Ghostface hasn’t even been available for a week yet in Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns, but it looks like he’s brought some of the scariest tech imaginable with him.
Players have now discovered multiple unblockable reset options for Ghostface as well as touch of death combos facilitated by said unblockables, which was led to the tournament organizers already stepping in on the matter.
IHateMondays in particular has been going in showcasing how busted th Scream slasher can be with just a little timing and execution.
A lot of this seems to boil down to Ghostface’s ability to force resets / re-stands in the middle of extended combos, which can be combined with not just one but a multitude of different Kameo assist options to keep the strings going basically forever.
Ghostface/Sektor 99% Midscreen Combo #MK1_Ghostface pic.twitter.com/qhtgPchgii
— Jason Sodano (@CHECK4900) November 22, 2024
The unfair situation appears to be enabled largely by the horror icon getting a re-stand right as the Kameo hits and the little knife flip / stance change being counted as a whiffed attack and resets the combo counter.
When combined with Kameos like Sub-Zero’s body freeze, for example, this lets Ghostface reset his damage scaling and combo count while the opponent can essentially do nothing to block or stop it.
so this works with sub kameo as well enjoy this TOD/100% combo lol gotta love guaranteed resets #mk1_ghostface pic.twitter.com/5yOer2KBBX
— IHateMondays (@IhateMondays33) November 23, 2024
It’s also been found the forced reset tech works with Goro, Jade, Frost and Sektor at least too and potentially others.
Heck, he can apparently even do the reset by himself with Ghostface’s enhanced purple mist.
just as a heads up this work with shujingo goro jade and frost as well #mk1_ghostface pic.twitter.com/jW8hvT8mx1
— IHateMondays (@IhateMondays33) November 24, 2024
Splash showed this off a few days ago, noting it’s a bug that’s been in MK1 since launch, but no ones really been able to take advantage of it as quickly and easily as Ghostface.
GAME BREAKING BUG WITH GHOST FACE SEKTOR, INFINITE LOOPS. PLEASE NERF DEVS ASAP @tylerlansdown @Osu16Bit pic.twitter.com/mzlT8OTH82
— Splash (@Fabian_yuz) November 21, 2024
The only way to really escape the situation would be to use a Breaker, but if you don’t have the resources for one, it can be lights out.
Mr. Aqua has already chimed in to state that all of these resets and any other similar ones will be banned in Kolossuem events and imagines most others will follow suit.
The team combinations won’t be banned, just the reset tech.
Both of the resets below and any others found will be banned in Kolosseum and any event I imagine. The teams will not be, but any use of the unblockable situation will result in a loss https://t.co/6B1LlzyT8s
— Mr Aqua (@MrrAqua) November 24, 2024
This is a very similar situation as to what happened with Sindel last year when she could perform an unbreakable touch of death combo when paired with Sub-Zero’s Kameo.
That tech was also banned from official tournaments.
It appears NetherRealm Studios hasn’t officially responded to the situation yet, but we presume that’ll be coming soon along with hopefully a solution to fix the rule-breaking combos.
oh yeah good find dude #mk1_ghostface pic.twitter.com/BcELzxpScx
— IHateMondays (@IhateMondays33) November 24, 2024
We’ll keep you updated as more information becomes available.
Image via MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This.