Mortal Kombat 1 How Terrible is Rain? 

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For anyone who didn't see, top 32 at a recent tournament had multiple rains in it.

The only terrible thing ab rain is what they did to him in the story

Rain is really good so far. He has unblockable set ups. He has great zoning, great anti zoning, and mix ups before you bring in a kameo

Rain players have been dominating in community tournaments, he is NOT bad.

I think they were afraid of making zoners strong like they usually do. They allege Sindel is a zoner, but she actually just wants to corner and mix you.

I watched a tournament yesterday and I learned a lot. -His F3 can be cancelled with a throw giving you a mix up. If you use the Cyrax Kameo you can spend Two bars of meter to start a kombo, you can also use kung lao.(kung Lao might be patched later) - you can set the ancient trap and combo into it later with a a kameo or a regular launcher if they fall back into it. - the charged projectile can be used a kombo reset with a kameo or ancient trap. - And you can cover your recovery with a kameo while traveling through a portal ( it might be a true block string idk)

I don’t think Rain is a bad character, the only thing I would change is speed up his overhead and his BF1 standard projectile…other than that he’s very well rounded and more than just a zoner With the right kameo he has some of the best hard to block setups in the game and nets big damage

I am a Rain main and fan from MK9, i think that this Rain is way better than the terrible thing they gave us at MK11, still wish he had some.more things from the MK9 Rain but at the MK1 i really enjoy play with him with Sub Zero cameo, if i would change some stuff on him, is the speed of his whirlpool projectile because its extremely slow and many players with teleports or attack coming from air can catch you all the time and his Mid Attack to be maybe 1 frame faster, his D4 to have a little bit to hit at longer distance because the animation doesnt much the distance and have some forward motion to his mid to be easier to catch some backdashers, to the other things he is fine and you really feel safe playing him as all his attack strings are safe on block.

To each their own opinion but I’m pretty confident he’s gonna be pretty solid given some time

Sindel: How could you do this to me Rain? After everything I've done for you. Rain: Done for me? I used to be able to cancel into my roundhouse kick, and you took that from me!

also for his unsafe strings you can cancel into geyser and because of the pushback it’s either unpunishable or barely punishable (example his Backwards 2 is really negative but can be canceled into geyser even on block and has a nice amount of pushback )

Love these Videos. I really learn allot. You pick this stuff up so fast. I used Natara today because of your video you made the other day. It helped to.

Now this is the content I subbed for 5 years ago😊. Great job dawg

You are pumping these OUT! LOVE IT

I've always been a Rain main and was originally worried about this version of him, but Rain is fun as hell in MK1.

I don't think he's baaaaad, but cwertainly needs some buffs. Some speed on his low projectile would be nice.

As a Rain main in Comp, the projectiles are slow enough, they can be reactable. Teleports crush you as Rain and I get outzoned a ton by non zoners i.e. Reiko, Kenshi, ect and anyone with Sareena! Other issue is no footsies. At footsie range you get out spaced which is hard. Not un-viable but struggles in Comp play pretty hard with matchups. Also nothing fast enough to break Havik Armor and Havik projectiles are fast enough to lock you down and all your zoning startups are too slow to zone back

I don't think he's bad just needs to be a bit faster his strings have some gaps in them. Mainly his long range needs to be faster as currently despite being a zoner he gets outzoned by majority of the roster

His watershield needs a big buff. Needs to stay out longer. Either that or make it so it adds meter if it absorbs a projectile.

the ppl that say Rain is bad are probably the same people that don't know his f3 overhead is cancellable into a throw.

Got a notification that u released a video and it was the best thing ever

Rains issue is hes a zoner but a slow zoner lol if they buffed the start up on that low pool hed be nasty. With cetrion she had that hell fire which was tough to deal with and ground pound. Rain doesnt have alot of tools to actually keep u off of him so hes more of a space control versus zoner

I LOVE ALL your videos.. I play both reptile and scorpion. Your reptile guide was AWSOME.. Please can you make a scorpion guide??

Rain main here. Rain may seem kinda poopy at first but once you get his combos down you can combo most anything into geyser and if you practice his air game you can get some pretty big damage off with the cyrax cameo. He's really a lot of fun and worth learning.

Love your videos. I like being able to see everything possible for the characters. At first glance I'm not interested in Rain, but he looks fun now!

The way you analyze a character like this is real skill. Nice Job man

RAin with SUb-Zero Kameo is great, he has the Ice Shild for projectiles to stop counter zoning, the shoulder is good for getting distance, and Freeze can setup longer combos and also with getting some meterless damage too.

Im a Rain main, and his biggest issue is lack of good hit confirms and, most importantly, slow moves and buttons. His forward 3 is so slow that doing it point blank is a death sentence. His best ranged string is forward 2 3 into special but once people realize they can block low almost exclusively against Rain because his launching overhead is so reactable, he struggles more, his strength is his unfamiliarity to most people. He does have good kameo synergy and set ups, so while i dont think he’s terrible and is pretty good, i do think he’s INCREDIBLY match-up heavy and will lose more often over time. He’s easily outzoned and armor just destroys him

Been trying out a few different characters and Rain is defo one of my favorites. I love the mix ups he has and with sub zero kameo, the combos are really fun to pull off

0:26 right off the bat, the name for his 1-1-2 string should’ve been given to Peacemaker for obvious reasons. Why they gave it to Rain of all characters is beyond me.

From what I've seen he's an overhead water machine.

"when it rains it pours" is probably a 50cent reference

some cool rain tech shown! You can also cancel you forward 3 into a throw + you can do an air combo out of teleports!

Out of all the years I've been an MK Fan, I've never been so interested in Rain as I am in this game, his movement and animation is unrivaled, has good mixup combos, good damage with the right kameo and has good zoning moves, aside from his slow startups and below average damage, he is a super fun well rounded character worth trying

I have seen players like Roethor use Rain in tournaments, and it's just phenomenal.

You can kara-cancel the start up of F3 into a grab for a 50/50 also.

Hey Underdawg, I’ve been a fan since late mkx days. I really would like you to cover the glitch between P1 and P2. Using Sub Zero you can only get ice clone to catch out of the air if you are P1, P2 just won’t combo. The first huge bug that left me sour.

His projectiles need to be faster that’s the only problem with him honestly

I don’t know if rain is terrible because I’ve lost to a few amazing rains

I did learn something! I learned just how bad I am at fighting games. Thank you

One of my favorite characters rain 💧🌧️

I wish he had the hydroplane move back from mk11. I loved that move for punishing and was surprised how I never saw it in high tournament play

I think he’s pretty dope

“That’s the little puddle and it knocks them up.” -TrueUnderDawg 😂😂😂 I don’t know why my mind went there but it did.

I feel like if you want to zone with rain, Water Shield needs to be your best friend. It has a 1 frame start up. Honestly, that means it should be used on reaction. So, shield up then zone offensively. His water shield doesn’t need to be quicker, because water shield can act as a buffer .

For anyone that thinks rain is bad try him with goro or motaro. For goro his overhead grab summon compliments rains low strings to start combos. During combos you can setup a unblockable stomp and end the combo with rains air projectile to threaten any movement if the stomp hits you get a free whirlpool hard to blockable setup You also get the same setup off a back throw goro stomp set up. Lastly you can cover your water port with goros ambush for plus frames this also applies to ending any string into geyser goro ambush for plus frames compliments Rains slower frames. With motaro you're able to use his portals more often due to MOTARO ambush being a teleport that places you behind your opponent. Also you can't get zoned out with MOTARO having a projectile reflect. Ending any combo into geysers motaro teleport leaves you with very plus frames. You can combo off his standing 4 with a motaro ambush without charging and his air projectile with motaro teleport. I know this is a lot but basically GORO covers rains weakness MOTARO double downs on RAINS strengths

I've been maining Rain for the last week or so and basically what I've gathered from multiple youtubers and just general experience is that, while a zoner his tools are a bit on the commital side since they're so slow. A sub zero Kameo can cover him by granting him anti zone armor (rain's water shield is on the slower side and gets stuffed by certain projectiles) Sub zero also has the ability to offer Rain a difficult to block set up as well. Dash cancelling his projectile in strings offer some form of pressure up close. You can kara cancel the first hit of his overhead into a throw (something I hope they don't remove) but this, as well as the overhead in general is slow and can be interrupted by a quick d1. On certain occasions if you've placed an ancient trap in front of rain and recover in time to block an incoming jump attack you've gotten yourself a free combo. A full charged waterball garuntees a j 3 2 or a rain god. You can special cancel the first hit of the 211 string, this can change some combo properties depending on your Kameo. I.e. cancelling the first hit into a sub zero freze leaves them grounded for a free f 32 but canceling the second hit if 211 (the ocerhead) will leave them frozen in the air, you can set up a fully charged waterball from here. Some of the best Kameos I've seen work with Rain include Stryker, Cyrax, Scorpion, and Sub-Zero, but most options work with him

How do you time air combos i keep dropping them. You make it look so easy

Please do Baraka next 😁😊

Honestlt he seems like the fun kind of zoner. He's got some tools up close but is way better far away. And many of his projectiles stagger the opponent and you can start a combo which seems fun. I need to learn Rain but for now i'll play some more Liu Kang

you can also cancel his first overhead ( centrifugal force) into grab iirc

10:06 I haven’t played the game yet, so I’m scouting who I want to play when I eventually get it. Currently Rain is my number 1 pick cause of his portal setups and drip, but I have a question for the rain players though. Can you do an overhead while the puddle is setting up on knockdown to get a true overhead/low mixup on wake-up?

I’m 96-70 as Rain. But I can feel how bad he is up close, it’s rough

Let’s not forget his nearly 80% unblockable restand combo (requires sub zero kameo)

After you complete these for everyone will you make your own tier list???

I just started to learn rain because water mage idea is sick… and I accidentally found out him and Darius make a 50/50 nightmare. I even got an overhead low on the same frame

I actually like Rain, but it takes a lot of time to get used to. I am still used to Skarlets moveset from MK11, which means that I always do the wrong move with him, since his special moves are a little different. I also don't like that he doesn't have like a slower forward projectile, like Skarlet did, but I get that they didn't just want to do the same thing. He is fun to me (as a casual) but I still have to get used to his moveset and play him more. I also miss Ermac, I hope he'll be released not too long after Omniman.

From what it looks like, I think Rain is supposed to be a little slow in some areas but it’s the pushback that makes him feel safe on block. The only thing I would like is making his whirlpool trap come out faster, it’s a cool trap but the start up doesn’t make it viable for combos outside of having a kameo assist. Maybe his water bubble can stay out a little longer but I think it’s okay.

Thank you for not just parroting what everyone else says. It's refreshing to see someone do their own research.

There is so much sick and creative stuff you can do in this game. It's so much fun 😊

Pleaaase do one of these for Sindel! :D

Rain is amazing he's also the only character that his overhead can animation cancel into a throw and his projectile cancel extends combos

Underdawg hit us with the 50/50 special moves/strings and we fell for it

hey can you make a video about “the most fun fighters netherealm ever made” sounds like a fun idea

Please do shang tsung next

Rain can get 41% with Scorpion for 1 bar and half the kameo gauge. Also try using him as a rushdown. It sounds stupid but it catches the opponent off guard very often

Can you play as shang tsung because i am training with him in game currently and he is pretty difficult to play.

6:12 I love that we’re still making jokes about classic vines.

We need Prince Rain's redemption arc in mortal kombat 2 and he needs to be playable in story mode 🙏🏻💯 I'm really happy Rain's mother Amara is alive in this timeline 😱🥺🥰 👑💜👑💜

Only people who aren’t good at MK will say he is bad the dude has the best set ups in the game

His b kick can set you up for a quick db3 even without a charge.

He’s not bad at all actually. The problem is most people are comparing to the insanely good rushdown rain in mk11 that was high tier in that game even with the nerf. In this game people try to play like that and when it doesn’t work they instantly label him as a “trash character” he’s not trash he’s just different and takes a bit of getting used to. In this game, rather than being a rushdown with explosive damage he’s a ranged based mix-up character. Rain tips: before laying a combo try using the teleport move todo a hit and run cause his combos aren’t very safe so you want to get out of the action pretty quickly. You should also take advantage of his whirlpool move, it has a long start-up but it’s very difficult to react to and it’s a pop-up so you can do some sick combos with it. (I just wrote a whole documentary about this character for you, please use these tips🙏🏻😭

Rain will fall upon you like daggers from the sky 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧

Do one about recent Sub-Zero plz

@TrueUnderDawgGaming please make a buff sub zero one. Lord Liu Kang knows he needs it

your way better at explaining things than the actual devs in the kombat kast!!

imo his biggest weakness is absence of advancing normals (outside of f2, and it's not one of the best in the game). like in mk11 (just in slightly another way) Rain has issues with pressing, maybe gimmicks with projectile/portal can work a bit, but again you have to work much harder than all other characters

I don’t mind. I love #Rain.❤

I like rain really fun especially with air kameos like Sonya

He can cancel his overhead string into a grab

My biggest problem with rain is that why do low projectiles hit him while he’s in the air for this thunder move. Especially things like sindels, liu kangs and especially things like scorpions hellfire move.

Team Rain 🤴🏻⛈️

rain is cold bruh. He's my main and a lot of fun to play with. i just wish he did more damage and had just a tad bit mor reach. He can also cancel that overhead into a throw. works every time lol

Rain does look sick in this game. Gonna have to give him a try

Rain is op as hell, I don't even know how to deal with his wake-up 50/50's

Sub zero freeze kameo could give him a hard to blockable with the wirlpool and his overhead by ending the combo with the fully charged water beam and scorpion could have him combo of his geyser

2:10 that is for 50 50 setups end close combos with it then do your overhead combos they block low overhead they block standing flushed down the toilet

"He's a zoner, he's not meant to be good up close" - meanwhile JP in sf6

When you're getting bodied in the corner it's entirely impossible for rain to meter burn anything out

Rain is good in this game........He is really going to be a beast when someone comes along and really knows how to use the portals oh my god

Maybe some kenshi next! He’s the most interesting

Rain is just tough to get down and still not tagging moves to the screen makes it more tough

The projectile is so slow tho. Need cameo to help it seems

Rain/scorp is A -A+ imo. His zoning is okay but for a "premiere zoner" he can still be outzoned by certain characters. He lacks a quick mid and his portals are really gimmicky. Ive got a setup with a portal but can be countered once someone gets use to it.

What about his fatal blow

I've been a Rain main since day 1. Mage characters have always been a favorite of mine, and MK1 Rain is just perfectly that.

Who's better. New or classic Rain?

I'll always love my boy rain and yes he's pretty damn good

Underdog, you read every comment right? I hope, did you know that Africa currently has no online for mk1? Server fixes are needed there and the devs haven't even given not one response to the many times they've been tagged. Isn't that great