b34 is his best low advancing string, cancel into nutpunch/camera on hit to extend combo, amped fireballs on block to stay safe.

f44 is your mid check. it is your only mid check, anything else is susceptible to getting yolo d2.

Back up. A lot. Not full screen or anything but to just out of the distance of their attacks. He is a great whiff punishing character who controls space in the neutral. If you find yourself getting into a poke war too often or racing to see who can press buttons the fastest in each other's faces, you need to back up more. Wait for them to press a button and use one of your advancing strings to punish them.

Also, don't forget his short hops. He has no overheads and everyone knows it, so they block low all the time. If you can mix in some short hops, it catches them off guard a lot more than it does with other characters where they're also looking for the overhead strings. Also, the short hops knock them down and that gives you an opportunity to back up.

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YouTube Kompetitor. He's the best Johnny I've seen, and he has a great 15 minute guide on his best buttons and strategy.

It's funny how even with those 2 KBs in a single combo his second variation is still so damn bad. The mime parry also isn't as reliable as the video makes it look during its segment due to its start up time (Also, Liu kang probably beats it because it cannot parry aerial attacks IIRC).

Should've mentioned that he has no overheads at all (Besides the universal one). Easily his biggest flaw since his pressure becomes a joke in tournament variations.

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Johnny is a character that requires a lot of conditioning to open up opponents. He is also really good at whif punishing so spacing is key. A lot of options in his offense are punishable but he has the tools to make the opponents scared to try something. Forward 3 is a really good button into his multi kicks string for an easy hitconfirm into nutpunch combo and pretty safe on block if u don't do the last jump kick .

Forward 3 also is a good stagger so forward 3 into throw/another string is nice.

The problem here is forward 3 hits high so you risk getting poked, uppercut kb, etc

Forward 4 comes into play here as it's another kick into a string but it hits mid so not duckable/no uppercut risk. The trade off is you can't hitconfirm that string into a combo. It's safe on block but your turn is over.

2 options to condition the opponent, that's how he plays.

Another example is the 121 and 124 string. 121 is safe, end with a mid. It's not plus on block so your pressure is over if blocked but at least you're safe.

124 is very plus on block and gets you easy pressure afterward. The trade off here is they can duck the last hit and punish you.

Mix up these two or just do 12 to see what their tendencies are on third hit with this string.

And yes his krushing blows are really bad. You throw a lot with Johnny so throw kb's would be sweet to have.

Johnny becomes dangerous on fatal blow health as he can Dash cancel his Fatal Blw to safely hitconfirm and even jail from forward 4, which is his best mid. Forward 4 on block Dash cancel into string or Dash cancel into throw are all great and if it does hit you can confirm into a combo.

Also fb Dash cancel doesn't waste your fatal blow for the rest of the match so u can use it multiple times when it recharges.

Hope this helps. Johnny mains unite

It's difficult during the first week, you will have to get used to the timing. In the meantime you can F4 into any special for an easy combo. Heck, you can even do another nut punch there for a restand for more pressure.

Yea I do. What’s really annoying is trying to combos and somehow end up doing the Show Off move where he just stands there and taunts. He’s wide open for awhile and you can’t do nothing. And I don’t know what the purpose of the move is

Did you change the button input from released to push I find 10 times easier pulling off combos and inputs in general other then that if you go to tutorial tab and do the select button it shows you on your device the timing and how fast or slow you would have to input said combo other then that I suggest either watching some youtubers, my suggestion is either sonicfox or maxamillian. Good luck ��

I struggled with Johnny at the start, thinking he had low damage. I guess my frame of mind switch has been "stop trying to jump in and do a fancy combo", just work on my spacing and be a nuisance with staggered pressure and grabs.

Best advice I can think of as a starting point, is to focusing on your spacing/ whiff punishing. Then close the gap with B34 and F344. Both great gap closers that can be combo'd into Nut Punch. Also using D1 to steal your turn, then grab, D4 on hit is great too, leaves you plus enough to jail them into another F344. Even on block F344 leaves you at quite a safe hard to punish distance. Lastly F4 is quite a handy mid hitting approach.

What about Johnny Cage Vs Nic Cage Vs Luke Cage in a cage (Mortal Kombat Vs Real Life Vs Marvel Komics)

Where would you put Super Macho Man (Punch Out)?

I think my director skills should remain caged.

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What the hell is the goat doing in bleh

Who is the one for Johnny cage?

B3, B3, B3, B3

F124 B3 (Sonya R1) 1- 21 Nut Punch

214 DB3 BK (Kano knife toss) F32 BF4 is one I found

Fr, I haven’t played MK in years and I’m getting my ass beat😭

Most of his attacks are highs so block low. When he does one of his plus strings you can dash backwards to avoid pressure. Remember to neutral duck against him a lot. That’s as much as I want to say without giving away my secrets ��

Man people are on here talking like Johnny is street fighter 4 Sagat lol.

With Erron Black - Slide and scud shot prevents zoning.

His pokes and b2 kills johnnys shimmy game.

His main string f344 whiffs on Erron.

Sub Zero - Self explanatory lol.

You people aren’t even trying.

Just LTG your way out of the game lol. Jk i just block every move he has

Be Johnny

Press Start, go down to Leave Match and accept

Finally, thank you!

Curious was there anything this guy could have done or was this all true

Damn Johnny he’s dead already

That was an awesome win.

Holy fuck I bet even every woman will feel this...

Is ferra needed? Or is it only for that first hit + losing bar?

Also poor that Cage's nuts. Basically powder by the time the brutality hits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-HOO3HEKwE

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The Kompetitor has a good channel for Johnny Cage. I would highly advise you use Shock Jock and not the variation with the camera.

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In general his combos go like this:

starter - nut punch dash 121 shadow kick

or

starter - nut punch dash b2 f4 nut punch. I honestly find this combo to hit very inconsistent and usually just do f4 nut punch instead.

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corner:

starter - nut punch, 22222 121 shadow kick or nut punch

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Best starters:

f344 (you can jail into this from d4)

34 (great after a jump in, you can hit confirm the first 2 hits and end u3 if they block to be +6)

b34 (best when baiting the opponent to wiff a button while walking back, and wiff punishing them)

244 (you can jail into this from d1 against male characters, but it's pretty much impossible to confirm your d1)

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Kompetitor also has a great general guide for how to use him in terms of gameplan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vm2zVWgdp8&t=1100s

Check out Robert EO Speedwagon on youtube. They have some good ranked matches and combo stuff. Any youtube search would pull up some good videos though.

As far as the core of Johnny...spacing. His game is punishing wiffs and playing footsies. The b2 axe kick, like you said isnt the best starter.

I like his b3,4 the most. Its an advancing low combo that you can special cancel. It can hit opponents at the match start distance so if you play your footsies and bait your opponent into attacking you can catch them with that really easily. His f3 has good range too and you can hit confirm f3,4,4,4 into a special. Also, 1,2,4 is safe on block and the second fireball of his amped version is safe on block too.

Nut punch is your combo extender. Try b3,4 bd3, amp, dash cancel 1,2,1 bf4. The dash cancel might he hard at first but stick with it because a lot of characters use dash cancels. If you have your opponent in the corner you can do the b2 axe kick into 2,2,2,1,2,1 nut punch. Nut punch will stand you opponent back up and you can continue pressure or go for a throw. Hope that gets you started!

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