Yea, that's the classic combo everyone remembers,
Orchid & Cinder were fan favorites but they're actually entry level characters for noobs, kinda like
Scorpion & Subzero were the top choice for MK noobs.
KI was an arcade game i was actually good at it and i remember that inexperienced players played alot with Orchid and Cinder to do long combos but more experienced players knew that's actually a counter productive strategy cause you can easily do a combo breaker and f*ck up their game plan.
More experienced players used characters like
Jago or
Chief thunder and used shorter and more effective combos and only attempted long combos at the 2nd round to pull off an Ultra at the end.
Because of this very reason, my fav choice became
Tj Combo
He had great short powerful combos that would knock you back, i was a legit threat with Tj combo in that game