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Fighting games are so competitive - it's not enough to just play, we want to win matches, and we want to become better as players to win even more matches.
Mortal Kombat 11 is filled with the competitive spirit. And we always look for new ways to improve our skills in these bloody but exciting fights. To be especially effective here, players should develop the habit of thinking outside the box. Yep, you need to be creative and innovative in your practice.
Arguably the most popular thing for every MK11 player is practicing combos. You may land many neutral attacks and take away small pieces of the opponent's health. But then they activate a tricky combo, and your character is suddenly totally destroyed, with all the neutral efforts becoming pointless.
Learning and training combos is undoubtedly significant for your success as a Mortal Kombat player. The game itself gives everything needed to make progress, but is this the only thing you need to grow in MK11 and to actually have fun in it?
Some other aspects of your practice are of the same importance. So, let's discuss them here.
Movements
Landing devastating combos is a crucial part of winning matches in Mortal Kombat 11. But to do so, you should never forget about the fundamental aspects, such as character movements. It's something so basic that many players ignore this part of their gaming training. "Isn't that just pressing left and right? What can be difficult about this?"
You can't stand on one spot and hope that the opponent will gently come closer and allow you to deliver that combo opening attack. Moving back and forth on the fighting ground helps to take a proper position for offensive actions and be always ready to start your defense.
Pay attention to how you move your character and try to improve this aspect. Get inspiration from professional players - watch their matches and notice how they move during the fight.
Think about the best distance to keep between your character and the opponent. It differs from fighter to fighter.
Practice jumps and air attacks. They might give you an advantage, but if you can't add them properly to the game, jumps will be your weak point.
Defense
Many beginners in fighting games make this mistake - they rush into offensive style and forget to block the opponent's attacks. You absolutely must practice your defense in Mortal Kombat to survive tense matches and hope for victory.
Defense in fighting games is a kind of an art. You should keep an eye on the action and predict the moment when you better press back or crouch-back. There is no absolute defense as different types of block work in different situations. Practice makes perfect! But you need to put effort especially into defense.
First, it might even be frustrating. You have developed an offensive pattern that brings you victories, and practicing defense causes annoying losses. But this happens only in the beginner stages. The further you go in your development, the more skilled opponents you meet. Sticking to your early patterns means limiting your progress. Spend some time working on blocks in MK11 and get prepared for high-level fights!
Know the characters
To become good at Mortal Kombat 11, you should learn all the features of your character. That's quite an obvious thing, but some players ignore everything beyond the actual fighting abilities.
Mortal Kombat has a very interesting story. Playing this mode allows you to try out different characters and discover interesting stuff about them.
MK11 offers an unusual adventure - Krypt. It's a dark place where players can take a break from traditional matches, explore dungeons, and collect various items. This mode might seem a bit disconnected from the primary experience, but still, you discover many layers of the game universe and become more familiar with the characters. Sometimes, the puzzles are too complicated, and you might need this MK11 Krypt guide to find shortcuts.
Knowing the characters' background is only one side of this aspect. The core is to make a proper decision on your Mortal Kombat main. Players spend many hours with fighters of their choice - training and fighting in real matches. And this time should be comfortable for you. It's like feeling and enjoying unique vibes around your character. Make a good choice now, and it will bring a lot of fun in the future.
Feel free to experiment with new characters while you discover their stories and motivations. Who knows, maybe your real power will be unleashed with this new guy or with that new girl.
Mix-ups
This technique is a deep feature of the fighting games genre, but again, it's not that obvious for newcomers. Not only should you be able to perform great combos and protect your character, but also you need to deceive opponents with unpredictable actions.
This aspect is pretty much connected to the defense section. You need different types of blocks to be protected from low or high attacks. And when you can trick your victim into activating the wrong block to land your blow and deal damage, it's part of the mix-up strategy.
Some characters are especially good for the mix-up style. Their animations have been made in such a way that you can't understand what kind of attack will come next. Even if it's not true for your MK11 fighter, you could bring this trick into your matches.
Learn where different attacks land and mix them in one flow (they don't have to form a combo for this). And learn how to perform deceiving moves to trigger specific actions and then land your favorite devastating kombo.
Regular practice
It's the best advice you can get to become good at anything. Practice regularly, and you will be a good MK11 player in no time!
Regular practice means playing the game every day (yes, exceptions are possible) for a reasonable amount of time.
In the beginning, some players are filled with enthusiasm, and they are ready to play Mortal Kombat many hours per day. After a while (pretty soon), this enthusiasm tends to disappear. "Ok, I'm tired of this game, I'll take a break and then return to MK." Playing seven hours three days in a row and then taking a break for a week is not as effective as playing one hour per day with no breaks. You work on habits and muscle memory, persistence is a crucial factor here.
This doesn't mean you can't take breaks or play any other games. Successful professionals often distract themselves to other gaming experiences – to have fun and develop various subtle skills (attention, reaction, memory). It's a good way to refresh your mind and return to Mortal Kombat with new energy. Of course, pro players know the value of other things in life, so don't become a fanatic of any gaming practice – just stick to the reasonable path.
And the most important thing has been kept for the end of this article. Have fun playing Mortal Kombat - that's the ultimate recipe for your success in this game. When you enjoy this virtual fighting, you become self-motivated to practice movements and defense, go deeper into the lore, train tricky techniques, and do all of this on a regular basis. So, enjoy your ride!
Imagine playing your favorite game on your PC or console. You go through level after level, expand your knowledge of the plot, win, learn from your mistakes, win again ... and then you go through the last level, feel an adrenaline rush, stretch nicely, and the game is over. Have you imagined?
After a while, having overcome the "game fatigue", you want to know what will happen next with your favorite game world, the main character, or a group of characters. And then you get the news that there will be no new official part of your favorite game or it is not yet planned. And what to do next? To be depressed? In no case!
After all, you can create your mod. This is exactly what the Half-life and Warcraft games fans did, and as a result, we have Counter-Strike and Dota. This is exactly what the fans of Tekken 7 did, developing special Tekken mods for this game.
Step 1 Idea
You got a little sad and then thought about what you liked so much about the game, the continuation of which you would like to see. What would you like to repeat in it, in which direction to develop the plot or add new characters? It is best to express such thoughts on paper, and then they will be more structured.
At this stage, you can think over the main themes of the future game.
Step 2 Preparation
This part of developing your mods is probably the most challenging. At this stage, you need to understand if you can create and program this game yourself or if you need to contact a programmer friend. Also, it is necessary to have at least a preliminary work plan of what you want to do at this stage.
Also, one of the most important tasks at this stage is to find out how the company that owns the rights relates to the development of mods.
Interestingly, after the success and transition to a separate Dota 2 project, Blizzard has reconsidered its attitude to copyright for maps created by fans of mods from Warcraft III. In the new Warcraft III Remastered, all copyrights now belong only to the game developers.
But if you do not plan to disseminate your mod widely and do not intend to monetize or sell it somehow, then when developing a mod "for personal use," you do not need to think about it a lot. But only if you do not plan to distribute this game anywhere and indicate yourself as the author.
Step 3 Implementation
This is a technical point that includes alpha and beta versions and testing.
Step 4 Monetization
This is a crucial stage for those who want to make money on their previous work. Here you need to remember about copyright again, but if you have already figured it out, then now you can think about how to repeat the examples of the best. And in the segment of mod monetization, Dota and Counter-Strike are deservedly considered the best.
History of modding successes
The legendary Dota was initially just one of many thousands (if not millions) user-created maps for Warcraft III.
The first DotA-like map is considered Aeon of Strife for StarCraft strategy. Warcraft III heroes, developing and gaining levels over time, turned out to be a natural continuation of Aeon of Strife. The Defense of the Ancients map, which became the very first in the DotA series, was created by a developer with the pseudonym Eul in 2003.
Then Eul opened the source scripts for this map, and user Guinsoo created DotA Allstars.
But only IceFrog was able to monetize the development of an amateur map truly. Only he could modernize this map so that he was then invited to work at Valve, and thanks to this, DotA 2 was created.
Also, thanks to a mod, another most popular game of our time were created - Counter-Strike. Interestingly, the "original" for it was the Half-Life game by Valve.
Thus, the two most popular esports disciplines of our time were created thanks to mod developers.
Tekken and mods
Tekken is one of the most popular fighting games globally and potentially an excellent universe for modding. Fans of the game have already created several exciting options, but this is far from the limit. Like Warcraft III map versions, there can be a lot of mods for Tekken.
It can be diversified both by adding new characters and by transferring events to other historical eras. This will turn Tekken into a crossover game and could expand the audience. And who knows, maybe Bandai Namco will help someone who comes up with a good idea to improve Tekken.
List of best Tekken 7 mods:
- Honmaru - Replacement for Mishima Dojo
- Junny Artwork Mod
- InfiniteUtopia
- Monochromatic Goth Alisa
- Need For Speed OST
- Tekken 7 Stage Mod - Temple Serenity
- OrdinaryTekken - Reshade Preset
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