Month: May 2015

Bafael and Cross Counter TV are back with the final episode of their Mortal Kombat X tutorial series, which covers how to handle mixups. The most obvious and important thing to have when fishing for an opening is a variety of strings and other attacks that hit as overheads and lows.

This knowledge extends to the defensive game as well, and helps to drive home just how important knowing matchups can be in a game so heavily-influenced by strings with overhead and low options that come at the same place every time.

Though it may sound grim for those fighting against a knowledgeable opponent, mixup opportunities do exist outside of these mid-string options as well. Bafael discusses these at length and mentions canceling early hits into overhead or low attacks in order to gain small chunks of damage as an option–though this isn’t always the best idea depending on the safety of these attacks. He also stresses the importance of adding throws to the mix thanks to the fact that a throw tech cannot be performed while holding the block button.

If you’re having trouble landing hits, be sure to check out this video as well as one of their previous videos dedicated to pressure.

Source: Bafael and Cross Counter TV