Greetings all.
I haven't played any MK games since the early to mid 90s and have just bought MK X on PS4. Played some online PvP today and am impressed enough that I'm going to keep the game and sink time in getting my skills up.
After trying a few characters out I eventually settled on Mileena (only tried piercing). I was getting destroyed at first, but after some 50 matches I'm now beginning to holding my own.. matches are generally close now and I'm getting wins.
It's really obvious that I need to now get some combos down and improve my strategy.
Combos:
If you could pick 2-3 bread and butter combos to focus on and drill in practising, which would you chose and what situation would they best be used in?
At the moment, I have been practising 1,2,3,roll,J2,D2 plus the variant F3, 4, 3, roll,J2,D2. In training mode I can pull them off, but only once in PvP, although the startup is still useful even if I cant get the roll. Whats best time to go for these? the kick seems slow so I'm thinking on wakeup.
I have also practised the piercing specials like B1,2,1+3 but cannot perform them at all in PvP at the moment.
Strategy:
I feel like I am quite neutral, usually blocking the opponent then countering (which doesn't go well for me if I fight someone like Erron Black who seems to have a lot of pressuring low/highs that are fast and hard to read). If I go offensive its generally with the ball, a jump kick or special drop kick. I've noticed other players pressure quite a bit, what should I be using if I want to get aggressive with Mileena?
Thanks for your help.