I actually just bought MKX now without having played any prior versions of mk beforehand so i was really starstruck at first with everything that's happening and everything seems extremely fast at first and have no idea what's what. These 5 episodes explained everything so great that i can finally watch a pro game and understand what's even happening, now i just need to develop the skill to actually apply these things in my own matches. Thanks a lot for such amazing content!
Just wanted to say, you guys by far make the highest quality, most concise, and professional videos. Not just MKX community, but possibly the whole Gaming scene as well. I'm not the one to judge necessarily, but there is quite a bit of lackluster videos out there in MKX community that don't even go in-depth in the first place, let alone follow a professional approach. So good job dudes, the Mkx community no doubt benefits greatly for your guys' work.
+PNDK&M I agree wholeheartedly with LxC, amazing videos! This series was exactly what I needed, and the quality and depth were perfect. Cheers and many thanks!
PNDKetchup So in summary of the first 3 and a half minutes of this video, *the art of Defense is in understanding the art of Offense*.Keep being awesome, guys!-TucsonKaHN (Twitch viewer)P.S. I still find you guys far more entertaining than our ESL casters in the US.
I just got back into playing mk since the arcade days of mk2 and 3 so I wanted to get back into it so I figured I'd give mkx a go and boy has the game changed since those days. I just wanna say that out of all the tutorials I've been watching, you two are the easiest to learn from and really explain everything in a way at least I personally can understand it. Especially when it comes to the frame data. Thanks guys for the vids. Has helped me alot and helped me enjoy mk gaming again.
I love the lack of condesention, most tutorial videos make you feel like an idiot, you guys are so genuine and nice throughout this whole series. Been putting in some hard graft with predator what do you guys think of him ? Keep up the good work, I hope to see more of these videos, just watching these has made me a far better player! Thanks!
Hey guys, just got through all 5 of your casual to competitive videos. Awesome stuff. Really on point with concise easy to understand info. Given me a lot to think about. Do you do character guides too? If you did I would love to see them. With the same level of detail and explanation in these videos, it would be easy to get better. I'm trying to get better with Sun God Kotal Kahn at the moment.
Guys, I just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed watching this series. I've learned so much over the five episodes. Although I'd love to reach a high level of competitiveness, I know it's gonna a be a long, bumpy road before I'm anywhere near as proficient as the guys competing in ESL and the likes. I've always enjoyed fighting games, but after playing Injustice last year I decided I wanted to up my game. Lately, I've purposefully been networking with decent players in KOTH matches online, which more often that not means getting destroyed. On the plus side, though, it's improving my game all the time. This series has been a fantastic insight into understanding the mechanics of MKX and the extent of the leaning curve that's needed to move forward. Keep the the videos coming, guys. They're funny, brilliantly entertaining and delivered in an extremely professional manner. Hat's off! Peace J.
Who knows, dude! I really think the UK might be ready for a tournament after seeing the buzz surrounding this release. Personally, I think MKX could be the light needed to seeing this happen! :-)
John Triplow The UK has a very strong scene! You can always enter VS Fighting 5 in August, it takes place in Birmingham and all the UK's best players will be in attendance. Even players from europe!
PNDKetchup Hey guys - Well done for making it as far as you did at EVO. I watched the streams at home and was routing for you both until the end. It would have been great to see a UK winner this year. So close, but yet so far. The level of play over the two days was something else. Would love to go one day. Peace J.
I'd like to thank both Ketchup & Mustard for this magnificent series , it helped me personally .. I've always wondered how frames work so I decided to watch the whole series in case there is information that I don't know of. now that I know how to initiate punishes depending on the block advantage will help me with my tactics .. I'm thankful ..
I watched all 5 guide videos, so helpful. I've been trying to figure things out on my own in practice mode for the last few days since buying the game and I understand more about the gameplay now from watching this series than I did from hours of doing my own thing and hoping for the best. Cant wait to try out what I've learned and to legit pick a main character based on something pertinent instead of how cool I think they are hah thank you much, K&M
Intentional color coordination at 4:20? Coincidence? Haha Great great series guys, thanks so much for the effort you've put into these videos. I'm also wondering if you (or anyone in the comments) has any advice for being able to poke or counter poke out of pressure more easily. Sometimes especially with characters with slower D3 and D1s it can be fairly tricky.
Wow, I thought I knew everything about the at least bare basics of this game (not necessarily applying it all in matches or being good by any means), but it turns out I didn't. I thought all throws can be teched with any button. I didn't know that 2/4 had to be used for forward throws and 1/3 for back throws. I was wondering why I was still getting thrown even though I swore I teched it at the right time, I was pressing the wrong button! So glad these videos exist. They're great for beginners, good reminders for intermediate and expert players, and even people who thought they knew just about everything can learn something.
Guys, ive learned a lot from this mini series. I am still very bad at this gamr but I now have a much better understanding of the mechanics. Great tutorial!🤘🤘
So what do u do about the choke command grab on part im still not 100% on is comand throw my biggest weakness awsome vid once again guy btw question is it worth b2,db1mb,14,db1mbx2 as a blockstring or is it better just to end with the 1st db1mb is meter hungry abd f212 can deffo be armoured so cant be use to help build meter ur thoughts?
there is something else I want to add up to defense against throws . if your opponent is going for a throw after your attacks . do an attack that puts him in a range that if you duck you won't get into the throw . if he wants to throw and he is not in the range then you can have a free full combo . this can be done on AI a lot . especially goro . a lot of people go for throw as a reversal too .
thanks for this series, I think I've definitely became more competitive then I was before I watch these videos. I think the most helpful was the art of rush down video, because of that video ive became way better at starting combos. though my only downfall is that I often mess up my combos
Nice set of videos, gives me a better idea of what I need to work on (most of it pretty much lol) and you did it in a way that made sense but didn't drag for too long. Can't wait to see you two wreck shit with Cyrax and Sektor when Triborg comes out.
Hey there , i started mk x about 2 weeks and i wanna enter a tournament 1 month later , guys i need your help ! should i play against all characters in practice mode to know their moves or is there a better way to improve blocking ? coz its hard to predict some characters like Erron Black and Tanya ... what's the sloution ? i don't have much time
Man I played mk since I was a kid and I could never get good . I just did the 3 button combos on loop and sometimes some specials but damn you guys saved me man . Now I’m a scorpion main even tho I prefer subzero
Very useful video as usual guys! The only thing I have trouble with is the guys who constantly do low pokes with d3, any tips on punishing somebody who does this?
In one of your episodes you were talking about run canceling things that are like chargeable, I've been trying nonstop for 3 days and I can't get it, do you have any advice to help?
I wanna learn jax and reptile, but I can't decide on which variations I wanna learn for the both of them. I don't know if I should go heavy weapons or pumped up for jax, and nimble or noxious for reptile. From a professional point of view which do you prefer?
Hey guys need help on defending against command grabs mainly for erron blacks what is one way to not get hit by it im not sure what way to stop it from connecting after his 211222 string on block
Is it possible to explain why some string combos do more the same or more damage when you take some parts of the string out? I've been noticing it a lot with Erron and Ermac. For example: Erron Blacks: F1,3, db4, b3, 2, U1, bf3 blk, dbf 2 + blk Does the same amount of damage as when you remove the first three parts of this string. They both do 30 percent damage. Thanks
a question I have is why do the more competitive people do different things to end there combos when an uppercut would do just fine or even better in most combos. for example with inferno scorpion id do 1,2,3 minion grab, njp, jump kick, teleport, and then uppercut. it does around 28% damage, but I see other people end it off with a more complicated and less effective way of ending it. do pros not like uppercut? or is it for style? sorry if this question was confusing
AntiTheMrRealGamerz Doing something else other than uppercut will almost always do more damage. Sometimes people also don't uppercut because they want a setup afterwards. It's rare that a combo ending in uppercut will be your max damage.
after all this I played against hard mode again for last time a year and still felt like it was just reading mah button inputs and reacting with split frame decisions and combos that people can not enter only a machine with instant commands. also it literally blocks everything so combos never work lol.
what about crossups, people online like to crossup into crossup into crossup. i feel like d2 is to slow with most characters (ive seen top players use jab/strings to punish a crossup) whats the best solution
I played mk9 a lot, but I can't remember if it was as reliant on 50/50 mixups than mkx is. In my opinion it kind of ruins the game because once you are trapped in a vortex it's combo breaker. Then screw up one more time and your done, especially against characters that have loads of high+ low strings, I'm looking at you mileena
Hariskillsstuff mk9 was just as bad, if not worse, with completely unescapable setups (cyrax, cage). However, I feel there are more deliberate vortex characters in this game than in mk9.
Hariskillsstuff mileena $ ermac are terrible, and that is why loads of people use them online, ermac is so tricky as he has a mix of overheads and lows, with virtually all of his specials as projectiles and a teleport that can be used in the air too...I cant defeat a even decent player who is ermac, just to hard to predict his startups and then I get punished for sooo long in a vortex
Adam Henderson Because I've spent every day being in another country to cast. Mustard and I have been busy for about 3 weeks doing the Season 1 finals for MKX, The MK Cup Finals and then staying in Vegas for EVO. We're back now, so content can resume as normal!
Dat Boy James We will make more tutorials! But this is the final one of our from Casual to Competitive series. Maybe in the future we can add to the collection :)
db 4 d 1 with ermac is just about impossible to do online... the timing is critical and online lag makes it almost impossible... AND BESIDES, QAfter lookinginto it, it's really a useless move as it does so much less damage than say the the over head kick.
AlwaysRetr0 does watching his stream make me a fanboy of him just because I want to watch someone who is decent at MKX while most ppl who stream at the time he stream sucks? Fuck no, I don't like Ermac I don't care about his videos and stream, get your shit right. And quit your worthless keyboard warrior life. I watch anyone who is a pro or decent.
I actually just bought MKX now without having played any prior versions of mk beforehand so i was really starstruck at first with everything that's happening and everything seems extremely fast at first and have no idea what's what.
These 5 episodes explained everything so great that i can finally watch a pro game and understand what's even happening, now i just need to develop the skill to actually apply these things in my own matches.
Thanks a lot for such amazing content!
its been 3 years since u started how good are you at mk today??
Just wanted to say, you guys by far make the highest quality, most concise, and professional videos. Not just MKX community, but possibly the whole Gaming scene as well. I'm not the one to judge necessarily, but there is quite a bit of lackluster videos out there in MKX community that don't even go in-depth in the first place, let alone follow a professional approach. So good job dudes, the Mkx community no doubt benefits greatly for your guys' work.
L3uX Thank you so much! How much you guys appreciate our content is why we do it! :)
PNDKetchup yeah man just watched all these vids, very concise thanks
+PNDK&M I agree wholeheartedly with LxC, amazing videos! This series was exactly what I needed, and the quality and depth were perfect. Cheers and many thanks!
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PNDKetchup WRONGGG! f1d3? pretty sure its just f13
So next episode is gonna include data frames ?
PNDKetchup I look forward to seeing you compete in EVO.
What does the block stun and block advantage need to be to cancel a normal in to a tik throw, I'm looking for feera/torr one.
PNDKetchup So in summary of the first 3 and a half minutes of this video, *the art of Defense is in understanding the art of Offense*.Keep being awesome, guys!-TucsonKaHN (Twitch viewer)P.S. I still find you guys far more entertaining than our ESL casters in the US.
I just got back into playing mk since the arcade days of mk2 and 3 so I wanted to get back into it so I figured I'd give mkx a go and boy has the game changed since those days. I just wanna say that out of all the tutorials I've been watching, you two are the easiest to learn from and really explain everything in a way at least I personally can understand it. Especially when it comes to the frame data. Thanks guys for the vids. Has helped me alot and helped me enjoy mk gaming again.
I love the lack of condesention, most tutorial videos make you feel like an idiot, you guys are so genuine and nice throughout this whole series. Been putting in some hard graft with predator what do you guys think of him ? Keep up the good work, I hope to see more of these videos, just watching these has made me a far better player! Thanks!
Well if its the lack of condensation then u deserve that
This as well as the other videos in the series was great and very helpful, thank you!
Hey guys, just got through all 5 of your casual to competitive videos. Awesome stuff. Really on point with concise easy to understand info. Given me a lot to think about. Do you do character guides too? If you did I would love to see them. With the same level of detail and explanation in these videos, it would be easy to get better. I'm trying to get better with Sun God Kotal Kahn at the moment.
Guys, I just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed watching this series. I've learned so much over the five episodes. Although I'd love to reach a high level of competitiveness, I know it's gonna a be a long, bumpy road before I'm anywhere near as proficient as the guys competing in ESL and the likes. I've always enjoyed fighting games, but after playing Injustice last year I decided I wanted to up my game. Lately, I've purposefully been networking with decent players in KOTH matches online, which more often that not means getting destroyed. On the plus side, though, it's improving my game all the time. This series has been a fantastic insight into understanding the mechanics of MKX and the extent of the leaning curve that's needed to move forward.
Keep the the videos coming, guys. They're funny, brilliantly entertaining and delivered in an extremely professional manner. Hat's off!
Peace J.
John Triplow Thanks for the lovely words!
Who knows, maybe we'll see you in some MKX tournaments in the near future? :)
Who knows, dude! I really think the UK might be ready for a tournament after seeing the buzz surrounding this release. Personally, I think MKX could be the light needed to seeing this happen! :-)
John Triplow The UK has a very strong scene!
You can always enter VS Fighting 5 in August, it takes place in Birmingham and all the UK's best players will be in attendance. Even players from europe!
PNDKetchup I had no idea! I'll enter next year for sure! :-)
PNDKetchup Hey guys - Well done for making it as far as you did at EVO. I watched the streams at home and was routing for you both until the end. It would have been great to see a UK winner this year. So close, but yet so far. The level of play over the two days was something else. Would love to go one day.
Peace J.
Thanks man. I love you guys. Great commentators, teachers and players. Hope to see more of you both competitively and casting.
its 2019 and your video has helped so many ,thanks alot man ,subbed ,hope to se another series for mk11
I really appreciate this Series of videos; ((From Casual To Competetive))
Good stuff there
I'd like to thank both Ketchup & Mustard for this magnificent series , it helped me personally .. I've always wondered how frames work so I decided to watch the whole series in case there is information that I don't know of. now that I know how to initiate punishes depending on the block advantage will help me with my tactics ..
I'm thankful ..
Thank you for this series, wish there were more.
I recommend putting every episode in a playlist on your channel as well.
I watched all 5 guide videos, so helpful. I've been trying to figure things out on my own in practice mode for the last few days since buying the game and I understand more about the gameplay now from watching this series than I did from hours of doing my own thing and hoping for the best. Cant wait to try out what I've learned and to legit pick a main character based on something pertinent instead of how cool I think they are hah thank you much, K&M
Thank you for making these videos. They are extremely helpful ❤️.
Intentional color coordination at 4:20? Coincidence? Haha
Great great series guys, thanks so much for the effort you've put into these videos.
I'm also wondering if you (or anyone in the comments) has any advice for being able to poke or counter poke out of pressure more easily. Sometimes especially with characters with slower D3 and D1s it can be fairly tricky.
Good stuff guys. Very well made video.
Wow, I thought I knew everything about the at least bare basics of this game (not necessarily applying it all in matches or being good by any means), but it turns out I didn't. I thought all throws can be teched with any button. I didn't know that 2/4 had to be used for forward throws and 1/3 for back throws. I was wondering why I was still getting thrown even though I swore I teched it at the right time, I was pressing the wrong button!
So glad these videos exist. They're great for beginners, good reminders for intermediate and expert players, and even people who thought they knew just about everything can learn something.
Guys, ive learned a lot from this mini series. I am still very bad at this gamr but I now have a much better understanding of the mechanics. Great tutorial!🤘🤘
Top top quality content as always lads great job 👌🏾👌🏾
Great series and keep it up !! Cant wait for you guys to do the same series for MK11 in April ;)
hey thank you guys for doing this series I learned so much from this wich in turn made me a much better player I just can't thank you enough
So what do u do about the choke command grab on part im still not 100% on is comand throw my biggest weakness awsome vid once again guy btw question is it worth b2,db1mb,14,db1mbx2 as a blockstring or is it better just to end with the 1st db1mb is meter hungry abd f212 can deffo be armoured so cant be use to help build meter ur thoughts?
Erron Black's Overhead, low string is just F13 not F1D3 so you were just pressing an extra button for no reason.
Good content from you guys, as always. Thumbs up!
insane content! your tutorials are sick! I am subscribing.
Loving the videos. I think a series showing characters who have a vortex would be awesome. Please consider this :)
there is something else I want to add up to defense against throws . if your opponent is going for a throw after your attacks . do an attack that puts him in a range that if you duck you won't get into the throw . if he wants to throw and he is not in the range then you can have a free full combo . this can be done on AI a lot . especially goro . a lot of people go for throw as a reversal too .
thanks for this series, I think I've definitely became more competitive then I was before I watch these videos. I think the most helpful was the art of rush down video, because of that video ive became way better at starting combos. though my only downfall is that I often mess up my combos
Nice set of videos, gives me a better idea of what I need to work on (most of it pretty much lol) and you did it in a way that made sense but didn't drag for too long. Can't wait to see you two wreck shit with Cyrax and Sektor when Triborg comes out.
You guys deserve every sub you get and more
I suck at reading my opponents.. :'(
Thanks for the awesome series though, helped a lot.
This series helped me alot! Thanks, great videos.
These tutorials are so helpful thank you
I was waiting for this video... and you used Kano! :')
Hey there , i started mk x about 2 weeks and i wanna enter a tournament 1 month later , guys i need your help ! should i play against all characters in practice mode to know their moves or is there a better way to improve blocking ? coz its hard to predict some characters like Erron Black and Tanya ... what's the sloution ? i don't have much time
Man I played mk since I was a kid and I could never get good . I just did the 3 button combos on loop and sometimes some specials but damn you guys saved me man . Now I’m a scorpion main even tho I prefer subzero
Very useful video as usual guys! The only thing I have trouble with is the guys who constantly do low pokes with d3, any tips on punishing somebody who does this?
great videos!
congrats on eve this year!
thank you so much! This serie helped me out a lot
In one of your episodes you were talking about run canceling things that are like chargeable, I've been trying nonstop for 3 days and I can't get it, do you have any advice to help?
Do you guys plan on uploading anymore videos soon?
Shinnok's F2 in boneshaper is also a good anti air
I wanna learn jax and reptile, but I can't decide on which variations I wanna learn for the both of them. I don't know if I should go heavy weapons or pumped up for jax, and nimble or noxious for reptile. From a professional point of view which do you prefer?
Hey guys need help on defending against command grabs mainly for erron blacks what is one way to not get hit by it im not sure what way to stop it from connecting after his 211222 string on block
Is it possible to explain why some string combos do more the same or more damage when you take some parts of the string out?
I've been noticing it a lot with Erron and Ermac.
For example:
Erron Blacks:
F1,3, db4, b3, 2, U1, bf3 blk, dbf 2 + blk
Does the same amount of damage as when you remove the first three parts of this string. They both do 30 percent damage.
Thanks
Overload Militia damage scaling
great video. gotta train on anti-airs!
Great tutorial!
Tk you for the video guys, i learnt a lot.
a question I have is why do the more competitive people do different things to end there combos when an uppercut would do just fine or even better in most combos. for example with inferno scorpion id do 1,2,3 minion grab, njp, jump kick, teleport, and then uppercut. it does around 28% damage, but I see other people end it off with a more complicated and less effective way of ending it. do pros not like uppercut? or is it for style? sorry if this question was confusing
AntiTheMrRealGamerz Doing something else other than uppercut will almost always do more damage.
Sometimes people also don't uppercut because they want a setup afterwards. It's rare that a combo ending in uppercut will be your max damage.
as a quan chi player i strongly advise anyone to always block low against him. he only has like 3 overheads which are all extremely readable.
Thanks for the help man!
I didn't really understand the throw portion of the video.
How did you get revenant Kung Lao?
after all this I played against hard mode again for last time a year and still felt like it was just reading mah button inputs and reacting with split frame decisions and combos that people can not enter only a machine with instant commands.
also it literally blocks everything so combos never work lol.
You made this look so easy bro
what about crossups, people online like to crossup into crossup into crossup. i feel like d2 is to slow with most characters (ive seen top players use jab/strings to punish a crossup) whats the best solution
***** Just instant NJP if people do too many crossups into crossups.
I played mk9 a lot, but I can't remember if it was as reliant on 50/50 mixups than mkx is.
In my opinion it kind of ruins the game because once you are trapped in a vortex it's combo breaker. Then screw up one more time and your done, especially against characters that have loads of high+ low strings, I'm looking at you mileena
A character that has loads of highs and lows you can simply block low against them...
Tha Bombardier sorry i meant overheads as well. so a d3 poke then F 4 or B 3, then youre screwed lol
Hariskillsstuff mk9 was just as bad, if not worse, with completely unescapable setups (cyrax, cage). However, I feel there are more deliberate vortex characters in this game than in mk9.
Hariskillsstuff mileena $ ermac are terrible, and that is why loads of people use them online, ermac is so tricky as he has a mix of overheads and lows, with virtually all of his specials as projectiles and a teleport that can be used in the air too...I cant defeat a even decent player who is ermac, just to hard to predict his startups and then I get punished for sooo long in a vortex
+Hariskillsstuff Mileena? lol her overhead is slowww
Why aren't you uploading anymore?
Adam Henderson Because I've spent every day being in another country to cast.
Mustard and I have been busy for about 3 weeks doing the Season 1 finals for MKX, The MK Cup Finals and then staying in Vegas for EVO.
We're back now, so content can resume as normal!
This video helped so much
nice vid guys
Yoooo why is this the last vid!!
Dat Boy James We will make more tutorials! But this is the final one of our from Casual to Competitive series.
Maybe in the future we can add to the collection :)
How many frames does MkX run at?
Lurdif _ 60fps
db 4 d 1 with ermac is just about impossible to do online... the timing is critical and online lag makes it almost impossible...
AND BESIDES, QAfter lookinginto it, it's really a useless move as it does so much less damage than say the the over head kick.
good luck with AA kotals jumping 1
thxx
You can't defend against the modders players tho you'll run into a lot of these online or maybe it's just me.
You speak WAYYY to quickly. Great information. TY
Put the video on .75 speed
funny thing is that nobody vortex with Ermac. I think Tru3 is the only one i know who can vortex with Ermac.
yomamapkme Almost every competitive Ermac player uses his Vortex.
- Ketchup
yomamapkme Typical Tru3Ta1ent fanboy right there. Such ignorance.
AlwaysRetr0 does watching his stream make me a fanboy of him just because I want to watch someone who is decent at MKX while most ppl who stream at the time he stream sucks? Fuck no, I don't like Ermac I don't care about his videos and stream, get your shit right. And quit your worthless keyboard warrior life. I watch anyone who is a pro or decent.
SFaka vortexs with Ermac all the time
1 dislike? That must be SonicFox
...what.... That doesn't make much sense. At this point you're just hating on the guy. Do you even watch tournaments lmao
2 months to late :'( to save my poor goros life a million times. lol Nice video tho thanks.