Ayyy that's us! Thanks for the feature! And special credit to @EvilStarLegacy for putting the roster pic together for us! This is easily our favourite roster since the 3D Era!

In my opinion, this roster is even better than MK9's just because of the different era character inclusions.

I appreciate the Deception and Deadly Alliance pulls for this go round. It’s like a clean up of the characters that people liked from the 3D era. Like if Kenshi, Frost and Bo Rai Cho were the first draft picks, Ashrah, Havik and Nitara are the second round picks. Like, I cannot WAIT to play Ashrah because I loved her in Deception.

Was so happy to see Havik return. He's just such a necrotic oddball and I love him for that.

I actually love this roster. It's a personal favorite.

To finally have 3d era be represented well AND be a sizable part of the roster is a dream come true. We are eating soo good with mk1. Legit looking forward to see how big its kameo roster gonna look down the line,they are such a good idea

I was an Erron Black main on the last two games so I’m excited to really dive into this roster and find a new main.

The trailers have actually heavily interested me in playing Ashrah. I liked her story and everything way back in the Armageddon era, and she honestly looks really cool to me. It would be cool to see them bring back more almost "lost era" characters like that. Hotaro, Li Mei, and hell this could be a way to potentially take another look at Shujinko with the time line do-over.

Jax and Sonya missing in main roster feels really odd, leaving Johhny all alone between ninjas, gods and other freaks.

I was a little worried it was gonna be really safe again but this roster is like a perfect blend of legacy staples and characters who haven’t gotten to see the light of day in years. Basically everybody we’ve seen so far deserves to be in the game. My only problem is that playable characters can be kameos I feel like if sub scorpion and Lao weren’t there we could have even more room to include deep cut characters

I think the issue of not having a character that you’re excited about is just a personal thing. For someone like me who loves jade and kitana I was happy with 11 and it’s base roster. With mk1 I’m super excited because I have a few characters I want to play and even though I know I’m in the minority I liked shujinko back in deception. For those reasons I’m set for now lol. Also in X I mained takeda as well so I didn’t feel the same issues others did with the kombat kids. That being said I can understand those that do have issues, it really just boils down to personal preference and who you like which will be different for everyone.

For me this roster really hits home since Mk Armageddon was my first fighting game as a lil guy growing up. Even to this day seeing Nitara again had me really happy and seeing the new versions of characters I already loved is making me feel hyped. To me this roster is a 10 but thats because EVERY fav character I have is in the game and they look fun and engaging

I 100% agree with how he feels about Ermac. Character design makes or breaks what character I play with. Its the reason I suffered through Rain in MK 11.

Giving the Black Dragon and the Special Forces a break gave us back the best characters from the 3D Era. That along with the best original characters has turned this roster into my new favorite one of all time. While some may say that Armageddon can not be beaten, this is quality over quantity. So yes, I am in love with it.

I wasn't that excited about mk1 until more of the roster came out, its really good there's a lot of characters I want to try, it won me over.

This is definitely best base roster in MK history outside of MK9. Feels even more diverse too, given that we have more eras represented here. I wanna make Kenshi my main in this, but I’m gonna give all of the ninjas, Havik, and Mileena a shot too before I settle into who my main is. That’s a lot of characters to play-and that’s a testament to how good this roster is.

I agreed with the chat on the live stream - it’s the best roster since MK9. I get that Max just loves MKX though.

You know this might be the Best MK Roster since MK9, the Only Thing that Bugs Me Out are the Mystery 24th Character and 16th Kameo and I do wish we got more than 25 Characters.

I love the roster, there's so many characters I've been wanting for years that a re finally back in the game. That being said, Sonya and Jax missing feels kinds weird and I do like them.

I'm excited as all hell. My first game was deception, and to see them bring back Asharah and especially Havik makes me incredibly giddy to use them. I was actually mad when they didn't put him in the last couple of games because of not only his actual importance to the lore in the comic series, but also the fact you get to defend chaos realm. Like seriously? He's the cleric of chaos. And the cameo thing would be like a crazy marvel assist I'd like to see how well it's implemented, also makes me curious what they are going to do with Shujinko

There’s a handful of characters that I’m upset weren’t included, but I’m also happy with what we got. I don’t there’s a single bad pick on this roster, I like every character that they picked.

Cant beat MK9? Unfair to compare? Nah you absolutely can and its debatable. I think the roster is as good as MK9. It has characters Ive wanted playable again for years, and my boy Shujinko is back. MK9 was missing that.

Weird that shujinko is a cameo, shujinko means literally "main character, protagonist" in Japanese（主人公）

Hey man I just came across your channel recently and I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! So entertaining man.

Roster is perfect, at least for someone that grew up on the old 2d and 3d/ps2 era. Building on the story is foreign to most fighting games, but to me them building or retelling what there story used to be is awesome. More kameos or less kameos I’m glad what we have can’t please everyone.

The roster is truly incredible 1) several mainstays of MK with a fresh spin (Liu, Raiden, Kung Lao, Sub, Scorpion, Cage, Sindel, Shao, Baraka, Millena, Kitana) 2) some fan favorite characters return after a long hiatus and appear to have been given lots of love (Reptile, Reiko, Smoke, Rain, 3) the 3D Era is back in full force with some interesting overhauls that make them far more interesting 4) the other missing characters (Sonya, Kano, Jax, etc.) are Kameo's. 5) The OG 2D games are represented in the Kameo's as the designs for those characters are straight from those games and look amazing. 6) the casual market will be thrilled with the guest characters, Omni-Man and Homelander from their popular shows and John Cena being reprising the role of Peacemaker will catch a lot of wrestling fan's attention 7) We have a legit mystery character and kameo that has been hidden which honestly cool as hell. The Kameo is likely Kronika which makes sense as that would be a great role for her and if she still has some control of time that would be very cool Kameo and the mystery character is likely Kai as this would be a great time to reintroduce him

I’m super excited for this roster, Johnny, Havik, Smoke and Reptile are probably the main characters that I want to play the most

I think there's a pattern to the image of the MK1 roster that can help us at least what to expect for the final two characters. First we have Earthrealm (Geras resides in Earthrealm according to the Wiki) Then Outworld Then Ninjas Then monsters / other "minor" realms And finally Edenians Reiko is from Outworld, and he is right before General Shao, so i guess the last character is also from Outworld

I have this weird-ass pipe dream where *Mokap* of all characters is brought back and his new twist is that he’s a researcher for the cyborg initiative, not necessarily for the Lin Kuei, just some kind of cyberization project. Like, we take the motion capture gimmick behind him and make him a puppet fighter, and the puppet is a cyborg test subject that mimics his movements. I know Mokap is super unpopular, but this idea is stuck in my head and I just had to talk about it.

I would have liked to see some more UMK3 representation. Kabal (with a decent story arc this time that explored his good side) and Nightwolf (maybe as some kind of zoner this time) would have been my vote.

Bro I got shown the gameplay and the whole story mode and your gunna be in for some fun with the story but that last character slot some people are gunna be like what 🔥💥💥🔥🔥🔥

I think the problem with mk 11 is the variations having all the moves available to a character makes it easier to bounce around and find fun characters

It's so cool to finally see so many 3d era characters get a second chance. Story wise, as much as I'll miss the special forces as lead characters, it's nice to see less appreciated characters get fleshed out more.

MK1 has one of the coolest rosters I've seen in a while. I'm honestly pretty hype about the content and the story, but I'm still gonna wait unti the Komplete Edition (or whatever) comes out

Thing I love most about the MK1 roster so far is the lack of Special Forces characters. Hopefully they keep it that way.

Max you intro makes me want to throw my phone lol like instant hype 😂

Sonya not being in the base roster is crazy to me!

I can't deny the fact that when it comes to Mk11 at the start, I actually didn't have anyone who I felt like was "the one for me", but after some time I ended up with Sub Zero and Jade (who I'm upset we don't have a base roster and/or cameo of her, we need her back) But with Mk1 I have more characters who got my attention (Smoke, Havik, Sub Zero, Johnny Cage and Geras, maybe Scorpion, Li Mei and Kenshi also) I haven't had the chance to play the game so that's why Some characters are in my list

I never had my hands with the beta, but man what i've seen in the trailers, on design alone Reptile is a standout, and the gameplays that really caught my eye are Havik and Nitara which both look so unique and funky in a way that would stir up the familiarity. And im really hoping Smoke has a fun gameplay. I dont wanna write a novel but i think they did an awesome job showing off every character's potential in the trailers with both their designs and styles, and i just cant wait to get in the lab and explore what kameo works best with what character that fits my style of gameplay.

This video was all over the place Max, still love you though. I’m just still waiting for Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks 😂😂😂

Its an outstanding roster and it does what theyve needed to do for some time and thats build up some of their lesser used, but quality, characters

This was a personal dream roster, waited years to see this many 3D characters and couldn’t be happier

That inro was awesome 👌

This is a great starting roster. It suits all the demographics in the MK community. You get your 3D era characters, you get your robots and then you get cool guest character's like Homelander and Omniman. A solid 9.5/10

It hurts not to have Kano...especially when i think of the possible redesigns and story directions. Special Forces will likely be a DLC pack, so i feel the MK11 Mileena suffering 😂

I really want kabal and Jade and maybe nightwolf but I’m happy with what we have

I love that we get 5 of the colored ninjas from the start. Glad to see smoke back after a while, rain back without having to buy him as dlc, and reptile with a human/ninja appearance. Also interested to see Kenshi but Im curious how similar/different he’ll be from his MKX version.

Personally I love this roster and it's absolutely the best opening roster since Mk9 and it's not even close. I can't wait to get my hands on Reptile, Baraka, Johnny, Shao and Nitara.

I actually couldn’t find a character in 11 either, but the game finally clicked for me when Nightwolf came out and I went in on learning how to play him. before that I could play Cassie and Shao, but I didn’t get good until I had Nightwolf.

I would love to see a reiteration of Jax in this game if he can fit in that mystery character box. It would be dope seeing him as a high ranking officer in Order realm or something Lol I mean we already have Darrius

I really like this roster! It has a diverse cast from new and old eras, and if we include DLC it also has all of the ninjas

I miss kabal. I would even settle for a classic kabal kameo

I would've liked to see a new iteration of Cyrax and Sektor. I think they would be cool to play in human form.

i love how cyrax and sextor look in this, im crossing fingers one day they will be added in the roster

Honestly, I think it’s the best. They brought back the perfect amount of 3d era characters, and they chose the right ones from that era

The way you ended the video!! 😂😂😂 I felt you on that 🤣 🤣 12:05

yeah man this roster is the best since like deception imo I have so much love for that game seeing those characters like revamped like 2 decades later man I love it

I also thought there was going to be a lot more base Kameos It'll be interesting seeing who they choose for dlc I guess

I seriously thought the kameo roster was gonna be ENORMOUS... but it's smaller than the main roster. I'm with Max on this, it's very odd. Unless they have plans on releasing a new kameo quite often. I could also see them having kameo's unlocked in the game they just aren't showing atm.

I would've liked Sonya, Jax and Kano in there as well. Quite surprised they aren't in there

Idk it's probably just me, but when it comes to MK, Max just gives the most freezing takes lol That being said, this roster is the dopest MK has been in long time

I'm sad to see Jade go, but I'm glad to see elements of her in Tanya (who I think will be my main) and I'm absolutely STOKED about Kenshi being back

For me im just glad a majority of the ninjas are back ones that are missing are Khemleon and tremor but all time favorite roster for me are armageddon and Mk9

I love that they're bringing back the 3D era characters and maintaining pretty much all of the fan favorite characters. My only real gripe is that Jax is a Kameo and not a base roster, but maybe he could be DLC? Regardless, I think this is my personal favorite Mortal Kombat roster.

Shao, nitara, havik, hell, even Kung Lao look so good gameplay wise. I can’t wait to try them out.

Absolutely loving Baraka in MK1, excited to try out my main man Quan chi when he drops

This roster has so much sauce, I hope the dlc after KP1 brings out some huge weirdos to spice it up even more

Seems good to me, I'd like to try Sindel, Shao, Kitana, Mileena, Rain, Raiden, Reptile, Ashrah, Li Mei, Omni-Man, and Peacemaker.

I can’t wait to play Havik!!! Reptile looks awesome too!

Soooooo happy Smoke I finally back man

I love this roster too, feels like a callback to the ultimate mk3 roster + all the forgotten fan favorites, I think Jax and Sonya can skip a game or 2 like how many of the other characters had to.

Johnny being there without Sonya and Jax feels ultra weird Other than that, I’m more than down with the roster so far

Dude how you feel about Ermac is EXACTLY how I feel. I love that

I'm gonna be checking out Tanya, reptile, raiden and ermac when he drops.

Another problem I see is how can Sonya and Jax not be a base character I get it their cameos but still they are important characters to MK its weird they are not base characters

This game has already brought me and my brother closer together. We talk all the time now just about who we are going to play as first. This game is already a 10/10 for me.

I absolutely love this roster My fav so far I am so happy that they brought back Goats of 3d era And smoke

glad max echoes my thoughts on this games roster, was starting to think im insane

I'm bummed out about jax not being on the main roster.😢

I love that part of Liu Kang's plan for a peaceful Earthrealm was to keep the U.S. military out of Mortal Kombat.

I'm so curious/excited to see what Shang Tsung's fatalities are gonna be like. I wonder if they'll be as nutty as Lui Kang's

I haven’t bought an MK game in a while. But I’m going to get this one. To me it feels weird though that Kano, Sonya, and Jax aren’t playable characters. I’m happy to see Stryker as a Kameo, I played mk3 a ton as a kid, and he was one of my favorites

As a man in his 30’s whose been playing since OG MK, in my honest opinion, this is one of the best base rosters we’ve had since MK9. LESS THAN A WEEK LEFT!!!! 🐉🔥

Hot take… best roster we’ve ever had, I joined the fan base in 2020, but ever since then, I’ve done a lot of research on the games, playing some of the older ones, and seeing so many characters from so many MK eras is awesome, even NRS era characters made it in, Geras and Kronika (side note: that last slot is Kronika, no doubt in my mind, I wish it was Hanzo Noob but it’s probably not). I came to this conclusion after I saw my boy Havik join the roster, I love Havik, he’s probably my favorite 3D era character, just because he looks cool and his abilities are unique. I know that Armageddon had ALL the MK characters, but most move sets and models are reused.

I cannot wait to get back to playing as Johnny Cage. Him and Scorpion been holding me down for years

6:26 Damn right! lol Glad the pale sorcerer returned, my brother and I had some good Quan Chi vs. Shinnok matches in X :P

Sometimes it's hard to gauge what Max values in a character. Sometimes it is stupid easy and other times it is flip floppy

At least Shao's a part of the base roster again. One of the few decent things MK11 established

lol 6:50 kombat kids I’ve never heard that phrase but I love it

If I remember, frost was the secret mystery character in mk11 on launch. It can literally be anyone for mk1

I wanna see drahmin again though i doubt i will for a long time if at all.

Honestly think this is the best roster, great balance of character types and eras. Especially bringing back fan favorites like Smoke. I haven't seen many people disappointed.

There was a story leak a bit back that had this roster, it's looking like it might have been accurate.

Johnny Cage is so damn fun to play. I love the changes they made to him.

I definitely agree with Max’s take on the Kameo size, I would have loved to see several more base Kameo slots since that is the main gimmick. Plus it gives more characters a chance to be seen without having to commit to a full main roster slot or dlc. Since ever character can play every kameo if I did my math right there is over 300 combinations of main/Kameo to pick from and will steadily grow with more dlc to choose from.

Not having sonya on the main roster really is a crime.

Blood sport Van Damme is who I’ll be using, first year playing johnny because of him.

I love the under night in-birth background music 🎶

Even if there are some of my favorite characters are missing I think this is probably the best starting roster in mk history. I hope jade , Sareena, Sonya, fujin , sheeva , kano , kira . Get on the main roster .

First.... That Roster. And is Max using UNIClr Music?