sponsored tourney lol
So you want him to be banned on launch?
Shao Kahn was a beast in Mortal Kombat Trilogy, one of the few characters in that game that can quickly move from the far side of the screen to close range, all while racking damage along the path. He can relentlessly open with a few projectiles, then rapidly tackle or move into his notorious upward knee, then brutally finish you off close range with the emperors shield and a few nasty hammer blows.
When you realize Mustard and Ketchup leave Sub-Zero, Liu Kang, Scorpion and others out of Competitive History so they don't have to play MK vs DC.
Can’t wait for the day that I’m blessed with a 2 hour competitive history of either scorpion or sub-zero. Also keep up the great work guys I’ve been following y’all’s videos for a while now.
[Competitive History of Shao Khan appears]
MK Annihilation Shao Khan: *AND IT! IS! GLORIOUS!*
Great video as always could you please give Hso Hao some love cus he is surprisingly awesome in his both of his playable appearances
Shao Kahn is the best villain in MK. Don’t need complex villains to be good. Sometimes a good all powerful warlord is all you need. What I find funny is despite being eh in Armageddon he actually ends up winning according to the beginning of story mode of MK9.
You have unlocked primal memories using the Fighter's Destiny soundtrack
Once, and only once mk9 show Kahn up shouldered me for over 80% it made me stop playing the arcade for quite some time
Loved the video my dude! I am a Shao Kahn main in MK1 and while it sucks he's not great I still rock with him. Hoping you can do one on Raiden, or Sonya!
I’m so happy you gents are making content again ^.^
Mk vs DC combos look pretty sick
Honestly im glad there’s ultimate mortal kombat deception with additional characters with goro and shao khan. God bless the modding community
Me who grew up with the base version of deception on ps2 : 🤡
@@hands-ongaming7180 don’t feel bad tbh cause the base ps2 game is still great.
Mk 9 Shao boss was a monster
Would love either a Sonya and/or Kano Competitive History soon. 😁
In Mortal Kombat 11 Shao Kahns "Annihilation" move, I think that should have come with his standard moveset! AND I wish he had that Green Projectile, & Emperor Shield. I would have like to see more magic-based moves, rather than just different directions to throw his hammer...
please a competitive history of shujinko
I've had mk9 ai Shao Kahn throw his hammer 5 times in a row before. It was so annoying. I couldn't do anything!
Shao Khan being the 1st fight in MK 9's story mode has always been a source of incredible frustration for me.
@JLT0087 the first fight in mk9s story mode is between Johnny Cage and Baraka. Or are you referring to the cinematic he-must-win hammer smash that technically never happens?
@@joey.renaud I may have gotten confused by reinstalling after not playing for awhile, unless that cinematic is behind a you must win to loose fight.
2:16 He says this as Cyber-smoke does a command grab which bypasses this
Wow. I never knew Shao Khan was _*that_ good in MK vs. DC! It was _all_ about The Flash and Superman.
16:07 Are you sure he wasn't playable? I think you played as him, Goro, and Kintaro in the challenge tower at various points. Maybe it was exclusive to the PS Vita version of the game?
Definitely Vita exclusive. The Vita version had extra challenge missions
@@kaihedgie1747 Yeah, I remembered that the Vita version had the extra challenge missions but I couldn't remember what was in them and if they included the Shao, Goro, and Kintaro ones.
@@georgesears934 I think maybe Kintaro was the only one left unplayable. I'll have to recheck.
Tremor's in there, though
mk input reading by CPU at arcades was such a terrible time
Shao Kahn lives up to the "what we expected" vs "what we got" meme. I wonder if it was a bit of an inside joke from the studio to tone him down as a playable to avoid him being the obviously cheap character he always was as a boss.
He was great as a boss, I don't know what are you talking about.
@scottchaison1001 As a boss, he hits hard, has a lot of weapons, and is cheaper than a dollar tree. However, when made into a legitimately playable character, the general consensus always seemed to rank him on the lower tiers (though I think it's because most players choose seemingly faster moving fighters).
Let’s be real: at some point he was gonna have to talk about MK VS DC in one of these episodes.
i remember having the arcade controller where it was a big mortal kombat controller that you'd plug into A/V TVs
Gotta love NRS for making a pre-order bonus character weak at launch. I don't recall Goro being this bad in MKX
Goro was weak early on in mkx
some insight from a former high level online warrior that mained shao kahn in mk11. the taunts are far from impractical as shao has rather s8imple setups that allow him to get them out absolutely safe. you did forget to mention, that his javelin toss has a special property if hit on high range, as it will result in an extended knockdown. this has 2 applications, 1. the extended knockdown allows him to close the distance, especially usefull as he is able to hit a oki 24d6 wich is the far version of his overhead hammer lunge wich is safe on block and has an inbuild mindgame where the amplified version will clip enemies that insist on taking their turn, and the second use is, that the extended knockdown of a far hitting javelin toss allows you to completely savely use any taunt. it is a bit of a risky move tho, as shao kahn kinda struggles in neutral with any character his main gameplan is centered around fishing for a hit that results in a knockdown and then he keeps üplaying the oki game. shao kahn can instead of going for his close knockdowns that allow him to set up his actual gameplan send his opponent fullscreen in order to either sneak in a cheeky taunt, or go for thehigh range javelin wich on hit allows for a completely safe taunt. i personally never use taunt tho, not because its impractical, but its less consistent. shao kahn is a setplay character at core and he wants to capitalise on every knockdown while he loses neutral against basically every character. yes the taunt is incredible if you get it off, especially since all of his taunts give him access to powerful krushing blows, but everytime you use it you trade the potential setplay for the taunt and in a best case szenario go back to neutral. i personally always prioritize staying on my opponent and keeping up the pressure, but i know some players see it differently and really like playing with the extra threat of the taunts.
tldr: taunts are actually practical but they are a risky tradeoff, and javelin toss has lomnger knockdown on high range
The Fighter's Destiny soundtrack is a nice touch to this video.
MKvDC Shao Khan is my goat. he was good even as a masher
The moment I saw this video on my feed, I was like "oh yeah, it's about time MK vs. DC showed up to the Competitive History series!" I really enjoyed playing as him in that game
Now the only main game left that has yet to debut in the Competitive History series is the first one, Mortal Kombat (1992)
I would personally love to see Shinnok next for CH. He's my favorite antagonist in the series and I enjoy playing as him in his few playable appearances
Good to you adding MKvsDC to these videos, I know you're not a fan of it but I feel it's important as it's the middle ground between the 3d games and MK9.
Fantastic video as usual, I for one appreciate the consistent feeling of joy I get from these videos, each as quality as the last.
The craziest thing about Shao’s insane block dash speed is that it seems to have carried over to M1K. I’ve recently been messing with him after maining Havik, and there is a notable difference.
There were some extra tidbits not mentioned during the Klassic section. The N64 version of Trilogy had a limitation on Kahn's hammer. It could only be used once every few seconds regardless if it hit or not compared to the AI who could use it repeatedly with no cool down. The PS1 version let Kahn use the hammer like the AI but removed its stun effect.
Another neat thing is in the N64 version if your playing as Reptile vs Kahn or fighting another human using Reptile while playing as Kahn then Reptile's Forceball is completely unusable. It wont ever come out. However if fighting an AI as Reptile they can still use it and if a Forceball hits Kahn the game will crash.
6:38 lmao is Shao Kahns alternative outfit literally Thor? Guess it makes sense bc of the hammer but that’s hilarious and great
It's been a while since this was posted, but he's unlockable via code in the 16-bit versions of MK3 also. For both MK3 and UMK3, he was only playable in 2 player mode and only one person could choose him.
Great video as always.
But could we get a Sonya Blade video? I just remember she was super fun in MK9.
MK3: broken in the overpowered way
MK Deception: broken in the dysfunctional way
As someone who's played all Mortal Kombats, I liked how you guessed that nobody would remember Kahn in Deception. I only played the PS2 version, but always wanted to try him and Goro several, several years later to this day.
But I totally forgot about vs. DC by virtue of both it being a forgettable title, and nobody ever picking him online.
And also if you ever read this, competitive history of Kabal? 🙏
Great video as always! For the sake of accuracy I would like to add that the "klassic" Shao Kahn could also be played in the PC port of the vanilla MK3 (I'm not sure about other ports). Since it was still a DOS game, you had to launch it with the '1000000' parameter (much like the '666' parameter unlocks Smoke) to make Shao Kahn and Motaro playable in 2-player mode.
I was not expecting Evil Zone music. The soundtrack is phenomenal
New PNDK&M Upload? Today is a good day.
Woooo, I was just thinking about when the next Competitive History video would drop!
Very good competitive history video, hoping for either Johnny Cage or Kabal one of these days
I'm waiting for Shujinko or Sub zero the latter is playable in every MK ever, scorpion wasn't in MK3 only UMK3
@@Lightpaladin720 well that's the problem, Sub is in every MK ever so it'd take very long to make
Pretty much only played Shao in MK11, and man the rocky road from launch to now is something else. All the buffs he got made his practical damage go from paper cuts to.. well, what you'd expect Shao Kahn's damage to be.
Pretty much in the same boat, when the patch dropped that fixed jailing issues after pokes I legit couldn’t believe I finally had other than using sweep after hitting a d4.
It’s legit hard to imagine Shao couldn’t jail any of his stuff after his pokes in a game that emphasizes strike/throw so much for over a year 😂
Loved every minute of playing Shao though
3:35 right before the cut, shao khan gets grabbed. How?
Sorry my comment had nothing to do with the video but the ost from fighter's destiny in your opening got a good nostalgia hit on me 😆
My goal is to go to a Halloween party dressed as Shao Kahn 😊, Hes my favorite character in all video games
he for sure used loop hammers in mk9 even 3 times hits hard af
Wow, Fighters Destiny N64 music. I sure wasn't expecting that.
17:14 "I'll tell you why it's broken in a sec" (Sektor getting infinited on screen) lol
ManiacZombie is probably the Shao Kahn main of mk11 as he did manage a shadow priest brutality against a Cetrion main in tournament. He may have lost the tournament but he won the crowd.
AI Shao Khan in MK9 did use throws, though it was super rare.
I absolutely loved shao Khan in MK11, you really felt his power, best version of the character since 3
Hes very much a mid range character
"Up shoulder and hammer throw are broken - I'll tell you why soon"
>Also shows video both basically going infinite
This is just what I needed on the way to work today 🙌
Yooo I've been asking for this guy for a while now! Keeping on the boss train, I'd love to see some Shinnok!
I miss deception man they had such a cool little mini game when you put In a secret code
Can I get a Competitive History on Scorpion next please Ketchup?
Probably saving that for last I bet, also why he hasn’t done Liu yet
@@MILDMONSTER1234 Yeah. Same with Sub-Zero! You must have seen me request Liu Kang in a past vid!
What a gnarly surprise before bedtime!! Tysm :)
So how do we reconcile Shao Kahn’s Deception story with Armageddon’s? Did Havik bring him back and then all his underlings being brought back due to their souls being bound to him or is there still some random decoy running around and some random Shokan in Goro’s coffin?
Isn't this when he faked his death?
@@insertedgynamehere___969 yeah in deadly alliance he faked his death, he got a double to get killed by the deadly alliance while he was recovering from the events of mk3
in armageddon it's the actual shao
The music in these videos is on point!
I'd say MK3 Shao Kahn is more powerful from a lore standpoint than in Deception and Armageddon because he absorbed all the souls of humanity during his invasion. Powered him up quite a bit so when he doesn't have them in the later games, he's not as strong. Makes sense to me.
nab am I glad to see you guys in my channel feed.
Can someone please tell me the song used in the last 5 minutes??? it goes so hard 😭
"........ It's time for MK vs DCU- *_Ad begins playing_*
Gotta keep you on the edge of your seat
Wasn't expecting an episode of Shao Kahn, but a welcome surprise it is. I really like Shao in Trilogy & MK9, he felt like a true boss character (MKvsDC too I suppose). I don't really like him in MK11, he's just so boring in that game. Then again, most characters were boring in MK11...
I'll cast my vote for Kitana & Sub-Zero, my favorite male and female character in MK.
This isn't my first time commenting this but I fucking love that you're using a bunch of Fighters Destiny OST in your videos recently. Maybe a vid on it? Or maybe just its awesome OST!
General Shao belongs on the updated version of this list.
As a Shao main in mk11 you were right about him.
Just what I needed for my overnight shift, cheers mate!
NGL, for me, the Big Bad of MK is and always will be Shang Tsung
yeah
yeah
Thanks for the great drop on Saturday morning
Definitely one of my favorite mains despite how things were at launch imma have to hop back on and get some matches soon
fighters destiny bgm...nice touch!!
Great work as always. Competitive history of Johnny cage would be awesome
It’s sad for deception because he looked so cool
"AI never do these" nah see, I remember 1 match against Shao Khan on mk9, when he hit me with the unblockable stun hammer, he continued to do so until the round was over. It was at the moment I tried to never let him hit me with a hammer again 🤣😂😂
I actually really like mk vs dc because it was my first mk game, but I’ll never try to defend it.
shao WAS playable in mk9, on the vita in one of the towers