I'm about 5 minutes into this video and I don't remember all the other videos that I've watched for your competitive history series, but I'm not a fan of the background music Lol. It distracts me a little :)
@CohCohPuff I mean, he's supposed to be the fastest guy in-universe. It really is weird that he's never really allowed to use it in lore. If we got to watch all of Armageddon play out in real time, he would definitely be one of the first to make it to Blaze, just after all of the teleporters.
@CohCohPuff I know it’ll never happen, but even just a small chapter dedicated to Sonya, Jax, and maybe some other special forces fighter hunting the black dragon members would be great. And it would serve to rope Tremor back into the game. Sadly, probably won’t happen
I remember a jmcrofts video that argued that Chun-Li is high-tier in almost every Street Fighter game not because she's overtuned, but because her fundamental tools are so well-suited for the game Street Fighter is that she's always going to be good. I think that's the same with Kabal. Kabal's tools are so perfect for Mortal Kombat that he's always going to be good in them.
@@Danz009that’s not what the comment said, she’s not top tier solely because of her being overtuned, despite that contributing, she’s also top tier because her kit is so good
I have been waiting for this for years. Kabal is one of my favorite characters in all of fighting game history, and him being top tier is just icing on the cake.
I like Kabal. But as a kid I often played with older kids. And those mfers were leagues above me. They often played him and Nightwolf. So as a kid I hated both ahahaha
Kabal's consistency across games in Mortal Kombat is almost like that of Garchomp in competitive singles pokemon except Kabal never got banned. The worst he's ever been is a great sleeper pick at the highest level of play
@@typhlosion7872 literally 0 counters, nothing could switch in and take a hit and ohko it in return. Even something fast and strong like weavile had to pray that it wasn't running yache berry or a choice scarf and even then it was not gonna hard switch in. And if kabal was a pokemon then him too lmfao
I think we've waited a little too long for this one. I've got my popcorn ready for the gauntlet that is this most likely beautifully made video. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS! Keep it up!
Well, question answered, Kabal was never low tier. Funny thing that people forget about the Mk11 incarnation, especially in regard to Nomad Dash cancel, is that all his strings are safe and have no gaps - not a lot of need to spend meter for confirms/block safety when you can't be punished normally anyway. Also funny because flawless block was supposed to be (and is, if you're good enough to use it) the big defensive mechanic in MK11, and here's a character who has no gaps to flawless block.
This channel has almost single-handedly reignited my interest in MK as a series, in addition to giving me an appreciation for characters I never used as a kid, including the cyborgs and this guy here. Love the way you explain the mechanics and looking forward to more!
Since my character in Deadly Alliance was Mavado, when I got Deception I naturally used Kabal even though at the time he wasn't a character I liked a whole lot, the Hookswords in DA and Deception was a fun stance indeed.
nomad dash is one of the most absurdly broken special moves in any fighting game i've ever seen, it's crazy to me how consistently crazy good it always is throughout all the games
There He is, the fiercest MK powerhouse char. Always knew, even as a kid, how OP was Kabal's gameplay. Which did not made me less surprised when I saw the first gameplays from the likes of BySpeed when internet play got more popular.
Incredible character, flawless legacy, and an amazing video as always. Thank you! Fun fact Kabal's top tierness is so notorious, even the Magic card named after MK references Kabal being top 1. 😂
I had a feeling that Kabal would be considered godlike in all of his appearances, every version of him is fun too, I can’t wait until you guys cover jax ^.^
Always love when a new competitve history drops!! Kabal is such a freaking powerhouse, I never liked him growing up and still hate fighting him to this day. But damn he's a beast. Would absolutely love a CH of Sonya next!
CH of Sonya will be interesting as she's also been consistently strong throughout the series. God-tier in MK1 thanks to her easy leg grab infinite, Top 10 in UMK3 in more recent tier lists, MK4/Gold I think was her only game where she was considered weak, a Top 5 character in MKDA, High-mid tier in MKA, Top 10 in MKvDC, Top 5 in MK9, Demolition variation in MKX was super strong and she was again pretty good in MK11.
I cannot express just how much I LOVE this channel. Extremely tasteful, pro, and detailed a usual. Thank you so much for posting. I have an EXTREME love HATE relationship with MK9 being played online and at tournaments since the 2 resulted in the game being patched into the ground like most other "modern" fighting games. I had the privilege (depending on how you look at it) of playing MK9 when it first came out while I was in college. My university was in a VERY rural area making internet connection unusable for gaming so there were a LOT of local games on campus on different people's unpatched versions of MK9 and it was some of the best times we've ever had playing a fighting game almost harking back to the old arcade days. We ABSOLUTELY figured out how "broken" Kabal was in early game and it was both hilarious and fun ending up with him getting banned in some rooms. Lol. We also discovered how "broken" Tag was (which was my intro to this glorious channel) in a way that's almost inconceivable to "modern" fighting game players, 4 players on one console crammed on a couch to eventually all standing since that s*** got serious. ROFL! Absolute fun I miss immensely. Thanks again for posting and sparking that (nearly lost) memory.
I love these longer videos. They're easy to zone out on and just learn. I know that they take a lot more time to research and compile information for, but I love 'em... can't wait for the Scorpion video; it'll be two hours long.
I am glad you confirmed for me that Kabal was overlooked at the start, I remember arguing with people how good he was, but after some years they were saying he was never overlooked, and I was really doubting myself haha. Kabal and Raiden were my fav character to use in that game at launch and I would use them in a tag too.
I knew this was coming, one of the most consistent and coolest MK characters. I really loved seeing him in MK11 compared to 9. I really hope he comes back for 12.
Man I still remember when my love for Kabal started. Quarantine was up and I had MK9 for PC since a long time, but never really played it. And decided to give it a try and change from the usual Scorpion and Sub-Zero, where my eyes went directly to Kabal, I fell in love with the character immediate, all his combos were great and felt intuitive, I wasted so much time just playing around in training mode and seeing what he was capable of. Been a Kabal player in every other MK game ever since.
This is a hot take. I think Kabal was worst in MK9 then Cyrax.Cyrax's restands and combos could be really dangerous in the right hands but they took a lot of practice and execution and in some cases with online lag you couldn't get the restand to come out right. Kabal's kit is more easily abusable by regular people. I kind of hate how much Cyrax kept getting nerfed when Kabal was worst and barley got touched.
Love it. I think this is your best one yet! In umk3 Kabal is absolutely number 1 over human smoke. But the weird thing about the dynamic of those two characters Is that human smoke may be the only matchup in the game that is not favorable for kabal.
So, when MK9 came out, I had just turned 11 year old. I didn’t have internet back then and boy am I glad for that. Learning about how just ridiculous MK9 Kabel was/is makes me 100% sure that if I fought one online I never would have played a fighting game again. Young me would have raged and dropped the game in its entirety, in spite of spending untold hours unlocking all the stuff in the Krypt (excluding the character challenges for obvious reasons).
@PNDKM Thanks guys! It's on the 22nd hence the early bit. Loved your content for years! - Barbara (Would love to collaborate but that might be a smidge ambitious. XD)
... Anyone remember playing UMK3 with that one kid that really liked Kabal and slowly learning to hate Mr Speedy McAirBlast for all time? Can't be just me.
My dad got me the Gameboy Pocket version of MK3 back in ‘95 for my fifth birthday and Kabal has been my favorite character ever since. But as much as I love Mortal Kombat, I’ve always been terrible at fighting games, and because of that, I never really got into competitive MK, so I never knew how good he was considered to be. Pretty dope, then, that my favorite character for all these years has consistently been considered one of if not the best fighter in the series. Go Kabal 🎉😊
Kabal in vanilla MK3 was easy mode. Having two stun moves that you could use in the same combo was bonkers so it's no wonder they made it so Buzzsaw couldn't be done after Nomad Dash in Ultimate. If you played in arcades back in the day, you could hit Maximum Damage with a single touch twice in every round with minimal training. It was so stupid.
When I was little I always thought he looked cool and when I saw his sword he became my favorite not knowing that he was a really good character, just for design and moveset!
Calling Kabal "competitive" in some of these games insinuates he can "compete" with other characters. He doesn't "compete" for much, he destroys them all. I'll never understand how this character is seemingly always busted.
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I wished they brought back all of his special moves from all games
This one has been a long time coming, I listen to these videos as I go to sleep every night so I’m glad to have more, personally I can’t wait for a competitive history for Kung Lao
I realized that ketchup and mustard have done the competitive history of all the cybers and all of the ninjas EXCEPT the main two known as Scorpion and Sub-Zero…..I wonder why they haven’t done them yet? (Unless they are just waiting until the next MK game comes along)
@@mandalorianhunter1 so? Reptile was practically in almost every single MK game in existence except for vanilla version of MK3, MK Deception, MK vs DC and MK11 (surprisingly) and they still did a video for him and it wasn’t even an hour long. And if you include spin offs he wasn’t in Sub-Zero mythologies or MK Special forces (which also btw means Sub-Zero technically missed one MK game even if it was a bad spin off game).
@@gabrieltejada1697 Are you serious? They appear way more then he does and their metas developed more then his. Like seriously? Why are you going off the games , I looked and saw they appeared in way more games with different move sets between versions.
UMK3 Kabal is crazy. I still use him and human smoke but Kabal is just better because nomad dash is so scary and it's easy to use as a punish. Human smoke can be a little inconsistent because some of his combos require a second spear and I believe unless you have frame advantage you might not always get the 2nd spear to come out. Kabal is just more consistent. Hot take, but I think Stryker might be Kabals best counter in UMK3.
Recently got back into MK (been out since MK 7) and an shocked to see Kabal being so good to this day! Would love to see a Kitana version of these vids as they're fantastic! 😃
I look forward to The Mortal Kombat Meta of Deception and The Competitive History of Scorpion and Sub-Zero Your Videos Are Awesome and I love Mortal Kombat and I love the Older Games
You cannot make a case for Kabal being the best overall character in fighting games without considering that Devil Jin has never been less than top 5 in any Tekken game.
lol this video is great and hugely informative. I'd been a Kabal main since getting MK3 for the Super Nintendo with my brother, by trading our neighbor for it in exchange for our Simpsons game lol, but we had no idea what a tier list even was. I just liked the spinning tornado move and I don't think I ever even figured out how to do the gas blast. Then MK9 comes out when I'm in high school and I got rewarded so immensely for picking up such a strange main. I hate that the MK devs will probably see this video and make him a lot weaker in future instillations though lmao
