I Spent 7 days Learning Geras to PROVE He's the HARDEST Character!

What do you guys think about Geras currently? I didnt like him at first but now I think he is going to be one of my mains. Sure he is hard and underrated but the potential is there!

Geras' unique mechanics are scaring many players off I guess. It takes great skill and knowledge to play him well.

Characters like Quan Chi and Geras take strategy and good spacing. Quan is actually top 10 in the game, but he is difficult to master. Characters like Johnny are just brain dead. Johnny's whole strategy is just approach the opponent and press buttons because his buttons are safe and he has great recovery. I actually like the setup characters like Geras and Quan. You feel like a genius when all of the setups start working

Geras just needs an all-around buff. I love him in MK1 but as we saw in your video he has to play defensively the entire game.

I main 5-ish characters on every mk game and i can play the rest of the cast normally to bad-ish. And i can confirm that with almost 1000 h in the game that Geras is one of the hardest characters in mk1

The most difficult characters are always the most rewarding. It certainly shows in the damage output. Much respect to you for giving him a try.

My little brother has been watching you for awhile. But these progression videos got me hooked bro, great content. Can’t wait to see you eventually go through other characters. Even if you don’t do the whole cast

Thanks so very much for your effort and contribution to the community bro, I sincerely appreciate every video you upload.

I haven't seen a video from you in a while & I see your subscribers went up a lot as well. Congratulations to you on all off your success 👍🏿💪🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Hey that's my guide!

Geras is one of my mains u gota be patient and understand his moves and when to use it u can use motaro kung lao tech teleport cancels hourglass charge for armor break and health regain command grab for pokes instead of foward square to be unpredictable enhanced clone which does waste 2 bars can u can use mid combo or for unblockable set up and wait for openings to punish or poke command grab instead of trying to strike since his moves are on the slower side be patient and consistent Geras is amazing in the right hands

I main Geras and the highest I've gotten is God rank with semi-consistent play. What I've found is that spacing and timing is key, spacing even more so than timing in a lot of cases because you can bait or even trick your appointment by using the tools you have. Geras isn't a jump in and go sort of character he's very much a more passive character in which you wait for your opponent to get impatient or mess up and then you punish them. This is how I play him in MK1.

Oh my god you couldnt have timed it better, mk1 is my first time properly getting into the game and trying to learn. I love geras hes such a cool guy, but its reassuring to knoe im not the only one struggling to play with him, was thinking it was just me.

Picked him up hella quick stuck with him one of my best characters

Hey MadDogg i didnt realized that you're back lol.

It’s just that the input/output ratio for most of the roster is vastly different. It’s much easier to play other characters and get a lot more mileage out of them for the work you have to put in… Johnny has every single tool in the game you could ask for besides a projectile… Best movement in the game, stagger pressure, plus frames out the ass, launching overhead/low mix, full screen armoured punish with shadow kick, an install with star power, command dash that is projectile invulnerable, high combo damage with nut punch enders for Oki, best jump ins in the game, advancing mids with good recovery, etc… When you play a character like Geras, you understand how privileged some of the other characters on the roster are for absolutely no reason… The effort required doesn’t match the payoff. You’d expect that a character that is harder to pilot would yield more in terms of advantages BECAUSE they require more effort to use effectively… But it feel like the exact opposite for MK1… Ermac has some of the most complicated combos with all of his cancels, but his combo scaling is assbutter. Nitara has 900 HP with crazy movement, but her low/overhead mix is mad punishable on block. Geras has a completely unique playstyle revolving around charging his hourglass and getting timestop cancels with Motaro teleport, but has some of the worst normals in the game… Why would I play these interesting unique characters when I could just spam strings with Peacemaker or Johnny and stay safe?

I reached my full capacity with Geraz spend 6 months with him, I know all the moves but making sure you have 3 hourglass all the time becomes very hard, especially when anyone who sees you play geraz their main goal is to go after you, and make sure you don’t . But is nice love this character, learning hermac now,

Domorolize has one of the best geras guides much love ima geras main since mk11 too

Geras can be very good but you have to be consistent landing Lao/Motaro time stop combos and know how to use other abilities to like the 2 bar combo break and how to setup the clone for hard to block situations.

Dang it MadDogg, I just got done learning Shao. Now, I have to pivot to Geras…😂👍🏾💯