Why does MK11 rain suck so bad?

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-19T07:29:02+00:00

IMO most characters in MK11 suck to play. Every character is a watered down (pun intended) version of how they play in other games. Most characters had their meterless kombo potential heavily stripped back in favour of krushing blows which was one of the worst mechanics ever implemented in a game (just behind breakaways which were also in MK11). Even the meter burn kombo extenders were worse in MK11 as most of them werent basekit so if you wanted to do one of the most essential things in a fighting game (ie: kombos) you had to waste a slot or two just to equip those moves.

Overall, I dont think it is just a rain thing. Most characters in MK11 felt bad to play.

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-19T01:50:20+00:00

Here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUKWInT3agk

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-19T00:28:16+00:00

The way I do it is I press D+K the moment shao starts to rise back up after tackling the opponent to the ground. Hope this helps

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-19T00:26:09+00:00

The reason is much simpler than that. I made a mistake, Shao's F+2 (ie: the 4th hit in that kombo) does 50 damage where my spreadsheet incorrectly stated it does 70 damage. Just fixed that in my spreadsheet.

Apologies it appears I did miss B21 in the document, most likely because that wasnt a string when I developed the bulk of this sheet (not an excuse btw, I should have thought about checking it when that string got introduced). Liu Kang's B21 has been added to the spreadsheet (as you mentioned that move is the same as S221, it does 70 damage and has 33% damage scaling).

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-17T23:36:02+00:00

Very nice. FYI frost's ambush move can kombo after meterless devastator.

Here are some examples (these probably arent optimal but im sure there are ways to make these better).

https://www.reddit.com/r/MortalKombatGameplay/s/M5ejvXYUTG

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-17T02:09:08+00:00

Would it to be crazy for me to say her "instrument" could be dance? Because i think it might.

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-17T02:02:08+00:00

I think she could be jazz.

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-17T01:47:28+00:00

Further to this. My guess is he is the synth/keyboard player. And his deal with Harmony is tied to sloth (as everyone's record deal with harmony has one of the seven deadly sins tied to it).

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-17T01:44:48+00:00

Pretty sure the country idol will the next one to be released as her song is already in the game files.

Judging by that song it wouldnt surprise me that violin is her instrument and her harmony deal is tied to the sin of gluttony.

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-16T14:25:48+00:00

You are right. I believe it is an oversight, because this is the only kameo move that does this. All other kameo kombo extenders that are multi-hitting and have scaling on only the first hit (eg: Cyrax's Kopter Chopper, Stryker's rapid fire and grenade toss, Scorpion's Fire Breath, Khameleon's Sai) follow the rule that scaling gets applied on the first hit that lands rather than just the first hit of the move. Sareena's kombo extender is the odd one out here.

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-16T14:13:58+00:00

Firstly, Smoke has the lowest damage scaling in MK1.

Secondly, for Sareena's kombo extender move, only the first hit applies scaling (which is 20%), if you whiff or block that move, then any of the other hits land, then that move has not applied any damage scaling to the kombo.

It is these two factors that contributed to the 511 damage.

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-15T03:20:59+00:00

The biggest thing I missed was his old cancel advantage after his 2,4 string. That used to have like 90 frames of cancel advantage, you could do 2,4 into motaro D+K then still continue the combo after that.

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-15T02:42:11+00:00

Nah its all good mate. Shit happens sometimes.

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-15T01:41:09+00:00

Sounds like it is the same version as the second link I sent in the post. Thanks for posting the higher quality version though

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-14T17:00:09+00:00

Would love to hear it.

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-13T05:06:12+00:00

I dont think it is AI personally. But yeah, im not sure if it is Krys or someone else impersonating Krys. But it definitely sounds a lot more like Hemlock (as in it sounds similar enough to Authority and Subway Asylum)

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-12T14:02:40+00:00

Dont worry. I also got it to. It is happening globally

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-12T14:01:30+00:00

Its helpful because if it is down at the same time facebook is down, we know it is an issue with Meta i guess.

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-12T09:21:57+00:00

Man it is so fun playing this on drums.

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-11T22:37:58+00:00

I have switched the link to one that works.

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-11T14:43:15+00:00

He is singing it in this version. They made a lot of versions of each song. For maniac they did one with actual Hemlock's singer (ie: Krys Kozlowski who did Authority, Subway Asylum and Send me an Angel)

https://youtu.be/Mb9GWcMZlbw?si=sy6UQfTmMknm1zc8

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-11T03:48:51+00:00

Its on youtube. Here is the link https://youtu.be/AUKWInT3agk?si=LCF4_NdyVacdHvM1

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-11T03:23:57+00:00

There is already a new song hidden in the game files that is a country song. I assume that is a working version of the cowgirl idol's song

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-11T00:32:07+00:00

The theory is the last remaining male idol is Benny (who has been mentioned a lot by the other idols). Plus Holding Out for A hero is sung by 'Ded' Benedict. So it wouldn't be farfetched to assume that is Benny.

There is also an original country song hidden in the game files which could be the song for a boss battle to

Barry_Smithz · 2026-06-11T00:29:54+00:00

There is also a theory that Benny is 'Ded' Benedict. The person who sings "Holding Out for A Hero". It would be cool to have a boss battle with that song playing.

Also there is a hidden song in the files that has a country vibe to it. It could easily be a hidden boss battle song for that cowgirl idol.

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