Kitana mains, report in! How you are doing in this game so far, and what made you pick her up?

nobody really mentioned this, (or maybe i just didn't watch the video carefully enough). In order to hit the second j1, u gonna have to hit the first one at the exact moment ur character start dropping

Thanks man, MK1 is my first NRS game and had been looking for a comprehensive guide on Kitana and this helped me out so much

Great guide man. You’re super entertaining on rips it’s cool to see your own content.

Congrats on final kombat !

What made me main Kitana right away is how so cool her combos look, and how many they are (including the "far away combos") . Also, her back 2 is so important and it gives her a very high chance to open opponents. They nailed it with Kitana this time (unlike MK 11 in my view). How can she not be interesting?! Watching your matches is really fun. Your guide in this video is really beneficial as well. Keep it up bro 👌🏻

U can get a full combo after 112 if u use Sonya kameo, u dash up after she hits and then back 24 into imagination. Phenomenal guide keep up the fantastic work

I always main her since middle of the end of MK11 when I stared and I think she's Decent. But just got to grandmaster in rank with her. And it tough

Ok, about to nerd out a bit in this comment. I really tried to assess what her strengths and weaknesses are, what sets the top 5 characters apart from everyone else, and how to cover some of those weaknesses and amplify those strengths by addressing the root cause of the problems, rather than just treat symptoms. I based my thoughts on what seems to be a deliberate choice by the combat design team for Kitana, and for all the characters (i.e. everyone has an armored move, and every armored move should work). I think she could use 2 changes: 1. Square Wave close-up block frame buff: on block, it should speed up from -17 to -15. Square Wave has a pushback on block that almost resets neutral even in the corner, and is a great go-to for a lot of matchups to end the 2,4 / 2,4,1,2 fakeout. That 2 frame difference makes Kitana slightly more aggressive, especially against characters like Raiden, Ashrah, and Kenshi, who can close that gap while Kitana is still recovering (I chose a 2 frame reduction instead of 1 because of input buffer). 2. This is the big one: Princess Pirouette. My first instinct was "the second hit could be an overhead" but that's a bandaid, and the devs clearly want to keep that sort of tool out of Kitana's kit. Instead, I think the gap between the first and second hit should be 32 frames instead of 23 (compare: the gap between the second and third hit of her 2,4,1,2 string is 34 frames), but the first hit should special cancel into air specials. The increased gap gives Kitana more air time to actually input a special move, and allows a similar fakeout as the 2,4,1,2 string. Now if we're getting nasty, the second hit could also have a little pushback on block. If Kitana's place is in staying out of throw range of most of the roster, then I think these changes^ would give her some breathing room to actually get there. The idea behind these changes wasn't to actually alter how Kitana plays, or add tools, but to make it easier to reach for those tools, as I actually believe her best strengths is how she can jail with ending strings with projectile cancels (especially metered fan toss and fancy flick, they can even make you armor safe in a lot of situations).

great deep guide ty. 👏

Zillion thanks Faysal ! ! ! !

The db2 with kano knives was soo sneaky and i love it

Love this❤

This was really helpful I’m a mileena main and in mk11 I played both kitana and mileena and I was pretty good with both of them I got to keep the pattern going in mk1 so thx 😂

Nice Kitana Guide!

The best of the best 🔥❤️ faysal🔥❤️

I've been a huge Kitana fan since MK2. I used her in MK9 up to 11. I was abit intimated with her in this game at first but after much practice she's one of my mains. I do have issues with matchups like Cage and Baraka cause of the bully pressure. Otherwise ima stick with her

Thank god

Great vid! Been trying to find my next character to pick up. I'm between Katana, Tanya, and Shao.

Ayyyyyyy fatsallllll

I play many different characters and kitana is best with the most creativity and mix ups, she never gets boring. There is just so much variety with her its insane and i feel like she could be top 5 if played right. The fan throws are no joke and will catch your opponent off guard if done randomly.

This season I'm learning kitana.. imma pick up a character each season 😊

After maining meleena, scorpion, and sub I can say that her combos start up so slow I just can’t compete against a Johnny or li may who can put pressure constantly if they get me in a spot with no space and I find a lot of her moves being super punishable. Just compared to Meleena I have a way better move set and higher damage. I mean if Kitana did some more damage I think it would make up for her lack of mixups. She is such a fun character but compared to other characters she doesn’t compete and if you play against a really good Johnny or top characters, or characters that can outzone her your going to have a really hard time.

I start playing with kitana the best

Only 3 to go! Mileena, ashrah and nitara

tried to play kitana in normals after training a bit but man people just bring their main to f informal games its impossible to test anything great guide btw👍

Please if you could do an updated video due to the big patch dealing with kameos and everything? When you get around to it, seeing if you notice any differences. Giving advice on how to play it

She really can’t compete but I love her

I use kitana with sector just need a combo video with them iv made a 37%mid screen looking for advanced guide

I dont ise the wind bomb because it always just gets blocked. I like scorpion because she can get 34% off of get up attack with acorpion. I am also thinking she may have a long combo while in air with j11df2 scorpion* db3EX j112

Great guide thank you! But i struggle so much to jump 2 times after a combo? Is there a timing of I just press fast.

Any tips on consistently enhancing her abilities? I get the combos down but I’m always inconsistent with enhancing

Do you have release check off? I’m having a hard time doing the kicks into the fan toss with it off.

Might have to use sun, frost ain’t it even though I get busy

Is the j1 into j112 not possible anymore? It doesn't let me jump again after j1

Hey is the Scorpion Invasion skin still obtainable? If yes how long goes the season?

Use goro

Kitana mk11 or kitana mk1?

I don’t understand man. I hate kitana on this game, and I hate myself because she’s my favorite character, but I hate how they built her, like wtf, her mids are terrible, almost all punishable, and literally not a SINGLE overhead….. dude. It breaks my heart, and back2 NEVER lands for me, and even if it does I never B24 because it’ll just get block, and you guess it! It’s NOT SAFE. I hate it so much, I hate her so much, I hate this game. I hate neutral play. But I just need to get good. I know it… I just hate that I have to change my entire mentality and play style to use my favorite character. People probably don’t agree with me, but I think she needs a major buff. Honestly she needs a 50/50, she just gets punished too easily,