Mortal Kombat 1 is seeing some activity today with Peacemaker, the game’s latest DLC character, now being available for anyone to purchase. Interestingly enough, that’s not quite all that the game has received today.
Apparently, a surprise update that introduces some new balance changes has also been released. Warner Bros. Games and NetherRealm Studios have shared the full set of patch notes detailing what all the latest update entails.
There aren’t a ton of changes here, but there are definitely some character-specific tweaks that you should be aware of. Before that, though, one general fix has been made that sees the player’s movement delayed by 29 frames at the start of Round 2 and any later rounds to be in line with how much time it takes to be able to move at the start of Round 1.
Beyond that, all of the other changes are character balance alterations for some of the main roster characters and Kameo Fighters. As far as who was hit, we see Johnny Cage, Kenshi, Raiden, and surprisingly, Peacemaker from the main cast, as well as Kung Lao and Stryker Kameo Fighters.
From the looks of it, Peacemaker mainly received some move behavior fixes, but we do see that the cooldown on Eagley after Eagley assists during Shove has been increased, which is a nerf.
You can view the full set of the latest Mortal Kombat 1 patch notes below.
• Delayed when players can move in Round 2 & later by 29 frames to match Round 1
• The Bee’s Knees (Down + Front Punch) now has 7 startup frames (up from 6)
• Rough House (Front Punch, Front Punch) is now +1 on block (down from +3)
• Slightly reduced the damage done on block by Ancestor’s Attacks
• Reduced the damage done on block by Electromagnetic Storm & Enhanced Electromagnetic Storm
• Fixed Force Multiplier not enabling Auto Block leading to unintended linked combos
• Slightly increased the combo damage multiplier on Force Multiplier
• The Eagley cooldown after blocking Ground-Air Offensive & Beautiful Bird Bullet is now the same as when they hit or miss (3 seconds)
• The Eagley cooldown after Eagley assists during Shove is now 2 seconds (up from 0.5 seconds)
Kung Lao
• Slightly increased the cooldown & slightly reduced the recharge rate of Buzz Saw when held
Stryker
• Reduced the recharge rate of Low Grenade Toss to match High Grenade Toss