Yeah I call BS on them generic throw away characters like Daegon, Jarek, Kai, Havik ...Etc, there was nothing cool about them and they were boring AF, I know the list is messed up when Striker is higher than Nightwolf but lower than characters like Kai and Sareena (who?), also How is Kabal so low on the list FFS.. most of his special attacks can zone people like crazy and his Dash special can get you out of trouble and give you a free kombo, krisp Kick or toasty uppercut
It'd be fine if he gave a good reason for it, for Ermac he basically explains his origin and that's it that's the whole thing, the closest thing to an argument is the fact that he's a red ninja, which isn't even true for his later appearances
@@marcusg5665 The fact that characters like Chameleon is high on this list is insane, they aren’t in any sense developed at all. Ermac at least got a story in the rebooted timeline.
He sounded like he was offended for Nightwolf's portrayal as a Native American. I can tell you I don't find any bit of it offending, since I am one. I'm more happy we get a character that represents us. He's the badass, as Johnny Cage calls him, we deserved.
Funny how we use (Native) American Indian imagery without controversy yet in New Zealand they use Maori imagery everywhere. Haka dance before a sporting event as an example.
Must not talk to many people. Probably even less about old arcade games.. everyone I've ever known that played MK had at some point brought up how much nightwolf sucks and/or how much of a bad character they are.
@@philmitchell909 And what is Liu Kang then? He is literally the stereotype of a martial artist inside a videogame. Literal Bruce Lee. And yet they made a good job with him
We want: "justice for Nightwolf" "Justice for Kabal" "Justice for Ermac" "Justice for Johnny Cage" "Striker for chief of police" (at least he's honest and tells you about the police brutality before it happens) 😂
@@helioseternal2537 Dude called Kabal uninspired and based most of his placement in the list on some archaic glitch that lets him kill himself lmao - Which is actually hilarious. Kabal probably has the dumbest placement in the whole list. After I saw that he put fucking Kintaro, Jarek and Hotaru above Cyrax, Sektor, Quan Chi, Night Wolf, Kabal and Ermac, I stopped taking the video seriously. Also why is Erron Black at #4. Like he isn't a bad character but not exactly a great one.. Certainly not very original in the day and age he was created. He's a massive cliché. And he has pretty much no depth to his character, whatsoever. Swear he's just there to look cool and act like he doesn't care about anything. (He does however play really well.) But as a character I'd personally rank him around the upper mid section of this list and that's simply for not being terrible, like a good a third of MK characters - if we're going to be real.
Yeah theres some characters definitely in the wrong place while I'm writing this they've just mentioned Moloch (who?) but put nightwolf and kabal under him tbh Ive been playing Mortal Kombat since the 1st game so to me nightwolf and kabal are much more iconic plus I like the character design better than most characters listed between them and sektor 💯
Usually don't like commenting because I sound like a complete nerd but this list was obviously compiled by someone who either doesn't like MK or just knows nothing about it. Ermac and Kabal are two of the most popular characters in the whole series? Kira above Sektor and Cyrax? Nitara above Noob and Smoke? It's actually quite funny.
Everyone: *Huh, seems like this video is getting ratio'd but so far it's pretty legi-* TripleJump: *#67 Ermac.* Ah yeah, you guys dropped the ball pretty hard there.
I usually don’t care enough about these lists to comment but, Damn... I don’t know if these choices could be more off the mark if they tried. Literally never heard anyone complaining about Kabal ever, afaik he’s been a fan favorite since his debut.
It took me a while but I figured out y this list is so screwed up every comment counts how else can you get ppl to comment then by shitting on somthing they love the list is clearly random
Some weird choices. But you don’t seem to justify their positions. Some people in the bottom 30 have nicer descriptions than those in the top 30. They just seem like descriptions put into a vaguely random orde
That was my comment. Bro, some of those intros went on for nearly 30 seconds. 77 characters deep he could shaved nearly 15 minutes of this if not more.
@@LarryLooseman yeah fam onto the next clip lmao. UA-cam doesn’t offer the 5/10/15/30 second jump ahead ability ALL other platforms offer. This guy is clearly time/money chasing and could’ve shaved a shitload of time off this video.
@@JohnnyFromVirginiaIKR!! that's so obvious that they're doing this for a living right?! Like you're annoyed that they're making money from providing you with free entertainment. Imagine if they showed up at your job and acted like you were a dickhead for clocking in. Get a grip you absolute dreamboat.
Can you imagine... Street fighter 2 champion edition, Street fighter 2 hyper fighting, Street fighter 2 here comes a new challenger, Street fighter 2 HD remix.... [A few hours later] Street fighter EX, Street fighter 3: New Generation, Street fighter EX plus Alpha, Street fighter 3: 2nd... That would be exhausting to listen to just for 1 character and Ken's entry wouldn't make it any easier 😂😂😂
So by your standards at the beginning saying that two one off characters from Armageddon (Daegon and Taven) are better than series staples Nightwolf and Kabal and Ermac...that ain’t it fam.
You guys are usually on point with your ranking... but I was unaware that "personal choice" meant simply naming all the characters throwing a couple thoughts and jokes then calling it a ranking list...
@@Batman_83 yeah when I saw where ermac was placed, I realised that these dudes didn't do their research. They put all of the low-effort or joke characters in the shit basket, and ermac got bundled in their too because he was based on a glitch. So dumb.
“No spin-off games you shouldn’t play to begin with” so you’re telling everyone to NOT play MK: Shaolin Monks? That’s like one of the BEST games in the series
My favorite thing about that game was the cheat code that unlocked Sub-Zero and Scorpion as playable characters in the story mode. My bud and I always played as them instead of Liu Kang and Kung Lao. 😅
Erron is the shit. He could have ended everything a lot quicker if he wasn’t nice enough to let the heroes save their friend on the ground at gunpoint. Also, man is a cowboy, does cool shit with guns, says cool shit, and looks badass
Yeah, how dare they subjectively critique FICTIONAL CHARACTERS in a way that does not please YOU. In case your brain is too small to process that, it is called sarcasm. Don't let the dictionary hit you on your way out of the gene pool...
As they should. Okey now seriously, Ermac is my second favorite character of all time. I disagree with a lot of things in this list. Drahmin is such an unique character with a cool backstory and he's below Mokap lol
I love the idea of Ashrah. A demon who came into contact with a holy blade that cleansed her inherent evil. But she's not happy about it and considers herself cursed seeking a way to get rid of the blade. That's a really cool idea for an anti-hero character that I'd enjoy seeing revisited at some point.
You guys weren’t lying when you added this list was more of a “personal” list. Kabal so low on the list? Ermac not making the top 20? You guys obviously aren’t fans of the series.
@@Rountree1985 the cost of social media, also very dumb opinion what are they ranking? The ammount of blue on the costumes or something like that? Totally nonsense
I always felt like Kira had a lot of potential. A female member of the black dragon sounds awesome. Unfortunetly they gave her a comibination of Kano & Sonya's movelist with a lazy character design. I hope they revamp this character for a later installment and do her justice because the concept is great.
Noob Saibot wasn't a retcon of the first game's Sub-Zero. That character was killed by Scorpion during the events of the first game, while his younger brother took over the Sub-Zero mantle from the second game onward. Noob is a reincarnated spectre in the same way Hanzo Hasashi was reincarnated as Scorpion.
@@TheThird1977 no, a wraith is an undead person with new abilities, loses their old ones, and becomes ghastly in appearance. They're also lean into the darker aspects of their personalities, effectively becoming a husk or "shadow" of their former selves. A Spectre is an undead person with new abilities that they never had with no trade required. They gain hell/fire themed abilities like Scorpions hellport and several of his most popular fire moves. They keep their personalities, and when revived, can keep their powers. Not to mention that they keep their human appearance. Spectres are also more independent of their creators
Well, forgive me for defending this abysmal list, but I always kinda felt like Takeda was just a reskinned Mavado. Think about it. If you put Mavado in the MKX system, how would he play? Just replace the Shirai Ryu variation with a Hooksword variation. You're still right, though lol
Dude really threw shade “we love being told how wrong we are” after putting a list like this together, with so so many titular characters low, and some that have been in 1 or 2 games high
Everybody gangsta until he said Nightwolf, then Ermac, then Jarek (for being as high as he was), then Jacqui (for the same reason), then the other completely unforgivable positions
I'm halfway through the list and I'm wondering if they like any character at all. It's like they haven't realized that they're halfway through and forgot that they should start having anything positive to say at all. Classic Triple Jump... Can't get rid of that WhatCulture's "insufferable snark" bug.
@@SPFLDAngler Most of the characters that are mentioned in the comments are fan favorites and Triple Jump just takes a big ol' shit on em, when they're talking about Cyrax he makes fun of the fans and basically says he has a boring moveset
SORRY but I strongly disagree, Nightwolf is a good character... one my favorite since its first release in MK3 About Striker is not really that bad, he's a good annoyer & zoner.
Hot fresh science fact: #69 Kai, after winning the WWE title in 2019, Kofi Kingston agreed with a tweet of mine that not only did he name his son Kai after the character, he was 100% on board for NeatherRealm to revive the character and he wanted to lend his likeness for him. Also.. how are Taven, Daegon, Shujinko & the rest of the 1 time losers not at the bottom with Meat?
This guy really put takeda lower than jacqui but fr tho he actually had cook gadgets then a girl on military but they decided to put jacqui higher than takeda
I miss Havik. He was literally a lich monk and a high rank Chaos Cleric for a realm not really placed in the games. Its just neat that he's uninterested in the competition, and just doing inane things to Order Realm for the lulz. I do appreciate the expanded lore they've been putting out and I get unless whatshisface from deception is in the game, its unlikely Havik shows up. Edit: Hotaru! "Whatshisface" was Hotaru. Edit edit: I love the Hsu makes a cameo in mk11 as a bounty caught by Erron Black.
The three most iconic characters are Lui Kang, Scorpion and Sub Zero ofcourse. Hes on par with like Kung Lao or Raiden yeah. The top 10 should be all MK 2 characters really, with Baraka and Reptile being the weakest from that game. Though i could also see Smoke or Kano being in the top 10. But definitely not Sonya, always considered her the weakest character by far from the first games.
Truthfully think more attention should’ve been given to the lore of the game when ranking characters as someone like bo rai cho is extremely cool when you go into the lore and not just his move set and appearance x
I love how you made a reference to Big Trouble in Little China with Shang Tsung, but I'm disappointed that you didn't include Raiden on that list. Come on! He was literally the electric guy in Big Trouble! Anyways, to list a character I could create from Mortal Kombat, I already did that when I was a kid. After Mortal Kombat 2 came out, and I heard in magazines that they were going to start developing Mortal Kombat 3, I created two characters with my best friend and sent them to Ed Boon at Midway Manufacturing Company, the original studio before Netherrealm Studios existed. One of them was a red ninja with two spikes on each shoulder and a small dagger on his left wrist. He could shoot out green balls of energy in Sub-Zero's freeze stance, could teleport punch in an explosive blink of an eye, similar to Scorpion's move, and had a harpoon like move that, instead of pulling you towards him, stabs you then shocks you what's the ability to tap the punch buttons for more damage. Then I created a character that could manipulate time using a gem on his chest. He was literally my best friend's name spelled backwards (and this was before Noob Saibot was created). He had the ability to manipulate time freezing the character in place if hit by the time waves or literally adding time to the clock allowing players to fight longer. Both characters had unique fatalities, the red ninja would kill in various ways using fire and The Time character would be able to cause you to age rapidly four words are backwards until dead. With all that said, I noticed Ermac had very similar abilities in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, but in the latest Mortal Kombat, there is a time manipulating character very similar to my friend's design. It doesn't bother me at all. I just think it's pretty awesome that we and the creators were on the same wavelength when back in the mid-90s.
Why make a list ranking characters in an IP that you clearly have disdain for? Trying so hard to be snarky, irreverent and funny, it just falls totally flat. And there’s no logic to the rankings-the Cassie explanation would make you think she’s one of the worst of the franchise, yet she’s ranked above series mainstays whose explanations are far more positive.
For Motaro the devs wanted to bring back his original design but due to time constraints and limitations they had no choice but to go with the redesign he was almost left out entirely but Boon wanted to fit every fighter for Armageddon I love this channel and the lists are fine I just wish you actually did more research since even the rankings seem way off
When Daegon is above Nightwolf, Ermac, Kabal, and Shinnok
“Everyone dislikes that”
Exactly. How is Kabal ranked so low?!!
ngl, I never even heard of Daegon - until now. And I know I played the game he's in.
Or when Jarek is above those? Jarek was supposed to be Kano in MK4 for crying out loud
Yeah I call BS on them generic throw away characters like Daegon, Jarek, Kai, Havik ...Etc, there was nothing cool about them and they were boring AF, I know the list is messed up when Striker is higher than Nightwolf but lower than characters like Kai and Sareena (who?), also How is Kabal so low on the list FFS.. most of his special attacks can zone people like crazy and his Dash special can get you out of trouble and give you a free kombo, krisp Kick or toasty uppercut
Why did he not mention rain being in Mk11
This man is smoking CRACK putting characters like D’vora, Certrion, Geras, etc. over Smoke, Cyrax, Sektor, Noob Saibot, Rain, and Ermac.
He put Tanya over Shao Kahn! 🤣
To be fair, Cetrion is probably the best character in MK 11. She’s super strong
nah he did Kabal dirty too bro is a beast in MK11 and mobile and in my opinion one of the cooler looking characters with today's graphics
WHAT?
@@TheJmack90 OMG i'm glad i stop watching after like #65
How you put Ermac, Nightwolf, and Kabal so low is beyond me. I've never felt like saying "This list is shit" more than I have now.
It'd be fine if he gave a good reason for it, for Ermac he basically explains his origin and that's it that's the whole thing, the closest thing to an argument is the fact that he's a red ninja, which isn't even true for his later appearances
He calls bo rai cho crap
You are right kabal is even one of my fravriot fighters
@@teejushthegargoyil139 me to
I can't belive that KIRA IS HIGHER THAN FLIPPING NIGHTWOLF
This list is more confusing than Mortal Kombat’s Storyline.
Ermac is a bad character. These guys are busy smoking each other's poles
@@marcusg5665 The fact that characters like Chameleon is high on this list is insane, they aren’t in any sense developed at all. Ermac at least got a story in the rebooted timeline.
@@DarkMagicGamer i meant they are saying he's a bad character
He may be my first or 2nd favorite.
Emac and Kabal are my boyz
Do you mean the first fucked up timeline, or the second.
@@DarkMagicGamer And of all the souls he has, King Jared is one of them.
The Disrespect to Nightwolf is unacceptable
I had to stop watching this video once I got to that part
@matt fahringer yea I laughed too Bekause of how garbage and wrong this list is
@@sasquatch.8 never seen a worse list in my life
True he even ranked moloch higher
He sounded like he was offended for Nightwolf's portrayal as a Native American. I can tell you I don't find any bit of it offending, since I am one. I'm more happy we get a character that represents us. He's the badass, as Johnny Cage calls him, we deserved.
this dudes suck
Yep. This guy is obviously a simp trying to be as "PC" as possible.
The English have some odd views regarding Native Americans.
Funny how we use (Native) American Indian imagery without controversy yet in New Zealand they use Maori imagery everywhere. Haka dance before a sporting event as an example.
Nightwolf is highly disrespected he is a goated character
I literally never heard anyone complain about nightwolf before this video
Same
Must not talk to many people. Probably even less about old arcade games.. everyone I've ever known that played MK had at some point brought up how much nightwolf sucks and/or how much of a bad character they are.
@@SPFLDAngler Nightwolf is an awesome kharacter
It's simply not a stand out. If he appears in the game or not is irrelevant to many people.
@matt fahringer right?
I’m a D’vorah main. I love D’vorah more than most people love anything.
But D’vorah above both Smoke and Shang Tsung? 😂😂 oh Triplejump. You on crack.
And Dairou above Fujin, Ashrah, Sareena, Li Mei, Ermac, Kabal, and Bo Rai Cho? THIS LIST IS SO FRUSTRATING
Yeah he's crazy for that...i think he wanted a reaction outta us real MK fans so he got it 😆 Smoke will murk the bug lady eyes shut
1. I feel sorry for you
2. Shang tsung has more lore relevance than D'vorah
3. They're are characters that aren't hated to dust like Havik
@@skarlet8812 D'Vorah isn't that great but don't you dare put Bo Rai Cho above her
The nightwolf slander is unforgivable
He called it a stereotype yet erron black was 4th lol
Amen
Yeah I agree. He is super cool.
yeah that almost discredited the entire list for me TBH
@@philmitchell909 And what is Liu Kang then? He is literally the stereotype of a martial artist inside a videogame. Literal Bruce Lee. And yet they made a good job with him
i was biiiig chillin then i hear “number 71, NIGHTWOLF!” and came straight to the comments
Bro it's insane
I swear as soon as I seen that I had to check comments 😂
facts yall, that list was a joke. especially having whats his face at #4
That's what I'm saying, He's easily in my top 10
I was most pissed off by Ermac and Tremor being near the bottom.
Stryker , Kabal , Ermac and Nightwolf deserves to be higher.
Ehh Stryker not so much but kabal ermac and night wolf should be WAY higher
@@ThyNycest - Stryker did basically redeem himself through MK9.
@@goawayleavemealone2880 still borin asf but yeah I guess hes cool
@@ThyNycest Stryker has many fans worldwide!
Keep in mind that Jarek is WAY ahead of all of them. Luckily there’s another list that rectifies this mistake.
We want:
"justice for Nightwolf"
"Justice for Kabal"
"Justice for Ermac"
"Justice for Johnny Cage"
"Striker for chief of police"
(at least he's honest and tells you about the police brutality before it happens) 😂
Dude put Jarek above Ermac, Kabal, sektor, cyrax & night wolf 👁👄👁 gtfoutta here😂😂
Is that the Dollar Store Kano from MK4? He's just as forgetful as Hsu Hao.
They must be drunk
This dumbass but Mavado above Kabal what the hell and how the hell is Jarek higher than all of those guys
@@helioseternal2537 Dude called Kabal uninspired and based most of his placement in the list on some archaic glitch that lets him kill himself lmao - Which is actually hilarious. Kabal probably has the dumbest placement in the whole list. After I saw that he put fucking Kintaro, Jarek and Hotaru above Cyrax, Sektor, Quan Chi, Night Wolf, Kabal and Ermac, I stopped taking the video seriously.
Also why is Erron Black at #4. Like he isn't a bad character but not exactly a great one.. Certainly not very original in the day and age he was created. He's a massive cliché. And he has pretty much no depth to his character, whatsoever. Swear he's just there to look cool and act like he doesn't care about anything. (He does however play really well.) But as a character I'd personally rank him around the upper mid section of this list and that's simply for not being terrible, like a good a third of MK characters - if we're going to be real.
Yeah theres some characters definitely in the wrong place while I'm writing this they've just mentioned Moloch (who?) but put nightwolf and kabal under him tbh Ive been playing Mortal Kombat since the 1st game so to me nightwolf and kabal are much more iconic plus I like the character design better than most characters listed between them and sektor 💯
Usually don't like commenting because I sound like a complete nerd but this list was obviously compiled by someone who either doesn't like MK or just knows nothing about it. Ermac and Kabal are two of the most popular characters in the whole series? Kira above Sektor and Cyrax? Nitara above Noob and Smoke? It's actually quite funny.
Yikes...Thanks for saving me an hour of my time. I'll pass on this one.
I can't believe how bad this list is. They're placing characters with a one time appearance in Armageddon higher than some OG characters
Poor Johnny Cage..
AGREED!!! They Clearly look down on the MK mythology (which is huge and massively fleshed out) and dont really know characters or their impact
NERD!!
Came to the comments to confirm my thoughts lol
Fr wtf why is night wolf at the begging he’s one of the best he should easily be everyone top list
Noob is definitely top 10 c'mon
@matt fahringer well you’re mortal kombat casual he’s 100% better than a bunch of people that was put after him
The Havok hate was tragic imho
Weird... Never thought I’d disagree with a video more in my life.
Majority of the top fighters in MK are low on the list like wtf
Same, and I'm not even that much of a MK fan
When we got to Johnny Cages rank I knew the list was nonsense..
This list is straight horrible.
I knew the list was nonsense when it got to Ermac.
Yall did my boy Kabal dirty
So glad to see other Kabal fans here! I knew I wasnt alone.
Exactly... he was so OP in MK3, they had to nerfed him in UMK3
I came here to say the same thing. Like...literally. I was going to say "ya'll did Kabal dirty"
Same here
Yeah, that's some bs. Kabal is badass. His design, his combos, his attitude, his backstory
Everyone: *Huh, seems like this video is getting ratio'd but so far it's pretty legi-*
TripleJump: *#67 Ermac.*
Ah yeah, you guys dropped the ball pretty hard there.
I usually don’t care enough about these lists to comment but, Damn... I don’t know if these choices could be more off the mark if they tried. Literally never heard anyone complaining about Kabal ever, afaik he’s been a fan favorite since his debut.
It took me a while but I figured out y this list is so screwed up every comment counts how else can you get ppl to comment then by shitting on somthing they love the list is clearly random
Bo Rai Cho isn't great, but he's definitely better than Mokap.
Thank you
This list is bogus, Stryker and night wolf is worse than ashrah?! Lmao what a joke
Ikr
Bo rai cho gets too much hate
@@Kaptiv239 nightwolf is better than ashra
Bo Rai cho one of the most important characters no matter if you like him or not . Literally trained lui Kang
Trained Shujinko as well! =)
Just here to say you did nightwolf dirty.
Agreed! Same with Ermac
Absolutely agree
Absolutely agree
Thank you! It's disgusting
Nope. He sucks.
Some weird choices. But you don’t seem to justify their positions. Some people in the bottom 30 have nicer descriptions than those in the top 30. They just seem like descriptions put into a vaguely random orde
Agreed
also agree.
That’s because they’re just going for maximum snark factor and not even trying to present a logical placement. Trash list.
75% of this video is the guy reading the games the character was in. You don’t have to read it bro, we have eyes
That was my comment. Bro, some of those intros went on for nearly 30 seconds. 77 characters deep he could shaved nearly 15 minutes of this if not more.
Have you guys got somewhere to be or something
@@LarryLooseman yeah fam onto the next clip lmao. UA-cam doesn’t offer the 5/10/15/30 second jump ahead ability ALL other platforms offer. This guy is clearly time/money chasing and could’ve shaved a shitload of time off this video.
@@JohnnyFromVirginiaIKR!! that's so obvious that they're doing this for a living right?! Like you're annoyed that they're making money from providing you with free entertainment. Imagine if they showed up at your job and acted like you were a dickhead for clocking in. Get a grip you absolute dreamboat.
Get over it
*sees how low Ermac is*
OH BOY THESE COMMENTS GONNA BE WILD
The inevitable Street Fighter list is going to hurt the ears.
"Ryu: Street Fighter, Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Street Fighter 2...
@matt fahringer I think he’s referring to the unnecessary reading of the list
Can you imagine... Street fighter 2 champion edition, Street fighter 2 hyper fighting, Street fighter 2 here comes a new challenger, Street fighter 2 HD remix.... [A few hours later]
Street fighter EX, Street fighter 3: New Generation, Street fighter EX plus Alpha, Street fighter 3: 2nd...
That would be exhausting to listen to just for 1 character and Ken's entry wouldn't make it any easier 😂😂😂
I was on board until you ranked Nightwolf so low. He's been one of my absolute favorites for a long time.
Nightwolf is ok love his mk 3 design but atlest he's not kai now that is shameful
So by your standards at the beginning saying that two one off characters from Armageddon (Daegon and Taven) are better than series staples Nightwolf and Kabal and Ermac...that ain’t it fam.
Did you really put Jacqui, Cetrion, Geras all above the OG Johnny Cage? JC is arguably top 5 in terms of lore and recognition
I al ways fought with
J.C.
This series has become shit. Now they have pills to turn you into superman lmao 🤦♂️ nothing special about them anymore.
That's how Johnny C do!!!
Yes, but he's not "special" enough.
You guys are usually on point with your ranking... but I was unaware that "personal choice" meant simply naming all the characters throwing a couple thoughts and jokes then calling it a ranking list...
Lame ass jokes at that! 🤣🤣
Now you're aware!
this list made me irrationally angry
I know right! Like damn they barely explained their choices and put some of the mains near the bottom
Putting night wolf at 71 made me snap but saying jade is “known for her projectiles” and failing to mention her bo staff triggered tf out of me lol
Calm down and put some socks on
Lmao. As soon as they said 67 ermac i said aight im out
Agreed...but I'm more entertained by it he definitely has a colorful imagination 😆
Ermac loved by most fans-67
Frost hated by many - 25. Come on guys
Most and many mean nothing.
I actually really like frost and she’s really good if you know how to use her to be honest
I knew this list was horsesh*t when Emac was put so low and then Movado was listed above him. How can they put one of the fan favorites so low?
I love both so i can't hate...but my boy Ermac is way up higher
@@Batman_83 yeah when I saw where ermac was placed, I realised that these dudes didn't do their research. They put all of the low-effort or joke characters in the shit basket, and ermac got bundled in their too because he was based on a glitch. So dumb.
A year later, and I still don't understand how Kabal wound up 20+ spots below Hotaru, Kollector, and Jarek.
“No spin-off games you shouldn’t play to begin with” so you’re telling everyone to NOT play MK: Shaolin Monks? That’s like one of the BEST games in the series
And it comes with mk2 when I beat it
One of my favorite games ever. Me and my buddy would have 30+minute fights in vs.
MK:SHAOLIN MONKS was the shit
This guy has no idea what he's talking about, he put bad kharacters above great kharacters lmao
My favorite thing about that game was the cheat code that unlocked Sub-Zero and Scorpion as playable characters in the story mode. My bud and I always played as them instead of Liu Kang and Kung Lao. 😅
TripleJump: puts D’vorah high up in the tier list
MK Fan Base: *so you have chosen death*
Especially over Johnny cage😤
She’s not a bad character at all (just hated xd), but she should be waaaaay lower on this list. Periodt
Erron Black at 4?? Dude has such a wishy washy backstory!
He literally gets beat by everyone 😂😂 He comes in w a badass entrance and sic lines and then gets washed yet is 4th 😂😂
Erron is the shit. He could have ended everything a lot quicker if he wasn’t nice enough to let the heroes save their friend on the ground at gunpoint. Also, man is a cowboy, does cool shit with guns, says cool shit, and looks badass
@@unblamed1884 I agree, I think he's a sic character but the story developers do him dirty every single time
@@salmanrazak8339 He derserves better
Shao Kahn voice: "It's official, this list sucks!"
so true!
Dont make me laugh
Hahahaha
@@hidanblack3754 hahaha love it!
Fax
Your placement of Johnny cage alone invalidates this whole list
Also dvorah's placement, ermac and nightwolf's placement
Where is Johnny?
@@Z4N3 here's Johnny
@@Z4N3 number 18
Wow, the disrespect to Kabal, Nightwolf and Ermac is insane. This list is absolutely terrible.
*calls takedas fighting style 'largely dull' while showing footage of flashy combos*
Calls Jacqui interesting when she's basically Jax with breasts.
@@goawayleavemealone2880 lmao
@@goawayleavemealone2880 Not really, they share like 2 moves
@@goawayleavemealone2880 and jacqui has a pretty different personality from her dad
@@chrysoz9031 - Not really... since cocky and arrogant is the only personality that exists in Mortal Kombat.
You sure this is ranked and not in a completely random order?
It’s very possible
what are the rankings based off of, just how this dude feels about em?
Yeah, how dare they subjectively critique FICTIONAL CHARACTERS in a way that does not please YOU. In case your brain is too small to process that, it is called sarcasm. Don't let the dictionary hit you on your way out of the gene pool...
@@chrismercer1662 seems You got way too angry about a simple comment questioning the randomness of the list, mr. bigbrains
@@Zelazny86 I'm not angry, just disappointed.
I'm convinced this list is just the creator trolling.
Y’all really put Mavado ahead of Ermac and Nightwolf smh
And kabal
Yeah that guy is crazy bro 😆
The unmitigated audacity
As they should.
Okey now seriously, Ermac is my second favorite character of all time.
I disagree with a lot of things in this list. Drahmin is such an unique character with a cool backstory and he's below Mokap lol
40 seconds in and Im turning off because this comment tells me all I need to know
I love the idea of Ashrah. A demon who came into contact with a holy blade that cleansed her inherent evil. But she's not happy about it and considers herself cursed seeking a way to get rid of the blade. That's a really cool idea for an anti-hero character that I'd enjoy seeing revisited at some point.
There's potential there for sure
Hey, some guy from the future here with good news: they did revisit the idea and she looks awesome!
You knew the list was gonna be bad when Hsu Hao wasn't dead last
Ermac is one of my favorites! How dare he be anywhere near a character named MEAT
Mine too. Also pisses me off how he shit on tremor. Tremor in mkx was amazing
Same here. He’s a great fighter too. I started looking at this like a joke list after Ermac and Nightwolf
I loved Ermac
🤣🤣🤣 you’re funny but I agree
@@MzGeminiNightowl LOL
You guys weren’t lying when you added this list was more of a “personal” list. Kabal so low on the list? Ermac not making the top 20? You guys obviously aren’t fans of the series.
So we are all Kabal fans now?
Why are you so triggered that someone has a different opinion that yours?
@@Rountree1985 the cost of social media, also very dumb opinion what are they ranking? The ammount of blue on the costumes or something like that? Totally nonsense
I always felt like Kira had a lot of potential. A female member of the black dragon sounds awesome. Unfortunetly they gave her a comibination of Kano & Sonya's movelist with a lazy character design. I hope they revamp this character for a later installment and do her justice because the concept is great.
I can’t believe they did my boy nightwolf like that
Am still wondering.
They are catering to woke culture
It was virtue signaling
Yeah he was judged not by character but by implications to todays times
Night wolf is awesome
Noob Saibot wasn't a retcon of the first game's Sub-Zero. That character was killed by Scorpion during the events of the first game, while his younger brother took over the Sub-Zero mantle from the second game onward. Noob is a reincarnated spectre in the same way Hanzo Hasashi was reincarnated as Scorpion.
Noob: Wraith
Scorpion: Spectre
@@matthewpunk2012 A wraith is a spectre.
@@TheThird1977 no, a wraith is an undead person with new abilities, loses their old ones, and becomes ghastly in appearance. They're also lean into the darker aspects of their personalities, effectively becoming a husk or "shadow" of their former selves. A Spectre is an undead person with new abilities that they never had with no trade required. They gain hell/fire themed abilities like Scorpions hellport and several of his most popular fire moves. They keep their personalities, and when revived, can keep their powers. Not to mention that they keep their human appearance. Spectres are also more independent of their creators
Yeah even basic MK knowledge was lacking with this list and the “background”
Only true mk fans know this
Umm....none of the spin-offs?
Shaolin Monks: "Am I a joke to you.
"Theres never been a list worse than triple jump ranking mk characters" -John Adam's
How on Earth can you say Takeda's fighting style was less unique than friggin' Jacqui Briggs?
Well, forgive me for defending this abysmal list, but I always kinda felt like Takeda was just a reskinned Mavado. Think about it. If you put Mavado in the MKX system, how would he play? Just replace the Shirai Ryu variation with a Hooksword variation.
You're still right, though lol
@@NoName-cz3wn At least Takeda had a cool look, and gadgets. Jacqui’s entire character was “girl with military costume”
@@PLaStiiCMoNtAGE this is true
@@PLaStiiCMoNtAGE fr takeda did look cool jacqui is like a another jax that use more weapons
@@PLaStiiCMoNtAGE Jacqui was younger female Jax.
Chameleon is one of the lowest characters on the list, but Khameleon is in the top 30. Cmon bruv at least put some effort into the list😂
The fact that my favourite character, Ermac, is #67 physically hurts me D:
Agreed!!!
I like Red Scorpian too. He was a cool character
I almost threw my phone when I saw #67....they have no idea what they're talking about.
@@MrBrightside999 hey whoa, I like Ermac too but dont break your phone friend. Its just a fun opinion video lol ;)
Agreed...he did my main Lord Fujin dirty too 😆
A person who admittedly doesn’t like and isn’t good at fighting games tries to review fighting game characters. Maybe this was a bad idea?
Dude really threw shade “we love being told how wrong we are” after putting a list like this together, with so so many titular characters low, and some that have been in 1 or 2 games high
How did darrius get higher than ermac💀
And Kira or something was higher then them..
How did havik get higher than tremor lol
@Raymond Ringgold baraka is pretty cool. . that's the smallest problem on this list. :D
This list is such a joke this have to be a prank
@truecountry89 but hey havik is actually cool
jacqui briggs: it's great that she's a kickboxer
jax : can you believe those idiots were gonna make him a kickboxer?
Everybody gangsta until he said Nightwolf, then Ermac, then Jarek (for being as high as he was), then Jacqui (for the same reason), then the other completely unforgivable positions
I'm halfway through the list and I'm wondering if they like any character at all. It's like they haven't realized that they're halfway through and forgot that they should start having anything positive to say at all.
Classic Triple Jump... Can't get rid of that WhatCulture's "insufferable snark" bug.
Rain is also in MK11.
Fujin doesn't use a crossbow because he has to. It's because he wants to. He's a huge Walking Dead fan.
Feel like the creator just put all the names in a randomizer..
Imagine putting a top 20 character in Nightwolf at #71 then expecting to be taken seriously... Jokers
Yeah!! How dare they have an opinion!! How dare they not cater to you alone! Shame on them!
Exactly!! It's ridiculous, I'm glad you share my view on this particular matter 👍🏼
@@SPFLDAngler They can have their opinion. Dose not mean they wont get shit for how stupid it is.
@@SPFLDAngler Most of the characters that are mentioned in the comments are fan favorites and Triple Jump just takes a big ol' shit on em, when they're talking about Cyrax he makes fun of the fans and basically says he has a boring moveset
SORRY but I strongly disagree, Nightwolf is a good character... one my favorite since its first release in MK3
About Striker is not really that bad, he's a good annoyer & zoner.
Nightwolf: I didn’t know i came here to be disrespected
Jonny cage should at least be in the top ten!!!
Ikr with no exception
Word! 👏
31:10 - Rain - "which presumably pleased someone, somewhere... but we don't know him."
Me. It pleased me.
You know you could have said “M K” and I think we all would have gotten what you were talking about...
The video would be at least ten minutes shorter.
Also could've said "MK9" instead of "Mortal Kombat 2011". It's much quicker and better
Or just called them by their subtitles. It's a list of MK characters. We're gonna know that you're discussing MK games
Wait people actually say mk instead of mortal kombat
MK fans have made me hate MK. This whole video is full of so much gatekeeping
Master Bo Rai Cho is and shall always be my boy.
Same
MrGStar321: 😡
For those that don’t speak Spanish I hope y’all figured out his name is a ply off of boracho aka drunk
Hot fresh science fact: #69 Kai, after winning the WWE title in 2019, Kofi Kingston agreed with a tweet of mine that not only did he name his son Kai after the character, he was 100% on board for NeatherRealm to revive the character and he wanted to lend his likeness for him.
Also.. how are Taven, Daegon, Shujinko & the rest of the 1 time losers not at the bottom with Meat?
The correct pronunciation of "Reiko" is "That guy", also referred to as "Whassisface". Just for the record.
Really? I thought it was just “who?” Or “Shao Ka.. wait that’s not Shao Kahn”
Seriously you guys ranked Jaqui over Johnny Cage?
Bro that shit was heresy
Jaqui being ranked so hi is puzzling
There’s like dozens of characters better than “Girl Jax” like wtf
This guy really put takeda lower than jacqui but fr tho he actually had cook gadgets then a girl on military but they decided to put jacqui higher than takeda
Probably watched 20+ videos and just now realized its two different guys in this video.
WHY WASNT CHUN LI INVITED TO THE MORTAL KOMBAT, LADS??
WHY WASN'T AKUMA?
Chun Li isn't as good as Chumlee.
I get that reference
What's Tom Campbell doing in the TripleJump zone!?!? 😱
They said no characters from other franchises.
Congratulations, TripleJump! Your video is at the top of the list for worst “ranking” videos on UA-cam!
I miss Havik. He was literally a lich monk and a high rank Chaos Cleric for a realm not really placed in the games. Its just neat that he's uninterested in the competition, and just doing inane things to Order Realm for the lulz.
I do appreciate the expanded lore they've been putting out and I get unless whatshisface from deception is in the game, its unlikely Havik shows up.
Edit: Hotaru! "Whatshisface" was Hotaru.
Edit edit: I love the Hsu makes a cameo in mk11 as a bounty caught by Erron Black.
Why is Nightwolf at the Bottom!?!
Because he’s the token stock Native American character with no real thought for cultural sensitivity or design?
Fun drinking game: Take a shot whenever someone says "Mortal Kombat"
Survival was never an option, then
Alchality
i had to watch this vid in parts because i got so sick of hearing those two words. lol
rip
only the Irish would survive
Why are Ermac and Kabal lower than most the more generic fighters from post MK4?
It was me. I was the person who was happy Rain was in later games.
Same
Johnny is the heart and soul of MK, 18 is crazy. I can see maybe putting Raiden or Liu above him, but he's at minimum top 3.
The three most iconic characters are Lui Kang, Scorpion and Sub Zero ofcourse.
Hes on par with like Kung Lao or Raiden yeah. The top 10 should be all MK 2 characters really, with Baraka and Reptile being the weakest from that game.
Though i could also see Smoke or Kano being in the top 10. But definitely not Sonya, always considered her the weakest character by far from the first games.
Truthfully think more attention should’ve been given to the lore of the game when ranking characters as someone like bo rai cho is extremely cool when you go into the lore and not just his move set and appearance x
I no longer know what the words "mortal" or "combat" mean.
Kombat is spelt with a k if you want to get serious about this.
@@Banquet42 but if not, then that's ok
@@kanstee9226 fair enough.
*kombat
I wonder if you guys know that "Bo Rai Cho" sounds almost exactly like "Borracho", which means "drunk" in spanish
Yes, i did 😊
You put people who appeared in two games over fan favorites
I love you guys so much.
That being said I can't believe how bad this list is.
And Jacqui wound up about 55 spots too high.
Number 63 - Kabal. I've never downvoted video with such a pleasure.
Kira, Mavado, Moloch and Jarek are ranked higher than Ermac, Nightwolf, Kabal, Tremor and Havik? WHAT IS THIS LIST?!
"Goro with breasts" is said so many times it stops sounding like actual words
She probably got the best tea bag in the game.
I love how you made a reference to Big Trouble in Little China with Shang Tsung, but I'm disappointed that you didn't include Raiden on that list. Come on! He was literally the electric guy in Big Trouble! Anyways, to list a character I could create from Mortal Kombat, I already did that when I was a kid. After Mortal Kombat 2 came out, and I heard in magazines that they were going to start developing Mortal Kombat 3, I created two characters with my best friend and sent them to Ed Boon at Midway Manufacturing Company, the original studio before Netherrealm Studios existed. One of them was a red ninja with two spikes on each shoulder and a small dagger on his left wrist. He could shoot out green balls of energy in Sub-Zero's freeze stance, could teleport punch in an explosive blink of an eye, similar to Scorpion's move, and had a harpoon like move that, instead of pulling you towards him, stabs you then shocks you what's the ability to tap the punch buttons for more damage. Then I created a character that could manipulate time using a gem on his chest. He was literally my best friend's name spelled backwards (and this was before Noob Saibot was created). He had the ability to manipulate time freezing the character in place if hit by the time waves or literally adding time to the clock allowing players to fight longer. Both characters had unique fatalities, the red ninja would kill in various ways using fire and The Time character would be able to cause you to age rapidly four words are backwards until dead. With all that said, I noticed Ermac had very similar abilities in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, but in the latest Mortal Kombat, there is a time manipulating character very similar to my friend's design. It doesn't bother me at all. I just think it's pretty awesome that we and the creators were on the same wavelength when back in the mid-90s.
Why make a list ranking characters in an IP that you clearly have disdain for?
Trying so hard to be snarky, irreverent and funny, it just falls totally flat. And there’s no logic to the rankings-the Cassie explanation would make you think she’s one of the worst of the franchise, yet she’s ranked above series mainstays whose explanations are far more positive.
Lmaoooo, the first part of this list is basically every extra from the dark PS2 days.
I feel like Dhramnin was a template for Dvorah.
Let me get this straight you put ermac and kabal all the way in the back but put tanya at 20 gentleman please have your heads checked
I love the fact that there are a huge collection of fighters
GOOD LORD THE FACT YOU SHINNOK BELOW DARRIUS IS A JOKE!!!
For Motaro the devs wanted to bring back his original design but due to time constraints and limitations they had no choice but to go with the redesign he was almost left out entirely but Boon wanted to fit every fighter for Armageddon I love this channel and the lists are fine I just wish you actually did more research since even the rankings seem way off
59:13 Any one else notice he forgot MK11 on his list for mileena even tho he showed her gameplay in 11 xD
Yeah, by that point we knew they're fucking stupid.
I was gonna say did he make this video before the kombat pack but he made this about a week ago 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Thats what ur focusing on?? this list is horrible