There's been several threads about this for various games, many people will tell you who they like in the games or who seems the neatest, but they don't understand that doesn't mean the best. What you are asking, is about cheapness/effectiveness, so friends, this thread is not about "Scorpion is the best in UMK3 because I say he is." or "Reptile is the best in MK2 because that was the game where he looked the best."

All characters have strengths and weaknesses, some more, some less. On a pound for pound basis however, these are the most official/accurate top tiers for Mortal Kombat 2D games:

MK1
Johnny Cage and Sonya

MK2
Mileena, Jax, Liu Kang, Kitana

MK3
Sub-zero, Kabal, Nightwolf, Jax, Kano, Robot Smoke

UMK3
Kabal, Human Smoke, Nightwolf, Kung Lao, Ermac, Kano, Robot Smoke, Jax

MKT
Noob Saibot, Kabal, Human Smoke, Baraka, Nightwolf, MK2 Kung Lao, Ermac, Rain, Kano, Robot Smoke, Jax

Matt

Thanks.

What about who is most effective against Kintaro and Shao Kahn? I know Lui Kang is really effective against Kahn, but anyone else?

Somehow I still managed to misinterperate your post.

Playing against the computer is totally different than a person, my advice, find people to play against cause fighting the CPU is pointless.

Kitana is probably the best character to use against Kintaro and Shao Kahn.

Matt

It depends on which version of Kahn you're talking about. Even then forming tiers for fighting the CPU is tricky because everyone has their own little tricks and tactics and there's no real way to gauge which work best.

If you're talking MK II then I'd say Jax is the best against Kahn. You can just hit standing LK all day to beat him. You can do that with others, but his long reach for LK makes him the best at it. With MK3 I'd say eh, I dunno, Sheeva. It's really easy to just do the stomp over and over.


BTW.....are you MO?

MKII Shao Khan has an easy pattern:

At the start of the round, keep jumping back until you get to the corner. Then just crouch and hold block. Wait for him to do his charging shoulder move, block it, and uppercut. Repeat until he dies.

Oh and every now and then he'll throw his green arrow projectile; just release block when he shoots it, so you don't take the chip damage. Then resume blocking and continue the pattern.

In MKII (at least the arcade version) this should work with any character.

vs shao kahn on player 2 side kitana is the best. u can just keep attacking none stop w/ the kick fan combo,every character including shao kahn fall for it each time....

Whats the best Kintaro strategy? Sweep when he walks towards you?


"BTW.....are you MO?"
Yes.

Kitana's fan lift owns Kintaro.


Ubie!!!! You should use the ubie name at UF. Get an avatar of the ubie too.