Every LAVA User in MK Explained
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- In this video, I analyze every major Mortal Kombat character that has the ability to summon and control lava, namely Hotaru, Tremor, and Cetrion.
I love lava, you love lava, let's love lava together (try saying that 5 times faster).
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:45 Hotaru
05:50 Cetrion
08:19 Tremor
11:17 The Nature of Lava
#mortalkombat #hotaru #tremor #lava #mk #mkx #mk11 #powersystem #lore #worldbuilding #essay #analysis - Hry
Tremor ate a piece of the Earth God from MKMSZ, which is why he has demi-god powers
Source: voices in my head
I think he liquidated that bitch and gulped him down like a protein shake.
Edit: That got unexpectedly homoerotic.
@@CynicalWarlock”gulped him down like a protein shake”
-Cynical Warlord 2024
@@alexanderlor1945 Internet 101.
Tremor became a rock man-demigod when Kano sent him on a mission where he got stranded in the “dream realm”. It took him a long ass time to get back to earth and exposure to the dream realm turned him into a rock dude
And then he decided he won't take orders from Kano anymore.
How is that the lore lol u just get whatever powers ur thinking abt ?
@@terry.1428 I believe it's Tremor's MKX ending, if I recall correctly.
@@CynicalWarlock what were you saying about only cetrion being able use soul powers to do hashirama stuff and two possibilities of why she is the only one capable before you cut yourself mid sentence ? 🤪🤪😅😅
@@vishaldutta4375 Hm.. You'd think I'd be smart enough to write this shit down.
One of the reasons was probably her mastery over all 4 elements. She's the only one that has it, and that's what it would likely take to actually create plant life, and the like.
Still racking my brain, to remember the other reason.
Yes! Hotaru fan right here🖐. Love the video!
The problem with Cetrion is that she looks like a Injustice character, even her Fatal Blow and Fatalities looks like a Supermove.
That's definitely *a* problem, with Cetrion. To me, the whole game looks Injustice.
Sounds like it, too.
Glad you found the video - this is for Hotaru fans, after all. Might eventually do a reimagining of him too.
I think Hotaru using lava that mix of fire and earth is also spot on because hes the opposite to Havik who worships the chaotic nature of water
Yeah, funny how that works out.
Yes! The lava video! I do really hope that MK makes another lava user in the future. Maybe they'll remake hotaru? But better.
I have a feeling he's gonna be in the next one.
Ur videos and analyses are so amazing it's kinda crazy u haven't made it big yet man! So glad i stumbled upon ur channel
I mean.. with a comment like this, in a way, I do feel like I've made it.
Yknow what would be funny but in like a terrible way ?
If they made a live action and Tremor was played by Rock.
That *would* be terrible; Tremor wouldn't be allowed to lose a single fight 😂
@@LOWBORN-the-LOATHSOME 100%.
But now Imagine if The Rock played The Boulder, from ATLA.
Day 567 of asking for a explanation on sectors "matrix telaport "
... It's magic bro (I'd also like an exclamation 💀)
Cyber element incoming lmao
Hope never dies...
@@CynicalWarlockTalking about the Tech Element of MK would be quite an interesting video.⚙️
Patrick voice: He has TECHNOLOGY!
Luv your videos man, your view on MK power system really made me appreciate the game a bit more
Appreciate the comment. Good for the algorithm, even better for the soul.
the edits are on point
Ok, good. Was wondering if they're too much or too little.
Yo, I forgot characters had lava such a underutilized element. I’m not gonna lie. I basically see it nowhere in fiction other than a few subseries, and even fewer popular series avatars like the only one that ever comes to mind.
It is rare, yeah.
-You know what? Bolin should've told Ghazan, "You're not the only one who draws power from the earth. My bending is more powerful than yours, Ghazan. Your technique is useless on me!"
-Kinda like how Rain's main element is Water but he has some capacity over Wind and Fire to create Lightning, Tremor's main element is Earth but he has secondary power over Fire (or at least with inducing heat on his element) to control Earth in its Metallic and Magmatic forms (and I assume Tremor can also pressurize it to such a degree to produce Crystalline forms).
-If Cetrion controls all four Western 🇺🇸🇪🇺🇦🇺🇨🇦 elements separately AND Soul at the same time, I expect she's not an adept user of the secondary/compound elements (Illusion, Shadow, Force, Sand, Smoke, Lava) or even the tertiary compound elements (Blood, Lightning) not only for balance reasons but because the users of the said hybrid elements don't always control them separately, but rather as just one thing. Let me put it this way, Tremor throwing a lava ball is just one singular efficient motion, faster than Cetrion pulling up a boulder with Earth and igniting it with Fire. Now, if there were only a kombatant that was a complete freak of nature that ONLY controlled compound elements and lacked basic understanding of the primary ones, well...
The Western flags killed me, lol.
Just like the writers killed The Legend of Korra.
You're absolutely right about Cetrion, I see her the same way. There isn't necessarily any crossover between mastering the component parts of a kompound and mastering the kompound itself. There can be, but it's not the norm.
Cynical Warlock is one of my fav creators
This comment makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
Send help.
Oh shit you did put the black dragon in the video!!! And the psych bomb and the dream realm!!! Hell yeah I was hoping you would
Long live the Black Dragon.
Not umbridge I’m dead lol
Well she is..
Interesting video. I've always assumed that Hotaru just used his yellow lightning powers because of Kenshi ending. Never considered it to be a lava power. I guess I didn't pay attention cause I didn't like Hotaru as a character.
It's kinda funny how Hsu Hao and Mavado, despite both being hated by the MK community, had played the bigger roles in Deadly Alliance than most Deception newcomers. If you cut Hotaru, Kobra, Kira, Ashrah, Darrius and Dairou out of the story, I don't think anything would really change. 🤷♂️
Absolutely, and yet they didn't bring back Jarek as Kano’s replacement since the latter became a jobber afterward.
@mazkeraid4039 I feel like Jarek should've taken Kabal's role in deception. It makes sense cause Jarek was a ruthless Black Dragon and Kano's student, so the idea that student revives the master's clan could've worked. Deception ruined Kabal by making him evil 🤦♂️
@@user-kl1mn3rr1t That may work, I believe that Kabal should have been working for Special Forces when Hsu Hao became a mole for Red Dragon. Heck, bring back Tasin and No-Face as another.
In fact, having Jarek and Tasia as a power couple would have done wonders. Also, if we're talking about the dragon motif, make Kobra as Kai’s rival.
Anything’s possible if given more time to flesh out, and we don't get a lot of time spent in Orderworld unfortunately.
@mazkeraid4039 yeah. Kabal should've taken Kenshi role in Deadly Alliance, being hired by Special Forces to find Cyrax.
You see the similarities: both were vigilantes (MK3 Kabal and MKA Kenshi), both were invalid characters (one with horrific scars on his face, and the other is blind), and both had a beef with Mavado.
I don't know why, but I've always felt that John Vogel (story writer for 3d era games) did ruin Kabal on purpose because he wanted to prop up his own OC character (Kenshi). Keep in mind, Kabal is John Tobias' boy, while Kenshi is John Vogel's boy. The idea is that Kenshi is definitely a good guy, while Kabal is a bad guy,..... that's the total John Vogel thing to do.
@@user-kl1mn3rr1t I've seen that happen in other franchises, too. It's almost like a subconscious thing where the devs feel compelled to kill the old and instate the new.
But both Kenshi and Kabal are great characters. They can and should coexist and stand in their own 2 feet.
Tremor is so cool bro 😭 my headcannon is that tremor is legitimately crazy strong but hes also super goofy so he just always gets held back by his love for Cage films. Im glad NRS still keep him in mind. As much as i want him to be playable again, i hope they include him more story wise in the future
oh no, now I'm awkward to wish that Hanzo becomes Tremor in the next game or DLC
That's would actually be hilarious. Good running gag for Tremor.
Fun fact: the Tibetan elements are shared by Aristotle.
Yeah, Aristotle called the 5th element 'aether',
Tibetans called the 5th element 'space',
And Luc Besson called the 5th element 'Mila Jovovich'.
*laugh track * @@CynicalWarlock
Since Shang Tsung can shapeshift he might be just copying other characters abilities so he can control some other elements but i would think not at full potential
Yeah, that's partly from the Soul-stealing itself. The other part may be Illusion.
@@CynicalWarlock thats what I was thinking too with the illusion, something like scarecrow with the nightmare chemicals
I knew I was gonna be shocked when u talked about any of these characters.
It's sad when the writers' excuse for cetrion's weakness is her heart not been in the right place(thought u were actually gonna skip her)
U were starting to get cringe when u said hotaru had fire in his eyes then u explained the metaphor and it made sense(he also had a nice intro)
Tremor is a character I never personally liked but I have more appreciation for him now, would love for him to become a more impactful character later on. Nice video all in all, I can go into further details, stating every single dot and dust I liked about the video but I'll let the voices in your head continue for you.
I now feel satisfied
I, myself, was cringing when I said the line.
I grinned, a bit, when you commented on the poll, cause you predicted the skipping Cetrion pun.
@@CynicalWarlock I did ? Ohhh
This series is fire bro looking forward to future videos
It's fire *and* it rocks.
Because Lava.
Let’s rock…
Earthquake!
Rockalache!
What a nice surprise
I'm full of surprises.
Some of em are nice, yeah.
guys, i think he likes tremor
Absolute nonsense. I only simped for him like 12 times.
lol a dash of illusion
Cetrion is just misunderstood 😭
Yeah, by her own writers.
In my head, the explanation for Tremor's elemental abilities is that he's an idiot-savant who just happened to be freaking Rain Man when it came to that one thing. A guy who stomps around, smashing rocks and yelling "I will crush you!" while also theoretically being *a ninja* doesn't exactly scream "competence" to me.
My question about Cetrion is, can she be fixed?
Yes.
Love your content keep up the great work
With such comments, how could I not?
Omg do one about the shoakon and the tigra and Sentar powers and what would be the difference between like sheeva, kintaro and goro. And explain the powers of sentar a bit more.
They're on the list.
Man the way people talk about Termor is like he is the Second Coming of Jesus. And I can see why. He just looks and feels like a guy who does not care.
But to the topic of the video. I love lava powers because it looks so great. It has the weight of earth powers but the effect of fire. So, its cool to se MK have some of that.
Also I just want to point out that I found it so funny when you had your avatar on screen two times and the other one was looking at the other one with confusion. That was a nice touch.
Yeey, been meaning to do more multiple me stuff.
@@CynicalWarlock and it works wonderfully.
Damn right the master of lava!!!!!
These have been great 👏🏽
🤜🤛
All three in one? Well played sir.
I like to over-deliver.
Tremor rocks.
Cool video btw, bro. Keep it up. ❤
Puns!
Also, thanks.
I bow with respect and surprise Mr warlock I'm so glad i found your channel I have so much respect for your work and how you love both old school and new mortal Kombat even we can both agree new Mortal Kombat has some problems but is interesting but the importance of Mortal Kombat is the SOUL of the game and story. In my personal opinion the new mk kinda lack a little soul but i love the ideas and everything you create for mk it gives it more love and soul lol to it but yet again OUTSTANDING video my friend you got yourself a fan 😎
I bow in return, to a fellow MK enthusiast. My whole deal is that more emphasis should be placed on the lore, characters and story, rather than the gore and shock value. Nice to find people who share that sentiment.
Tremor is definitely one of my favorite characters, it's just so cool how just by being an expert in one element, he can control so many things like lava, metal, gold, etc. In some future Mortal Kombat I would like him to come back showing all his power, maybe one of his fatalities could be him attracting meteors from space and throwing them at his opponent, or fuck it, throw the fucking moon at him lol.
Hotaru is a character with tons of potential, I hope he comes back someday. The relationship he had with Onaga was very interesting in my opinion, it was fun to see how someone who serves order and you would think he works for good, is actually working for the bad guys, and Havik, who is his total opposite, his goal is to bring chaos to all worlds and you would think he is the more evil of the two, actually turns against Onaga and works with the good guys (although we later found out he had a plan to revive Shao). The only negative thing about his character in my opinion was when he imprisoned Shujinko, that definitely made him lose popularity. If he were to come back, I would imagine him as a calm guy, being the best talker in the franchise, talking in prow and reciting poems constantly or something. Also him having something to do with the creation of Dark Raiden, as the two are about keeping order. His design is cool, having a firefly theme, as that signifies his name. His armor is cool, and the flags on his back are meant to look like wings.
What I would do is that him not looking so much like Fujin.
And lastly Cetrion, she is definitely the worst of the three, a mistake in general, her whole concept I don't like.
Her design is ridiculous, she looks nothing like a Mortal Kombat character. They should have made her look more like Raiden or Fujin, human appearance but with the aesthetics of a god, with white eyes, and maybe leave the stones floating behind her back.
Her powers are very boring, making her the Avatar and having her be able to control all the elements was definitely a mistake. She can throw fire? Scorpion already does that, Liu Kang too, also Kobra, and Taven, Kai, Tanya, should I go on? Huh, she can throw rocks? That's just Tremor. She throws water? That's Rain's whole thing. She can pull metal blades out of the ground? Oh wow, I guess no one's ever done that before... oh wait, Kabal already has that in MK3...
What they should have done is make her like Poison Ivy, controlling plants, roots, also being able to control wood. There's no Mortal Kombat character that controls natura yet, and that could have been Cetrion.
Very good video, you are definitely one of the best Mortal Kombat channels, I'm going to start watching your videos more often.
Agree with every word; great analysis.
Hotaru's unlikely allegiance with Onaga highlights the kind of thinking that leads to fascism and military states. And you're right, he does resemble a little too much for comfort; never thought about that.
Cetrion's abilities could've been worse, I suppose, but her visual design is one of the worst in any MK game, and that's saying something.
Tremor's just a badass. I kinda like keeping his character simple, that's sort of his ethos, but by the elder gods, give him a *little* more to work with.
Thanks so much for the feedback; glad you enjoy the videos.
3:26 DAMNN
i literally gasped bro, u aint scared hahah
Fear is the mind killer.
Tremor my goat
I think that force should be fire+wind not water or even just an alternate version of fire, although fire+wind makes more sense because force is mostly projectiles whose trajectory can be stopped in mid air or altered, i dont think it should be water only because it has a shape (which wind and even just fire should also be able to give)
Force projectors also tend to expand, look fluid, and explode; often like a bomb, but sometimes like a splash of liquid (Reptile's Force balls; also Johnny Cage's, in some versions, like MK4). And if Force is Fire + Air, what, then, is Smoke?
@@CynicalWarlock i have always interpreted reptile's force balls to be a combination of force and acid (not an elemental power but a biological ability) plus i think that by combining 2 elements you could get a different application like water can be both water and ice, so fire and air could be combined to obtain different compounds
@@alessandrolizzio6338 Reptile's invisibility is biological, but there are other characters that use very similar projectiles to his Force balls, like Dualist Liu Kang. Yeah, the recent games make them look like acid balls, but then they also make it a potion of invisibility, sliding grease, hands lotion, it's all over the place; in other words, they have no idea what they're doing.
@@CynicalWarlock dualist liu kang uses light wich is a variation to fire, you said it in the light video, if i remember correctly, not force
@@alessandrolizzio6338 I said that he uses Light and Force, actually.
day 15 of wondering what the actual fuck is happening whenever modern li mei use an ability like seriously what kind of element is that?
Looks a lot like fireworks, which are tough to ascribe to 1 or 2 elements. Simplest possibility would be Fire. Other possibilities get progressively more complicated.
Ay if tremors in this vid, you satisfied the tremor fans and that one Hotaru guy.
I am the other Hotaru potential appreciator (also a Taven and Daegon enjoyer)
Savage.
Fucking love these make moorrreee🔥🔥
Cocaine ain't shit, next to my ramblings.
Bro how long has it been i missed your videos
2 weeks. Life got in the way.
Why is lava a kompound element. It should just be earth. When pressure rises so does temperature, so an earth user could just compress earth till it heats up
Why are air and plasma separate elements? They're both considered gas.
@@CynicalWarlock fair enough
What do you think that red energy that MK1 Raiko and Shao have is??
Lack of creativity.
Dolores Umbridge crossed my path twice in the span of a week?! Why am i cursed?
Didn't know you go to Hogwarts.
Tremor is the G.O.A.T of MKX. The best DLC character in my opinion.
Netherrealm really took this character to 100% in terms of Gameplay, looks and intro's.
From beign a pixel ninja minor boss fight in special force's to being this utterlly delivery of coolness 😎
They did him dirty tho by not appearing in the story and with just a couple of pannels on the comic books, he has a lot of potencial.
Given all the power that he actually displays I think we have in our hands a character that could be the shao kanh of earthrealm.
I think it would be interesting to have him as an emperor of earth and having an alliance with orderrealm with a supreme general commander Hotaru as ally.
Maybe againts kotal kanh representing outworld as the underdog of the story.
I really hope for Tremor and Hotaru to step up a little bit more they have a lot of potencial and Im tired of the same good/bad guys always taking the spot.
Great job as always bro keep it going ❤
Thanks, and great comment. Tremor deserves more. Interesting ideas, particularly the alliance with Hotaru; that would be interesting to see.
Thia guy's videos are something else. There are so many things to pick out, but I don't know what to say so I'll just say thank y.....
Actually wait.......
Uh-oh..
@@CynicalWarlock Read 2nd comment , was supposed to comment under this one but yeah.... Human brain(specifically mine which works in a meticulous way(was waiting to use that word) )
@@syki-tp1tn Syki the Meticulous.
you should do a video about poison users, like what elements are used to make poison? or is it just limited to being an attribute for force attacks for reptile?
Reptile uses raw acid, rather than poison, or any kind of neurotoxin. Can't think off the top of my head of a character that uses poisons, probably because it's not a fighting game-friendly mechanic.
@@CynicalWarlock that makes more sense
but what about d'vorah's poisonous attacks in mkx?
@@rainbowiczsushiskyi Well the variation is called "Venomous", so based on the title alone, it fits the bill. Mechanically though, it's debatable I suppose, cause it still behaves like a caustic spray, rather than a toxic that kills or hampers you from the inside; that's pretty hard to do, in a fighting game.
But good thinking, D'Vorah's probably the closest thing to it.
I love lava
It's very lavable.
Great video!
But what’s up with 3:26? 😅
Joke.
spookiest youtuber around
Nonsense, I'm cuddlier than a stuffed animal.
Oh wait..
centrion can bear my children
Knew there were some Cetrion fetishists hiding around here.
Another great one. I could watch this stuff all day without ever playing MK. Now I'm wondering if there are any combinations of elements that haven't been done like water/fire... better go back and watch your magnum opus theory of MK power crafting. Just so you know, man, you really made me laugh at transgender cousin, morning wood and the double-take bit about wasting your life. Nice one Cynical, have a good weekend!
An acquaintance of mine actually has transgender cousins, so that's where that joke came from. Would definitely hit hard for him, if he heard the pun.
Thanks ever so much, for the feedback. If my stuff ever gets boring, or veers off track, I trust that you'll keep me honest.
You have a relaxing weekend too.
I give the feedback on what cracks me up because you have such a great way of saying things and CZcams must sometimes feel like doing stand-up to an empty room. Hehe, your stuff is so far from hacky - I can't imagine ever having to keep you on the right track. Nevertheless, if you ever do start doing lame dad jokes (or worse, mum jokes) I'll be sure to let ya know.
@@anonysend6532 Oh don't worry, sometimes I do "standup to an empty room" in real life, as well.
For real though, yet one more clue that points to an impressive degree of sympathy, awareness and.. what do they call it? Emotional intelligence? Or even just deductive skills (you're not the only one studying people here, hahahaaa), cause you are spot on about the CZcams thing - you have no idea what ends up being funny, until waaay after the fact, which is interesting. Comments totally make the experience for me, though.
the urge not to say bender instead of user
It's hard; it's reaaally hard.
Drop the Combos Cynical just Uploaded
Uploadality
wheres the discord sv
Should I? Should I really?
yeah
@@augus979 Damn it.
Day 16 of asking what the fuck is going on with li mei abilities
Answer 27: Looks a lot like fireworks, which are tough to ascribe to 1 or 2 elements. Simplest possibility would be Fire. Other possibilities get progressively more complicated.
hotarus look is angelic
he projects lava (and projects with lighting lllight glow shit)
half-angel
Now that you mention it, ot does seem like that was the idea - ruthless angel, or angel gone wrong.
YESS
whats about li mei
Looks a lot like fireworks, which are tough to ascribe to 1 or 2 elements. Simplest possibility would be Fire. Other possibilities get progressively more complicated.
hey bro, have ya twitter?
twitter.com/WarlockCynical