MK1 Patch Notes 6/4 - Homelander, Small balance changes, and bug fixes

Mortal Kombat 1 Patch Notes - June Update

PC Steam & Epic Games Store

• Updated Intel XeSS to 1.3, including support for 6 Upscaling Quality presets and XeSS Native Anti-Aliasing on supported hardware
• Various fixes to improve game stability

General Fixes & Adjustments

• Move list corrections & Localization fixes
• AI adjustments & improvements
• Improvements to Screen Reader functionality
• Added Homelander Fighter to Roster
• Added Mileena announcer
• Added Earthrealm skins for Kitana, Mileena & Reptile
• Added Deadly Hybrid skin for Mileena, Titan skin for Li Mei, & Festival Disguise skin for Quan Chi
• Adjusted pushback distance during start-up of throws at very close range
• Fixed several visual issues during brutalities
• Fixed an issue causing several attacks against airborne opponents to cause the hit reaction to start lower to the ground than expected
• Fixed issue that could cause special move cancels to not be possible if the player was moving the Right Stick at certain timing
• Fixed several instances of facial animations lingering longer than intended
• Fixed an incorrect visual effect occurring when a Kameo is interrupted by a Breaker or during a Summon attack
• Adjusted Round Number UI for Round 2 & later rounds start to better match the Fight announcer

Invasions

• Added ability to turn around while traversing between Encounters
• Added ability to preview rewards before a Boss Fight
• Added additional reward information to Seasonal Towers
• Added Elemental advantage & disadvantage indicators on some Encounters
• Increased inventory slots for Talismans & Relics
• Fixed Johnny Cage Hype meter and Geras Hourglass meter remaining on screen after they are defeated in an Endurance fight
• Fixed some Talisman attacks used during Finish Him causing the opponent to use an incorrect animation
• Fixed an issue causing incorrect elements to display during Character Trials
• Fixed an issue that could allow Maximum Damage to occur in the Wu Shi Academy Practice Mode
• Fixed some rare instances of Maximum Damage triggering unexpectedly
• Fixed an issue that caused certain modifiers to unexpectedly prevent attacks from hitting the opponent

Kustomize Mode

• Fixed visual issues that could occur by repeatedly pressing the Change Pose button while in Photo Mode
• Fixed rare issue that could cause the game to become unresponsive if you hover on a character then quickly select a different one with specific timing

Character Specific Adjustments
Main Fighters
Geras

• Bulldozer (Back Punch, Front Punch, Back Punch) is now considered airborne when Geras is visually off the ground
• During Slab Returnal (Towards + Front Punch, Back Punch, Front Punch + Front Kick) both characters are considered airborne when the attack hits until they land on the ground
• During Back Throw both characters are considered airborne when Geras hops in the air
• Fixed issue in Practice Mode where repeatedly performing special moves over a really long period of time could cause the game to become unresponsive

Havik

• Neoplasm & Enhanced Neoplasm are no longer destroyed if he is interrupted by his own Kameo

Kenshi

• Ancestral Guard is now considered airborne when Kenshi is visually off the ground

Kung Lao

• Human Weapon (Away + Back Punch, Back Kick) is now considered airborne when Kung Lao is visually off the ground
• Get Back (Back Kick, Back Kick) is now considered airborne when Kung Lao is visually off the ground

Johnny Cage

• Cagenado (Back Kick, Back Kick) is now considered airborne when Johnny Cage is visually off the ground

Li Mei

• Against The Rope (Back Punch, Front Punch, Back Kick) & Calculated (Back Kick, Front Kick, Back Kick) are now considered airborne when Li Mei is visually off the ground
• Fixed issue that was causing incorrect visual effects and excessively long knockdown animation after hitting an opponent with Enhanced Chain Reaction

Mileena

• Fixed issue that could cause opponents to move through Mileena briefly after landing from Teleport Down

Nitara

• Fixed Leap of Faith being unable to hit airborne Kameos

Reiko

• Reiko is now considered airborne when he is off the ground during the hit animation of Pale Rider and Enhanced Pale Rider
• Fixed issue with Practice Mode Frame Data display not working with Retaliation

Scorpion

• Fixed rare issue that could cause Scorpion to be briefly outside the arena boundaries after landing from (Air) Enhanced Flame-Port

Smoke

• Fixed issue that could cause ducking opponents to briefly turn around when Face Walk (Towards + Back Kick) is performed at very close range

Tanya

• Fixed issue that could cause ducking opponents to briefly turn around when Spinning Splits Kick is performed at very close range

Omni-Man

• Fixed camera issues that could sometimes occur if Back Throw is interrupted at specific timing
• Fixed camera issue that could occur if Back Throw is used to defeat the opponent

Quan Chi

• Zone Of Fear will no longer end early if a Summon Kameo move is performed

Peacemaker

• Fixed issue that could cause Ground-Air Offensive and Beautiful Bird Bullet to use an incorrect animation when the opponent and their Kameo are on screen at the same time

Ermac

• Adjusted hit region of Mass Driver (Back Punch, Front Punch)
• Fixed issue that could cause throws to not grant first hit bonus if Death's Embrace is active
• Fixed issue with Practice Mode Frame Data display not working with (Air) Suspended Animation
• Fixed visual issues that could occur from Yurei (Back + Front Kick) being interrupted early
• Fixed visual issues that could occur with Witch Slam being interrupted at specific timing

Kameo Fighters
Kung Lao (Kameo)

• Fixed Buzz Saw not having sound effects when it travels across the ground if it is delayed

Sareena (Kameo)

• Sareena will no longer sometimes remain on screen when doing Jataaka's Kurse with specific timing when a round ends

Sektor (Kameo)

• Fixed Up Rocket directional inputs being reversed while performing certain attacks

Shujinko (Kameo)

• Fixed several Mimic & Kopy Kat abilities facing the opponent unexpectedly when switching sides
• Fixed Shujinko's partner not taking damage if he is hit after performing several of Li Mei's Mimic & Kopy Kat abilities
• Mimic Lightning Port stolen from Raiden has 2 more frames of start-up and recovers 1 frame faster
• Fixed camera issue when Shujinko perform's Omni-Man's Flatter Tiebreaker

Khameleon (Kameo)

• Fixed visual issue that could cause Khameleon to be invisible during Jade Disguise Breaker

Mavado (Kameo)

• Fixed Best Feet Forward & Nindrop not being possible after several attacks
• Fixed rare issue that could cause Best Feet Forward attack to trigger twice in the same combo despite the input only being pressed once

Mortal Kombat 1 Patch Notes - June Update

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In this game, moves like this will always be OP no matter the CD. But more importantly, they promote scrubby ass gameplay that is bad to play against and spectate. It's like bringing d1, stormcell Raiden back. No one wants to play that or spectate it.

Cope

 

Stryker nades, and Khameleon fan lift to a certain extent all do the same thing.

Exactly that's why cyrax is back. Pipe down and stop crying.

Everybody was doing the same sht with other Kameos after cyrax was gutted so them doing that nerf made them look lower than dirt.

Him coming back isn't going to change the meta since the meta never actually changed.

 

In this game, moves like this will always be OP no matter the CD. But more importantly, they promote scrubby ass gameplay that is bad to play against and spectate. It's like bringing d1, stormcell Raiden back. No one wants to play that or spectate it.

So many kameos allow the same thing though. As long as all these other Kameos do the same thing or similar, might as well let Cyrax do it too ¯\(ツ)/¯

 

the meta since the meta never actually changed.

True! Exactly were the whole problem lies. As long as these moves remain in the game it will never change. Unless they're willing to overhaul the core game in order to support these mechanics, they should all be gone as far as I'm concerned.

Also, I'd argue Cyrax will eclipse Khameleon in many cases very quickly.

So many kameos allow the same thing though. As long as all these other Kameos do the same thing or similar, might as well let Cyrax do it too ¯\(ツ)/¯

Or, rework all of them

 

Let all kameos be loopable into themselves because "this is an assist game"?

If that's were they want to go with the game, that's fine. But, I'm expecting some major buffs to the rest of the kameos like Sektor, Frost, etc. and Mavado's pushblock made universal and cost 1 bar.

 

Or, rework all of them

That’d be great! Never ever happening, but it definitely would be a giant step in the right direction.

 

True! Exactly were the whole problem lies. As long as these moves remain in the game it will never change. Unless they're willing to overhaul the core game in order to support these mechanics, they should all be gone

This isn't even a overhaul, what your describing is a completely different game. Why remove the identity of assist fighters from a assist fighter game ? Wouldn't that just be mk11 or mkx ?

Maybe I'm not seeing what your saying, but a complete overhaul or revamp of the games mechanics would literally take months to work on, and if they can't even release homelander without breaking the game, what is your confidence that they can correctly overhaul an entire cameo system with character adjustments to go along with them.

Do you watch mktombrady by chance ?

 

Omni-Man

• Fixed camera issues that could sometimes occur if Back Throw is interrupted at specific timing

Darn, I thought this looked pretty hilarious.
That said, it still looks pretty funny without the camera movement.

 

So many kameos allow the same thing though. As long as all these other Kameos do the same thing or similar, might as well let Cyrax do it too ¯\(ツ)/¯

Many of those kameos in the prior patch had some form of counter play though - cyrax has very little. I hopped on for two seconds as rain cyrax and immediately laughed as I could all of a sudden just disrespect anything at any time, and either reset neutral or or get 20% from armor. The power level of poke > special > kameo had been toned down a lot, with a few outliers like baraka kano being ok. If khameleon was tuned we would have had a great meta, but adding back cyrax ain't it - and I say that as a Kenshi and Rain player who stand to benefit a ton.

 

Why remove the identity of assist fighters from a assist fighter game ?

MK1 is not a traditional assist game though. At least in its current iteration, it's more of a 1v1 fighting game with additional/optional moves in the form of "kameos". The game doesn't have the mechanics to support full on assists like Cyrax hori. heli. or Sektor spamming missiles, etc.

Maybe I'm not seeing what your saying, but a complete overhaul or revamp of the games mechanics would literally take months to work on, and if they can't even release homelander without breaking the game, what is your confidence that they can correctly overhaul an entire cameo system with character adjustments to go along with them.

Personally, I love the game as a 1v1 with additional moves so I'd very much prefer it that way. But if NRS is not willing to rework kameo moves that break the game, then they should accommodate the game accordingly.

 

NRS is a joke

 

From a fun factor aspect cyrax being reverted brings back very fun teams like baraka cyrax,johnny cyrax,shao cyrax.

From a copetative balance aspect,this could be a good and a bad thing,depending on what changes are made post final kombat.

Right now a handfull of kameos dominate and a few others have niche synergies with a specific character that work and can compete.

If they can bring the lesser kameos to the levels of khameleon janet cyrax and co then the game should benefit from it and i guess bringing cyrax back was that first step in doing that.

 

I’m actually super glad they reverted Cyrax back. That said, not sure that they should’ve done it right now just before Final Kombat.

Many of those kameos in the prior patch had some form of counter play - Cyrax has very little

How so? What counterplay did/do these Kameos have in this context that doesn’t also apply to Cyrax? Or vice versa?

 

I’m actually super glad they reverted Cyrax back. That said, not sure that they should’ve done it right now just before Final Kombat.

How so? What counterplay did/do these Kameos have in this context that doesn’t also apply to Cyrax? Or vice versa?

I mean we'd have to go through kameos and scenarios one by one since there isn't a blanket answer for all kameo options, but a random super niche example would be PM covering torpedo with Stryker or Kano - I labbed a bunch of different kameo call timings with Geras, and there were actually a bunch of options, even some punishes that used time stop trading with the kameo to allow for a meterless freeze into combo.

With Cyrax, neutral is getting reset (at the bare minimum) and there is nothing to be done about it - hope you flawless blocked cause otherwise you're also eating a ton of additional chip.

 

From a fun factor aspect

Maybe I don't understand fun but how is it fun when literally every single player is doing the exact same setup no matter the character, forever? No execution barrier, no thinking, just do your thing and press the BS button to be safe, the game.

 

Just woke up does anyone have the hotfix notes i saw some clips going around mentioning one

 

Maybe I don't understand fun but how is it fun when literally every single player is doing the exact same setup no matter the character, forever? No execution barrier, no thinking, just do your thing and press the BS button to be safe, the game.

Ngl I did laugh when he called the worst era of this game the "fun" lol.

 

Ngl I did laugh when he called the worst era of this game the "fun" lol.

Bro, fun is subjective. People do weird shit sometimes for fun. BUT, this is a fighting game. It's supposed to be competitive, that's part of the fun of the genre. When you bring BS like that in a competitive game and on top of that calling it fun, then I don't know what we even talking about here, lol.

 

Bro, fun is subjective. People do weird shit sometimes for fun. BUT, this is a fighting game. It's supposed to be competitive, that's part of the fun of the genre. When you bring BS like that in a competitive game and on top of that calling it fun, then I don't know what we even talking about here, lol.

I was mainly a Baraka-Cyrax before the patch that nerfed them. At first I was pissed. Now? I'm kinda loathing this team, even though the only thing they reversed was the chopper costing half a bar. Dunno how to explain it, the meta we've been getting was slowly appearing as going in a nice direction and now suddenly there's Rain with cancels getting safe/plus with Cyrax for free and I'm screaming internally.

 

I was mainly a Baraka-Cyrax before the patch that nerfed them. At first I was pissed. Now? I'm kinda loathing this team, even though the only thing they reversed was the chopper costing half a bar. Dunno how to explain it, the meta we've been getting was slowly appearing as going in a nice direction and now suddenly there's Rain with cancels getting safe/plus with Cyrax for free and I'm screaming internally.

Yeah, this is not good.

When they tackled Cyrax early on, almost no one in the community knew if Cyrax was good for the game or not. But now? I think it's clear that NRS did the right thing at the time.

I don't know if this is truly intended or a bug. I just can't tell with this company. In typical NRS fashion, there's no communication.

 

Bro, fun is subjective. People do weird shit sometimes for fun. BUT, this is a fighting game. It's supposed to be competitive, that's part of the fun of the genre. When you bring BS like that in a competitive game and on top of that calling it fun, then I don't know what we even talking about here, lol.

Even from just a basic balancing point it doesn't make much sense, let alone how boring it was watching the same kameo doing the same 1 move over and over lol.

If you have X amount of Kameos, but 90% of the characters are optimal with simply 1 of those kameos, then something is wrong. Ideally you'd want to balance more and more towards as many kameos having an optimal utility as possible when paired with characters.

 

I’ll say that I’ve never understood the people screaming for Cyrax to come back. He leads to extremely linear gameplay because he can’t be armored through, which removes counterplay and leads to autopiloting, over and over again.

The more people have to think, the more interesting the gameplay becomes. Helicopter over and over is the opposite.

 

The kameo system leads to extremely linear gameplay.

Correction.

Players choose certain kameos only to spam one, two at most, moves over and over again.

Whether that move is helicopter, low hat, grenades, ice armor, up punch, daggers, etc. I fail to see the difference.

After Final Kombat, NRS ought to revert as many kameo nerfs as possible.

Instead of shuffling tiers every three months and confining 75%+ of the roster to one or two kameos, perhaps the meta would be different with further reversions and/or buffs.

I applaud NRS for the Cyrax's return. Hopefully, grenades are next on the list.

 

Hopefully, grenades are next on the list.

Even if Horizontal Kopter stayed nerfed, Cyrax has other good moves that make him worth picking up
What does Stryker have outside of grenades? It would be far more interesting if they buffed his other moves instead of turning him into a grenade machine

 

I fail to see the difference.

I don't believe you can't see the difference. I think you can but since you don't really like this game for your own reasons, you prefer to see it becoming a meme and eventually failing completely.

In the end of the day, everyone is entitled to their own opinion but if you're being a hypocrite while doing so then be prepared to be called out.