So as promised, here is your Tips and Tricks Guide to General Shao in Mortal Kombat 1! Rest assured you will not find a more comprehensive guide on this character anywhere as we go over everything you need to know! Basics, Advanced Concepts, and all points in between, its time to learn what The General is all about! Timestamps provided for your ease of use so skip around to whatever makes sense to you, leave a like if you could, and otherwise enjoy the video and hope it helps!
@discombobulated4522
11 ай бұрын
Reiko plz
@amigoleitao
11 ай бұрын
Liu Kang and Reptile!
@youngmetro3times849
11 ай бұрын
Motaro is so obviously the better choice than kung lao for shao. Motaro is not a great kameo but he is literally made for shao. Their synergy is just crazy. Kung Lao would be the second pick
@Zgharta303
11 ай бұрын
Incredible guide. Thank your from a Shao main
@lukeblaker8009
11 ай бұрын
@@youngmetro3times849low hat is better then pretty much anything else motaro can offer, motaro is cool just not much reason to use him
@rooflemonger
11 ай бұрын
This is now officially the single longest character guide I have ever made in the 7 years I have done this, edging out the GG Strive Potemkin character guide. The mega guides are the culmination of a mountain of effort on my behalf so if you wanna leave a like, it sincerely and truly helps out. More MK1 guides in time, although expect any other character ones in the near future to be the shorter form "starter guides" than another hour plus monster lol.
@nexusaquarion9281
11 ай бұрын
8:05 would it been so wrong to give him an ax throw, and the ax comes back, or teleports back to the hand
@doctore4243
11 ай бұрын
Too bad i can't leave 50 likes, thanks man.
@thesaltmerchant4564
11 ай бұрын
Man I so appreciate the hard work usually we align with our character picks so this is super useful as always to me you’re the goat man
@MrBodies07
11 ай бұрын
Helpful man, I was thinking about how to close some of the gaps I have with Shao and this gave me some useful tips
@JacketEK9
11 ай бұрын
My main for Strive and MK1 both have the longest videos. Time to make a cup of tea, settle down and learn.
@ricardovelez3923
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to make this content mate. Especially on YT, for free. This is actually crazy. People would pay actual money for this quality content.
@JagJohal
11 ай бұрын
Are you a bot? You heard of ad revenue?
@raulyaeger
11 ай бұрын
I pay premium
@taraishot100
10 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t pay only a useless fool would pay
@ronnok6912
11 ай бұрын
This guide is by far the most comprehensive and best guide for shao I have seen, will be very useful for players new to the character. a few things to note, his weaknesses are really apparent against good players, the risks in neutral are extreme, most strings have gaps, that can not only be armoured, but also launched by certain kameo reversals, for example the gap in 222 can be punished by lao reversal spin, as can the f122 gap, and b12. On knockdown he really struggles to pressure the opponent due to his lack of a good mid, its almost as if he is at disadvantage after a knockdown, its very easy to be punished after delay wake up, wake up buttons or wake up jump etc (these issues are exclusively in axe stance) no axe is great and is much less risky, despite also having better mix, which I find strange, I have actually had the most success playing Goro, and forcing players to block the overhead slam into plus frames with Goro, then playing in no axe, I believe s4 into overhead slam also has no gap, so you can guarantee no axe into plus frames with Goro, I guess the same idea could apply with Cyrax, lao is also able to cover a lot of weaknesses as shown in the video.
@billyscenic5610
11 ай бұрын
Bless you for this MU data.
@oOYourdadOo
11 ай бұрын
At first I simply liked your videos, then sometime over the past year or so I’ve come to love them. You been killing it keeping up with the content (luckily we been blessed to have content like this.) Also, the overall quality, along with consistency, of your videos just have been getting better and better. You really are looking at out for the community as a content creator and as a fan, and that passion is showing through brightly. Thank you for all your hardwork brotha!
@billyscenic5610
11 ай бұрын
Bless up
@rooflemonger
11 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for the kind words and support!
@TheZak6969
11 ай бұрын
I know these specific long form videos don’t pull in the most views but they’re my favorite from you. Love you haven’t stopped doing them.
@monkai666
11 ай бұрын
Your guides make tier lists feel less relevant and make every character you cover look so much fun. You are an absolute diamond in this community, no amount of comments will show how influential you are on thousands of players enjoyment in fighting games. Thank you for every guide, time to smash people with an axe.
@rooflemonger
11 ай бұрын
🙏
@rainer9931
11 ай бұрын
Dude you seriously might be my favorite creator on this entire playform. All of this amazing content made of of your love for the community. Nobody does it like Rooflemonger
@rooflemonger
11 ай бұрын
🙏
@Kenlac92
4 ай бұрын
Im coming back to this video now that MK1 is a tab bit more playable. Shao is a BEAST of character. Very interesting and fun. Thanks for making this and being so clear and well spoken.
@ezrawillis3741
11 ай бұрын
You are way better at this style of video and more informative than most pro players please continue making guides!!
@Xyos212
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for this! I've been having so much fun with him. Often you can win on mix ups alone, no big combos. Then you get into the head games with the mix ups. Sometimes I'll do that low-overhead 2 hitter over and over after messing with them and they just take it. Even crazier with Kung Lao's hat.
@battlericky17
11 ай бұрын
I very much like general shao. I find his punches to feel really good when you can a nice 3 piece+ combo or just whack them around with the axes
@NurseValentineSG
11 ай бұрын
I'm a simple man. I see a big, slow weapon, I'm interested. And I love the weight that Shao's axe has in 1. In 11, his hammer often felt weirdly light? But this axe, there is some big heft to it. I especially love the ground quake - projectiles that move along the ground are just things I always love, so seeing it in his moveset makes me happy.
@Jackal4277
11 ай бұрын
Man the amount of detail you go into has shown me things I never even thought of. Thank you for doing these videos. Always genuinely excited seeing a new video from you.
@Drew-im7is
11 ай бұрын
A small contribution to my man's massive efforts! Thank you Roof!
@rooflemonger
11 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for the support
@symondealmeida9454
11 ай бұрын
BEST FG channel period. with very useful information and content. on practically every popular Fighting game played.
@rundown132
11 ай бұрын
You are objectively the best FGC creator, not even an MK fan but I respect your work
@serosh9587
11 ай бұрын
An hour? Holy! lt's a movie.
@rooflemonger
11 ай бұрын
I like big characters very much
@serosh9587
11 ай бұрын
@@rooflemonger Hope you consider Kenshi a big one as well then!
@organiclou2516
11 ай бұрын
They did a great job designing his kit and character. He’s very intimidating when and smothering when you play a good Shao
@tomnoeth
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this. Shao is such a cool character, but you probably could have gotten more likes with a Baraka guide. We appreciate your "i like the big guys" attitude ❤
@rooflemonger
11 ай бұрын
When I make the really big guides you better believe views isn't the montivator lol, cause they almost always are horrible return on investments for the time they take to make. I do it cause I like the character and wanna spread the knowledge
@tomnoeth
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, I do! I'm a long time fan and we got the same taste in characters ❤ you made my brolly, astaroth, potemkin and zangief work for me at a decent (well decent for me) level. Thank you for that
@Akuma__Matatta
11 ай бұрын
Just hit grandmaster and got that hooded outfit for him. Think I’m gonna have to try him out now. He reminds me of DBFZ Cooler in how they bully neutral. Appreciate the write up as always Roofle, your guides have helped me for years now to get some insight on character depth 🤜🏾
@fadewobblez9135
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking time out of your day to do these, i can't wait to see what you do for shang tsung.
@eliholland1365
11 ай бұрын
thanks for this. I'm with my mom in the hospital right now as she is struggling to regain the use of her limbs as was temporarily paralyzed due to a hematoma on her spine. She was in hospice on the 4th but now she can talk and move her shoulders and neck and feel stuff on her right side. I need... a lot good content to watch and I figured when your Shao video came out it was going to a big-boy video cuz we do big-boy stuff here. So... glad you didn't disappoint and went in for nearly 80 min on this'un. I prolly am not going to get MK1 still but I didn't buy Strive and those vids got me thru traffic finishing out grad school. I'm saying in the rooflemonger voice, "Now go out and rehab your mother's health."
@rooflemonger
11 ай бұрын
thats rough, hope everything can work out the best it can for you
@aronvaasa8576
11 ай бұрын
Woooooowwww.. I thought I knew everything about Shao Khan as 90% win rate my Main since Mk11.. But maaaannn this is gonna make me overpowered 😍
@yeetskeet3
11 ай бұрын
I love playing Shao in this game. Thank you so much for making such an in-depth guide🙏
@PayondeAwsome
11 ай бұрын
I've implemented these strategies over the past week and omg this video is an absolute godsend for shao players
@Celestial-Pickle
11 ай бұрын
I really can’t thank you enough for making these character guides. You’ve kinda become my fighting game Virgil.
@Schmuckie
11 ай бұрын
Another note to get more damage out of unarmed combos is to get a feeling when the axe will come back. A good setup to practice is the 12df4, b32, b32, 2db3 into oki b3db3, b32, axe mode 22exbd3 for combo extension or oki f2, 2db3 axe mode 22exdb3. Over 40 percent on low starter around 37 with overhead if you properly account for the axe coming back mid combo
@Iives.tesIa-officiaI
11 ай бұрын
Finally some in depth Shao content! Don't see this stuff a lot for the lower tier characters so I'm super happy you did it for my main!
@raspberryhooligan.6406
10 ай бұрын
Got mk1 today and immediately searched up your guides. You are the go to guy for all things FGC dude
@JeonKevin209
11 ай бұрын
Lets go! You really are the goat 🐐 The guide I've been waiting ever since launch. Actually scratch that, ever since the trailer reveal. Thank you so much!
@lukemoody8763
11 ай бұрын
Appreciate the effort you put into these!
@rooflemonger
11 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for the support!
@Kenlac92
11 ай бұрын
I LOVE how cage mansion sounds like a Doom level.
@wearewilliam
11 ай бұрын
At first i didn't want to watch this hour long video, but the way you explained it! i could understand this better than other shao guides that are shorter. thank you!
@MastaBroshiX
11 ай бұрын
Shao feels so damn fun to bounce people around with
@TheReal_FishFins
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this. I subscribed for learning MKX years ago and just couldn't get good at it. But you always made the content to improve enjoyable. I am improving day by day and gravitated to Shao. Really appreciate such a comprehensive guide on this flawed but powerful character. Thank you.
@teleoyekunle4718
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the Shao guide! I'm glacialy excited 😆
@reddragoner1932
8 ай бұрын
just a little reminder that Rooflemonger uploaded a video in movie length. I learned a lot respectively too!
@TitanStryker
11 ай бұрын
Bro you’re a real one. I just picked up Shao a few days ago.
@CalebAdams
11 ай бұрын
Man this was incredibly helpful! You make some of the most comprehensive guides out there in the FGC. THANK YOU for all your effort and hard work, we all really do appreciate it. Recording this at 4 AM, you're a MADMAN. Also wanted to ask a good resource for Shao's bread and butter combos or if you had them listed anywhere?
@rooflemonger
11 ай бұрын
no dedicated combo vid right now, too time constrained and I gotta pick and choose. That said a lot of the core BnB's appear in this video at one point or another.
@GrimxGuardian
11 ай бұрын
I’ve been waiting for this for while! So excited to check this out and get my General Shao to the next level!
@LeCaleb
11 ай бұрын
Should I play shao
@GrimxGuardian
11 ай бұрын
@@LeCaleb Yeah! Shao’s a lot of fun and his combos feel great to land. He does have to work a little bit harder than some other characters, but he’s really strong if you can condition your opponents.
@PanMan47
11 ай бұрын
Holy crap I already see how much effort it took to make this, thank you!
@GravyRobbersz
10 ай бұрын
Dude all of your content is incredible - you dropped this RIGHT as i started to learn Shao
@stevengooding286
11 ай бұрын
Finally! My main! This my favorite version of him!
@cylondorado4582
11 ай бұрын
The axe quake reminds me of playing Sheeva back in MK9. Her unblock-able ground stomp was really slow, but sometimes I would catch people by meter burning it for two stomps.
@swaggatthemyt2424
11 ай бұрын
Awesome videos, as always. I would love to see Kitana next ❤️🙌
@Skarlet_Sun
11 ай бұрын
These are great, hope to see one for Reptile soon!
@austinadams6810
6 ай бұрын
I'm trying to master Shao and this is like gold. Appreciate this greatly
@xSteveNastyx
11 ай бұрын
Shao is my main, only character I know. This def helped
@erict2899
11 ай бұрын
My GF calls your videos fighting game ASMR 😂, she's kinda not wrong. Great stuff dude!
@azeplays3563
11 ай бұрын
Just wanted to note that you can link 1 2 into 2 2 without the need of any assists. The timing is a tad bit strict, but honestly its not so bad. Other than that, great guide. Shao is my boy
@Butterfree_hater
11 ай бұрын
General Lao is the most fun duo I have found in this game they are so cool I love low hat
@HazePlays4Days
11 ай бұрын
Awesome vid, I’m a Shao main and this is gunna bring me up a notch! I gotta utilize unarmed stance more for the plus frame pressure, I always end with command grab right back into ax.
@Mayorofsexytown1303
9 ай бұрын
Just picked him up last night and I was loving him. Great guide! Should help me out. I hated fighting omni man before, but Shao counters him so hard.
@DavidArrignon-3DA
11 ай бұрын
Crazy job, very well done and understandable. Congratz It will help a ton Thanks
@Maikeru305
11 ай бұрын
Bruh amazing work on the videos. Also, shao bruh, i feel is underrated. When i face a good shao, it's hard to close in on the dude. So much safe moves it's just brutal
@Kardacz
10 ай бұрын
I cant believe this is invaluable content is free and a halloween fatality is 12 bucks. Ty man
@michaelkernan7706
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. You are the best and this video is amazing and exactly what I was looking for. Keep up the great work
@kirkuleetz
11 ай бұрын
Love this man. I can't wait to try and apply what you've shared! Would love to see more of these. Thanks
@user-et1hl9rx5j
11 ай бұрын
THANK YOU SO GOD DAMM MUCH. I love general khan to death and needed a good guide, BUT I WASNT EXPECTING ONE THIS GOOD FRON ONE OF MY FAVORITE FGC CREATORS. Thank you for the high quality content
@PayondeAwsome
11 ай бұрын
I feel so seen with Rooflemonger being a Shao fanboy despite the character's history of being ass. Gives me the fortitude to keep going 🫡
@rooflemonger
11 ай бұрын
we will persevere ✊
@hikai9301
11 ай бұрын
Awesome guide, can't think of anything missing
@anthonyontv
10 ай бұрын
The time you put into this guide for ONE CHARACTER is incredible!
@musicxxa6678
11 ай бұрын
best mk content out there my man. good job
@death8006
11 ай бұрын
The guide for kenshi gonna be insane I started playing general Shao after this video
@rooflemonger
11 ай бұрын
more guides in time, but no idea who is next
@samedwards3186
11 ай бұрын
He may be a general now, but you’re still treating us to plenty of Kahn-tent!
@howibleed8479
11 ай бұрын
Great guide my man- i watched the whole thing!
@BWoodTTV
10 ай бұрын
This guide helped me a ton! Made shao my second after watching your vid and have used a combination of your strategy and VGY's to the point where I've beaten several elder gods with shao. He's so fun. PS Ive recently discovered a tip to help land the back 3-2 unarmed during a juggle. You want to press the button as soon as the opponent starts falling down. I was inconsistent with the timing before but once I noticed this cue, I hit it every time
@clarinet800149
11 ай бұрын
11/10! I was just thinking about Shao and your walkthrough of him was super informative in all of the right ways!
@GeneralCba
11 ай бұрын
Bloody hell, nice one dude. When I think of a guide, this is what I expect. GG
@jendi56
11 ай бұрын
I think this might be the turning point for me to pick up General Shao. Thank you as always for the amazing content Roofle!
@ArbiterChrono
11 ай бұрын
Big Shao getting the big guide treatment he deserves.
@phdbot4483
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for putting all your effort into this General Shao guide! I'll definite come back to this, once I decide to get this game and try him out. ^u^
@ahichu2572
7 ай бұрын
this guide is crazy i have no words
@unclegav9823
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for helping us beat the villain Liu Kang with the hero General Shao. Long live Outworld!!!
@boarduck9472
11 ай бұрын
absolute legend stuff one hour guide for the big boy i'm learning him myself so this one will help me for sure thanks
@Averagedudegamer
11 ай бұрын
I needed this mostly because I wasn’t sure how to fight him during his axe stance I would just up block
@cantthinkofanythingthing7897
11 ай бұрын
Been waiting for big axe man
@TittlesFB
10 ай бұрын
Keep on pumping vids out dude. Your very good at explaining. Thank you
@kaiser_83
11 ай бұрын
Wow.. This is insane.. I've been waiting for this guide to drop.. Didn't expect it to be this comprehensive.. Love it ❤
@tkroos6818
11 ай бұрын
Well, time to get out some food and a notepad. Thanks, Rooflemonger!
@iyannaranjo3665
11 ай бұрын
This is an amazing in depth guide, however there are a couole of things I want to point out, if you want to main General Shao then this is also essential... First in the video it's mentioned that the buff is pretty good but I want to emphasis how essential that buff actually is, Shao's damage can be buffed up from 5% to even 15% depending on how you extend your combos, you can actually reach combos between 40% to 55%. Second and very important, the Back1 hit that he mentioned being the second best in the game but unfortunately only ends in an overhead can sctually be cancelled by DownBack3 or by a cameo, I think its the best neutral combo starter in the game because you can start continue the combo with DownBack3 or with kameos.
@Dkillerstrike5
10 ай бұрын
I’ve yet to put any of this to practice but I feel, with how comprehensive and in depth you were, that I can play this character way more efficiently so thank you for that and taking the time to making this kind of content.
@landomadethebeat9458
11 ай бұрын
bro this is fuccin awesome. let’s go!!
@rustyAF
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for all the great work that you put in!
@TittlesFB
10 ай бұрын
Hey dude. Thanks you . Im new at fighting games. Your my trainer cause wow 👏
@moballardful
9 ай бұрын
Really appreciative of this extremely comprehensive shao guide. I pixies him up by chance in the last week and have made good progress on learning but this guide will really allow me to hit that next level. Thank you for this content. 👌
@xmaracx
11 ай бұрын
Ive been waiting for this roofle! I hadnt considered b3 as faster than b1, might serve me better when being low profiled up close. That has been shutting me down at every opportunity.
@doctore4243
11 ай бұрын
I been waiting for this guide from you since day one. Thanks man, you are the ultimate sensei!
@WowWeAreOblivous
11 ай бұрын
This is really great man super love the info. I am a Demi god shao main and love him to death. I usually use kung loa or Serena. I have found that having the. Blades with Serena helps quite a bit but you can’t just spam them. I actually play him as a punish semi zoner and go in when I see a chance. Makes people made sometimes but man other characters have so much going for them you gots to do what you gots to do lol. I am hoping to at least hit god so I can got that axe but the real money one is just so lit. Sorry for rambling on but thank you so much for making this and showing off my favorite mk1 character.
@abysschef5078
11 ай бұрын
Awooga! 1h Shao Kahn guide?
@SupermanPrime-vb2un
9 ай бұрын
Over 1h Character Guide. Now we talking. Let's goooooo.
@ericsimonson8002
10 ай бұрын
I really enjoy your big character content. I get the sense you look for the Broly in every game and I do as well. You definitely provide the content I'm looking for. You sound happier when you make guides for heavyweight characters. I get that.
@battlericky17
11 ай бұрын
22:49 back 1 combos into down back 3 and its pretty solid
@MegaBlacksocks
11 ай бұрын
This is PERFECT!!! Thanks for the guide, now I can lab all day and make these haters pissed off online lol
@ericsimonson8002
10 ай бұрын
If you are standing in front of your axe the tree chopper will cause Shao to step backwards before he swings. It's a bit of a gimmick but it has saved me a few times.
@LucasMeloeFilhos
11 ай бұрын
Good job, my friend!
@mims7940
11 ай бұрын
Make Shao a Kahn again!!! Thanks rooflemonger!!
@CalebAdams
11 ай бұрын
LETS GOOO BEEN WAITING ON THIS
@Dovah_Jay
11 ай бұрын
I really appreciate the work you do. I hope you do more of these for MK1.
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