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3DS DS iOS PC PS3 PS4 PSP Vita Wii U Xbox 360 Xbox One More Systems Log In Sign Up GameFAQs The Original Guide can be view here: http://www.ultimatemk.com/cguide.php?game=mk1arcade This is the original Strategy FAQ i posted at http://UltimateMK.com few months ago. Its covering every single character and various strategies and juggles TESTED in real vs matches. Since its a really old game its amazing that new stuff have been found even today that effects in the actual gameplay. This FAQ is the most informative MK1 Strategy Guide on the net right now and i duobt someone will release something better. I wish to thanks to Soultaker who helped a lot while i still writing it - he is also well known in Europe as one of the best MK1 players there. Another important thing is this is FAQ for Revision 5.0, older revisions are like different MK game. Lower gravity, changed juggles and etc, this is only for Revision 5.0 - a lot of those strats will not work on older revisions or home versions. Current Tier List: 1. Sonya 2. Cage 3. Liu Kang 4. Kano 5. Raiden 6. Sub-Zero 7. Scorpion ************************************************************************ ******* ******************************* Legend ******************************** ************************************************************************ ******* F...................Forward
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The Original Guide can be view here:

http://www.ultimatemk.com/cguide.php?game=mk1arcade

This is the original Strategy FAQ i posted at http://UltimateMK.com

few months ago. Its covering every single character and various

strategies and juggles TESTED in real vs matches. Since its a really

old game its amazing that new stuff have been found even today that

effects in the actual gameplay. This FAQ is the most informative MK1

Strategy Guide on the net right now and i duobt someone will release

something better. I wish to thanks to Soultaker who helped a lot

while i still writing it - he is also well known in Europe as one of

the best MK1 players there.

Another important thing is this is FAQ for Revision 5.0, older

revisions are like different MK game. Lower gravity, changed juggles

and etc, this is only for Revision 5.0 - a lot of those strats will

not work on older revisions or home versions.

Current Tier List:

1. Sonya

2. Cage

3. Liu Kang

4. Kano

5. Raiden

6. Sub-Zero

7. Scorpion

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******************************* Legend ********************************

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F...................Forward

B...................Back

D...................Down

U...................Up

LP..................Low Punch

LK..................Low Kick

HP..................High Punch

HK..................High Kick

BL..................Block

JK..................Jump Kick

JP..................Jump Punch

SHK.................Standing HK

SLK.................Standing LK

RH..................Roundhouse

aa..................Anti Air

TP..................Teleport Punch

Inf.................Infinite

otg.................Off/on the Ground

gc..................Glitch cancel

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******************************* Blocking ********************************

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Blocking in MK is different from virtually every fighting game. Obviously

there is a button for block, rather than holding back, which eliminates

the need for proximity blocking entirely, and you can buffer moves easily

while blocking. A not so obvious concept about blocking in MK is frame

update. Character sprites are behind by one tick in MK, so you can block

things upon the frame they connect. There is a similar concept in SFA3

called "Blue Blocking" which your character turns blue and it takes away

less guard stun meter. You can essentially Blue Block sweeps and low

hitting attacks in MK by tapping D+BL on or just before the frame the

sweep will connect, and your character will not have to duck, enabling

them to counter faster, or sometimes duck half way, and stand back up

instantly. It is a good idea to learn how to block only when absolutely

needed, so you aren't stuck in standing back up frames after releasing

block, rather, releasing block at the end of the contact and standing

up while unblocking.

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****************************** Jabs/Kara Jabs *******************************

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You can cancel a LP or HP by tapping any other attack button, canceling

forward direction with LP or HP and then immidiately blocking will not

allow the opponent to hit you. Still there are some moves that could be

faster and could hit you like crouch kicks mostly. Kara Jabs is basicaly

the same thing in MK1, Canceling a LP or HP with block.

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******************************* Corner Jabs ********************************

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Once you have someone backed into the corner and blocking, tap LP, because

there is no pushback for this scenario in MK1, UNLESS the opponent's

character is stand up, if they are ducked you will not be pushed away. They

will be in the corner, and they will eat pixel after pixel of block damage.

The only thing that the victim can really do is escape with a special move

(fly kick, square punch, etc), uppercut, or crouching LK. If you can sniff

out when they are going to try to do any of those, do a knee or special

move, preferably a containment. If they block a knee you will not be pushed

back like it was in umk3, so do it wisely to keep them trapped in the

corner. Try to throw out 4-6 jabs then knee, because thats usually when

people realize that they are losing a lot of energy to chip damage. If the

knee hits, continue to jab and keep them locked down. Also, don't forget to

hold back while you do the corner jabs so that they can't counter throw. If

you are under corner jab pressure, after the first 1 or 2, try and spam on

crouch kick, and you have a good chance of sneaking out.

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****************************** Throw Defense *******************************

*******************************************************************************

Hold "Back" and you will not be thrown. Up+Back, Down+Back, Down+Back+Bl

also works. Many people complain about throws, but throw prevention is

pretty easy in MK, and it's been this way from MK1 through MK4. In MK1

there is a way for throws to not be escapable ifsomeone did it to you

after you got some move (whiff backwards shadow kick, crouch kick, etc).

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***************************** Crossup Throws *******************************

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This tactic is best used while an opponent is being defensive. The best

way to describe this is when you are at jump distance, do an early JKs so

you land directly on top of the victim, without hitting them. You will

land overlapping the victim's sprite. If you hit LP right as you land,

you will have a very good chance of connecting a throw because they have

to hold back to prevent the throw, and the direction is pretty hard to

determine in such a close situation in a small amount of time. Also there

are no crossover JKs/JPs in MK1!

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************************** Retalation/Punishers ****************************

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When certain moves are blocked, they will roll up into a ball and float

right next to a player setting up a punisher juggle, sometimes they float

away from you but still can be punished. Other punishment scenarios to

look for are against Liu Kang's Dragon Kick, Sonya'sleg grab, Sub-Zero's

Slide and etc. All of these, when blocked, make them stay locked in place,

generally very close to you, free to be countered, but only within a very

brief time. This is not much longer than the amount of time it takes you

get out of blocked so you must react quickly.

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****************************** Anti Air ********************************

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Commonly referred to as "aa" directly in place of the attack which would

be used as anti-air. These are attacks which are used to take someone out

of the air. It is very important to understand every character's best aa

opportunities. A standing HK is a very simple and effective way to anti

air someone. Some characters can aaHP others out of the airvery easily,

setting up decent, to super high damage combos. Some characters should

go for RHs on their aa's because it will set up combos, traps, or other

tactics and set ups. The best simple form of aa is the uppercut. Try and

scout early JKs.

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****************************** Pushback ********************************

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Some attacks/special moves if are blocked or hit opp in corner, the

attacker gets pushed back to just under jump distance. If you juggle

someone in the corner with LP/HP jab, or a jab after just about any other

hit, you will be pushed back, but you can cancel this with any special

move. The same thing applies to when you throw out 3 jabs in succession

and they are blocked, the third punch frame will freeze and you will be

pushed back. At any time during the "iceskate", you can cancel out with a

special move.

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****************************** Wake Ups ********************************

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In MK and many other games, there are times when a move that is usually

unsafe to do when the person has the ability to block can be used to

generally make you character get up morequickly and reward you for doing

so with a potential juggle, or counter after blocking when in close range.

What you must understand is that of course, even though this is inherently

unsafe in all fighting games due to baiting, errors, etc, it has become a

huge part of fighting game psychology, so it is always a factor. "Will

they bait" "Will they wake up" etc. These are sometimes referred to as

50/50s. Some characters have excellent wake up moves that are actually

safe in certain situations. Moves that will mostly be used as a "Wake Up"

are Shadow Kick, Slide, Teleport Punch, etc. Check the Character Guides

for some wake up scenarios.

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************************ Throw/Uppercut Brokeness **************************

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This will be hard to explain but i will give a try. In a two player game

(and only two player) game if you interupt a move/special move or any

attack of your opponent with a throw and you do a special move/fireball

(the special move should not be anti air) immidiately after the throw

without loosing any frames, it will be unblockable. There is no100% sure

way to always get this but you will figure it out by yourself when you can

do it and when not. That can often lead you into a victory or into a

trouble - for example Raiden- Throw, Torpedo is punishable, because if the

Torpedo is not aa the opp can punish you even if it hits. And if you do

that vs Scorpion you risk more than half of your energy in this scenario.

Still its a very useless stuff in corner and mid-screen in some scenarios.

You can get even uppercut after the throw and it wont be unblockable.

Another "Broken" move which can lead into unblockable attacks is the

uppercut. So far only Raiden has real advantage of this because of his

pseudo infinite. Canceling attack with uppercut, then teleport with no

frame lost and uppercut again. I know in some very very rare cases Cage

can get uppercut unblockable SK or Sweep after it but thats it.

Some other moves that can lead into unblockable stuff are the freeze and

leg grab.

Dont forget that if your opponent just ducks the unblockable uppercut/move

will whiff (if its not the torpedo because it hits opps ducked).

--Glitch Canceling---

Explained in Sub-Zero's Guide since he is the only one that has real

glitch cancel in MK1.

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**************************** Moves & Fatalities ****************************

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SONYA:

Energy Rings: LP, B, LP

Leg Grab: D+LP+LK+BL

Wave Punch: F, B, HP

Fatality: F, F, B, B, BL (anywhere)

JOHNNY CAGE:

Forceball: B, F, LP

Shadow Kick: B, F, LK

NutPunch: LP+BL

Fatality: F, F, F, HP (close)

LIU KANG:

Dragon Fire: F, F, HP

Dragon Kick: F, F, HK

Fatality: rotate d-pad counterclockwise (anywhere)

KANO:

Knife Throw: Hold Block, B, F, Release

CannonBall: rotate d-pad clockwise

Fatality: B, D, F, LP (close)

RAIDEN:

Lightning Bolt: D, F, LP

SuperMan: B, B, F

Teleport: D, U

Fatality: F, B, B, B, HP (close)

SUB-ZERO:

Freeze: D, F, LP

Slide: B+LP+LK-BL

Fatality: F, D, F, HP (close)

SCORPION:

Spear: B, B, LP

Teleport Punch: D, B, HP

Fatality: Hold BL U, U (sweep)

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***************************** Character Guides *****************************

******************************************************************************

=====

Sonya

=====

Sonya is the god tier of Mortal Kombat 1. She can be played defensively

and offensively. All you need to win the round with her is just one Leg

Grab. This is probably the most broken move in 2d mk game history after

the noob saibot's fireball in MKTrilogy. Another advantage that Sonya

has is her duck block pose. She can duck jab pressure and that makes her

almost impossible to hit from close distance. Her uppercut is nice too.

Still you may have troubles for using it as aa against some Jump Kicks

like Kano's and Ninja's but using the block cancel into uppercut trick

will help you then. It can be useful for escaping jab pressure too from

some characters. Because its big hitting area you can use it as a punisher

after blocked Shadow Kick, Slide and etc when there is no time for leg

grab. Like Cage Because of her falling animation some characters can get

aaKnee, unblockable Sweep or JK, unblockable Sweep on her.

Her duck LK is awesome. Its better than Liu Kang's but not as good as

Kano's. You can use it as an anti air but sometimes its better just to

uppercut. Sonya has very bad HK and LK. They are slow and easy punishable.

In actual competetive game they will just never be used, except if you

have troubles with the Leg Grab and use them for punishing blocked sweeps,

fireballs and etc. Her RH is bad too. Can be used as an anti air but its

not 100% safe. You can try to get some risky juggle using it like aaRH,

aaLP, Leg Grab if you feel cocky. Her HP is good overall. Use it for

retalations or cancel it with block for eventually aa leg grab after it.

Her LP is also not bad but it can whiff some characters like Kano and

Ninjas. Her JK is short and easy punishable, better go for JP since it

has longer hitting area. Sonya's JK is good for "on top" hitting opponents

especialy when they will try to counter. Her Sweep is another awesome

basic move. Its very hard to be punished against most characters. Moves

like Slide, Roll, some LKs can still give you a trouble but you can spam as

much as you can it especially the whiff sweeps.

The Wave Punch can be used of course against jumpers, but sometimes at

the start up you can often get hit by JK for some reason. You can delay

this move which is very useful sometimes.If you see a fireball start up

animation you can use it as a transport move but its kinda risky, in most

of the cases the opponent will try to aaHP or special move you but there is

a very huge chance they will miss. Still it can be used safely sometimes.

Two wave punches one after another if the first one miss can work too,

especially if you play against jumpers. Another situation where the wave

punch could be useful is after blocked torpedo. Even because this move

cheat the gravity in revision 5.0 you cant add any hits after it.

The Leg Grab is what makes Sonya such a beast. The Leg Grab effects like a

Throw, and that for some reason disable the block for the opponent. That

means that you can get leg grab - unblockable sweep/c. lk or another Leg

Grab. I will go into more details about this infinite after few. The Leg

Grab is the ultimate punisher mashine - you can punish with it fireballs,

special moves, whiff attacks and even c. lks. Even Jump Kicks using aaHP,

Leg Grab. Once you got someone with this move all you have to do is trick

the opponent using her infinite and the round is yours.

The Fireball/Rings is a useless move. The combination for it is LP, B, LP

(thanks to ChaiN for the correct combination since i though its B+LP, B+LP

lol), its not that hard but even from full screen distance the opponent

will see what you will try to do. I will not advice to use it even in

juggles because the better option is to replace it with the leg grab. In

proto revision she could get leg grab after the fireball near the corner

because the pushback but this bug is removed in later revisions.

Sonya has one UNESCAPABLE infinite in Revision 5.0. What you have to do is

Leg Grab, move forward and while the animation is still runing cancel with

another Leg Grab. If you not cancel this move the second leg grab will be

blockable. It has to be done with perfect timing because if you late it

still will be unblockable but the opponent can counter the second leg grab

with crouch kick and sometimes even with Uppercut. If you late anyway

somehow with the leg grab you can trick the opp with sweep but that will

end the unblockable part. Against Raiden you can get it mid-screen without

moving forward. Just Leg Grab, repeat lol. This can happen also against any

character near the corner, in those cases its always unblockable and

unescapable.

Basic Juggles:

1. aaHPx2, Wave Punch

2. aaHPx2, Leg Grab

3. (corner) JK, aaHP, Leg Grab

Advanced Juggles:

There is really not much to write here since all you have to do is leg grab

someone. Moves that can lead to leg grab are:

1. aaHP/aaLP (x2), Leg Grab

2. JK, Leg Grab

3. RH, (Forward is requied) Leg Grab

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Johnny Cage

===========

Cage is ranked as #2 character in MK1. He has good wakeup setups, rushes and

decent punishers. His uppercut is probably the fastest uppercut in the game

but with weird collision boxes. For example after blocked Freeze you cant

uppercut Sub-Zero even if you are close to him. Its still very usefull for a

Jump Kicks/Punches and if you got an uppercut in corner vs someone you can add

massive combo damage even in revision 5.0. His uppercut is very usefull also

if someone jabs you, when the biggest chance to connect the uppercut through

the jabs is against ninjas or Raiden. Cage is somehow vulnerable to aa

grounded unblockable sweeps. Because of his falling animation some characters

can get aaKnee, unblockable Sweep or JK, unblockable Sweep on him.

His duck LK is a standart, you can use it for jab escapes or countering jks if

you have not enough energy to block - uppercut. Slow HK, better use his LK, it

can counter even Sonya's sweep. Cage has also good jabs pressure, you can

connect low jab and make ducked opponent standup through crouch kick if its vs

Liu Kang and Raiden. Use his HP only for retalation and you can try to mix low

jabs with shadow kick or nut punch (not against sonya obviosly lol). Bad RH,

not useful overall. Short sweep, use it only when its safe.

His JK has a long range but it can be easy countered by everone, so you should

use it for full screen fireballs or long distance jumps only. His JP is one of

the best, you can use it as a wakeup close early JP followed by SHadow Kick,

or countered JK followed with combo. Its also the best setup after uppercut

in corner. Cage had infinite in revision 3.0 with JP in corner but it is

removed in 5.0.

The Shadow Kick is his best move. It is the perfect weapon for retalation,

close or far blocked stuff, wakeups, countering crossover jumps (there is no

crossover jump kicks in mk1). Depends on how the Shadow Kick hits you can add

another just to be funky after a crossup jump. You should never use it vs Sonya

since she can always punish it. You can add Shadow Kick after blocked JK too

against some characters but better use his uppercut. It is also good wakeup

after you being thrower from ninjas. The Shadow Kick has also weird properties

and sometimes if you do it against ducked opponent they wouldnt be able to

uppercut, crouch kick you or whatever for some reason. There is no way to

predict when this will happen so dont count on it. Its possible sometimes for

Shadow Kick to go and hit through a fireball, freeze and etc. It is also the

best punisher for a short recovery time specials like slide, nut punch and etc.

The Nut Punch is not so bad move also. You can use it when you jab pressure

someone instead of Knee or against crossover jumps and jabs after it. Sometimes

its hard to punish it when it miss but moves like Slide, Harpoon, Leg Grab and

etc can always punish it so watch out when you use it as a surprise. You can use

it as a punisher also if you feel cocky against slide or counting scorpion's and

Raiden's teleports. Against aggressive dumb jab pressure players you can try two

nut punches one after another. Say they crossover jump you and try to throw or

jab you, do a nut punch then immidiately another if they hold forward and try to

continue jab pressure, that sounds really dumb but it works ;]

The Fireball is not very useful move. It can be used somehow for full screen

zoning, but most of the characters can jump kick over it. You can try to get

unblockabe fireball after throw (i will explain that broken part later) but still

it depends because the opponent can easy punish it. In corner if the fireball

hits higher enough you can add Shadow Kick or JP, Shadow Kick for a decent juggle.

Basic Juggles:

1. JK, Shadow Kick

2. aaHPx2, Shadow Kick

3. (in corner) Uppercut, JP/JK, Shadow Kick or RH

Advanced Juggles:

1. aaHP, JK, Shadow Kick

2. JK, JP, Shadow Kick

3. JK, Shadow Kick/JK, Shadow Kick (near the corner but works mid-screen too)

4. Uppercut, JK/JP, aaLP, Shadow Kick

5. JK, Uppercut, JP, JP, Shadow Kick (about 95%)

============================================

========

Liu Kang

========

Liu Kang is #3 in the Tier List, but if played right he could EASY destroy Cage.

This is my favorite MK1 Character because of his endless juggle options. His

rushes and strats mostly contains "whiff" flying kicks which i will explain later.

He has very very good Uppercut, with close to Kano's hitting area but a lot faster.

I've seen punishing Kano's sweep with Uppercut from about 3 steps distance. His

Uppercut is also oe of the best to escape Jab Pressure. Its perfect for anti air

because you can punish everything with it, but you can use it with the Block

cancel trick too. The only bad thing about it is the recovery time, if its blocked

you can easy be punished with another uppercut, mostly from cage and raiden.

His and Sonya's c.lks are the best in the game after Kano's. It could give you

troubles sometimes because some characters can hit you through c.lk with LP and

make you stand up, but if its timed right there is a very little chance to happen.

You can use it as an anti air too but better go for uppercut because his fast

startup animation. Very good HK, can be used for punishers or anti air, his LK is

very fast and good too, and can punish even Sonya's sweep if its timed right. Use

HP for retalations or cancel it with block for eventually aa flying kick after it.

Good and long LPs. His RH is very fast but with a short hitting area, you can use

it for a close punisher if there is no time for uppercut or the flying kick will

miss. Good and long JP but this basic move is not used much, you can counter

easy flying kick/roll will it if you just jump back and you are on danger and

add aa flying kick for a neat combo but thats it. His JK is awesome! You can

literaly not touch the ground if you mix jks and flying kick right, it also has a

very long hitting area and you can almost always add flying kick after it. His

sweep is not so bad too but easy punishable, use it only on safe.

The Flying Kick is amazing move. It is perfect for wake ups for such a slow

game. Think of it like Kabal's Spin in UMK3, of course there is no run here but

if you learn your opponent strats you can even get it when you see opponent's

fireball starting animation. Against some characters if the flying kick hits

them in the air in corner you can get so much fun juggles for revision 5.0 - LP,

LK then Fireball or Flying Kick and etc. The "No Landing" trick in corner in UMk3

works here too and its very good choice sometimes in corner pressure because it

can open the opponent for a Knee, Throw and etc. Because his weird Jump Kick,

Liu Kang can do neat stuff mixing it with the Flying Kick. Jump from not so far

distance with an early aa JK, they usualy will try to uppercut or counter your

JK because Liu's JK overall is easy punishable but cancel it with the Flying

Kick when you land and the opponent will miss, the early aa JK can open the

opponent also for a free throw using this trick, then you can try to throw a

fireball or jk/flying kick again. Another whiff strat with this move is in jab

pressure. Perform some jab pressure then do a whiff Flying Kick, sometimes

another Flying Kick right after the whiff one will work too but you can try a

lot more variations like fireball, jk/jp, block and turtleing for a wake up

flying kick and etc. The Flying Kick is easy punishable move if its blocked.

You will always get an uppercut but sometimes even blocked the opponent can

juggle you with aaLP as a punisher, then combo you, so dont spam too much with

it. Often you can escape jab pressure with it too. I will not advice to use this

move as a transport move especially against jump backers. Its very easy to

counter it in this situation, sometimes even with combo.

The Fireball is another great move. You can try to zonning with it from full

screen distance because Liu has weird collision boxes while performing and

recovering from the fireball and its hard (but not impossible of course) to JK

over it and hit. Aa Fireballs will open another neat situations for good combos.

You can get even from full screen sometimes two aa Fireballs then Flying Kick,

and if you get one near the corner you can get against some characters about

85% aa combo! Putting some in jab pressure is not a good idea except if its

done at the same time when the opponent try to c.lk you, in this situation they

often will miss with the crouch kick but still will try to punish you, liu will

recover faster from his fireball animation and almost always you could block

cancel and retalation them. Some characters can be hited in ducked block pose

from the fireball so i will suggest to always perform some after throw, you

can get unblockable fireball if the throw is one of the unblockable ones and

if its not you will recover quick enough for not being punished, dont throw

fireballs only when its vs another liu because he can punish you with the

flying kick. In revision 3.0 Liu Kang had an infinite in corner using fireballs

but it is removed in Revision 5.0.

Basic Juggles:

1. JK, Flying Kick

2. aaHPx2, Flying Kick

3. aaHP, Fireball, Flying Kick

Advanced Juggles.

1. JK, JK, (aaLP if its near the corner) Flying Kick

2. aaFirball, aaFireball, Flying Kick

3. aaHP, JK, Flying Kick

4. aaHP, RH, Flying Kick

5. (corner) JK, aaHP, Fireball, aaLP, Flying Kick

6. (near corner) aaHP, Fireball, JK, Flying Kick

7. (opponent in corner and Liu is about outside sweep) aaFireball, Flying Kick,

aaLP, Fireball, aaLP, FLying Kick (!)

============================================

====

Kano

====

Kano is #4 in the tier list, he is not and never will be better than Liu Kang,

as many people think. His position could be challenged by a pro Raiden player

but because not many players use Raiden, its all a matter of own opinion and

experience. Kano has the longest uppercut as a hitting area. His and Liu Kang's

uppercuts can hit from about a sweep distance after retalation. Somehow no

matter how good his uppercut is, its not very useful for anti air. Anyway its

the perfect punisher for almost everything. Like Cage, after uppercut in corner

you can get massive combo damage even bigger than Cage's in revision 5.0. Its

though to uppercut through jabs but you can try to connect it as the other player

moves forward. If you manage to get one of the broken throws near the corner and

the opponent holds block after it you can get unblockable uppercut and combo

that will be more than 100% in revision 5.0!

His duck LK is the best in the game. It does about 2 aaHPs damage and if you

spam it right it can help you to won a round/match, use it as many times as

possible against jabers. It is also an excellent counter for jump kick/punches

that are not on top of your character. His HK is not so bad but still slow

enough for good anti airs, same LK as Cage's. Kano has very neat jab tactics

using his "Whiff" roll, otherwise his LP are good but you can be uppercuted

through them. Use HP for retalation or cancel it with block for eventually aa

roll after it. His RH is also bad but not as bad as Cage's, you can try to get

it in a step away after jab pressure. His sweep is good but easy punished if

blocked.

Kano has one of the best Jump Kikcs in the game. It can hit easy ducked

grounded opponents, easy can hit otg, easy can win aa jump kicks duel but,

after the block, uppercut retalation was discovered he loose his potential vs

liu, raiden, cage and sonya. Kano has an awesome Jump Punch too. You can use

it as a wakeup close early JP but not followed with Roll because if its

blocked you risk too much energy, or countered JK followed with combo. Its

also the best setup after uppercut in corner. Kano had infinite in revision 3.0

with JP in corner but it is removed in 5.0.

The Roll is his most powerfull arsenal. You have two variations of this move.

The first is performed by holding Block and then circle counter clockwise. There

is a way to actually use it, like just when your opponent decide to throw a

fireball to release a block but you will not be able to do that as a surprise

more than 1 times in a match (or opponent LOL). The second variation is without

block. It has so small startup time that you can actually punish everything in

the game with it. From Sonya's Sweep to Scorpion's Teleport Punch. It can be

used as a transport move also, if you are from full screen distance than your

opponent and lets say he is a turtle scorpion teleporter, perform the roll and

you will land right infront of him or at least close enough to start a good jab

pressure. You can try to put it in a jab pressure too. If they decide to release

the block and you do the roll you can whiff so you will land behind them and

often after that the opponent tryes to jump or fireball, but you will recover

faster so try another roll or knife throw after it. Another option is if they

try to crouch lk you, do the roll and sometimes you will hit them through their

crouch kick. The ninjas sometimes can be hard to get with a roll in combo

because of their falling animation (it will just push them or whiff). The roll

is also good unblockable addon after throw. It has weird collision boxes and

sometimes you can do it through fireballs/freeze and etc.

The Knife throw is a weird move. It has good hitting area but because his

slow start up and annoying combination its not the best choice for spaming. I

will advice to use it mostly from full screen and be careful when you do that

vs Liu Kang or Cage (and good Raiden player) because they can easy jump over

it and hit you. You can add aa Roll if you get aa Knife Throw near the corner.

Basic Juggles:

1. JK, Roll

2. aaHPx2, Roll

3. (in corner) Uppercut, JP/JK, Roll or RH

Advanced Juggles:

1. aaHP, JK, Roll

2. JK, JP or JK, Roll

3. Uppercut, JK/JP, aaLP, Roll

4. JK, Uppercut, JP, JP, Roll (about 95%)

Broken Throw Setup:

1. (near the corner) Throw, unblockable Uppercut, JK, JP, Roll (100%+)

============================================

======

Raiden

======

I'm falling a sleep now so its possible i miss some stuff lol. Officialy #5

in the tier list. The ninjas can be very annoying against Raiden, but less

challengable against the other characters, thats why Raiden is higher.

People often mistake because this fact. Even because Raiden have troubles

and is very vulnerable to jab pressure he could be very dangerious if

played right. Cage and Kano will have very hard time vs pro Raiden player.

Anyway, he has very good tactics using his lightening and teleport (yep!).

Raiden has long but bad JK, its easy punishable and hard to get in close

distance. His uppercut is one of the best. Using the Block cancel trick

allows you to cound every JK in the game where Sonya's, Liu's and Raiden's

JKs will even dont need the block to be counted. Like Cage and Kano, after

uppercut in corner you can get massive combo damage even in revision 5.0.

His uppercut can be useful for escaping jab pressure against everyone but

it will be very difficult to get it vs ninjas. If you manage to get one

of the broken throws near the corner and the opponent holds block after

it you can get unblockable uppercut against some characters followed by a

combo for resulting huge damage.

His duck LK is the worst in the game. You can still use it for an aa or

escaping jab pressure after whiff jab but dont count on it. His HK is ok

but try not using it much because it can lie you sometimes and you will

think that it will count jump kick for example but it wont, for punishers

after blocked grounded stuff better use his LK. Something interesting

about Raiden's HK is that in PC DOS version of the game it had ridicilious

damage - about 20%. Raiden can from other hand do good jab pressure

because of his teleport if used right which will lead the opponent into

throw or counter or his torpedo which will hit ducked opponents, but use

it as a last hit of the round only because its punishable even if it hits.

Use HP for retalation or cancel it with block for eventually aa torpedo

after it. His RH is very fast but with short hitting area, can be used as

a aa sometimes. His sweep is slow and easy punishable, i will advice to

not use it much. Raiden has an awesome Jump Punch, its like Kano's and

Cage's but with bigger hitting area. You can use it as a wakeup close

early JP followed with Lightening, or countered JK followed with combo.

Its also the best setup after uppercut in corner. Raiden had infinite in

revision 3.0 with JP in corner but it is removed in 5.0.

The Torpedo is a very dangerious move for the opponent but for you too.

Even if you hit someone with it its punishable by canceling the animation

fall with a special move. Its punishable even after broken throw setup,

the only way it cannot be punished if its an aa Torpedo. Often you will

be able to get it in a jab pressure but you will risk so much if its not

a last hit of the round because scorp can tp, spear; sub can freeze

combo you and etc. I personaly dont use this special move much but if

you want to use it do it i will say again only if its aa or as a last

hit lol.

The Lightening is a very usefull move. Its the perfect move for zonning

because the lightening itself is a long fireball and often can hit people

who just try to straight jump it and its very fast. Use it as more as

possible from full screen, watching for jumps also and count them with it.

After aa Lightening you can get teleport and some jab pressure, then again

lightening often the opponent will jump after this mix up and you will be

able to count it or teleport. There is not much to say about this special

move too but you can try to get the lightening after broken throws

because it can hit some characters in his duck pose. If you get near the

corner aa Lightening that hits enough you can get JP or aaLP, combo after

it if you are close enough.

The Teleport can be deadly if used right. Most people dont know how or

when to use it and thats where Raiden is the most vulnerable. The most

famious strat was with Jab Pressure mixed with Teleport but most people

do it so haotic that it opens them for a free hit. Here are few just an

example tactis for using teleport in jab pressure, they are not 100% safe

but hard to predictable: 1. Jab, Jab x2, Teleport; 2. Jab, Teleport, Jab

x 2, Torpedo and etc, just mix with it. After the teleport in jab pressure

you have few options: tap the knee if your opponent late with the d+lk or

whatever counter he will use, holding block or canceling LP with block.

Its a very usefull move for escaping from jks, fireballs and etc, it can

be used as a transport move too and can help a lot if used with the

lightening as a zoning for escaping and placements. This special move opens

many variations in early revisions for big combo possibilities and infinite

variations but they arent too much in Revision 5.0.

Raiden has two infinites in revision 5.0 which works on some characters. The

first Is almost impossible to get it in a vs match because its very difficult

to get it unblockable. What you have to do is Uppercut, JP, Repeat in corner.

So far i tested it on ninjas and Raiden and managed to get it unblockable

only vs him ;]

The second infinite is more like "pseudo" infinite and have to be done by

frames and its very difficult but i got it few times vs ninjas and cage.

What you have to do is do uppercut (mid-screen) then cancel it with teleport

and cancel the teleport animation with another uppercut (because you can

cancel the moves earlier while you are in teleport recovery animation). So

what you basicaly have to do is Uppercut X Teleport X Uppercut, Repeat lol.

If the opponent just duck the uppercut will whiff but if they try to block

and you done it right its unblockable.

Basic Juggles:

1. JK, Torpedo

2. aaHPx2, Torpedo

3. (in corner) Uppercut, JP, aaHP, Torpedo

Advanced Juggles:

1. JK, JP, Torpedo

2. aaHPx2, Teleport, aaHP, Torpedo/Lightening

3. Uppercut, RH/HK/LK, JP (that oppens the opp for a corner jab pressure)

4. JK, Uppercut, JP, aaHP, Torpedo

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========

Sub-Zero

========

Sub-Zero is ranked officialy as #6 BUT if used right he can be considered

as top 3 (!). His uppercut has nice hitting area but the recovery and start

up time is terrible. Forget to use it as an anti air. You can still use it

as a punisher after blocked stuff but better use his freeze except for

blocked jump kicks. There is a trick to use ninjas uppercut against aaJump

Kicks. In revision 3.0 you simply have to do Down + Block and cancel with

Uppercut to hit your opponent after JK, but in revision 5.0 the gravity was

lowered. What you have to do now is block the jump kick from your standup

pose, then duck and cancel it with uppercut. Its hard but once you got it

and practice it enough you can use if often. You cant add hits after his

uppercut or use it against jabers due his slow startup animation. Ninjas

throws are dangerious against Cage and Liu Kang sometimes because you can

get wakeup Shadow Kick or Flying Kick (mid-screen) after it, so be careful

against those characters.

Ninjas Duck Kicks are good enough for jab escapes and anti air, however its

very difficult to get aa D+LK against Kano's JK and on top JKs. Often two

Duck Kicks one after another works vs jabers. Ninjas sweeps are easy

punishable if blocked, but you can use them as a whiff strat against some

characters. If you get Cage in about jump distance you can try to get few

sweeps without touching him, usualy they will try to Fireball or Shadow

Kick you but they will miss, if they shoot fireball they will be sweeped if

they do shadow kick you will recover excactly before the shadow kick

animation ends and can punish it. However its not a 100% sure tactic just a

strat example. Scorpion and Sub-Zero have the best HK and LK. HK can be

used as anti air, not against Kano's JK but against everything else, the

LK is very fast and useful too, you can punish Sonya's Sweep with it.

Their RHs are good too. You can use it in a jab pressure strat mixed with

sweep or duck block cancel, for example: Jab, Jab, Jab, Step away RH,

Whiff Sweep/Block to Punish and etc. You can use it as an Anti Air agains

some jump kicks too. The HPs and LPs are good too. You can try to get the

UMK3 aa trick against jumpers when they jump at you with JK or JP try aaHP

and cancel it with block, then if aaHP hits do Slide immidiately (which will

push you back and you will have more time than the opponent for the next move)

if not you will just block the JK and you can try to get aaD+LK because there

will be not enough time for Uppercut.

The Freeze is probably the most interesting special move (for me) in MK1. It

has so weird properties. First its the only special move in the game that has

hit limit and it is 0. That means that you cant get freeze after any hit.

Anyway because of UMK3 Combo Videos everyone should know already about the

glitch canceling, so i will not go into deep details about it like Shock did

in UMK3 General Gameplay Guide and will just paste the most important. You

can cancel a LP and HP on the frame of contact, into a special move with a hit

limit, one hit beyond that limit. In other games this technique is referred to

as "Just Frames" meaning essentially you have just one frame in 60 to get this

to work. That means that you can get aaHP/aaLP, Freeze - glitch canceled. I

actually never got glitch cancel freeze after jp/jk in MK1 and i doubt its

possible there but still i will not say that its not possible yet. The Freeze

is the only special move that has real glitch cancel in MK1. Although there is

the backfire in the game you cant get aaFreeze, Freeze for some reason. You can

use the Freeze also in a jab pressure because some characters can be freezed

while they crouch kick. For example if you jab someone and you know that they

will d+lk try to freeze them at the moment where they will try to do the crouch

kick. Staying from full screen distance and wait for freeze against jumpers

works too, still remember that there is a time difference between jump with jk,

jp and just jump and its mostly noticable in MK1. Often if they are not far

enough and JK at you, they will be aafreezed but you still will get the JK hit.

This special move can be used against crossover jump too if you have enough time

to react, for some reason only the CPU can get aaFreeze against Scorpion's TP,

even if you know when Scorpion will teleport you will not be able to get him

freezed. The Freeze is unique move for another reason - his inf which i will

explain. There was a glitch in Revision 3.0 with Sub-Zero's Freeze where if you

get double freeze in some scenarios the game resets (not the danger - double

freeze glitch in r5.0 btw), however even in revision 3.0 it has nothing to do

with the competetive stuff because it was mostly used from players that see

they will loose the match and perform it to escape the shame lol.

The Slide is a very useful special move too. It can punish literaly everything

because of its short startup time. Its also hard for retalation. Its easy

punishable from moves like Slide, Shadow Kick, Leg Grab and Roll, but if the

other player have experience you can take uppercut from Liu and Raiden, Spear

from Scorpion and sometimes even Freeze if your slide is blocked. Putting slide

in a jab pressure is also a not bad idea, sometimes even two slides one after

another will work (for example if they try to fireball). Another neat trick is

to perform slide after throw. Often the slide will not be blockabel because of

the broken Throws in MK1 and ALWAYS unblockable after Freeze - Throw. If the

Slide is a second aa hit you will be pushed away and will recover faster than

your opponent. Because of this glitch (?) Sub had an infinite in Proto Revision

but its removed later.

Sub-Zero has one pseudo infinite. Its not blockable but its escapable. What you

have to do is Freeze, Throw and repeat. If the other player try to hold the

block he will be frozen. Of course its not usefull against everyone who knows

how to escape the throws or if they duck after the first throw. If you anyway

get someone freezed and managed to throw him do the slide or if its near the

corner uppercut, both of them will be unblockable.

Basic Juggles:

1. aaHP(x2), Slide

2. JK, Slide

3. aaFreeze, JK, RH

4. Freeze, Throw, Slide

Advanced Juggles:

1. Mid-Screen Freeze, JK, JK/LK (against some characers instead just Uppercut)

2. (Corner) JK, RH, Slide

3. (near corner) JK, JK, (aaLP if possible) Slide

4. aaHP, Freeze, JK, RH

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Scorpion

========

Scorpion is ranked as #7 in the tier list. It doesnt matter he could be monster

against Raiden, it doesnt matter he can turtle as hell with teleports and all

his other tactics, because some people can play so good with him doesnt make him

better in the tier list. His uppercut has nice hitting area but the recovery and

start up time is terrible. Forget to use it as an anti air. You can still use it

as a punisher after blocked stuff but better use his spear except for blocked

jump kicks. There is a trick to use ninjas uppercut against aaJump Kicks. In

revision 3.0 you simply have to do Down + Block and cancel with Uppercut to hit

your opponent after JK, but in revision 5.0 the gravity was lowered. What you

have to do now is block the jump kick from your standup pose, then duck and

cancel it with uppercut. Its hard but once you got it and practice it enough you

can use if often. You can try to get Spear with this same trick of course but

you risk so much because of the recovery time from the spear. You cant add hits

after his uppercut or use it against jabers due his slow startup animation.

Ninjas throws are dangerious against Cage and Liu Kang sometimes because you

can get wakeup Shadow Kick or Flying Kick (mid-screen) after it, so be careful

against those characters.

Ninjas Duck Kicks are good enough for jab escapes and anti air, however its

very difficult to get aa D+LK against Kano's JK and on top JKs. Often two Duck

Kicks one after another works vs jabers. Ninjas sweeps are easy punishable if

blocked, but you can use them as a whiff strat against some characters. If you

get Cage in about jump distance you can try to get few sweeps without touching

him, usualy they will try to Fireball or Shadow Kick you but they will miss, if

they shoot fireball they will be sweeped if they do shadow kick you will

recover excactly before the shadow kick animation ends and can punish it. However

its not a 100% sure tactic just a strat example. Scorpion and Sub-Zero have the

best HK and LK. HK can be used as anti air, not against Kano's JK but against

everything else, the LK is very fast and useful too, you can punish Sonya's

Sweep with it. Their RHs are good too. You can use it in a jab pressure strat

mixed with sweep or duck block cancel, for example: Jab, Jab, Jab, Step away

RH, Whiff Sweep/Block to Punish and etc. You can use it as an Anti Air agains

some jump kicks too. The HPs and LPs are good too. You can try to get the UMK3

aa trick against jumpers when they jump at you with JK or JP try aaHP and cancel

it with block, then if aaHP hits do Spear immidiately if not you will just

block the JK and you can try to get aaD+LK because there will be not enough time

for Uppercut.

The Spear is a horrible move. If you catch someone with it thats ok, but the

recovery and startup time is so slow that if you miss you can be punished

sometimes even from full screen. The Spear however can be used as punisher

against sweeps, uppercuts, slide and etc. You can try to use the spear against

jab pressure if the other player step away enough for whiff Jab, but still its

not 100% safe. Something interesting about the Spear is that if you catch

someone with Spear at the same time when they shoot fireball and both characters

are hit (you will get the fireball and other player will be hit by spear) you

can get UNBLOCKABLE Teleport Punch if you are fast enough. You can try to stay

from full screen distance and catch jumpers with the spear but again its not a

100% safe strat. Because of "missing" crossover jump kicks in MK1 you can easy

get Spear if someone crossovers you. In MK1 you can jump after you catch

someone with the Spear but all you can get using this is OTG JK against some

characters.

The Teleport Punch is what make Scorpion a monster against some characters. You

can use it as a Wakeup, even blocked its hard to punish. Also its the best move

for turtleing. You can try to use it for jab escape too but difficult. The only

bad thing is that you cant use the Teleport Punch in or near the corner. Because

of gravity changes in Revision 5.0 all you can get after aa Teleport Punch is

aaLP, Spear, still a good damage anyway. Sometimes aa Teleport Punch can hit

backwards and it will be hard to get Spear in this situation, this often happens

if you do the TP faster than you need against Raiden's Torpedo. Another

interesting stuff is that in some cases if you get Teleport Punch in juggle

(usually after Death Punch) you will be pushed away from the Teleport Punch,

I'm not 100% sure but i think even Spear done as soon as possible in this

situation is always blockable in Revision 5.0. Using the TP can often open the

opponent for one of the "Broken" Throws, there is no 100% known way to get them

with Scorpion but you can try to throw a Spear sometimes after them if you feel

cocky, works best against Raiden. The Teleport Punch can be neat in jab strats

too, get some jab pressure, then use the Teleport Punch to escape and you can

try to throw a Spear or wait to see what your opponent will do and counter it.

Sometimes if you got the Teleport Punch you will hide behind the screen and it

will shake for a while, you can use this moment for safe spear in this

situation but thats it overall lol. Scorpion had infinite in older revisions

using his TP move but its removed in Revision 5.0.

Basic Juggles:

1. aaHP(x2), Spear, Uppercut

2. JK, Spear, Uppercut

3. Teleport Punch, Spear, Uppercut

Advanced Juggles:

1. (corner) JK, RH, Spear, Uppercut

2. aaHP, JK, Spear, Uppercut

3. Teleport Punch, aaLP, Spear, Uppercut

4. (near corner) JK, JK, (aaLP if possible) Spear, Uppercut

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************************** Combo Examples & Vids ***************************

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I recorded and uploaded few combo/retalation video examples for the guide.

They can be viewed at my youtube profile. Here are the direct links:

1. Sonya Punisher + Infinite Example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMs_AmTzU_0

2. Johnny Cage Corner Combo Example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiatXP7nuyo

3. Liu Kang Corner Punisher Example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyS5bJ6gIyg

4. Kano Mid-Screen Combo Example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ZB8RCgh-w

5. Raiden Corner Combo Example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRj6iYRajWI

6. Sub-Zero Glitch Cancel Punisher:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soDvxJEByY4

7. Scorpion Mid-Screen Punisher:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNmQySq-5-Q

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VS Matches - Here are few MK1 Matches vs some of the best players -

Soultaker, FIX, TripleH and etc... I will post from time to time

another matches there where you can see a LOT of strats from the

Guide used in a real match:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=905F5CCBB6C22ED1

Or you can check this dir from time to time too:

http://mk.ediko.net/archive/movies/vsmatches/mk1/

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Check out the first, and last, MK1 combo video. All combos and glitches are

performed by me ;] It has really insane footage for such a limited game! It

was edited by Shock. Here are the direct and youtube links for it:

http://www.ultimatemk.com/dtz/cvids/getvid.php?id=146 - UltimateMK.Com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bp4-_3DIPo - YouTube Link

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