Dude Sub is pretty good in this game he gets a lot of guaranteed damage that you can't break out of. He is great at whiff punishing. One of his ice ball moves eats projectiles when meter burned. He can slide punish projectiles and he has some extremely good pokes and anti airs.

You can anti air really far with back 2 and cancel that into ice ball to get a full combo from an anti air.

You can cancel his overhead into ice ball, cancel back 3 2 into ice ball which is a low starter. His forward 4 is super good for pressure and a lot of his strings are either safe or can be used to punish.

I wouldn't say he is the best character in the game it is still really early but Sub Zero is definitely no slouch in this game he is really good imo.

Also he does great damage from anywhere especially in the corner of you have his move that pops up that let's you really extend combos.

I would say though his tournament variations are kind of lame.

Sup dood. So since the game is still new, things may change really soon. Imo Subs isn’t heavy on pressure. Neither up close, or keepaway pressure. He’s, so far, strongest in his 50/50 overhead or low hit confirms. https://youtu.be/f5q8yNj2nKE Since you played mkx, i assume you know tom brady. if you dont tho, he’s the #1 subzero. his channel has some really good knowledge right now.

It took me a while to sit down and get down the material on the video. About 3 hrs prolly of just sitting down, understanding, then putting in the muscle and visual memory. You could probably do it faster. good luck

Watch some tutorials, or go into a practise and play around with a few, I managed to string a kombo of 12 hits without watching anything.

It may be hard but you’re not gonna learn how to be good with him overnight. It takes a lot of practise.

Main combo I use on Sub is B3, 2, Freeze, B1, 4, 3, enhanced slide. It does 233 Damage. Not as high as some other character, but it’s still a decent combo.

I'm waiting on his MK 2 and 3 costume

His playstyle it's pretty much just 50/50 followed by basic combo, depending on the variant but the basic one it's basically that

Take your time practicing 1 kombo/special move at a time. Get a feel for their zones and timing. Then once you're confident in doing it individually, gradually build on that with experimenting with chains.

He has like 2 kinds of kombos why do you need almost 10 minutes for it?

I would like to help beginners out! Here are more guides like these for other characters! Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLWTRIaseNnkXm1-ch-1VWmM18ftKOThu

I really wish we got a Sub-Zero Cover Art for MK11 like we did for MKXL and Deception. Sub-Zero was peak here.

https://preview.redd.it/rivsxg17f19e1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2262d4a0ef7270471d7198947ce33ed144bbcdc

Not only do many of the brutalities seem to lack creativity, but the explosion brutalities seem to lack impact in MK1 too. It’s more like they just reduce to pulp and all the bones fall on the floor in about the same spot. The older games seemed to have greater explosions than the current game.

This was also my main, bro was he fun to play. I loved all the hate that came with it too. His damage w/ the krushing blows was insane 🔥

Back when sub zero had swag

Interesting because it seems like Kuai was always a brutal and harsh fighter. In MK1 I see they made attempts to switch it around to make it look like Kuai is now gentle and sub is more harsh and brutal as a fighter (in personality too) but sub seems so harsh, quick and brutal here.

Nice one, congratulations 🎉

This is absolutely brutal, hats off to you

Congratulations! I wonder if I can do it one day but after your comment, I’m not really sure….

I need more guides ;( I suck at forming combos and not having the visual aid. I find the combos in the character tutorial to not be good

I’m in need of a guide for Tanya lol idk what two of her abilities do so I just keep checking back here to see if anyone posted one. This is kinda why I feel like they should have done a kombat kast for every character

The sub zeros are sweaty enough right now without this, lol

I’m glad you’re back. You were my favourite video guide for mk11

Thanks need to have a sub in the bag just in case.. fucking mixup did work on me last game.. not again

One thing people should really consider is also just adding and seeking players of characters you need matchup experience against. Get long sets with them in custom rooms, ask them what you should or could be doing. Some characters are very rare to find a good player on in this game just randomly but you can use discord servers or just add people you do find when it happens to play more.

But it is worth noting that there's only so far you can go without repetition, conditioning, and timing that training mode can accelerate through extensive use.

Also, if you are lower in rank, watching aaster replay probably won't do much to you.

Find replays of people just one or two rank higher than you, you can do that with ease in CFN. You can even filter down to the control type and the opposing character.

Of course they aren't all good players but you can learn to decipher between good and bad plays and avoid the bad plays yourself.

Great tips.

Watching replays on Youtube is the best way to "passively" improve at the game, I highly recommend it.

Good advice and a good point at the end that these are not substitutes for doing your hands on training. It's like watching a million piano playing videos, studying music theory, then claiming to be an excellent piano player without touching the keys.

The single biggest thing that helped catapult me up ranks was showing replays to higher level players I knew. I did this whenever i got stuck on the way to Master and each time someone pointed out obvious mistakes I was completely missing. This is especially true before Platinum. Better players will instantly see your biggest flaws and knowing exactly what to work on is huge.

You don't know what you don't know. Go on a character specific discord, or even just make a thread here if you're stuck. There's a surprising amount of people (myself included) that are happy to share knowledge.

once you understand the basic fundamentals, play against hard cpu, it will train your brain to get better at hit confirming into combos safely. Watch a basic bread and butter combo on yt for your desired main. Dont give up! This game is fun and everyone quits cuz they suck at cameos.

play the tutorial, pick any character and practice, go to towers play online. Just have fun amigo

1. Learn to block.
2. Try VERY BASIC COMBOS (build that muscle memory)
3. Don't do online matches, play the CPU on hard.
4. Watch pro's play and pay attention to their movement.
5. Have fun, play for a bit, take a break. The road to be decent at this game is long and hard.

It depends on what you're getting good for. If you just want to enjoy the game on single player, you need to practice against higher level AI, understand its behavior, and work on your best combos with the characters you wanna play as.

If you want to get good competitively, you need to go get your ass kicked repeatedly by people who are better than you and pay close attention to what they are doing right and what you are doing wrong. This is what will reinforce good habits and help you get rid of bad ones.

Remember that human opponents and AI opponents are two different beasts. Don't assume that just because you're good at beating one that it means you'll be good at beating the other.

Be good at the game

You are not gonna get the ice ball on a regular match, use your normal combo starter, when you get it he is fun and very consistent

Maybe people here don't recomend him because he is "toxic"? But Sikander is an excelent sub player with sic combo routes.

You can combo with sub/sub, the damage is gonna be bad because you'll freeze off of the kameo or fighter, if not both.. freezing gives horrible scaling, it is ideally for anti-zoning. But yeah, the idea is you need to juggle them in the air, or if you have access to a restand, you can continue the combo.. as far as the restand, Ice slide into sektor's double rockets come to mind.

That ice ball isn’t gonna hit in neutral 99.9% of the time. I’d recommend looking up some videos on how to play neutral, how turns work, frame data etc, then you’ll be able to lab combos more efficiently

Them hitting the ground kills the combo so the FB can be blocked and punished.

Sub/Sub isn't much of a combo team but more of an anti zoning/mashing.

I remember Jason coming out on mkx and I watched my first “how to read frame data” video and it just killed me. Now I’m like gimmie gimmie gimmie every new character and don’t need it lol what a great joy it is to finally learn and understand

Sub/Sub is a good team, but you have to play patiently using it. The ice armor helps you ignore zoning, the parry can help you punish the opponent for mashing and armoring too much. The cold shoulder is a very safe move that you can do klone after to get a good distance away from the enemy. The freeze gives you decent combo damage and it can be done as an ambush after the ice armor which can give you safety and slide combos