Thanks for your patience with this one, everyone! Adding a character to a game in the middle of a script certainly changes things. But I'm a man of my word! Who should I do next I wonder? EDIT: I know Fujin made his debut to the franchise with Mythologies, but this series is about gameplay. Fujin was first playable in MK4. Perhaps I could have worded that better but it's the same reason I didn't mention his MKX appearance. It's not about lore, it's about competitive.
ngl I like how Fujin's MK11 Moves remind me a lot of those old Kung Fu movies with the Wire Fu stuff. Walking on air doing elegant sword attacks that are almost just elegant dance moves.
I’d love to see an episode on Tanya. I think this series is best at covering characters with a lesser spotlight, and she’d be perfect for it. Her dragon naginata variation in MKX was easily my favorite character in that game so seeing broken down would be awesome.
Agreed! Tanya has been always underrated and overshadowed by others characters even tho she kickass in every game she's in specially at Mkx with her awesome acrobatic skills
A character I'd love a breakdown of is, of all people, Reiko. He's definitely one of my favorites in MK4 as a casual, and I'd love to see how he is competitively, no matter how few appearances he has throughout the series.
I wonder if there is anyone who loves Street Fighter as much as these special bois love Mk. Like the labor of love overflows in every video I appreciate your work.
I’ve been practicing Fujin’s 4 2 into late tornado juggle, micro dash into his 12434. It’s tricky to get to connect fully and doesn’t even do great damage but landing it feels great. His amp tornado juggles are also very difficult to get the timing down so I’m just practicing meterless combos at the moment.
I think it might be an interesting discussion to talk about the MK Meta of Guest Characters. Given that Mortal Kombat is known to make "Dream Matches" happen like Alien vs Predator and most recently Robocop vs the Terminator as of recent, I think it might be a fun and interesting idea to see how these big names shaped the meta of their respective games.
I'd love to see a Sheeva one, this felt like a decent choose your destiny with a very good competitive history. Sheeva on MK9 even if it was bad had a ton of tricks (like most of the MK9 Cast) and there is a lot of potential for me in her as a character in this game, just keep up the good work and love these videos
Sheeva wasnt ABSOLUTELY bad in MK9 but her speed was her huge drawback (like she really was quite slow in terms of making combo and such stuff) granting EVERY single combo she connects can easily rack up to 40+% damage + plus she had a variety of grabs she had 2(!!!!) unblockable moves and her fireball missile was amazing since it was impossible just to lay down to ignore it (its that big) + it cant be jumped over + even if opponent blocks it..it had insane knockback
fujin my favorite mortal kombat character of all time!!!! Air bender!!! thanks for doing this video..very interesting to see his history... im enjoying cyclone variation the most
For a shorter video I'd love to see Shinnok. But if your gonna do one of the "the character appears in almost every game" characters, Johnny Cage is my pick!
Ok serious question since they brought back a Klassic Mk character who Hasn’t been playable since MK Armageddon I feel like they would add more old 3D era characters
Aside from Havik, Reiko, Daegon, and Hotaru, I don't think many of the 3D Era charaçters are that interesting tbh. Like, all of the Black Dragon/Red Dragon members can stay far away.
@@rainofkhandaq6678 Well, Nitara, Ashrah and Sareena have great potential. And Mavado could be done great as a mobility-based fighter with his elastic ropes.
The Gheist I mean the character who I would like to more about is Mavado because we don’t know much about him but a character who deserves more attention Should be Ashrah
You're content is amazing. Love your competitive series. Looking forward to the next one. I would want to see a competitive history of Johnny Cage. Although I know that would be a long video lmao
Fujin debuted in Mythologies Sub-Zero, no? Kinda odd that you didn't even mention it in this video. He was a sick boss in that game (though the game sucked).
Fujin made his gameplay debut in MK4. He was not playable in mythologies so it isn't correct to say his first competitive game was a single player adventure. The same way quan chi didn't make his competitive debut in the defenders of the Realm cartoon show.
@@PNDKM I get your point, but I think it deserved a mention at least. You literally said "Fujin made his debut in Mortal Kombat via MK4", I feel that statement can be taken wrong regardless of your intent. Not trying to argue though, great video as always.
@@MaskedGuyCh I get what you're saying but you're still missing the point of this series IMO. I only highlight games he was playable and Fujin was first playable in MK4. It's the same reason I didn't mention his MKX appearance. it's not about timelines, it's about competitive. You can go to lore channels for every single appearance. This is about gameplay.
@@PNDKM No I understand the point of this series, and I appreciate it. If I wanted lore channels I can look for them, don't you worry. I doubt I'll find a better channel for MK than this though, heh.
if you understood why’d you bother nitpicking in the first place. y’all be nitpicking at the weirdest things that are usually self explanatory just to get attention, my lord.
Looks and sounds like this guy is probably gonna be a double tier guy. Likely Low tier for low skilled players, and very high tier if you're high skilled with him.
Could you try Ashrah, Chameleon/Khameleon, Kai, Reiko, Mavado, Sareena, Mokap, Nitara, Havik, Hotaru, Darrius, or shujinko next? They're all super unused characters who all feel unique in their own way. Except for Kai, I'm keeping him here for memes. Also, who do you think would ever come back from the list above? My bets are on Havik and Hotaru, everyone else feels fucked.
I wanna see an Aftermath Tier list to see if Johnny still number 1 after the patch. Some says no, the nerf did him dirty, others says that in high play doesn't affect, it just affect the casual play. Wanna see your opinion about it.
Never saw Armageddon tier list. Where can one find it? Especially that it has been said top tiers had OP stuff... Is there PNDKM video about that? Or will there be such a video? I would like to watch that, gladly!
Hard to find an up-to-date tier list as most forums are lost. But one from testyourmight from 2007ish suggests: 1. Sareena 2. Scorpion 3. Dairou 4. Drahmin 5. Sub Zero Super Bosses like Onaga, Blaze and Moloch are banned. Kai and Frost are the worst characters in the game.
@@PNDKM thanks for the info! interesting, never played MK:A competitively, but I do remember Sareena being obnoxious. It would be interesting to see why they were so much better then the rest of the roster.
About the h2h into weapon string from Armageddon @ 7:18... You know you can finish it by doing the second slash by pressing 3 again, right? The string's not terrible if you finish it with the second slash on hit.
About air slam @ 16:35: instead of dashing forward, do a forward jump and then a long-reaching move: F3 or F2. The finishers can be F3,1; F3, DB4; F2, 1+3(amp). Also, air slam connects after a successful jump-in kick.
You're totally right about the H2H string. Because it isn't listed in the move list anywhere and nobody ever used it on me when we'd fight using Parsec, I had no idea the string even existed. It's so typical in Armageddon to miss out info all the time.
@@PNDKM Very true, kind sir! I hope my comment did not come across as patronising. And speaking of Armageddon, the fighting styles would not feel so dumbed down if NRS implemented natural combos from weapon styles back into the H2H ones. Such a missed opportunity.
@@arturdabrowski3976 I can only guess it was down to a huge roster and not much development time that resulted in the characters being so simple. I remember Kira was a big example of moves not in the movelist but kind of OK. I think there was a big element of rushing things with that game.
I'm hurting my fingers trying to get used to the timing for d u cancel downburst, I've already had an accident on my finger before I bought mk11 😕😔, at least in custom he should have remained his normal version of levitate
Fujin is pretty awesome what I would want to see next is either Sub-zero, Scorpion, or Raiden. If you want to do female characters probably sonya or kitana.
He has a few. He appears as a boss in Sub Zero:Mythologies. He also has 2 cameos in Deception. He can be seen in the prison stage and you can help him find a book in the Orderrealm. And of course there's his cameos and short appearances in MK9 and 10.
Can someone tell me how to special cancel into his hover move and sky wakka because it doesn’t work for me no matter what I do someone tell me how to fix this
@@PNDKM That's true. But I am saying that because his intro dialogues were leaked as well. someone uploaded all the intro dialogues one year ago. apparently they were taken from DLC files.
Thanks for your patience with this one, everyone! Adding a character to a game in the middle of a script certainly changes things. But I'm a man of my word!
Who should I do next I wonder? EDIT: I know Fujin made his debut to the franchise with Mythologies, but this series is about gameplay. Fujin was first playable in MK4. Perhaps I could have worded that better but it's the same reason I didn't mention his MKX appearance. It's not about lore, it's about competitive.
He has infinites to just thought i should let you know in mk11
@@lobopumpchainsavage Not anymore. It's been patched out.
Kano would be cool :)
@@PNDKM I was about to bring up Mythologies right up until I remembered you were reviewing only his playable appearances.
competitive history of hsu hao.
im only half joking because it would actually be pretty interesting
ngl I like how Fujin's MK11 Moves remind me a lot of those old Kung Fu movies with the Wire Fu stuff. Walking on air doing elegant sword attacks that are almost just elegant dance moves.
I remember Ed Boon once said that Fujin's crossbow for MK4 was really busted because the AI couldn't figure out how to counter it properly.
I’d love to see an episode on Tanya. I think this series is best at covering characters with a lesser spotlight, and she’d be perfect for it. Her dragon naginata variation in MKX was easily my favorite character in that game so seeing broken down would be awesome.
I agree, it seems like a good vehicle to get some exposure for 3D era characters
Agreed! Tanya has been always underrated and overshadowed by others characters even tho she kickass in every game she's in specially at Mkx with her awesome acrobatic skills
Omg I was just about to ask for tanya
It took a year but you got your wish!
@@remigusker6024 Yeeeeeeeee
Fujin def looks like one of the more interestingly animated characters in MK.
I don't care if it's supposed to be a crossbow, Fujin has a pistol and nobody can tell me otherwise
Johnny Cage in mk4 have a pistol and it's used like Fujin's crossbow
God of the gat
A character I'd love a breakdown of is, of all people, Reiko. He's definitely one of my favorites in MK4 as a casual, and I'd love to see how he is competitively, no matter how few appearances he has throughout the series.
Fujin was introduced as a boss in
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
Next competitive history pick: Kenshi or Reptile?
KENSHI
Kenshi. I want to some of his MK9 bullshit.
Kenshi!
*plays Reptile Theme*
Kenshi
Heh, today was pretty windy for me lol
*Badum tiss
Sheeva and Robocop
I wonder if there is anyone who loves Street Fighter as much as these special bois love Mk. Like the labor of love overflows in every video I appreciate your work.
Fujin looking so good right now.
also he just went and stole Sie Kensou's (from SNK) kicks.
shhhh don't tell them or else they'll make a character that copies moves from one of most popular MK characters lol (looking at you Yuri)
1:12 I love that MK track in the background. Might be my favorite ever.
"Execution heavy."
>Sonicfox intensifies.
Sonic is rocking that Robocop right now. Definitely seems like another character made for him lol
"Totally steals Rain's super kick"
Rain took that personally and came to say hi.
I’ve been practicing Fujin’s 4 2 into late tornado juggle, micro dash into his 12434. It’s tricky to get to connect fully and doesn’t even do great damage but landing it feels great. His amp tornado juggles are also very difficult to get the timing down so I’m just practicing meterless combos at the moment.
The first thing Fujin did after becoming earthrealm’s guardian was restore his hairline
Bro, I don’t even play MK, these videos are just great content for anyone with any FGC experience or love for fighting games. More please!
And now by the end of the games lifes span fujin is one of the best as hes top tier
I think in the end he was the strongest character in the game.
One of my top five favorite characters in the Mortal Kombat series
AMAZING video guys !!
Very well done!!! As usual.
Need Havik to surprise us all too 😭 I miss the boi
I think it might be an interesting discussion to talk about the MK Meta of Guest Characters. Given that Mortal Kombat is known to make "Dream Matches" happen like Alien vs Predator and most recently Robocop vs the Terminator as of recent, I think it might be a fun and interesting idea to see how these big names shaped the meta of their respective games.
I'd love to see a Sheeva one, this felt like a decent choose your destiny with a very good competitive history. Sheeva on MK9 even if it was bad had a ton of tricks (like most of the MK9 Cast) and there is a lot of potential for me in her as a character in this game, just keep up the good work and love these videos
Sheeva wasnt ABSOLUTELY bad in MK9 but her speed was her huge drawback (like she really was quite slow in terms of making combo and such stuff)
granting EVERY single combo she connects can easily rack up to 40+% damage + plus she had a variety of grabs
she had 2(!!!!) unblockable moves and her fireball missile was amazing since it was impossible just to lay down to ignore it (its that big) + it cant be jumped over + even if opponent blocks it..it had insane knockback
fujin my favorite mortal kombat character of all time!!!! Air bender!!! thanks for doing this video..very interesting to see his history... im enjoying cyclone variation the most
Would love to see you make a video of Jade's competitive history. ^^
For a shorter video I'd love to see Shinnok. But if your gonna do one of the "the character appears in almost every game" characters, Johnny Cage is my pick!
Dude I'm so happy about this new Fujin. He is like wind-God kung Lao. But like not an egomaniac
Yess I was so keen for this! Thanks!
I found it ironic for fujin the wend baste God has one of the weakest air combat sets for MKA
Ok serious question since they brought back a Klassic Mk character who Hasn’t been playable since MK Armageddon I feel like they would add more old 3D era characters
Of all the 3D characters to include, I want Havik and Hotaru so bad.
PNDK&M yeah I mean the Redesigns would be crazy for both of them and the gear would look amazing as well
Aside from Havik, Reiko, Daegon, and Hotaru, I don't think many of the 3D Era charaçters are that interesting tbh.
Like, all of the Black Dragon/Red Dragon members can stay far away.
@@rainofkhandaq6678 Well, Nitara, Ashrah and Sareena have great potential. And Mavado could be done great as a mobility-based fighter with his elastic ropes.
The Gheist I mean the character who I would like to more about is Mavado because we don’t know much about him but a character who deserves more attention Should be Ashrah
An episode on the GOAT kung lao would be awesome. The man does not get enough props
I would love a Liu Kang video, sooooo much
Great episode! Would love to see one on Sheeva next!
I'd have to agree that Kloud Walker is his strongest variation
An episode with sindel will be cool
Fujin is so sick in MK11. He deserves to be top tier!
Glad you made this. You gotta do these 6 characters next.
1. Reptile
2. Ermac
3. Jax
4. Smoke
5. Kabal
6. Tanya
An episode on our Matokan boy, Nightwolf, would be pretty cool.
I would love to see one of these for Kabal or Smoke! :)
love the content. looking forward to the competitive history of Kitana :)
As always these videos are fun to watch :).
I vote for Havik next, but there might not be enough to talk about considering his limited appearances.
He talked about Meat and his only appearance in Armageddon. Havik is perfectly fine.
Thanks for all your hard work. Lui Kang or Tanya next please
You're content is amazing. Love your competitive series. Looking forward to the next one. I would want to see a competitive history of Johnny Cage. Although I know that would be a long video lmao
Pls do competitive history of Goro!!
Coming back after EVO 2023, yeah this guy is S tier.
Using MKM's soundtrack for this video was genius
Reptile next!!
Lol @ 12:19.. nah bro that move mixed with F3-1 straight quitality's people.
It can turn into some real sheeva type bs.
I use it all the time
Fun fact: Ed Boon didnt like Fujin having a crossbow
Great video it's kinda cool that his infinit in mk 4 Is somewhat similar to his mk11 infinite
Fujin debuted in Mythologies Sub-Zero, no?
Kinda odd that you didn't even mention it in this video. He was a sick boss in that game (though the game sucked).
Fujin made his gameplay debut in MK4. He was not playable in mythologies so it isn't correct to say his first competitive game was a single player adventure.
The same way quan chi didn't make his competitive debut in the defenders of the Realm cartoon show.
@@PNDKM I get your point, but I think it deserved a mention at least. You literally said "Fujin made his debut in Mortal Kombat via MK4", I feel that statement can be taken wrong regardless of your intent.
Not trying to argue though, great video as always.
@@MaskedGuyCh I get what you're saying but you're still missing the point of this series IMO. I only highlight games he was playable and Fujin was first playable in MK4.
It's the same reason I didn't mention his MKX appearance. it's not about timelines, it's about competitive. You can go to lore channels for every single appearance. This is about gameplay.
@@PNDKM No I understand the point of this series, and I appreciate it. If I wanted lore channels I can look for them, don't you worry. I doubt I'll find a better channel for MK than this though, heh.
if you understood why’d you bother nitpicking in the first place. y’all be nitpicking at the weirdest things that are usually self explanatory just to get attention, my lord.
Anybody notice that face in the sky while it thunders in mk4? 🤔 1:55
Him and Sindel are the most fun characters in MK11 for me
We need a competitive history of KANO. KANO. KANO
A competitive history of Joker would be interesting (MKvsDC, Injustice 1 and 2, MK11)
I remember not being so happy about mk4 at the arcade lol I was crying for umk3.
I feel an update on Fujin is in order with MK11U having released
God I love MK4 soundtracks good times
Looks and sounds like this guy is probably gonna be a double tier guy.
Likely Low tier for low skilled players, and very high tier if you're high skilled with him.
i love these vids :)))) also i thought fujin was in mythologies first? & also theres custom variations now right
Do reptile or baraka plzzz! Ur vids are amazing!
Too see kompetitive history of Ermac would be nice. At least, he was not only in his debut game and Armageddon.
Ermac was in quite a few games, he'd be a cool project for sure.
0:26 and he has a vergil coesmetic
Fujin for life ❤
Always thought fugin was like a hybrid of ermac and kung lao lol
BGM guy: AHHHhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Would love to see a Bo’Rai’Cho vid
Could you try Ashrah, Chameleon/Khameleon, Kai, Reiko, Mavado, Sareena, Mokap, Nitara, Havik, Hotaru, Darrius, or shujinko next? They're all super unused characters who all feel unique in their own way. Except for Kai, I'm keeping him here for memes.
Also, who do you think would ever come back from the list above? My bets are on Havik and Hotaru, everyone else feels fucked.
Dont think anybody mentioned this, but fujin actually first appeared in mythologies.
I wonder if you'll ever do Liu Kang, the OG MC
Could i ask what version of armageddon you're using to record? That quality is fantastic!
Xbox
This series is cool *w*
I wanna see an Aftermath Tier list to see if Johnny still number 1 after the patch. Some says no, the nerf did him dirty, others says that in high play doesn't affect, it just affect the casual play. Wanna see your opinion about it.
Never saw Armageddon tier list. Where can one find it? Especially that it has been said top tiers had OP stuff... Is there PNDKM video about that? Or will there be such a video? I would like to watch that, gladly!
Hard to find an up-to-date tier list as most forums are lost. But one from testyourmight from 2007ish suggests:
1. Sareena
2. Scorpion
3. Dairou
4. Drahmin
5. Sub Zero
Super Bosses like Onaga, Blaze and Moloch are banned.
Kai and Frost are the worst characters in the game.
@@PNDKM thanks for the info! interesting, never played MK:A competitively, but I do remember Sareena being obnoxious. It would be interesting to see why they were so much better then the rest of the roster.
@@RaZ3rR You need to watch my Armageddon MK meta!: ua-cam.com/video/wrrHL1kJl70/v-deo.html
@@PNDKM I'll do that!
Chameleon would be interesting
I thought I was OK with Fujian and then I ran into someone online who can play Fujian boy oh boy I was destroyed
About the h2h into weapon string from Armageddon @ 7:18... You know you can finish it by doing the second slash by pressing 3 again, right? The string's not terrible if you finish it with the second slash on hit.
About air slam @ 16:35: instead of dashing forward, do a forward jump and then a long-reaching move: F3 or F2. The finishers can be F3,1; F3, DB4; F2, 1+3(amp). Also, air slam connects after a successful jump-in kick.
You're totally right about the H2H string. Because it isn't listed in the move list anywhere and nobody ever used it on me when we'd fight using Parsec, I had no idea the string even existed. It's so typical in Armageddon to miss out info all the time.
@@PNDKM Very true, kind sir! I hope my comment did not come across as patronising. And speaking of Armageddon, the fighting styles would not feel so dumbed down if NRS implemented natural combos from weapon styles back into the H2H ones. Such a missed opportunity.
@@arturdabrowski3976 I can only guess it was down to a huge roster and not much development time that resulted in the characters being so simple. I remember Kira was a big example of moves not in the movelist but kind of OK. I think there was a big element of rushing things with that game.
ig netherrealm decided it would be funny to do a throw back in terms of a infinite combo here in mk11 with his 2 infinites
I'm hurting my fingers trying to get used to the timing for d u cancel downburst, I've already had an accident on my finger before I bought mk11 😕😔, at least in custom he should have remained his normal version of levitate
To think that there are three other elemental gods that haven't been touched since Mythologies.
Fujin is pretty awesome what I would want to see next is either Sub-zero, Scorpion, or Raiden. If you want to do female characters probably sonya or kitana.
Although technically, he was in MK Mythologies Sub-Zero before MK4, although he was unnamed.
I didn’t know he only had one appearance outside of Armageddon before this game.
He has a few. He appears as a boss in Sub Zero:Mythologies. He also has 2 cameos in Deception. He can be seen in the prison stage and you can help him find a book in the Orderrealm. And of course there's his cameos and short appearances in MK9 and 10.
Do a competitive history of smoke
Can you do smoke for the next competitive history
I thought his debut was on that subzero game?
i really wanted mythologies 2 very underated and great game
I think that's considered MK's worst game.
Honestly, getting Tanya would be nice
Can someone tell me how to special cancel into his hover move and sky wakka because it doesn’t work for me no matter what I do someone tell me how to fix this
can you do an updated rain vid for mk11?
Any advice on getting short hop input in? I can only seek to get it 3/4 times and wanna know if I'm missing smth
Are you going to do one on every MK character?
Fujin was leaked a year ago btw
I take leaks with a pinch of salt. Ash Williams was also leaked and look what happened.
@@PNDKM That's true.
But I am saying that because his intro dialogues were leaked as well.
someone uploaded all the intro dialogues one year ago.
apparently they were taken from DLC files.
My favorite MK character besides Shujinko
So I'm labing Fujin and I can't land the meterless launcher from the third variation, is there any tip on how to do it?
Fujin first appeared as a boss fight in mortal kombat mythology sub zero not MK4
First his appearance was in mk sub zero mythologies