After months of announcements, trailers, speculations and commercials, we are finally facing the new chapter of the famous and much discussed fighting game saga of NetherRealm Studios, or Mortal Kombat 11. Whether you are veteran of the series or newbies, we want to offer you a quick guide of 15 tricks to enjoy the game experience in Mortal Kombat 11 to the fullest.
Tag particular moves
Memorizing and learning all the key combinations to make certain moves is the basis of every fighting game title, but fortunately cheats in Mortal Kombat 11 make this aspect a lot easier. In case you don't remember a certain combination, simply go to the move list and tag a certain number (including fatalities!). In this way the order of the commands of the latter will always be available on the screen during the battles.
Parry
Parrying is definitely a key move during fights: by managing to make a perfect parry you can be able to land a quick backlash. However, however, it is best not to block shots too often. In fact, it often happens that the enemies manage to block you in turn, consequently managing to grab you. You can always withdraw from such a move, it is true, but it is always better to avoid abusing it and to keep certain attacks aside for better times.
Attack
Other interesting tricks concern the attacks in Mortal Kombat 11: in fact, unlike the previous chapters of the saga, where it was more important to focus on making long combos, here a combat strategy that mostly involves short attacks is more rewarding. We therefore advise you to keep this in mind, to be able to land as many effective attacks as possible.
The Fatal Blows
Fatal Blows are a new mechanic in Mortal Kombat 11, capable of allowing the player to make brutal and often fatal moves when their health bar drops below a certain level. Since only one Fatality Blow per match is available, it is better not to waste it when it appears, using it with a certain strategy: for example, if it appears during a round in which the opponent's health is still very high, it is certainly better to take advantage of the move later when it will be possible to immediately KO it.
Attacks amplified
Some fighter moves can be amplified, which means they can cause much more damage and more subsequent hits. It is therefore very important to understand which moves can be amplified or not within the list.
Air attacks
This type of attack during combat is often useful, in fact it allows you to inflict a greater amount of damage than terrestrial attacks. We strongly advise you to memorize the key combinations related to air attacks as soon as possible, or to tag them on the screen in order to use them as often as possible.
Interactions with the environment
Interacting with the objects present in the game's scenarios is certainly an aspect to which the long-time fans of NetherRealm Studios titles - but also those who are not yet very familiar with Mortal Kombat - will not be immediately used to it, but that is why title is crucial. Always keep your eyes peeled for the environments where the matches take place to be able to exploit them in your favor in case of clashes with particularly difficult enemies.
Quickly earn hearts and coins
The Crypt is another very important place, as there are many chests and unlockable materials inside. To be able to get them will be need to earn as many coins and hearts as possible during gameplay sessions, such as with the performance of Fatalities or particular methods of struggle: we will talk about it in more detail in this guide.
Don't ignore the tutorials
Like many fighting games, Mortal Kombat 11 also has a tutorial mode to explain in detail all the features and tricks of the game. Even if you are a veteran of the series there we highly recommend following them as they are quite detailed and deep in the explanation of all the elements of the individual characters present in the new title of the series.
The Konsumables
During the fighting in the Tower of Time, it is frequent the possibility of encountering enemies that use modifiers that can enhance them and that can put you in serious difficulty. To be able to overcome these obstacles more easily, we advise you to use the Konsumables in your possession properly, thus managing to counter these enhanced enemies.
The Konsumables of the towers
Other useful tricks concern the Konsumables that can be applied to individual towers during game sessions in Mortal Kombat 11. These, in particular, they can be used to obtain special bonuses on the earning of in-game currencies, such as coins, following the use of Fatalities.
Battles with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
In Mortal Kombat 11 there is a mode called AI (i.e. artificial intelligence) that allows you to form teams of defenders and attackers to take part in automatic battles. While they might seem pretty useless in a fighting game, they are used to quickly earn upgrades and currencies, as being daily or weekly battles they will allow you to collect as many coins and hearts as possible.
Unlock Frost
Frost, the warrior Lin Kuei within the series since Deadly Alliance, will also be in this new title of the saga, but only after obtaining it, which is not automatic. More precisely, it will be available after passing the fourth chapter of the story mode, or through a paid DLC. Anyway, we also talk about it in this guide.
The Tower of Time
The best place to 'grind' is definitely the Time Tower, but being careful to use only one character, to be able to have greater success in terms of progress. Although it might seem wiser to train and collect more objects by continuing to change character each time, also given the objective difficulty of this mode, to be able to take full advantage of this training it is better to focus only on one element at a time.
The green souls
Lastly, among the various in-game currencies, green souls are also important to mention, much rarer than coins or hearts. Indeed, once collected and set aside, they are the only tools capable of opening new paths within the Crypt.
Here ends our roundup of tips and tricks to be able to enjoy the game experience in Mortal Kombat 11 to the fullest. We hope to have been useful to discover new aspects of the game that you may not yet know.
► Mortal Kombat 11 is a fighting game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Google Stadia, the video game was released on 23/04/2019
Version for PlayStation 5 from 17/11/2020
Version for Xbox Series X from 17/11/2020
Version for Google Stadia from 19/11/2019
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