Mortal Kombat 1 Releases July Update

NetherRealm Studios has released the July 2024 patch for Mortal Kombat 1 , bringing with it a list of updates offering platform specific and general bug fixes and rebalances as well as character specific adjustments to improve the overall game experience. As was previously announced , the update also introduces a new DLC fighter to Mortal Kombat 1 - Takeda Takahashi - with early access, as well as adding Ferra Kameo to the fighter roster. The full patch notes for the newest update can be read below:

PC Steam & Epic Games Store

• Various fixes to improve game stability
• Resolved stability issues when using 60 FPS Mode
• Resolved Match Replay errors when the match was played with 60 FPS Mode enabled
• When the experimental 60 FPS Mode is enabled it will now also take effect in Online Modes

PlayStation

• Added support for PlayStation Tournaments

General Fixes & Adjustments

• Move list corrections & Localization fixes
• AI adjustments & improvements
• Improvements to Screen Reader functionality
• Added Takeda Fighter to Roster
• Added Ferra Kameo to Roster
• Added MK '95 skins for Reptile, Smoke, & Sub-Zero
• Added UMK3 skins for Rain & Ermac and Order of Darkness skin for Quan Chi
• Fixed several visual issues during brutalities
• Fixed "Happy Endings" trophy/achievement not able to be unlocked on multiple platforms if the account is linked
• Fixed move list issues in Story Mode when playing as Shang Tsung and morphed into opponents
• Fixed several visual issues that could occur if playing while the game is partially installed
• Fixed issue that could cause some characters to remain invulnerable for longer than intended if remaining idle after hitting a Fatal Blow
• Fixed rare issue that could cause some characters to have no repel active if remaining idle after hitting a synchronized attack
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause Kameos to be vulnerable while getting up from a knockdown hit reaction
• Fixed several airborne Special Moves that allowed buffered Jumping Attacks not scanning for Air Special Moves at a higher priority
• Fixed rare instances where the recovery of the Main Fighter after a Kameo was hit during a Summon Attack could be inconsistent for some characters
• Uppercut Jump Cancel (Down + Back Punch, Up + Block on Kounter/Punish) now has 4 hits of armor, has consistent damage scaling, along with slowing down the opponent & pulling them towards while disabling the opponent's ability to Breaker or use a Kameo until they land
• The following moves are now considered airborne when the character is visually off the ground:
  • Havik - Twisted Torso
  • Johnny Cage - Back To The Footure (Towards + Front Punch, Back Punch, Back Kick)
  • Kitana - Who Runs The World (Away + Front Punch, Back Kick)
  • Mileena - during Throw Backward hit animation
  • Omni-Man - Viltrumite Stance Up And Away, during Bootstain (Jump Front Punch, Back Punch, Front Punch + Front Kick) & Shoeshine (Jump Front Punch, Back Punch, Front Punch, Front Punch + Front Kick, Hold Towards) hit animation, and during Throw Backward hit animation
  • Reptile - Full Charge Devastating Blow (Away + Back Punch Hold Maximum)
  • Scorpion - during Throw Backward hit animation
  • Sindel - Royal Dismissal (Back Punch, Back Kick, Back Kick), Off The Top (Away + Back Punch, Front Kick, Back Punch), and during Throw Backward hit animation
  • Smoke - Vicious Vapors hit animation
  • Sub-Zero - Throw Backward hit animation
  • Tanya - Brought Low (Front Kick, Front Punch + Front Kick) hit animation
• The following Kameo moves now select a location based on the side of the screen that their partner is on, was previously based on the partner's facing
  • Scorpion - Fire Breath
  • Scorpion - Get Over Here
  • Sareena - Jataaka's Kurse
  • Shujinko - Passing Time
  • Motaro - Centaurian Warp

Invasions

• Fixed issue that allowed certain Kameos moves to cause a Kritical Hit on allies
• Optional Encounters are labeled as optional on the Encounter breakdown

Online

• Fix for crash that could occur in King of the Hill if a player repeatedly disconnects and reconnects in the consoles network settings
• Fixed incorrect All-Time Stats being displayed if the user is on a different platform

Practice

• Fixed issue with Super Fill Amount setting not being used when initially loading in after switching Kameos in Practice Settings

Character Specific Adjustments

Main Fighters

Baraka

• Baraka Barrage 3rd hit now has 11 more frames of hit advantage
• Improved auto-facing on (Air) Death Spin & (Air) Enhanced Death Spin final hit

Geras

• Slow Down (Towards + Front Punch, Back Punch) recovers 9 frames faster on hit & 4 frames faster on block/miss
• Slow Down (Towards + Front Punch, Back Punch) has 10 more frames of hit advantage when the opponent is hit from behind
• Fixed rare situations with Fixed Point not providing any health restoration when the opponent is hit out of certain attacks

Havik

• Fixed animation issue during Brutality victory
• Fixed missing sound effects when Neoplasm is blocked

Kenshi

• Fixed Ancestor being able to be hit by the following projectiles after they have disappeared
  • Mileena Straight Sai
  • Mileena Low Sai
  • Ashrah Heaven's Beacon
  • Reptile Force Ball

Kitana

• Edenian Dance (Back Kick, Towards + Front Kick, Front Kick) has increased hit advantage on the first 3 hits

Li Mei

• Increased walk speed
• New attack Rising Sun (Away + Back Punch, Back Kick) added
• Forces of Light (Front Punch, Back Punch) moves further forward
• Seeking Sanctuary (Front Punch, Back Punch, Back Kick) moves further forward
• Double Palm (Away + Back Punch) cancel frame is 1 frame earlier
• Nova Burst (Away + Back Punch, Front Punch) starts up 3 frames faster
• Fixed Fatal Blow hitting certain Kameos causing an incorrect hit animation

Liu Kang

• Dragon's Tail first hit has 28 more frames of hit advantage

Nitara

• (Air) Dark Plunge now does a ground bounce hit reaction & has Up Block vulnerability
• (Air) Enhanced Dark Plunge has 20 more frames of blockstun with more pushback, 10 more frames of blockstun on flawless block, & has Up Block vulnerability
• Bloody Bolt can no longer be cancelled into air specials on block or miss
• Bloody Bolt & Enhanced Bloody Bolt projectile first hit no longer causes stumble animation when blocked
• Enhanced Bloody Bolt now has an additional hit during projectile start-up, had its damage adjusted & can no longer be cancelled into air specials on block or miss
• (Air) Dash landings now allow buffered Basic Attacks
• Enhanced Leap of Faith can be cancelled 3 frames earlier

Raiden

• Fixed Fatal Blow hitting certain Kameos causing an incorrect hit animation

Reptile

• Fixed buffs lingering after (Air) Falling Fangs Cancel is performed without invisibility active

Scorpion

• Side Kick (Back Kick) now has 9 more frames of hit advantage
• First two hits of Sweeping Scorpion Tail (Away + Front Kick) now hit mid & can be 2in1 cancelled into special moves
• Enhanced Flame-Port recovers 7 frames faster & no longer enables autoblock the first time in a combo
• Fatal Blow hit region size increased when opponent is in a combo
• Fixed visual effects from Enhanced Devouring Flame lingering during brutalities

Sindel

• Fixed Kartwheel using incorrect animation when it is Up Blocked
• Adjusted animation during start-up of Royal Dismissal (Back Punch, Back Kick, Back Kick)

Smoke

• Enhanced Vicious Vapors into Vicious Vapors Cancel recovers 5 frames faster

Sub-Zero

• Heavy Toe (Front Kick) has 2 more frames of hit advantage
• Ice Klone has an increased hit region, & significantly increased hit region when opponent is in a combo
• Deadly Vapors no longer enables autoblock the first time in a combo
• Fixed Ice Klone Charge hit region lingering after connecting with one character

Tanya

• No longer considered airborne during part of her hit animation for Back Throw

Omni-Man

• Fatal Blow first hit no longer causes stumble animation when blocked
• Fixed Invincible Rush overhead using incorrect animation when it is Up Blocked

Quan Chi

• Added new attack Best Foot Backward (Down + Towards + Back Kick)
• Fixed incorrect pushback against cornered opponent and missing visual effects during Throw Escape

Peacemaker

• Fixed incorrect pushback against cornered opponent and missing visual effects during Throw Escape

Ermac

• Fixed Fatal Blow causing Ermac to be briefly throw immune after the attack misses
• Fixed animation issue during Brutality victory

Homelander

• (Air) Diabolical Dash -> Grounding Fist can no longer be cancelled on block
• (Air) Diabolical Dash -> Hovering Impact has 6 more frames of recovery
• Fixed 2nd & 3rd hit of Fatal Blow not breaking armor
• Fixed issue that allowed Flight attacks to be performed repeatedly after an opponent has been defeated
• Fixed rare bug that could cause Homelander to have lingering momentum if (Air) God Complex is performed at specific timing as Flight duration ends
• Fixed rare bug that could cause Flight to persist if winning a round under certain conditions
• Fixed 2in1 cancels still sometimes being possible after a Flight attack was Up Blocked
• Adjusted camera when Blast Off is used
• Fixed lingering sound effects when laser attacks are interrupted during start-up
• Fixed audio issue with performing a practice reset after connecting Homelander's "Hear No Evil" (Away + Front Kick)

Kameo Fighters

Cyrax (Kameo)

• Cyrax can now move while holding Self-Destruct
• Main Fighter will no longer take damage if Cyrax is hit while holding Self-Destruct
• Cyrax will drop his bomb if he is hit while holding Self-Destruct
• Self-Destruct explosion hit region increased & has 1 more active frame
• Kopter Chopper can now choose to direct the opponent being hit to fly towards or away
• Horizontal Kopter Chopper now has a white glow on Cyrax when it is executed
• Fixed Horizontal Kopter Chopper sometimes being able to be performed while Kameos are disabled

Darrius (Kameo)

• New follow-up attack Ground Invitational can be performed by holding Down during (Delay) Heelturn
• New follow-up attack Army of Two can be performed by pressing Flip Stance during (Delay) Heelturn
• Double Daegon Kick now drains 1 bar of Super Meter from opponent when it hits
• Twister Kicks when done as a follow-up to The Double Whammy refills Kameo Meter with each hit
• Jump cancel after The Double Whammy hits can be performed by holding up
• The Double Whammy hit reaction gravity adjusted
• Twister Kicks first two hits no longer cause stumble animation when blocked
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause a specific sequence of attacks using Volleyballistic to move Darrius to an unintended location

Frost (Kameo)

• Added new move Ice Wall (Down + Kameo Button)
• Fixed several visual issues that could occur with Forward Throw brutality

Goro (Kameo)

• Increased recharge rate of Punch Walk
• Raise The Roof can now also be cancelled into Dead Weight or Punch Walk before the attack is performed
• Punch Walk can be cancelled into Dead Weight or Shokan Stomp after any of the punches
• Shokan Stomp now has a white glow on Goro when it is executed
• Fixed Shokan Stomp sometimes being able to be performed while Kameos are disabled

Jax (Kameo)

• Reduced recharge rate of Energy Wave & it now recovers 10 frames faster on block or miss

Kung Lao (Kameo)

• Away We Go will no longer interact with a player who is in a hit reaction

Motaro (Kameo)

• Centaurian Warp will no longer interact with a player who is in a hit reaction
• Centaurian Warp can be directed to different ranges after grabbing his partner & has slightly increased meter refill delay
• Fatal Blow Charge! now has armor
• Fixed rare issue which could cause the background to remain darkened longer than intended when Charge! Is interrupted after using during Homelander's Flight

Scorpion (Kameo)

• Added new move Aura of Flame (Hold Kameo Button during Fire Breath)

Sektor (Kameo)

• Activate Homing now fires two missiles instead of one
• Up Rocket starts up 5 frames faster, has different hit reactions, & has a bigger hit region when opponent is in a combo
• When Flame Thrower is blocked or misses, player can choose to not perform second hit by holding Away + Kameo Button
• Activate Homing now has a white glow on Sektor when it is executed
• Fixed Activate Homing sometimes being able to be performed while Kameos are disabled

Shujinko (Kameo)

• Shujinko will no longer take double damage during a specific window of Homelander's Flight Air Laser
• Fixed Mimic: (Flight) Delay Ground Laser Eyes during Homelander mirror match counting as a flight cancel when used during a combo
• Fixed Mimic: (Flight) Delay Ground Laser Eyes having incorrect momentum if repeatedly jumping over the opponent
• Fixed issue with Shujinko performing Sub-Zero Slide having an incorrect animation if hitting opponent that has Tremor's Crystal Armor active

Sub-Zero (Kameo)

• Fixed Kold Shoulder (During Arctic Armor) sometimes being able to be performed while Kameos are disabled

Khameleon (Kameo)

• Fan Lift will no longer interact with a player who is in a hit reaction
• If Khameleon is hit before Glaive returns, it will no longer return regardless of the Main Fighter blocking
• Sai Toss has 31 more frames of vulnerability to attacks
• Roll has 18 more frames of vulnerability to attacks on hit or miss
• Glow has 44 more frames of vulnerability to non-projectile attacks
• Glaive has 9 more frames of vulnerability to attacks
• Fan Toss has 45 more frames of vulnerability to attacks
• Fan Lift has 29 more frames of vulnerability to attacks

Janet Cage (Kameo)

• Fixed issue with Stunt Double lingering when Sindel hits opponent's Kameo with Enhanced Queen's Kommand

Mavado (Kameo)

• Best Feet Forward & Nindrop now have a maximum height they can be performed at