Mortal Kombat 1 Character Specific Adjustments

Posted on the 27 July 2024 by Mejoress

Last Updated on 27 July, 2024

MK fans, gather up as Mortal Kombat 1 is dropping character specific adjustments. Read on to find out what adjustments are being made to your favorite MK characters.

Character Specific Adjustments

Main Fighters

Baraka

  • Baraka Barrage 3rd hit now has 11 more frames of hit advantage
  • Improved auto-facing on the final hit of (Air) Death Spin & (Air) Enhanced Death Spin

Geras

  • Slow Down (Towards + Front Punch, Back Punch) recovers 9 frames faster on hit & 4 frames faster on block/miss
  • Slow Down (Towards + Front Punch, Back Punch) has 10 more frames of hit advantage when you hit the opponent from behind
  • Fixed rare situations with Fixed Point not providing any health restoration when the opponent is hit out of certain attacks

Havik

  • Fixed animation issue during Brutality victory
  • Adjusted missing sound effects when Neoplasm is blocked

Kenshi

  • Repaired Ancestor being able to be hit by the following projectiles after they have disappeared
  • Mileena Straight Sai
  • Mileena Low Sai
  • Ashrah Heaven’s Beacon
  • Reptile Force Ball

Kitana

  • Edenian Dance (Back Kick, Towards + Front Kick, Front Kick) has now an increased hit advantage on the first 3 hits

Li Mei

  • Increased walking speed during combat
  • New attack Rising Sun (Away + Back Punch, Back Kick) added
  • Forces of Light (Front Punch, Back Punch) moves further forward
  • Seeking Sanctuary (Front Punch, Back Punch, Back Kick) moves further forward
  • Double Palm (Away + Back Punch) cancel frame is 1 frame earlier
  • Nova Burst (Away + Back Punch, Front Punch) starts up 3 frames faster
  • Fixed Fatal Blow hitting certain Kameos used to cause an incorrect hit animation

Liu Kang

  • Dragon’s Tail first hit has 28 more frames of hit advantage which is a massive boost

Nitara

  • (Air) Dark Plunge now does a ground bounce hit reaction & has Up Block vulnerability
  • (Air) Enhanced Dark Plunge has 20 more frames of blockstun with more pushback, 10 more frames of blockstun on flawless block, & has Up Block vulnerability
  • Bloody Bolt can no longer be cancelled into air specials on block or miss
  • Bloody Bolt & Enhanced Bloody Bolt projectile first hit no longer causes stumble animation when blocked
  • Enhanced Bloody Bolt now has an additional hit during projectile start-up, had its damage adjusted & can no longer be cancelled into air specials on block or miss
  • (Air) Dash landings now allow buffered Basic Attacks
  • Enhanced Leap of Faith can now be canceled 3 frames earlier

Raiden

  • Fixed Fatal Blow hitting certain Kameos causing an incorrect hit animation

Reptile

  • Fixed buffs lingering after (Air) Falling Fangs Cancel is performed without invisibility active

Scorpion

  • Side Kick (Back Kick) now has 9 more frames of hit advantage
  • First two hits of Sweeping Scorpion Tail (Away + Front Kick) now hit mid & can be 2in1 cancelled into special moves
  • Enhanced Flame-Port recovers 7 frames faster & no longer enables autoblock the first time in a combo
  • Fatal Blow hit region size increased when opponent is in a combo
  • Fixed visual effects from Enhanced Devouring Flame lingering during brutalities

Sindel

  • Fixed Kartwheel using incorrect animation when it is Up Blocked
  • Adjusted animation during start-up of Royal Dismissal (Back Punch, Back Kick, Back Kick)

Smoke

  • Enhanced Vicious Vapors into Vicious Vapors Cancel recovers 5 frames faster

Sub-Zero

  • Heavy Toe (Front Kick) has 2 more frames of hit advantage
  • Ice Klone has an increased hit region, & significantly increased hit region when opponent is in a combo
  • Deadly Vapors no longer enables autoblock the first time in a combo
  • Fixed Ice Klone Charge hit region lingering after connecting with one character

Tanya

  • She is no longer considered airborne during part of her hit animation for Back Throw

Omni-Man

  • Fatal Blow first hit no longer causes stumble animation when blocked
  • Repaired Invincible Rush overhead using incorrect animation when it is Up Blocked

Quan Chi

  • Added new attack Best Foot Backward (Down + Towards + Back Kick)
  • Fixed incorrect pushback against cornered opponent and missing visual effects during Throw Escape

Peacemaker

  • Fixed incorrect pushback against cornered opponent and missing visual effects during Throw Escape

Ermac

  • Fixed Fatal Blow causing Ermac to be briefly throw immune after the attack misses
  • Adjusted animation issue during Brutality victory

Homelander

  • (Air) Diabolical Dash -> Grounding Fist can no longer be cancelled on block
  • (Air) Diabolical Dash -> Hovering Impact has 6 more frames of recovery
  • Fixed 2nd & 3rd hit of Fatal Blow not breaking armor
  • Repaired issue that allowed Flight attacks to be performed repeatedly after an opponent has been defeated
  • Fixed rare bug that could cause Homelander to have lingering momentum if (Air) God Complex is performed at specific timing as Flight duration ends
  • Eliminated rare bug that could cause Flight to persist if winning a round under certain conditions
  • Fixed 2in1 cancels still sometimes being possible after a Flight attack was Up Blocked
  • Adjusted camera when Blast Off is used
  • Fixed lingering sound effects when laser attacks are interrupted during start-up
  • Adjusted audio issue with performing a practice reset after connecting Homelander’s “Hear No Evil” (Away + Front Kick)

Kameo Fighters

Cyrrax

  • Cyrax can now move while holding Self-Destruct
  • Main Fighter will no longer take damage if Cyrax is hit while holding Self-Destruct
  • Cyrax will drop his bomb if he is hit while holding Self-Destruct
  • Self-Destruct explosion hit region increased & has 1 more active frame
  • Kopter Chopper can now choose to direct the opponent being hit to fly towards or away
  • Horizontal Kopter Chopper now has a white glow on Cyrax when it is executed
  • Fixed Horizontal Kopter Chopper sometimes being able to be performed while Kameos are disabled

Darrius

  • New follow-up attack Ground Invitational can be performed by holding Down during (Delay) Heelturn
  • New follow-up attack Army of Two can be performed by pressing Flip Stance during (Delay) Heelturn
  • Double Daegon Kick now drains 1 bar of Super Meter from opponent when it hits
  • Twister Kicks when done as a follow-up to The Double Whammy refills Kameo Meter with each hit
  • Jump cancel after The Double Whammy hits can be performed by holding up
  • The Double Whammy hit reaction gravity adjusted
  • Twister Kicks first two hits no longer cause stumble animation when blocked
  • Fixed a rare issue that could cause a specific sequence of attacks using Volleyballistic to move Darrius to an unintended location

Frost

  • Added new move Ice Wall (Down + Kameo Button)
  • Fixed several visual issues that could occur with Forward Throw brutality

Goro

  • Increased recharge rate of Punch Walk
  • Raise The Roof can now also be cancelled into Dead Weight or Punch Walk before the attack is performed
  • Punch Walk can be cancelled into Dead Weight or Shokan Stomp after any of the punches
  • Shokan Stomp now has a white glow on Goro when it is executed
  • Fixed Shokan Stomp sometimes being able to be performed while Kameos are disabled

Jax

  • Reduced the recharge rate of Energy Wave & it now recovers 10 frames faster on block or miss

Kung Lao

  • Away We Go will no longer interact with a player who is in a hit reaction

Motaro

  • Centaurian Warp will no longer interact with a player who is in a hit reaction
  • Centaurian Warp can be directed to different ranges after grabbing his partner & has slightly increased meter refill delay
  • Fatal Blow Charge! now has armor
  • Fixed rare issue that could cause the background to remain darkened longer than intended when Charge! Is interrupted after using during Homelander’s Flight

Scorpion

  • Added new move Aura of Flame (Hold Kameo Button during Fire Breath)

Sektor

  • Activate Homing now fires two missiles instead of one
  • Up Rocket starts up 5 frames faster, has different hit reactions, & has a bigger hit region when opponent is in a combo
  • When Flame Thrower is blocked or misses, player can choose to not perform second hit by holding Away + Kameo Button
  • Activate Homing now has a white glow on Sektor when it is executed
  • Fixed Activate Homing sometimes being able to be performed while Kameos are disabled

Shujinko

  • Shujinko will no longer take double damage during a specific window of Homelander’s Flight Air Laser
  • Fixed Mimic: (Flight) Delay Ground Laser Eyes during Homelander mirror match counting as a flight cancel when used during a combo
  • Fixed Mimic: (Flight) Delay Ground Laser Eyes having incorrect momentum if repeatedly jumping over the opponent
  • Eliminated issue with Shujinko performing Sub-Zero Slide having an incorrect animation if hitting opponent that has Tremor’s Crystal Armor active

Sub-Zero

  • Fixed Kold Shoulder (During Arctic Armor) sometimes being able to be performed while Kameos are disabled

Khameleon

  • Fan Lift will no longer interact with a player who is in a hit reaction
  • If Khameleon is hit before Glaive returns, it will no longer return regardless of the Main Fighter blocking
  • Sai Toss has 31 more frames of vulnerability to attacks
  • Roll has 18 more frames of vulnerability to attacks on hit or miss
  • Glow has 44 more frames of vulnerability to non-projectile attacks
  • Glaive has 9 more frames of vulnerability to attacks
  • Fan Toss has 45 more frames of vulnerability to attacks
  • Fan Lift has 29 more frames of vulnerability to attacks

Janet Cage

  • Fixed issue with Stunt Double lingering when Sindel hits opponent’s Kameo with Enhanced Queen’s Kommand

Mavado

  • Best Feet Forward & Nindrop now have a maximum height they can be performed at