The "Things You May Not Know About MK9" Thread

[PPJ]

Shang's b1214 and f434 are his dial-a-combos from UMK3

Some move animations are recycled from the MKDA/Deception/Armageddon era, such as Jade's sweep, Nightwolf's sweep, Kenshi's B2, Cyrax's d4, and Ermac's b1

Raiden's d4 is the only one in the game that uses the left leg from starting position as opposed to the right

 

[Mikemetroid]

Sub-Zero still has glitchy Ice Clone frozen Fatalities. Just like klassic MK games

 

[Prinz]

Jade's wake-up flash will negate all x-rays. Her boomerangs have autocorrect properties.
Kung Lao's x-ray can be interrupted between the spin and the neck grab. Only time I was able to do it was with Jade's en-boomerang. Maybe up-missile and up-skulls can do it as well.

 

[EGP Wonder_Chef]

this thread is way cooler than I had thought it would be

the D+1+2 nut punch shortcut is really cool

 

[LEGEND]

this thread is way cooler than I had thought it would be

the D+1+2 nut punch shortcut is really cool

STEVEN SEAGAL!

 

[EGP Wonder_Chef]

STEVEN SEAGAL!

 

[Son ov Timett]

A well timed sweep will either stuff or evade Kuh Bawl's dash/ex dash.

 

[Alien Substance]

Shang actually doesn't have the slowest uppercut- Kratos does

At least my uppercut is only 47 frames on whiff, while yours is 51 frames. EAT THAT!!
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Scorpion's 1,1,1~Spear is not a godlike frame trap, and neither is 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1~Spear~1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1.
Get it right, people!

But seriously now: Raiden's alternate "Dark Raiden" costume's player 2 colors has one of his eyes red, while the other is orange.

Kano's cyber-eye blinks with his human eye.

 

[piemaster]

this may or may not be know but if you press start when selecting a stage you will hear a laugh and the music will be klassic

 

[piemaster]

this may or may not be know but if you press start when selecting a stage you will hear a laugh and the music will be klassic

 

[DragonPick]

Raiden's 1,2,1,2 combo l;ooks just like his High Punch mash combo in MK1

 

[Flagg]

-Kitana can do a b2~fan without touching you and the fan will still connect from about midrange or closer
-Baraka's sweep sets up a frame trap on block
-Certain characters can combo off a grounded uppercut in the corner. Kitana's one of them but I can't remember the others.
-Cyber Sub's b321. Srsly just try it.

only two chars in the game have a 6 frame d3 (baraka & cybersub)

Interesting, I knew that about Cyber Sub but not Baraka..

 

[Flagg]

Cyber Sub Zero has a bit of a reset:

34, dash, B22, ice ball or 34, dash F1 ice ball.

Opponent will automatically be re-frozen (this also works if you the above to end a frozen opponent) if they try standing up again. This sadly can be avoided if you simply hold block as you rise (ice ball tends to miss altogether), and strangely if you tech roll you will auto block the ice ball whether you want to or not as you rise from said tech roll. Wake up attacks will also negate this, but it's an interesting little find none the less.

 

[EGP Wonder_Chef]

or Medusa's gaze in Krato's fatality even though he's blind/wears a blindfold trollolol

also I think technically Sonya's Kiss blinds them with some powder

I think someone told me that in some game he was immune to that? was I trolled?

 

[Flagg]

At midscreen, Kano can:

jip, F3B2, dash, B11 ex knife, dash, B11 up ball for a tasty 41%

A simple sweep will stuff virtually all of Liu Kangs wake up's in this game.

At the start of a match, Freddy's shadow is clearly visible, long before he appears in his portal of fire.

 

[Eh SnOwY]

Sub-Zero still has glitchy Ice Clone frozen Fatalities. Just like klassic MK games

xD

Also

- Sonya can charge and cancel the kiss
- cyrax can go invisible in practice when doing 1,2,1 xray after an xray in the corner
- Worst character in the game (Kano) made the best character in the game (Kuh-Bawl) otherwise kabal would be stryker-tier (cop)

 

[Mattman]

-all of the people hanging in the haunted forest look like Vince Carter
-in the stage with all the mileena clones, one of the mileenas looks like she's finger banging herself

 

[Alien Substance]

also I think technically Sonya's Kiss blinds them with some powder

I think someone told me that in some game he was immune to that? was I trolled?

Kenshi was unaffected by Sonya's Kiss in MK: Deadly Alliance, not sure if he still was in MK: Deception with Kira's Kiss.
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Kano and Noob Saibot's Bi-Han costume are the only characters whose battle-damage leave their faces in a "big smile" or evil-looking grin.

Kabal, Rain, and Kratos are the only fighters capable of a Flash Parry.

If Mileena hits her opponent with a B+2 (Leaping Sai Impale), the Sai will stay on the opponent for a certain period of time. And if Mileena successfully hits her opponent with a Leaping Neckbite with the Sai still on them, Mileena will repeatedly stab the opponent with the Sai for extra damage.

 

[Eddy Wang]

The no blood code is ignored when you kill a morphed shang tsung, despites the code being activated in the end shao kahn will still scream "FINISH HIM" and if you perform a fatality the game will froze

Killing a morphed shang tsungs makes the game takes a bit longer to recodnized the game as ended

 

[AssassiN]

Liu Kang has a bicycle frametrap in the corner that only works on male ninja's.

 

[bipolar_shango]

From military stance with Sonya, you can use the throw button (R1) instead of 1+3 for the Overhead tackle.

 

[STB Sgt Reed]

- Noob Saibot's stance is Sub-zero's stance from Mortal Kombat 1 (so clever)

Sub Zero's MK2 stance isn't very different... (and that was Kuai Liang wasn't it?) So how clever is it really?

 

[STB Sgt Reed]

-If Sub zero xrays the other player into an ice clone at the end of a round, the other player will be frozen for the entire next round. This probably 10 times harder to set up than the Smoke shake glitch.

NEW SUB ZERO TECH!

Fuck yeah!

 

[Chuckychuck]

If you beat Shao Khan with JC and kill him with an ex force ball on the first hit of the two his hand will remain a big green orb until the end animation is complete.

 

[Goldi]

Doing Mileena's "be mine" fatality to Kratos, she will not bite his head after ripping it off. Actually, several fatalities play out a little differently on Kratos.