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After an intense set of top 8 finals, the <a href="http://evo2k.com">EVO 2011</a> Grand Championship <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_9">Mortal Kombat 9</a> matchup featured <a href="http://vvv-gaming.com">vVv Reo</a> as the losers bracket finalist against <a href="http://dominionmethodgaming.com">DMG/MCZ Perfect Legend</a> from the winners bracket. The <b>EVO</b> tournament is double elimination, meaning that <b>Reo</b> needed to win two best 3 out of 5 matches to come away with the championship. <b>Reo's Mileena</b> was up against <b>Perfect Legend's Kung Lao</b> for the first set of 5 matches.
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Watching the above footage from the top two <b>Mortal Kombat</b> players in the tournament gives you sense of how entertaining the game is to watch when played at such a high level. In the first game (2-0), <b>Perfect Legend</b> was down to under 5% health in the second round and relied upon his mid, low, ground hat combo string to bait <b>Reo</b> out and counter with a spin, jump kick, roll string to finish. In the second game (0-2), <b>Reo</b> blocked <b>Kung Lao's</b> last gasp ex-spin to even the match 1-1. The third game (1-2), <b>Reo</b> dominated the range battle with several down+4 attacks that kept <b>Perfect Legend</b> on his heels. <b>Reo</b> then shut the door on <b>Perfect Legend</b> after losing the first round by punishing his blocked spins and jump kicks, forcing a reset of another 3 games out of 5 match.
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In the final set, <b>Perfect Legend</b> broke out his low, low/mid, ground hat combo string that was successful in the first game of the first set. In fact, it was this string that was so devastating that it caused <b>Reo</b> to try several different unsuccessful counters, once attempting an x-ray and another trying a ground roll, which were both punished for losses (2-1, 2-1). Down two games, not being able to figure out that ground hat combo string, <b>Reo</b> appeared to be desperate to find a way to combat that string and chose to switch characters to Cyrax. Aside from being able to win a round on a lucky bomb placement, <b>Perfect Legend</b> took the game (2-1) and the match to become the first ever <b>EVO Mortal Kombat Grand Champion</b>.
Congratulations to <b>DMG/MCZ Perfect Legend</b>, <b>vVv Reo</b> all of the finalists for such a great demonstration of quality <b>Mortal Kombat 9</b> play. Here are the final standings for the tournament.
After an intense set of top 8 finals, the <a href="http://evo2k.com">EVO 2011</a> Grand Championship <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_9">Mortal Kombat 9</a> matchup featured <a href="http://vvv-gaming.com">vVv Reo</a> as the losers bracket finalist against <a href="http://dominionmethodgaming.com">DMG/MCZ Perfect Legend</a> from the winners bracket. The <b>EVO</b> tournament is double elimination, meaning that <b>Reo</b> needed to win two best 3 out of 5 matches to come away with the championship. <b>Reo's Mileena</b> was up against <b>Perfect Legend's Kung Lao</b> for the first set of 5 matches.
<center><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XFh2HYNgEto?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>
Watching the above footage from the top two <b>Mortal Kombat</b> players in the tournament gives you sense of how entertaining the game is to watch when played at such a high level. In the first game (2-0), <b>Perfect Legend</b> was down to under 5% health in the second round and relied upon his mid, low, ground hat combo string to bait <b>Reo</b> out and counter with a spin, jump kick, roll string to finish. In the second game (0-2), <b>Reo</b> blocked <b>Kung Lao's</b> last gasp ex-spin to even the match 1-1. The third game (1-2), <b>Reo</b> dominated the range battle with several down+4 attacks that kept <b>Perfect Legend</b> on his heels. <b>Reo</b> then shut the door on <b>Perfect Legend</b> after losing the first round by punishing his blocked spins and jump kicks, forcing a reset of another 3 games out of 5 match.
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In the final set, <b>Perfect Legend</b> broke out his low, low/mid, ground hat combo string that was successful in the first game of the first set. In fact, it was this string that was so devastating that it caused <b>Reo</b> to try several different unsuccessful counters, once attempting an x-ray and another trying a ground roll, which were both punished for losses (2-1, 2-1). Down two games, not being able to figure out that ground hat combo string, <b>Reo</b> appeared to be desperate to find a way to combat that string and chose to switch characters to Cyrax. Aside from being able to win a round on a lucky bomb placement, <b>Perfect Legend</b> took the game (2-1) and the match to become the first ever <b>EVO Mortal Kombat Grand Champion</b>.
Congratulations to <b>DMG/MCZ Perfect Legend</b>, <b>vVv Reo</b> all of the finalists for such a great demonstration of quality <b>Mortal Kombat 9</b> play. Here are the final standings for the tournament.
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at least, see the firsts fights with his "second" main, and in the decisive match use Kung Lao for a secure win.
