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General Gameplay Adjustments



• Move list corrections

• Localization fixes

• AI adjustments & improvements

• Improvements to Screen Reader functionality

• Added Halloween Finisher, which is available in the Premium Store

• Added Halloween Variant to Cage Mansion Arena, available for free to all players

• Wu Shi Academy Arena Evening Variant, Koncept Art, & Music can now be unlocked by players

• Shrine can now be activated right away after receiving a reward

• Fixed cases where the yellow notification for New Items would not clear

• Fixed issue that sometimes causes players to not have access to DLC while Offline

• Adjusted camera placement for Goro (Kameo) & Motaro (Kameo) in Kustomize Photo Mode

• Fixed situation in Kameo Kustomize where randomizing Kameo Palettes would not save new setting

• Fixed miscellaneous circumstances of visual effects in Kustomize disappearing too quickly

• Added ability to Tag Moves to the screen during play from the Move List

• Move List now returns to last tab used & remembers if Advanced View is toggled

• Fixed a physics issue likely to occur when pausing at a certain timing in Tutorial Mode

• Tutorial Mode text adjustments & corrections

• Removed difficulty selection from Endless Tower in Klassic Towers

• Added Online Leaderboards to Klassic Towers

• Added Voice Chat Options to Mute Yourself & Mute Other Players to Main Menu Audio Options & Online Pause Menu

• In-game Ping / Connection Indicator can now be enabled in Online Options

• Added Forever King Mode to Online KOTH

• Fixed visual issues occurring after some brutalities were performed

• Fixed visual issues that sometimes occurred when a Quitality happened in the air

• Fixed an issue that could cut off some intro clash dialogue early

• Adjusted last hit animation when defeating your opponent with a jumping attack

• Increased default combo damage scaling on sweep & fast knockdown reactions

• Announcer will now say the Arena name after a Random Arena is selected

• Fixed several situations where facial animations would get stuck in one pose for an extended period of time

• Fixed several issues that could occur when defeating an endurance opponent

• Fixed several visual issues in Test Your Might

• Fixed several visual issues that could occur during victory cinematics

• Fixed a rare issue which could cause Player Select to become unresponsive if both players input a specific sequence

• Fix for several brutalities causing the game to become unresponsive under certain rare conditions

• Fixed situation in which the Kameo could obstruct view of the main character during the Fatal Blow cinematic

• Fixed a rare issue which could cause Fatal Blows on hit to briefly lose invulnerability before the cinematic begins

• Fixed issue with Kameo Summons entering from the wrong side when called near the corner during specific situations

• Removed the ability to perform a reversal without letting go of block

• Removed a window where Ambush Attacks would be done during the last 3 frames of block stun

• Fixed issue that when pressing Kameo input button at the same exact timing as an attack button causes one of the inputs to be ignored

• Fixed issue with some cancels using Enhanced specials not executing properly when used at specific timing with a Kameo Ambush

• Fatal Blows now use the correct reduced combo damage scaling

• Fixed issue with certain Kameo attacks when used in a combo would prevent brutalities

• Fixed specific situations where the character performing Breaker would instantly recover

• Fixed issue which could cause multiple input Kameo moves preventing the main character from performing a special cancel

• Flawless Block now also reduces Super Meter gained from blocked attacks as well as block damage

• Fixed issue with several Kameo Projectiles that could cause the opponent to face the wrong direction when hit

• Fixed certain Kameo attacks still able to be performed while the Kameo is in a knocked out / cooldown state

Practice Mode


• Fixed changes to Kontrols not working correctly when using playback recording

• Block Type now appears when Damage Text is On if the attack does zero damage

• Fixed rare issue that could cause the AI to do Getup/Reversals even when set to off

• Fixed issue with Auto Block not functioning if Breaker Mode is set to On

• Fixed UI issue that could cause Kustom Dummy settings to not update after using a Playback Recording

• Jump Movement Mode now immediately jumps after recovery has ended from being hit

Invasions


• Fixed some camera positioning issues

• Adjusted Armor on some common enemies

• Super Armor no longer reduces damage

• Reduced the chance for Ambushes to trigger

• Players can now toggle to a faster navigation speed by pressing R3

• Talismans now have 1 hit of Armor reduced reduced startup & recovery

• Fixed an issue during kombat which could cause attacks to not hit when affected by Magic Aura Modifier

• Fixed several lingering visual effect issues during kombat

• Adjusted rotation of Hourly, Daily, & Weekly Towers in the Gateway Mesa

• Fixed a UI issue with stats causing them to not properly display if increased above 254 points

• Fixed a UI issue which would not correctly display the number of Ornate Keys available when opening a Locked Chest

• Players can now use a Talisman while morphed into opponent as Shang Tsung

• Fixed issue which sometimes allowed brutalities to be performed in endurance modes, causing incorrect animations to occur

• Elemental Armor is now based on number of hits instead of damage (resisted damage doesn’t count as a hit, effective damage shatters it).

Story Mode


• Fixed several cutscene transition camera issues

• Fixed visual and audio issues with several Timeline Invaders during Chapter 15

• Ninja Mime Timeline Invader will no longer talk

• Soaring Demon (Towards + Front Kick) can no longer be 2in1 cancelled when Up Blocked

• Fixed visual issue that would cause the opponent to have an incorrect animation after being hit by Spirit Slice and not inputting any actions for a period of time

• Stab Stab has increased combo damage scaling when hit out of synced animation

• Chop Chop has increased combo damage scaling when hit out of synced animation

• Adjusted Victim Regions when stand blocking & Up Blocking

• Fixed several issues with Bleeding Foot (Back + Front Kick) which could cause him to go outside boundaries of the Arena, move to unexpected locations when it is interrupted, and causing characters to pass through with attacks

• Fixed issue that could cause Axe to become permanently inactive if he loses a round while performing Axe Quake or Axe Recall

• Fixed issue that could cause Axe to become permanently inactive if his opponent uses Shujinko’s Kopy Kat while it is planted from Power Strike

• Fixed issue which was causing all special moves to do less block damage than expected

• Fixed visual effects issue during Fatal Blow startup

• Shattered Sands (Front Punch, Back Punch, Back Punch, Front Punch + Front Kick) has increased combo damage scaling when hit out of synced animation

• History Lesson has increased combo damage scaling when hit out of synced animation

• Interrupting History Lesson now causes combo damage scaling to be applied

• Fixed issue with Redo which could cause it to no longer rewind Geras to his marked location when he is hit after certain attacks

• Fixed issue that allowed Geras to block during the recovery of Redo in certain situations

• Fixed inconsistency with direction of hit reactions when Geras and Time Clone are on opposite sides of the opponent during Double Time

• Fixed visual issue when Geras is defeated while using Redo

• Fixed issue with glowing eye color not changing based on selected Palette

• AI will now execute Time Klone attacks while Double Time is active

• Blood Bath has increased combo damage scaling when hit out of synced animation

• Interrupting Skab Stab now causes combo damage scaling to be applied

• Fixed issue with Corpse Taunt which would allow the opponent to block follow-up attacks in certain circumstances

• Corpse Taunt hit reaction will no longer execute if hitting the opponent while they are under the effects of Time Stop

• Fixed several End of Round taunt visual issues

• Fixed issue with Show Off that could cause Down + Back Punch attacks from some characters to recover excessively slow

• Fixed repeating sound effect issue when Johnny Cage is selected as either character during Fatality Practice

• Enhanced Spiritual Alignment used while Shujinko Mimic ancestor is active no longer allows two Ancestors to be active at the same time

• Fixed visual issue with Kenshi’s sword not appearing as your Kustomized sword during Ancestral Assist

• Fixed lingering visual issue with some End of Round taunts

• Adjusted audio during Upper Gash (Jump + Back Punch)

• Fixed Kameo UI flickering when Kameo Gauge is set to Refill in Practice Mode while Ancestor is active

• Fancy Strike (Back + 1) hit reaction adjusted and now has positive hit advantage

• High Heel (Front Kick) hit reaction adjusted and now has positive hit advantage

• Hat Toss hit reaction adjusted and now has positive hit advantage when done up close

• Downward Slice (Towards + Back Punch) no longer has 10 more frames of blockstun if Flawless Blocked compared to Regular Block

• Slightly Increased combo damage scaling after Enhanced Shaolin Shimmy

• Fixed lingering visual effects when Pankration Champion (Back Kick, Front Kick, Front Punch, Back Punch) is interrupted

• Fixed visual effects flickering at the end of her victory screen

• Ballerenal Failure (Back Punch, Front Punch, Front Punch + Front Kick) has increased combo damage scaling when hit out of synced animation

• Enhanced Roll has increased combo damage scaling when hit out of synced animation

• Fixed lingering visual effects after Roll is punished on block

• Fixed incorrect death animation if a grounded opponent is defeated by The Right Sais (Back Punch, Front Punch)

• Fixed mask clipping issues on several Palettes

• Blood Sacrifice now does 5 damage (down from 50)

• Fixed issue which was causing all special moves to do slightly less block damage than expected

• Fixed issue that was causing Enhanced Air Dash to be used instead of Air Dash if hit by a Breaker or ending a combo under certain circumstances

• Adjusted audio during Quick Taste

• Lightning Strikes (Back + Back Punch) has increased combo damage scaling when hit out of synced animation

• Shocker has increased combo damage scaling when hit out of synced animation

• Increased combo damage scaling on Enhanced Shocker

• Electric Fly has increased combo damage scaling when hit out of synced animation

• Double Take (Jump + Front Punch, Front Kick, Back Kick) hit reaction adjusted

• He Can Slap (Jump + Back Punch, Front Punch, Back Punch) hit reaction adjusted

• Whirlwind (Jump + Back Punch, Back Punch, Back Kick) damage and hit reaction adjusted

• Water Dragon (Jump + Front Punch, Back Kick, Back Punch) hit reaction adjusted

• Rain God hit reaction adjusted

• Fixed Overkast (Jump + Back Punch, Back Kick) & Drownpour (Jump + Back Punch, Back Kick, Front Kick) not allowing Kameo Ambushes or special cancels to be performed

• Drizzle (Jump + Back Punch) is now vulnerable to Up Block

• Fixed issue with Up Flow sometimes hitting behind Rain & can no longer sometimes cause a lingering hitbox when interrupted with specific timing

• Fixed Rain God, Ancient Trap, Geyser & Enhanced Geyser not displaying Punish when hit during recovery frames

• Fixed rare audio issue that could cause the opponent’s sound effects to be distorted for a short time if Rain’s Throw is interrupted

• Savage Siege (Back Kick, Front Kick) hit reaction adjusted

• Interrupting Pale Rider now causes combo damage scaling to be applied

• Fixed issue with Full Cross (Jump + Back Punch) into Busted Knuckles (Front Punch) causing Straight Punch (Back Punch) to execute instead

• Fixed rare issue that could cause the AI to get stuck endlessly jumping if Fatal Blow misses

• Tipping The Scales (Jump + Front Punch, Back Punch) hit reaction adjusted

• Death Roll has increased combo damage scaling when hit out of synced animation

• Enhanced Invisibility now causes Reptile to become harder to see faster than Invisibility

• Fixed issue which would prevent fatality attempt if last round is won by hitting a grounded opponent with Force Ball

• Fixed incorrect blood color appearing when hit by certain attacks and brutalities

• Burning Fist (Jump + Front Punch, Back Punch) hit reaction adjusted

• Krushing Kunai (Jump + Front Punch, Front Kick) hit reaction adjusted

• Fixed issue with rope disappearing if hit by a freeze reaction during various attacks

• Fixed situation where Levitate used multiple times in a combo could lead into an attack becoming unblockable

• Fixed visual issue when Fatal Blow hits the opponent close to the corner

• Fixed missing visual effects on Brutality Victory pose

• Adjusted audio during Inspire & Enhanced Inspire

• Major Complications (Jump + Front Punch, Back Punch, Back Punch) hit reaction adjusted

• Festering Wounds (Jump + Back Punch, Back Punch) hit reaction adjusted

• Injection has increased combo damage scaling when hit out of synced animation

• Ground Skull & (Air) Down Skull special moves build less Super Meter on hit

• Invisibility moves used during Form Stealer will no longer sometimes prevent Shang Tsung from returning to his base form

• The Klassic (Down + Back Punch) brutality can now be performed when morphed into opponent

• Fixed face animations sometimes not working as intended when morphing into opponent

• Fixed situations where incorrect animation when Old Form Shang Tsung is defeated by a Brutality

• Fixed AI getting stuck in situations where they stay in Old Form or Young Form for the rest of the match

• Smoke Bomb no longer ignores combo damage scaling on last hit

• Jump Attacks after Enhanced Smoke-Port no longer have extra recovery occasionally

• Fixed rare visual issue when doing special cancels which could cause blood effects to move erratically

• Fixed rare visual issue with Smoke Bomb where Smoke briefly appears again after disappearing

• Ice Klone will no longer disappear when teleported by his own Kameo

• Fixed issue which could sometimes cause Kameo Wakeup or Kameo Reversal invulnerability visual effect to not appear

• Fixed visual issues when hitting Kameos with Deadly Vapors

• Piety (Front Punch, Back Punch, Back Punch) has slightly increased range, has 2 more active frames, recovers 2 frames faster on miss, and has a different hit reaction when hitting an airborne opponent

• (Air) Heavenly Hand has increased hitbox when used in a combo, and hit reaction changed when hitting an airborne opponent

• Brought Low (Front Kick, Front Punch + Front Kick) has increased combo damage scaling when hit out of synced animation

• Message From Above (Back + Back Punch, Front Kick) is now vulnerable to Up Block

• Fixed issue that could sometimes cause Spinning Splits Kick to pass through opponents

• Heavenly Hand, Enhanced Heavenly Hand, (Air) Heavenly Hand and (Air) Enhanced Heavenly Hand are no longer throw immune during some recovery frames

• Fixed Seeking Guidance, Heavenly Hand, Enhanced Heavenly Hand, (Air) Heavenly Hand and (Air) Enhanced Heavenly Hand not displaying Punish when hit during recovery frames

• Fixed visual issues with Divine Protection while under the effects of Sub-Zero (Kameo)’s Arctic Armor

• Fixed lingering visual effect issues that could sometimes occur after Seeking Guidance

• Adjusted combo damage scaling on Kopter Chopper & Horizontal Kopter Chopper

• Cancelling Kopter Chopper into Horizontal Kopter Chopper now costs 50% Kameo Gauge

• Slightly faster Kameo Gauge recharge speed after Horizontal Kopter Chopper

• Kopter Chopper & Horizontal Kopter Chopper will no longer sometimes cause the wrong reaction facing direction on hit

• Fixed camera issues when using Kopter Chopper during some characters Throws

• No longer lingers around if the round ends while he is waiting to perform Eat Dirt

• Fixed clipping issues during forward throw on some Arenas

• Fixed issue that could cause Ice Karpet to move the opponent high in the air if they are hit close to the ground in certain circumstances

• Increased recharge delay of Raise the Roof when used more than once in the same combo

• Slightly Increased recharge delay of Back Breaker when used more than once in the same combo

• Slightly Increased recharge delay of Knife Toss when used more than once in the same combo

• Adjusted the recharge rate of Buzz Saw

• Buzz Saw will no longer sometimes cause the wrong reaction facing direction on hit

• Spin no longer has incorrect hit reaction when done as a reversal

• Fixed situation where Away We Go was used 3 times in a combo it could lead to an attack becoming unblockable

• Fixed issue with Motaro could still be interacted by the opponent if they jump over Tail Shot

• Punish message now appears if character is hit during the recovery of Charge! Fatal Blow

• Fixed situation where if Centurian Warp was used 3 times in a combo it could lead to an attack becoming unblockable

• Increased recharge delay of Kia’s Blades when used more than once in the same combo

• Fixed issue allowing opponent to gain Super Meter while being hit by Jataaka’s Kurse

• Fixed long delay that could sometimes occur after Sareena performs her End of Round Taunt

• Increased recharge delay of Fire Breath when used more than once in the same combo

• Increased recharge delay of Up Rocket & Homing Rocket when used more than once in the same combo

• Fixed Rare visual issues during Fatal Blow

• Slightly increased recharge delay of Square Wave & Leg Grab when used more than once in the same combo

• Increased recharge delay of Low Grenade Toss & High Grenade Toss when used more than once in the same combo

• Low Grenade Toss & High Grenade Toss will no longer sometimes cause the wrong reaction facing direction on hit

• Kopy Kat Ice Slide (Sub-Zero) now does 110 (up from 30)

• Mimic Time Stop (Geras) will now cause an alternate hit reaction if the victim has already been hit by Time Stop in the same combo

• Mimic Stab Stab (Baraka) now does correct damage to an airborne opponent

• Roll (Mileena), Drill Kick (Tanya), Charging Pain (Reiko), and Sand-Nado (Geras) will no longer sometimes cause alternate hit reactions when used in certain combos with Shujinko’s Mimic

• Fixed using Smoke’s Invisibility followed by Fatal Blow causing lingering invisibility proceeded by re-appearing with no visual effects

• Shujinko morphing into a Shang Tsung opponent’s Kameo will no longer cause himself to get stuck near the corner in certain rare situations

• Fixed visual issue when performing Kopy Kat against Havik

• Fixed issue during endurance fights which could cause Kopy Kat and Mimic to not work as intended after the first opponent

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