Not in invasions and arena where I am getting it for sure. I will recheck in Solos in the next refresh a few hours from now. I assume you have maxed lac on Rokba?

@@ZSGaming-vz2jc I just increased the lethal and it's working now. Thanks!

@@editorjohn8803 No worries. Now check this out kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p96Rabufl9uqZYk.html Just did it - a challenge pip with Raiden BNGG RokBa to beat H7 Raiden despite his reduced timer. Did the supers to extend but as seen in the video I think the boss cheats too but got the win. Took quite a bit of damage given there were only 37k attack passives.

@@ZSGaming-vz2jc For your Manta, Batman, CWW team, you can keep the 5X stack by tagging Manta with swipe, tap, tap, tap, swipe, and then swipe, tap, tap, tap, swipe

@@editorjohn8803 Thanks. I worked with Melsi Hoxhallari who has commented on my other videos who advised on how to perfect this and around 8 days back I did a T2 Catwoman pip where I played without losing stacks: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g9-AotWHzcXQlXk.html However, it is not practical to always do it on T4 and T5 bosses as they sometimes cheat (not deliberately but random interplay of various passives built at different points of time) and yesterday you saw how raiden slowed down my RokBa although I still won. Plus bosses with high power gen or if I am playing twin blades you can end up losing both manta and gem stacks in trying to maintain 5 - I am not saying it is not possible after T3, but I generally rarely risk it, but will try again in T4 sometime. Let me see how I go today.

Thanks

Yeah, this was fun.

Thanks. Though I didn't use it as well as you did. Dying phone battery, input lag and doing it at a hot dog stand post a night out..glad that I pulled it off.

Hi thanks for your comment, appreciate the feedback. I have seen your channel a short while back and you introduce new teams too which is interesting. Yeah I agree with you on the cheat. I think sometimes its deliberate and sometimes it is an effect of mixing random effects. Happens in T4/T5 or if you don't use beta. Some bosses against Manta will not stun or will delay tagins even if they don't have that passive, or input fails, if you haven't already one shot in 2 minutes. This is why I use Beta with Manta although at peak manta and gemstone stacks twin blades does way more damage, as you need power steal from beta crit dots. I agree on the Gemstone stacks and recently worked with the streamer Melsi who demonstrated the required combos for keeping 5 stacks and gave tips. I did incorporate his tips in my T3 one shot of Catwoman where I swapped CWW for JLF and used shorter combos ending with a swipe to maintain 5 stacks. However I generally avoid trying to maintain 5 stacks against T4/T5 or high power gen bosses due to (a) the potential cheating above and (b) the device I use. On a better device it would be easier but on my present android, combo locks require focus and T4/T5 bosses may cheat or input may fail if I try to keep 5 gem stacks. It is something I will shortly incorporate though, need to play fights when my device is fully charged and not stuttering or upgrade it again to keep stacks more often.

@@ZSGaming-vz2jc Thanks for the info! Today, I tried your Raiden, Scorpion, GL team, but it didn't get good DoT. Do you know about the Raiden bug? I think if I use Scorpion with Raiden, there's the bug. I heard if I put Raiden in the first position of the game, there won't be the bug. I could also use Raiden without Scorpion. Can you confirm this?

@@editorjohn8803 Hi. I heard about the bug from discord and from a Sigvald video but I haven't personally tried it. Will check out how the bug works with the discord community and let you know. But yeah testing the bug would depend on whether you have beta or twin blades on raiden. I think Raiden Scorpion GL, even with a maxed raid artifact on GL, a high level gemstone on Scorpion and beta on Raiden is a very close one shot as it is as it is missing one level of buff. But in this raid I was hoping for extra passives for this team. Did you try it on enchantress by any chance? Of late I have found that my beta club one shot teams are doing low damage against most enchantress bosses across raids - don't know if something has changed after an update. Btw yesterday I tried Raiden, BNGG and Rokba and that worked well. Will check up on the bug and let you know.

@@ZSGaming-vz2jc Would love to see that video with BNGG and ROKbA as support. I’ll try Raiden, Batman, and CWW tomorrow. Personally, I don’t like using GL because it messes with my rhythm if I know I can take hits

@@editorjohn8803 Yeah GL I only use on some bosses where CI is unlikely to work like flash bosses or firestorm or bosses where I want to test kamidogu dagger on bwtd. But yeah against high damage bosses GL's shield gets blown off pretty quickly so in most cases you are better off without him. Will shortly upload the Raiden, BNGG and Rokba video. Used it on H7 BWTD. Looked like it would finish in 2 minutes but finished in 2 minutes 23 seconds as she was a high power gen boss that I power drained so such bosses can sometimes CI and break your combo. But I am surprised that with 40k raid attack passives including gemstone it took that long. In other raids, with 32k attack passives this beta gemstone combo usually finishes matches between 2 minutes to 2 minutes 50 seconds depending on how well you combo and the boss defenses. I wouldn't try this team combination as the bosses marked as high defense though. For high defense bosses including those that are immune to armor pierce I use Batman Ninja or LoA or Beast or Raven puppet Raiden Beta. But raiden beta plus zatanna puppet or raiden beta plus RokBa/Scorpion Gemstone may not overcome a very high defense boss. For that I would recommend Raiden Beta (or Twin blades if your combo interruption is perfect) plus Zatanna / GossG with Gemstone if you don't intend to use raven.

It is a bit more complicated and random. Ideally game owners should not be putting up copyright flags particularly if you are promoting the game. KZfaq has some rules on what is required to monetise gameplay. I am running this as a free channel for now and am far off monetising or reaching the KZfaq monetising thresholds. But I have made an assumption that those rules will also help in avoiding copyright flags in terms of the extent to which your video is a unique product - bear in mind this is all lay interpretation and not from any formal legal advice or confirmed yet. But in my view if you are doing things like giving a description, selecting which game the video applies to, adding relevant hashtags, and adding a bit of voice over or commentary at times and are able to demonstrate that what you have created has instructional value for other gamers, I am making an assumption copyright may not apply. But all of these are generic claims subject to interpretation. I basically try to answer every section while uploading KZfaq videos and I think that helps in passing their copyright check. A lot of my videos barring those I have uploaded of late have commentary and some times outside of those I try to tone the volume down. But bear in mind not all viewers are receptive of commentary so it depends. But thanks for letting me know I will keep this in mind.

@@ZSGaming-vz2jc I haven’t heard the music in so long I almost forgot what it sounded like lol thanks for the detailed response, that makes sense. My channel is free as well I don’t talk or anything I just post the pip and put a description best I can with the limited number of letters. Which is extremely annoying. Again nice pip dude you nailed it and now I get to try something new.

I think you can given you have a level 9 gemstone. But without ascension there will be some bosses to avoid. I had struggled to one shot non-aquas with him without raven consistently prior to ascension given (a) the lack of power steal, (b) my gemstone has only reached 7 after. But the key thing with Manta to note is. The following non-aqua bosses are likely to almost cheat against him whilst using this setup: 1. Bosses with higher power generation. 2. Bosses with extra fast attack chance. 3. Bosses with additional power at start. 4. Enchantress bosses across raids, and specifically the MV Flash boss from Taste of Evil which does higher damage on Manta than any tech. Almost cheat as in, the OS will look certain but suddenly the boss will come out of stun early, spam more specials then they should or delay tag-ins even if they don't have that passive, thereby requiring you to reset stacks. You also need to avoid crit-resistance and delayed tag-ins. Even after ascension to 8 Star, I can OS most of the bosses of types 1 to 3 with this setup but usually avoid the boss type 4. 1 to 3 still do some of the dodgy things mentioned above so I use beta to keep them power drained. Also, pre-ascension Twin Blades was a better artifact on Manta when used with a Gemstone wearer. Even after ascension Twin Blades does higher damage - if max stacks are maintained but dot from Beta is better at activating Manta's post ascension crits and power steal tech passive. For you I would recommend the following: 1. Manta Twin Blades, CWW maxed rate arti, silver or predator bat (do you have any of these ascended) with Gemstone. 2. Manta Beta, CWW maxed raid arti, silver or predator batman with your gemstone. Barring these setups, for some bosses based on how good your device and CI is, non-purple Manta Beta, CWW and Brainiac puppet may also work. Do let me know how it goes.

This set up is very good, when uses short combo he will one shot super fast because he will keep gemstone active all the time. That's what I use and it's super easy

@@melsihoxhallari7368 Thanks for clarifying that. I was about to refer @bluesman8349 to you as you have done it both pre and post ascension. But thanks,

Thanks. True that. Will try it next time. Have been using this method as it worked best for me in all the successful pips with this team as sometimes bosses with higher power gen or fast attack cheat against Manta by coming out of stun early or combo interrupting when it shouldn't have been possible. Also on the android device I use CI is not consistent. But will give it a go.

Thanks again!

Thanks. Will try that next time. Interesting comment, because I tried this pip again with one more raid specific artifact albeit without super and did it in 43 seconds and had queried the official discord on how to do it faster. The reason I don't do super usually with beastie is that in other raids there are higher damage bosses with hidden extra power gen and splash damage like a chaos darkseid or atrocitus. Even if they don't have much power when you do super, if you do it they power up and do theirs too. Plus on them even if you have puppet's damage reduction and blind buffs active, their super can kill the tagged in hero. Some h7 final bosses also periodically cleanse debuffs which is why I didn't do a beastie combo. However, JC may not be like the bosses I described above, so maybe I should try your method next time. But JC does very high damage on his basics so I would need to ensure blind is active though. Next time I will do the super on this boss as you said and see the damage fly off and hopefully beat him in 30.

@@ZSGaming-vz2jc yeah doing the super isn’t even really necessary he’s so op lol my buddy told me about the combo after the super I never did it myself but I tried it and it was pretty satisfying so I’ve stayed with it for the most part. And yeah you’re right about those bosses I always tag in someone else when they get to the super just incase especially the bosses you’re referring to. I’ve lost some Oneshots from those turd nuggets lol.

@@bluesman8349 Thanks. Tried the trick on Heroic 7 Starfire here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJx2lrSpypOrd30.html Took 36 seconds despite a near flawless pip. Maybe with a shorter final combo could have nailed 30 but not bad. But yeah I guess the damage tapers after a point as 7 Star beastie with two raid artis did it in 52 seconds, my 9 star beastie with one raid arti and no super in 56 seconds, my 9 star beastie with two raid artis and no super in 46 and now with this technique 36. But still pretty impressive numbers by the way. I guess it would still take a bit long depending on the defense and resistances. But nice trick, thanks for it.

I certainly wouldn't try it on tier final bosses. Tried it on Shazam whom I comfortably OS with beastie last time. This time also I comfortably OS but the one shot got delayed as I lost puppet activation twice with my setup which normally doesn't happen. Possibly linked to Shaz's hazard trigger and me trying to build a combo despite it. Luckily Shaz doesn't do too much damage otherwise a Tier V boss would have punished.

@@ZSGaming-vz2jc you’re welcome brother!

Heheheheheheheheheheh, Somehow got the shards so did it. It is not needed for League and Solo Raids. But in invasions for the meta splash damage ascension passive I thought it may help. Neway he can do high damage in invasions without ascension also.

Hi, I use the keyboard. But comments on GOG say that MK trilogy out of all their products is the easiest to configure a controller or D-Pad on. I was also able to configure a fight stick on it.

Thanks. This is the PC version from GOG.com, I later tweaked the graphics to make it look a bit better. Yeah I am keen to try the dreamcast MK Gold, as it has additional characters and some of the missing environmental elements from the arcade not ported on to PC, N64 or PS, and it allegedly has better AI too. But it is a dreamcast exclusive so will have to get a hold of the console and a game disc to try that one.

Hi, thanks for asking. While I haven't tried mame or other emulators , how Reshade works as far as I know is that (a) it has to recognise the game exe files it can work with, and critically (b) in order for it to work you have to select the correct rendering API applicable to your game - Dx9,10,11 or 12 or Open GL, Vulkan etc. as only this will allow the ReShade menu to appear in game.

Hahaha true. How else would he do it. You could try using Twin Blades with him but will need to be extra quick in building the buffs to give him time to do enough basics to one shot.

True. Is that in context to any comment I made in video. Please let me know. So did you like the video overall? What do you think of Reiko? Do you use him online?

Totally. Loved its content and features which would have been awesome for its time and are still pretty good nearly 30 years on. Also liked how hardcore its AI was and it really came at you.

No worries. I also have another playthrough video of this as well as reviews of some of the other classic MK's and a few others. Do let me know if there is any other content you would like to see.

Thanks. Let me know if there are any combinations you want to see.

HI Pankaj, Thanks for your comment. Someone just asked me a similar question on the Injustice2Mobile discord. This isn't the best team to invest resources in if you haven't fully built and maxed all other critical teams. Without beta and hawkman as DD, you need at least 6 star non-ascended versions of these characters, maxed, gears, raid artifacts and puppet. Rachael Roth has some videos on using this team with Free to Play artifacts and she uses Rokba as a DD with puppet. Links as follows: 1. OS of Solo raid boss using Puppet on RokBa and two maxed raid artifacts on PM and Hawk - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/otCejJN_yKq7fKM.html 2. OS of League raid boss using Puppet on Rokba - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p9CYipB0zdDUYJ8.html Her characters are ascended and artifacts maxed but it is suggested even non-ascended but at least 6* peacey and 6* RokBA can one shot. But again, not worth investing money or gems and credits accumulated over time if you haven't fully built other damage dealers. For me with my 5* peacemaker there are limited circumstances in which I can use them. RokBa is deadly in invasions mode with puppet or as a support character in raids to free to play freeze though.

Thanks for the feedback. I did do some high damage combos towards the end. Am also aware of the string you mentioned. Also did better combos in my MK4 videos where I beat the game at the highest difficulty and provided commentary. Do check out for more characters, different longer combos and variety in fighting at the Ultimate difficulty level: 1. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdCEo61i0MzQpZc.html 2. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5mXpMWcl966oZ8.html . This scorpion video was one of my first attempts at this game after long. Also I use the keyboard which I prefer but the input is different from the controllers which is why sometimes I use shorter combos. Let me know if you like the other two and I will shortly do some more videos with new combos.

Hey there. Thanks for your comments. I loved this franchise in the 90s when I was introduced to it. Now: 1. Mortal Kombat 3 on the PC - for the interest of OG players like yourself, I have also just published a review of the PC version of Mortal Kombat 3, as it plays on the PC today. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a8-ff5SDm7iriqc.html 2. Totally agree with you on Mortal Kombat 12/1 - very beautifully rendered but no soul and that cameo system - totally non-MK and biased towards competitive online players. 3. Mortal Kombat X - this is a nice taste and although not classic MK had some fun aspects and gameplay to it which was fun individually or with groups. I have released a short video of a fight with predator and will release a review over the next couple of days. 4. Mortal Kombat 9 - was beautiful in its time for revitalising the franchise and may still be good on console. But it is not sold anymore. I still have it on PC and last week shot a few short videos recreating some iconic fights from the OG in it. Still fun for nostalgia and the story mode based on original trilogy. However, its controls and gameplay have not aged well on windows at all. 5. Mortal Kombat 11 - dull colour palettes and gameplay at times was slow as the maps were too big. It also sidetracked with grindy towers and customisations. However, till date this has the best netcode and a great training mode which has concepts that can help you in any MK old or new or other fighting games. Plus you could explore shang tsung's island. I will release a video on these aspects in the coming weeks.

Really liked your analysis and opinion

Hahaha thanks for letting me know. Yes, I think I did go overboard in saying it in this commentary. However, if you like this game, in my comment below I have included a link to the recording of my live stream of this game which includes all fights - without commentary and only game sounds. This game is often criticised and it does have some deficiencies, but it is still one of my favourites and still moves well in my view. The reason I over-emphasised the difficulty bit is that on the PC it is a bit more logic based and beatable than the arcade and at higher levels the opponent distinctiveness and tactical nuance that is usually missing from this game comes out.

Thanks. True, particularly in the arcade, the combo system was pretty crisp. MK3, Mk Trilogy and some fan projects had botched the timings a bit but UMK3 was the perfect version of MK3, some even rate it higher than trilogy. It is unfortunate that it is hard to get a good port for modern pc tech if you like playing on the PC as I do, but the arcade machines like the one shown, or consoles still have a good version of it which can hold its own. But yes it needs the big screen and a console with speed.

Hey Jaime. Thanks for your comments. Also check out a review I have just published on MK3 on the PC here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a8-ff5SDm7iriqc.html Unfortunately I couldn't find an official version of UMK3, but MK3 is also not bad, albeit not UMK3!

Thanks for letting me know. I think this was one video that the site took time to process so it may not have been available in HD when you saw it. It is processed now and the HD option is available in the video settings in case it is not selected by default. I had also tried improving the original resolution before uploading it. Let me know if it is still an issue. Some issues can occur from editing and merging as well. If the above doesn't help then next time I will keep the freeze video as separate in its original resolution. Some of the other freeze videos on my site came out better that way. But thanks for letting me know again.

Yeah thanks. Robin's tag out helps, it certainly did against the bugged KBM version prior to this update. Well built and with select artifacts he can also be a damage dealer as his SP3 really heals him quite a bit besides doing damage as well.

I remember those days. Albeit by the time I was introduced to MK as a kid in my school the home ports were more of a rage. I am surprised that the MK arcade scene died out as some arcades still have Tekken machines which are quite popular. Now gradually a few pubs, lounges and retro arcades are reintroducing Arcade 1up machines which have classic mortal kombat and street fighter games. Mortal Kombat still has scope. Some friends friends had setup consoles in their home in 2015 and invited all of their friends over for drinks and even non-gamers over drinks enjoyed mortal kombat and injustice and often the non-gamers discovered hilarious things about the games. I remember I used to practice at home and beat every one up until one day a professional player came and I lost 3-2. Gamer enjoyed it and non-gamers couldn't stop laughing at the special moves and player capabilities. Then with tekken I remember akid was beating everyone and I was playing after ages and first time in arcades, and using Law I beat him, until he learnt to use Law that is. Funnily it reminded me of a story from MK wherein when Master Bo Rai Cho met Baraka he taught him a few lessons.

Same experience, that era, it was something special. Never thought it would've been something SO missed.

Thanks for your comment. True that, I totally agree with it and get what you are saying. * Definitely aged well on consoles both old and modern, and slightly older PCS. I remember how thrilling the OGs were in their time. * The OG's can still hold their own in the arcade, albeit some other MK arcade machines are in slightly better shape than the one I played on. * True the 90s OG's have certainly aged much better than even 2011's Mortal Kombat 9. But modern games are easier and made for tournaments. * On current gaming laptops and PCs the older MK's are a mixed bag compared to older PC tech but fun if you are a fan of the original games. But yes new games still need to leverage the OG to succeed, and wouldn't be anywhere without the OG. * Most either reference OG or have additional content exploring OG era using modern tech e.g. Shang Tsung's island as explorable MK11 Krypt I am also trying to find a good official version of Mortal Kombat 3 or Ultimate MK3 for the PC and will do playthroughs of that.

Yes, bought PC versions again and tested them. The OG are still wonderful on arcade machines, and consoles from that era or current consoles compatible with those games. However, the PC versions of MK2, MK3 and Mk Trilogy feel limited compared to the arcade and console versions of these first three games as well as the pc version of MK4. The graphics resolution and combo recognition in PC MK3 wasn't as good as the arcade machine I showed, or as good as it used to be on PC. I still beat Shao in MK3 as I figured out some tricks and MK2 was still moving well though. Maybe it is linked to the platform the online seller packaged it in and its compatibility with my Acer Predator Helios Neo 16. On older PCs it still runs well. But for the OG I would certainly recommend either buying one of the Arcade1up machines or getting it on console.

Thanks. I have now also done a review of MK3 on the PC available here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a8-ff5SDm7iriqc.html and will do MK2 shortly.

Thanks.

Thanks bro. Some pips could have been played better and there were a couple of things I missed but am happy overall.

Thanks for letting me know. Yeah these games were really something at the time. For the current games, mk1 is rendered pretty realistically as well, but some other titles are hit and miss.

@@Daiyve True that. They always worked around the limitations of the tech of their time. For example when they designed jedi knight and jedi academy they would render larger backgrounds that required lesser detail and only the character models gave away the game's age. Mortal Kombat 1 to 3 I had played on the 1990s on a high end console linked to a big screen. It was pretty realistic looking barring you didn't have the full range of movements, level of background detail and animated backgrounds that you have today, but the realistic sprites, speed and screen resolution compensated for that.

Please dont use the AI voice as your narrator. It detracts from the video.

​@@masamune.. Thanks, I will keep that in mind. Even with Nvidia broadcast and microphone arrays I wasn't happy with how my voice sounded on recordings, it wasn't as good as in person so which is why I used the AI. But will try and find a better recording of my voice or a more human sounding narrator next time for videos where narration is necessary.