MKXL: Full Variation Tier List
This tier list is for MKXL VERSION 3-29-16 This version is for year 2016 BEFORE the final MKXL patch released that slowed down overheads, removed all armor launchers, and many other drastic balance changes. Please keep this in mind before you comment.
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*ALL CHARACTERS WITHIN THE SAME GROUP ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER*
S Tier: (potential no losing MUs - to best overall MU charts)
Mileena (Piercing), Alien (Acidic), Sonya (Demolition), Kano (Cutthroat)
S- Tier: (if S gets nerfed, these will be the new problem)
Johnny Cage (A-List) Ermac (Mystic), D'Vorah (Swarm Queen), Jacqui (Shotgun), Shinnok (Imposter), Triborg (Smoke), Takeda (Ronin), Takeda (Shirai Ryu), Alien (Tarkatan)
A+ Tier: (very cheap but not as overly match up dominate as the S tier)
Jax (Wrestler), Jacqui (Full Auto), Tremor (Crystalline), Predator (Hish-Qu-Ten), Alien (Conjurer), Takeda (Lasher), Cassie Cage (Hollywood), Sonya (Covert Ops), Scorpion (Hellfire), Kung Jin (Shaolin), Ferra / Torr (Ruthless), Raiden (Displacer), Liu Kang (Dragon Fire), Erron Black (Gunslinger), Sub-Zero (Grandmaster), Reptile (Deceptive), Mileena (Ethereal), Ermac (Master of Souls), Ermac (Spectral), Quan Chi (Sorcerer), Jason (Unstoppable), Jason (Slasher), Jason (Relentless), Shinnok (Bone Shaper), Kotal Kahn (War God), Johnny Cage (Stunt Double)
A Tier:
Kung Lao (Buzzsaw), Kung Lao (Tempest), Mileena (Ravenous), Reptile (Nimble) Quan Chi (Summoner), Cassie Cage (Brawler), Cassie Cage (Spec Ops), Quan Chi (Warlock), Jax (Heavy Weapons), Jax (Pumped Up), Liu Kang (Flame Fist), Kotal Kahn (Blood God), Kotal Kahn (Sun God), Triborg (Sektor), Triborg (Cyrax), Scorpion (Ninjitsu), Raiden (Thunder God), Kano (Cybernetic), Goro (Tigrar Fury), D'Vorah (Broodmother), Ferra / Torr (Vicious), Leatherface (Killer), Leatherface (Pretty Lady), Sonya (Special Forces), Jacqui (High Tech),
B Tier: (Mostly Situational + Solid)
Kung Jin (Bojutsu), Predator (Warrior), Kenshi (Possessed), Kitana (Royal Storm), Kitana (Assassin), Kitana (Mournful), Triborg (Cyber Sub-Zero), Tremor (Aftershock), Tremor (Metallic), Goro (Dragon Fangs), D'Vorah (Venomous), Reptile (Noxious), Johnny Cage (Fisticuffs), Tanya (Pyromancer), Tanya (Kobujutsu), Tanya (Dragon Naginata), Bo' Rai Cho (Bartitsu), Bo' Rai Cho (Dragon Breath), Bo' Rai Cho (Drunken Master), Erron Black (Outlaw), Erron Black (Marksman), Predator (Hunter), Ferra / Torr (Lackey), Leatherface (Butcher)
B- Kung Lao (Hat Trick), Sub-Zero (Cryomancer), Raiden (Master of Storms), Goro (Kuatan Warrior), Kano (Commando), Kung Jin (Ancestral), Kenshi (Kenjutsu), Scorpion (Inferno), Shinnok (Necromancer), Liu Kang (Dualist), Kenshi (Balanced)
C Tier: (No winning match-ups)
Sub-Zero (Unbreakable)