Even though we all just learned about it not too long ago, the Mortal Kombat Pro Kompetition is already underway with the first offline event this weekend.
Now that the finals are approaching for East Coast Throwdown 2023, we’ve put together the character stats for Mortal Kombat 1 to see which fighters have shown up the most at this pivotal major.
Out of the top 32, Raiden ended up being the most popular of the bunch with six competitors maining him in the upper brackets with Ninjakilla212 and Xombat cracking the top 8 with Mr. Electricity.
That’s followed closely behind by Johnny Cage and Kenshi unsurprisingly with both characters also getting top 8 representation too.
Also in the finals bracket, there’s Rewind’s Reiko, SonicFox’s Rain, and CGL|VideoGamesYo’s Shang Tsung as well.
Ashrah was a pretty popular pick too despite none of her users reaching the top 16.
Conversely, the only place Baraka has shown up with these top competitors is as a secondary for Ninjakilla212, which is a bit surprising.
In all, there were 13 characters represented in the top 16 for MK1 and 16 different mains in top 32 and 19 in total, which isn’t bad for this first outing.
As it stands now, only Kitana, Li Mei, Scorpion, and Sub-Zero haven’t shown up to play this far into the tournament.
You can check out the full breakdown for Mortal Kombat 1’s top characters at East Coast Throwdown 2023 below.
• Raiden – 6 (1)
• Johnny Cage – 4 (1)
• Kenshi – 4
• Ashrah – 3 (1)
• Rain – 2
• Geras – 2
• Mileena – 2
• Reiko – 1
• Shang Tsung – 1
• Smoke – 1
• Liu Kang – 1
• Nitara – 1
• Kung Lao – 1
• Tanya – 1
• Reptile – 1
• Sindel – 1
• Baraka – 0 (1)
• General Shao – 0 (1)
• Havik – 0 (1)
• Kitana – 0
• Li Mei – 0
• Scorpion – 0
• Sub-Zero – 0