Mortal Kombat 1 - Proof Johnny Cage is Most Overpowered!
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2023
- Mortal Kombat 1 Johnny Cage is Officially the Strongest Character in the Game! His Crazy Speed, High Damage Combos, and Gimmicks Combine to Make him Overpowered! Which Character Do You Want Reviewed Next? Post in the Comments!
#MortalKombat1 #mortalkombat #gaming - Ігри
Let's Get This Video 5,000 Likes for Johnny Cage!
And also to Balance Mortal Kombat 1 xD
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He sis
He did
@@AsanteAdventureTV what video
Please people i beg you don't make this character get nerfed, i love him too much to see him leave me. Get cyrax nerfed, sure, but leave this man out of the patch notes for now. He's going to be so hard to nerf so give them time to do it properly. Because let's be real, he's broken (just like the rest of top 5), but at least he's not the annoying kind of broken, and if you take away his frame data or maybe nerf hype mode (which is already tough to use effectively what does he really have left?). What i mean is be careful on calling characters broken, one day you might miss them, and to be honest there are worse characters rn
Dude exchanged his green shadow energy for the reality glitch energy and became too op.
@@shawnbopko858you thought wrong
@@honeycrisp390fr
@@shawnbopko858opinion different from mine detected, opinion invalidated.
Lmao 💀
Il still kinda miss his Max's Steel Aura.
Forgot to mention one more important thing, Johnny is so far the only character who can punish his opponents if he spends meter after a successful throw escape. Predicting a throw and spending a bar to disable your opponent from throwing for a few seconds is very powerful in a game like this.
Can only Johnny block the opponent from throwing? I remember hearing about this feature before the game came out but i didnt know if it was a character exclusive thing
@@Henry-iz7iv yeah, as of now Johnny Cage is the only character who can disable his opponent from throwing. After a successful throw escape, you can spend meter to break your opponent’s arm and their forward and back throws become unavailable for a short period of time.
How do you do this? What move do you have to enhance, I thought you couldn’t spend meter without doing a special move? Or am I wrong?
How can you do this?
@@jbanks1525 think it's just block after a throw escape, the move list gives you more info.
The problem is he has way too many 50/50s and no real punishment. He's very safe on block and can hit you with any type of move at any time. I wonder what nrs was thinking when they thought of this?
they were thinking, "you know the characters that were kinda bad in mk11, lets make them good"
@@nightshade3115 they also said "you know those characters that everyone has wanted for over 10 years? Bring them back and make them trash"
@nightshade3115 Johnny Cage was bottom tier before he got buffed, then they later nerfed him to oblivion
@@maskedman5657they also said "ya know what, fuck Sub-Zero."
@@coltondean2709 haviks not that bad, nor is ashrah, also reptile is pretty good
When it comes to Johnny in this game, you really have to figure out the player more than figure out the character. Since he’s so op, many Johnny players tend to get caught doing the same thing over again and lose their ability to think of all of his moves. As a Johnny player, I can confirm this. If you’re opponent doesn’t change up the way they play they can get folded extremely quickly if you know when and where to attack. As a character overall he’s definitely one of the best, but the player is what holds him back
So basically he’s your knowledge check character
That applies to all characters though as far as how good the player is and how well they know how to use them. Johnny’s just capable of doing more and playing at a higher level than the rest of the characters 🤦♂️ definitely the best character in the game by far and too op
That doesn't negate that fact that his character is stupid. So many blocks.
Say you main Johnny without saying you main Johnny xD
lol all you have to do is spam the low hat and +3-5 strings on block if you play him
You forgot to mention that Cyrax Net into Fatal Blow is also a Combo Reset, so it's unblockable, unavoidable fatal blow without damage fall-off
Cryax back with broken ass resets and combo restarts,a tradition as old as time lol
@@21Handgunsexcept the combo resetting is coming from Johnny Cage’s Fatal Blow being a “parry” so it’s more Johnny Cage being just dumb in this game
@@jasperf.2388 the reset is the net not the fb. Most intelligent NRS fanboy
@@21Handguns Except its not? Besides being unnecessarily rude, you don't seem to understand that the OP is referring to resetting the combo meter, and the net itself does not reset the combo... its the unblockable attack coming from the johnny fatal blow that hits after the net is just ending... Not sure why people just have to be rude but whatever what can you expect when people call you a NRS fanboy when they be the one playing the game for "as old as time"...
@@jasperf.2388 weird long explanation to confirm you are in correct 🤡
If I had a nickel for every time Johnny had a busted knee attack, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.
@embermist3910man of culture
It's really just corny to use this now.
One for each knee he has
I didn’t even realize how strong his parry was. I have always said that Jonny was number one with raiden and baraka fighting for second. But man, now there is no one to challenge him. He is now on his own level and it scares me lmao
I always wondered why Johnny got the 2 frame start up parry that essentially lets you go into full combo, that can ALSO be enhanced for faster start up etc etc. Meanwhile Reiko gets a 8-10 (I don’t remember exactly) frame parry that doesn’t combo, which is essentially useless when everyone can throw a 7 frame punch anyway. Enhancing Reiko parry doesn’t even make it faster either :(
That's why he earned his own theme ❤
You forgot one thing...
He got that international love
To anyone watching this video, a patch was released on the 26th of October. Kameo damage and mechanics were tweaked. Cyrax doesn’t work the same anymore. With that said, Johnny was untouched and is still a very scary character 😀
They really don’t need to nerf Johnny as much as they need to buff other fighters
@@thedeepfriar745he’s arguably the best but I don’t know. People just don’t know how to learn.
Johnny has a tough time fighting in the mid range where half of the roster excels. He definitely can’t fight full screen…..
People don’t use their movement and distance control at all in this game until you get to the really high levels.
I’ll give an example of an “OP” JC player. Guy was spamming his “mix” all game and I blocked it every time. (All you have to do is block low and react to any overhead since EVERY overhead in this game is react-able) he would go into d1 EVERY time and I’d block it EVERY time and he never changed up once besides trying to grab like a scrub and got destroyed.
My point is people really don’t try to learn at all just walk you down and get their YT combos off while lacking basic fighting game fundamentals. Yet they cry about a character being OP because truth is they are TRASH!
Johnny is very good in the right hands but literally only right up in your face. A snidely if the same skill level of a Johnny shits on him every time.
I also want to add for anyone reading this that I talked to a couple guys about and they didn’t even know this simple easy trick.
When a mix up character is using a mix FOCUS MORE ON THEIR CHARACTER!!!!!!!!! Not yours and it helps to react to the overhead. I can’t believe when I tell people this all the time they say “oh I didn’t know that” 😅
@@jamesonedwardsii4943bro yes he can he just side kicks in untill your exhausted a half decent johnny will absolutely slaughter 98% of the roster he is undoubtedly the most overpowered character they have ever developed
What most people don't know, is that you don't have to wait the entire dance for the fb to be unblockable. As soon as he grabs the belt, that's when it does, so he has lots of frames where it is unblockable. He truly has it all.
What exactly was the thought process for this character? He is safe in almost every string, has a lot of meterless launcher, a couple of pseudo 50/50 that lead into full combo. Paired with Cyrax the couple of unsafe strings become safe as well and it is almost impossible to stop him.
It was probably something like:
You put it down like New York City, I never sleep
Wild like Los Angeles, my fantasy (Chris Brown)
Hotter than Miami, I feel the heat (oh, yeah)
Oh, oh, oh, oh (girl it's), it's international love (international)
Oh, oh, oh, oh (yeah), it's international love
Literally do the game's tutorial, learn about upblocking, and actually, and I mean ACTUALLY check out Johnny's frames and attack properties (like the big scary +15, which is actually a high and has a giant gap before it comes out) before you make a clown out of yourself with statements like that.
Spotted the Johnny player, enjoy the Cyrax nerf@@azazamat
@@Mobaster ok then, keep crying instead of learning something
@@Mobastercyrax was OP, Johnny is still an easy character that I beat most of the time cause he's not OP he's just good.
These analysis videos are SUPERB! Good job 👍
I really hope Johnny doesn’t get nerfed to bad if he does. This is the most fun I have had playing my favorite MK character.
I really HOPE he does, no reason he should be so OP more than the rest of the roster
I hope they make him slower but hits a tiny bit harder. Hes way too fast and waaaaayyy too safe. Not to mention a full combo does around only 35% BUT! he will lin you from one end to the corner
I imagine they’ll remove some of his insane Block and Hit advantage and keep is general speed/gimmicks. I’m guessing balance changes will come after this season of Kombat league ends in about a week
Deep down I know he’s gonna get nerfed. I just hope he stays fun is all I’m saying.
@@SoufSideGuapoHe is Johnny Cage. That is a good enough reason.
OMFG I WAS WONDERING WHY I LOST SHADES AND MY HYPED NUT PUNCH. The fact that removing the glasses cosmetic actually gives you hard disadvantage is honestly crazy and I thought they nerfed Johnny til people did it to me.
I just dont understand why he needs to be plus on so much... once he gets you into the corner its almost game over.
Exactly, shits annoying. And ppl think they are good with him
There are gaps in the strings
@@Wetyourbedthat seems viable at first until you realize you can just use cyrax to make those gaps safe as well
@@Wetyourbednot all of them 💀
@@ice5615 all I’m saying is there is ways around it and I’m not a Johnny player either
6:20 this air combo also chains into his forward 1 to continue the combo on the ground.
Gotta be honest, i was having a lot of fun with the game at first, but everyone playing the same characters and kameos and doing the same long ass combos over and over is getting really boring real fast, especially with the massive damage some characters can do, it's just too much, we need a balance patch soon
That part
That is why I say there is no impressive Raiden. All of them pick Jax and all of them do the same over powered combo.
I think mk1 in general is pretty boring. Like if your not playing online then the game is a snorefest. Mk11 has plenty to do outside of online
Yeah i miss the crypt so much, even if mk11's crypt was too grindy it was still so kool and it had so much effort put into it, it's so sad WB rushed Nrs to make this game half baked@@CrossfitWarrior
@LappyAwoo I barely started playing online in mk11 in the last few seasons and we're missing a lot of the old features like playback, being able to save and favorite those to learn what you did wrong. Plus I think the top 6 players in the game are pretty oppressive. There needs to be a balance patch
johnny cage is definitely hella fun to play, I can tell; I can't wait to play this game !
Not so fun to play against him.
@@farniankhayamian3972I very much enjoy beating Johnny's face in with Rieko and blowing him up with Shang fireballs. Johnny's perfect as is imo he's only good of you let him get in your face and scare you he's predictable
the fact that he didnt get nerfed today shows we are missing out on some counters or strats
A nerf but a soft nerf, make a few more strings unsafe but maybe give them a bit more damage or something to compensate. He seems really really fun to play and I dont want him nerfed to the ground.
I like all his overhead launchers should be punishable on block atleast
Im honored for being featured in your video! ❤
It’s insane that he wasn’t nerfed.
This comment is a clear indication you don't actually understand the game.
He was nerfed. His best Kameo cryax got nerfed which means he got nerfed indirectly.
Hey man, love your videos. I keep trying to use moves that are plus on block but I keep getting hit after with either a down 1 or down 4. Was just curious about the relationship between those moves and what I might be doing wrong
Reinforce plus strings with fast mids. Pokes go under high attacks so even if you are plus the opponent ducking can interupt you with a poke. Once you have opponents conditioned to block the mid when you are plus, you can begin going for high attacks off the plus frames again.
Hope that clears it up, let me know if you have more questions.
Bro I’ve been preaching this 😭 Johnny cage is crazy especially online
They always make my main cage super strong and annoying in every game and all I can do is stay humble and try to teach people how to fight it lol. Imo he needs his frame data toned down a little bit, 114 should not be plus on literally every hit and his fatal should cost 2-3bars to dash out of. For any Johnny’s out there btw, for the inevitable cyrax nerf, start learning Stryker
He's definitely not impossible to fight, but theres a point when it becomes unfun to play against EVERYONE using the same character because he's just objectively stronger than a lot of the cast.
Im new to the game and I have 2 questions:
1. How can you tell when a move has armor by looking at the move list?
2. How do you perform a reverse counter? Is it with one of the "armored" moves? Or can it be any?
When looking at the move list hit Square which opens up other info about the moves. Especially useful for doing Brutalities so you know what Else you have to do to make them work. I believe Square is 1 on all controllers.
Look at the amplified version of all your special moves. If you press square read the info. It will say armored
That cyrax net into fully charged fatal blow also doubles as Hella BM thanks to the dance
I really hope they don't nerf him and instead buff the weak characters rather than nerfing top tiers. The difference isn't even as big as people think.
Hate to break it to you man but he isn't strong he's broken. If everyone is always plus on everything the first hit always wins.
i agree for the most part butthey NEED to nerf his plus frames at LEAST
@@ice5615 focus on learning the matchup to better deal with his options. Then focus on the low teirs. Someone is labbing them to beast mode. And if you are not ready, you're screwed.
I only agree that the top tiers shouldn't be nerf but all weaker people should be buffed
@@ice5615 without his + frames he'd be useless, a rushdown char that cant rushdown with no projectile, you cant spend meter everytime they shoot a fireball
I love this series. I learned a lot from it
I love these videos
Fun fact: everytime you use the fatal blow, international love sounds in your head
I would say its Raiden with his flippity flip shocky shock BS combo that takes over half of your life.
I just want to see him more punishable on some of his launching strings not all specifically f34, and maybe a small start up nerf to his d1 to stop Johnnys from mashing out of every characters pressure that has a 12-14 frame mids after strings where his turn should be over. I don’t want him to get “sub-zeroed”
Every single one of his launchers (212, f34, f124, bf3EX) is launch punishable if thrown out without cover from kameo. Please learn what upblocking is. It's a new mechanic for MK1, but the game's tutorial explains it really nice.
F21 leads into a 50/50 where you’re gonna eat 30% at least if you up block and guess wrong. f124 is already death on block for johnny w out up block. Now that cyrax got a well needed nerf and flawless blocking now stops both meter build and chip it should be less oppressive.
Even so, up block was not, prior to the update, and is not enough to level the playing field on its own. Especially online at higher levels, where you have to make a hard reads in sets where the ping can be up to 150ms and players can actually stagger and mix up effectively
@@frosty_trees then your problem is not with Johnny, but with the game itself. Can't really blame character for issues with ping. And no, you should never have "level playing field" with a rushdown character in melee, unless you play another rushdown character or some specific anti-rushdown. Gotta get rid of this mentality that it is somehow unfair that Johnny beats you up close, but it's totally fine and fair that you beat Johnny full screen.
@@azazamat Just to be clear everything I’m saying is in regards to competitive play, not casual.
johnny doesn’t get beat full screen. There are no hard counters to him. He has an 8 frame almost completely full screen special that also can armor thru projectiles if enhanced, a dash that allows him to get in free and easy if you don’t have the timing to dash cancel, a parry that beats just about any button, and safety on almost everything he does. Even if somehow none of those tools work just use one of the many kameos that ignore projectiles, let him get up close completely for free, or do both.
You can turn your brain off with him and cruise thru the ranks like butter. No footsies, no neutral, no brains. Meanwhile you have characters that don’t even have useable mids
This is a competitive multiplayer game. Fairness and having a level playing field should be second only to the “fun factor”. Johnny kinda takes a massive dump on both in his current state if you want to do anything other than play the mirror, which you can’t even switch to mid-set.
When people who play Johnny don’t even need to block most of the match and can chip half your health bar it should probably be addressed. I don’t think it’s impossible to beat him but he has no bad match ups. he’s a crutch character anyone can pick up in 10 minutes or less at any rank lower than grandmaster, and at the higher levels it just turns into a one player game where you watch Johnny slowly punch your health bar away one chip at a time.
This is the most fun NRS game I’ve played since MKX imo. My issue is with Johnnys kit and Johnny kit alone.
@frosty_trees I think we're playing two very different games then. Cause I have to work pretty hard for every win in ranked, with fundamentals, hard reading my opponent and properly timing my pressure. While said opponent on some braindead zoning garbage like Liu Kang, Sub-Zero or Rain just spams whole match without any thought or reason. And that's on top of Kenshi and his fun, but frustrating Sento stuff.
Maybe if you play somewhere above first 5 ranks you'll actually see how to get out of Cage's pressure. But you won't get there if you keep being condescending and unwilling to spend some time actually understanding the match-up. Like, for example, Shadow Kick is a high and launchable on block, Dash is not immune to everything all the time, etc.
As for "bad matchups" - that is a really bad requirement to have. It only shows that the character needs buffs. I don't think Injustice's Zod vs Luthor is an example of good balance.
If you suck playing against rushdown - maybe try playing one to understand the game plan better. Though it is quite a bit harder than brainlessly spaming projectiles.
I run into a lot of Johnnys and rarely have a problem. Maybe at a pro level but most ppl suck at using him
take a shot evertime he says "safe on block"
jeez, what a monster
broo how are you inputs so clean and what controller do you use with ps5(or any modifications?) cause the stock dualsense's dpad is just too inaccurate for me(any tips on how to fix this?)
YOU OUT IT DOWN LIKE NEW YORK CITY
Don't forget i believe you can also use his dash to cancel out of fatal blow for a mix up
omg wtf. thats stupid
In Mk9 Kabal was the Cyrax killer and now in Mk1 we have the Jhonny as the Baraka killer.
Can someone please explain the safe on block and the negative and positive numbers😅 sorry i never got into the detail of things but wanna understand. Ive seen multiples youtubers talking about those numbers. Thanks
In the defense of Johnny, he's just a silly little guy
Summary of the video: put sunglasses on Johnny cage
Am animation where Johnny punched Broly in the Nuts 😂🤣
Huh interesting *puts on “International Love” and hops online*
I don’t understand the negative and positive frames what does it mean your able to block after attacking?
the power of international love
Great video, I learned much from it. I hope NRS will not nerf him. Finally he is very good. In all previous games he was only good at the beginning then he became almost useless when people figured out his weaknesses.
he needs a little adjustment. there is way too much guessing involved against him
A mojo dojo casa house skin for Johnny would go hard asf
Imagine this Johnny but still have his green projectile ball...
Pain.
MA MAIN!!!
They should have made Johnny more like in MK11 to where if you're gonna make most Johhny strings safe, then take away most of his 50/50s. That was Johnny's biggest weakness in Mk11. But he wasn't near as OP as people said he was in Mk11.
MK11 Jhonny pre nerfs was an absolut beast tho.
@@Mobaster To a degree. He still had little mixups and he whiffed over most female characters
Like 11 duck os kinda kills him.
Im just here for the international love edits
johnny with kung lao and stryker is ridiculous
Guess you can say he put it down like new york city, cause he never sleeps on his opponents.
It’s funny because Johnny’s the 2nd to 1st character I ever picked up in this game and he’s my only main… definitely not a coincidence.
The fact that the most powerful character is some normal rich dude
And who also just loves making annoying jokes and acts like an obnoxious jackass all the time
Does the low start combos with cameos?
I learn so much watching your videos. I just wish I could remember it all. Your so good at picking everything up so fast. I'm in my late 50,s so my reflexes and memory aren't as good.
Edit: NRS please let us pin our moves to the screen.
Kenshi in the corner with sento:
They need to add some negative frames or nuke positive moves. Or slow some of 50/50 moves do they’re easier to catch
I think his overhead animations should just be made slower. His overhead punch and standing kick is way too fast for an overhead that gives you a full combo
Gotta study Johnny for my road to Elder God rank
Don't to mention that you can cancel Fatal blow to a shadow dash
i need to know who looked ath this characters frame data and thought "yea totally balanced"
ima be honest, idk too much about standard fighting games, but i feel like when it comes to balancing games, it's better to buff everyone else than to nerf a few characters. i don't mean to buff them to the point that they become better than the already good characters, but to buff them so that the tools they have are aproximately equal to the good characters
You can also shadow dash cancel his fatal even in neutral
Legends say playing International Love gives johnny a guaranteed win 🗿
Nether realm don’t you dare touch him
The first time i fought Johnny i just stood blocking against his fatal blow, confused on what was happening. Till he hit me with it and won the round.
Johnny doesnt need a nerf. Cyrax does. If you nerf Johnny's string he has litterally 0 ways to open people up. His mix is laughably easy to block
This.
When I got milk I didn’t watch any videos on who the best and whatever and I just picked up Johnny and I guess he’s really good😭
I just find it hilarious that the most normal character in the new mk timeline (both in gameplay, design and lore) is the most OP right now.
also, aren't you able to cancel out of johnny's fatal blow with a dash? I've seen it done on clips but idk if it needs hype mode.
It’s punishable
As someone who's first main in this game was Johnny he's really fucking strong and the fact that almost all of his buttons are safe is crazy
How is it safe on block if say for example it’s -6 block adv? Is it bc you don’t have enough time to punish for a full combo?
The fastest down 1s in the game are 7 frames, if a move is -6/-7 or less on block you can’t punish it with a down 1 then jail them.
We put it down like New York city
Johnny's absolutely wild!
If I want to nerf Johnny, I'd probably make it so Wowing out is a once per game mechanic like the Krushing Blows from 11
My question is how are you doing the nut punch enhanced but spending no meter to do so..the nut punch enhanced takes 2 bars but your bars arent moving..i see alot if people doing nut punches enhanced back to back on 1 combo how is this possible...and they have been doing it since the beta...
We Need More Parry's to counter half the attacks in game
haven't agreed with anything more in my life.
He should be top tier in every game since he's Johnny Cage.
johny with stryker if u watched supers vid u will know that combo is scary
He’s my main. I have a hard time using other characters because he is so awesome 😊
In almost every recent MK game johnny is up there in the tier list.maybe not always number one. But up there since mk9.
how fast have you got to punish that overhead double kick johnny does, because every time I try I seem to get hit with a down 1 punch, it is quite annoying
Why am I not surpised Johnny has a move called Dunking On Haters? Knowing Mr. Cage, I'd be surprised if he DIDN'T have a move called that😂😂😂
Johnny needs a huff add his force ball and make it spammable in hype, hopefully that will make him at least mid tier.
Does MK1 take place in 1994 or 1995 like the original tournament? Is the date ever addressed?
No, it takes place modern times. Johnny Cage proves this with the presence of social media and the design of his phone
In the corner u can end a combo with nut punch but wait a little then call cyrax. Then you can charge back 2, wait until cyrax leaves and do fatal blow when they fall down and get back up 😮
Keep the damage and all the star mode stuff because that's the fun part
Nerf the plus frames and maybe cyrax assist as well because that's the oppressive part about him
Im lowkey sad but also super happy to see him so strong, i just love jc, personality and gameplay wise, but now he's super strong, so playing him feels unfair, im also not very good, so i still lose even with him being so strong, so im kind of stuck between a loss and a loss😂
Another thing he can do is if he has used shadow dash once in hype all he has to do is ex it and he can extend it some more
That's my favorite Johnny Cage skin by far!
WE THROW IT DOWN LIKE NEW YORK CITY🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥
Definitely my main right here
Annoying is an understatement boss its alot of characters in this tht b safe tht in no way should b
Actually as a johnny cage main I can tell u that the short window u have wen johnny calls in his kameo it is definitely punishinable by a low attack
Johnny Cage is top tier in an nrs Mk game. Who could have seen that coming?
I definitely agree he’s the most op. I play raiden and I have some trouble with very skilled Barakas but most are brain dead. Liu Kang has some of the problems Johnny has but just not as many. Reptile is good but not op, smoke is extremely punishable, and Kenshi takes skill and precision. You can’t just mistakenly be good with kenshi like you can Johnny
Lol wut you play raiden but struggle against Baraka? Raiden is the strongest Baraka counter in the game. This is definitely a skill issue.
I agree with all of this as JC is my main in MK1, but either people are getting better at the game or they know how Johnny plays