Mortal Kombat 9/Noob

Noob Saibot

Noob Saibot's origins are unknown, but he is likely a revenant: a fallen warrior resurrected by the Netherrealm sorcerer Quan Chi to fulfill a dark objective. Noob has been assigned to aid Shao Kahn in his acquisition of Earthrealm. A faithful servant and a recent addition to the Brotherhood of Shadow, he will obey his master, Quan Chi, and complete his mission. But he is biding his time. Noob Saibot has a dark objective of his own.

Moves

Move List Showcase

Basic Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Front Punch

3%

Back Punch

1%

Front Kick

7%

Back Kick

9%

Crouching Front Punch

+

2%

Crouching Back Punch

+

12%

Crouching Front Kick

+

1%

Crouching Back Kick

+

3%

Angled Jumping Punch

during angled jump,

or

4%

Angled Jumping Kick

during angled jump,

or

7%

Straight Up Jumping Punch

during straight up jump,

or

5%

Straight Up Jumping Kick

during straight up jump,

or

5%

Command Normals

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Saibot Strike

+

5%

Hook Punch

+

5%

Point Kick

+

5%

Snap Kick

+

5%

Sweep

+

7%

Throws

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Throw (Away)

or

+

Throw (Towards)

+

Kombo Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Saibot Blast

3%

7%

1st & 2nd hit:

Sneaky Saibot

+

5%

2%

6%

; 1st & 2nd hit:

Evil Twin

+

5%

2%

5%

; 2nd hit: stagger; 3rd & 4th hit:

; all hits:

Assassinate

3%

5%

; all hits:

, last hit: Juggles in corner

No Compassion

+

5%

2%

6%

; all hits:

Reincarnated

+

5%

3%

6%

; 1st & 2nd hit:

Possessed

+

5%

9%

; 1st hit:

; Juggles in corner

Fast Tags

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Mysterious

+

N/A

Sets up combo for partner

Tag Kombos

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Entangled

+

Based on Teammate

Warped Rush

Based on Teammate

Tragic

+

Based on Teammate

The Shadow

+

Based on Teammate

Tag Specials

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Tag Assist

,

+

Tag Attack

,

+

Special Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Ghostball

+

0%

opponents block is disabled when landed

Blackhole (Above)

+

3%

/ Juggle opportunity

Blackhole (Behind)

+

3%

/ Juggle opportunity

Blackhole (Front)

+

3%

/ Juggle opportunity

Teleport Slam

2% + 8%

+

;

Shadow Charge

+

8%

*patch*

Shadow Upknee

+

6%

Shadow Slide

+

7%

sweep

Enhanced Special Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Spirit Ball

+

3%

reverses opponent controls , 2nd hit:

Saibot Charge

,

+

6% + 5%

+

Blackhole (all versions)

(Above)

+

4%

comes out faster / Juggle opportunity

(Behind)

+

4%

(Front)

+

4%

Teleport Smash

,

+

2% + 2% + 2% + 8%

+

;

Saibot Upknee

+

9%

; more aerial range and juggle opportunity

Saibot Slide

+

10%

Wake Up Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Shadow Charge

,

+

?%

Teleport Slam

,

?%

Shadow Upknee

+

?%

Shadow Slide

+

?%

X-Ray Attack

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Together Again

+

Finishing Moves

Fatality

Kode

Distance From Opponent

Fatality 1

+

Jump

Fatality 2

+

Jump

Stage Fatality

+

Varies

Babality

+

Jump

Move Analysis

Basic Attacks

Uppercut

Noob has one of the fastest uppercut speeds in the game. Great for anti-air because it covers most of the top of his head.

Command Normals

N/A

Kombo Attacks

Assassinate

His best mix up string. Easy hit confirm at any point even when blocked. 3rd hit can be long delayed which can be buffered into.

Special Attacks

Shadow Charge

Noob's main weapon. Spam it from a afar! When the opponent gets hit by a shadow tackle they MUST block another tackle or remain grounded. They cannot get up and jump or strike. After patch it is now a overhead attack.

Teleport Slam

Good to use during projectile wars. Can catch someone when they're shooting there projectile. After patch the teleport is slow but has a bigger hitbox.

Shadow Upknee

Noob's anti-air. You can tack on a Shadow charge if they're high in the air enough. Also this move is good to use when you have them in the corner because it recovers fast and if they try to jump they will get tagged. You can start combos with it if you catch them in the air in the corner.

Blackhole

Blackhole got patched and now comes out faster and recovers faster. Now you can do actual setups with this move. Instead of spamming shadows you can throw out blackholes to fool opponents.

Enhanced Special Attacks

Enhance Disabler

Reverses opponents controls. Best place to use this is at the end of a combo in the corner. Next hit they have to guess if its a high or low.

X-Ray Attack

N/A

Basic Strategy

This character was built around defense. His moves are best suited for long range kombat and most of his attacks have great push-back. Basically you want to create distance and play keep away until you get cornered...

Advanced Strategy

The meat and potatoes of Noob's strategy against any character is to corner them, so good spacing and corner awareness are key. Noob's corner game is ridiculous, and is only second to characters like Sub-Zero. The corner also opens up Noob's hard-hitting combos, pressure, and resets.

Now your asking yourself, "how do I corner my opponent if I'm playing keep away?". It's simple, you neutral throw to change positions. Noob arguably has one of the most useful throws in MK9. His throw has the best range and it pushes his opponent back to jump distance. That all works in the characters favor. Here's an example of using the throw to switch positions: