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Mortal Kombat Primer Guide

Kurtis Seid
By Kurtis Seid, Game Guides Editor

Get over here for a new Outworld tournament. Our Mortal Kombat Primer Guide gets you ready for battle with move lists, info about story mode, and Krypt unlockables.

Mortal Kombat Primer Guide

PlayStation 3 Trophies

Trophy Name How To Earn Reward
A For Effort Complete Tutorial Mode Bronze
Arcade Champion Complete Arcade Ladder with All Fighters Silver
Back In Time… Complete Story Mode 100% Silver
Block This! Perform a 10-hit combo with any fighter Bronze
Cyber Challenger Complete 100 Online Matches Bronze
Dim Mak! Complete all Test Your Strike mini-game challenges Bronze
Don't Jump! Win A Ranked Online Match without jumping Bronze
E-X-cellent Successfully land every playable fighter's X-Ray attack Bronze
Fatality! Perform a Fatality! Bronze
Finish What You Start! Perform a Fatality with all playable fighters Silver
Halfway There! Complete Story Mode 50% Bronze
Humiliation Get a Flawless Victory in an Online Match Bronze
I "Might" Be the Strongest Complete all Test Your Might mini-game challenges Bronze
I'm Not Dead Yet! Comeback with under 10% health in an Online Ranked Match Silver
Ladder Master Complete Arcade Ladder on max difficulty without using a continue Bronze
License to Kill Complete Fatality Trainer Bronze
Luck Be A Lady Get all MK Dragons in Test Your Luck Bronze
My Kung Fu Is Strong Gain Mastery of 1 Fighter Silver
My Kung Fu Is Stronger Gain Mastery of All Fighters Gold
Outstanding! Win 10 Ranked Online Matches in a row Silver
Platinum Trophy You've Unlocked all Trophies! Platinum
Robots Rule! Win Arcade Tag Ladder with robot Sektor and Cyrax Bronze
Tag, You're It! Perform and land a Tag Combo Bronze
The Competitor Complete 200 Versus matches (online OR offline) Silver
The Grappler Perform every fighter's forward and backwards throws Bronze
The Krypt Keeper Unlock 100% of the Krypt Silver
There Can Be Only One! Win 10 King of the Hill Matches in a row Silver
There Will Be Blood! Spill 10000 pints of blood Silver
These Aren't My Glasses! Complete all Test Your Sight mini-game challenges Bronze
Throws Are For Champs Perform 8 throws in an Online Ranked Match Bronze
Tough Guy! Win an Online Match Bronze
Tower Apprentice Complete 25 Tower missions Bronze
Tower Master Complete all Tower missions Silver
Turtle! Win both rounds with timer running out in an Online Ranked Match Silver
Ultimate Respect! Earn 2500 Respect Points via King of the Hill Matches Bronze
Undertaker Unlock 50% of the Krypt Bronze
Wavenet… Win 100 total Online Matches Silver
What Does This Button Do?? Complete Arcade Ladder without blocking (allowed to continue) Bronze
Where's The Arcade? Complete Arcade Ladder with Any Fighter Bronze
You Will Learn Respect! Earn 1000 Respect Points via King of the Hill Matches Bronze
You've Got Style! Unlock all Alternate Costumes Silver
Best…Alternate…Ever! Unlock Mileena's 3rd Alternate Costume Bronze
Brotherhood of Shadow Discover and fight Hidden Kombatant 4 in Arcade Ladder (Noob Saibot) Bronze
Cold Fusion Unlock Hidden Fighter "Cyber Sub-Zero" Bronze
Complet-ality Perform 1 of each type of "-ality" Bronze
Finish Him? Perform any fighter's hidden finishing move Bronze
Hide and Seek Discover and fight Hidden Kombatant 2 in Arcade Ladder (Smoke) Bronze
Pit Master Discover and fight Hidden Kombatant 3 in Arcade Ladder (Reptile) Bronze
Quan-Tease Unlock Hidden Fighter "Quan Chi" Bronze
Ultimate Humiliation Perform every fighter's hidden finishing move Silver
You Found Me! Discover and fight Hidden Kombatant 1 in Arcade Ladder (Jade) Bronze

Kurtis Seid
By Kurtis Seid, Game Guides Editor

Kurtis Seid is a sadomasochist for games. He’s clocked over 200 days in a Final Fantasy entry but isn’t sure if he’s actually a fan of the series. His ideal game would somehow involve the harshest elements of King’s Quest, Team Fortress, River City Ransom, Ogre Battle, and Dark Souls.

171 comments
sajoranidem
sajoranidem

There is a new fatality or something in the version for ps vita?

 

pooya_d
pooya_d

This game is best of the best....can't stop playing !!!!!

star42_2000_200
star42_2000_200

mortal comat is the most finist game this year.scorpion is the best one yet.sub zero aint bat nether.but scorpion is the best of them all.he can hav the star.and he has the best fatalites ov them all to.and he as a cool 3d vison to.

VikingPhobos
VikingPhobos

@clima3x Well about Raiden vs Shao Kahn what I did to win is that I got close to him, and right before his hammer hit me I teleported behind him and I kicked him down with back+kick. get close to him again and rinse and repeat. this is the best way to beat him, he's a cheesy ass boss. He will keep trying to hit you with his hammer when you're close. If you time your teleport right, you'll be fine.

LilJayV10
LilJayV10

Since they haven't updated this I know my fellow MK fans need some help. mksecrets.net all you need to know in Mortal Kombat

evildead6789
evildead6789

@ blamix, you can't use your block button in the winning round,

blamix99
blamix99

guy's how can i get a babality?? can somebody tell pls how to unlock it

el_marid
el_marid

OK but for the old warriors like kenshi and rain from where I get their fatalities????

clima3x
clima3x

I'm confused how can I use this !? I'm looking for target range and else for new fatalities and a hint to beat shao khan with Raiden , is it something obvious I'm missing ?!

22xl
22xl

Is Gamespot gonna update this guide with the new character move lists? That would be nice...

Hidden_Ace
Hidden_Ace

@clydecardi Scarlet is a DLC, Goro can only be used in one of the tower challenges (as far as i know) and Shao Kahn can only be AI controlled (as far as i know).

clydecardi
clydecardi

Does anyone know how to get shao kahn,, goro,, and scarlet ?? holla at me..

LilJayV10
LilJayV10

Anyone get the new DLC yet? Scarlett looks great. So do the retro outfits.

tinytoe007
tinytoe007

i think that that is too much detail my friend

G_gglypuff
G_gglypuff

This guide as it is doesn't provide anything that can't be found inside the game. They could include information about the nature of each attack, such as start up and cooldown times, distance, and region targeted.

tinytoe007
tinytoe007

@matok there is one outside of the guide but still made by gs... next time pls look b4 you complain

matok1
matok1

This guide lacks lots of stuff: The secret kombatans battles...king of the hill avatar moves.. Secret treasure Chest locations Kombat kodes lists alt costume colors.. Please update guys :)

LilJayV10
LilJayV10

I'm waiting for some good DLC! Maybe they will release it after PSN is up.

gpasap
gpasap

SK is cheap and ruthless, mostly cheap though cause I'm MAD !! lol

jakcul
jakcul

@LilJayV10 My thoughts exactly bro. Why waste my hard earned koins to unlock button combinations I can get here. I'll get 100% unlock later. I only beat SK once and it was with Scorpion. They fixed my MK3 method (P P Spear Uppercut) I still did that but what I mainly did was spam Scorpions Hellfire. SK has always been a cheap boss that requires cheap tactics to beat. Whhat really shocked me was I beat Goro in one try (spammed Hellfire :P) but it worked. All the techniques Im hearing for Raiden seem good, now I just gotta figure out other characters.

LilJayV10
LilJayV10

@jakcul, You don't have to unlock the fatalities you just have to do them. I used the guide on here and went through with each character and did them. I used my koins to unlock all of the costumes. I didn't see the point in spending the money right now if I didn't have too. However I don't remember once you do the fatality if it unlocks it automatically in the krypt. If you are wanting to get 100% unlock in the krypt you might still have to buy them which is not my main concern at the moment. Hope this helps. As far as beating SK with Raiden, duck the arrows he throws. When he starts to throw a hammer teleport and uppercut. Everyonce in a while you can get him with the flying across the screen move, forgive me I can't think of the name. I was so pissed the first night I fought him. I tried to go toe to toe with him and couldn't win. It's a shame you have to resort to something so cheap to beat a boss.

jakcul
jakcul

Do you have to actually unlock the fatalities or does the Krypt just tell the button combinations? If its the latter, I'll start with all the costumes first

Egotte
Egotte

Hurray for Noob Saibot and Jax; the two worst characters in the game! Both characters really leave themselves extremely vulnerable when doing most of their specials.

KingChainz31684
KingChainz31684

I wanna figure out how to get all the hidden costumes...I have all the krypt ones the CT one and Kratos's yet no trophy I wonder if i need to get the classis costumes......since i didn't preorder i didn't get those.

KingChainz31684
KingChainz31684

shao kahn is pretty easy when you get the hang of it. if you haven't gotten to 300 on challenge tower yet just wait for it thats exciting times. With Raiden you can get a flawless victory with some practice. basically just teleport and do a quick combo or just hit your low kick button circle on ps3 if you don't know any kombos when your done just teleport again youll catch him from behind everytime as long as you are good at hitting down up. I personally avoided any moves that put seperation between me and kahn because it prompted him to use moves his multi shoulder charge more often which can throw off the teleport gameplan.

phase15
phase15

The way I beat Shao Khan with Raiden was to use Raiden's Teleport move and quickly use A A B and go into the electric fly to catch him mid-air. Works best while SK is using a projectile, especially that annoying hammer throw. Teleport is also the best way to avoid SK's X-Ray.

NooDLES-666
NooDLES-666

Best way for me to beat SK with Raiden was stand close and block, and then after he gets blocked he is vulnerable then I just did Raidens A B A combo I think. Worked well considering I literally tried everything else 100 times and could not beat him.

btkOne
btkOne

"You forgot to mention that if you beat arcade ladder with someone, you get the alt costume, that is the ONLY way you get Kratos alt attire since his alt attire is not in the krypt." youre absolutely right.....i forgot that this message board is both versions (ps3 and 360). For me, it was self-evident, that one of the first standard missions for every player is to beat arcade mode with every fighter....besides the story mode, of course

LilJayV10
LilJayV10

The main reason I bought the PS3 version is because the D-pad on the 360 sucks. I have both so I'm not a fan boy. I just beat story mode last night. It's quite obvious there will be a part 2 coming via DLC. I highly doubt they are going to make another game to continue the story. They are going to make a killing on this game. I can't wait till Friendships come out!

wwefan4ever
wwefan4ever

"you unlock alternate costumes in the crypt and select your fighter by pressing start" You forgot to mention that if you beat arcade ladder with someone, you get the alt costume, that is the ONLY way you get Kratos alt attire since his alt attire is not in the krypt.

Ceadre
Ceadre

I just hate how sensitive the controls are. It's a 4-axis, so if you dont EXACTLY press the direction you want on the control stick, it changes it to an entirely different direction. I find using the control pad makes for a little less frustraion when you're trying to pull a time sensitive and delicate move like a fatality.

LilJayV10
LilJayV10

And why can't they list the fighters in alphabetical order on the side of the screen? It would be much easier to find someone when I'm looking for a move.

btkOne
btkOne

you unlock alternate costumes in the crypt and select your fighter by pressing start

darkreign2424
darkreign2424

I actually found standing toe-to-toe with Shao Kahn was the best way to beat him, but you can only counter attack as he is invincible for the start of every move. Especially as Raiden (or any teleporter), SK's moves are so slow to develop, I used only uppercuts and teleport to pummel him mercilessly. Mind you, it took me about 30mins to figure that out, but once I did, it was cake.

SupremeGR
SupremeGR

I just brought mk9 before couple of days and seriously it is the best fighting game i have ever played i am happy that they finally knew how to make a mortal kombat game

btkOne
btkOne

you can also do the toasty fatality if you press down, up ...(jump and wait until scorpion is almost back on the ground) ... then you press up, Y. The alternative with holding block works, too.....If you dont have a preordered version of mk, you have to wait for the dlc with the third costumes. Rumors say that the dlc will come wednesday...but i dont believe this as it is mentioned in an "toys r us" advertisement....hm lets see

xjdcdestroyerzx
xjdcdestroyerzx

@MarioKovacic11 When doing scorpions retro fatality, hold down block (R2) while doing down, up, up. Then let go of block and press triangle.

MarioKovacic11
MarioKovacic11

i cant do scorpions retro fatality he just keeps jumping??? help

kookanut123
kookanut123

this is basically all of the stuff in the kollectors edition guide book lol :P

btkOne
btkOne

i also thought shao kahn was very hard until i found out that he mostly taunts when you keep the full screen distance. otherwise he will try to come close and attack....always keep him in full screen distance and spam shots.

LilJayV10
LilJayV10

@les765. Thanks man I'll give that a try! Tzunoy if there are more secrets tell us some.

Tzunoy
Tzunoy

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hoefy23
hoefy23

one u figure the way to beat shao kahn u can get him...i keep my distance...and shoot stuff at him then sometimes while hes throwing spears i'll go toward him...took me for ever to beat him in story mood...how far do u have to go till you get stage fatalitys

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