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MORTAL KOMBAT II PLAYERS GUIDE V2.0
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EQR5MALIKI@CLSTR.UNL.AC.UK
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This file is Copyright (c) 1994. All rights reserved.
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Distribution of this file, in whole or in part is permitted, provided
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that it isn't modified in any form and that proper credit is given to the
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author.
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Introduction
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This is a basic guide to help players beat the computer opponents. It is
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meant for versions 2.1 and Up, of the game.
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This guide hasn't got any moves or fatalities of the game, if you want them
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then get the latest FAQ from Andy Eddy's site [It also defines some of the
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terminology].
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Type the following commands to get the FAQ :-
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> ftp ftp.netcom.com
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> Login:- anonymous
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> Password:- [Your e-mail address, e.g. eqr5maliki@clstr.unl.ac.uk]
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> cd pub/vi/vidgames/faqs
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> hash
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> get mk2faq.v16
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> quit
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If you want this guide by e-mail then send me your e-mail address and I
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will mail you a copy.
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This guide is my own account of how to beat the computer playing as Shang
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Tsung, the strategies should work for all characters (except the ones with
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straight legs... like Liu Kang, Kung Lao).
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I also assume as you are playing on the right hand Joystick.....why? Well in
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case you hadn't noticed, when you play on the left hand-side the computer is
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very difficult to beat. Try and jump into Baraka or Kitana and you will see
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they will always get you. Try the same on the other side and you will see
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you can always get them.
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To play on the right hand side just press the 2P start button at the
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beginning of your game.
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I will also assume that the game is set on normal to very difficult.
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1. How to Beat the First Computer Opponent
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ON EASY - NORMAL ONLY:
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Whoever it is, it can be beaten very easily. For the first guy just Jump
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Kick, then sweep and then crouch and Block and then wait for him to come
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close to you. Then when he walks towards you he won't throw you he will
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just start punching the air. You just push the joystick down and then
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press HP. This will uppercut him. Repeat this as he doesn't get any
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smarter. You can do this both rounds and get a Double Flawless. This
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doesn't work if the game is set on very difficult, In which case look up the
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character further down.
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2. How to Beat the Second Computer Opponent
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ON EASY - NORMAL ONLY:
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The Second Guy is slightly smarter, he throws. So you have to jump into
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him straight away and do the jump kick deep into its stomach. This will hit
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it follow it up with a sweep. Jump in again, before it gets back up and then
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jump kick, sweep, sweep, move back 2 steps, sweep, move back 1 step, sweep.
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Jump back and repeat from the jump kick.
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3. How to beat Liu Kang
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Block straight away don't attempt attack him as he will either bicycle kick
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you/Fly Kick. In which case sweep him as he rebounds off you. If he does a
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fly kick then block it and give him an uppercut. Or he may fireball you, If
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he does then you can't do much.....just block.
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Anticipate-kick Method
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(It works on all the opponents that use a missile weapon that travels
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straight and at medium speed, e.g. Sub-Zero, Raiden, Reptile) Once the
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computer is a jump distance away. Walk forward and now jump towards him
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and aim your jump to land right in front of him (Forehead), but not touching
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him [About 2cm Away] and press Kick. (When you reach the point shown on
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the diagram) More likely than not he will jump backwards to avoid your kick.
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Wham! It will hit him as he tries to jump back. It will knock back quite far
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you may be able to sweep him. So repeat the method and get back into position.
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(Done correctly you can get flawless without using any button other then
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LK... hence useful for getting Jade)
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Fig. 1
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O \ * O
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/ \ / \
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Computer You
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About this Distance.
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4. How To Beat Kung Lao
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At the start of the round bend down and get ready for him to teleport, then
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uppercut him.
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You can use the fireball method if you are low on energy. Jump back into
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any corner and then do two fireballs. Keep on doing two fireballs. Lao will
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teleport into your fireballs at exactly the sweep distance. Continue to do
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this method on both rounds.
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Fig. 2
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| Shang Lao
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\Edge of screen.
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If you don't want to do this method for some reason. Then at the start of
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the round jump kick.... prematurely. It should hit him. If it doesn't then
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he should block and fire his hat at you. Block it and Uppercut him or
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roundhouse kick him. Jump towards him and do the same again. Sweep if he
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lands near then uppercut him.
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With Raiden you can do the body launch into him repeatedly. He always
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misses you.
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5. How to Beat Johnny Cage
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At the start bend down and get ready to uppercut him. He will most of the
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time shadow kick or jump towards you, in which case uppercut him. Now when
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you are about reptiles tongue fatality distance, jump towards him and do a
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deep jump kick (That's the one where you aim for his bottom part of the
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body), It should get him as he will try to firebolt you. If it doesn't then
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press block straight away, he will 80% of the time firebolt you, block this
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and then stand up and press HK (You should be next to him by now). This
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will knock him backwards. Don't try to uppercut him as he will throw you.
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Repeat this process from the deep jump kick and blocking. Make sure you jump
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backwards to get the right distance.
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6. How to Beat Reptile
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The method I recommend is at the start of the round jump towards him and do
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a jump kick slightly early. He will either try to go invisible in which
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case it will hit him and turn him visible or he will spit at you, In which
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case you should get him and then follow it up with a sweep. Or he will jump
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kick you, if you did your jump kick before his it will get him. Now the hard
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part. The only method that I find works on him very well is the anticipate
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jump kick method. Anticipate at the same distance as Liu Kang and it should
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get him. If he doesn't jump back then he is going to spit at you, the
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anticipate method if done correctly should land you in front of him and when
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he spits block it and sweep straight away.... otherwise he will jump back.
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You can also go for deep jump kicking, like Cage.
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7. How to Beat Sub-Zero
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Jump kick towards him and he will either jump kick you or freeze you, If he
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tries to freeze you then block and give him a fast uppercut. You can after
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he has landed do your projectile, but you have to be fast. Sometimes you can
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do a deep jump kick into him and then sweep him. If he's hard as he is just
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before the question mark then I recommend using the anticipate jump kick
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method.
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8. How to Beat Kitana
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Kitana is fairly easy to beat as she fires her missiles alot. Jump straight
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into her, as soon as you start the level. She will either jump kick you or
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she will more often than not, throw her fans. Your kick should hit her,
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sweep after it hits her. Now dont jump into her if she is one of the last
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characters left to fight, as she will do her fan lift on you. Wait until she
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gets up and Jump back and walk back for 2 secs, now you can jump into her
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and do a jump kick. She will block it and throw her fan. You give her an
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uppercut and (If in range) sweep. Jump kick again and block her fan throw,
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then give her an uppercut. If at anytime she starts to punch you
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repeatedly, block and after the third punch do your sweep fast... that
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should get her.
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9. How to Beat Jax
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Jump kick him early, and if it hits him sweep otherwise block and get ready
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for his energy wave. After the energy wave hits your body, uppercut him, if
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he lands close sweep him once. If he lands outside sweeping distance you
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can be abit risky and fire three fireballs (Not really recommended if you
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have little energy or he if near the end of the list). He does the energy
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wave alot and if your uppercuts arent getting him as he keeps throwing you
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every time you try, then wait for his energy wave and then sweep and walk
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back two steps, jump back once. Jump forward towards him and get ready for
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an energy wave. Repeat this procedure.
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NB: If you are using Jax then you can on all the characters (Except Kintaro
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and Shao Khan) deep jump kick them and then backbreaker. Before they get up
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walk back and then jump once, get ready for the computer to jump into you
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again. When it does, do the jump kick and then backbreaker combo. Repeat
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from the walking back process.
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10. How to Beat Mileena
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She can be quite difficult at times, if she is further up the list. If you
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want you can either jump kick towards her and hope she does fires her sais
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and then sweep her or you can jump back and block and hope she does her drop
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kick and then jump-kick her. The only method that I have discovered that
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works against her is where you do a jump kick real early and aim it so that
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her heads hits the center of your leg...... she will fire her sais, block
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them and stand up and press HK. Walk back two steps and then jump back. If
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you don't do this she will kick you as you jump back. She will often do the
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ground roll, keep on trying for the jump kick method. If you hit her while
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you do the jump kick, follow it with a sweep.
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11. How to Beat Baraka
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Jump kick towards him fairly early as he will fire his bolt, and then follow
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it up with a sweep as it will hit him. Walk back two steps and then jump
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back. Jump towards him, Jump kick and sweep.If he blocks then jump backwards,
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he will jump towards you so you jump towards and sweep him. This is the
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simple strategy you use for him, repeat the process from the deep jump kick.
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You can also repeatedly sweep through the whole round and every time he fire
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his bolt, he will get hit. Keep sweeping, you should win.
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12. How to Beat Scorpion
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Jump kick towards him straight away, as he will most likely throw his spear,
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and then sweep. Now jump back and wait for him to fire his spear, now once
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he has fired the spear, if you are close, uppercut him and then jump kick
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towards him and sweep. This will get him most of the time. The basic
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strategy for this bloke is jump kick and wait to uppercut him and then
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sweep. If you are desperate then go for the anticipate-jump kick method.
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13. How to Beat Raiden
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The fireball in the corner works on Raiden, not as good as Kung Lao but if
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you time it right it works the same. The main method I use is the
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Anticipate jump kick, mostly. The anticipate jump kick method is way I
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beat him every time. You can also deep jump kick him and then sweep.
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14. How to Beat Shang Tsung
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I will assume he hasn't Morphed into anyone ..... if he has then beat them
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using the method described. I figured this guy works slightly different
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then the other characters as he has very good defenses. Now start the round
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towards him with a jump kick as usual. He should block it. Now he will
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follow it up with one fireball, block this fireball and dont sweep him or
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uppercut him as he will always throw you, before you can do anything. Instead
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after you have blocked his fireball jump backwards and when you land get
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ready for him to jump towards you. When he does jump towards him and do a
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jump kick and then sweep. I prefer uppercut and then 3 fireballs. You can if
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you want to fight him jump towards him and jump kick him deep so it hits his
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belt. He should fireball you as you are about to kick him. You will see
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the fireball fly past.... and your jump kick should hit him, now follow it
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up with a sweep.
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NB:- When you are in the corner and they are attacking you, bend down and
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sweep them.... they will throw you, now jump back. As this is the only way
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if I have found out to get out of the corner... you have to sacrifice this
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energy as they will walk towards you and throw you 3 times, if you dont or
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jump kick you.
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15. How to Beat Kintaro
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Morph to Kitana and do the fan lift in the corner and then fan throw and
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uppercut. If you morph back to yourself fire three fireballs. If he starts
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to jump in the air then jump back at the peak of your jump and press HK. If
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he is at the other end of the screen then fire 3 fireballs but watch out he
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may spit his fireballs. You can do your missile attack at him in the air
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and aim for his head.
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If you are using another character other than Shang, then take him to one
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side of the screen and then sweep him, jump back, sweep him again etc. Until
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he makes a mistake, when he raises his chest up, Uppercut him. If you sweep
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too early he will spit a fireball at you and it will get you, so make sure
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your sweeps are timed.
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When he tries to stomp you, you can uppercut him as he tries to stamp on you.
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Timing is critical.
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16. How to Beat Shao Khan
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The method I use is double buffering the two fireballs. I wait for him to
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point his finger and I am at the opposite side of the screen. I then fire
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two fireballs and quickly fire another two. As soon as the fireballs hit
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him I fire the other two, this way he doesn't have a chance to retaliate as
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he keeps trying to fire his spear at you. This way you can get double
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flawless on him.
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Or if you aren't using Shang Tsung, Bend down and block in the corner and
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wait for him to do his shoulder charge, When he rebounds off, Uppercut and
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then fire your projectile. Repeat until hes dead. If he points his finger at
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you, execute a special move.
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