Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance 2022 (PS2): Cyrax on Max, 3 Rounds

I'm reviving the MK Deadly Alliance Playthrough series. Since this marks the game's 20th anniversary, it's about time I update my playthrough series. This time I will be playing as every single character on the Max difficulty setting, AND playing with 3 rounds to win as opposed to 2 to make things interesting and different from most other people's playthroughs of this game.

This is Part 15 out of 24, where I will be using Cyrax. Objectively considered by most players to the worst character in the game's roster for his pathetic damage and mainly unsafe attacks. In my opinion, Li Mei gets that honour, though I won't deny that Cyrax is within the very low end of the game's tier list. He would have been way better if he had higher damage and more safer moves.

Enjoy!

Best combos:
(Start in Ninjitsu): 1, 1, B1, CS, wait, FB1, wait, CS, walk back, B2, wait, CS, 1, 1, 2
(Start in Ninjitsu): 1, 1, B1, CS, wait, FB1, wait, CS, walk back, B2, wait, CS, 1, 1, U2
(Start in Ninjitsu): 1, 1, B1, CS, wait, FB1, wait, CS, walk back, B2, wait, CS, 1, 1, 3
(Start in Ninjitsu): 1, 1, B1, CS, wait, FB1, wait, CS, walk back, B2, wait, 2, wait, BF4
(Start in Ninjitsu): 1, 1, B1, CS, wait, FB1, wait, CS, walk back, B2, CS, CS, B2, F2, U2
(Start in Ninjitsu): 1, 1, B1, CS, wait, FB1, wait, CS, walk back, B2, CS, CS, B2, F2, CS
(Start in Ninjitsu): 1, 1, B1, CS, wait, 1, 1, B2, F2, U2
(Start in Ninjitsu): 1, 1, B1, CS, wait, 1, 1, B2, F2, CS
(Start in Sambo): 1, 1, B2, F2, U2
(Start in Sambo): 1, 1, B2, F2, CS, wait, B2, wait, CS, 1, 1, 2
(Start in Sambo): 1, 1, B2, F2, CS, wait, B2, wait, CS, 1, 1, U2
(Start in Sambo): 1, 1, B2, F2, CS, wait, B2, wait, CS, 1, 1, 3
(Start in Sambo): 1, 1, B2, F2, CS, wait, B2, CS, CS, B2, F2, U2
(Start in Sambo): 1, 1, B2, F2, CS, wait, B2, CS, CS, B2, F2, CS
(Start in Sambo): 1, 1, B2, F2, CS, wait, B2, wait, 2, wait, BF4
(Start in Pulse Blade) B2, wait, B2, wait, 2, BF4
(Start in Pulse Blade) B2, wait, B2, wait, CS, 1, 1, 2
(Start in Pulse Blade) B2, wait, B2, wait, CS, 1, 1, U2
(Start in Pulse Blade) B2, wait, B2, wait, CS, 1, 1, 3
(Start in Pulse Blade) B2, wait, B2, CS, CS, B2, F2, U2
(Start in Pulse Blade) B2, wait, B2, CS, CS, B2, F2, CS

My tips:
All of Cyrax's moves are unsafe to use on their own, mainly the bombs and the spinning kick move, especially the latter as it can cause you to get punished if blocked.
Many of Cyrax's standard combos do very weak damage (less than 20% in most cases). You'll need to learn some of his more advanced combos. The stance change combo from Ninjitsu to Sambo (1, 1, B1, CS) has a long knockdown, which allows you to perform Close Bomb (FB1), that will grant a free combo which will cover at least 20% damage. All up, these high end combos will do more than 40% at best. Keep in mind that these combos are pretty heavy in execution.
Get in a free heal if possible.
Sambo has a nice throw which is done by pressing 2. Has decent damage.
All the attacks in Pulse Blade are single hits. It's a pretty decent weapon, all things considered, mainly for it's range. B2 launchers are your goto here. You have the option to impale it into the opponent, but it's not recommended as you lose a pretty decent tool and makes Cyrax even worse to play as.