Mileena General Discussion

[Kiss the Missile]

Corner combos with CG and normal ball roll.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1328812406479474688

Mid screen stuff: you can also just do the f124 string and do the same damage for one bar and send them full screen and zone with sais and sai slide.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1328775947009585152

I literally made the

face. Uppercut mid combo always gets my attention

 

[Blewdew]

Corner combos with CG and normal ball roll.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1328812406479474688

Mid screen stuff: you can also just do the f124 string and do the same damage for one bar and send them full screen and zone with sais and sai slide.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1328775947009585152

You can squeeze in another f1 after uppercut to get a little bit more damage, it‘s a bit harder but not by much

 

[Swindle]

Mileena’s teddy bear is named Ugleena.

 

[FoughtDragon01]

And on top of her optimals, you're looking at a nice 46% if you read the opponent's Breakaway.

 

[Law Hero]

Does she have a lot of strings with gaps? I can't stand characters with lots of gaps. It's why I play Kabal like a scumbag instead of Skarlet.

 

[xWildx]

Does her cmd grab tic off anything? Any strings?

Just her low pokes from the looks of it.

 

[Blewdew]

Does she have a lot of strings with gaps? I can't stand characters with lots of gaps. It's why I play Kabal like a scumbag instead of Skarlet.

She doesn‘t seem to have any gaps afaik but I didn‘t test every string, just her most important ones

 

[LawAbidingCitizen]

The recovery on all of her moves is insane. Like, I understand why they did it, but it's gonna take some major getting used to after MKX.

Yeah it fucking bugs me to no end, not being able to jik xx tele-kick xx air-sai xx ball roll

And the high sai is so much faster than low sai

 

[NRF CharlieMurphy]

Has anyone figured out .... what her bnb was supposed to be without d2?

I'm struggling to even figure out how to use her 7 hit combo KB to get much more damage.

Also.... what is the point of rolling thunder?

 

[xXRagingFlameXx]

Jesus just playing through her towers and they had the TIME to record quotes for Mileena lmao. I feel like after every round I've heard a different quote. Most characters only really have the same few.

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

Also.... what is the point of rolling thunder?

Rolling Thunder adds 20 dmg to your roll if you hit them with the hop, but also adds extra gravity, so you lose dmg by not being able to d2 into follow-ups...

So right now it's just a full-screen anti-zoning option (regular ball only goes half the screen, and tele does tiny dmg) where the hop can go over people's amped mid shots. Though some frames of Mileena ball roll animation can low-profile under mid shots anyway.

You don't have to use the hop, in which case it acts like the regular ball for combo purposes. And I'm sure there are instances where people bounce weird from the regular ball, but the hop can correct for it. So right now it's niche, but maybe there's something there.

 

[John_NX]

Okay...I didn't wanna say this, but I feel like Mileena isn't as good as I thought.

 

[armani]

if you want to get MKX like combos (at the expense of meter) here's some combos for ya!

jik MB air sai f231+3
jik MB air sai f2 MB roll f1 command grab
jik MB air sai f2 MB roll f431+3

also guys, for her f23 KB, is this optimal?

f23 KB d2 f1 MB roll f431+3

 

[Blewdew]

Has anyone figured out .... what her bnb was supposed to be without d2?

I'm struggling to even figure out how to use her 7 hit combo KB to get much more damage.

Also.... what is the point of rolling thunder?

Assuming you have the command grab you can do: starter~roll,j1,f1,f1 command grab or f124
With extended strings: starter~roll,j1,f431+3/f43 command grab

 

[1man3letters]

Rolling Thunder adds 20 dmg to your roll if you hit them with the hop, but also adds extra gravity, so you lose dmg by not being able to d2 into follow-ups...

So right now it's just a full-screen anti-zoning option (regular ball only goes half the screen, and tele does tiny dmg) where the hop can go over people's amped mid shots. Though some frames of Mileena ball roll animation can low-profile under mid shots anyway.

You don't have to use the hop, in which case it acts like the regular ball for combo purposes. And I'm sure there are instances where people bounce weird from the regular ball, but the hop can correct for it. So right now it's niche, but maybe there's something there.

Rolling thunder is a much better AA than normal roll, like by a fair amount

On another note found it odd u can duck the last hit of b112 :/

 

[xenogorgeous]

Some Mileena combos from mid screen , burning 2 bars meters, for 326 and 319 damage :

 

[Blewdew]

Okay...I didn't wanna say this, but I feel like Mileena isn't as good as I thought.

She‘s definitely not bad though. Good damage, extremely good movement, sais are strong af and her f1 opens so much opportunity to apply pressure when you‘ve equipped command grab and extended strings.

 

[TheGabStandard]

Does she have a lot of strings with gaps? I can't stand characters with lots of gaps. It's why I play Kabal like a scumbag instead of Skarlet.

No flawless block gaps in any of her strings.

Rolling thunder is a much better AA than normal roll, like by a fair amount

On another note found it odd u can duck the last hit of b112 :/

Can do the same with 2334

 

[Espio]

I really like her straight sai much more than her low one in this game. You can get 20% unbreakable off of most options and it's plus enough to jail and the amp gives you so much space that you can avoid being caught in pressure. The chip is great.

I also like that air sai on block is plus and in the corner on amplify you get pressure on your opponent as well. Combine that with staggers and zoning, her kit is nice mostly. I'm not sure where she'll fall tier wise, but she's fun and has some spacing tools and safe chip.

I also like combining that with her air teleport and the additional strings since she gets mind games off of those two as well and the additional strings give her grabs and an ender to her cartwheel overhead string that is safeish (-8).

Current strategy for her is to play a zoning and baiting game and punish accordingly. When you have meter amp the sai toss and get chip and spacing then zone till you regain your meter. I like my conservative/lame Mileena play.


She's also visually stunning. I'm pretty keen on this character, I haven't liked a character this much since Jade and Baraka, but I need to see what else I can do with her.

 

[projectzero00]

also guys, for her f23 KB, is this optimal?

f23 KB d2 f1 MB roll f431+3

I can't for the life of me get the f1 after d2. For me what has worked best and most consistently after f23 KB is:
f23KB 34 MBroll b114KB. You will always get the 2nd KB since the combo is above 7 hits. Plus looks snazzy.

 

[Blewdew]

I really like her straight sai much more than her low one in this game. You can get 20% unbreakable off of most options and it's plus enough to jail and the amp gives you so much space that you can avoid being caught in pressure. The chip is great.

I also like that air sai on block is plus and in the corner on amplify you get pressure on your opponent as well. Combine that with staggers and zoning, her kit is nice mostly. I'm not sure where she'll fall tier wise, but she's fun and has some spacing tools and safe chip.

I also like combining that with her air teleport and the additional strings since she gets mind games off of those two as well and the additional strings give her grabs and an ender to her cartwheel overhead string that is safeish (-8).

Current strategy for her is to play a zoning and baiting game and punish accordingly. When you have meter amp the sai toss and get chip and spacing then zone till you regain your meter. I like my conservative/lame Mileena play.


She's also visually stunning. I'm pretty keen on this character, I haven't liked a character this much since Jade and Baraka, but I need to see what else I can do with her.
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Air sai is super underrated, if you‘re fast enough you can make them +8 on block and still be in range for f1 and they‘re pretty good on hit also.

 

[projectzero00]

I don't see how people like her air-sai or air-telekick. They really suck in this game IMO. Feels weird not being able to air-sai right after telekick, or having so much recovery after air-sai to hit confirm into a ball roll. Or in general having to waste different slots for her air-borne staple moves that she always had. I do get that this is MK11 but it did hurt a little bit ngl. I'm definitely ditching air moves unfortunately and going for command grab + combo extenders this time. 3rd slot maybe low sai to mix it up with her overhead...for now

 

[Kiss the Missile]

Yeah her custom options are almost as bad as Shao. Her having to waste slots on staple air attacks while Scorpion and Liu still have their air fireball/air teleport bothers me.

 

[DarkSado]

I don't see how people like her air-sai or air-telekick. They really suck in this game IMO. Feels weird not being able to air-sai right after telekick, or having so much recovery after air-sai to hit confirm into a ball roll. Or in general having to waste different slots for her air-borne staple moves that she always had. I do get that this is MK11 but it did hurt a little bit ngl. I'm definitely ditching air moves unfortunately and going for command grab + combo extenders this time. 3rd slot maybe low sai to mix it up with her overhead...for now

Wrong Game LMAO!

 

[NRF CharlieMurphy]

I'm not sure which has more utility, the sai slide or the command grab.
She's very interesting as she plays "the same" but with different moves.

I'm quite befuddles currently on how to use her KBs to their fullest (other than d2). I also cannot justify ever amplifying her f4,3 string ever into that restand. I thought maybe that would be a combo route but it clearly isn't which kinda sucks but whatever.